Klopp

Desde Chicago a México, los lugares en los que Sandra Cisneros ha vivido han servido de inspiración para sus trabajos ya clásicos de ficción y poesía. Sin embargo, una casa propia, un lugar en el que realmente pueda echar raíces, la ha eludido. En esta autobiografía rompecabezas, formada de ensayos e imágenes a través de tres décadas (algunas nunca antes publicadas) Cisneros ha llegado por fin a casa. Escrito con su muy conocido lirismo, la autora de La casa en Mango Street, y ganadora del PEN/Nabokov Award for Achievement in International Literature 2019, comparte los recuerdos que ...

The lives of Rita Marley and her husband Bob Marley are intimately shared in this look at their youths, their marriage, and the music that has made them legends. Beginning with her youth in the Trench Town ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Rita narrates her early encounters with the Wailing Wailers and how her relationship with Bob developed and changed as he transformed from local musician to international icon. This memoir emphasizes Rita's own musicianship, first as part of Bob Marley's backing vocalists, the I-Threes, and later her career after his death carrying on the musical legacy he began.

When Bill Wilson, with his friend Dr. Bob Smith, founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, his hope was that AA would become a safe haven for those who suffered from this disease. Thirty years after his death, AA continues to help millions of alcoholics recover from what had been commonly regarded as a hopeless addiction. Still, while Wilson was a visionary for millions, he was no saint. After cofounding Alcoholics Anonymous, he stayed sober for over thirty-five years, helping countless thousands rebuild their lives. But at the same time, Wilson suffered form debilitating bouts of clinical...

Doña Juana Vega (1805-1872), esposa del general navarro y héroe de la guerra de la Independencia Francisco Javier Espoz y Mina, desempeñó los cargos de aya y camarera de Isabel II en uno de los períodos más convulsos de su minoridad; la regencia del General Espartero entre 1841 y 1843. La obra que se presenta al lector con el título original de Apuntes para la historia del tiempo en que ocupó los destinos de aya de S. M. y alteza y camarera de Palacio, fue redactada por la condesa en 1844, una vez proclamada la mayoría de edad de la reina, y es un facsímil de la edición del...