La Moni

Important work not only to know the trajectory of Jaime Torres Bodet but also the ins and outs of his thinking and an era in the history of Mexico of which he was the protagonist. The author, Fernando Zertuche, presents a broad view of Jaime's life; since his formative years and the awakening of his young literary vocation, his time in Universidad Nacional with people like Ezequiel A. Chvez and Jos Vasconcelos, his experience working for the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and Secretary of Public Education, until his very last days of life. He highlights his many facets as intellectual and...

La historia se remonta muchos años atrás en un pequeño campamento chiclero del estado de quintana roo por escasos recuerdos que van siendo más reales en cuanto el personaje va creciendo y su vida se torna más dura es una vida de continuos cambios y dolorosas perdidas sin un estimulo personal duradero se diría por el trauma del abandono de su madre a tan temprana edad y la falta de atención de su padre que se dedico a su propia vida aunque sin abandonarla.

A collection of biographical essays by Paul Johnson that profile a wide range of heroes from around the world and throughout history who have inspired and changed the world, including Henry V, Walter Raleigh, Emily Dickinson, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan. Presented in Spanish.

John D. Rockefeller, Sr.--history's first billionaire and the patriarch of America's most famous dynasty--is an icon whose true nature has eluded three generations of historians. Now Ron Chernow, the National Book Award-winning biographer of the Morgan and Warburg banking families, gives us a history of the mogul "etched with uncommon objectivity and literary grace . . . as detailed, balanced, and psychologically insightful a portrait of the tycoon as we may ever have" (Kirkus Reviews). Titan is the first full-length biography based on unrestricted access to Rockefeller's exceptionally rich...