Momentos

Unique for its focus on the early, formative years of the world-renowned Basque designer, this thorough examination of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s life and career is a textual and visual wonder, with an abundance of documents and unpublished images of his hometown, his childhood, and even his personal notes. From his birth in Getaria, a small fishing village on Spain’s northern coast, to his move to Paris following the Spanish Civil War, this exploration of the designer’s origins examines in detail the events and experiences that influenced Balenciaga’s designs and turned him into a...

PREMIO DE NOVELA CAFÉ GIJÓN 2019 «José Morella escribe con una sencillez poética y su antisolemnidad es una lección a seguir». Elena Poniatowska, Premio Cervantes 2013 Nicomedes Miranda ha pasado los primeros cincuenta años de su vida sin apenas salir de su pueblo. Todo el equilibro del que goza su frágil salud mental se lo debe a la rutina, a su vida sencilla de campo. Pero la llegada a España del turismo masivo augura para sus cuatro hijos una vida más próspera, y la familia al completo emigra a un lugar del Mediterráneo del que él no conoce ni el nombre: una isla en plena...

El historiador y soci logo argentino Jos Luis Busaniche reuni en este libro singular y estimulante los testimonios personales de aquellos que por una u otra raz n trataron de cerca al Bol var de la espada pero que en las horas de su ntimo aburrimiento le a la nueva Elo sa. Las m s dis miles facetas de su existencia prodigiosa seaprecian en estas p ginas.

Alejandro is a real-life, non-fiction publication about real people; living and dead. The names in this publication have not been changed. Alejandro chronicles Alejandro Estrada's journey through a Hunger Game as he searched for answers after his partner, Los Angeles film producer Michael R. Goss, was murdered in 2009. Alejandro shares a very candid peek into the dark underbelly of corruption. Alejandro may have been one of the last people; beloved actor Robin Williams was in contact with prior to his tragic death. In this second part of his memoir, Alejandro shares the last words he and...