Nací para ser policía

"Este libro es una llamada de alarma. Es una invitación a que el periodismo se levante y reencuentre altura y grandeza, rechace la facilidad y combata las corrupciones que lo minan y desacreditan. En nuestros tiempos de incertidumbre el periodismo corre el riesgo de someterse a los embates de la propaganda y a las trampas de las ofensivas cruzadas del dinero y el poder. La autora, siguiendo las huellas de Albert Camus, invita a practicar el periodismo crítico". Edwy Plenel, fundador y director de 'Mediapart'.

El mas grande de los virtuosos del violoncello, Pau Casals 1976 1973. ha acabado convirtiendose en un verdadero icono cultural del siglo XX, y su nombre sigue vivo entre nosotros mucho mas que el de ningun otro genio contemporaneo de la musica, llamese Rubinstein, Horowitz, Heifetz o Kreisler: en festivales de musica de dos continentes, en museos de tres paises, en salas de conciertos, grabaciones, concursos... Casals tuvo una vida intensa, en todos los sentidos. Vivio casi noventa y siete anos, revoluciono todas las tecnicas del violoncello, transformandolo en un instrumento solista...

This is a story of a boy raised in an extreme ultra-strict Protestant family, members of “the Exclusive Brethren”. From an early age, James found he was at war with his family and the Brethren. Nothing that would be considered normal was acceptable. This book details his experiences growing up in this family, showing his struggles and confusions. It tells of the Brethren’s involvement in his love affair and how the family put an end to his marriage because he had slept with his fiancée. It outlines his escape from the Brethren while he was working in a large London hospital. The book...

I "write my songs/ so people can sing them to me/and the day people fail me/ that day I 'm going to cry... These are famous verses whose origin we are going to find out in this book, which rescues unknown anecdotes from the composer. Reading it is, in the words of his daughter Paloma, "go on singing his songs to do not fail him."