Obras Maestras Khalil Gibrán

Un relato autobiográfico lleno de dolor y de belleza sobre la muerte de su hija, por la autora de El año del pensamiento mágico. «Durante las noches azules uno piensa que el día no se va a acabar nunca. A medida que las noches azules se acercan a su fin (y lo hacen, lo hacen siempre), uno experimenta un escalofrío literal, una visión de enfermedad, en el mismo momento de darse cuenta: la luz azul se está yendo, los días ya se están acortando, el verano se ha ido. Este libro se titula Noches azules porque en la época en que lo empecé a escribir sorprendí a mi mente volviéndose...

Legends with a turbulent past, Deep Purple is considered one of the most fundamental bands of Hard Rock. They have sold more than 100 million albums all over the world, but the ambition of some members--who went off on their own or formed new groups--has caused Deep Purple to go through numerous changes. Despite this, the purple machine has yet to stop, and this book chronicles their career from the original formation to the numerous acts created by old members.

Describes the author's experiences asn undocumented, illegal immigrant int he United States, chronicling his secret odyssey across the border, his struggle to build a new life amid the unwelcoming 'promise' of the United States, his work at an endless stream of menial jobs, and the people he meets along the way. (Biography)

Thirty years ago Piri Thomas made literary history with this lacerating, lyrical memoir of his coming of age on the streets of Spanish Harlem. Here was the testament of a born outsider: a Puerto Rican in English-speaking America; a dark-skinned morenito in a family that refused to acknowledge its African blood. Here was an unsparing document of Thomas's plunge into the deadly consolations of drugs, street fighting, and armed robbery--a descent that ended when the twenty-two-year-old Piri was sent to prison for shooting a cop. As he recounts the journey that took him from adolescence in El...