Santa Isabel

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...

¿Te sientes diferente? en este libro descubrirás que no eres raro, eres especial. En NO SOY EL TÍPICO podrás descubrír cómo un patito feo se rebeló contra su destino y consiguió sus objetivos tanto personales como profesionales. Sigue sus pasos para lograrlo en tu vida. Tienes delante de ti un libro que te puede ayudar a ti en tu edad adulta, pero también a niños y adolescentes que sienten el vértigo de ser diferentes como un problema: es todo lo contrario. En nuestra diferencia está nuestra fortaleza. Leer NO SOY EL TÍPICO despertará a ese gigante que vive dentro de ti y que es ...

Written during the last eight months of his life, these diaries are an unfiltered narration of the life of Joe Orton, the extremely successful and famous British playwright. On August 9, 1967, Orton was murdered in London by Kenneth Halliwell, his lover of 16 years, who bludgeoned him with a hammer and then immediately committed suicide. Halliwell left a note that said that all would be explained if the police read Orton's diaries. In the diaries, Orton narrates his literary success, his sexual escapades—at his mother's funeral, with a dwarf in Brighton, and, extensively, in Tangiers—and...

Este volumen contiene las impresiones de quien fuera delegado de México a la Exposición Ibero­americana de Sevilla en 1929. Manuel Martínez Báez, médico mexicano sensible, enamorado de España, de sus gentes y de su cultura, presenta un recuento ameno y lúcido de su anhelado viaje, ilustrado con espléndidas fotografías de su autoría. Comenta el autor: “He encontrado lo que había soñado”. Sus recuerdos son un testimonio íntimo de la España del primer tercio del siglo pasado.