Santa Teresa de Lisieux

Reinaron, conspiraron, firmaron tratados, manejaron los hilos de la política y las artes entre bastidores, etc. Son las damas más inteligentes del siglo XVI. El trasfondo político del momento que les tocó vivir fue convulso: luchas intestinas entre las potencias europeas, intereses territoriales, negociaciones, tratados y alianzas con otras casas reinantes, casamientos como prebendas en la política reinante, etc. Todas ellas supieron ingeniárselas para salirse con la suya y ser admiradas y respetadas. Margarita de Habsburgo, hija del archiduque Maximiliano de Austria, acabó gobernando...

Of the 110 letters pertaining to the last seven years of Quevedo's life (1639-1645), 42 were composed during his four-year imprisonment in San Marcos de León. They are extensive and addressed to two distinguished Jesuits with whom Quevedo shared frankly (but under pseudonyms) news received in prison, including literary activity, military campaigns, politics and even his own parodies of the intrigues of the most powerful nobles at Court. These letters were carefully copied by two early 18th-century scholars in a hitherto unpublished manuscript of great interest and accuracy. This critical...

When Bill Wilson, with his friend Dr. Bob Smith, founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, his hope was that AA would become a safe haven for those who suffered from this disease. Thirty years after his death, AA continues to help millions of alcoholics recover from what had been commonly regarded as a hopeless addiction. Still, while Wilson was a visionary for millions, he was no saint. After cofounding Alcoholics Anonymous, he stayed sober for over thirty-five years, helping countless thousands rebuild their lives. But at the same time, Wilson suffered form debilitating bouts of clinical...

La historia de la amistad que unió al autor y a Walter Benjamin durante una época fundamental de la cultura europea. «Entre todos los modos posibles de conseguir libros, el más glorioso es el de escribirlos uno mismo.» Así ironizaba sobre su vocación literaria Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), contrapunto de Gershom Scholem (1897-1982) en el ejercicio brillante de autobiografía que constituye este libro. Los años de aprendizaje, las primeras decepciones y un enfrentamiento dispar con una tradición cultural idéntica el judaísmo asimilado, constituyen el tejido de recuerdos que configura ...