Abraham Lincoln

"Juan Pablo I hasta ahora solo ha sido recordado por su brevísimo pontificado y por las versiones conspirativas de su muerte, que van desde hipótesis de envenenamiento y abandono de persona hasta especulaciones de un asesinato llevado a cabo por la mafia, a la que tuvo que enfrentar durante todos sus cargos. Hoy vuelve a la escena mundial por un acontecimiento trascendental acaecido en la Argentina que reescribe la historia y transforma a un papa olvidado, efímero, menospreciado en una nueva y luminosa presencia. El Vaticano impuso una restricción para hablar de este episodio excepcional, ...

A collection of revealing interviews, this book tells Nick Cave’s tumultuous yet successful story in his own words. Discussing his 30-year-long career as a rock-and-roll front man as well as his other labors as a talented novelist, screenwriter, and songwriter, this illuminating autobiography-of-sorts provides insight into why Cave has become one of the most respected artists in recent history. These no-holds-barred interviews cover everything from his time with The Birthday Party, to the global success of The Bad Seeds, to the relationship between his addictions and his artistry. Una...

Pombo: a man of Che's guerrilla is a never-before-published story of the 1966-68 revolutionary campaign in Bolivia led by Ernesto Che Guevara. It is the diary and account of Pombo - a member of Guevara's general staff, a young Cuban fighter still in his 20s and already a veteran of a decade of struggle around the globe. Harry Villegas, known the world over by his nom de guerre, Pombo, is today a brigadier general in Cuba's Revolutionary Armed Forces. His day-by-day account of an epic chapter in the history of the Americas illuminates the times we are living through and foreshadows the titanic ...

La idea de hacer este libro surgi¢ cuando se public¢ un nuevo ?Martyrologium Romanum?, en el que se incluyeron las memorias no solamente de los santos sino tambi‚n de los beatos, y se hizo una cuidada selecci¢n de todos los que merecen el t¡tulo de tales, teniendo en cuenta como criterio muy b sico su historicidad, seg£n hab¡a determinado el Concilio Vaticano II, incluyendo numerosos santos y beatos que, no teniendo anteriormente memoria en el Martirologio, son venerados en las distintas iglesias diocesanas o comunidades religiosas. Este libro pretende poner al alcance del lector...