BRITNEY

There is very scarce information on the author of this peculiar book, that many scholars consider initiated the British appetite for the Spanish colonies in South America. Accarette -as he calls himself- or Accarette du Biscay -as appears in the English translation of his story- seems to have been a French-Basque adventurer who traveled twice to South America between 1657 and 1660 under the false identity of a Spanish subject, as the Spanish regime would not allow non-subjects to disembark in its colonies. His most evident purpose -a fact Accarette does not hide- was the lucrative smuggling...

Aunque no era una figura central de la generación beat, sino más bien un personaje secundario, Joyce Johnson -pareja de Jack Kerouac en aquella época- se convirtió, años después, en una de sus mejores cronistas.

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...

Fifty years ago Richard Bach made a promise to himself when he was a child: to write a book containing the sum of all he has learned and deliver it to his nine-year-old self, Dickie. He forgot his promise until one day. Whilst flying in his Delta Wing, he found Dickie, who expected him to fulfill his promise.