El hombre que confundió a su mujer con un sombrero

A brilliant commentary on societal expectations, this novel about of the fortunes and misfortunes of sisters Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret Dashwood after the death of their beloved father offers a compelling picture of life in the English countryside and of women's role in society at the beginning of the 19th century.

This is a story of a young beautiful Jewish woman, trained as a gemologist, who experiences the excitement and intrigue of the world of diamonds and murder in the African Desert. She is accused of murdering the family who owns the Alonso Diamond Mining Company and whose home she had just left ten days earlier. On her return to New York City by way of ocean liner and in the course of being arrested for murder she meets a young reporter by the name of Stephen Hauk. It is a story of deep love and emotion with determination to succeed under all circumstances that will leave you in awe of Emmy...

Cuando Sam, padre de dos hijos, pierde su trabajo acepta a regañadientes quedarse en casa mientras su mujer regresa al trabajo. En secreto piensa que esto de la paternidad va a consistir en paseos tranquilos por el parque y leer el periódico mientras los niños juegan. Pronto se da cuenta de lo que significa quedarse en casa. Inevitablemente el caos doméstico aparece: sólo conseguir vestirse por la mañana y salir de casa sin tener que ir a urgencias es toda una proeza, como lo es intentar organizar la complicada agenda de juegos de los niños o esquivar los mil y un consejos de las...

This book is a tribute to the neighborhoods, a concrete landscape in which the author finds himself torn; compelling stories that make unforgettable his sentimental education. Personal memory and urgent chronicles, with humor and poetry, this book is a search of roots that the author, will only find in a handful of words, no longer in use, of his mothers.