El naufragio de la Patronal

Como particular homenaje a la memoria de quien inició una de las obras filológicas, históricas, de autoridades, e incluso literarias, más monumentales en el estudio de nuestra lengua hablada y escrita, como es el Diccionario de construcción y régimen de la lengua castellana, hemos querido ofrecerle al lector de Libro al viento un acercamiento biográfico de don Rufino José Cuervo (1844-1911) siguiendo las pautas básicas de un léxico, con entradas que responden no sólo a un orden alfabético sino, y sobre todo, temático.

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...

Many thought of her as Queen Nancy. Others as the Dragon Lady. But for millions of Americans, Nancy Reagan was the always-smiling and deeply admiring presidential spouse who stood by her man; that image lingers still in the touching picture of a bereaved widow at her husband's casket. Nancy Reagan has stirred passionate defenders and acerbic critics in many books and the media. James Benze, however, is the first biographer to discuss the effect of her acting background on her tenure as first lady. Unlike earlier biographers, he focuses on the way she applied her acting skills to meet the...

Aves de paso es el retrato familiar de dos de los hermanos mayores de los Pelaez Vallejo, cuyas historias reflejan el entramado sentimental que sostiene a las familias y gran parte de la vida de una generación en la Medellín de finales de los años sesenta. Aves de paso es el conmovedor retrato de los Peláez Vallejo narrado a partir de los recuerdos del autor. Sus hermanos mayores, Ricardo y Marta Luz, son el hilo conductor de esta historia que da cuenta del entramado sentimental que sostiene a las familias y que a su vez se presenta como el reflejo de una generación, en Medellín, a...