El viajero de cercanías

The intimate story of two of the most famous, yet enigmatic, figures in modern literature—Jack Kerouac and his friend, traveling companion, and hero, Neal Cassady—this is a firsthand account of life among the Beat generation, written by the woman who was Cassady’s wife and Kerouac’s lover. Beginning with the early days of Kerouac and Cassady’s friendship, Carolyn Cassady’s riveting memoir narrates the explosive success of Kerouac’s On the Road and Ginsberg’s "Howl," the flowering of the Beat generation, and the social revolution of the 1960s that saw Kerouac and Cassady taken...

Es una de las fronteras más conflictivas del mundo nace una de las organizaciones criminales más antiguas del país. Esta es su historia.

Nunca des el cien, me dijo mi hermana. Y me lo dijo con una sonrisa y de manera irónica. Su mensaje fue recibido —aunque yo pensaba que era un chiste—, y me lo dijo porque sabía que yo estaba preocupada y decepcionada de mí misma. Había cometido un error en mi trabajo de aquel momento con una publicación que mandé a imprimir, y ese error se iba a imprimir cientos de veces. Estaba mortificada. Pero la idea, frase, mantra "Nunca des el cien" me ha enseñado a que yo identifique cómo debo distribuir mis energías durante el día y entender que yo controlo la dedicación de mis...

The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning offers an accessible and authoritative guide to the essentials of Robert Browning's life and poetry. Drawing from his personal letters and from the diaries and memoirs of his contemporaries, this literary biography provides a wealth of information about the main events of his life, including the social, political, religious, and aesthetic issues that concerned him; it offers critical commentary defining the central characteristics of his poetry; and it tracks the changes in his reputation through contemporary reviews and the growth of the Browning...