José Alfredo Jiménez

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way?" With these words, Pablo Picasso described the revolutionary methods of painting and artistic perspective with which he challenged the ways people and the world were defined. His life was a similarly complex prism of people, places, and ideologies that spanned most of the twentieth century. Acclaimed scholar Mary Ann Caws provides in Pablo Picasso a fresh and concise...

¿Sabías que ojo humano solo percibe una pequeña región del espectro electromagnético? La conocemos como luz visible. Es tan pequeña, tan corta, pero llena de magia, amor, cambio, miedo, dolor, alegría. En definitiva, energía. Así son estás crónicas. Puedes empezar a leer por dónde quieras. No hay orden, lo importante es que sientas aquello que con palabras trato de expresar. Cortito y al pie, es mi espectro visible.

Important work not only to know the trajectory of Jaime Torres Bodet but also the ins and outs of his thinking and an era in the history of Mexico of which he was the protagonist. The author, Fernando Zertuche, presents a broad view of Jaime's life; since his formative years and the awakening of his young literary vocation, his time in Universidad Nacional with people like Ezequiel A. Chvez and Jos Vasconcelos, his experience working for the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs and Secretary of Public Education, until his very last days of life. He highlights his many facets as intellectual and...

Este libro quiere refrescar a los profesionales de la salud sobre las razones profundas de su vocación y servicio a los enfermos; y reflexionar sobre el sentido cristiano del sufrimiento y la enfermedad. La autora, directora clínica y profesora de cirugía general del Campus Biomédico de Roma, parte de su experiencia profesional como médico y escribe estas líneas con un doble propósito: refrescar a los profesionales de la salud sobre las razones profundas de su vocación y servicio a los enfermos; y reflexionar sobre el sentido cristiano del sufrimiento y la enfermedad. Por su temática ...