Juana Mandu La Valiente

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...

La intención de Conocer a Sigmund Freud es introducir al lector interesado en los aspectos fundamentales de la vida y obra de este verdadero padre del pensamiento del siglo XX, y su compleja y apasionante teoría psicoanalítica.

Esta completa antología de la obra periodística y ensayística de George Plimpton (Nueva York, 1927-2003), concebida y prologada por el propio autor, es la mejor manera de descubrir y reivindicar una de las grandes voces del Nuevo Periodismo norteamericano cuya polifacética obra permanecía prácticamente inédita en castellano. Es especialmente relevante su obra periodística en el terreno del deporte y su método de periodismo participativo{OCLCbr#BB}. En este sentido, Plimpton ejerció de observador participante en deportes como el béisbol (jugó de lanzador contra un combinado de la...

Persona advocates a new morality; an ethics of rational self-interest that stands in complete opposition to the political, social and religious attitudes of our day. My unique philosophy of objectivism is the underlying theme of the book; the basic tenets of a new ethos that challenges the accepted standards of our age. The psychological experience of a journey through innocence to learning; through normality and abnormality and emotional encounters in the quest for inner enlightenment.