Julia Martinez, Vocacion de Actriz

Hija natural, revolucionaria, adúltera recalcitrante, violentamente independiente y vengativa, la quiteña Manuela Sáenz entró en la historia de América por la puerta falsa del dormitorio de Simón Bolívar El libro reúne una información exuberante que procede de biografías sobre los dos personajes centrales y de muy diversos testimonios de distintas épocas, y de estudios contemporáneos Basado en una bibliografía exhaustiva, el relato consigue novelar con viveza una vida de leyenda que interesará a lectores de ambas orillas del charco

The Cuban-born author and intellectual offers an intensely personal, poignant biography of Caruca, his late wife of sixty-six years, in an illustrated portrait of a remarkable love. (Biography)

Número especial de la revista Urbes sobre la fundación de Guadalajara en su aniversario 475. Escriben Carlos Loza, Esteban Bojorquez, Alfonso Arias y Jorge Navarro. En la caricatura, Raymundo Silva.

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...