Kelly Rowland

«Me pasé un año en Berlín explorando las vidas de mi abuelo y mi padre: Kurt Wolff, apodado "quizás el editor más exigente del siglo xx" por The New York Times Book Review, y su hijo Niko, que luchó en la Wehrmacht durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial antes de venir a América. Basándome en cartas familiares, fotografías y diarios nunca antes publicados, Páginas de vuelta a casa, narra los viajes de estos dos hombres nacidos en Alemania que se convirtieron en ciudadanos estadounidenses, a la vez que es mi oportunidad de contar una historia familiar íntima; un entramado de los...

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...

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En Desde Catalina...con Amor, Doris Pereyra-Rosenberg cuenta la historia profundamente conmovedora y a veces inquietante de su niñez y adolescencia, en una familia grande y pobre, que la expuso a varios (hogares) y experiencias traumaticas. Su capacidad para sobrevir a esos primeros años y eventualmente prosperar como una adulta positiva y alegre, a pesar de muchos contratiempos, es a la vez edificante e inspiradora. Esta historia tan aleccionadora conduce felizmente a un reencuentro sincero de un grupo de amigos de la inafancia conocidos como “Los Fosforitos,” o “Amigos para...