La Catedral de Málaga

La protagonista de esta historia es la famosísima cantante bailantera Gilda –Alejandra Miriam Bianchi–, fallecida trágicamente a los 35 años, cuando comenzaba a ser considerada una santa en la Argentina, Chile, Bolivia y Perú. Mujer de clase media que quería cantar canciones melódicas, admiradora de Dyango, llegó a la bailanta a los 33 años y aceptó musicalizar sus letras, de fuerte tono reivindicatorio de los derechos de la mujer y en contraposición con el machismo típico de la bailanta, al ritmo de la cumbia, con tal de ejercer su vocación secreta. Su historia es entonces...

A major literary event—the long-awaited publication of George Orwell's diaries, chronicling the events that inspired his greatest works. This groundbreaking volume, never before published in the United States, at last introduces the interior life of George Orwell, the writer who defined twentieth-century political thought. Written as individual books throughout his career, the eleven surviving diaries collected here record Orwell’s youthful travels among miners and itinerant laborers, the fearsome rise of totalitarianism, the horrific drama of World War II, and the feverish composition of ...

These biographies introduce young readers to important figures in American history. Ideal for reports and correlated to the social studies curriculum, the series presents a straightforward account of each individual's life and times and describes how each person contributed to the shaping of our nation.

Discussions of the life of Torres Garcia and the development of his art are accompanied by vivid reproductions of his paintings, drawings, and sculptures