La promesa de Gertruda

"The Diplomite" is a compelling account of the author's life experiences growing up so far from home. From India to Vienna, Diana Carr was always an outsider, and learned what it is like to be the "other". This is a story about what it is like to be a young representative of the United States and staying calm in the face of danger. This is a story about how no matter what, the author's parents kept her family safe. This is a story about the strength and importance of family. Carr's father joined the Foreign Service in 1945. The world was in turmoil as it settled into the aftermath of World...

La via XX Settembre, en el corazón de Palermo, es donde, en 1958, se va a vivir la familia Agnello. El pequeño mundo formado por tíos, primos, per- sonal de servicio, amigos y parientes constituye un microcosmos que es ob- servado con la mirada atenta de la autora. Como telón de fondo, una ciudad donde a las heridas de la guerra se añaden otras más devastadoras si cabe: las de la especulación urbanística. Palermo, espléndida y miserable, seduce a Simonetta. La ciudad se le revela al mismo tiempo que ella se revela a sí misma, a través de un mundo compacto, solidario, de la...

La historia de Jo, el mexicano más importante en la historia del máximo circuito del automovilismo que trabajó con las leyendas de la Fórmula 1. En sus propias palabras, sus experiencias desde los hermanos Rodríguez hasta Steward, Prost, Senna y Hakkinen, una lectura impostergable que deleitará a todos los aficionados de la Fórmula 1.

When flying an airplane was no more than a reckless act, Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly cross the Atlantic and the Pacific alone. Besides her exploits as a pilot, she wrote three books and many articles reporting on her trips, and become one of the primary promoters of aviation. Her last adventure was to fly around the world. Before arriving at the second-to-last phase of her itinerary, a storm ended her life and that of her copilot, Frederick J. Noonan.