Lo caótico de ser mariposa

Jesús Villa, conocido en el mundo del vuelo como Jota, es uno de los pioneros del Ala Delta en nuestro país, deporte que comenzó en los años 70, Jota comenzó a dar clases de Ala Delta en 1976 y aún hoy sigue al pie de la ladera, megáfono en mano, guiando los despegues y aterrizajes de alumnos ilusionados por volar. Este libro recoge todos estos años con fotos y historias contadas por Jota.

"This is a story about how I was saved by love at a time when most people considered me beyond rescue," begins Victor Rivas Rivers in this powerful chronicle of how he escaped the war zone of domestic violence -- too often regarded as a "private family matter" -- and went on to become a good man, a film star, and a prominent activist. The Cuban-born author begins by recalling when he was kidnapped, along with three of his siblings, by his own father, who abandoned Victor's pregnant mother and took the children on a cross-country hell-ride that nearly ended in a fatal collision. This journey...

Great men were once children, and perhaps, they even desired to have everything we now have at arm's reach. Some were born into poverty; others were orphaned and cared for by relatives or institutions. Extreme scarcity or social turmoil was often a part of their daily lives. However, these greats allowed themselves to envision a better future and follow their dreams. They worked incessantly to make their visions a reality. As a result, they've gifted humanity with proof that dreams do come true.

Diputado local, diputado federal, dos veces gobernador de Oaxaca, secretario de Justicia y de Gobernación, además de presidente de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación, Benito Pablo Juárez García es recordado como el indígena oaxaqueño que, gracias a su perseverancia y a la firmeza de sus principios, alcanzó la Presidencia de la República, logrando imponerse así a un destino que parecía condenarlo a la oscuridad y la miseria. Pero ¿qué hay detrás de la figura que consolidó a México como una nación soberana e independiente y que inauguró el Estado laico? En esta...