Los dueños del mundo

El Diccionario biográfico (vol. IV) ofrece a lo largo de más de 1.600 voces, información objetiva acerca de los personajes, sus carreras y los acontecimientos en los que tomaron parte, evitando los debates historiográficos propios de otro tipo de obras.

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way?" With these words, Pablo Picasso described the revolutionary methods of painting and artistic perspective with which he challenged the ways people and the world were defined. His life was a similarly complex prism of people, places, and ideologies that spanned most of the twentieth century. Acclaimed scholar Mary Ann Caws provides in Pablo Picasso a fresh and concise...

Una biografía subjetiva del autor de María (1867), narrada en la voz de su esposa Felisa González: “A pesar de las continuas separaciones, a pesar de la rabia y la impotencia, me hace feliz saber que soy la mujer junto a quien Jorge ha vivido más tiempo. Ahora puedo amarlo libremente, sin sospechar que añora a otras. Lo amo con un sentimiento protector, que nada podría destruir. Aun sin proponérmelo, le he perdonado todo: la soledad, la distancia, los sueños irrealizables, los fracasos, sus aventuras. Me siento orgullosa de él, de lo que ha hecho por el país, por la literatura,...

As moving as his bestselling works of fiction, Nicholas Sparks's unique memoir, written with his brother, chronicles the life-affirming journey of two brothers bound by memories, both humorous and tragicIn January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother, Micah, set off on a three-week trip around the globe. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at thirty-seven and thirty-eight respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. Against the backdrop of the wonders of the world and often overtaken by their feelings, daredevil Micah and the more serious, introspective...