Padre Pío

The intimate story of two of the most famous, yet enigmatic, figures in modern literature—Jack Kerouac and his friend, traveling companion, and hero, Neal Cassady—this is a firsthand account of life among the Beat generation, written by the woman who was Cassady’s wife and Kerouac’s lover. Beginning with the early days of Kerouac and Cassady’s friendship, Carolyn Cassady’s riveting memoir narrates the explosive success of Kerouac’s On the Road and Ginsberg’s "Howl," the flowering of the Beat generation, and the social revolution of the 1960s that saw Kerouac and Cassady taken...

La tensión estaba en el aire. La ciudad de México era un hervidero reaccionario y porfirista donde los generales que juraban fidelidad al presidente Madero conspiraban por las noches para dar un golpe de Estado. ¿Pero qué ocurrió exactamente durante aquellos días de febrero de 1913? Paco Ignacio Taibo II hace una reconstrucción minuciosa de la confabulación: su gestación en octubre de 1912 en La Habana, un corrupto embajador norteamericano presionando para que el levantamiento se lleve a cabo, las calles del centro tomadas por el ejército la traición se respiraba por toda la...

Filha de pais atores, Vítor Norte e Carla Lupi, Sara Norte cedo mostrou interesse pelo mundo artístico, quer através das suas brincadeiras de criança quer pela vontade de participar ativamente no meio e, com a sua simpatia e profissionalismo, acabou, também, cedo por encantar quem a viu em cena. Aos quatro anos fez o primeiro anúncio televisivo. Posteriormente muitos outros. Entrou na Rua Sésamo, aos oito anos na ópera Falstaff, aos doze na famosa série televisiva Médico de Família e, anos depois, na telenovela Lusitana Paixão. As suas convicções eram fortes e o sonho era ir...

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