Puyol. La biografía

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 violencia de pareja en Colombia sigue siendo un fenómeno alarmante y, lamentablemente, en crecimiento, cuyos orígenes pueden remontarse al momento en que nuestro territorio era uno de los virreinatos de la monarquía hispánica. Muchas de las agresiones y asesinatos derivados de pleitos entre cónyuges o entre amantes quedaron plasmados en los registros judiciales de la época; episodios violentos que dan cuenta de una sociedad marcada por la desigualdad social, racial y de género. Morir de amor rescata del Archivo General de la Nación 164 casos (ocurridos entre el siglo XVI y la...

?Que es un hombre? ?Que es el conocimiento? ?Que esta bien y que no? ?Que es la filosofia? ?Por que algunos la consideran subversiva y peligrosa y otros directamente la ignoran? Filosofia para Principiantes responde a esas preguntas a traves de su historia

Many thought of her as Queen Nancy. Others as the Dragon Lady. But for millions of Americans, Nancy Reagan was the always-smiling and deeply admiring presidential spouse who stood by her man; that image lingers still in the touching picture of a bereaved widow at her husband's casket. Nancy Reagan has stirred passionate defenders and acerbic critics in many books and the media. James Benze, however, is the first biographer to discuss the effect of her acting background on her tenure as first lady. Unlike earlier biographers, he focuses on the way she applied her acting skills to meet the...