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Through his leading role in the three Superman films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified with the superhero that he wasn't just seen as the actor who played Superman, he was Superman. Which is why the tragic riding accident which left him paralysed from the neck down shocked the world. Superman was not superhuman. It is also why he is now the world's most recognisable person in a wheelchair. In true superhero style, Christopher Reeve refuses to resign himself to the life of a quadriplegic, and is actively campaigning to raise the profile of spinal-cord injury victims and research. ...

Drawing on never-before-seen material, this definitive biography exposes the true extent of the Jackson family's dysfunctionality -- evidence of which is still in the public eye as they dispute the star's will Jackson was the most talented, richest, and most famous pop star on the planet. But the outpouring of emotion that followed his loss was bittersweet. Dogged by scandal for over fifteen years, and undone by his own tendency to trust the wrong people, Jackson had become untouchable in many quarters, a fact that wounded him deeply. Now, drawing on unprecedented access to friends, enemies,...

Stefan Zweig se refirió al gran humanista Erasmo de Rotterdam como el primer “europeo consciente de serlo”. Para él, Erasmo era el “maestro venerado”, al que se sentía unido no solamente en lo espiritual sino sobre todo en el rechazo de toda clase de violencia. Esta “figura de alguien que tiene razón no en el ámbito tangible del éxito sino únicamente en sentido moral” fascinaba a Zweig. La fortaleza de espíritu y la dificultad para decidirse a actuar constituyen el “triunfo y la tragedia” de Erasmo. A la hora de la verdad, cuando el príncipe elector le pide su...

Muchas veces me pregunto si merece la pena seguir jugando a pádel, si han valido la pena todos los sacrificios que he tenido que hacer: separarme de mis padres, de mi hermana, de mis abuelos, dejar mi país, Argentina, competir cada dos semanas en un lugar distinto, perderme innumerables momentos (buenos y malos) de mi mujer y mis tres hijos… Hoy no albergo ninguna duda: rotundamente sí. El pádel es mi medio de vida y el de mis hijos. Si me repiten la misma pregunta cuando aviste el final de mi carrera, seguramente la respuesta será un contundente “no”, porque yo le he dado al...