Jesús por Mariñas

Presents the stories of four great womenKatherine Mansfield, Dolores Ibarruri, Anna Ajmatova and Margaret Meadwho overcame injustice, mediocrity, and prejudice.

Visión de Nueva York, diario inédito de la escritora Carmen Martín Gaite, fue elaborado en forma de collage durante su estancia en esta ciudad entre septiembre de 1980 y comienzos de 1981. Este diario es un recorrido de la autora (a través de imágenes y pequeños comentarios) en su día a día neoyorkino y en sus contactos con la sociedad norteamericana de la época. Una obra original, y una original narración, con una visión íntima y sensible de una escritora cuya faceta de contar a través de collages era desconocida hasta ahora por sus lectores.

From the author of the critically acclaimed Fruit of the Drunken Treecomes a dazzling, kaleidoscopic memoir about liberating herself fromWestern notions of fact and fiction to reclaim her family's otherworldlylegacy. For Ingrid Rojas Contreras, magic runs in the family. Growing up in theColombia of the 1980's and 1990's in a house where "what did you dream?"was asked in place of "how are you?" her world was laced with prophecy andviolence. Her maternal grandfather, Nono, was a renowned curandero, acommunity healer gifted with the ability to talk to the dead, tell the future, curethe sick, and ...

New York Times Bestseller Like See No Evil and At the Center of the Storm, this is a vivid and gripping account of the Central Intelligence Agency, a life of secrets, and a war in the shadows. Called the "Bob Gates of his generation" by Politico, Michael Morell was a top CIA officer who played a critical role in the most important counterterrorism events of the past two decades. Morell was by President Bush's side on 9/11/01 when terrorists struck America and in the White House Situation Room advising President Obama on 5/1/11 when America struck back-killing Usama bin Ladin. From the subway...