Kafka

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,...

Amalia, novela del argentino José Mármol (1817-1871), cuya primera parte fue publicada en 1851, en forma de folletín, en el diario La Semana de Montevideo, apareció en forma de libro en Buenos Aires en 1855, con la adición de los ocho últimos capítulos. Es considerada la primera novela rioplatense y su hilo conductor es el romance entre Amalia –una viuda residente en Buenos Aires– y Eduardo Belgrano, un joven unitario que es herido al tratar de salir de Buenos Aires para incorporarse a las tropas que luchan contra Rosas. Eduardo es salvado por su amigo Daniel Bello, quien lo...

La historia de amor de Corina Kavanagh y Aarón Félix Anchorena. La obstinación de una madre. Una iglesia con sus muertos. La década infame. Y la primera venganza de amor con ladrillos que convirtió durante décadas al Edificio Kavanagh en el más alto de Sudamérica e imponente de Buenos Aires.

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. ...