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¿Cuántas veces soñamos con hacer algo y lo descartamos creyendo que no tenemos tiempo, o que sencillamente es imposible? El autor comparte sus éxitos y derrotas al enfrentar objetivos que a priori parecen inalcanzables. Después de veinte años de trotar unos pocos kilómetros, dos o tres veces a la semana por las calles de Buenos Aires, el escritor se plantea el desafío de participar en las veinticinco carreras a pie más extremas del planeta. Correr en el desierto del Sahara durante seis días (con temperaturas por encima de los 40 °C), en la jungla del Amazonas (entre jaguares y todo ...

Dr. Luciano Jaramillo is one of the most important Biblical scholars in the Spanish-speaking world. His multiple contributions in the field of Bible translation have demonstrated him to be one of the most distinguished and relevant erudites of the 21st century. He served as secretary of the translation committee for the NVI (Nueva Version Internacional) translation, the most widely read modern Bible translation in the Spanish language. He is also the author of seven books on Biblical disciplines, theology, and devotional reflection and has served as pastor, professor at various Bible...

Martin Fierro, the argentine poem, has been subject to numerous ideology biased interpretations. This appropriation, sometimes outrageous, has spurred the discussion whether Martin Fierro or Domingo F. Sarmiento's Facundo should be considered in orderto bring the Argentine society into a just, peaceful civil terrain. To read Quiroga Lavie's biography of Jose Hernandez means delving into the mind of an earnest, law abiding scholar, that nevertheless falls into the same trap of romanticizing the roguish characteristics with complete disregard of the fact that Martin Fierro's advise to his sons, ...

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,...