Alejandro Magno

The definitive annotated translation of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180 CE) was the sixteenth emperor of Rome -- and by far the most powerful man in the world. Yet he was also an intensely private person, with a rich interior life and one of the wisest minds of his generation. He collected his thoughts in notebooks, gems that have come to be called his Meditations. Never intended for publication, the work has proved an inexhaustible source of wisdom and one of the most important Stoic texts of all time. In often passionate language, the entries range from...

"Golpes de gracia" es el relato de dos vidas paralelas: la de Paulino Uzcudun, varias veces campeón europeo de los pesos pesados durante los años veinte y treinta, y la del también guipuzcoano Isidoro Gaztañaga, estrella fulgurante de los cuadriláteros y las alcobas. Fueron grandes amigos y enemigos feroces; compartieron juergas y festines; sedujeron a las más bellas y probaron las mieles de la fama; cosecharon titulares, exclamaciones y envidias... Finalmente morderían el polvo. Nunca cruzaron guantes, pero siempre se miraron de reojo: miradas de odio, admiración, rencor o respeto....

Toibin examines the lives and works of some of the greatest and most influential writers of the past two centuries, whose homosexuality remained hidden. This is an intimate encounter with Oscar Wilde, Thomas Mann, Elizabeth Bishop, and Pedro Almodovar among others. Through their work, Toibin is able to come to terms with his own inner desires and secret erotic energy.

Describes the relationship between twentieth-century Mexican artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, discussing the political, social, and cultural upheavals that impacted their relationship.