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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...

La conmovedora historia real de un adolescente que cruzó todo un continente para seguir estudiando. Imagina que vives en un país que no te permite realizar los estudios necesarios para desarrollarte como individuo. Imagina que no tienes mayor sueño que ese, precisamente. Trata de imaginar ahora que, con quince años, con la mente fría y despierta del adulto que proyectas ser y el corazón cargado de los secretos e ilusiones del niño que eres todavía, te escapas de casa sin más fin que conseguir un propósito que comienza a truncarse y a volverse violento y deshumanizante desde la...

Este libro hace un recorrido completo por la historia de nuestro país a través de la personalidad y el reinado de sus monarcas, recogiendo las circunstancias históricas que los rodearon y su biografía.

The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning offers an accessible and authoritative guide to the essentials of Robert Browning's life and poetry. Drawing from his personal letters and from the diaries and memoirs of his contemporaries, this literary biography provides a wealth of information about the main events of his life, including the social, political, religious, and aesthetic issues that concerned him; it offers critical commentary defining the central characteristics of his poetry; and it tracks the changes in his reputation through contemporary reviews and the growth of the Browning...