Cortazar por Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires por Cortazar

Desde José Manuel Balmaceda, bajo cuya presidencia nace, hasta Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, bajo cuya segunda presidencia muere, la vida de Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) transcurre a la par ciudadana del país, y esté en donde esté, ira también con ella “el ritmo vital” de un Chile de aquellas dos últimas décadas del siglo XIX y de toda la primera mitad del XX. No hay autor o autora en nuestra literatura chilena y en nuestra historia cívica que haya tenido una motivación tan fervorosa y, a su vez, tan vitalizadora como Gabriela Mistral de cada uno de estos personajes de la vida...

José Luis Trueba investigates the controversial life of the Tlaotani ("King" in Aztec culture) Moctezuma II, especially in the lesser-known events that preceded the Spanish conquests. From the dangerous circumstances of his birth to his encounter with Hernán Cortés, passing through his education, military career, and political actions, Moctezuma is a complex portrait of a man that passed from adored to defeated in dizzying succession.

Many of Ronald Reagan's ways were not only unusual, but seem to contradict his others. Some authors are so perplexed by his nature they are reluctant to even assign intelligence to his mentality. They suspect he operated on everything from instinct to hunches to gut feelings and guesses. Lawrence Nesbitt's six years of extensive research has revealed a single psychological key that makes sense of the anomalies and contradictions. He has uncovered a powerful and nearly unique mindset that directed almost all of Reagan's conduct then and causes the confusion now. This unusual belief also...

Figura insolita en el panorama artistico de su epoca (1593-1653) y una de las pocas mujeres que alcanzo la fama en el ambito de la pintura. Sus cuadros se encuentran hoy en las principales pinacotecas del mundo.