Daniela Arboleda Filigrana

Cuando don José María Morelos salió de Michoacán reuniendo tropas por la Costa Grande para extender la lucha armada por las provincias del sur, ya traía la encomienda ordenada por don Miguel Hidalgo: la toma del Castillo de San Diego en Acapulco. Describir el genio militar del general Morelos, su viaje desde Yanhuitlán, en la Sierra Mixteca —donde dejó en defensa de la región a Mariano Matamoros—, y el paso por los pueblos serranos, luego por las comunidades de la Costa Chica hasta llegar a la Sabana, en Acapulco, es uno de los motivos para escribir este libro. El 21 de agosto de...

The Texas refinery town of Leechfield, perched on the swampy rim of the Gulf, is famous for mosquitoes and the manufacture of Agent Orange - a place where the only bookstores are religious ones and the restaurants serve only fried food. A handful of the Leechfield oil workers gather regularly at the American Legion Bar to drink salted beer and spin long, improbable tales. They're the Liars' Club. And to the girl whose father is the club's undisputed champion mythmaker, they exude a fatal glamour - one that lifts her from ordinary life. But there are other lies. Darker, more hidden. Her...

Se retrata aquí algunos aspectos de quien fuera el embajador sueco en Chile al momento del golpe de Estado, Harald Edelstam. Defensor acérrimo del gobierno de Allende, salvo muchas vidas durante los primeros meses de la Dictadura.

One day, in a tiny Methodist chapel, he heard the call of God and immediately began the work of making sure that everyone knew that they had to 'only believe'. Over the last 50 years, he has become the principal figure in the growth of the Pentecostal movement, leading missions all over the world.