El Niño con su tres: Andrés Echevarría Callava, Niño Rivera

Cada año se presentan un millar de aspirantes a ingresar en las filas de los Navy Seals norteamericanos, de los que solo unos 200 son admitidos. Tras años de un duro entrenamiento, un pequeño número de los mejores se integrarán en el "Seal Team Six", el cuerpo secreto de élite creado en 1980, tras el fracaso del rescate de los rehenes estadounidenses en Irán. Una máquina humana de matar que ha protagonizado una impresionante serie de actuaciones, mantenidas generalmente en secreto, que culminaron en la muerte de Osama bin Laden. Este libro nos cuenta la historia de uno de sus...

Diego Armando Maradona è stato uno dei migliori calciatori di tutti i tempi, il più fantasioso, capace di numeri individuali imprevedibili ma anche di trascinare i compagni di tutte le squadre in cui ha giocato. Durante la sua tempestosa carriera ha militato nei migliori club in Sud America e in Europa ed è stato una figura centrale in quattro Coppe del mondo. Ma non è stato solo questo: Maradona ha personificato il calcio sia come sport popolare sia come grande business, contribuendo a un cambiamento epocale dell'intero settore. Oggi, a sessant'anni, non corre più lungo il campo con il...

As an actress, Diana Quick was forever trying on the mask of other people's lives - raiding her own memory to service the character she was playing. Coming from a large, noisy family in Kent that seemed to be plain-speaking and straightforward, she was astonished to find on her beloved father's death that his childhood in India was far from idyllic. She was then thunderstruck to hear that he was to have a requiem mass. She had no idea he was Catholic. She discovered that his stepmother had got rid of him and his sister upon marrying his father and that he had grown up in almost total...

As thousands of other Latin Americans, the Marin family immigrated to the US in search of a better life. With no knowledge of the English language, no scholarships or other benefits, Rosario braved her way through our competitive society. Her life story, set amidst some truly tragic events, is a statement to a life of perseverance, commitment, trust, and love. It is also a testimony that proves that the only real boundaries are those we impose on ourselves. It is a fount of inspiration for all of us who encounter adversity every day of our lives.