Escritores españoles en los Estados Unidos

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 figura de Mahoma, un humilde caravanero de La Meca que puso los cimientos de una religion de alcance mundial, ha suscitado siempre inacabables controversias. La experta Karen Armstrong comienza esta fascinante biografia explicando como, en la Arabia del siglo VII, en un ambiente politeista y politicamente desunido, Muhammad ibn Abdallah, Mahoma (570-632), vivio una experiencia mistica que cambio el curso de la historia: las revelaciones que pronto fructificarian en el Coran. Estudia despues los inicios de la nueva religion, el islam -palabra que significa "sumision" y "paz"-, y las...

These biographies introduce young readers to important figures in American history. Ideal for reports and correlated to the social studies curriculum, the series presents a straightforward account of each individual's life and times and describes how each person contributed to the shaping of our nation.

Carried out in complete confidence by a close friend of Jean-Paul Sartre who was authorized to write his biography, these interviews allow readers entry into one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th century. In this revealing and impressive portrait, readers can witness some of Sartre’s greatest complexities, especially his inner struggle with the apparent contradiction between his point of view on freedom and the influence of social conditions on decision-making. Additionally, the philosopher elaborates on his thoughts regarding the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the...