Jane Austen at Home

Una lección de política a través del estudio de uno de los principales conquistadores de América: Francisco Pizarro. Francisco Pizarro es una figura extensamente estudiada por historiadores, escritores y autores de las más diversas orientaciones, quienes durante casi 500 años se han preguntado cómo un aventurero español, a la cabeza de un reducido ejército, logró conquistar el Imperio Inca. En este libro, sin embargo, el ex presidente peruano Alan García desarrolla un análisis novedoso, desde un ángulo muy pocas veces abordado: Pizarro como personaje político. García explora de ...

Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is an account of living in near-destitution in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins. The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the British writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his...

Shares the chilling testimony of Mukhtar Mai, a 28-year old Pakistani woman, who, in 2002, was sentenced by Meerwala's tribal counsel to endure a collective rape in redress for an action committed by her 13-year-old brother, and who, after suffering nameless atrocities, decided to forego the tradition of committing suicide to denounce the crime.

The Pope recalls his early career, with an emphasis on his years as bishop and archbishop in Poland, and discusses issues affecting the Church and the role and function of bishops.