La Tirana (1755-1803)

The correspondence in this brief collection tells of journeys, separations, fantasies, and misunderstandings experienced by the colorful Arthur Cravan, all written to his wife Mina Loy prior to his mysterious disappearance in the Gulf of Mexico. The complete and partial letters and postcards are not mere love letters but rather an introduction to a true character who embodied the worries, activities, and audacities of early 20th-century culture. Even though Mina did not love Arthur at first, it is quite apparent in the content of this book that he was completely struck by her immediately. La...

Travesía más allá del horizonte, es la historia de los inmigrantes indocumentados y las dificultades que afrontan, reflejada en la propia historia del autor. En esta travesía se puede constatar el abuso del que son víctimas los inmigrantes en muchas partes del mundo. Esto ocurre desde el inicio, cuando los inmigrantes toman la decisión de abandonar su tierra natal. Aquí el lector se entera de los “tramites” necesarios con los coyotes y los traficantes de personas. Estas organizaciones ilícitas se han vuelto muy poderosas movidas por las ganancias económicas producto de este...

Este libro, fruto de una paciente y documentada investigación, nos muestra a Dulce María Serret en toda su grandeza. Esta ilustre figura de nuestra cultura recibió una esmerada educación musical en La Habana y Madrid, y brilló como intérprete en los principales salones de París. A su regreso a Cuba, estremeció la capital con sus presentaciones. Ya en Santiago funda, junto a otros intelectuales del momento, varias instituciones para el desarrollo de la música de concierto; la principal fue el Conservatorio Provincial de Música de Oriente. A partir de entonces, se entregó a la...

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...