Salvador Alvarado, estadista y pensador

"The authenticity and contributions of some 20 Cuban musicians, immortalized by the camera, are revealed in this photographic tribute. Throughout these pages, the lives of Sindo Garay, Compay Segundo, Adalberto Alvarez, Arsenio Rodriguez, Benny Moré, Chano Pozo, Felix Chapotín, Ibrahim Ferrer, José Luis Cortés, Miguel Matamoros, Ñico Saquito, Omara Portuondo, Cachaíto Lopez, Pancho ""El Bravo,"" Polo Montañez, Puntillita, Rubén González, and Tata Güines are explored. The companion audio CD provides examples of the vibrant music these artists create."

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Crash landing in San Sabestián, Spain in 1945, SS-Standartenführer Léon Joseph Marie Ignace Degrelle (1906-1994) narrowly escaped death from his native Belgium and the Allied forces. Stripped of his Belgian citizenship and sentenced to death in absentia for his part in the German side of WWII, Degrelle lived the rest of his life in exile in Spain, harbored unofficially by Franco's government. During these forty-nine years in exile, Degrelle never expressed any regret for his place in the war, nor did he remain silent as fantastic narratives were woven about the events of the war and the...

Fray Tomás Gómez, docto monje cisterciense castellano, dejó escrita a su muerte una extensa memoria manuscrita en la que cuenta “los raros y nunca oídos sucesos” de su visita de inspección al real monasterio de Valldigna. El relato autobiográfico nos traslada a la Valencia de mediados del siglo XVII vista por un castellano viejo que se siente “en reino extraño”, menospreciado y acosado por los que se oponen a su misión. En este relato, asistimos a una lucha política por el control de los monasterios cistercienses de la Corona de Aragón, que enfrenta a dos importantes...