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Jorge Lorenzo se proclamó el pasado mes de octubre de 2010 campeón de la categoría reina del motociclismo. Es el nuevo rey de MotoGP, y lo es, además, de forma incontestable, ya que, con 383 puntos, batió el récord histórico de la competición. Once años han tenido que pasar desde la última vez que otro español, Álex Crivillé, fuera capaz de lograr esta hazaña, lo que da fe de la magnitud del éxito cosechado por el piloto mallorquín. En este libro, ilustrado con espectaculares fotografías, la narración del propio Lorenzo te hará partícipe de las experiencias vividas durante ...

The Spanish edition of Claudia Rankine’s (Citizen) new, acclaimed, genre-bending reflection on whiteness in America. “A skyscraper in the literature on racism.” —Christian Science Monitor “Rankine [is] helping America understand itself, one conversation at a time.” —Associated Press NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 by The New York Times, Time Magazine, NPR, Esquire, The Guardian, O Magazine, Ms. Magazine, Star Tribune, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Christian Science Monitor, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly As everyday white supremacy becomes increasingly vocalized with no clear...

Ph.D. in History from the University of Oxford, a professor of Spanish Contemporary History at the prestigious London School of Economics, author of a dozen titles on the recent Spain, Paul Preston as nobody knows the figure of Francisco Franco. In the great manipulator, Preston offers us an updated and accessible biography, covering all aspects needed to understand the figure of the general (his ascension into the army during the Republic, the Civil War and postwar relations with Hitler, the forty years of dictatorship) and shows how he was always haunted by the image control, progressively...

From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path. Seduced by the illicit world of drugs and alcohol, he quickly found himself caught in the clutches of addiction. [Mi hijo precioso] is Nic's story, but from the perspective of his father, David.--From amazon.com.