Cruzando El Desierto Descalza

Política nata, amante de las artes y finalmente icono de una era, Isabel, hija de Enrique VIII y Ana Bolena, asume la corona inglesa. De inteligencia aguda y estilo autoritario, gobierna el país en medio de dificultades que enfrenta y sortea con destreza: guerras, intrigas y conspiraciones para asesinarla. Vanidosa y astuta, logra ganarse el respeto de sus enemigos, rodearse de los colaboradores más fieles, y mantener la lealtad y devoción casi unánime de su pueblo. Decidida a conservar la corona y a no defraudar a los ingleses, elige no someterse ante nadie, renunciando incluso al...

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...

HENRY DARROW, (su nombre de pila Enrique Tomás Delgado) catapultado al estrellato internacional como el galán y complejo personaje de Manolito Montoya en la serie de televisión El Gran Chaparral (1967-1971). Considerado el primer actor de ascendencia puertorriqueño de ser estrella de un serie de drama. “Henry triunfó, cuando, si eras latino, no podrías ser solamente bueno, debías ser mucho más que bueno y ese es Henry”, dice el connotado escritor Rick Najera. En la cima de su carrera, Darrow dio cabida a nuevos talentos hispanos. Continuó cautivando y marcando la pauta por más...

Hope in a Ballet Shoe tells the story of Michaela DePrince. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnessed atrocities that no child ever should. Her father was killed by rebels and her mother died of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela was mistreated and saw the brutal murder of her favourite teacher. Then Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple, and Michaela begins to take dance lessons. But life in the States isn't without difficulties. Unfortunately, tragedy can find its way to Michaela in America, too, and her past can feel like it's haunting her. The world...