Dante Navarro

This book is an exploration of Jack Kerouac, the writer that a whole generation turned into their reluctant spokesman. Duval gives a voice to key figures from that movement: the poet Allen Ginsberg; Carolyn Cassadys wife and Kerouacs lover; Joyce Johnson, who was in a relationship with the writerwhen he became famous; Timothy Leary, the psychedelic guru of the sixties; Anne Waldman, beat poet; and Ken Kesey, a central figure of American counter-culture. Through their stories, we investigate the mysterious figure of Jack Kerouac, the man who wrote the most important novel of his generation to...

Ahora, cuando han trascurrido 84 años de la terminación de la Guerra Civil española, cuando se han cumplido 106 años del nacimiento del autor y quince de su fallecimiento, he decidido dar a la imprenta el manuscrito del diario que redactó. Al publicar el libro, mi esperanza sería que la memoria fiel de lo que sucedió contribuya, por modestamente que sea, a una visión verídica de aquellos dramáticos acontecimientos. El texto comienza el 18 de julio de 1936, con unas escuetas anotaciones ocasionales que, desde junio de 1937, se convirtieron en un verdadero diario de la guerra...

Egypt's sun queen magnificently revealed in a new book by renowned Egyptologist, Aidan Dodson Nefertiti's name and face are perhaps the best known of any royal woman of ancient Egypt, yet for many she is little more than an icon or archetype of ancient beauty. However, recent research has fleshed out our knowledge--or at least credible hypotheses--about her life and career, pointing to her being an important political figure in her own right, rather than simply the principal spouse of the so-called "heretic king," Akhenaten, and mother-in-law (if not mother) of Tutankhamun. In Nefertiti,...

Una historia inspirada en hechos reales, que tiene como protagonista a Claudia Lorena "La Flaca" González. A través de sus capítulos, descubrimos, junto a la misma autora, en un tono de íntima confesión, la pasión por el deporte de alta competencia y cómo ese mismo deporte —el vóley femenino— hará de ella no solamente una excelente jugadora, sino una mujer valiente, preparada para enfrentar un episodio inesperado y crucial de su vida.