El don de la siesta

Jay Rayner uses his entrée into this world to probe the larger issues behind the globalization of dinner. He reports on gastronomy from Vegas to Dubai, Moscow to Tokyo, London to New York, to Paris. The Man Who Ate the World is a fascinating and riotous look at the business and pleasure of fine dining.

These biographies introduce young readers to important figures in American history. Ideal for reports and correlated to the social studies curriculum, the series presents a straightforward account of each individual's life and times and describes how each person contributed to the shaping of our nation.

Auster comenzó a escribir La invención de la soledad cuando murió su padre repentinamente. Éste es un homenaje a la figura paterna, una reflexión sobre su influencia, sobre el papel de hijo y sobre su propia paternidad. Consta de dos textos: en "Retrato de un hombre invisible", Auster analiza un hecho misterioso del pasado familiar y las consecuencias en el carácter del padre; sobre "El libro de la memoria", Enrique Vila-Matas escribió que es "un bello texto que contiene el germen de toda la obra austeriana". La invención de la soledad es un libro autobiográfico en el mismo tono que...

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...