El lado b de la cultura

Poseedor de una de las plumas más notables e incisivas de nuestra lengua y pieza clave en la consolidación de las instituciones educativas de México, Jaime Torres Bodet nos lega en sus memorias un fiel testimonio de su paso por dichas instituciones y por el Servicio Exterior Mexicano. Ofrece una perspectiva amplia de su época, las personas y los acontecimientos que marcaron tres cuartas partes del siglo XX mexicano, pero también en la escena internacional, fruto de su labor diplomática. Este volumen da cuenta de sus primeros recuerdos de infancia, el despertar a las letras, la creación ...

The lives of Rita Marley and her husband Bob Marley are intimately shared in this look at their youths, their marriage, and the music that has made them legends. Beginning with her youth in the Trench Town ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Rita narrates her early encounters with the Wailing Wailers and how her relationship with Bob developed and changed as he transformed from local musician to international icon. This memoir emphasizes Rita's own musicianship, first as part of Bob Marley's backing vocalists, the I-Threes, and later her career after his death carrying on the musical legacy he began.

Diario personal de un psicoterapeuta en los a-os finales de su actividad profesional. Abundan reflexiones sobre arte, poes'a, espiritualidad y sobre temas filos-ficos, educativos, est ticos y psicol-gicos. Todo ello expresado con un estilo sencillo y directo -a veces rozando lo l'rico- que nos adentran en los recovecos de la intimidad personal."

Una maestra en Katmandú, which inspired the movie directed by Icíar Bollaín, is a beautiful and rare love story and a fascinating travel journal. The still unfinished story of Vicki Subirana begins with the dreams of a socially-committed young teacher and culminates in the consolidation of a world-wide academic project for Nepal’s poor and marginalized population. In her quest to carry out her ideals, Vicki dealt with all kinds of obstacles: to avoid being deported, she even accepted a marriage of convenience to a Sherpa… a relationship that turned into a sweeping and passionate love...