La Memoria Histórica y algo más

In the vast array and vitriol of our National Health debate , the doctors voice , especially that of the surgeon , is rarely solicited , and seldom heard . It is mostly the clamor of patients you hear or the rancor of politicians . This compendium of lifetime essays will restitute an imbalance that is long overdue . The collection speaks to how a practicing surgeon really feels about the vital medical issues of our day , and what needs to be done to improve his lifes work and his dedicated care for his patients . American medicine is at a desperate crossroads where the qualitative health of...

In 1990 Román Gubern met Enrique Planas who turned out to be the leader of the Vatican Film Library. When Gubern settled in Rome as director of the Cervantes Institute, the Catalan priest contacted him and proposed to participate in the Vatican preparations to celebrate the centenary of the cinema.

As Built es el libro de memorias de un estudiante de arquitectura que escribió sus anécdotas y experiencias durante todos los años de facultad. “As Built” es un término que se usa mucho en los campos de arquitectura e ingeniería. Se usa para hacer referencia a los planos defnitivos de una obra una vez que esta haya terminado, y en la que deben constar todos los cambios que se hicieron durante la ejecución. También es importante el desarrollo, crecimiento y mejoramiento de nuestras ciudades, por eso también, a modo de ensayo se dedicó un capítulo a un diagnóstico y proyección...

When two plainclothes policemen arrested champion cyclist David Millar in a restaurant near Biarritz in 2004 for doping, it marked the beginning of a two-year exile from cycling and the end of everything else: his multimillion dollar contract with one of the biggest teams in the sport, his opulent lifestyle, the support of his teammates and closest friends, and the gold medal he’d won months before at the world championships. This candid memoir follows a young and idealistic cyclist from the early-morning streets of Hong Kong to the highest echelons of the sport in France where, overcome by ...