Parafernalia

Los jóvenes mexicanos han forjado su pasado y su presente en un contexto marcado por fuertes y persistentes desigualdades sociales. El hilo conductor de este libro es la inquietud por analizar y explicar cómo estas inequidades se manifiestan en diferentes ámbitos sociales, en un momento clave del curso de la vida de los individuos: el proceso de transición a la adultez. Las vivencias y decisiones tomadas en esta fase dejan marcas indelebles en las trayectorias de vida de los jóvenes y condicionan sus derroteros futuros. La constatación de este hecho nos motivó a dar vida a una obra...

Henri Charriere, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: "escape." After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken. Charriere's...

A comprehensive study of a wide range of Andalusian ivory artefacts from the Middle Ages. As well as examining the Late Roman background to Hispano-Muslim ivory working, the book gives weight to the full chronological span of muslim rule in Spain, although it does not ignore the most famous pieces from the 10th and 11th centuries. The corpus which is presented allows new insights on production and its social and political contexts, on chronology, and on iconographic considerations

Ma terre promise a obtenu de nombreux prix aux États-Unis et une critique superbement élogieuse. Partisan de la paix et de la création d’un état palestinien, Ari Shavit nous offre, à travers l’histoire de sa famille et des principales étapes de la création d’Israël jusqu’à nos jours, le plus passionnant et contrasté des voyages. Des portraits – celui de son arrière grand-père qui se rendit en Terre Sainte en 1897, du premier fermier qui fit pousser des oranges à Jaffa, de l’homme qui transforma les ruines de Massada en symbole du sionisme, d’un Palestinien qui, en...