Reto a la soledad. Memorias y desmemorias de un sobreviviente

Hope in a Ballet Shoe tells the story of Michaela DePrince. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnessed atrocities that no child ever should. Her father was killed by rebels and her mother died of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela was mistreated and saw the brutal murder of her favourite teacher. Then Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple, and Michaela begins to take dance lessons. But life in the States isn't without difficulties. Unfortunately, tragedy can find its way to Michaela in America, too, and her past can feel like it's haunting her. The world...

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Política nata, amante de las artes y finalmente icono de una era, Isabel, hija de Enrique VIII y Ana Bolena, asume la corona inglesa. De inteligencia aguda y estilo autoritario, gobierna el país en medio de dificultades que enfrenta y sortea con destreza: guerras, intrigas y conspiraciones para asesinarla. Vanidosa y astuta, logra ganarse el respeto de sus enemigos, rodearse de los colaboradores más fieles, y mantener la lealtad y devoción casi unánime de su pueblo. Decidida a conservar la corona y a no defraudar a los ingleses, elige no someterse ante nadie, renunciando incluso al...

Magistral crónica que retrata al poeta Pablo de Rokha, una de las figuras más intensas y combativas de la literatura chilena. Deslenguado, siempre polémico, atravesó buena parte del siglo ganando amigos y detractores, escribiendo una obra inmensa y fundamental, mientras la de sus compañeros de generación, entre ellos Mistral, Neruda y Huidobro, recorría el mundo de manera inédita hasta entonces. La de De Rokha es una historia llena de piezas extraviadas que Álvaro Bisama reconstruye de forma admirable. Cómo fue armándose su clan y familia, la fulminante historia de amor con...