Sara puro mito

Anécdotas cotidianas, historias rocanbolescas y situaciones insólitas que vive la policía en las grandes ciudades como Palma de Mallorca.

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...

¿Qué es lo que está sucediendo en Italia para que en sólo dos años haya habido tres primeros ministros diferentes y ninguno de ellos elegido por los italianos? ¿Por qué el Presidente de la República, Giorgio Napolitano, obligó a Silvio Berlusconi a dimitir cuando a éste le quedaba aún año y medio de mandato? ¿Y por qué este país se encuentra sumido en una fuerte crisis política y económica de la que no parece salir de momento? Estas y otras muchas otras cuestiones son las que pretende resolver este libro. El país transalpino es un mundo cercano a nosotros, pero también a...

"Well reported and heartfelt, Ruhlman communicates the passion that draws the acolyte to this precise and frantic profession."—The New York Times Book Review Just over a decade ago, journalist Michael Ruhlman donned a chef's jacket and houndstooth-check pants to join the students at the Culinary Institute of America, the country's oldest and most influential cooking school. But The Making of a Chef is not just about holding a knife or slicing an onion; it's also about the nature and spirit of being a professional cook and the people who enter the profession. As Ruhlman—now an expert on...