Toda su verdad

Rigorously objective, journalist Joaquín Bardavío pens this monumental biography, the most complete among those that have been published about Franco and his time.

"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...

On the 35th anniversary of his death comes the definitive biography of rock 'n' roll legend Jimi Hendrix-by the New York Times bestselling author Charles R. Cross oinciding with the 35th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's tragic death in 1970, Room Full of Mirrors is the definitive biography of rock 'n' roll's greatest guitarist. Meticulously researched and based on more than 300 interviews with those who knew him best-more than half of whom have never spoken about him before-this landmark book recounts the entire arc of Hendrix's life, from his troubled childhood in Seattle's projects and the...

Humboldt fue científico, viajero, inventor y llegó a ser una de las personas más admiradas de su época. Heredero de la Ilustración, abandonó su Berlín natal guiado por sus inquietudes, recorrió gran parte de Europa y, tras muchas peripecias, consiguió embarcarse en una expedición para explorar el Nuevo Mundo. No había nada que escapara a su interés: coleccionó muestras de plantas locales, estudió las especies más peculiares, anotó las variaciones climáticas e hizo grandes contribuciones a todos los campos de la ciencia. Hijo del romanticismo alemán, aportó al estudio de la...