Andrei Tarkovski

Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy", American Jesuit Father Walter J. Ciszek spent some 23 agonizing years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia. He here recalls how it was only through an utter reliance on God's will that he managed to endure. He tells of the courage he found in prayer - a courage that eased the loneliness, the pain, the frustrations, the anguish, the fears, the despair. For, as Ciszek relates, the solace of spiritual contemplation gave him an inner serenity upon which he was able to draw amid the "arrogance of...

Flors del calvari és un poemari conformat per tres parts diferenciades: Crucíferes, Esplais i Flors de Mira-Cruz. És un recull de poesies autobiogràfic que mostra el dolor de Jacint Verdaguer quan va ser suspès de les seves llicències com a sacerdot. L'autor va fer servir les poesies de Flors del calvari per cercar un consol, identificant-se així amb el turment que va patir Jesús. És un poemari variat, que va des de l'odi que expressa Verdaguer cap a la injustícia que està vivint fins a l'espiritualitat més pura. Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902) era un capellà i va ser un dels...

Eligiendo muerte: La improbable historia del death metal y grindcore, resena los 25 anos de historia de esta forma de arte subterraneo a traves de los ojos y de los resonantes oidos de los artistas, productores y duenos de sellos que propulsaron estos brutales movimientos musicales: Mike Amott (Carcass), Nicke Andersson (Entombed), Trey Azagthoth (Morbid Angel), Chris Barnes (Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under), Jeff Becerra (Possessed), Jo Bench (Bolt Thrower), Glen Benton (Deicide), Justin Broadrick (Godflesh), Oscar Garcia (Terrorizer), King Fowley (Deceased), Fenriz (Darkthrone), Shane...

Daring, flashy, innovative, volatile--no matter what they call him, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of soccer's brightest stars. A top-scoring striker and captain of the Swedish national team, he has dominated the world's most storied teams, including Ajax, Juventus, Inter Milan, Barcelona, AC Milan, and Paris Saint-Germain. But his life wasn't always so charmed. Born to Balkan immigrants who divorced when he was a toddler, Zlatan learned self-reliance from his rough-and-tumble neighborhood. While his father, a Bosnian Muslim, drank to forget the war back home, his mother's household was engulfed...