El Buen Doctor

An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. Sometimes you slip through the cracks: unforeseen circumstances like an abrupt illness, the death of a loved one, a break up, or a job loss can derail a life. These periods of dislocation can be lonely and unexpected. For May, her husband fell ill, her son stopped attending school, and her own medical issues led her to leave a demanding job. Wintering explores how she not only endured this painful time, but embraced the singular opportunities it offered. A moving personal narrative...

En 1994, la periodista Claudia de Icaza publicó un libro sobre Luis Miguel, el cual fue llevado a los tribunales por el cantante con el fin de que se prohibiera su publicación. Años después la justicia falló a favor de la periodista, que hoy, 24 años después corrige y aumenta el texto de su anterior libro y lo hace con una semblanza auténtica y completa del gran cantante, caído en desgracia y ahora resucitado, entre otras cosas, por una serie de Netflix.

De Dashiell Hammett (1894 - 1961) se tiene la idea de que fue un escritor discreto y silencioso, gran bebedor, de salud precaria y tendencias izquierdistas, que supo mantenerse firme en sus principios en un momento tan complejo como la "caza de brujas".

Pope John Paul II is now universally considered to have been one of the great leaders of the twentieth century and possibly the most politically influential pope since St Peter. His achievements are well documented, yet he once said, 'I can only be understood from the inside.' In this vivid and accessible living portrait, O'Connor investigates the inner man, including Karol Wojtyla's life before he became Pope and his friendships with men and women, subtly analysing the Pope's own poems, plays and philosophical works for clues as to what made him tick. It also dramatically follows his life,...