Giovanni y Erminia

"Los libros pueden tener su origen en los más variados sentimientos. Se escriben libros al calor de un entusiasmo o por un sentimiento de gratitud, pero también la exasperación, la cólera y el despecho puede, a su vez, encender la pasión intelectual. En ocasiones, es la curiosidad quien da el impulso, la voluptuosidad psicológica de explicarse a sí mismo, escribiendo, unas figuras humanas o unos acontecimientos; Pero otras veces ‐demasiadas ‐ impelen a la producción motivos de índole más delicada, como la vanidad, el afán de lucro, la complacencia en sí mismo. En rigor, el que ...

This book shares the story of Luis Álvarez Duarte (1949-2019), a child who wanted to be an artist. He was the sculptor of religious images, the creator of carvings such as El Cristo de la Sed, La Virgen del Patrocinio, the Macarena of New York, and the Christ of the Footballers of Buenos Aires.

Gustavo Cisneros is one of the most successful business leaders in the history of Latin America. He took the major company built by his father, Diego Cisneros, and transformed it into a diversified, international powerhouse. Indeed, he was perhaps the first entrepreneur to see the potential of the U.S. Hispanic market, and he cofounded Univision, which would become the leading Spanish-language media company in the United States. In his book, Pablo Bachelet narrates an engaging tale about the growth of an influential and complex entrepreneurial organization and the evolution of its leader....

The pages of Fidel Castro: "Birán to Cinco Palmas" cover the most notable moments in the first thirty years of life of the leader of the Cuban Revolution. From his childhood to the historical reencounter with his brother Raúl, shortly after their return to Cuba aboard the cabin cruiser Granma, the gradual development of the thinking and actions of this exceptional figure can be appreciated.