Granados Chapa

A dictionary of Mexican history, geography, and society offers information on prominent individuals in all fields, cities, states, and geographical features, Mexico's relations with each country in the world, and other subjects.

Fascinante biografía de Truman Capote, uno de los grandes y más polémicos talentos de la literatura norteamericana. Escribió libros como A sangre fría y Desayuno en Tiffany’s, y llegó a convertirse en una de las figuras imprescindibles de los grandes shows televisivos. Histriónico y malicioso, inestable, exquisito, Truman Capote fue todo un personaje en sí mismo y ya en vida consiguió convertirse en un mito. Gerald Clarke contó, durante años, con su colaboración y con la de su círculo de amistades para escribir esta biografía. El resultado es un libro exhaustivo, apasionante y ...

The first authorized biography of the Dalai Lama - an alternately inspiring and shocking story - of an acclaimed Tibetan scholar, with privileged access to the subject of his book. The Dalai Lama's message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and those of no faith. However, due to all his fame around the world, he is often evasive. Alexander Norman - an acclaimed Oxford-trained scholar of Tibetan history - offers the definitive biography, unique and unforgettable. The Dalai Lama recounts an incredible odyssey from a remote Tibetan village to his global position as...

Excerpt from Hijos de Madrid, Ilustres en Santidad, Dignidades, Armas, Ciencias y Artes, Vol. 3: Diccionario Histórico por el Orden Alfabético de Sus Nombres, Que Consagra al Illmo. Y Nobilíssimo Ayuntamiento de la Imperial y Coronada Villa de Madrid; J. L I hijos de 400 estancras intitulado el jason; mas no he podido Saber si cbrñpli6 éuñrorñesa. Traduxo del Frances al Castellano: Memoria:, que escribió de si Margarita de Francia, Duque sa devvalois llamada Reyna de Na'varra, pri merqpxmuger d_e _henrique I_V_, dirigió ¡desde B_rusel'a3_á D. _luisl Mendez de. Aro pain que se...

Julian Castro, 2020 Presidential candidate, keynote speaker at the 2012 DNC, and former San Antonio mayor and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, tells his remarkable and inspiring life story. In the spirit of a young Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father comes a candid and compelling memoir about race and poverty in America. In many ways, there was no reason Julian Castro would have been expected to be a success. Born to unmarried parents in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of a struggling city, his prospects of escaping his circumstance seemed bleak. But he and his twin brother...