Joaquín Suárez

Este libro es una invitación a conocer mejor a nuestro cantautor neuquino, es el libro que me hubiera gustado encontrar cuando llegué a Neuquén y escuché por primera vez las canciones de Marcelo Berbel y su familia. Leerlo en aquel entonces, hubiera colaborado cuando quise saber quién era, cuál era su creación y producción, de donde salían sus palabras, sus músicas y por qué tocaban el corazón de las personas y el mío. En aquel momento me impactó su himno provincial, sus canciones que hablaban de Neuquén entera y de la Patagonia. Sus canciones son como un paseo turístico que...

Born into a loving family, Dietrich Bonhoeffer pursued a life as a pastor, teacher, theologian -- and spy. He spoke out about the trouble in Germany when Adolph Hitler came to power, urging the Christian church to rescue disparaged people groups and resist Hitler's evil empire. Accused of being a troublemaker, Dietrich continued on fearlessly in the midst of wickedness. His work as a spy in the German resistance and participation in a plot to assassinate Hitler led to imprisonment and eventual execution. But the lesson of his life story remains: "Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to...

The former first lady describes, in rich detail, her experiences as the wife of one president and the mother of another. Her prominent place in American history is matched by her extraordinary popularity.

"This is a story about how I was saved by love at a time when most people considered me beyond rescue," begins Victor Rivas Rivers in this powerful chronicle of how he escaped the war zone of domestic violence -- too often regarded as a "private family matter" -- and went on to become a good man, a film star, and a prominent activist. The Cuban-born author begins by recalling when he was kidnapped, along with three of his siblings, by his own father, who abandoned Victor's pregnant mother and took the children on a cross-country hell-ride that nearly ended in a fatal collision. This journey...