La Suramrica que Recorr

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.

Lola Montez was the 19th century's original 'celebrity', known throughout Europe and the United States for her theatrical performances and scandalous personal life. In this intriguing work, Montez herself recounts her life in her own words. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright ...

El Otro Lihn explores the cultural endeavors of Enrique Lihn through a number of key viewpoints offered by professors, writers, artists, and family members. The voices of seventeen people explore the poet's critical posture toward Chilean and Latin American culture and describe in detail the many challenges Lihn faced when undertaking the creation of a heterogeneous body of work -poetry books, plays, novels, essays, videos, "happenings" and the comic book Roma, la loba. The interviews set Lihn's life and work against important Latin American historical events such as the repressive cultural...

Desde muy joven, Karoline quiso ir como misionera a la India o China, pero la congregación religiosa a la que pertenecía la envió a Chile, país al que llegó en 1968. Desde entonces, ha trabajado sin descanso para conseguir que los más pobres tengan comida, educación y salud, en un contexto sociopolítico complejo y sobreponiéndose al dolor y a las injusticias humanas. ¿Cómo logra una mujer nacida en la idílica Baviera superar las fronteras culturales, el absurdo y la crueldad de una dictadura y las rígidas estructuras institucionales? ¿Por qué decidió abandonar la orden y...