La Tierra Parecía Temblar

Philip Norman's family considered themselves genteel yet somehow became involved in the opportunistic world of seaside trade on the Isle of Wight. With masterly skill, Norman recreates his upbringing among this gallery of social misfits - his handsome but unstable father Clive, once a dashing RAF officer, now a reluctant showman at the end of Ryde Pier, his pub-owning Uncle Phil, who dresses as a woman every New Year's Eve, and his irresistible Grandma Norman who presides over her rock kiosk and rules the troubled family like a Mafia don. The year is 1953. While Britain celebrates the...

Andreu Buenafuente Ganador del Premio Nacional de Televisión 2020 Y vinieron unos días duros y difíciles. Nuestra profesión nos miró directamente a los ojos y nos preguntó: "¿Qué vas a hacer?" Y entendí que debía sacar lo mejor de mí, seguir comentando todo lo que pasaba con honestidad y sentido del humor.

Un pintor, un hombre, un genio. Un hombre para quien pintar significa ver y que ve su siglo mejor que nadie. As es, un visionario. Hombre pblico cuya tumultuosa existencia fascina a la muchedumbre; pero personaje arisco, misterioso e imprevisible.Un hombre que deja en el siglo XX una marca de fuego. Descubramos a Picasso en 95 obras: los cuadros de la infancia, poco conocidos, sorprendentes; las obras esenciales de los perodos azul y rosa; los ms bellos cuadros cubistas; las grandes y serenas obras del perodo clsico; la huella de Guernica; la obsecin por Minotauro. Los grandes retratos...

Down and Out in Paris and London is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. The first part is an account of living in near-destitution in Paris and the experience of casual labour in restaurant kitchens. The second part is a travelogue of life on the road in and around London from the tramp's perspective, with descriptions of the types of hostel accommodation available and some of the characters to be found living on the margins. The Road to Wigan Pier is a book by the British writer George Orwell, first published in 1937. The first half of this work documents his...