Las colchas de las abuelas

"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...

Agustín de Iturbide sin duda nació para destacar. De muy joven, recorriendo las tierras de su padre y participando en carreras de resistencia, demostró a todo mundo que su cuerpo difícilmente se doblegaba ante el esfuerzo físico. Esta gran capacidad hizo que pronto se le llamara “el Dragón de Hierro”, uno de los muchos sobrenombres que lo halagaban por describir sus cualidades innatas. A esto se sumaba el saber manejar un caballo de tal modo que sus hazañas como jinete en las batallas lo ubicaron en los terrenos de la leyenda. Y finalmente su astucia lo llevó a ser el gran...

La segunda parte de las memorias de Frank McCourt, su llegada a Estados Unidos y su difícil adaptación a la sociedad americana.

"The third volume in a trilogy exploring the life and work of the legendary director examines Hitchcock's life in terms of his relationships with the actresses in his films, including Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, and Tippi Hedren, in a study of his films, rise to fame and power, artistic legacy, unconventional marriage, and obsessions."