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Este fascinante relato de la vida de Eduardo Galeano, la primera biografía que se ha publicado sobre él, es un juego de cajas chinas de donde, tras la reciente y triste noticia de su muerte, emerge la figura de un hombre político, de un periodista, de un escritor que ha entramado como pocos el transcurrir de una vida con la historia con mayúsculas. Para Fabián Kovacic, periodista y autor, la escritura de este único documento sobre la vida de un auténtico icono de la literatura latinoamericana, ha supuesto un medio y un fin. El fin es relatar la vida y la obra de una de las figuras más ...

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way?" With these words, Pablo Picasso described the revolutionary methods of painting and artistic perspective with which he challenged the ways people and the world were defined. His life was a similarly complex prism of people, places, and ideologies that spanned most of the twentieth century. Acclaimed scholar Mary Ann Caws provides in Pablo Picasso a fresh and concise...

Un extraordinario retrato de la vida escolar, cuyas escenas, situaciones y breves historias muestran el rostro más amargo y duro de la educación. Atemperados por una sonrisa melancólica, este conjunto de relatos no dejará indiferente a nadie.

Preaching, according to Bonhoeffer, is like offering an apple to child. The gospel is proclaimed, but for it to be received as gift depends on whether or not the hearer is in a position to do so. Offered here are thirty-one of Pastor Bonhoeffer's sermons, in new English translations, which he preached at various times of the year and in a variety of different settings. Each is introduced by Bonhoeffer translator Isabel Best who also provides a brief biography of Bonhoeffer. The foreword is by Victoria J. Barnett, general editor of the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, English edition, published by...