Pies de elefante

This book is a history of the kidnapping of Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentine quintuple champion of Fórmula 1. This world-famous event was perpetrated by a little group of July 26 Movement’s members in 1958, the day before the Big Prize of Cuba, due February 23. Also, the book presents publications in the Cuban and foreign press about this extraordinary event that gave to Fangio more fame that all his sportive successes. The kidnapping carried out the revel’s objective: to make the world know about their struggle for knock down the bloody dictatorship in Cuba. In the appendix appears the...

Literary Nonfiction. Spanish Language Text. Biography and memoir. Latino/Latina Studies. The long-awaited Spanish-language version of Trevino Hart's award-winning BAREFOOT HEART is a vivid account of growing up in a family of migrant farmworkers. This timely story based on Trevino Hart's own experiences starkly reveals the obstacles and challenges faced by field workers as they navigate a difficult life that is often in a hostile environment. CORAZÓN DESCALZO recounts how the author overcame adversity and disadvantage, discovered her true talents, and in the process found herself.

"Volver" es un reencuentro con el pasado, retornar a los míos en acontecimientos adversos. La nostalgia en medio de la distancia, la perdida de mis padres y otros familiares tan queridos han sido la inspiración para contar esta historia donde sus personajes son reales. Estas memorias encierran a cuatro generaciones por ambos lados, paternas y maternas, entrelazadas con historias que me fueron contadas y experiencias personales. Es como tejer una cuerda fortaleciendo su atadura con cada hilo para finalmente hacerla resistente ante los embates de la vida. Volver en tiempo y espacio a cada...

Michel Foucault (1926-1984) fue tal vez el mas influyente teorico independiente que emerge de la "transformacion estructuralista" posterior a la Segunda Guerra Mundial y abre el campo teorico al posmodernismo. Mas que sus contemporaneos Roland Barthes y Ja