Testimonios de Academia y Medicina

Pope John Paul II is now universally considered to have been one of the great leaders of the twentieth century and possibly the most politically influential pope since St Peter. His achievements are well documented, yet he once said, 'I can only be understood from the inside.' In this vivid and accessible living portrait, O'Connor investigates the inner man, including Karol Wojtyla's life before he became Pope and his friendships with men and women, subtly analysing the Pope's own poems, plays and philosophical works for clues as to what made him tick. It also dramatically follows his life,...

El doctor Brian Weiss -- psiquiatra del hospital Mount Sinai de Miami, EE.UU.—relata en este libro su experiencia con Catherine, una paciente a quien trato bajo hipnosis, luego de intentar sin exito durante un ano la terapia convencional. En estado de trance profundo -- solo un 15% de los hipnotizados logran llegar a este -- Catherine recordo sus vidas anteriores y revivio sus traumas que eran la clave de sus constantes pesadillas y su ansiedad, comenzando cuando se llamaba Aronda, en Egipto, 18 siglos antes de Cristo. El escepticismo del doctor comenzo a diluirse cuando Catherine empezo a...

Libro basado en la verdadera historia de lo que ocurría en la perrera de Puerto Real. Denunciada por sacrificar a más de 530 animales con MIOFLEX. Cuenta las vivencias de María José Montero López durante sus treinta años dedicados incondicionalmente a defender a los animales. Se detallan más de diez años de lucha para conseguir que se hiciera justicia, dando las claves de un juicio que levantó el interés mediático de los medios de comunicación.

Las hijas de Juan shatters the silence surrounding experiences of incest within a working-class Mexican American family. Both a feminist memoir and a hopeful meditation on healing, it is Josie Méndez-Negrete’s story of how she and her siblings and mother survived years of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her father. Méndez-Negrete was born in Mexico, in the state of Zacatecas. She recalls a joyous childhood growing up in the midst of Tabasco, a vibrant town filled with extended family. Her father, though, had dreams of acquiring wealth in el norte. He worked sun-up to sun-down in ...