Y ellos me hablaron

A collection of revealing interviews, this book tells Nick Cave’s tumultuous yet successful story in his own words. Discussing his 30-year-long career as a rock-and-roll front man as well as his other labors as a talented novelist, screenwriter, and songwriter, this illuminating autobiography-of-sorts provides insight into why Cave has become one of the most respected artists in recent history. These no-holds-barred interviews cover everything from his time with The Birthday Party, to the global success of The Bad Seeds, to the relationship between his addictions and his artistry. Una...

Julian Castro, 2020 Presidential candidate, keynote speaker at the 2012 DNC, and former San Antonio mayor and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, tells his remarkable and inspiring life story. In the spirit of a young Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father comes a candid and compelling memoir about race and poverty in America. In many ways, there was no reason Julian Castro would have been expected to be a success. Born to unmarried parents in a poverty-stricken neighborhood of a struggling city, his prospects of escaping his circumstance seemed bleak. But he and his twin brother...

De Dashiell Hammett (1894 - 1961) se tiene la idea de que fue un escritor discreto y silencioso, gran bebedor, de salud precaria y tendencias izquierdistas, que supo mantenerse firme en sus principios en un momento tan complejo como la "caza de brujas".

Personajes es un libro de auto ficción, donde fotografía, realidad y un poco de fábula se funden para convertir las palabras en escenas descriptivas de los recuerdos que la autora conserva de su familia y de otras personas menos conocidas; sucesos que, lejos de ser insignificantes, acaban siendo entrañables, porque la vida es un entramado que se teje con las historias de la gente común y, una vez contadas, se engrandecen y dejan de ser anónimas.