80 Siglos de Invenciones

Castelar, hombre del Sinaí (1935) la tercera biografía —al nuevo modo— que Benjamín Jarnés publicó en la colección orteguiana «Vidas españolas e hispanoamericanas del siglo xix» nos acerca a una faceta poco reconocida aún del prosista «más puro» de su generación: la de un escritor responsable, fiel a su época y consciente de su histórica misión. Jarnés nos invita a descubrir el yo castelarino y sus circunstancias decimonónicas a la luz de su presente republicano. En los preliminares y el aparato crítico se desvelan por vez primera las fuentes —algunas inéditas y...

The figure of Ortega as a philosopher and citizen is the main idea that this book tries to explain. His influence is of such consistency among the great writers and philosophers of the twentieth century that it is hard to imagine the thoughts of our era without Ortega.

Hope in a Ballet Shoe tells the story of Michaela DePrince. Growing up in war-torn Sierra Leone, she witnessed atrocities that no child ever should. Her father was killed by rebels and her mother died of famine. Sent to an orphanage, Michaela was mistreated and saw the brutal murder of her favourite teacher. Then Michaela and her best friend are adopted by an American couple, and Michaela begins to take dance lessons. But life in the States isn't without difficulties. Unfortunately, tragedy can find its way to Michaela in America, too, and her past can feel like it's haunting her. The world...

Women have been relegated from history books and that doesn't mean that they weren't important to the future of Humanity. From empresses and queens, through the great rivalries between women from different eras, courtesans, thinkers, artists and writers.