El cadete Vargas Llosa

Las treinta batallas que derribaron imperios, frenaron invasiones, hicieron triunfar revoluciones y forjaron el mundo moderno tal y como lo conocemos. De Trafalgar a las Malvinas, de las Termópilas a Little Big Horn, de Navas de Tolosa a la batalla del Ebro, de las Cruzadas a Vietnam, de las legiones romanas a los tercios españoles, de los caballeros medievales a los kamikazes japoneses, Las grandes batallas de la historia es un apasionante viaje por los conflictos armados más famosos de la historia bélica mundial. Con la exhaustiva investigación de las fuentes y la amenidad divulgativa...

(Spanish Language Edition) What would you do if you were faced with a life-threatening illness? Would you distance yourself from God or grasp His hand, cling to His promises, and develop an unwavering trust in His goodness? In Only by God’s Grace Norma Kennett lovingly shares how choosing the latter helped her uncover the infinite, nearly unfathomable love of God while battling a debilitating tumor. Through the fight for her life and other experiences, she recounts how each event led her closer to the heart of Jesus. She also shares the Bible promises that spoke to her in her struggles and...

Frida Kahlo stepped into the limelight in 1929 when she married Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. She was twenty-two; he was forty-three. Hailed as Rivera’s exotic young wife who “dabbles in art,” she went on to produce brilliant paintings but remained in her husband’s shadow throughout her life. Today, almost six decades after her untimely death, Kahlo’s fame rivals that of Rivera and she has gained international acclaim as a path-breaking artist and a cultural icon. Cutting through “Fridamania,” this book explores Kahlo’s life, art, and legacies, while also scrutinizing the...

Figura imprescindible del «entertainment» estadounidense del siglo xx, Jerry Lewis (1926) ha trabajado en Hollywood como actor, guionista, director y productor. Además, de forma paralela ha sido cantante, humorista, empresario de exhibición cinematográfica y de hostelería, actor teatral, estrella de la televisión, personaje de cómic, presentador de maratones benéficos y filántropo. Este libro analiza su trayectoria como cineasta y aspira a colocarlo en el lugar (justo) que le corresponde en el doble ámbito del análisis fílmico y de la historia del cine, atendiendo a su innegable...