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The international soccer star, once one of the best-known athletes in the world, recounts his early years in Brazil, his accomplishments as a player, and his life after retiring from active play.

José Luis Trueba investigates the controversial life of the Tlaotani ("King" in Aztec culture) Moctezuma II, especially in the lesser-known events that preceded the Spanish conquests. From the dangerous circumstances of his birth to his encounter with Hernán Cortés, passing through his education, military career, and political actions, Moctezuma is a complex portrait of a man that passed from adored to defeated in dizzying succession.

En aquel verano de 2017, desde mi ventana, alcancé a ver algunas islas, lo que parecían como un pequeño alfombrado de algas marinas, que flotaban desiertas, las que veía yo como una especie de borrasca sobre el mar, mientras la nave se alejaba hacia las costas neoyorquinas. Era el mes de julio, cuando volaba desde Madrid con destino a Santo Domingo, haciendo escala en el Aeropuerto John F. Kennedy. De regreso a Madrid, con apenas unos días de vacaciones en Nueva York y República Dominicana; volví a ver aquellas islas que habían acaparado mi atención de una forma tan especial. Me...

Collected here are journal entries culled from 18 notebooks that Allen Ginsberg kept during the 1950s and early 1960s, when he and his fellow Beat poets led an insurrection that profoundly altered the American literary and cultural landscapes. The diary notes, dreams, poems, reflections, and thoughts included in this book intimately illuminate Ginsberg's travels and his mental journeys. They reveal conversations with William Carlos Williams, drug experiences, a chance meeting with Dylan Thomas, stays in Mexico and the cities of San Francisco and New York, first impressions of Naked Lunch,...