Janis Joplin

Diana Mosley was one of the most fascinating and controversial figures of recent times. For some, she was a cult; for many, anathema. Born in 1910 Diana was the most beautiful and the cleverest of the six Mitford sisters. She was eighteen when she married Bryan Guinness, of the brewing dynasty, by whom she had two sons. After four years, she left him for the fascist leader, Oswald Mosley, and set herself up as Mosley's mistress - a course of action that horrified her family and scandalised society. In 1933 she took her sister Unity to Germany; soon both had met the new German leader, Adolf...

Los periodistas rosarinos Vanesa Valenti y Lucas Vitantonio escribieron una biografía imperdible de Gerardo Martino, que ayuda a conocer, en toda su dimensión, al sucesor de Alejandro Sabella. El Tata retrata como nunca antes los días de la infancia de Martino: la escuela primaria con Angélica, su futura esposa; la secundaria con Fito Páez y el hábito de deslumbrar haciendo jueguitos con una pelota de ping-pong; su pretensión de convertirse en odontólogo y el viaje de egresados trunco por la convocatoria a debutar en la primera división. El relato de sus días como número ocho no...

The International No. 1 Bestseller 'Cuts to the heart of who we are' Sunday Times 'A book that begs discussion' Vanity Fair All Lina wanted was to be desired. How did she end up in a marriage with two children and a husband who wouldn't touch her? All Maggie wanted was to be understood. How did she end up in a relationship with her teacher and then in court, a hated pariah in her small town? All Sloane wanted was to be admired. How did she end up a sexual object of men, including her husband, who liked to watch her have sex with other men and women? Three Women is a record of unmet needs,...

Tradiciones cuzqueñas completas pertenece a la obra temprana de Clorinda Matto. Consiste en una serie de textos que hibridan observaciones en tiempo presente con un estudio del trasfondo histórico de su ciudad natal, la misma que fuera capital de Imperio Inca. En el estilo de esta suerte de crónicas o "aguafuertes" (como diría Roberto Arlt unas décadas después) late cierta influencia de Ricardo Palma, a quien la autora reconoce como su maestro. Sin embargo, aparecen aquí embrionariamente todos los temas principales y el modo de tratarlos que pronto plasmaría en sus novelas y ensayos...