Pobreza y desigualdad social en la narrativa costarricense: 1890-1950

Translated from the Latin. The original Latin versions were published in 1997 under the title: Chronica Hispana saeculi XIII (Corpus Christianorum. Continuatio Mediaevalis; 73).

'El Monje que Vendió su Ferrari' es la sugerente y emotiva historia de Julian Mantle, un superabogado cuya vida estresante, desequilibrada y obsesionada con el dinero acaba provocándole un infarto. Ese desastre provoca en Julian una crisis espiritual que le lleva a enfrentarse a las grandes cuestiones de la vida. Esperando descubrir los secretos de la felicidad y el esclarecimiento, emprende un extraordinario viaje por el Himalaya para conocer una antiquísima cultura de hombres sabios. Y allí descubre un modo de vida más gozoso, así como un método que le permite liberar todo su...

Angelina's annoyance at having to take her little cousin Henry to the fair turns into friendship after a day filled with adventures and surprises.

Fray Luis de Len (1527-91) is known chiefly as the author of some of the finest poetry of the Spanish Golden Age, but he also wrote important prose works in both Latin and Spanish, and produced eloquent translations into Spanish of biblical and classical texts. He spent five years imprisoned in solitary confinement by the Spanish Inquisition, fighting to clear himself of a series of accusations against his views on the Bible. Acquitted on all counts, he returned to teach at the University of Salamanca. This book examines the controversies in which Fray Luis was caught up, and investigates the ...