El Buen Doctor

Testimonio en primera persona de la relación entre la editora Diane Athill y el conflictivo Hakim Jamal, seguidor de Malcolm X e integrante de los Panteras Negras, a finales de la década de 1960. Es, al tiempo, la crónica de una insólita amistad y el retrato implacable de una personalidad en el límite.

«Un amigo mío, Léon Werth, oyó en la carretera palabras profundas que contará en un gran libro», escribe Sant-Exupéry en Piloto de guerra. La historia de 33 días podría ser una novela. En junio de 1940, ante el avance de los nazis sobre Francia, Werth parte con su mujer en su viejo Buggati a refugiarse a su casa de campo al sur del país. La travesía, que deberían haber hecho en unas horas, durará 33 días: miles de franceses colapsan las carreteras. Esta es la crónica de aquel éxodo, de los monumentales atascos y los bombardeos, del desorden y del hambre, de las noches al raso, ...

Through his leading role in the three Superman films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified with the superhero that he wasn't just seen as the actor who played Superman, he was Superman. Which is why the tragic riding accident which left him paralysed from the neck down shocked the world. Superman was not superhuman. It is also why he is now the world's most recognisable person in a wheelchair. In true superhero style, Christopher Reeve refuses to resign himself to the life of a quadriplegic, and is actively campaigning to raise the profile of spinal-cord injury victims and research. ...

In the novel that introduced Anne Rice to the world, Interview with the Vampire, a reporter seeks out the facts behind an extraordinary life. In the years since, Anne Rice has created a remarkable and acclaimed body of work--encompassing her celebrated Vampire Chronicles, The Lives of the Mayfair Witches novels, two haunting historical epics, and her controversial, equally sought-after excursions into erotica. One of the world's best known and biggest bestselling authors of contemporary fiction, Rice has herself been the subject of countless interviews, profiles, and a full-length biography....