Juana Mandu La Valiente

En el siglo de las grandes guerras y de los totalitarismos han existido individuos singulares que han ofrecido un testimonio vital excepcional. Es el caso de Etty Hillesum. Cuando se leen sus Diarios y Cartas, lo primero que sorprende es la profundidad de su transformación y en circunstancias muy difíciles. Diferentes ensayos han planteado hasta qué punto Hillesum era filósofa o pensadora, estableció una ética para los Lager o estuvo cada vez más penetrada por el budismo y la filosofía oriental. Una de sus influencias más poderosas y presentes en su obra es el poeta R. M. Rilke, que...

"This is a story about how I was saved by love at a time when most people considered me beyond rescue," begins Victor Rivas Rivers in this powerful chronicle of how he escaped the war zone of domestic violence -- too often regarded as a "private family matter" -- and went on to become a good man, a film star, and a prominent activist. The Cuban-born author begins by recalling when he was kidnapped, along with three of his siblings, by his own father, who abandoned Victor's pregnant mother and took the children on a cross-country hell-ride that nearly ended in a fatal collision. This journey...

The correspondence in this brief collection tells of journeys, separations, fantasies, and misunderstandings experienced by the colorful Arthur Cravan, all written to his wife Mina Loy prior to his mysterious disappearance in the Gulf of Mexico. The complete and partial letters and postcards are not mere love letters but rather an introduction to a true character who embodied the worries, activities, and audacities of early 20th-century culture. Even though Mina did not love Arthur at first, it is quite apparent in the content of this book that he was completely struck by her immediately. La...

This is a true testimony and a health warning that any abnormal symptom in our bodies could make the difference between life and death. We must fight for our lives and believe in our God and in medical treatments. Being positive is the best medicine. It will make us better warriors to win in the fight for our lives, the fight to stay close to our loved ones, and those who need us. This book reveals how cancer survivors make it through and is also an appeal to help and support them. I want to honor the Innovative Cancer Institute, the Miami Cancer Institute, all specialists, assistants, and...