Taking a Chance on Love

Composer, musician, and philanthropist Peter Buffett, son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, says that the only real inheritance handed down from his parents was a philosophy: Forge your own path in life. It is a creed that has allowed him to follow his own passions, establish his own identity, and reap his own successes. Today's society, Buffett posits, has begun to replace a work ethic, relishing what you do, with a wealth ethic, honoring the payoff instead of the process. Yet, by focusing more on substance and less on reward, we can open doors of opportunity and strive toward a...

"Sé que la memoria funciona con intermitencias, selecciones, represiones y distracciones deliberadas. De hecho, en este libro sólo quise poner por escrito algunas aventurillas de mi vida.” Jorge Álvarez Las “aventurillas” de Jorge Álvarez son en realidad una inmensa parte de la historia cultural argentina del siglo xx. Durante las décadas de 1960 y 1970, la vida intensa de Buenos Aires lo tuvo como protagonista inmediato de la conformación de vínculos intelectuales. Pero además, supo leer en la textura social una sensibilidad heredera de décadas anteriores, cuando las clases...

I became a father at fifteen. At my young age, I wanted to play at being an adult, and the responsibilities were coming day by day in my new chapter as a father. During my boy's first birthday, I had the opportunity, over dinner at my house, to tell my mother that I would soon marry Elizabeth. She took my hand and said, "You two are too young to take such a huge step. Life is just beginning for both of you, and you still have a very long way to go and meet many more people." Regardless of her words that night, my decision to continue with the civil wedding remained solid, and a couple of...

Los periodistas Jesús Úbeda y Julio Valdeón, uno en Madrid y otro en Nueva York, reciben un encargo ilusionante: escribir una biografía de Raúl del Pozo, mito viviente del periodismo y la literatura. Ocurre que este se niega a contar su vida porque detesta el género: "Las mejores biografías las hizo Plutarco en el siglo I d.C.; las de después son mediocres". La solución pasa por traicionar al biografiado entrevistándole a él y a muchos que lo conocen. Es así que Arturo Pérez Reverte, José María García, Jesús Quintero, Manuel Vicent, Carmen Rigalt, Javier Rioyo, Federico...