Vivencias

Of mixed race and cultures, Barack Obama struggled for years with his identity and place in society. Having found his niche in public service, he has made history as the first African American U.S. President ever to be elected. From Hawaii to Chicago to Washington, D.C., Obama's life has been interesting and inspiring.

Un libro conciso y detallado que nos muestra las claves de una actriz que ha logrado reinventarse a sí misma.

In 1579 Philip II awarded a large territory in New Spain to a Portuguese man named Luis de Carvajal. That territory included a significant portion of present day Mexico, as well as portions of Texas and New Mexico. This remarkable man discovered, conquered, and settled most of that territory. He also brought a large group of settlers from Spain and Portugal whose impact on its cultural development was very significant. Many of those settlers were of Jewish descent and some of them were tried by the Inquisition for practicing the faith of their ancestors. This book is a biography of Carvajal...

El detective de ficción ha sido durante más de un siglo un icono de masas. Sus orígenes hay que buscarlos en un tipo de investigador que en la vida real era un simple trabajador asalariado, pero la industria cultural popular lo adoptó y lo transformó en un personaje duro y atractivo con un código moral propio.En este ensayo pionero, John Walton combina historia social y cultural para relatar el intrincado proceso de génesis y evolución de una leyenda, que tiene sus raíces en la creación de las primeras agencias de investigadores y que culmina con la edad dorada del género negro. Un ...