"Tras su vivencia en territorios de conflicto, el médico y periodista Víctor de Currea-Lugo realizó una exhaustiva revisión de lo que ocurre en Palestina, Pakistán, Kurdistán el Estado Islámico, Afganistán, Sudán, Sahara Occidental, Siria y Etiopía, la cual le da forma al libro Fanatismos, mitos y fusiles. Para pensar las guerras del siglo XXI que no se concentra en analizar desde afuera los diversos rostros y las dinámicas de los conflictos...

A firsthand account of one of the final years of Whitman's life, With Walt Whitman in Camden is a near transcript of daily conversations between Whitman and Traubel. Traubel took copious notes of their conversations, and recorded hundreds of other details of the poet's life, making this volume indispensable reading for any student of Whitman, as the poet asked the author to speak for him after his death.

This study of the Bronte sisters, published in 1912, showcases Sinclair's sometimes acerbic critical acumen. As the author herself notes, "because all the best things about the Brontes have been said already, I have had to fall back on the humble day-labour of clearing away some of the rubbish that has gathered around them."

The poignant story of the life and death of world-famous author and historian Iris Chang, as told by her mother. Iris Chang's bestselling book, The Rape of Nanking, forever changed the way we view the Second World War in Asia. It all began with a photo of a river choked with the bodies of hundreds of Chinese civilians that shook Iris to her core. Who were these people? Why had this happened and how could their story have been lost to history? She...

Hermann Hesse: A Pictorial Biography offers a wealth of unknown photographic and textual material, which was first discovered among Hesse's literary effects after his death. Over 200 photographs chronicle his family background, his school and apprentice years, his first literary efforts and initial successes, his travels to India and throughout Europe, his continuing growth as a writer. These photographs, apart from illustrating Hesse's long and varied...

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792—1822), one of the major English Romantic poets, never lived to see the full extent of his success and influence. His long poems became immensely popular and acclaimed. Symonds's biography is a fascinating portrait of Shelley's unconventional life and uncompromising idealism, as well as a record of his association with John Keats and Lord Byron.

Authenticity is a Feeling: My Life in PME-ART is a compelling hybrid of history, memoir, and performance theory. It tells the story of the interdisciplinary performance group PME-ART and their ongoing endeavor to make a new kind of highly collaborative theatre dedicated to the fragile but essential act of "being yourself in a performance situation." Written, among other things, to celebrate PME-ART's twentieth anniversary, the book begins when Jacob...

Crusat ha escrito un ensayo tan documentado y pasional como el mismo material con el que ha trabajado: arrancando desde una particular historia no académica del arte biográfico, De Quincey, Aubrey, Diógenes Laercio, Boswell, Vidas de vidas traza un mapa complejo y apasionante de una de las tradiciones más subyugantes y originales del siglo xx: la "vida imaginaria". Tomando principalmente la obra de Marcel Schwob, Cristian Crusat logra dejar al...

Paulo Coelho is a worldwide phenomenon. At a time when he is coming up to the fantastic achievement of 100 million copies sold worldwide across all his books, his fans will be delighted with the first ever official biography of Paulo, an in-depth look at his life and work, and what makes him the much-loved author he is today. Paulo's first official biographer, Fernando Morais, provides an exhaustive look at Paulo's fascinating and varied life, taking...

about Mountain Living Summary A journey told in story and poem. A life trek from discontent and restlessness to commitment and discovery. You know, the 'way' we all should seek-the path to self-actualization. For me, my 'way' began with timeclock toil and its shackles of security and comfort. But, due to a quirk in life trajectory when I was fifteen, instead of an accountant or a tool-and-die maker, I became a poet. Well, this poet gave normalcy a...