El CoDigo Dan Brown Por Leonardo da Vinci -Y la Cara Oculta de La Moneda-

Thea has discovered much more than a temple in its golden section and something more than a forceful religious connotation in the structure of the one dollar bill. Filled with 52 meticulous graphical descriptions, this book reveals the essence of the number 13 as the key that opens a world of mysteries.

Maryse Condé takes up the story of her life and invites us to accompany her on the exciting journey that marked her youth: a journey that begins in Paris, with an accidental pregnancy and the abandonment of the man she loves, and that leads her to wander through different African countries in search of that identity that was already beginning to glimpse with the discovery of blackness. Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Ghana and Senegal make up the polyhedral scene of the vital transformation of Maryse, who walks through the revolutionary circles of African socialism and surrenders to the fever of...

Unique for its focus on the early, formative years of the world-renowned Basque designer, this thorough examination of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s life and career is a textual and visual wonder, with an abundance of documents and unpublished images of his hometown, his childhood, and even his personal notes. From his birth in Getaria, a small fishing village on Spain’s northern coast, to his move to Paris following the Spanish Civil War, this exploration of the designer’s origins examines in detail the events and experiences that influenced Balenciaga’s designs and turned him into a...

La peripecia vital de George Santayana, contada aquí con una profundidad reflexiva y una capacidad de observación admirables, nos proporciona, a través de su autobiografía, un recorrido perspicaz, sutil, por las impresiones que en el pensador dejaron todos aquellos momentos que más fuertemente marcaron su experiencia. El autor nos presenta esas impresiones intencionadamente ordenadas, hilvanadas y ribeteadas con el hilo conductor de sus reflexiones. Surge, así, el retrato vital del protagonista a través del minucioso mapa geográfico, familiar, social y personal de su peripecia,...

¿Es posible volver a ser feliz después de haberlo perdido todo? Sí. De una y mil maneras, y nunca de la misma. Tan solo depende de ti que así sea. Es la idea que nos queda después de leer el conmovedor testimonio de esta joven madre a quien le descubren un cáncer de mama dos meses después de separarse y con una niña de cinco años. Una década antes había perdido en accidente a sus padres y a su hermana. La resiliencia, esa capacidad de sobreponerse a las situaciones traumáticas, marcará la vida emocional y física de Annabel, quien afirma que «el duelo me enseñó a valorar y el...