Memorias cómplices de mis muertos muy muertos

Great men were once children, and perhaps, they even desired to have everything we now have at arm's reach. Some were born into poverty; others were orphaned and cared for by relatives or institutions. Extreme scarcity or social turmoil was often a part of their daily lives. However, these greats allowed themselves to envision a better future and follow their dreams. They worked incessantly to make their visions a reality. As a result, they've gifted humanity with proof that dreams do come true.

La Casa de Medina Sidonia fue, durante los siglos XVI y XVII, sinónimo de poder e influencia. Tanto como para ser unánimemente considerada la más conspicua representante de la alta nobleza en la Corona de Castilla. Y así lo han reconocido, desde entonces, los historiadores del período. Sin embargo, hasta ahora carecíamos de un estudio que nos descubriese cuál era la naturaleza de su poder, que mostrase en qué consistían los fundamentos que hacían tan descollante a esta Casa señorial dentro de la Monarquía Hispánica. Para afrontar esta tarea, este libro se basa, ante todo, en una...

El retrato de nuestro primer filósofo moderno. Ortega y Gasset, quizá distanciándose de su maestro Bonilla y San Martín, autor de una aparatosa biografía de Luis Vives, sentenció con su rotundidad característica que la vida del filósofo valentino se reducía a nacer, estudiar, escribir y morir. Sin embargo, Vives oculta una historia apasionante. Ni la pretenciosa biografía de Bonilla ni la minimalista descripción de Ortega dicen la verdad de Vives. Con el paso del tiempo, y dejando atrás las increíbles manipulaciones de la época de Franco, un grupo importante e internacional de...

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...