Momentos

This is a pondered biography, free of fanaticism, about the most famous and influential Mexican bishop of the 20th century, a man of action who grew up listening to stories about the Mexican Revolution and religious persecution. He was both well-loved and criticized in and outside the church. This passionate historical study gathers many documents inaccessible until now and includes first-hand accounts from members of the Catholic hierarchy. It discusses whether Samuel Ruiz promoted a theology that incited violence or, on the contrary, if he preached against the armed struggle and defended...

Rigorously objective, journalist Joaquín Bardavío pens this monumental biography, the most complete among those that have been published about Franco and his time.

Historiadores, cronistas, periodistas, investigadores y hasta novelistas, retratan a los protagonistas de la historia contemporánea, basados en terceras fuentes o bebiendo en la inagotable laguna de la imaginación. Unos apegados a la hagiografía por su simpatía y otros siguiendo leyendas negras alimentadas por el odio o la antipatía que les inspiran los personajes cuestionados. Difícil exigir objetividad o comprobar la veracidad de las alegorías narradas. Esta reflexión es fruto de mi lectura de varios hechos históricos en los que me tocó participar ora como simple testigo o como...

The memoir of Jaycee Dugard who was kidnapped on June 10, 1991, when she was 11 years old, and was missing for over 18 years before her reappearance in 2009.