Moura Budberg

Philip Norman's family considered themselves genteel yet somehow became involved in the opportunistic world of seaside trade on the Isle of Wight. With masterly skill, Norman recreates his upbringing among this gallery of social misfits - his handsome but unstable father Clive, once a dashing RAF officer, now a reluctant showman at the end of Ryde Pier, his pub-owning Uncle Phil, who dresses as a woman every New Year's Eve, and his irresistible Grandma Norman who presides over her rock kiosk and rules the troubled family like a Mafia don. The year is 1953. While Britain celebrates the...

In this entertaining homage to the golden age of the cocktail, illustrator Edward Hemingway and writer Mark Bailey present the best (and thirstiest) American writers, their favorite cocktails, true stories of their saucy escapades, and intoxicating excerpts from their literary works. It’s the perfect blend of classic cocktail recipes, literary history, and tales of the good old days of extravagant Martini lunches and delicious excess. When Algonquin Round Table legend Robert Benchley was asked if he knew that drinking was a slow death, Benchley took a sip of his cocktail and replied, “So...

A unique book that combines memories of the author, once a professional soccer player, with fictional elements that appear as projections or deviations from the memories. This exciting and moving book, taken from a television program from the seventies, alludes to the daily struggle for existence as a child and of achieving a goal of soccer glory after leaving the safety of the family.

«Tijeretazos y plumadas» es una recopilación de artículos humorísticos de Juan León Mera, entre los que se encuentran «Aventuras de una pulga, contadas por ella misma», «Los prodigios del Dr. Moscorrofio», «Cuando Dios quiera dar, por la puerta ha de entrar» o «¡Ya no se casan!». Se trata de una obra imprescindible para comprender el estilo de Mera, que se debate entre el romanticismo y el costumbrismo. Juan León Mera Martínez (1832-1894) fue un ensayista, novelista, político y pintor ecuatoriano. Es conocido por ser, junto con Antonio Neumane, el autor de la letra del himno ...