O Direito De Vencer

En “Crónicas de un taxista fronterizo”, Héctor M. Enríquez recuerda y relata con gracia y lujo de detalles sus experiencias en este oficio tan importante pero que pocas veces recibe la atención que merece. Gracias a la prodigiosa memoria del autor, presenciamos escenas de todo el panorama social de Ciudad Juárez y El Paso a finales del siglo XX y principios del XXI, protagonizadas por personajes pintorescos e inolvidables, tanto taxistas como pasajeros. Aquí hay de todo: por una parte las movidas chuecas, las mordidas, la fayuca, la prostitución y manifestaciones de violencia; pero ...

The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning offers an accessible and authoritative guide to the essentials of Robert Browning's life and poetry. Drawing from his personal letters and from the diaries and memoirs of his contemporaries, this literary biography provides a wealth of information about the main events of his life, including the social, political, religious, and aesthetic issues that concerned him; it offers critical commentary defining the central characteristics of his poetry; and it tracks the changes in his reputation through contemporary reviews and the growth of the Browning...

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Through his leading role in the three Superman films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified with the superhero that he wasn't just seen as the actor who played Superman, he was Superman. Which is why the tragic riding accident which left him paralysed from the neck down shocked the world. Superman was not superhuman. It is also why he is now the world's most recognisable person in a wheelchair. In true superhero style, Christopher Reeve refuses to resign himself to the life of a quadriplegic, and is actively campaigning to raise the profile of spinal-cord injury victims and research. ...