Vida, causa y efecto

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...

Carlos se niega a aceptar el futuro sombrío que el destino le ha reservado. Escapar de la triste realidad en que vive es la única vía hacia un mejor mañana. Para ello, es necesario abandonarlo todo, incluyendo la isla en la cual él es un rehén. A sólo noventa millas del mundo civilizado, Cuba es como una gigantesca prisión custodiada por guardias armados y rodeada por un peligroso mar infestado de tiburones. Sólo uno -de cada cuatro que intentan escapar- logra llegar a la otra orilla con vida. Esperanza no es fruto de la imaginación. Es la historia real de cinco jóvenes que...

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...

Por primera vez, la extraordinaria vida de Neus Català, explicada por ella misma y revisada a través de una ambiciosa novela de memorias magistralmente construida por Carme Martí. Su infancia en un pequeño pueblo del Priorato; la juventud interrumpida...