Virginia Woolf

"The Diplomite" is a compelling account of the author's life experiences growing up so far from home. From India to Vienna, Diana Carr was always an outsider, and learned what it is like to be the "other". This is a story about what it is like to be a young representative of the United States and staying calm in the face of danger. This is a story about how no matter what, the author's parents kept her family safe. This is a story about the strength and importance of family. Carr's father joined the Foreign Service in 1945. The world was in turmoil as it settled into the aftermath of World...

Un libro de notas que forman parte de un diario personal. Apuntes privados y glosas de la vida exterior. Vida cotidiana, reflexiones, escenas callejeras, arte, literatura, paisajes, historia, política. Entre los años 2009 y 2012.

Unique for its focus on the early, formative years of the world-renowned Basque designer, this thorough examination of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s life and career is a textual and visual wonder, with an abundance of documents and unpublished images of his hometown, his childhood, and even his personal notes. From his birth in Getaria, a small fishing village on Spain’s northern coast, to his move to Paris following the Spanish Civil War, this exploration of the designer’s origins examines in detail the events and experiences that influenced Balenciaga’s designs and turned him into a...

Makome-Beatriz Eñeso Kola, perteneciente al clan Bolovetye bua Mbay, tribu Eone, natural de Punta Embonda, etnia Ndowé (Guinea Ecuatorial), hija de un matrimonio de maestros de enseñanza primaria Agustín Eñeso Ñeñe y Adelina Kola Ipua. Desde la niñez a la adolescencia experimentó agobios de todo tipo, con la proclamación de la independencia del país en 1968 y el acceso al poder de Francisco Macías Nguema rodeado de criminales que tuvieron como objetivos destruir las vidas humanas y todos los progresos alcanzados en la etapa colonial. En este ambiente de terror organizado, su padre ...