Emilia Pardo Bazán

Nacida en los Pa�ses Bajos, Margaretha Zelle se cas� siendo muy joven con un oficial de las Indias holandesas, al que sigui� poco despu�s a las colonias. La estancia en Indonesia la dej� marcada y resalt� su sensualidad; cuando regres� a Europa, se invent� un pasado de bailarina oriental y decidi� ejercer su arte en Par�s. As�, se convirti� en la estrella indiscutible de la Ciudad de la Luz, ligeramente vestida y bajo el nombre de Mata-Hari (�ojo del d�a�, en malayo). Par�s entero se lanz� a aplaudir su danza de la serpiente y su strip-tease de homenaje al...

Hija ilegítima de un vendedor ambulante, huérfana de madre, educada en un orfanato por unas monjas que la enseñaron a coser; su temperamento inquieto y su instinto para la confección le abrieron las puertas del selecto mundo de la moda.

Many of Ronald Reagan's ways were not only unusual, but seem to contradict his others. Some authors are so perplexed by his nature they are reluctant to even assign intelligence to his mentality. They suspect he operated on everything from instinct to hunches to gut feelings and guesses. Lawrence Nesbitt's six years of extensive research has revealed a single psychological key that makes sense of the anomalies and contradictions. He has uncovered a powerful and nearly unique mindset that directed almost all of Reagan's conduct then and causes the confusion now. This unusual belief also...

The Cuban-born author and intellectual offers an intensely personal, poignant biography of Caruca, his late wife of sixty-six years, in an illustrated portrait of a remarkable love. (Biography)