Historias de vidas (y muertes)

Esta es la oportunidad de tener una idea completa e imparcial de cómo era esa época, las luces, de la cual Calomarde era un bastardo. El nombre de Calomarde pertenece a lo más oscuro, abyecto y olvidable de la historia. Alguien que podría haber sido un Shylock ibérico o una Lady Macbeth: el que susurra a los oídos de los príncipes, el que conspira de madrugada para estrangular a sus enemigos, el que apuñala a su amo mientras le ofrece, obsequioso, la patita. Un brazo ejecutor, el que mandaba en lo que los periodistas de hoy llamarían las cloacas del Estado. Fue, de hecho, el primer...

WHO IS STIEG LARSSON? The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Girl Who Played with Fire. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. In 2005, Lisbeth Salander exploded as a cultural icon, captivating fans around the world, first in the bestselling suspense novels and later in the film adaptations. But what of her creator? Stieg Larsson—the man behind the Millennium Trilogy phenomenon— died tragically of a heart attack on the eve of the first book’s publication, leaving a brilliant legacy soon shrouded in mystery and controversy. Now, fellow journalist and activist Kurdo Baksi—who worked...

It's a pretty long story, Primo Levi tells a classroom of children, so I'll try to make it simple. This hauntingly illustrated comic tells the story of the Italian Jewish chemist who survived the camps at Auschwitz against all odds. Matteo Mastragostino draws on historical research, interviews, and Levi's own landmark books to piece together a fictionalized yet profoundly intimate portrait of a courageous figure. In the scene that emerges, Levi visits a group of schoolchildren to retell his life story and keep the memory of the Holocaust alive, answering innocent questions with hard truths....

A senator and physician considers the threat of bioterrorism in the United States and offers protective strategies, discussing biological agents including anthrax and smallpox, as well as chemical weapons and possible dangers to food and water supplies. (Current Affairs)