Biography & Memoirs
Brand: Anagrama
EAN: 9788433908124
Sert Architect
This is the biography of Josep Lluís Sert, a Spanish architect with international acclaim. The book tells how he went to university in a Rolls Royce with a chauffeur, but developed a social conscience that he revealed in his architecture. The civil war and his exile in New York came later. / Esta e..
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Brand: Edaf
EAN: 9788441438927
Woman Were Always There
Spain is a female country. Spanish history has been forged by women who excelled in all fields. Spain is a place where women have developed a role as in few places throughout history. There are heroines, literates, queens, sculptors, inventors, scientists, saints... / España es un país femenino. Du..
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Brand: Edaf
EAN: 9788441437609
Soldier on Land and Sea
The figure of general Pablo Morillo has oscillated between oblivion and hatred. A relegated hero of Spanish history that overcame his humble origins due to his enormous value. His career and biography are critical to understanding the whole history of that time, especially dispelling the myths. / L..
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Brand: Urano World
EAN: 9788415732334
Tesla: Inventor of the Modern
Nikola Tesla invented the radio, robots, and remote control. His electric induction motors run our appliances and factories, yet he has been largely overlooked by history. In Tesla, Richard Munson presents a comprehensive portrait of this farsighted and underappreciated mastermind.
Nikola Tesla, uno..
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Brand: Acantilado
EAN: 9788496136847
Three Masters: Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky
It is not by chance that I bring together in a single book these three essays on Balzac, Dickens and Dostoevsky. With a common purpose I try to show the three great novelists of the 19th century as prototypes because of the contrast of their personalities complement each other and perhaps elevate in..
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Brand: Anagrama
EAN: 9788433916365
A Cinephile at the Vatican
In 1990 Román Gubern met Enrique Planas who turned out to be the leader of the Vatican Film Library. When Gubern settled in Rome as director of the Cervantes Institute, the Catalan priest contacted him and proposed to participate in the Vatican preparations to celebrate the centenary of the cinema. ..
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Brand: Anagrama
EAN: 9788433908094
A Day in the Life of an Editor
This book starts with the meticulous description of a day in the life of an editor. And, from there, a complete journey through the secrets of the publishing sector and the evolution and the entrails of Anagrama since founded in 1969 until the present.
Este libro arranca precisamente con la minucios..
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Brand: Anagrama
EAN: 9788433998699
A Certain Age
Throughout these workbooks there’s a list of flashes of childhood, adolescence and past days: short chronicles, articles, notes, micro-stories, small poems... And also thoughts about writing, theater, criticism, music and other arts. / A lo largo de estos cuadernos des?lan destellos de infancia, ad..
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Brand: Anagrama
EAN: 9788433907981
Butterfly in the Typewriter
This is a story about John Kennedy Toole, an author of a very special novel in 20th century American literature: A Confederacy of Dunces. Cory Maclauchlin has written the biography that this genius writer deserves, going deep into the details of his life, constructing the story from the historical ..
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Brand: Anagrama
EAN: 9788433927163
Life and wonders
A child diagnosed with tuberculosis spends a long time in bed, where his family cares for him and entertains him with stories and books. From this experience, the child, who will become writer and filmmaker Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, begins his fascination with fiction. In his memoirs, he recounts his..
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Brand: Anagrama
EAN: 9788433999207
Living Ain't so Much Fun and Getting Old a Pain in the butt
Oscar Tusquets was writing a book "about the pain of growing old and the acceptance of dying" when the pandemic broke out and, of course, he could not resist the temptation to include some of his reflections, always insightful and politically incorrect: the government’s obsession to prohibit, the ae..
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Brand: Principal de los libros
EAN: 9788418216633
Waypoints
'Waypoints is a memoir making a difference! I wanted to tell the stories and share the experiences that have shaped me, but to do that I needed to challenge myself and spend some time in my own company, away from the distractions of everyday life. And for me there's no better place to reflect than i..
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