John Williams

En este libro se retrata a aquellos que fundaron -a través de películas, diálogos y canciones- la sustancia indescriptible que fluye al ritmo de la vida. Una crónica-ensayo de Carlos Monsivaís; un autorretrato de una época a la que las leyendas vuelven atemporal, anclada en el espacio de "lo mexicano", donde intervienen el melodrama, la comedia, los modelos de vida y de mala vida y, por supuesto, las canciones, incesantes, un buen número de ellas ya enraizadas en la vida cotidiana.

This book is an exploration of Jack Kerouac, the writer that a whole generation turned into their reluctant spokesman. Duval gives a voice to key figures from that movement: the poet Allen Ginsberg; Carolyn Cassadys wife and Kerouacs lover; Joyce Johnson, who was in a relationship with the writerwhen he became famous; Timothy Leary, the psychedelic guru of the sixties; Anne Waldman, beat poet; and Ken Kesey, a central figure of American counter-culture. Through their stories, we investigate the mysterious figure of Jack Kerouac, the man who wrote the most important novel of his generation to...

"Economic hit men,"" John Perkins writes,"" are highly paid professionals who cheat countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. Their tools include fraudulent financial reports, rigged elections, payoffs, extortion, sex, and murder. They play a game as old as Empire but one that has taken on terrifying dimensions during this time of globalization."" John Perkins should know-he was an economic hit man for an international consulting firm that worked to convince developing countries to accept enormous loans and to funnel that money to U.S. corporations. Once these countries were...

Atrapa tu Sue?o es una historia real de inspiracion personal que explora los inconvenientes y las soluciones que se presentan al empezar un sue?o. A traves de este increible viaje el lector vivira el riesgo, la sensacion de libertad, la pasion, el dolor de una muerte, el nacimiento de un hijo, la frustracion, la vida y el exito. Y, seguramente, al llegar a destino no querra bajarse, pero lo tendra que hacer como lo hicieron Herman y Candelaria al llegar a Alaska. Y descendera emocionado hasta las lagrimas y saltara junto con ellos festejando el saber que los sue?os son posibles si algun dia...