Todos los caminos llevan a India

There is very scarce information on the author of this peculiar book, that many scholars consider initiated the British appetite for the Spanish colonies in South America. Accarette -as he calls himself- or Accarette du Biscay -as appears in the English translation of his story- seems to have been a French-Basque adventurer who traveled twice to South America between 1657 and 1660 under the false identity of a Spanish subject, as the Spanish regime would not allow non-subjects to disembark in its colonies. His most evident purpose -a fact Accarette does not hide- was the lucrative smuggling...

Con tinta roja es un ejercicio de transparencia y autocrítica después de toda una vida dedicada a la política. Un intento por legitimar lo público desde dentro, destapando procedimientos corruptos, pero también mostrando el impacto positivo del trabajo bien hecho. El primer libro de Raúl Gil llega en un ambiente de grandes transformaciones políticas en España, un buen momento para reflexionar sobre la importancia de la palabra y el ejemplo como motores de cambio.

When Bill Wilson, with his friend Dr. Bob Smith, founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, his hope was that AA would become a safe haven for those who suffered from this disease. Thirty years after his death, AA continues to help millions of alcoholics recover from what had been commonly regarded as a hopeless addiction. Still, while Wilson was a visionary for millions, he was no saint. After cofounding Alcoholics Anonymous, he stayed sober for over thirty-five years, helping countless thousands rebuild their lives. But at the same time, Wilson suffered form debilitating bouts of clinical...

Guillermo Gerardo González Zamudio (1931) Nace en tierras Veracruzanas, Ingeniero Mecánico Naval y Arquitecto Naval, fue recopilando a lo largo de su vida anécdotas personales, familiares y profesionales, las cuales describe con un particular sentido enigmático, humorístico, sarcástico, que obliga a la reflexión para poderlas ubicar en contexto, utilizando sobrenombres, algunas veces en idioma Inglés, para hacer difícil la identificación de los personajes y hechos. De pluma ligera e inspirada, relata la forma en que se sucedieron los acontecimientos que en su momento fueron reales.