Preventa de libros de Biografías

La autobiografía de Isabel Preysler.Como nunca lo había hecho, Isabel Preysler escribe sus memorias para romper de una vez por todas con los falsos mitos que desde hace años circulan sobre ella. En Mi verdadera historia, Isabel nos descubre no solo su mundo, tambien una epoca sorprendente de España de la que fue protagonista muchas veces de forma involuntaria.Con la elegancia que le caracteriza, recorre con sinceridad los diferentes capitulos de su pasado, desde su infancia en Filipinas hasta los grandes amores que marcaron su destino.Valiente, autocritica, tolerante, divertida y, sobre todo, defensora a ultranza de la libertad individual, expone su manera de ser y de vivir, y relata los momentos decisivos de su vida que la han convertido en la mujer que es hoy.A traves de su propia voz, descubriremos a una mujer que siempre lucho por su independencia y que se siente en paz con su presente. Y conoceremos los hitos de su biografia desde un angulo tan intimo que impactara a los lectores.

EL LIBRO MÁS ESPERADO DEL AÑO Las memorias en primera persona de Su Majestad el Rey Don Juan Carlos. «Mi padre siempre me aconsejó que no escribiera mis memorias. Los reyes no se confiesan. Y menos,

Esta biografía reconstruye la vida y obra de una de las figuras más audaces y desconocidas de la escena teatral española. Figurinista, escenógrafa, catedrática, escritora y lesbiana visible en un tiempo adverso, Duran desbordo los margenes impuestos a las mujeres de su epoca. Este libro ofrece un recorrido exhaustivo y documentado por su trayectoria profesional y sentimental, desde sus primeros pasos en las artes decorativas hasta su trabajo en el exilio argentino. A traves de cartas, figurines, entrevistas y documentos ineditos, se revela no solo su innovacion en el lenguaje escenico, sino tambien la fuerza personal con la que sostuvo su deseo hacia otras mujeres, su arte y su independencia. Esta biografia no solo reivindica a una creadora fundamental, sino que incorpora al relato historico español una figura que la tradicion anglosajona si posee: un icono lesbico visible y poderoso. La trayectoria vital de Victorina Duran se vuelve imprescindible para comprender la historia cultural desde una perspectiva feminista y queer. Un referente necesario, hasta ahora ausente, en el imaginario colectivo.Una biografia apasionante que confirma a Victorina Duran como una de las grandes figuras artisticas de su generacion. Tania BalloVictoria Duran, la artista total, la gran escenografa del 27 regresa por fin a nuestro presente. Tras años de trabajo de archivo a ambos lados del Atlantico, Eva Moreno-Lago desarmariza a Vic y su mundo con entusiasmo, rigor y una profunda admiracion a la experiencia y el trabajo de una mujer libre e intensa. Nuria Capdevila-ArguellesPrimera biografia de Victorina Duran: icono lesbico de la España del siglo XX y pionera del vestuario teatral moderno.Victorina Duran Cebrian (1899-1993) fue una intelectual rebelde y transgresora del entorno de la Generacion del 27, comprometida con la renovacion del teatro en España. Pintora, escenografa, figurinista, profesora, periodista, directora y dramaturga, su vinculo con la escena le viene de cuna: su madre y su abuela fueron bailarinas de puntas. A los nueve años ingreso en el Conservatorio para estudiar piano y, mas tarde, declamacion. Yo queria ser actriz, pero la familia la disuadio y se volco en el dibujo. En 1917 entro en la Escuela de Bellas Artes y frecuento tertulias vanguardistas. Mujer moderna, participo de las oportunidades del nuevo siglo: salia sola, viajo a Paris y Londres, tuvo estudio propio, fue socia fundadora del Lyceum, gano en 1929 la Catedra de Indumentaria y vivio libremente su sexualidad desde 1921. En los años treinta colaboro con Margarita Xirgu y Rivas Cherif en el Teatro Español y cofundo el innovador Teatro Escuela de Arte (T.E.A.). Exiliada en 1937, trabajo en multiples compañias de Buenos Aires y en el Teatro Colon durante catorce años. Regreso a España en 1963; se vinculo al Teatro Español y desarrollo proyectos con Nati Mistral hasta dedicarse en los setenta a la pintura. Fallecio a los 94 años, sin dejar de crear.Eva Moreno-Lago es doctora en Estudios Filologicos con Mencion Internacional y Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado por la Universidad de Sevilla, donde es profesora del Departamento de Literatura Española e Hispanoamericana. Especialista en literatura de la Edad de Plata, ha centrado su investigacion en figuras olvidadas como Victorina Duran y algunas escritoras andaluzas. Es auto...

A radiant new memoir from beloved artist and writer Patti Smith author of the National Book Award Winner Just Kids God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper writes Patti Smith in this indelible account of her life as an artist A post Second World War childhood unfolds in a condemned housing complex described in Dickensian detail consumptive children vanishing neighbours an infested rat house and a beguiling book of Irish fairytales We enter the child s world of the imagination where Smith the captain of her loyal and beloved sibling army vanquishes bullies communes with the king of tortoises and searches for sacred silver pennies The most intimate of Smith s memoirs Bread of Angels takes us through her teenage years where the first glimmers of art and romance take hold Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan emerge as creative heroes and role models as Patti starts to write poetry then lyrics merging both into the iconic songs and recordings such as Horses and Easter Dancing Barefoot and Because the Night She leaves it all behind to marry her one true love Fred Sonic Smith with whom she creates a life of devotion and adventure on a canal in St Clair Shores Michigan with ancient willows and fulsome pear trees She builds a room of her own furnished

A witty and humane account of one man multiple jobs and what it means to liveHu AnYan has held nineteen different jobs since he graduated He s been a convenience store clerk a bicycle salesman a security guard and a delivery driver among many other things Every time the work gets punishing or the bosses too bossy he moves on from city to city carrying with him nothing but his copies of Chekhov and Carver This is his story A runaway bestseller in China I Deliver Parcels in Beijing is about what it s like to try and make a living and stay sane in the gig economy From the pecking order on a parcel sorting factory floor to the perfect alcohol dose to get some daylight shut eye before a punishing night shift from the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of the hiring departments to the ideal layout of a delivery route Hu illuminates the hidden lives behind the roles that keep our world going But he also shows how through the liberating power of literature he finds solace and even freedom in his existence Quietly radical brimming with humanity and humour this book asks what does work really mean What should it mean And do any of us really know how to live

Beyond Profit brings together the latest academic research on Purpose Driven Leadership and Organizations to show how leaders can create a Wellbeing Economy that is aligned with a sustainable future where we innovate and protect collective long term wellbeing through governance that works It is a must read for all leaders wanting to implement a coherent roadmap to meet the needs of the world we want it will help you ask critical questions learn from inspirational stories and be armed with an innovative approach to find answers that will lead to a better tomorrow Leaders make decisions with real consequences that are not just local but national and even global they impact matters of intense importance decisions with environmental economic societal and moral implications The reality of leadership in times of uncertainty and risk places an unprecedented challenge at the door of today s generation of leaders As a leader you may often feel locked into pursuing sustained growth and endless increases in financial returns while held back by less resources and more challenges around employees customers and new technologies Perhaps you feel overwhelmed and weighed down by responsibility troubled by the legacy you are leaving behind It doesn t have to be thi

From the internationally bestselling author of Welcome to the Hyunam dong Bookshop comes a warm and reflective collection of essays about reading language and life Why do we read What is it that we hope to take away from the intimate personal experience of reading for pleasure Rarely do we ask these profound expansive questions of ourselves and of our relationship to the joy of reading But in this gentle philosophical collection celebrating books reading and language Hwang Bo reum doesn t just tell us but shows us what living a life immersed in reading means Every Day I Read provides many quiet moments for introspection and reflection encourages book lovers to explore what reading means to each of us While this is a book about books at its heart is an attitude to life one outside capitalism and climbing the corporate ladder Readers and non readers will take away something from it including a treasure trove of book recommendations blended seamlessly within

Pacy witty and authoritative Jonathan Freedland In her hands ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern world concern a powerful and important book Daily Telegraph

Back in 2012 everyone knew who Bradley Wiggins was Everyone that is but me Thirteen years after the summer that defined me I have finally defined myself The disguises have gone I ve made peace with myself Think you know Bradley Wiggins Think again Bradley Wiggins is the greatest British cyclist of his generation A national hero on both track and road he won five Olympic gold medals eight world titles and the Tour de France But his is a story mired in contradiction controversy and confusion Sat on a throne after winning gold at London 2012 just ten days after becoming the first Briton to win the Tour de France here was a man with the world at his feet Sporting hero People s champion Legend Everyone knew who Wiggo was Everyone that is but him Bradley s own truth was one of a chaotic and disturbing upbringing characterised by abandonment and abuse The bike had been his escape but he knew that the second he got out of the saddle he was a shadow man with no self belief and even less self worth With zero confidence in his value as a human being attention was his worst nightmare Bradley s answer was to wear a mask He became Sir Wiggo the loveable rogue the disguise slowly suffocating the real him crushing the last few remnants of self est

My favourite wine w nker Jack Whitehall I like to talk about wine the way normal humans talk about things they love it s not about showing off how many fancy wine terms I know The point is to share something I love with someone else in a way that makes them want to love it too Thirsty is the story of Tom Gilbey The Wine Guy and his life in wine a celebration of the bleedin beautiful people who make it and a history of his family s love affair with winemaking and let s be honest drinking since the 1800s Learn how to read a label even if you can t speak the language talk wine without sounding naff choose wine in a restaurant explain why some wine smells like your granny s cardiganAlong the way you ll discover 100 Wine W nker approved bottles wines for friendships and long lunches for autumn afternoons and winter evenings Whether yours is a Chateauneuf du Pape Kylie Minogue s rose or God forbid orange wine Tom will help you find the good stuff always Let Tom show you how this gloriously gluggable elixir is at its heart made to bring pleasure and that there is no right or wrong to enjoy wine just go for it Entertaining and engaging Helen McGinn of knackeredmother

From Hannah Kent the bestselling award winning author of Burial Rites comes a book about the extraordinary country that is Iceland and about the creative life it inspired Always Home Always Homesick is for lovers of Iceland and of travel and for those interested in what it means to write

Bestselling author NYU professor and cohost of the Pivot podcast Scott Galloway offers a path forward for men and parents of boys Boys and men are in crisis Rarely has a cohort fallen further and faster than young men living in Western democracies Boys are less likely to graduate from high school or college than girls One in seven men reports having no friends and men account for three of every four deaths of despair in America Even worse the lack of attention to these problems has created a void filled by voices espousing misogyny the demonization of others and a toxic vision of masculinity But this is not just a male issue women and children can t flourish if men aren t doing well As we know from spasms of violence there is nothing more dangerous than a lonely broke young man Scott Galloway has been sounding the alarm on this issue for years In Notes on Being a Man Galloway explores what it means to be a man in modern America He promotes the importance of healthy masculinity and mental strength He shares his own story from boyhood to manhood He explores his parent s difficult divorce working through his anger and depression issues trying to make money and raising two boys He shares the sometimes funny often painful lessons he learned alon

A definitive new biography of General Franco that offers a new insight into his lasting legacy in Spain From a scrawny overlooked military graduate to the youngest general in Europe Francisco Franco was known for his ambition talent and calculated risk taking Yet his reputation remains a topic of fierce debate Did he destroy Spain and stifle its democracy or rescue the nation from left wing tumult In this compelling biography Giles Tremlett unravels the complex life and legacy of the enigmatic dictator who shaped twentieth century Spanish history This book will delve into the complexities of Franco s character exploring his volatile relationship with a domineering father his traumatic experiences fighting in Morocco and the formation of his authoritarian ideology The narrative follows Franco s ruthless leadership during the Civil War his alignment with Hitler and Mussolini and the subsequent Cold War era that brought him international rehabilitation Tremlett interrogates Franco s transformation of Spain through a lens that challenges the conventional view of him as a bumbling leader Instead he argues that Franco was a deliberate and pragmatic dictator who wielded terror to maintain an iron grip on power and whose lasting and most surprising contri

Daughter Prisoner Survivor Warrior Nobody s Girl This is Virginia Roberts Giuffre s last word In 2011 Virginia Roberts Giuffre hit the headlines as Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell s most outspoken victim the woman whose decision to speak out helped send both serial abusers to prison and whose photograph with Prince Andrew catalyzed his fall from grace But first and foremost she became known as a voice of courage and resilience for women everywhere This is her story in her own words A story that has never been told in full before now It demonstrates with extraordinary power that victims are made not born And that once you come to truly understand the horrifying impact of abuse you will never again question why a victim stays or returns over and over again In April 2025 Giuffre took her own life She left behind a memoir written in the years preceding her death and stated unequivocally that she wanted it published This is the powerful story of an ordinary girl who would grow up to confront adversity and trauma of the darkest form yet found the strength to move forwards reclaim her voice and shine a light on evil advocating for others and fighting for a safer fairer world Nobody s Girl is a remarkable recounting of one woman s fortitude

A priori, pocos lectores sabrán quiénes son María y Carmen Menéndez ni por qué comparten apellido. La explicación es sencilla: son suegra y esposa, respectivamente, del político Santiago Carrillo, y ambas son las protagonistas de esta historia.¿Y que interes pueden tener sus vidas, practicamente anonimas, se preguntaran quienes sostienen este libro entre las manos? Maria nacio en un pequeño pueblo asturiano, marcado por el caciquismo y la vida rural, y fue victima de una de las peores violencias que puede sufrir una mujer. Aquella experiencia la empujo a marcharse, y fue en Barcelona donde dio a luz a Carmen.En 1939, madre e hija se vieron obligadas a huir a Francia. Alli consolidaron su compromiso con el Partido Comunista. En ese entorno, Carmen conocio a Santiago Carrillo, con quien emprendio una vida compartida en lo personal, lo familiar y lo politico, hasta el final de sus dias.Su hijo menor, Jorge Carrillo Menendez, reconstruye en este relato intimo y conmovedor las vidas de su madre y su abuela. Sus recuerdos familiares se entrelazan con el contexto historico que abarca desde la Segunda Republica, la Guerra Civil y el largo exilio, hasta el franquismo y la Transicion.Abusos de poder, maternidad en solitario, memoria historica, educacion, resistencia y supervivencia femeninas son algunos de los ejes que recorren este relato intergeneracional. Pero, por encima de todo, destaca la lucha, el coraje, la solidaridad y el firme compromiso social de dos mujeres que, pese a las adversidades, dejaron una huella imborrable.

Absolute heaven Jilly CooperA hilarious and heartfelt year following one woman and her puppy from chaos and tears to healing and new beginnings It s a love story but not as you know it Raising a puppy is simple feed them walk them love them Right Wrong Armed with Pinterest perfect plans and firm ideas about training Sophia brings Dennis a scruffy and defiant Parson terrier into her life But just as the puppy pads hit the floor the rest of her world falls apart Suddenly single and quietly unravelling Sophia finds herself solo parenting a tiny gleeful agent of chaos who devours foam earplugs destroys her shoes and has an alarming taste for spiders He s also the only thing keeping her afloat As the months roll by in a haze of dodgy first dates sleepless nights and meltdowns in the park Sophia begins to make sense of it all the grief of a life that didn t go to plan the weirdness of being single in your late thirties and the surprising ways love shows up when you least expect it By the end of their first year together Dennis hasn t just wrecked the furniture he s quietly rebuilt her life For anyone who s ever been through shattering heartbreak this is a story of quiet resilience unpredictable joy and the quiet wonder of a small body curle

YOUR ULTIMATE LIFESTYLE GUIDE TO THE MOST ENDURING OF ALL SUBCULTURES FROM A VOGUE BEAUTY EDITOR There s a bit of goth in us all KATE MOSS A celebration of the darkness ANJELICA HUSTON Amidst the waking nightmares of our times the melancholy of goth soothes our morbid anxieties Influencing pop culture at every juncture fashion art music film the Kardashians what was once mysterious is now mainstream This is a grimoire for the modern goth whether seasoned or aspiring as you navigate the pentagram of life in style Cradled within these pages lie the secret lives of undead icons throughout the ages including godmother of goth Siouxsie Sioux To illuminate the darkness further you ll hear from notable goths and goth coded figures such as Christina Ricci on what films to watch clothes to don music to wallow in and books to take with you to the grave AS SEEN ON RITA ORA S INSTAGRAM

Un hilarante viaje (nunca mejor dicho) por los excesos, delirios y resacas que marcaron el rumbo de la historia. ¿Sabías que Alejandro Magno era un borracho empedernido, que Shakespeare fumaba marihuana y que George Washington tomaba opio como quien se toma un rooibos? ¿Y que Freud le daba a la cocaina como Van Gogh a la pintura amarilla? Lejos de lo que te contaron en el cole, la historia esta marcada por los estupefacientes, porque los protagonistas de las grandes hazañas de la humanidad no iban precisamente sobrios. El historiador Sam Kelly nos invita a descubrir el lado mas irreverente (y divertido) de la historia: desde la Antigua Grecia hasta nuestros dias, pasando por la China imperial, la epoca victoriana y la fundacion de Estados Unidos, descubriras que el agua con misterio y las sustancias alucinogenas jugaron un papel mucho mas importante de lo que te imaginas. A que no sabias que * Alejandro Magno solia ir como las grecas. * Shakespeare era un experto liador de porros. * George Washington tenia una infusion favorita: el opio. * La Reina Victoria fue una de las mayores traficantes del siglo XIX. * Freud recetaba cocaina a sus pacientes de tanto que le gustaba. * Nixon tenia debilidad por las pastis de colorines. * Andy Warhol y la metaanfetamina eran mejores amigos. * Elvis Presley predicaba contra las drogas, pero iba puesto mientras cantaba Hound Dog. * Los Beatles consumian mas hierba que una vaca frisona en un pasto suizo. * Steve Jobs y el LSD eran compañeros de viaje inseparables."Sam Kelly no glorifica el consumo de drogas ni de alcohol. Lo que hace es mostrar, con honestidad y mucho sentido del humor, como estas sustancias han influido en la historia. El lector se quedara boquiabierto ante algunas historias, sonreira con otras y se reira a carcajadas con las mas disparatadas e increibles". The Bookworm Sez "Vibrante y sorprendente. Mas alla de la avalancha de anecdotas entretenidisimas, Sam Kelly ofrece una interesante reflexion sobre los usos medicos y espirituales de los psicodelicos. Absolutamente brillante". Publishers Weekly "Nunca volveras a mirar la historia con los mismos ojos. Ramses II era un fumeta hace revivir a personajes y epocas como nunca antes los habiamos visto". Harlan Coben, autor del New York Times"Un viaje en el tiempo tan entretenido como revelador a traves de las puertas de la percepcion". Kirkus Reviews "Un libro divertido y unico que repasa a cuarenta personajes historicos y su aficion por colocarse, emborracharse o perderse en los efectos de distintas sustancias." New York Post

Por primera vez, su historia en sus propias palabras Las esperadas memorias de un icono del feminismo actual, la heroína que ha abanderado el combate público para que la vergüenza frente a la violen

"Nunca se ha superado esta biografía del rey, ninguno de nosotros,álos que hemos escrito sobre el, hemos llegado más lejos,áni más adentro de lo que llegó Jose Luis de Vilallonga.áAquí está todo, no solo lo que habia pasado antes,asino lo que ocurriria despues".aPILAR EYREEl Rey es un libro extraordinario por muchos motivos. Por un lado, porque contiene numerosas revelaciones historicas, pero sobre todo porque su publicacion en 1993 se debio a una decision singular del propio Juan Carlos, que accedio a recibir en La Zarzuela a Jose Luis de Vilallonga para concederle una larga serie de entrevistas cuyo desarrollo constituye la columna vertebral de este libro. En El Rey suena, por encima de todas las demas voces participan