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Extraños en el paraíso nos cuenta la verdadera historia de la Movida. Ella, Caro H, fue una de las fotógrafas referentes de un movimiento que todavía despierta el interés de miles de personas en todo el mundo. Él, periodista en un diario nacional de gran tirada, es el niño bonito de los medios, la gran promesa del periodismo actual. Un encuentro y una entrevista que se alargará en el tiempo desgranando con todo lujo de detalles, la verdadera historia de la Movida.

Extraños en el paraíso nos cuenta la verdadera historia de la Movida. Ella, Caro H, fue una de las fotógrafas referentes de un movimiento que todavía despierta el interés de miles de personas en todo el mundo. Él, periodista en un diario nacional de gran tirada, es el niño bonito de los medios, la gran promesa del periodismo actual.

Cecilia Toussaint le da voz a Frida Kahlo. Ocho días antes de morir, Frida Kahlo cogió sus pinceles por última vez y escribió sobre la pulpa roja de la sandía: «Viva la vida. Coyoacán, 1954». Pocos meses antes, le habían amputado la pierna derecha y notaba, ahora sí, cómo sus fuerzas desaparecían para siempre, cómo la vida se alejaba de ella. Esta última naturaleza muerta no era casual, era su adiós definitivo, colorido y optimista, como era ella, a pesar de los reveses que la vida le había ido dando hasta entonces.

Laura García, autora de los libros Enredados y Funderelele, y conductora del programa de televisión La dichosa palabra, habla de cómo fue conquistada por México y de su amor a las palabras en esta entrevista con Mónica Braun, directora de Nieve de Chamoy.

Cecilia Toussaint le da voz a Frida Kahlo. Ocho días antes de morir, Frida Kahlo cogió sus pinceles por última vez y escribió sobre la pulpa roja de la sandía: «Viva la vida. Coyoacán, 1954». Pocos meses antes, le habían amputado la pierna derecha y notaba, ahora sí, cómo sus fuerzas desaparecían para siempre, cómo la vida se alejaba de ella. Esta última naturaleza muerta no era casual, era su adiós definitivo, colorido y optimista, como era ella, a pesar de los reveses que la vida le había ido dando hasta entonces.

Mónica Maristain es editora, poeta y periodista, además de una incansable y aguda lectora. Del arte de la entrevista, de Roberto Bolaño y de su portal, Maremoto Maristain, conversa aquí con Mónica Braun, directora de Nieve de Chamoy.

Eliana Pasarán fue durante ocho años directora de literatura infantil y juvenil del Fondo de Cultura Económica. De su trabajo editorial y los riesgos y aventuras que le gusta tomar como editora, platica aquí con Mónica Braun, directora de Nieve de Chamoy.

Cecilia Toussaint le da voz a Frida Kahlo. Ocho días antes de morir, Frida Kahlo cogió sus pinceles por última vez y escribió sobre la pulpa roja de la sandía: «Viva la vida. Coyoacán, 1954». Pocos meses antes, le habían amputado la pierna derecha y notaba, ahora sí, cómo sus fuerzas desaparecían para siempre, cómo la vida se alejaba de ella.

En la que sin duda es su crónica más emocionante, Juan Villoro cuenta cómo estuvo en condiciones de comparar la intensidad de dos de los terremotos más terribles que ha sufrido América Latina: el de 1985 en la ciudad de México y el de 2010 en Santiago de Chile. Convencido de que estos desastres deben contarse con las más representativas de las voces implicadas, Villoro tomó los relatos de sus compañeros de temblor y construyó un concierto de impresiones en el que no faltan el suspenso o el absurdo.

A Parrot in the Pepper Tree, the sequel to Lemons, follows the lives of Chris, Ana and their daughter, Chloë, as they get to grips with a misanthropic parrot who joins their home, Spanish school life, neighbours in love, their amazement at Chris appearing on the bestseller lists . . and their shock at discovering that their beloved valley is once more under threat of a dam.

Una ragazza di provincia con un incredibile talento, e la forza e la determinazione di realizzare il suo Sogno: Taylor Swift si è trasformata da giovane promessa della musica country a megastar globale. La rivista Time l’ha proclamata “Persona dell’anno” nel 2023. Il suo undicesimo album, The Tortured Poets Department, è il primo nella storia a raggiungere un miliardo di stream su Spotify. Sembra che non esista record che Taylor Swift non è in grado di infrangere. Ma come è arrivata da una contea della Pennsylvania ai palcoscenici di tutto il mondo?

From the prize-winning and bestselling biographer of Shelley and Coleridge, and author of the landmark, critically acclaimed The Age of Wonder, this is a book about the new science and scepticism of the 19th century; about ideas of geology and deep time, the vast beauty and the terror looming before all those who saw deeper into the stars and studied the new cosmology.

In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the brainstem. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke into a body which had all but stopped working: only his left eye functioned, allowing him to see and, by blinking it, to make clear that his mind was unimpaired.

After beginning her television career as a researcher, Humble later began presenting shows such as Animal Park, Tomorrow’s World and Extreme Wives, to name only a few. Known as a familiar face on the BBC, specialising in wildlife and science, Kate Humble published her new book, Thinking on My Feet, in October 2018. Kate Humble talks to us about the beauty of woods in winter, where we’ll see her and her dog, Teg, next and why walking makes a great first date.

A long-term marriage has to move beyond chemistry to compatibility, to friendship, to companionship. As Newbery Medal winner Madeleine L'Engle describes a relationship characterized by compassion, respect, and growth, as well as challenge and conflict, she beautifully evokes the life she and her husband, actor Hugh Franklin, built and the family they cherished. Beginning with their very different childhoods, L'Engle chronicles the twists and turns that led two young artists to New York City in the 1940s.

May Sarton's parrot chatters away as Sarton looks out the window at the rain and contemplates returning to her "real" life - not friends, not even love, but writing. In her bravest and most revealing memoir, Sarton casts her keenly observant eye on both the interior and exterior worlds. She shares insights about everyday life in the quiet New Hampshire village of Nelson, the desire for friends, and need for solitude - both an exhilarating and terrifying state.

Raging ambition. Towering egos. Competition under a veneer of courtesy. Heroic effort combined with plagiarism, theft, exaggeration, and fraud. This was the state of bird study in eastern North America during the early 1800s, as a handful of intrepid men raced to find the last few birds that were still unknown to science. The most famous name in the bird world was John James Audubon, who painted spectacular portraits of birds. But although his images were beautiful, creating art was not his main goal. Instead, he aimed to illustrate (and write about) as many different species as possible.

While sportswriters rushed into Major League Baseball locker rooms to talk with players, MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn barred the lone woman from entering along with them. That reporter, twenty-six-year-old Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke, charged Kuhn with gender discrimination, and after the lawyers argued Ludtke v. Kuhn in federal court, she won. Her 1978 groundbreaking case affirmed her equal rights, and the judge's order opened the doors for several generations of women to be hired in sports media.

Nora Ephron was one of the most popular, accomplished, and beloved writers in American journalism and film. Nora Ephron: A Biography is the first biography of the Manhattan-born girl who forged a path of her own, earning accolades and adoration from critics and fans alike. Author Kristin Marguerite Doidge explores the tremendous successes and disappointing failures Ephron sustained in her career and examines the private life she tried to keep in balance with her insatiable ambition.

Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the U.S. war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for alcohol and literature.