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La leyenda ha eclipsado la realidad personal del general Robert EdwardLee, el gran héroe de la Confederación, hasta convertirlo en una especiede santo laico en el mundo protestante.¿Quién fue realmente el viejo Zorro Gris? ¿Fue el mejor militar de la GuerraCivil Americana o un temerario que provoco la derrota del Sur? ¿Fueun traidor a los Estados Unidos o un leal patriota virginiano? ¿Como secomportaba en la intimidad? ¿Fue un padre cariñoso y responsable o unprogenitor severo y posesivo? ¿Un esposo fiel o un irrefrenable seductor?¿Un abyecto esclavista o un defensor de los afroamericanos? ¿Como seforjo el mito sobre su persona? ¿Por que se convirtio en un idolo, inclusopara sus antiguos enemigos? ¿Por que en la actualidad se retiran susestatuas y se ataca su figura?

Marcel Duchamp está considerado como uno de los artistas más influyentes de este siglo. Sus revolucionarias ideas y su inteligencia iconoclasta se han convertido en una referencia indispensable. Se ha dicho ya que la vida de Duchamp es su mejor obra de arte, pero ha habido que esperar a la publicacion de la monumental biografia de Calvin Tomkins para comprender plenamente la interaccion entre su vida y su obra. Nacido en el seno de una familia burguesa, Duchamp decidio seguir el ejemplo de sus dos hermanos mayores y se instalo en Paris pocos años antes de que el cubismo revolucionara la pintura. A pesar de coincidir con ese hito historico, a lo largo de su longeva existencia se trazaria siempre su propio e irrepetible camino: una osadisima aventura en la que el arte se concebia, ante todo, como una cosa mentale, en el espiritu de Leonardo da Vinci. Fue Duchamp quien, de una manera mas radical que nadie, planteo que el arte debia tener una realidad propia y abandonar la mera imitacion. A su llegada a Nueva York en 1915 (Norteamerica acabaria convirtiendose en su pais adoptivo), se quedo atonito al descubrir que su reputacion (Desnudo bajando una escalera habia causado una tremenda sensacion dos años antes en el Armory Show) "solo era equiparable a la de Sarah Bernhardt y Napol

A moving and insightful collection of quotes, memories, and images celebrating the life of Anthony Bourdain When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, the outpouring of love from his fans around the world was momentous. The tributes spoke to his legacy: That the world is much smaller than we imagine and people are more alike than they are different. As Bourdain once said, "If I'm an advocate of anything, it's to move...Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food."Anthony Bourdain Remembered brings together memories and anecdotes from fans reminiscing about Bourdain's unique achievements and his enduring effect on their lives as well as comments from chefs, journalists, filmmakers, musicians, and writers inspired by Tony including Barack Obama, Eric Ripert, Jill Filipovic, Ken Burns, Questlove, and Jose Andres, among many others.These remembrances give us a glimpse of Tony's widespread impact through his political and social commitments; his dedication to travel and eating well (and widely); and his love of the written word, along with his deep compassion, open-mindedness, and interest in lives different from his own.Anthony Bourdain Remembered captures Tony's inimitable spirit and passion in the words of his devoted fans as well as some of his closest friends and colleagues.

With a new introduction and concluding chapter from bestselling medieval author Dan Jones Richard III is one of the most mysterious figures in English history and as such is the source of perennial fascination Comparatively little is known of his early life his appearance his interests for up to 1483 he played second fiddle to his more glorious older brothers Edward this sun of York and the feckless Clarence Anthony Cheetham cuts through the legend and the propaganda to try to retrace the life of Richard the neglected years before he assumed the throne and thus to place in context the twenty six stormy months of his reign before the last of the Plantagenets died on Bosworth Field He considers three critical questions in particular Did he really believe his brother and nephews were illegitimate Why did he seize the throne What happened to the princes in the tower This new edition of a classic royal biography includes an account of the discovery of Richard s remains in a Leicester car park in September 2012 and what his skeleton revealed about the physical condition of the last Plantagenet and the manner of his death First published in 1992 and acknowledged as the inspiration behind Philippa Gregory s portrayal of Richard in her bestselling The Whi

Asa Briggs s energy fuelled him to write more than fifty books including five formidable volumes on the history of broadcasting At the zenith of his fame he was one of the best known historians of his generation his name on a cover a guarantee of substantial sales From humble beginnings in the back streets of Keighley he rose to become a peer of the realm one of the Great and the Good He was Vice Chancellor of Sussex the most fashionable of the new universities and Chancellor of the Open University the largest He became President of the Workers Educational Association reflecting his deep commitment to a more equal society His own life illustrated the power of education to overcome disadvantage But for all his success his was also a story of frustration and disappointment He took on too much and in later life was unable to juggle his commitments as once he could Moreover the world around him had changed Once at the centre of things he found himself on the periphery The inner life of Asa Briggs was more turbulent than it appeared from the outside Even those who thought they knew him well may be surprised by the revelations in this fascinating biography

La leyenda ha eclipsado la realidad personal del general Robert EdwardLee, el gran héroe de la Confederación, hasta convertirlo en una especiede santo laico en el mundo protestante.¿Quién fue realmente el viejo Zorro Gris? ¿Fue el mejor militar de la GuerraCivil Americana o un temerario que provoco la derrota del Sur? ¿Fueun traidor a los Estados Unidos o un leal patriota virginiano? ¿Como secomportaba en la intimidad? ¿Fue un padre cariñoso y responsable o unprogenitor severo y posesivo? ¿Un esposo fiel o un irrefrenable seductor?¿Un abyecto esclavista o un defensor de los afroamericanos? ¿Como seforjo el mito sobre su persona? ¿Por que se convirtio en un idolo, inclusopara sus antiguos enemigos? ¿Por que en la actualidad se retiran susestatuas y se ataca su figura?

Marcel Duchamp está considerado como uno de los artistas más influyentes de este siglo. Sus revolucionarias ideas y su inteligencia iconoclasta se han convertido en una referencia indispensable. Se ha dicho ya que la vida de Duchamp es su mejor obra de arte, pero ha habido que esperar a la publicacion de la monumental biografia de Calvin Tomkins para comprender plenamente la interaccion entre su vida y su obra. Nacido en el seno de una familia burguesa, Duchamp decidio seguir el ejemplo de sus dos hermanos mayores y se instalo en Paris pocos años antes de que el cubismo revolucionara la pintura. A pesar de coincidir con ese hito historico, a lo largo de su longeva existencia se trazaria siempre su propio e irrepetible camino: una osadisima aventura en la que el arte se concebia, ante todo, como una cosa mentale, en el espiritu de Leonardo da Vinci. Fue Duchamp quien, de una manera mas radical que nadie, planteo que el arte debia tener una realidad propia y abandonar la mera imitacion. A su llegada a Nueva York en 1915 (Norteamerica acabaria convirtiendose en su pais adoptivo), se quedo atonito al descubrir que su reputacion (Desnudo bajando una escalera habia causado una tremenda sensacion dos años antes en el Armory Show) "solo era equiparable a la de Sarah Bernhardt y Napol

A moving and insightful collection of quotes, memories, and images celebrating the life of Anthony Bourdain When Anthony Bourdain died in June 2018, the outpouring of love from his fans around the world was momentous. The tributes spoke to his legacy: That the world is much smaller than we imagine and people are more alike than they are different. As Bourdain once said, "If I'm an advocate of anything, it's to move...Walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food."Anthony Bourdain Remembered brings together memories and anecdotes from fans reminiscing about Bourdain's unique achievements and his enduring effect on their lives as well as comments from chefs, journalists, filmmakers, musicians, and writers inspired by Tony including Barack Obama, Eric Ripert, Jill Filipovic, Ken Burns, Questlove, and Jose Andres, among many others.These remembrances give us a glimpse of Tony's widespread impact through his political and social commitments; his dedication to travel and eating well (and widely); and his love of the written word, along with his deep compassion, open-mindedness, and interest in lives different from his own.Anthony Bourdain Remembered captures Tony's inimitable spirit and passion in the words of his devoted fans as well as some of his closest friends and colleagues.

With a new introduction and concluding chapter from bestselling medieval author Dan Jones Richard III is one of the most mysterious figures in English history and as such is the source of perennial fascination Comparatively little is known of his early life his appearance his interests for up to 1483 he played second fiddle to his more glorious older brothers Edward this sun of York and the feckless Clarence Anthony Cheetham cuts through the legend and the propaganda to try to retrace the life of Richard the neglected years before he assumed the throne and thus to place in context the twenty six stormy months of his reign before the last of the Plantagenets died on Bosworth Field He considers three critical questions in particular Did he really believe his brother and nephews were illegitimate Why did he seize the throne What happened to the princes in the tower This new edition of a classic royal biography includes an account of the discovery of Richard s remains in a Leicester car park in September 2012 and what his skeleton revealed about the physical condition of the last Plantagenet and the manner of his death First published in 1992 and acknowledged as the inspiration behind Philippa Gregory s portrayal of Richard in her bestselling The Whi

Asa Briggs s energy fuelled him to write more than fifty books including five formidable volumes on the history of broadcasting At the zenith of his fame he was one of the best known historians of his generation his name on a cover a guarantee of substantial sales From humble beginnings in the back streets of Keighley he rose to become a peer of the realm one of the Great and the Good He was Vice Chancellor of Sussex the most fashionable of the new universities and Chancellor of the Open University the largest He became President of the Workers Educational Association reflecting his deep commitment to a more equal society His own life illustrated the power of education to overcome disadvantage But for all his success his was also a story of frustration and disappointment He took on too much and in later life was unable to juggle his commitments as once he could Moreover the world around him had changed Once at the centre of things he found himself on the periphery The inner life of Asa Briggs was more turbulent than it appeared from the outside Even those who thought they knew him well may be surprised by the revelations in this fascinating biography