Paul Tournier

«ALGÚN DÍA ESCRIBIRÉ MI AUTOBIOGRAFÍA. ME GUSTARÍA SER YO QUIEN LA ESCRIBIERA, PARA ACLARAR ALGUNAS COSAS. SE HAN DICHO TANTAS MENTIRAS SOBRE MÍ.»Gracias a esta obra excepcional, que reúne sus memorias inconclusas y más de 350 cartas –en buena parte inéditas y redactadas a lo largo de tres décadas (1946-1977)–, el deseo de Maria Callas cobra finalmente vida.He aquí Maria Anna Cecilia Sofia Kalogeropoulos, la divina Callas, al desnudo. Un mito, una leyenda dotada de una singular voz que abrió nuevos caminos en el repertorio operístico.Sin embargo, ¿cuánto sabemos realmente ...

A history of 2,000 years of the Catholic Church through an examination of the men who led it, this book focuses on 100 of the 265 popes, from Peter to the present. It includes profiles of men such as Pope Gregory I, who became the patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers; Pope Innocent III, who organized for the Fourth Crusade, which ultimately led to the sacking of Constantinople; and the most recent pope, Benedict XVI. Readers interested in the history of one of the most powerful institutions in world history will find this an important resource. Una historia de 2,000...

La biografía de Irena Sendler, una heroína Polaca que durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial rescató a 2 mil niños judíos escondiéndolos de los nazis. Reseñas: "Los niños de Irena teje en una fascinante historia el relato de una ciudad devastada, la depravación nazi y el extraordinario valor físico y moral de aquellos que decidieron responder a la inhumanidad con compasión." Chaya Deitsch, autora de Here and There: Leaving Hasidism, Keeping My Family "Un relato fundamental, aunque aterrador, de la historia del Holocausto que hasta ahora era poco conocido: el de cómo miles de niños...

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