Books on current topics
There are social chronicles of the most buried plot that sting when they reach us with the harshness of direct testimony. This book by Mabel Lozano introduces us to the world of prostitution through a pimp. The sex business, always moving to the edge of morality and ...
The history of New York can be told from a multitude of prisms, beyond its natural miscegenation between immigrants from very different places. The city itself, its physiognomy and its final definition as a mega-city of gigantic buildings that shelters the dreams of prosperity of half the world can be ...
Anachronism or relevant institutional figure ... The monarchy is an institution that has managed to perpetuate itself to the present day, where its reference is valued and repudiated with almost the same intensity from the most varied social spectra. There are some who consider it anachronistic, an affront to any intention of modernity or equality. ...
The contrast between the outside and the inner world. Or when that kind of osmosis that is social interaction stops working properly because inside one the chaos becomes unbearable. Anxiety, depression, a single idea of always being in the least opportune place for your peace. Summary: …
What does it mean to behave like adults in the current capitalist system? Isn't the stock market a board for fickle kids who only think about making more and more money and reaching the finish line first? The point is that there is no other choice but to play. And although ...
We have not forgotten what it means to listen. We can still do it. But more and more, the action of listening loses nuances to become uncomfortably waiting for a turn before speaking. With another added problem: if someone refutes our ideas, our entire response will be, with high probability, to close ourselves more ...
There are not a few books (like this one and this one) that have tried to explain the Trump phenomenon, or to assess its impact, or to consider possible consequences. Without a doubt it is a character that does not leave indifferent and that clearly shows the drift ...
There was a time when living in a Civil Guard barracks already entailed a certain restlessness, unease or outright terror. Not so long ago. From my perspective, the simple memory of the transformation of a barracks, with its surrounding gardens, into a walled pavilion now charges ...
There are times when that man who was surrounded by idiots has been each and every one of us. These are moments in which, in the end, we discover that we are driving on a highway where the only ones in the wrong are ourselves. And logically the consequences may be that we stamp ourselves ..., ...
Nobody better than a writer usually fiction like Colson Whitehead to present a city that lives between the reality of being a universal city and the fiction of becoming a cinematographic city par excellence. Colson's eyes are an incomparable tool for that viewing of the Big Apple as ...
It is clear. It doesn't take that much to be happy. And doing a historical sweep only confirms this reality. Were any other civilizations that passed through this planet less happy? Happiness is a subjective impression that can be perfectly adjusted to what there is. And precisely, ...
A well-nourished brain rules better. if we also accompany it with a body full of good nutrients, we will be able to reach our optimum level in order to undertake any task. In the pages of this book we are illustrated on how to achieve that ideal balance in which emotions and ...