Roger Shattuck
1) La época de los banquetes: Historia de la bohemia y las vanguardias en el París de la "Belle Époque"
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Durante la llamada Belle Époque, París se convirtió en el centro cultural del mundo. Un período en el que la relativa paz, los avances científicos, tecnológicos y las nuevas obras de ingeniería invadían un mundo en el que la ociosa burguesía buscaba salir de su hastío con la celebración de grandes banquetes, fiestas donde corría el champán, y las mujeres y hombres abrazaban el adulterio sin sonrojo y los grandes acontecimientos mundiales...
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When she was 19 months old, Helen Keller (1880-1968) suffered a severe illness that left her blind and deaf. Not long after, she also became mute. Her tenacious struggle to overcome these handicaps- with the help of her inspired and inspiring teacher, Anne Sullivan- is one of the great stories of human courage and dedication. The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is Helen Keller's classic autobiography detailing the first 22 years of her...
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In her earlier works, Helen Keller described the details of the early illness that left her deaf and blind, and in the prevailing opinion of the day, unable to be educated, as well as the methods that were eventually used to teach her how to communicate. In the remarkable memoir The World I Live In, Keller offers a much more personal take on her situation, inviting readers inside her own personal experience.
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