Bill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century, in the middle of the United States, and in the middle of the largest generation in American history. He is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally American childhood. Like many of his peers, he grew up with a rich fantasy life as a superhero, in his case, "The Thunderbolt Kid." Using this persona, the author re-creates the life of his family and his native city of Des Moines,...

Después de un divorcio traumático seguido de un desengaño amoroso y en plena crisis emocional y espiritual, Elizabeth Gilbert decide empezar de nuevo y emprende un largo viaje que la llevará sucesivamente a Italia, la India e Indonesia, tres escalas geográficas que se corresponden con otras tantas etapas de búsqueda interior. Este libro es la bitácora de esa doble travesía, en la que la autora descubrirá el placer sensual de la buena mesa...

"When his mother, Barbara, turned seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins was reminded of a palpable, sobering truth: Our parents won't live forever. For years, he and Barbara had talked about taking a trip together, just the two of them. They landed on an idea: retrace the thousands of miles Barbara trekked with Jedidiah's father, travel writer Peter Jenkins, as part of the "Walk Across America" book trilogy that became a sensation in the 1970s. They began in...