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An editorial, rigorous look at the news that speaks to books, mysteries and personal growth. Articles are written in Spanish and translated into English.
Extraterrestrials ·
Literature has imagined first contact with extraterrestrials as a mirror reflecting our deepest fears, hopes and questions. A journey through the books that have shaped that encounter.
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Entre las novedades de la semana, los extraterrestres comparten estantería con Cervantes y los narcos. Una ocasión para pensar qué buscamos cuando leemos sobre lo que quizá nos observa.
Read the articleMysteries ·
Ian Rankin, master of crime fiction, turns his gaze to the super-rich in his new novel. A literary inquiry into the mysteries of power, wealth and the human condition.
Read the articleOVNIs ·
UFO literature is not a curious appendix to non-fiction: it is a genre with a voice of its own, where testimony, mysticism and the subversion of the official account intertwine to offer the reader a reading experience that questions the limits of the real.
Read the articleMotivación y Superación Personal ·
Three recent news stories map the current landscape of self-improvement literature: a life journey turned into a book, mindfulness guides for anxiety, and a critical voice warning about its spiritual risks. Read together, they reveal what this genre offers and why it still matters.
Read the articleHipnosis ·
The presentation of Natalia Herrera's book invites us to think of hypnosis as a tool for self-knowledge and personal prosperity, beyond the clichés of the stage.
Read the articleMetafísica ·
El nuevo libro de Julian Pischetz sitúa al Zonda como protagonista y entrelaza el horror con la metafísica. Una obra que invita a pensar los límites de lo real desde la literatura.
Read the articleSelf-help books ·
Self-help books offer practical tools for personal growth. An expert shares keys to reading them profitably, while new works address anxiety and personal development.
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Three recent editorial releases confirm that personal growth literature keeps expanding its territory: from the testimony of a difficult childhood to mindfulness practices and serialized personal development. We analyse what these books offer and how to read them profitably.
Read the articleAstrología ·
The presentation of a book on astrology and popular culture invites us to reflect on the bridges between astrological symbolism and everyday life.
Read the articleMotivación y Superación Personal ·
Motivation and self-improvement books do not promise miracles: they offer companionship, method and a way of looking at life when everything seems uphill. From memoirs of overcoming to the self-help titles displayed at book fairs, this article explores what we seek in them and what they can give us.
Read the articleSelf-help books ·
A journey through self-help books: their presence at fairs, the value of stories of overcoming, and the search for a formula that helps us live better.
Read the articleTwo books by Pedro J. Pérez for after the news: a thriller about the code of the universe and an essay about the code of prosperity.
Spanish edition
A Jesuit mathematician dies in the Sagrada Família. A quantum computer has just written 144 names.
Spanish edition
If machines are going to do the work, who will own the machines?
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