Gilbert Keith Chesterton

Chesterton was an orthodox religious person, eventually converting to Roman Catholicism. In 1923, he wrote this short biography of St. Francis of Assisi, after whom Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio chose his papal name, Pope Francis, when he was elected as the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, on 13 March 2013. The biography of St. Francis may help one understand why the Pope chose St. Francis as his namesake. Chesterton begins: "A sketch...

First published in 1908, G.K. Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday" has been described as a metaphysical thriller. It is the story of Gabriel Syme, who is recruited by Scotland Yard as part of an anti-anarchist task force. When he meets Lucian Gregory, a poet and member of a secret society of anarchists, he gains access to the underground movement. What follows is one of the most absurd and clever plots to ever have been written, one in which Chesterton's...

Este audiolibro, "Navidad, extraña Navidad" incluye 5 relatos situados entre lo insólito, la tragicomedia, lo macabro y lo directamente terrorífico. De autores de primerísima fila. No, no son los típicos relatos de Navidad. Son Atípicos. Pero lo que es seguro es que sucedieron en Navidad. Te aseguro que te impactarán. Disfruta de estas 5 pequeñas joyas...por cierto: Feliz Navidad.

Capítulo 1: Interviú con el buey del portal

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