The books behind the paintings

In a world full of information, instant opinions and truths made to measure, thinking clearly has become almost a revolutionary act. Four centuries before the digital age, René Descartes had already named the problem: we believe we know a great deal, but we know very little with certainty. René Descartes: El Hombre que Enseñó al Mundo a Dudar para Pensar (“René Descartes: The Man Who Taught the World to Doubt in Order to Think”) by Sapiens Verbum is a short Spanish book that follows his life and his method, and asks what they have to say to an age of fake news and algorithms. Quick facts Author: Sapiens Verbum Title: René Descartes: El Hombre que Enseñó al Mundo a Dudar para Pensar Format: Kindle eBook and paperback (Spanish edition), 70 pages, published January 2026 Themes: Descartes, methodical doubt, the Cogito, critical thinking today Amazon: amazon.es/dp/B0GK1NKB7L (ASIN B0GK1NKB7L) René Descartes...

What happens when success is not enough, pleasure runs out and certainties collapse? Sixteen centuries ago a brilliant, restless and ambitious teacher of rhetoric asked himself exactly that question, and his answer still speaks to readers who feel lost in the noise. San Agustín de Hipona: Pensar desde Dentro en un Mundo Ruidoso (“Saint Augustine of Hippo: Thinking from Within in a Noisy World”) by Sapiens Verbum is a short Spanish essay that retells Augustine’s life and ideas for readers today. Quick facts Author: Sapiens Verbum Title: SAN AGUSTÍN DE HIPONA: Pensar desde Dentro en un Mundo Ruidoso Format: Kindle eBook and paperback (Spanish edition), 43 pages, published January 2026 Themes: Saint Augustine, interiority, desire, freedom, the problem of evil Amazon: amazon.es/dp/B0GJPTHH5B (ASIN B0GJPTHH5B) San Agustín de Hipona . Kindle and paperback, Spanish edition, by Sapiens Verbum. Get it on Amazon → A crisis we recognise as...

Many people work hard, earn a reasonable income and still reach the end of the month with the feeling that their money has slipped through their fingers. Haz que tu dinero trabaje para ti (aunque empieces de cero) (“Make Your Money Work for You, Even If You Start from Zero”) by Sapiens Verbum is written for them. It is a short, practical book in Spanish that does not promise riches. Its aim is more modest and more useful: to help the reader put their finances in order, avoid the most common mistakes and build economic peace of mind step by step. Quick facts Author: Sapiens Verbum Title: HAZ QUE TU DINERO TRABAJE PARA TI (AUNQUE EMPIECES DE CERO): El método sencillo para ordenar tus finanzas, eliminar errores comunes y construir tranquilidad económica paso a paso Format: Kindle eBook and print (Spanish edition), 103 pages, published December 2025 Themes: personal finance, saving, budgeting, long-term investing for beginners Amazon: amazon.es/dp/B0GDFQFHJ...

“It is better to be feared than loved.” “The end justifies the means.” Few authors are quoted as often as Niccolò Machiavelli, sometimes with words he never wrote (the second line is a later summary, not his phrase), and few are read so rarely. The Prince , which he wrote in 1513 after losing his post in the government of Florence, is probably the most cited and most misunderstood book of political thought in Western history. Sapiens Verbum has published two Spanish books that approach him from different sides: a modern interpretation of the whole of The Prince , and a pocket collection of his sharpest sayings. Both are among the steady sellers of the series. Quick facts Author: Sapiens Verbum, on the work of Niccolò Machiavelli 1. El Príncipe: Una interpretación moderna de la obra de Nicolás Maquiavelo (2026, 37 pages) — ASIN B0H9J3YP4B 2. Maquiavelo Frases Célebres: Dosis de Sabiduría de las Mentes M...

Nearly two thousand years ago a Roman emperor sat in a military camp on the Danube and wrote notes to himself. He did not mean them for publication. Marcus Aurelius (121–180) used them to remind himself how to stay calm, fair and clear-headed while he fought wars, faced a plague and governed an empire. Those private notebooks, known as the Meditations , became one of the most widely read books of philosophy ever written. Sapiens Verbum has published three different Spanish books built on them, and they have become some of the best-selling titles of the series. Here is what each one offers and which one to choose. Quick facts Author: Sapiens Verbum, on the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius 1. MEDITACIONES: Marco Aurelio. Edición moderna con guía práctica de estoicismo para la vida diaria (2026, 78 pages) — ASIN B0H4B1TZ1Z 2. MARCO AURELIO: Pensamientos para una vida gobernada por la razón (2026, 47 pages) — ASIN B0GH641XTR 3. Marco Aure...

Most of the mistakes we regret were made fast: the reply sent in anger, the purchase made in a hurry, the decision taken because someone wanted an answer now. El poder del silencio: Dominar la vida y las decisiones en un mundo ruidoso (“The Power of Silence: Mastering Life and Decisions in a Noisy World”) by Sapiens Verbum starts from that simple observation. It is a short, practical book in Spanish that takes the old Stoic lessons about self-control and turns them into rules for a world of notifications, opinions and constant pressure to react. Quick facts Author: Sapiens Verbum Title: El poder del silencio: Dominar la vida y las decisiones en un mundo ruidoso Series: Dosis de Sabiduría de las Mentes Más Influyentes Format: Kindle eBook and paperback (Spanish edition), 69 pages, published January 2026 Themes: Stoicism, attention, self-control, better decisions Amazon: amazon.es/dp/B0GH12H42B (ASIN B0GH12H42B) El poder del silencio . Kindle and paperback, Spanish...

For more than a century, popes have answered the great upheavals of their age with an encyclical. In 1891 Leo XIII wrote Rerum novarum about the factory workers of the industrial revolution. In 2026 the pope who took his name answered the revolution of our own time. Magnifica Humanitas , “On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence”, is the first encyclical of Pope Leo XIV. He signed it on 15 May 2026, the anniversary of Rerum novarum , and it was published on 25 May. In Britain the Catholic Truth Society brought out the official English text as a 144-page paperback, available on Amazon.es. Quick facts Author: Pope Leo XIV Title: Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time of Artificial Intelligence Format: Paperback (English edition), Catholic Truth Society, 2026, 144 pages, available on Amazon.es Scope: the full text of the encyclical, 245 numbered paragraphs in an introduction, five chapters and a conclusion Amazon...