You may have read GG Alcock's books about the kasi economy; now follow his journey to the dynamic world of KasiNomics and learn about the tribal forces that shaped him.
ROMA EN LA ANTIGÜEDAD TARDÍA: UNA HISTORIA DE CRISIS, RESILIENCIA Y RESURGIMENTOEntre finales del siglo III y el VII, Roma sufrió cinco grandes crisis políticas y militares, entre las que estaban el célebre saqueo, la ocupación vándala y la desaparición del Senado.
José Ingenieros fue médico, psiquiatra, criminólogo, sociólogo, filósofo, escritor y docente, pero sobre todo un "maestro de la juventud" como le gustaba llamarse.
Una nueva biografia de Recabarren, impulsor del movimiento obrero y fundador de la izquierda chilena contemporanea, contextualizada en su tiempo, que nos aporta elementos importantes de reflexion y contraste para el S.
Bajo un relato que es crónica, diario, epistolario y soliloquio, un hombre escribe, desde la soledad del recuerdo, la organización y ejecución de la operación de rescate en helicóptero -desde la Cárcel de Alta Seguridad- de un grupo de presos pertenecientes al Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez.
When Neil Reynolds was first asked in 2003 whether he'd like to work in Iraq as a private military contractor, he didn't even know where it was on the map.
Peter Brown, leader of South Africa's Liberal Party until its demise in 1968, is one of the unsung heroes of South Africa's struggle against apartheid in pursuit of non-racial democracy.
In die vroeë 1940's het die charismatiese Hans van Rensburg duisende volgelinge na die Ossewabrandwag gelok en die regering van Jan Smuts gekonfronteer oor sy deelname aan die Tweede Wêreldoorlog.
Pedro Chamijo o Chamizo, también conocido como Pedro Bohórquez; producto de su tiempo; de un siglo XVII convulso a nivel político, social, religioso y económico… En la España del esplendor de la miseria, nacieron pícaros, truhanes, embaucadores… Nuestro personaje fue uno de ellos.
A gripping, vividly told journey into a family's wartime past, from the bestselling author of The Ruin of All Witches Endearingly personal, honest and reflective invites you to rethink where memory ends and history begins Dominic Sandbrook, The Times, Books of the Year 'As I finished his book, I began to see my own family s past through his glass mountain' Ian Ellison, Literary Review Malcolm Gaskill knew two things about his great-uncle Ralph s wartime adventures: he d been a prisoner in Italy, and he d cut his way out of a train with a knife and fork.
One of the last major untold stories of the war, this is the first-hand account of a conscientious objector born into a famous artistic family who, after the death of his brother on active service, decides to fight the Nazis and joins SOE.
The bestselling true story and inspiration behind the hit Netflix show, looking at how one underfunded FBI team became the first to explore the dark world of serial killers.
Being an Account: The Memoirs of Ernest Lycette, 1911–1921 is the first-hand memoir of Ernest Lycette, a Staffordshire scoutmaster and St John Ambulance volunteer who enlisted in the British Army in August 1914 and served through the First World War and its aftermath.
He Smiled Like a Perfect Husband… and Hid a Nightmare No One Could SeeBehind the quiet streets and carefully captured family photographs lived a story that shattered the illusion of safety itself.
In his memoir "e;Burragorang Tales"e;, George Gordon James takes readers on a nostalgic journey through his childhood in the 1920s, growing up in the rugged wilderness of the Burragorang Valley, west of Sydney.
A Life of Perfection… A Fall Into Unthinkable DarknessHe seemed to have it all, charm, confidence, a picture perfect marriage, and a future glowing with promise.
They say you don't just grow up in a small town; you ripen until you either fall into the soil that birthed you or you find the strength to drop away into the unknown.
*Vanished Geniuses* takes you deep into the unsettling stories of some of history's most brilliant figures — and the dark mysteries that stole them from us.
Three Boys Lost, One Nation Divided, A Truth Still Whispered in the DarkOn a quiet spring evening in 1993, three eight-year-old boys vanished into the woods of West Memphis, Arkansas, and the world they left behind would never feel the same again.
He Hid in Plain Sight, and America Never Saw Him ComingBeneath the quiet rhythm of ordinary life lived a man who turned patience into a weapon and silence into a disguise.
