This is Volume II of II comprising the authorized translation of Prince Max of Baden's German memoirs published in 1927 (original German title: Erinnerungen und Dokumente).
As His personal secretary between 1981 and 1985, and the second-in-command of His organization, Ma Anand Sheela enjoyed an enviably close relationship with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh.
The Man Who Sold the World is a critical study of David Bowie's most inventive and influential decade, from his first hit, "e;Space Oddity,"e; in 1969, to the release of the LP Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) in 1980.
It's been two decades since the fall of apartheid, a quarter century since the liberation of Eastern European states, five decades since the death of American ';Jim Crow,' and seventy-plus years since the beginning of the emancipation of the African states.
Sir William Wallace of Ellerslie is one of history's greatest heroes, but also one of its greatest enigmas - a shadowy figure whose edges have been blurred by myth and legend.
The life of Gertrude Bell is now the subject of the major motion picture Queen of the Desert, starring Nicole Kidman, James Franco and Damian LewisTurning away from privileged Victorian Britain, Gertrude Bell explored, mapped and excavated the world of the Arabs, winning the trust of Arab sheiks and chieftains along the way.
Henry Wood Nevinson, surely thought that he had seen everything that war could throw up; as a seasoned war correspondent, he had followed the British forces in many campaigns including the second Boer War where he was stranded in Ladysmith during the siege.
Neste estudo dos Borbas Gatos em São Paulo, nos séculos XVII e XVIII, os dois troncos de interesse são Belchior de Borba Gato e sua irmã Beatriz de Borba Gato, originários da Ilha Terceira, nos Açores, e dos quais descendem importantes sertanistas do Estado de São Paulo, tal como o paulista bandeirante Manoel de Borba Gato.
«Realmente, en muchos aspectos mi hermana y yo somos literalmente la noche y el día y, no sé si debido a eso, o a pesar de ello, hemos tenido una unión indestructible y tan potente que, sinceramente, me llega hasta sorprender».
Las aportaciones de la obra de José Martí a la cultura política, social y filosófica del siglo XIX, así como su visión del panamericanismo, se incluyen en esta selección y los revisan intelectuales que dedicaron parte de su reflexiones al tema martiano: Darío, Henríquez Ureña, Unamuno, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Reyes, Carpentier, Lezama Lima, Fidel y el Che Guevara, entre otros.
Esta obra narra la infamia que el Estado Mexicano urdio contra la familia Monreal desde 1998, cuando puso en marcha un operativo para desacreditar a un adversario politico: Ricardo Monreal.
El Opus Dei: el cielo en una jaula narra la historia de un exnumerario desde su ingreso en la organización hasta que, casi treinta años después, decide abandonarla para siempre.
Imams of Evil, the Brotherhood and the Shiites, Tharwat Al-Kharbawi What most distinguishes the new book by Professor Tharwat Al-Kharbawi is his exploration into hidden details in the history of the Brotherhood, which was characterized by secrecy and ambiguity, as well as his link between the thought of the rule of the Supreme Leader in Iran and the ambitions of the Brotherhood's guide, and most importantly, revealing the relationship between the Brotherhood and the Shiites in Iran, which goes back to Decades of years and not just the moment, when reading "Imams of Evil" you must stop at several stations that put you in front of amazing facts that bring to mind the causes of the events that occurred in our Arab world.
HEINRICH DER LÖWE IDOL SEINER ZEITGehasst und verehrt, ein moderner Politiker, ein erfolgreicher Geschäftsmann, Rechner und Planer, ein skrupelloser Stratege, der seine Rivalen in zahllosen Kriegen in Schach hält: Dieses in seinen Höhen und Tiefen einmalige Leben bestimmen die wichtigsten Strömungen seiner Epoche und kreuzen die interessantesten Persönlichkeiten seiner Zeit: Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossa, Englands König Heinrich II.
An International Episode Henry James - Short story about a love affair, by the prolific American-born author and literary critic of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; this book is James' least 'veiled' attempt at analyzing the divide between Britain and the US.
Zunächst erzählt der Autor von seiner Kindheit in Hamburg vor dem Krieg, dann vom Krieg mit seinen Aktivitäten als Pimpf in der Hitlerjugend, von dem mehrtägigen Luftangriff auf Hamburg, der Kinderlandverschickung zu Pateneltern in die sichere Provinz und dann nach Schließung und Evakuierung der Hamburger Schulen vom Leben im Klassenverband in einem KLV-Lager in Gößweinstein in Bayern und als dieser Ort in die Frontbereich geriet, von dem neuen KLV-Lager in Kellenhusen an der Ostsee.
Die Schlacht vor Raben Unbekannt - Im Streite um das Vatererbe war Dietrich vor seinem Oheim Ermenrich aus dem Lande gewichen und hatte an König Etzels Hof gastfreie Aufnahme gefunden.
Gerardo Repetti narra en este libro la fascinante historia del escritor Vicente Blasco Ibáñez y su ambicioso proyecto de colonización en la Patagonia argentina.
Desde Simón Bolívar hasta el actual presidente Juan Manuel Santos han sido muchos los hombres que han probado las mieles y las hieles que solo podría experimentar el mandatario de una nación tan convulsionada y sembrada de tropiezos como lo ha sido desde su historia lejana esta patria colombiana.
