Collected biographies

Algunes de les dones que es posen en valor en aquest recull són: Hildegard von Bingen (segle XII), la primera persona en descriure el plaer sexual femení; Josephine Cochreane (segle XVIII), la persona que va idear el primer rentavaixelles, o Josefina Castellví, la primera dona espanyola (juntament amb Marta Estrada) a anar a l'Antàrtida.

Bestselling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen.

History, completed.

'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.

How do we shape a better world for LGBTQ+ people?

In Love in a Dark Time, Colm Toibin looks at the life and work of some of the greatest and most influential artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Geht man der Frage nach, wer die Fußballvereine im Ruhrgebiet in den letzten 100 Jahren groß gemacht hat, kommt man an diesen zwölf Männern kaum vorbei.

'I've fallen in love with this fabulous foursome .

'A tale of buccaneering matriarchs marrying their American princess daughters to the dim-witted, cash-strapped sons of British peers .

'A blast' - Ian Rankin'A lively celebration of 1980s action stars' - The Times'Hugely entertaining' - Edgar WrightNow with BONUS MATERIAL, from the editor of Empire magazine this is the behind-the-scenes story of the golden age of the action movie, the stars who ruled 80s and 90s Hollywood and the beloved films - from Die Hard to The Terminator - that made them famous.

Un viaje en el tiempo y la memoria de la mano de 12 mujeres descendientes de Armenia.

Geht man der Frage nach, wer die Fußballvereine im Ruhrgebiet in den letzten 100 Jahren groß gemacht hat, kommt man an diesen zwölf Männern kaum vorbei.

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That boxing has always attracted colourful, larger-than-life figures is amply borne out by the bizarre collection of true stories gathered together in this fascinating book.

'She imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience .

Aus dem Zeitalter der Antike sind in Europa zahlreiche bedeutende Persönlichkeiten hervorgegangen, deren Wirkung zu deren Lebzeiten und darüber hinaus, nicht nur auf historischer, sondern auch auf emotionaler und symbolischer Ebene eine große Zahl von Menschen beschäftigte und bewegte.

Neue Forschungen zum posttraumatischen Wachstum eröffnen eine revolutionäre und überraschende Sicht auf das Thema Trauma.

El proyecto Rostros de Santa Marta.

Este libro recopila diferentes reflexiones y relatos de mujeres, envueltos con verdades internas, dulces y salvajes.

Bereits lange vor der Erstarkung des weiblichen Geschlechts im vergangenen und im gegenwärtigen Jahrhundert haben sich Frauen ihren Platz unter den Großen der Welt erkämpft und den Weg in männerdominierte Lebensbereiche freigemacht.

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

"Amores inmigrantes sintetiza las anécdotas y los paisajes de vidas extraordinarias y sensibles, de hombres y mujeres que generaron nuestras raíces culturales, familiares y religiosas.

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

This edition has incorporated some more details about the persons whose life stories are presented.

El ataque de pánico es un fin del mundo que cabe en diez minutos; un cataclismo que se ensaña con el cuerpo y con cualquier vislumbre de sosiego que pudiera haber en el alma.

En la Argentina hay más de un millón de trabajadoras domésticas.

Historias reales detrás de los nuevos migrantes que llegan a la Argentina desde África.

Las protagonistas de estas historias no se conocen, tal vez solo se han cruzado al pasar, pero todas comparten un mismo dolor: su autoestima está en el subsuelo, frágil, a veces, hasta imperceptible.

¿Por qué dejarse avasallar por una crisis?

"Ella me animó a escribir.

A celebration of the printed book, told through the lives of 18 people who took it in radical new directions.

Beginning with Cimabue and Giotto in the thirteenth century, Vasari traces the development of Italian art across three centuries to the golden epoch of Leonardo and Michelangelo.

Las entrevistas de Bibiana Belsasso en Muy personal con… son directas.

The culling took most of the men from Cochran Texas away to a dusty old town that exists between this plane and the next called Cocytus.

'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a kind of magic' Colm Toibin'Hester is a fizzingly brilliant writer' Robert Macfarlane'Haunted and haunting - totally riveting' Chris KrausAt the turn of the century, in the shade of Cambridge's cloisters, a young E.

'Fascinating and richly documented .

These nine biographies illuminate the careers, personalities and military campaigns of some of Rome's greatest statesmen, whose lives span the earliest days of the Republic to the establishment of the Empire.

Este es un libro militante.

For many young women, the 1920s felt like a promise of liberty.

"Mucho más que un libro.

'Utterly fascinating' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday TimesBenjamin Franklin took daily naked air baths and Toulouse-Lautrec painted in brothels.

Si bien la tarea de dirigir una tesis es una actividad reconocida en el ámbito universitario, los directores hablan poco acerca de sus maneras de hacer.

NEWLY REVISED AND UPDATEDA book for all lovers of history: the experienced and the novice, the serious and the silly.

In Maharnis Lucy Moore brilliantly recreates the lives of four princesses - two grandmothers, a mother and a daughter - of the Royal courts of India.

The books of the New Testament are some of the most extraordinary documents ever created - brilliant, vivid works central to the lives of many millions of readers over the centuries.

Bestselling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen.

A collection of charming and celebrated writings about cats, from Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.