Each volume in this series features approximately fifteen short biographies of notorious bad guys, perpetrators of mischief, visionary if misunderstood thinkers, and other colorful antiheroes from the history of a given state.
El siglo XX en Colombia fue el escenario para colectivos revolucionarios, nuevas perspectivas en las ciencias sociales, cambios economicos, y la cuna de individuos dispuestos a liderar procesos de transformaciones nacionales.
An unabashedly intimate, increasingly challenging, often fun, always homespun jaunt through some eight decades of personal and professional growth, told through what the author calls her "e;coming of age"e; stories.
BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, ElleFrom Pulitzer Prize-winning culture critic Robin Givhan comes a groundbreaking chronicle of the legacy of Virgil Abloh, whose iconic rise to the top of the fashion industry transformed our ideas about the connection between who we are and what we wear'Captivating and beautifully written' Tom Ford'Thoughtful, intelligent, honest and masterfully crafted' Marc Jacobs'A thrilling journey into the mind of a genius.
Michelle Obama: A Life of Purpose – Leadership, Resilience, and the Journey That Inspired the WorldFrom a modest childhood on Chicago's South Side to becoming one of the most recognisable women in the world, Michelle Obama's journey is a remarkable story of ambition, perseverance, family, education, and service.
En las ultimas decadas se ha venido llamando Edad de Plata de nuestra literatura a los primeros cuarenta anos del siglo XX, periodo en el que Sevilla desempeno un brillante papel por sus reconocidos poetas, aunque hubiese muchos otros de rango menor que llevaron adelante revistas como Grecia y Mediodia, en buena medida protagonistas de los actos de celebracion del tercer centenario de la muerte de Gongora en el Ateneo.
Discover the extraordinary life of LeBron James-one of the greatest basketball players in history and a global icon whose influence extends far beyond the court.
This is the story of Will Cribb: an idyllic childhood, his father's early death, a mother's indifference, a ten-year banishment by his stepfather to boarding school thousands of miles away, and the shy boy's efforts to cope with the school's barefoot regime and tough bullies.
Discover the remarkable journey of Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who revolutionized personal computing, digital music, smartphones, and animation.
This book investigates how ordinary women turned into silent engines of Allied resistance, tracing the lives of female spies whose courage outstripped the recognition they ever received.
A raw, fearless memoir from the Grammy Awardwinning artist, actor, and designer Kid Cudi about a kid from Cleveland who found purpose in the darkness and became a guiding light for a generation.
From Sunday Times bestselling author, British Sports Book of the Year Award winner, and trailblazing athlete Ronda Rousey, an unfiltered and entertaining chronicle of her last decade, tackling not only UFC and WWE but also parenthood, overcoming adversity, and finding meaning in life s journey.
Discover the extraordinary journey of "e;Stephen Curry"e;, the basketball superstar whose faith, perseverance, and revolutionary style of play transformed the NBA forever.
I was born August 8, 1937, in the northern part of Bollinger County, Missouri, near the Perry County boundary line, Post Office address Yount, Missouri.
The true story of a high school cross country team that went from obscurity to becoming the fastest squad the country, and perhaps the world, has ever seen, called inspiring and entertaining (Jerry Schumacher) and a deliciously rich tale (Neal Bascomb).
On a January morning in 2007, a slight man in a black turtleneck walked onto a stage in San Francisco and, in ninety minutes, made most of the electronics in the world's pockets obsolete.
On the fifteenth of March, 44 BC, the man who had beaten every enemy Rome could field against him — Gauls and Germans, pirates and kings, and finally his fellow Romans — sat down in a gilded chair and was stabbed twenty-three times by senators he had pardoned.
Ein bayerisches Genie - Eine Geschichte, die erzahlt werden mussErleben Sie die faszinierende Lebensgeschichte von Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787 1826), dem genialen Autodidakten und Pionier der Optik, in einem mitrei enden historischen Wissenschaftsroman.
Barack Obama: The Complete Biography is a compelling and balanced account of one of the most influential political leaders of the twenty-first century.
