Este libro narra la transformación alquímica de las personas de una familia cuando se comprometen ante la llegada de un hijo con capacidades diferentes.
An engaging portrait of Hampstead Heath a place rich not just in natural wonders but in history and monuments, emotions and memories, people and places.
'Tender, vivid and achingly sad' GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE YEARTWO SISTERS publishes on the 30th anniversary of Blake Morrison's ground-breaking book And When Did You Last See Your Father?
Marginal Comment, which attracted keen and widespread interest on its original publication in 1994, is the remarkable memoir of one of the most distinguished classical scholars of the modern era.
Marginal Comment, which attracted keen and widespread interest on its original publication in 1994, is the remarkable memoir of one of the most distinguished classical scholars of the modern era.
'Mary careens across these pages with her usual wit, wisdom and honesty' - Julie Andrews'Having had the pleasure of meeting Mary Rodgers personally its so wonderful to read her story in her own words .
From one of Australia's most wryly funny writers comes an original and utterly hilarious memoir of reaching for the stars while lying in a ditchI was sleeping in what might reasonably be described as a ditch, though I tried not to think of it in those terms for morale reasons .
Teaching kindergarten in Thailand wasn't the job Dian Seidel had in mind when, at age sixty and craving adventure, she convinced her husband that they should try working abroad.
The #1 Irish Times bestseller WINNER of the An Post Irish Book Awards 'A clear-eyed, myth-dispelling masterpiece' Marian Keyes 'Sweeping, authoritative and profoundly intelligent' Colm T ib n, Guardian 'With the pace and twists of an enthralling novel' Irish Times 'Evocative, moving, funny and furious' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 'An enthralling, panoramic book' Patrick Radden Keefe 'A book that will remain important for a very long time' An Post Irish Book AwardWe Don't Know Ourselves is a very personal vision of recent Irish history from the year of O'Toole's birth, 1958, down to the present.
The main focus of this book is to answer the questions that my close relatives would have wished they had asked me before I started "e;pushing up daisies"e; .
Una reforma agraria promulgada en la dictadura de Augusto Pinochet que nunca ha sido revocada por las autoridades democráticas que le siguieron, despojó de una parte importante de sus tierras a los mapuches, muchos de quienes se vieron obligados a migrar a las grandes ciudades de Chile.
Mediante la entrevista con nueve docentes que se formaron y dieron clase durante los anos centrales del siglo XX, desde la Guerra Civil hasta la decada de los setenta, Carmen Guaita hace un analisis de la educacion y la ensenanza, de la profesion docente como vocacion y de la responsabilidad y el papel del educador en la sociedad.
Estas memorias están escritas por la mujer que marcó en la historia de la literatura española un antes y un después, ya que aportó a la literatura infantil y juvenil un marco propio donde desarrollarse y adquirir personalidad propia.
With a compassionate eloquence reminiscent of James Baldwin's Letter to My Nephew, Ellis Cose presents a realistic examination of the challenges facing black men in modern America.
Blending artful language and style with the dirt, blood, and sweat of farm life, this collection of essays tells a moving story of growing up in rural Michigan.
Short book description: With personal stories and social commentary "e;Strictly for my Heathens' shares the life experiences of a Xhosa boy growing into a man.
Yin Yoga Master class is a story about how one woman used yoga to heal from the past, and deal with the present, when an unexpected event could change her future.
From a twenty-five-year career that spanned four continents, an FBI special agent gives you the inside story of the Bureau's greatest takedowns and biggest screwups.
Big in Japan: Ein wahres RadsportmärchenBeruflich verschlägt es einen Ingenieur vom Niederrhein nach Japan, er entdeckt seine Liebe zum Rennradfahren und wird – ohne Talent und echtes Training, aber mit etlichen Kilo zu viel – japanischer D-Klassen-Meister.
The renowned FreewayBlogger, aka Patrick Randall, tells the story of one of his earliest decision to take direct actionhe hears a report of poverty in Mexico, loads up his trusty old VW bus and hits the road with half a ton of clothes, no map, some good tunes and a sense of adventure.
