Los cuatro generales de Ejército entrevistados en PALABRA DE SOLDADO entregan visiones controvertidas de los dieciséis años de gobierno militar, de la historia de las relaciones entre civiles y militares, y de las posibilidades de un reencuentro futuro entre ambos estamentos de la sociedad chilena.
'When you see a township resident driving past in their new car, and they wave, and you wave back, it is extremely gratifying to know that they built their chakalaka business based on the small contract you gave them ten years previously, and now they have expanded and provide other companies with products, because they were able to seize the opportunity you offered to them and developed it.
In His Call, My All: An African Drumbeat - A Missionary's Heartbeat Hennie Keyter looks back at his life in the service of the Lord, and forward to continuing His work for as long as God requires it of him.
When Mark Boucher played one of his first games of cricket for South Africa, a senior player took him aside and bluntly told him he was the worst wicketkeeper ever to play in the national side.
Historical figures who transformed their societies often defy simple moral categorization, combining progressive achievements with oppressive actions, visionary reforms with brutal methods, and personal integrity with political ruthlessness.
Im Winter 1875 stand ein Junge kniehoch im eiskalten Wasser des Tobol – bewegungslos, ohne zu zittern, die Hände tief in der schwarzen Strömung versenkt.
«Pensemos en Marilyn, que encarnaba el idilio de todo hombre con América; Marilyn Monroe, que era rubia y hermosa, y tenía un dulce hilo de voz y toda la limpidez de los límpidos jardines de las casas americanas.
Explores how generations of biographers shaped, reinvented, and fabricated the life of Geoffrey Chaucer Very little is known with certainty about Geoffrey Chaucer s life, yet he has long been enshrined as the Father of English Poetry.
Carlos Monsiváis fue, más que un ensayista o un periodista, un icono, un símbolo del periodismo, de la vida intelectual y de las causas que defendió; aparte de esa imagen única, de quien parecía saber o escribir de todo, fue poseedor de miles de anécdotas, mitos y leyendas urbanas; todo ello aderezado con ese humor afilado, por demás genial, que sabía ejercer también hacia sí mismo.
Dies ist die Geschichte von Bessie Smith, der ungezähmten "Kaiserin des Blues" – einer Frau, die ihre Stimme als Waffe im Kampf gegen Armut und Rassismus einsetzte.
Julia Roberts was one of the first two faces to appear on QVC The Shopping Channel in 1993, and her warmth and honesty have encouraged millions to shop from the comfort of their own homes ever since.
Book Summary: The Turning PointFrom the dusty village of Sadwal in Punjab to the executive boardrooms of Saudi Arabia, The Turning Point chronicles the extraordinary life of a man who rose from humble beginnings to become Chief Operating Officer of a major enterprise.
In A Wild Ride In The Fast Lane: A Collection Of True Stories And Tall Tales From My Life As An Outlaw Biker, Edward Winterhalder shares a treasure trove of unpublished true stories that wound up on the floor of the editing room over the last twenty years, along with a half-dozen tall tales.
Esta antologia conmemora la forma en que, a lo largo de sus primeros veinte anos de vida, Editorial Almadia ha establecido un vinculo con autores y lectores.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD FOR RADICAL PUBLISHING 'Irreverent, provocative and funny' Dazed'This book might change the way you look at art, or change the way you feel it' Daisy Hildyard'A full-throated defence of the inherent value of making, experiencing and talking about art' Frieze'Let me stay there, let me paint.
This is a combination piece that includes these two short works:"e;Black and White at Night"e; This is a short book of my dreams (the ones that I remembered and recorded) during the mid-1990's.
An invitation to change our lives and imagine the world anew through reading stories, in the new book from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Oranges Are Not the Only FruitI can change the story because I am the story.
World-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist for the first time grants a private view of his life, and his journey towards art and artistsWhen Hans Ulrich was six years old, he was knocked down by a speeding car as he was crossing the street.
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.
From the relentless media scrutiny and controversies of their 2022 Caribbean Tour to the shock cancer diagnoses of both the Princess of Wales and the King, this captivating biography by acclaimed royal expert Russell Myers intimately traces the story of William and Catherine s relationship from their earliest meeting at St Andrews University to the present day.
