Novedades

At nineteen, I made a promise to my eighty-three-year-old grandfather: I would one day tell his story and set the record straight. Fifty-five years later, this is that book—and I was that boy. I had imagined a simple tribute to the man I loved, something like the letter our family received eight months after his death in 1979.

Dr. William Sargant ran a lucrative private practice and published multiple books on psychiatry, and he was awarded the Starkey medal and prize by the Royal Society of Health for his work on psychiatric medicine. But what he was best known for was the apogee of his career: the Sleep Room in Ward Five. This was a dark gallery where patients selected by Sargant were subjected to deep narcosis, sleeping for more than twenty-one hours per day for weeks at a time, and roused only for sessions of electroconvulsive therapy.

Charles Sumner is mainly known as the abolitionist statesman who suffered a brutal caning on the Senate floor by the proslavery congressman Preston Brooks in 1856. This violent episode has obscured Sumner's status as the most passionate champion of equal rights and multiracial democracy of his time. A friend of Alexis de Tocqueville, an ally of Frederick Douglass, and an adviser to Abraham Lincoln, Sumner helped the Union win the Civil War and ordain the Emancipation Proclamation, the Thirteenth Amendment, the Freedmen's Bureau, and the Civil Rights Act of 1875.

On July 16, 1907, a baby girl was born in the Appalachian Mountains community of Catawba, Virginia. She was not given a name; she was just referred to as “baby.” She was the thirteenth child born into a family that would end up with a total of seventeen children. As a matter of fact, the fourteenth child, also a girl, would arrive before “baby” received a name! Her mother Luemma Garman gave birth on November 21, 1908, to another girl. Luemma and her husband Will now had two babies to give names too. The latest arrival would be named Pearl Esther Garman, and, finally, the sixteen-...

Aquella epopeya, que tuvo identidad propia, me convoca a repasar, cincuenta años después, la historia de una lucha entre dos protagonistas sin equivalencias. En un rincón, luciendo su estirpe de peleador aguerrido, nacido en una ciudad humilde, pero a la vez pujante, de un país que ya no lucía el brillo de tiempos mejores, pero siempre decidido a mantener la guardia alta y la moral intacta, afrontaba el compromiso más trascendente de una campaña que mostraba un interesante récord doméstico, pero sin demasiada experiencia internacional. Atlético de Rafaela era consciente que no ...

An autobiographical short story, concerning the author's summer vacation working experiences in a concrete works at Kaiwaka, which led to him being hired as security for the 1983 Sweetwaters Music Festival in Pukekawa, New Zealand.

En la historia no hay héroes o villanos: hay hombres y mujeres que enfrentaron una coyuntura y, muchas veces, un sino trágico. En Muertes históricas, Martín Luis Guzmán da cuenta de los últimos días de dos figuras fundamentales en la historia de México: Porfirio Díaz y Venustiano Carranza, ofreciendo una visión íntima de cómo estos líderes enfrentaron su ocaso político y personal, así como las circunstancias que los llevaron a su caída y muerte.

Discover the incredible life of Andrew J. Poppleton and how he shaped Omaha's first fifty years. This biography will inspire and amaze you with its tales of perseverance, courage, and determination. * Explore the early days of Omaha through the eyes of A. J. Poppleton * Experience the challenges and triumphs of settling a new city * Learn about the fight for Omaha as the capital of the Nebraska Territory * Be inspired by A. J. Poppleton's unwavering dedication to the Union Pacific Railroad * Read the fascinating legal cases fought by Poppleton, including the Kidnapped Judge, the snowplow, ...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is a powerful and harrowing autobiography that chronicles the early life of Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery and rose to become one of the most influential voices in the fight for abolition. First published in 1845, the book offers a firsthand account of the brutality and inhumanity of slavery, detailing Douglass’s experiences on plantations, his struggle to learn to read and write, and his courageous escape to freedom.

From the chaos of a collapsing empire, three men emerged to forge a new world in fire and blood. Vladimir Lenin, the revolution's architect; Leon Trotsky, its brilliant commander; and Ioseb Stalin, its patient and ruthless administrator, would see their fates intertwined in a struggle that defined the twentieth century. This book meticulously traces their journey from comrades in arms to mortal enemies fighting for the soul of the state they built. Drawing on extensive historical records, the narrative first explores their rise to power amidst the storms of the October Revolution and the ...

La «scalata» di Anna Bolena inizia con un periodo trascorso in Francia, come damigella della regina. Al suo rientro in Inghilterra Anna si era trasformata in una splendida dama di corte, prezioso oggetto di scambio per le ambizioni del padre. Ma neppure lui poteva immaginare quale sarebbe stato il futuro della ragazza che, dopo aver infiammato il cuore del re Enrico VIII, lo sposò nel 1533 e gli diede una figlia, Elisabetta, destinata a diventare la più grande regina della storia inglese.

கேஜிபி - சோவியத் யூனியனின் தனிப்பட்ட உளவு அமைப்பு மட்டுமில்லை, உலகஉருண்டையிலுள்ள அத்தனை தேசங்களிலும்...

Do you think you know the real Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln? This book was written in 1928, and Honore Willsie Morrow tells the story of Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln based on research and personal interviews with Mrs. Lincoln herself, as well as her family, friends, associates, and colleagues in and outside of the White House. It was a tumultuous time in U.S. history, and Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln was often the object of gossip and accusations in Washington, D.C. This book delves into that time period with the Lincolns in the White House and offers reasons to appreciate the former first lady.

Volume One starts with an exploration of Guru Nanak’s "House", the empowering legacy of the Sikhs with its roots in the south Asian subcontinent, and continues with stories and lessons learned from the childhood and youth of the man we have come to call “Siri Singh Sahib”. Escaping the partition of British India in 1947, young Harbhajan becomes involved in the Sikh student movement. Married and graduated with a master’s degree in economics, Harbhajan Singh still finds time to meet reclusive yogis and swamis in their caves and ashrams during a colorful career as customs agent for the...

عندما انتقل صحفي محنك من واشنطن إلى ولاية كنساس، التقى بجار جديد تجاوز عمره المائة عام. لم يكن يعلم أنه على وشت بدء صداقة طويلة ودراسة عميقة لمعنى الحياة، فعندما قطعت مأساة صادمة طفولة تشارلي وايت الحالمة، أتقن تشارلي إستراتيجيات البقاء التي تعكس حكمة الإنسان المتراكمة عبر آلاف السنين. وقد حمله حس المغامرة لديه على القيام برحلة ملحمية عبر القارة، ولاحقا وجد نفسه يتنقل بسيارات الإسعاف وسط حروب العصابات في فترة الكساد الكبير، ويبتكر تقنيات لجراحة القلب المفتوح المبكرة، ويجوب غابات الأمازون بعد أن حل ضيفا على رئيس بيرو.

Não restam dúvidas que Che Guevara é um personagem controverso. Sua vida municiona tanto admiradores mais apaixonados quanto os mais ferrenhos críticos. É visto por uns como um dedicado jogador de xadrez, amante da História, Economia e Filosofia, um médico que virou um guerrilheiro...

O dossiê que levou a Rússia a ser banida dos eventos esportivos mundiais! A exclusão da Rússia das olimpíadas de Tóquio surpreendeu o mundo, em parte pela penalidade, que soou forte demais fora dos comitês esportivos. No entanto, uma investigação se desenrolava nos bastidores, e o...

अविनाश धर्माधिकारी यांच्या मधाळ वाणीतील गाजलेले व्यख्यान "नव्या वैभवाची स्वप्ने सजावी : कारगिल आणि युद्धाच्या...

A verdadeira e mais completa história sobre a lista de Schindler, que salvou milhares da morte certa, contada por um sobrevivente e importante personagem deste drama, Mietek Pemper, que mesmo sendo judeu atuou como secretário de Amon Goth, o nazista que comandava o campo de concentração...

Robert Pershing Wadlow (February 22, 1918 to July 15, 1940), also known as the Alton Giant, and the Giant of Illinois, was born and raised in Alton, Illinois. He is the tallest person in recorded history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. Wadlow's height was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) while his weight reached 439 lbs (199 kg) at his death at age 22. The following audio recordings are from a 1937 New York radio interview, a 1937 Ripley's Believe It or Not radio interview, and outtakes from 1930 film footage of Wadlow as a 12 year-old.