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The life story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, lone survivor of an exterminated tribe, is unique in the annals of North American anthropology. Ishi stumbled into the 20th century on the morning of August 29, 1911, when, desperate with hunger and terrified of the white murderers of his family, he was found in the corral of a slaughterhouse near Oroville, California.

Tom Wolfe comandó una generación de escritores dispuestos a dinamitar las convenciones de la sociedad tradicional. Estaban allí para contarnos cosas de nosotros mismos de un modo hasta entonces inaudito. Se convirtieron en nuestros sabios orientadores, nuestros heraldos, incluso en nuestra conciencia moral: eran los nuevos periodistas.

After a three-day romance, Brooklyn-born Jennie Jerome married into the British aristocracy to become Lady Randolph Churchill. At a time when women had few freedoms, she was a cornerstone of high society and behind-the-scenes political dynamo. However it was Jennie's love life that marked her out, causing scandal and earning her the epithet 'more panther than woman'.

The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, brought the promise of integration to Little Rock, Arkansas, but it was hard-won for the nine Black teenagers chosen to integrate Central High School in 1957. They ran a gauntlet flanked by a rampaging mob and a heavily armed Arkansas National Guard-opposition so intense that soldiers from the elite 101st Airborne Division were called in to restore order.

Sarah Churchill, first Duchess of Marlborough, was the glamorous and controversial subject of hundreds of satires, newspaper articles and publications both during her lifetime and after her death. This biography brings Sarah Churchill's own voice, passionate and intelligent, back to life and casts a critical eye over images of the Duchess handed down through art, history and literature. Here is an unforgettable portrait of a woman who cared intensely about how we would remember her.

Il regno dell'imperatore Shōwa, o Hirohito, fu il più longevo nella storia giapponese, sebbene anche il più controverso. Hirohito è stato in grado di guidare la sua patria nel periodo più critico, buio e rivoluzionario di sempre, quello che va dal 1926 al 1989. Le bombe atomiche su Hiroshima e Nagasaki, l'attacco a Pearl Harbor, l'inevitabile resa del Giappone: tutto contribuisce a forgiare l'immagine di un uomo integro ma al contempo fragile e discusso, schiacciato da un ruolo che non è più in grado di incarnare ma che non abbandonerà mai fino alla sua morte.

One of the New York Times's 100 Notable Books of 2016 One of NPR's 10 Best Books of 2016 "Heartachingly relevant...the Eleanor Roosevelt who inhabits these meticulously crafted pages transcends both first-lady history and the marriage around which Roosevelt scholarship has traditionally pivoted...

Lust For Life is Irving Stone's biographical novel about the life of the Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh...

В этой аудиокниге вы откроете для себя новые образы известных и талантливых людей, их любовные истории, а в любви, как известно, наиболее ярко и неожиданно проявляется характер человека.

Moon Man is Bart Sibrel’s revealing memoir recalling his harrowing journey investigating what really happened during America’s famous “Apollo” missions.

Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

In 1993, after 27 years of imprisonment, Nelson Mandela sat down with ghostwriter Richard Stengel to begin working on Long Walk to Freedom, a critically acclaimed memoir that would become a best seller around the globe.

Henry Gerber was the father of American gay liberation. Born in 1892 in Germany, Henry Gerber was expelled from school as a boy and lost several jobs as a young man because of his homosexual activities. He emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the army for employment. After his release, he explored Chicago’s gay subculture: cruising Bughouse Square, getting arrested for “disorderly conduct,” and falling in love.

Arno Luiks Interviews beginnen oft mit provozierenden Fragen, schon mit der ersten Antwort wird der Hörer in diese Gespräche hineingezogen - und hört Dinge, die er anderswo nicht gehört hat. Arno Luik verführt seine Gegenüber von Beginn an zu einer erstaunlichen Offenheit und schafft es, Brisantes aus ihnen herauszukitzeln. Dieses Hörbuch ist eine faszinierende Zeitreise, in der sich Geschichte auf eine mitreißende Weise entfaltet: anekdotisch, politisch, intim. Sie zeigt, warum wir wurden, wer wir sind: eine zerrissene, eine verstörte, manchmal trotzdem schöne Welt - um die es sich lohnt, zu kämpfen.

Written in his early 60s, Tesla looks back on the events that shaped his life as the inventor of our modern world. Like many exceptional artists, scientists, and engineers, Tesla's senses and intellect worked on a higher level, which often afflicted him physically. Yet, he overcame, and used his special abilities and strong educational background to make electricity the servant of man.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. ‘The SAS and all it stands for is exemplified in men such as Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham. They are the backbone of the British military and I for one am thankful he is on our side!’ – Sir Ranulph Fiennes 'The most experienced Special Forces soldier in recent...

Emmeline Pankhurst remains one of the most pivotal women in history. For others, such words might be an overstatement, but for Emmeline Pankhurst, they are simply the truth. She came of age at a time when women had no voice in the affairs of their own country, and she made it her life's work to change that. What began as grassroots activism quickly turned into nothing short of a crusade that would reshape British society and inspire women across the world.

Golda Meir began her career as a grassroots activist whose tireless efforts helped ensure the creation of a Jewish homeland. As a diplomat and negotiator, she played a pivotal role in securing the recognition and funding that made the founding of Israel possible in 1948. She would go on to serve as the new nation’s foreign minister and, ultimately, as its prime minister—one of the first women in the world to hold such an office.

Su lugar parecía insignificante... hasta ahora ¡Advertencia! Todas las historias que aparecen en este libro son reales; que hayan ocurrido tal cual se dice en estas páginas, no podemos asegurarlo... Quizá tengas presente las vidas de Leonardo da Vinci, Enrique VIII o Victoria de Inglaterra...

Brought to you by Penguin. 1804, immediately after his coronation as Emperor, Napoleon created the Marshalate, the supreme martial rank of the empire. Over the next decade, he elevated to it some of his most outstanding generals, who played leading roles in his extraordinary campaigns –...