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Entre la pérdida y el amor - Nuestro viaje en busca de la libertad es una celebración de nuestras vidas y examina todos los recuerdos, creencias y circunstancias que nos llevaron al exilio en los Estados Unidos.

In Salt Lake City in 1855, 16-year-old widow Sara Manning struck out on her own with her infant son. Startling adventures lead her to unexpected love, unimagined heartache, and the unforgettable trip of a lifetime to the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Some of the key political players in WWII are well-known; the names of Hitler and Mussolini evoke painful memories, while Churchill and Roosevelt are remembered for their strength. Learning the details of their lives prior to the Second World War is crucial in understanding how they gained their positions.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Edward Evan's South with Scott. Edward relates the details of Scott's fatal southern expedition, with special emphasis on those supporting the main push to the pole.

Oporem mogło być wszystko, bo wszystko było zabronione. Oporem stawała się każda działalność, która stwarzała wrażenie, że więźniowi pozostało coś z dawnej osobowości i indywidualności. KL Auschwitz to bezmiar ludzkiego cierpienia, poniżenie, rozpad osobowości i heroiczne próby ocalenia własnej tożsamości. Świat odwróconego Dekalogu. Świat odwróconych ludzkich wartości. Świat bez nadziei, bez litości dla innych, świat bez Boga. Przykazaniami tego świata było: "zabijaj", "kradnij" albo też "mów fałszywe świadectwo".

Ende der 1950er-Jahre: Als Pfarrerssohn wird Daniel in seiner ostdeutschen Heimatstadt das Abitur verwehrt und er zieht deshalb nach Berlin. Gemeinsam mit seinen Zimmergenossen aus dem Schülerheim, die alle wie er aus der DDR stammen, erkundet er die Stadt: Als Zeitungsverkäufer zieht er durch die Kneipen, erlebt Bill Haley, der den Sportpalast zum Kochen bringt, und den Erweckungsprediger Billy Graham. Aber am liebsten schreibt Daniel an seinen Theaterstücken und knüpft schon bald erste Bande zur Berliner Theaterszene.

Peter Wensierski erzählt von einer Generation Jugendlicher auf der Suche nach einem freien, selbstbestimmten Leben. Freitag, 10. April 1981: In Jena steigt der 23-jährige Matthias Domaschk in den Schnellzug nach Berlin. Er will zu einer Geburtstagsfeier. Doch er kommt nie an, denn der vollbesetzte Zug wird in Jüterbog gestoppt, Matthias und drei weitere Jenaer festgesetzt. Zwei Tage später ist er tot, nach einem Verhör in der Stasi-Untersuchungshaftanstalt Gera.

Hosea Stout witnessed and influenced many of the major civil and political events over 50 years of LDS history, but until the publication of his diaries, he was a relatively obscure figure to historians. Hosea Stout: Lawman, Legislator, Mormon Defender is the first-ever biography of this devoted follower who played a significant role in Mormon and Utah history.

People always asked her if she was ever afraid, living out in the desert alone with all those rough and scruffy men. But Minnie Berrington was not the faint-hearted type, and never had been. Being tough came naturally to her, growing up with three brothers and a family that went from riches to ruins. Only a slip of a girl, Minnie could match any man in stamina, perseverance and strength. She arrived in Coober Pedy when camels still brought in essential supplies, and water was so scarce that no-one washed. Together with the other miners, she braved the heat, the flies and the dust.

Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of Booker T. Washington, sharing his personal experience of having to work to rise up from the position of a slave child during the Civil War, to the difficulties and obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, to his work establishing the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to help black people learn useful, marketable skills and work to pull themselves up by the bootstraps. He reflects on the generosity of both teachers and philanthropists who helped in educating blacks and Native Americans.

Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) is the most famous female Classicist in history, the author of books that revolutionized our understanding of Greek culture and religion. A star in the British academic world, she became the quintessential Cambridge woman—as Virginia Woolf suggested when, in A Room of One's Own, she claims to have glimpsed Harrison's ghost in the college gardens. This lively and innovative portrayal of a fascinating woman raises the question of who wins (and how) in the competition for academic fame. Mary Beard captures Harrison's ability to create her own image.

Hear old-time radio tales of the following "People of History": William Shakespeare, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language; Will Rogers, American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator; Edgar Allen Poe, considered the premier American poet and short story writer; Benedict Arnold, American-born military officer who fought with distinction for the American Continental Army in the Revolutionary War; General Claire Channault, American military aviator best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" in World War II.

Una sera di settembre del 1533 Isabella d’Este, quasi sessantenne, rievoca la propria vicenda: dall’infanzia a Ferrara al matrimonio, sedicenne, con il marchese Francesco Gonzaga, e poi la vita a Mantova dove, in un periodo tra i più tumultuosi e fulgidi della storia, nei primi decenni del Cinquecento, resse con grande sapienza politica le fila del piccolo Stato costruendo attorno a sé una corte di ineguagliato splendore, tra pittori poeti musicisti astrologi condottieri papi e imperatori.

Born into slavery, Booker Washington suddenly gained his freedom after the American Civil War. This is a firsthand account from a slave around the events of the Emancipation Proclamation. The book covers the inspiring story of a young man as he works to rise up from being enslaved as a child, overcoming massive obstacles to obtain an education, to eventually become an advisor to the president. A truly inspiring and informative story.

Two stories about William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army; two stories about amazing women aviators; and two true-to-life adventures!

Jean des Cars signe dans ce livre d'étincelants portraits des favorites les plus célèbres. Proches du pouvoir, et l'exerçant parfois d'une manière clandestine, elles forment un galant cortège de femmes à qui de grands hommes doivent beaucoup.

Eighty years on, Churchill's Few: The Battle of Britain tells the dramatic story, in their own words, of five brave young men who fought in the skies to prevent Hitler's invasion of Britain.

Few names cast more terror into the human heart than Dracula. The legendary vampire, created by author Bram Stoker for his 1897 novel of the same name, has inspired countless horror movies, television shows, and other bloodcurdling tales of vampires. Though Dracula may seem to many like a singular creation, Stoker in fact drew inspiration from a real-life man with an even more grotesque taste for blood: Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia or—as he is better known—Vlad the Impaler (Vlad Tepes), a name earned for his favorite way of dispensing with his enemies.

Dieser Zeitzeugenbericht schildert die Strapazen und furchtbaren Entbehrungen meiner Mutter und ihrer Schwestern während ihrer Flucht im März 1945 von Kolberg/Westpommern, (heutiges Kolobrzeg, Polen) nach Bayern und die erste, ebenso entbehrungsreiche Zeit danach. Sie und ihre Schwestern haben das Überleben dieser schwärzesten Tage ihres Lebens dem Mut und der Aufopferungsbereitschaft meiner Großmutter, Dora Seefelder, zu verdanken. Sie flüchtete nur mit einem Koffer und drei kleinen Kindern an der Hand von der pommerschen Ostseeküste über Hamburg zu Verwandten nach Bayern.

Gli eroi sono passati di moda nella letteratura, nel nostro mondo disincantato c'è spazio solo per gli antieroi, per raccontare una vita straordinaria bisogna inventarsi qualcosa: ad esempio, cantarla in modo epico, poeticamente. Ed è proprio quello che fa Anne Weber in questo libro, nel quale racconta le gesta di Annette Beaumanoir che – nata in Bretagna nel 1923 in una famiglia di umili origini – vive nientemeno che nella convinzione che il mondo dovrebbe essere un posto più giusto.