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Pensada como una obra destinada a "suscitar la reflexión sobre el presente y el futuro del país", se ha convertido en un libro clásico. Obra de síntesis, pero a la vez de ideas, en sus páginas no sólo se encuentran hechos sino también interpretaciones que generan polémicas y opiniones encontradas. Fue actualizada por el autor poco antes de su muerte en 1977.

Die inspirierenden Memoiren von Katalin Karikó, Nobelpreisträgerin für Medizin 2023, deren jahrzehntelange mRNA-Forschung zu den COVID-19-Impfstoffen führte. Katalin Karikó hat eine ungewöhnliche Reise hinter sich. Als Tochter eines Metzgers im kommunistischen Ungarn der Nachkriegszeit wuchs sie in einem Lehmhaus ohne fließendes Wasser auf. Sie sah die Wunder der Natur überall um sich herum und war bald fest entschlossen, Wissenschaftlerin zu werden.

Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902), a well-known religious figure in America, is cherished with respect and affection by an ever increasing number of readers of his books. His genius was revealed to the world at large in the Parliament of Religions held in Chicago in 1893, where he indicated India’s rightful place in the spiritual map of the world.

A major new biography of Francis Crick, codiscoverer of the structure of DNA, pioneering neuroscientist, and twentieth-century genius What are the moments that make a life? In Francis Crick’s, the decisive moment came in 1951, when he first met James Watson. Their ensuing discovery of the...

“She didn’t just change how people wear makeup—she changed how they see themselves” (Charlamagne tha God, for the Time 100 Most Influential People list). Bobbi Brown, beauty mogul and visionary, opens up in her first memoir about the true story: reinvention, resilience, and the power of...

The inventor behind the Leatherman multi-tool and founder of the beloved company presents his inspiring personal story as a practical how-to guide for entrepreneurs, artists, and creatives of all kinds who want to pursue their own big ideas. On a budget trip to Europe in 1975, Tim Leatherman...

This audiobook (The Movie Dirty Millions the Clean Way) is also designed to open the listeners’ minds, blowing the dust off untapped brainpower, as we discussed topics that have affected some more deeply than others. At the same time, it will ignite a spark within each of us, inspiring us to make daily changes that will have a significant impact on all our future endeavors. As you continue to listen to this unorthodox book with an open mind and your head held high. You will become prideful in your thoughts and have optimistic hope for the future.

This book is not about politics. It is about individual human beings in a dry, barren landscape. Up to 75,000 people at a time—mostly women, babies, and children—live for years in tents and have no prospect of leaving because no country will have them.

Told in fast-moving vignettes, Chronicles of a Miami REELtor is part memoir, part social commentary, and part love letter to a city where nothing is ever what it seems. From whisper-network off-market deals to Russian money parked in penthouses, from Brazilian crypto cowboys to buyers who “need to sell ahora,” Max captures the madness with razor-sharp humor and unsettling honesty.

Bruce Bartyzal's story began with a simple, persistent knee pain that rapidly progressed to constant suffering, affecting every part of his life. Desperate for relief, he chose knee replacement surgery, knowing it would restore his mobility and quality of life. However, the treatment that was supposed to provide hope instead triggered a chain reaction of difficulties, resulting in excruciating agony, internal bleeding, and the startling discovery that a major artery had been severed.

Cathy is een ervaren pleegouder, maar niemand had haar kunnen voorbereiden op de komst van Jodie, een achtjarig meisje met zoveel gedragsproblemen dat ze in vier maanden tijd bij vijf verschillende gezinnen wordt geplaatst. Langzaam wint Cathy het vertrouwen van Jodie, en haar gedrag verbetert aanzienlijk. Stukje bij beetje onthult het meisje de schokkende en hartverscheurende details van haar mishandeling door de mensen die haar hadden moeten liefhebben en beschermen.

Sarah Wynn-Williams, ancienne diplomate devenue cadre dirigeante chez Facebook, révèle l'envers du décor de l'entreprise qui a bouleversé nos vies. De l'intérieur, elle décrit la toute-puissance capricieuse de Mark Zuckerberg, obsédé par la croissance à tout prix, et l'ambition calculatrice de Sheryl Sandberg, son bras droit. Entre compromissions politiques, tolérance des campagnes de désinformation et exploitation cynique des failles psychologiques des utilisateurs, Wynn-Williams raconte comment Meta a trop souvent fermé les yeux face aux dérives.

"I think, therefore I am." With that one sentence, René Descartes changed the world. He wasn’t trying to start a revolution. He just wanted to know what was real and what wasn’t. So he questioned everything: his senses, his body, even the entire physical universe. What he found was the one thing no one could take away, the fact that he was thinking. Descartes: The Man Who Split Mind from Matter is the story of a sickly kid turned soldier turned philosopher who accidentally rewired the modern world.

In Great Joys, Great Sorrows, the fourth volume of A Surgeon's Tale, Dr. Michael Meguid, a determined London-trained intern, embarks on a demanding odyssey through Harvard's prestigious hospitals. He navigates a medical landscape with 110-hour workweeks and battles exhaustion with sheer willpower.

A billionaire without borders. A philosopher without faith. A playbook without rules. Peter Thiel isn’t just another tech mogul. He’s the architect of a worldview—quiet, calculated, and deeply contrarian—that has reshaped Silicon Valley, national politics, and the very future of civilization. From his PayPal coup to his shadow war against the media, his bets on Trump, Palantir, and immortality itself, Thiel: The Power Broker of Silicon Valley walks through his life like a thriller—but reads like a manual for the new elite.

From roadside deliveries of babies in subzero temperatures to life-saving emergency flights in blizzards, any day could hold another wild call for this doctor in Alaska's Copper River Valley. Dr. Jim was an ER physician, surgeon, counselor, ambulance driver, obstetrician, stand-in veterinarian, administrator, and family doctor, from 1954 to 1987. As one patient said, "Whoever heard of one doctor doing all that?" People came from an area the size of Ohio to be cared for at the only medical facility in that region for many years.

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يهدف هذا الكتاب إلى التعريف بأعلام الفلاسفة العرب وتصحيح الفهم الخاطئ الذي لدى الناس عن الفلسفة وموضوعاتها حيث اعتبروها مرادفًا للكلام الغامض والأقاويل المبهمة على الرغم من كونها دعامة قوية للتفكير ومقوم هام من مقومات الثقافة. يبدأ الكتاب بالتعريف بفيلسوف العرب والمسلمين: «الكندي» وهو أول من ترجم ونقل العلوم الفلسفية من اليونانية إلى العربية، كما كان له إنتاجه الفكري والفلسفي الخاص الذي استقاه من اطلاعاته المُوسعة في شتى علوم عصره.

رأى الكثير من المؤرخين أن دعوة «جمال الدين الأفغاني» إلى وَحْدة الشرق، ومُحارَبة الاستعمار ومُقاوَمته، تجعله جديرًا بألقابٍ مثل مُنقِذ الشرق، وباعث نهضته. في هذا الكتاب، يقدِّم المؤرخُ «عبد الرحمن الرافعي» سيرةً ذاتية متميزة لهذا الفيلسوف الإسلامي المستنير، بدايةً من طفولته والعصر الذي نشأ فيه، ومراحل حياته العملية بين الهند والآستانة ومصر، ذاكرًا الأحداثَ التاريخية المُواكِبة له، والحالةَ السياسية لمصر في ذلك الوقت.

Born into love but then thrust into violence, and shaped by struggle, Timoti Te Moke was never destined to be a leader. After an early start as a bright boy in the eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand, nurtured by his reo Māori-speaking grandparents, Timoti's life changed sharply when his mother took custody of him when he was six. He survived abuse, state care, gangs and prison, his life marked by trauma and pain.