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Nel mio paese straniero

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Nei mesi di reclusione nel manicomio criminale di una cittadina prussiana, Hans Fallada decise di stendere il diario della sua vita sotto il Nazismo. Un resoconto personale che racconta la complicata vita di un intellettuale nella Germania di Hitler.

De neîmblânzit

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De neîmblânzit e în același timp o biografie intimă și un însuflețit apel la trezire. Este povestea unei femei care a învățat că o mamă responsabilă nu e o mamă care moare încet pentru copiii ei, ci una care le arată cum să-și trăiască viața pe deplin. Glennon este precum o religie. Umorul, căldura și onestitatea ei ne aduc aminte că în toate caznele noastre e ceva frumos. – Brené Brown Glennon ne arată cel mai clar înțeles al îndemnului «Să fii sincer cu tine însuți». E ca și cum ar fi ajuns în cele din urmă în adâncul inimii ei, ar fi înhățat emoțiile localizate acolo în stare brută și le-ar fi tradus în cuvinte pe care să le poată înțelege oricine a cunoscut vreodată durerea sau rușinea – cu alte cuvinte, oricine de pe această planetă. – Oprah Winfrey De neîmblânzit le va descătușa pe femei – emoțional, spiritual și fizic. Cred că Glennon s-a născut pentru a scrie această carte, exact așa cum a făcut-o și exact la momentul potrivit. Este fenomenală. – Elizabeth Gilbert Inima fiecăreia dintre noi tânjește după ceva. Ne dăm peste cap să fim partenere, mame, angajate și prietene bune. Sperăm că toate aceste eforturi ne vor ajuta să simțim că trăim cu adevărat. Dar ele nu fac decât să ne obosească, să ne blocheze, să ne copleșească. Privim în urmă și ne întrebăm: nu cumva viața noastră ar fi trebuit să fie mai frumoasă? Entuziastă și gălăgioasă, puternică și firavă, De neîmblânzit este povestea trecerii printr-un divorț, a formării unei noi familii „amestecate“ și a descoperirii faptului că destrămarea sau întregirea unei familii depinde nu de structura acesteia, ci de capacitatea fiecărui membru de a-și pune sinele la bătaie cu totul.

The Little Guide to Britney Spears

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'Success is a state of mind... Success isn't about conquering something; it's being happy with who you are.' - Stylist Magazine, 2011.Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning pop icon Britney Spears is one of the most successful and celebrated entertainers in pop history selling nearly 150 million records worldwide. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Britney started out as a dancer and gymnast, before landing a role at twelve years old in 'The All New Mickey Mouse Club'. She became a household name as a teenager when she released her first single '...Baby One More Time'.This collection of Britney's relatable, inspiring and hugely optimistic quotes reveals a caring, generous personality who champions following your dreams. Despite a very public and at times troubling life, this is a book which sparkles with positivity and happiness; the 'Princess of Pop' offers you the best advice and lifts you up when you're down.Sample Quotes:'Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage.' USA Today, 2013 'I have my relationship with God and myself, and that's what matters to me. I really don't care what most people think.' - V Magazine, 2016

El proceso de Núremberg

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Alemania, octubre de 1945. Los Aliados, vencedores de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, se preparan para juzgar los crímenes cometidos por el Tercer Reich. Durante un año, bajo la atenta mirada de la prensa de todo el mundo, una veintena de altos dignatarios del régimen nazi tendrán que responder de sus actos ante los magistrados del Tribunal Militar Internacional. A partir de las actas del juicio y los testimonios, Annette Wieviorka relata Núremberg, este gran acontecimiento del siglo XX, desde su génesis, al inicio de la guerra, hasta sus lejanas repercusiones en la creación de la justicia internacional.

The Little Guide to Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen arrived on the world's stage in 1973 with two incredible albums in one year, a prolificacy that would define his career for the next half-century. In his tenure at the top of the rock and roll charts, Springsteen received worldwide adoration for crafting lyrics and music that symbolised all facets of his, and his home nation's, history; songs that enthralled with passion and purpose, stinging political vitriol and the sweetest of melody. No other American artist captured America's heart, and soul, than Springsteen.Containing Springsteen's most prominent non-lyrical poetry and life philosophies, from his earliest interviews to his most recent statements of truth, fact, and soul-baring, each one spanning the entirety of his musical output with the E-Street Band, his solo soundtracks, iconic live performances and a wealth of TV, magazine, and newspaper conversations.In the early days when Springsteen and the E-Street Band played gigs in small venues, it was Bruce's job (as frontman) to collect the money and pay the rest of the band. This led them to start calling him 'The Boss', a nickname which has stuck. Springsteen – the patron saint of the working man, who greatly dislikes bosses – naturally loathes this nickname!

Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Academy Award winner and bestselling author Diane Keaton comes a candid, hilarious, and deeply affecting look at beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks. Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. In Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty, she shares the wisdom she’s accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. This is a book only Diane Keaton could write—a smart and funny chronicle of the ups and downs of living and working in a world obsessed with beauty. In her one-of-a-kind voice, Keaton offers up a message of empowerment for anyone who’s ever dreamed of kicking back against the “should”s and “supposed to”s that undermine our pursuit of beauty in all its forms. From a mortifying encounter with a makeup artist who tells her she needs to get her eyes fixed to an awkward excursion to Victoria’s Secret with her teenage daughter, Keaton shares funny and not-so-funny moments from her life in and out of the public eye. For Diane Keaton, being beautiful starts with being true to who you are, and in this book she also offers self-knowing commentary on the bold personal choices she’s made through the years: the wide-brimmed hats, outrageous shoes, and all-weather turtlenecks that have made her an inspiration to anyone who cherishes truly individual style—and catnip to paparazzi worldwide. She recounts her experiences with the many men in her life—including Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, and Sam Shepard—shows how our ideals of beauty change as we age, and explains why a life well lived may be the most beautiful thing of all. Wryly observant and as fiercely original as Diane Keaton herself, Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty is a head-turner of a book that holds up a mirror to our beauty obsessions—and encourages us to like what we see.Praise for Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty“Behind the sterling movie credits and tomboyish wardrobe, we see a soulful and deep woman contemplating the narrative arc of her own life.”—Newsweek “Delicious writing . . . This book is like a dishy lunch with the movie star you thought you’d never be lucky enough to meet. . . . Diane Keaton is in a class by herself and this book is good for the soul.”—Liz Smith, Chicago Tribune “She’s talented, iconic, quirky . . . and wonderfully blunt. This is just a small sampling of the reasons we love Diane Keaton, and they all permeate the pages of her new memoir.”—Elle “As disarming and personable as the actress herself.”—The Huffington Post “Wise, witty, thoughtful, uplifting, the truth, unvarnished—and very funny.”—Toronto Star

Heydrich

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Reinhard Heydrich along with Heinrich Himmler, whose deputy he was, will always be regarded as one of the most ruthless of the Nazi elite. Even Hitler described him as ‘a man with an iron heart’. He established his fearsome reputation in the 1930s, as head of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the intelligence organization which neutralized opposition to the Nazi Party by murder and deportation. He organized Kristalnacht and played a leading role in the Holocaust, chairing the 1942 Wannsee Conference which formalized plans for the ‘Final Solution’. In addition, as head of the Einsatzgruppen murder squads in Eastern Europe he was responsible for countless murders. Appointed Deputy Reich-Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, he died of wounds inflicted by British trained SOE operatives in Prague in May 1942. The reprisals that followed his assassination were extreme by even the terrible standards of Nazi ruthlessness. Heydrich’s shocking and leading role in the Nazi regime is graphically portrayed in this Images of War book.

A Nike-sztori

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A friss diplomás, útkereső Phil Knight az apjától kölcsönzött 50 dollárból indította el cégét. Jó minőségű, olcsó futócipőket importált Japánból, amelyeket az autója csomagtartójából árusított. Az első évben, 1963-ban 8000 dolláros forgalmat termelt – napjainkban a Nike éves bevétele több mint 30 milliárd dollár, és az egyik leginnovatívabb és legértékesebb márkává vált, amelynek újításait világszerte próbálják másolni. A startupok korában a cég a minőség szinonimája lett, az ikonikus „pipa” pedig mára a teljesítmény, a dinamizmusés a lehetőség szimbóluma, amelyet bárhol felismernek. Phil Knight, az „ember a pipa mögött”, mindig is rejtély volt. Meglepő, szerény, őszinte és szellemes önéletrajzában felfedi teljes történetét. Mesél a számos kudarcról, a kegyetlen versenytársakról, a rengeteg kétkedőről és az ellenséges bankárokról, majd a szenzációs győzelmekről és sikerekről is. Sorra veszi azokat a munkatársakat, akik a Nike szívét-lelkét formálták: köztük az alapítótárs futóedző, a lobbanékony és karizmatikus Bill Bowerman, valamint a cég első alkalmazottai, egy rakás különc és tudós, akik a Nike elhivatott csapatává kovácsolódtak. Knight és társai merész jövőképükkel és szilárd meggyőződésükkel, hogy a sport ereje jobbá teszi az embert, egy olyan márkát és kultúrát hoztak létre, amely megváltoztatta mindennapjainkat és a mozgáshoz való viszonyunkat. Kölyökkorom óta ismerem Phil Knightot, de igazából e néha megdöbbentő, néha megható, őszinte könyvéből ismertem meg csak igazán. És ugyanígy a Nike-ról se tudtam semmit. Büszkeséggel viseltem a termékeit, és fel se fogtam az innováció, az életbenmaradás és a győzelem figyelemre méltó történetét, amely minden egyes pipa mögött áll. Hiteles, vicces - a leginkább várt önéletrajz azoknak az embereknek, akik érdeklődnek a sport és a kivételes teljesítmények iránt. Andre Agassi, teniszező Megindító, ugyanakkor végtelenül szórakoztató kalandos utazás, amelynek során tanulhatunk az innovációról és kreativitásról. Phil Knight története nemcsak a legendás pipa történetét meséli el, hanem azt is, hogyan könyörgött kölcsönért a vonakodó bankoknak, miként verbuválta össze furcsa, de zseniális, lázadó kollégáit, és hogyan tudtak együttműködni, hogy egy kivételes és paradigmaváltó vállalatot és márkát építsenek. A könyv inspiráció mindazoknak, akik egy rendhagyó álmot követnek. Michael Spence, Nobel-díjas közgazdász A világ egyik legbefolyásosabb üzletembere, Phil Knight, a Nike alapítója. 1964-től 2004-ig a vállalat vezérigazgatója, napjainkban pedig az igazgatótanács elnöke. Oregon államban él a feleségével, Pennyvel.

Molina

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New York Times Bestseller “An ideal Father’s Day present...It’s this year’s baseball book most likely to be made into a terrific movie.” —The Chicago Tribune “Affecting...A simply told, deeply moving story, quite unlike the usual baseball book.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A baseball rules book. A tape measure. A lottery ticket.

Shirley Williams

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For fifty years Shirley Williams has been one of Britain's best-known and best-loved politicians, admired for her warmth, sincerity, integrity and compassion. Hailing from an impeccable intellectual background, the young Shirley seemed destined for great things as she rose effortlessly up the political ladder. Yet for all the talk of her becoming the country's first female Prime Minister that accolade passed her by, her feisty independence earning her a career that has been anything but perpetual sunshine. In this first-ever biography, Mark Peel explores the dilemma that has faced Williams throughout the highs and lows of her political life: how to tread the line between firmly held principles and party solidarity. Drawing on his unfettered access to the family archive and conversations with Williams's colleagues, Peel skilfully teases out the contradictions at the heart of this remarkable character. Shirley Williams: The Biography reveals the surprisingly vulnerable figure behind the reassuring public façade. It uncovers the expectations placed on Williams by her highly ambitious parents, her guilt about her privileged background, and her often tumultuous personal relationships. The result is a touching, intimate portrait of one of the most complex and popular politicians of our time, a woman who through good times and bad has retained her essential humanity.

La chambre de veille

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Un pupitre, un poste de radio, un livre de bord, des cartes et quelques ouvrages : le décor est planté. Dans la chambre de veille, petite pièce située au centre des phares, le gardien prend son quart. C’est ici, dans cet espace aveugle mais ouvert, que s’élabore son savoir sur le monde. Historien et amoureux de la mer, François Hartog est un veilleur à sa façon : un guetteur du temps. Pour la première fois, il revient ici sur son parcours et ses choix intellectuels. Il évoque ses parents, ses années de lycée en pleine guerre d’Algérie, Normale Sup’ et sa troupe de théâtre, puis la rencontre avec ses maîtres : Jean-Pierre Vernant, Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Michel de Certeau… Il se souvient de sa traversée de l’océan Indien sur un vieux cargo, de Mai 68 et des désillusions qui ont suivi, des amis qui se sont engagés. Que signifiait alors le choix de l’étude de la Grèce ancienne ? Pourquoi n’a-t-il cessé de franchir des frontières, entre l’histoire et l’anthropologie, entre l’Antiquité et le contemporain, entre des espaces et des temps différents ? Comment l’Histoire, enfin, est-elle devenue la question d’une vie ? Réflexion au long cours sur le temps et regard distancié sur le monde actuel, ces entretiens révèlent le parcours singulier d’un historien majeur de notre époque.

Vorsten van Albion

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'Vorsten van Albion' van Dan Jones is een kroniek van acht generaties van de beste en slechtste koningen en koninginnen die Engeland ooit heeft gekend. Ze maakten deel uit van het huis Plantagenet, en hun geschiedenis is die van Engeland en Groot-Brittannië. Deze eerste koninklijke dynastie van Engeland heerste ruim driehonderd jaar over Albion, van 1154 tot 1485. De van oorsprong uit Anjou afkomstige vorsten zorgden ervoor dat Engeland uit de middeleeuwen tevoorschijn kwam als een zeer georganiseerd rijk, dat heerste van Schotland tot Jeruzalem.

Santi laici

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In un Paese come l'Italia basta l'onestà per diventare martiri. Lo sanno i magistrati e gli investigatori che si battono contro la criminalità organizzata (come Scopelliti, Cassarà, Livatino), i giornalisti che non si limitano a riportare notizie d'agenzia ma indagano (come Impastato, Cutuli, Arrigoni), ma anche gli uomini delle scorte, i testimoni scomodi e moltissimi altri che hanno avuto la sola colpa di non voltarsi dall'altra parte. Sono morti a centinaia per proteggere lo Stato, la libertà di stampa, il significato della giustizia, i nostri diritti: un fiume di sangue su cui si regge la Repubblica. Le loro storie ci parlano di uomini e donne comuni, con una famiglia e una quotidianità uguali alle nostre, che non hanno esitato a rinunciarvi in nome della coerenza, del rispetto per il proprio lavoro e dell'amore per il proprio Paese. Santi laici si impegna a raccogliere l'eredità di queste vite, di queste storie di passione civile, a cui ogni anno il blog di Beppe Grillo dedica un calendario. Questo è un libro maggiore della somma dei racconti che lo compongono, più grande delle singole esperienze: è un compendio della nostra memoria collettiva, o di quello che dovrebbe essere. Perché l'elenco di omicidi ripercorre la nostra storia recente, dagli anni di piombo alle guerre di mafia, dalla stagione delle stragi agli attentati impuniti degli ultimi anni. E perché i Santi laici sono esempi pericolosi che il sistema si affretta a dimenticare. Quando non ci riesce li celebra come modelli inarrivabili, eccezioni da ammirare ma non modelli da seguire. Ebbene, se anche non si può imitarli, si deve ricordarli: ci spronano a costruire un domani in cui simili sacrifici non siano più necessari. Come diceva Giovanni Falcone m"basta che ognuno faccia il proprio dovere".

A Head of Cabbage

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Barbara Abbott was eighteen when her father threatened to kill her if she went to school against his will. A sharecropper since he lost his farm in 1956, he needed her on the farm to help plant their annual tobacco crop. Barbara would often sneak away to school, but her mother would retrieve her before her second class started and return her to the fields. Then, after the workday was over, she studied unassigned chapters hoping that she would not get behind in her class assignments due to absences from school. Her father believed living off the land was the best option for southern black people. He never encouraged his children to seek an education; he saw how education had not helped many black people financially and had an extreme distrust of white people and the government. Eventually, Barbara got accepted into Bennett College, a predominately black all-girls school, though she left college after her junior year to marry her high school sweetheart. Then, while pregnant, she discovered that her husband was gay and had a lover living next door. Spanning many decades, this personal narrative shares an account of the everyday life struggles of a black woman and shows her determination to live a life different from those of her ancestors.

Tim Cook. Człowiek, który wzniósł Apple na wyższy poziom

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Jedni mówią o nim nudziarz, drudzy – geniusz. Kim naprawdę jest Tim Cook? Śmierć Steve’a Jobsa była wielkim ciosem dla jednej z najbardziej innowacyjnych firm wszech czasów. Jobs był nie tylko założycielem i legendarnym dyrektorem generalnym Apple – był również ucieleśnieniem kultowej marki. Trudno było sobie wyobrazić, że ktokolwiek mógłby go zastąpić, a już szczególnie Tim Cook. Tymczasem za kadencji Cooka firma potroiła wartość akcji, stała się pierwszą firmą na świecie wycenianą na ponad bilion dolarów, wprowadziła na rynek Apple Watch. Obecnie Apple z nowym liderem ma się lepiej niż dobrze. Leander Kahney, opierając się na wielu rozmowach z osobami wewnątrz Apple i z najbliższego otoczenia Cooka, opowiada inspirującą historię o tym, jak jeden człowiek zastąpił kogoś niezastąpionego, a dzięki silnemu charakterowi, pielęgnowanym wartościom i doświadczeniu udało mu się osiągnąć więcej, niż ktokolwiek przypuszczał. *** Mówisz Apple, myślisz – Steve Jobs. Patrzysz na Maca, iPhone’a, iPada, myślisz – Steve Jobs. A jednak to nie Steve Jobs wyniósł Apple do stratosfery finansowej i pozycji niekwestionowanego hegemona świata nowych technologii. Zrobił to jego następca. Przemysław Pająk, redaktor naczelny Spider’s Web Tim Cook dokonał, wydawać by się mogło, rzeczy niemożliwej. Zastąpił na stanowisku dyrektora generalnego Apple niekwestionowaną ikonę świata technologicznego – Steve’a Jobsa. Od lat, mimo ogromnej presji, rozwija tę firmę z sukcesem, stając się także ważnym liderem zmian społecznych w USA. Jego drogę, która zaczęła się w małym miasteczku w Alabamie, prezentuje Leander Kahney. Książka ta to lektura obowiązkowa dla wszystkich, którzy interesują się nie tylko Apple, ale i współczesnym światem. Krystian Kozerawski, redaktor naczelny MyApple.pl Autorowi udało się dociec, jak to się stało, że mało medialny Tim Cook w krótkim czasie zrobił więcej dla rozwoju firmy Apple niż jeden z jego założycieli i ulubieniec mediów – Steve Jobs. Nie bez znaczenia było to, że Jobs raczej konfliktował zespoły między sobą, podczas gdy Cook od samego początku postawił na harmonię. I wygrał. Wojciech Gryciuk, Manager Magazin Wciągająca opowieść. „The Wall Street Journal” Postać odkryta na nowo. „Kirkus Reviews” Biogram: Leander Kahney Leander Kahney od kilkunastu lat pisze o Apple. Napisał między innymi kilka bestsellerowych książek: Inside Steve’s Brain, Jony Ive oraz Cult of Mac. Pracował w Wired.com, teraz pisze teksty dla CultofMac.com

Prairie Fires

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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEARThe first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House on the Prairie booksMillions of readers of Little House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls—the pioneer girl who survived blizzards and near-starvation on the Great Plains, and the woman who wrote the famous autobiographical books. But the true saga of her life has never been fully told. Now, drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Caroline Fraser—the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House series—masterfully fills in the gaps in Wilder’s biography. Revealing the grown-up story behind the most influential childhood epic of pioneer life, she also chronicles Wilder's tumultuous relationship with her journalist daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, setting the record straight regarding charges of ghostwriting that have swirled around the books.The Little House books, for all the hardships they describe, are paeans to the pioneer spirit, portraying it as triumphant against all odds. But Wilder’s real life was harder and grittier than that, a story of relentless struggle, rootlessness, and poverty. It was only in her sixties, after losing nearly everything in the Great Depression, that she turned to children’s books, recasting her hardscrabble childhood as a celebratory vision of homesteading—and achieving fame and fortune in the process, in one of the most astonishing rags-to-riches episodes in American letters.Spanning nearly a century of epochal change, from the Indian Wars to the Dust Bowl, Wilder’s dramatic life provides a unique perspective on American history and our national mythology of self-reliance. With fresh insights and new discoveries, Prairie Fires reveals the complex woman whose classic stories grip us to this day.

Mis cambios de opinión

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Una exquisita reflexión sobre cómo la memoria, las palabras y los libros influyen en nuestra manera de interpretar el mundo.El dadaísta Francis Picabia decía que «tenemos la cabeza redonda para que nuestros pensamientos puedan cambiar de orientación». En efecto, a lo largo de los años, modificamos nuestra opinión sobre muchas cosas: gustos estéticos –la música que escuchamos, la ropa que vestimos–, afiliaciones sociales –el equipo de fútbol o el partido político al que apoyamos– y hasta cuestiones tan trascendentales como la persona a la que amamos o el dios al que veneramos.Julian Barnes explora en este ensayo la maleabilidad de nuestros recuerdos y opiniones, de las palabras que usamos y las lecturas que atesoramos. Un trabajo exquisito sobre la naturaleza escurridiza y metamórfica del pensamiento.

El nazi perfecto

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Todas las familias tienen sus secretos. ¿Pero qué sucede cuando, investigando a un abuelo encantador, el detective se encuentra con una ilustración del mal? Durante más de cincuenta años, la familia de este nazi perfecto había conseguido guardar el secreto, hasta que su nieto escocés decidió enfrentarse a la verdad. Y se dedicó a investigar quién y qué había sido realmente su abuelo materno, un joven dentista de Berlín que a los diecinueve años ya era un nazi ferviente y militante. Pero el propósito de su autor también es iluminar el mal que hasta los hombres insignificantes pueden hacer en las épocas en que la historia enloquece... «Un libro valiente y repulsivo a la vez... sobre las circunstancias que llevaron a personas comunes y corrientes a hundirse en la locura hitleriana, y convertirse en monstruos» (Mark Smith, Herald Scotland).

Confessions of a Tarot Reader

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Tarot cards have been used to foretell the future for centuries. Once the domain of the esoteric and mystical, tarot today has many practical applications in the modern world. Jane Stern, a fourth generation tarot reader perhaps best known for Roadfood, has given the art of the tarot a very modern spin. Using the twenty-two major arcana cards (the “heart of the tarot”) as chapters, she has gleaned all she has learned over the years and presents Confessions of a Tarot Reader as a witty, readable, and useful self-help book. In her own words, the author likes to think of herself as a “psychic Dear Abby,” and by drawing on the wisdom of the tarot deck, to give practical advice in every life situation and lift the veil between this world and the unseen beyond.

Reagan's War

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Reagan’s War is the story of Ronald Reagan’s personal and political journey as an anti-communist, from his early days as an actor to his years in the White House. Challenging popular misconceptions of Reagan as an empty suit who played only a passive role in the demise of the Soviet Union, Peter Schweizer details Reagan’s decades-long battle against communism.Bringing to light previously secret information obtained from archives in the United States, Germany, Poland, Hungary, and Russia—including Reagan’s KGB file—Schweizer offers a compelling case that Reagan personally mapped out and directed his war against communism, often disagreeing with experts and advisers. An essential book for understanding the Cold War, Reagan’s War should be read by open-minded readers across the political spectrum.

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