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Una autobiografía valiente e inspiradora que revela por fin la historia jamás contada de una de las figuras más queridas de la televisión hispana.«Este soy yo… después de enfrentarme a mis monstruos,

En 13 lecciones conocerás a Barack ObamaBARACK OBAMA hizo historia al convertirse en el primer presidente negro de los Estados Unidos. Escritor de bestsellers, ganador del Premio Nobel de la Paz y fundador de una productora galardonada con un Oscar, es tambien uno de los oradores mas influyentes de nuestro tiempo. Desde la Casa Blanca, restauro las relaciones diplomaticas con Cuba, tras medio siglo de tensiones; enfrento las consecuencias de la crisis economica de 2008; lidero la operacion contra Osama bin Laden; y reformo el sistema de salud con la historica Ley del Cuidado de la Salud Asequible, conocida tambien como Obamacare. Asimismo, impulso politicas para combatir el cambio climatico y promovio la inclusion de miembros homosexuales en las Fuerzas Armadas. Con su emblematico Si se puede (Yes, we can), transformo la Casa Blanca en un simbolo de diversidad e inspiracion, y tambien impulso a millones a creer en que todos podemos contribuir a un mundo mejor.

¿Cómo ha llegado un fisio como tú a un mundo como este?Paula es fisioterapeuta. O, al menos, lo ha sido hasta ahora. En medio de una rutina que transcurre sin sentido, comienza un día que parece como cualquier otro, pero algo imperceptible ha cambiado. Sin saber como, es arrastrada a un mundo en el que cada encuentro abre una puerta al pasado, emprendiendo un viaje que no figura en ningun manual: el regreso a los hilos perdidos de su vocacion. Una historia que invita a todo fisioterapeuta a reflexionar sobre sus raices.

La adopción no es un cuento de hadas, pero siempre tiene un final feliz.Convertirse en madre a través de la adopción no fue un camino recto, sino un recorrido lleno de burocracia, prejuicios, miedos y decisiones dificiles.En este libro, la autora narra en primera persona el proceso de adopcion sin adornos, con ironia, lagrimas y verdades que nadie te dice, desde su primer intento hasta el dia en que, por fin, pudo conocer a su hija. No te dira que es facil, pero si que vale la pena.Aqui no vas a encontrar tecnicismos ni frases motivacionales vacias: vas a encontrar realidad, valentia y esperanza. Y, quizas, el empujon que te faltaba para dar el paso.

En 13 lecciones conocerás a Donald TrumpDONALD TRUMP es, sin lugar a duda, un fenómeno que ha marcado la historia contemporánea. Desde sus inicios como exitoso desarrollador inmobiliario, su nombre ha estado asociado al exito, la ostentacion y el poder. Su apellido es una marca reconocida a nivel mundial: construyo en Nueva York, sede de su emporio, la iconica Torre Trump, y ha sido dueño de hoteles, casinos y lujosos complejos residenciales. Pero el magnate no se conformo con el mundo de los negocios, sino que supo transformarse. En 2004 salto a la television con The Apprentice, un reality show en el que buscaba al mejor empresario. En 2015, cuando anuncio su candidatura presidencial, muchos lo subestimaron. Pero, como siempre, rompio las reglas del juego. Con un discurso directo y una conexion unica con su base electoral, logro una de las victorias mas sorprendentes de la historia politica estadounidense y se convirtio en el presidente numero 45 de los Estados Unidos. En 2024, despues de un intento de asesinato, regreso al poder como el presidente numero 47, consolidandose como uno de los lideres mas influyentes y polemicos del mundo.

Un documento único: la transcripción de las conversaciones que mantuvo Leon Goldensohn, psiquiatra del Ejército Estadounidense, con los principales encausados en el proceso de Núremberg.En 1946, con los juicios de Nuremberg en marcha, el psiquiatra del ejercito estadounidense Leon Goldensohn recibio el encargo de entrevistar a dos docenas de lideres alemanes encausados, asi como a numerosos testigos de la defensa y de la acusacion. El contenido de estas conversaciones no se ha desvelado hasta ahora, mas de cincuenta años despues.Robert Gellately -uno de los principales historiadores especializados en la Alemania nazi- nos ofrece en este libro treinta y tres de estas entrevistas (cuidadosamente transcritas, editadas y anotadas) con soldados y algunos de los oficiales nazis de mayor graduacion encarcelados en Nuremberg, entre los que se encuentran Hans Frank, Hermann Goring, Ernest Kaltenbrunner y Joachim von Ribbentrop.Como entrevistador, Goldensohn era especialmente astuto y, en cada una de las conversaciones, logro extraer las motivaciones y la desviacion moral que llevo a estos hombres a planear y cometer tan diabolicos crimenes. Nos presenta a unos soldados y oficiales que se debaten entre la admision y la negacion de los hechos, bien acusando a sus superiores o considerando que actuaron correctamente en todo momento.Gracias a la informacion biografica y las notas con las que Gellately ha completado cada entrevista, esta obra aporta informacion imprescindible para comprender la mentalidad y la mision de una ideologia enloquecida.

En esta exhaustiva biografía de Hebe de Bonafini, Ulises Gorini da cuerpo a la transformación de una mujer común en una protagonista imprescindible de la historia argentina. De la infancia humilde dentro de una familia obrera en El Dique, localidad cercana a La Plata, a la maternidad atravesada por la desaparicion de sus hijos bajo la dictadura; de los habeas corpus ignorados a las marchas en la Plaza de Mayo; de la primera vez que se animo a hablar en publico a los viajes que convirtieron la lucha en bandera internacional. Hebe nunca se detuvo: aprendio a descifrar el mundo mientras lo enfrentaba, transformando el dolor en accion colectiva. Esta biografia muestra a la Hebe que eligio no callar nunca: la que se planto frente a la represion, la que convirtio la maternidad en politica, la que dio su voz a los que ya no podian hablar. Una Hebe impetuosa y discutida: capaz de intuiciones fulgurantes y tropiezos rotundos, siempre a todo o nada; que incomodo a gobiernos, desafio a los poderosos y no pidio permiso para decir lo que pensaba. Ulises Gorini, el mayor estudioso e investigador de la historia de las Madres de Plaza de Mayo, reconstruye con rigor y pasion esa vida marcada por la rebeldia y la obstinacion. A partir de una profunda investigacion, consulta de archivos, numerosos testimonios y la palabra de la propia Hebe, a quien entrevisto durante años, Gorini construye esta biografia definitiva de la mujer que fue el simbolo y la cara mas iconica de la lucha de las Madres. No esquiva las polemicas ni las contradicciones, porque la potencia de Hebe tambien estuvo alli: en su decision de tensar, de abrir caminos, de hacer politica sin concesiones. La despedida, con sus cenizas en la Plaza y duelo nacional, sello lo que ya era cierto: Hebe de Bonafini se convirtio en simbolo de una Argentina desgarrada y desgarrante que no cesa de buscar su destino y luchar por una profunda transformacion social.

? Sevilla no es solo un lugar, es un enigma renovado en cada mirada que nunca se deja atrapar del todo. ¿Se trata de una ciudad real o de un decorado de sueños? Punto de llegada, partida y encuentro a lo largo de los siglos, morada de distintas civilizaciones y culturas, Sevilla es una fuente inagotable de leyendas, historia y personajes memorables. La escritora sevillana Eva Diaz Perez se ha propuesto abordarla en una biografia literaria, historica, cultural y critica. Los sentidos, la memoria, las curiosidades y anecdotas, los grandes hechos y los pequeños, nada se ha dejado al margen en el retrato de una ciudad mitificada y exaltada, pero tambien victima de lugares comunes y juicios parciales. Desde los ecos del mitico lago Ligustino hasta la Sevilla de los Descubrimientos, de los alminares andalusies a los palacios barrocos y de los poetas del 27 a la ciudad contemporanea bienvenidos al encuentro del esplendor y la miseria, lo oficial y lo transgresor, lo sagrado y lo profano. Un relato sensible y evocador que desentraña las sucesivas capas de un ente casi vivo, donde guerreros, reinas, herejes, santas o poetas vivieron y le dieron aliento a un mito universal. ?

Como historiador, Polibio puede mirar frente a frente a los grandes autores griegos clásicos, y está muy por encima de cualquiera de sus contemporáneos del siglo II a. C. Comprendió como nadie el glorioso futuro que le esperaba a Roma y tanto su tecnica narrativa, alejada de artificios innecesarios, como su metodo historiografico convierten sus Historias en una obra clave para la evolucion del genero. Gredos pone a disposicion de los lectores la unica traduccion moderna completa de la obra conservada de Polibio. En este primer volumen, ademas de una introduccion general que contextualiza al autor, estan reunidos los cuatro primeros libros de Historias, que comienzan con la Primera Guerra Punica.

During the Second World War, two young Irishmen served in the armed forces of Nazi Germany, swearing the oath of the Waffen-SS and wearing the organisations uniform and even its distinctive blood group tattoo.Ironically these young men had originally joined an Irish regiment of the British army, and but for a twist of fate would have ended up fighting against the Germans. Instead, the pair were recruited to the German special forces after they were captured on the island of Jersey.Under the command of Otto Skorzeny, the man who rescued Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from a mountain top prison, they were involved in some of the most ferocious fighting of the war in the last days of the Third Reich.This account, which also covers some of the other Irishmen who sided with Nazi Germany, draws heavily on their own accounts and on state papers which have been released in recent years.

Introduction by Garret Fitzgerald. This book seeks to interpret the events of Easter Week 1916 as the central defining event of a long revolution in Irish history. The origins of the long revolution lie in the second half of the nineteenth century, and its legacy is still being played out in the first years of the twenty-first century. Acknowledged experts on specific topics seek to explore the layered domestic and international, political, legal and moral aspects of this uniquely influential and controversial event. Contributors are: Rory O Dwyer, Michael Wheatley, Brendan OShea and Gerry White, D.G. Boyce, Francis M. Carroll, Rosemary Cullen Owens, Jerome aan de Wiel, Adrian Hardiman, Keith Jeffery, Mary McAleese, Owen McGee, Seamus Murphy and Brian P. Murphy.

In 1919, Michael Collins conceived of a scheme to knock out the eyes and ears of the British Administration at Dublin Castle by undermining and terrorising the police so that the British would react blindly and drive the Irish people to support of the Irish Republican Army. The Bureau of Military History interviewed those involved in this scheme in the early 1950s with the assurance that the material would not be published in their lifetimes. A few of the contributions were made available by the families of those involved, but the bulk of them have only recently been released. This is the first book to make use of those interviews. It makes fascinating, almost unique reading, because they contain first-hand descriptions in which men speak candidly of their involvement in killing selected people at close range. As a result it throws a considerable amount of new light on the activities of the Squad and the intelligence operations of Michael Collins.

Pitkin presents the fascinating and engaging story of everyday life in and around castles from 1066 to the 1400s.Alongside the Church, the stone castle was one of the enduring symbols of medieval life. To the poor, its intimidating walls represented the preordained social order. To many, the castle represented business, and the heights of ambition. And to the rich it represented fun and frivolity in the form of feasting, chivalry and games.The guide uncovers the complexities of life in and around such settlements: the family, the workers, the food, the wars and the entertainment.Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage and travel, particularly the other books in the Life in series: Medieval England, Tudor England, Stuart England, Georgian England and Victorian Britain.

This Pitkin guide uncovers the fascinating lives of medieval monks in Britain.The golden age of the monastery in Britain was between the Norman Conquest (1066) and the dissolution of the monasteries (1536-40). The monks were secluded in the great monasteries, freed from the temptations and distractions of the fallen world and governed by the triple vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Yet they contributed to the societies of their time to such an extent that they can be proclaimed pillars of the medieval economy. This guide explores how this happened, and how the daily lives of the monks influenced great social and political changes across the country.Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage and travel, particularly the other books in the Life in series: Medieval England, Tudor England, Stuart England, Georgian England and Victorian Britain.

Pomp, pageantry, power and prestige are just a few of the words to sum up the history and vibrancy of the City of London.Beyond its fame as the financial heart of London, this new guidebook explores the Square Mile of London revealing the secrets hidden in its rich treasure trove. Neither square nor a square mile, the City of London seems to lie beyond the limits of logic.From St Pauls, Wrens Masterpiece to the Barbican, Europes largest centre for Arts, the City of London is a compelling blend of diverse visitor attractions waiting to be explored. Whether you pop into the Old Bailey, the scene of many a courtroom drama, amble through Lincoln Inn Fields or drool over the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London there is never a dull moment in the City...Learn why the Bank of England is known as the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street and the importance of Mansion House, home to the Right Honorable The Lord Mayor of London and looks at the traditions behind the Lord Mayors Show.

After becoming king in 1199, resentment grew and grew at the inept way John dealt with financial issues until matters came to a head with his barons.John lost his military campaigns; he was corrupt, indulged in blackmail, and manipulated the justice system more than any other king. He was a womaniser and rumours of ruthlessness surrounded him. The author provides fascinating insights into Johns rule, which ultimately leads to the story of Magna Carta. Magna Carta placed huge impositions on the king; now he could no longer rule arbitrarily but only in accordance with the law of the land. The impact of this precedence remains with us today.From the charters clauses that focussed on more mundane matters to a whole range of references to feudal issues, this guide is a perfect introduction to the incompetent rule of King John and his legacy that is Magna Carta. Calls to standardise measures of wine, ale and corn follow the collapse of empire, bound together in this informative guide complete with full-colour illustrations and contempoaray artworks.

This fascinating book looks at a typical day in a big house, the relationship between the master and mistress and their valet and maid; the children and their servants; the various departments inside and outside a big house; the London season and country house weekends. Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage and travel.

Nature artist Jane Smith has been fascinated by wildlife communities and ecosystems her whole adult life. Starting from her own garden in Argyll, she travels to ten locations in the west of Scotland - from the towering cliffs of St Kilda and the peatlands of Lewis to the Solway estuary and the urban sprawl of Glasgow - to explore the interaction of people and wildlife in a variety of diverse settings. On her journey she discovers a number of communities who are taking on the job of regenerating their own landscapes and meets a host of fascinating people whose lives are inextricably bound up with questions of sustainability, conservation and landownership. Contents Includes: Western Isles (peatlands) * North Uist (machair) * Islay (farmland) * Loch Arkaig (woodland) * Knapdale (wetland) * Dumfries and Galloway (river and estuary) * Jura (coast) * St Kilda archipelago (sea) * Glasgow (urban landscapes) *Eigg (community ownership)

Through most of eight hundred years, Somerled of Argyll has been variously denounced as an intractable rebel against his rightful king and esteemed as the honoured ancestor of the later medieval Lord of the Isles, but he can be recognised now as a much more complex figure of major prominence in twelfth-century Scotland and of truly landmark significance in the long history of the Gael. In this book individual chapters investigate his emergence in the forefront of the Gaelic-Norse aristocracy of the western seaboard, his part in Gaeldoms challenge to the Canmore kings of Scots, his war on the Manx king of the Isles, his importance for the church on Iona, and his extraordinary invasion of the Clyde which was cut short by his violent death at Renfrew in 1164. Perhaps most impressive is the books demonstration of how almost everything that is known of or has been claimed for Somerled reflects the same characteristic fusion of Norse and Celt which binds the cultural roots of Gaeldom. It is this recognition which has led its author to his proposal of Somerleds wider historical importance as the personality who most represents the first fully-fledged emergence of the medieval Celtic-Scandinavian cultural province from which is directly descended the Gaelic Scotland of today.

The brutal clearances which changed the face of much of rural Scotland in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are most often associated with the Highlands. However, one of the most dramatic conflicts between tenant and landowner took place on the small Orcadian island of Rousay. When members of the Royal Commission tasked with assessing the conditions of tenant crofters arrived there, the islands owner, General William Frederick Traill-Burroughs, threatened to evict any islander who gave evidence. As tension mounted, a gunboat arrived to keep the peace, and it was only the belated passing of the Crofters Act of 1886 and a special Act of Parliament directed specifically against the general that saved the islands. This is the dramatic story of these events. At the end of it, Burroughs, once lauded as a national hero who had seen military action in Crimea and India, emerges as a much more complex and human figure that history has previously painted him.