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Uma longa história que nos leva dos antigos lusitanos à crise da dívida soberana dos anos 2010, das margens do Minho ao longínquo Timor.Portugal é um país singular. Pequeno retângulo de terra, com de

Engaging, absorbing and crammed with marvellous stories, Finding Endurance is a tale about exploring the cold, told with much warmth.MICK HERRONBeautiful, thrilling, heroic and kind, a ripping yarnCLAIRE ROBERTSON, AUTHOR OF THE SPIRAL HOUSETender, heartfelt and lyricalPETINA GAPPAH, AUTHOR OF OUT OF DARKNESS, SHINING LIGHTAn exhilarating readHENRIETTA ROSE-INNES, AUTHOR OF GREEN LIONSince the discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackletons ship Endurance on the bed of the Antarctic ocean, the world has been enthralled anew by one of the greatest stories of all time.Acclaimed South African writer Darrel Bristow-Bovey, himself a Shackleton aficionado, revisits this dramatic event, which managed to sweep the tide of anger and rancour off the timelines and front pages of the world. He asks how so many ordinary people, who dont know a nunatak from a barquentine, were so moved at the finding of a small wooden ship once sailed by a half-forgotten Irishman? In re-examining the story and its players, he presents new details and a new understanding of the courage and hardship of the Endurance voyage, and reminds us of how extraordinary humans can be. Not all is lost, and what has been lost can be regained: the ocean has given us something back.Whats more, we are reminded that miracles still happen: human miracles, performed by flawed people in helpless situations.

People are drawn to the harbours and boats of Scotland whether they have a seafaring background or not. Why do boats take on different shapes as you follow the complex shorelines of islands and mainland? And why do the sails they carry appear to be so many shapes and sizes? Then there are rowing craft or power-driven vessels which can also be considered classics, whether they were built for work or leisure. As he traces the iconic forms of a selection of the boats of Scotland, Ian Stephen outlines the purposes of craft, past and present, to help gain a true understanding of this vital part of our culture. Sea conditions likely to be met and coastal geography are other factors behind the designs of a wide variety of craft. Stories go with boats. The vessels are not seen as bare artefacts without their own soul but more like living things. A writer uniquely attuned to the water, and to the relationships each boat shares with the places it shaped, his stories restore past sea roads and river routes to life - David Gange, author of The Frayed Atlantic Edge

Peter Scott was a remarkable man who led an extraordinary life. Writer, artist, broadcaster, conservationist, sportsman, in any one of his chosen fields he would have been remembered as someone who made a difference. That he excelled in all of these is perhaps the main reason why his life remains an inspiration to others more than thirty years after his death. To his chosen fields, Peter brought a restless energy, boundless enthusiasm, integrity and determination to succeed.This new biography charts his life, from the young boy who grew up in the shadow of the tragic death of his famous father to the co-founder of the World Wildlife Fund and a major international figure in wildlife conservation. Along the way he became a passionate wildfowler, an internationally renowned artist, Olympic medal winner, wartime hero, British national glider champion and popular broadcaster who was heavily involved in the development of natural history programmes at the BBC. The book draws in part upon previously unpublished letters and papers discovered in his home during preparations to open it to the public, and casts a new light on some of the events that helped change a passionate hunter of wild geese into the most fervent champion for their survival.With the current crisis of global warming and the threat of mass extinction of wildlife across the globe, Peters story is a vivid reminder of the challenges we face and of what we stand to lose.

Tracing family history has become increasingly popular over the last few decades and the availability of many records online means that those fortunate enough to have Scottish ancestors can easily access many of the sources they need to build their family tree. However, as research progresses, most family historians will eventually hit the dreaded brick wall and find themselves unable to proceed further. This book provides a wealth of information, advice and techniques to help solve these genealogy problems and gives family historians the tools they need to track down even the most elusive forebears. Contents include: sources for Scottish family history research, both traditional archives and online resources; techniques for searching and interpreting genealogical records; planning and recording research and, finally, common genealogy problems and their solutions.

Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, de Paris a Estalinegrado, os nazis pilharam toda a espécie de peças de arte e antiguidades. Prevendo a invasão da Alemanha nazi pelos Aliados, Heinrich Himmler orden

Passados cerca de dez séculos desde o seu apogeu na região da Escandinávia, os vikings tornaram-se uma constante no imaginário ocidental contemporâneo. O Dicionário de História e Cultura da Era Vikin

A magisterial and sweeping history of modern Africa.The end of the Second World War signalled the rapid end of the European African empires. In 1945, only four African countries were independent; by 1963, thirty African states created the Organization of African Unity. Despite formidable problems, the 1960s were a time of optimism as Africans enjoyed their new independence, witnessed increases in prosperity and prepared to tackle their political and economic problems in their own way. By the 1990s, however, the high hopes of the 1960s had been dashed. Dictatorship by strongmen, corruption, civil wars and genocide, widespread poverty and the interventions and manipulations of the major powers had all relegated Africa to the position of an aid basket case, with some of the worlds poorest and least-developed nations. By exploring developments over the last fifteen years, including the impact of China, new IT technology and the Arab Spring, the rise of Nigeria as Africas leading country and the recent refugee crisis, Guy Arnold brings his landmark history of modern Africa up to date and provides a fresh and insightful perspective on this troubled and misunderstood continent.

This book traces the history of relations between the kingdom of Strathclyde and Anglo-Saxon England in the Viking period of the ninth to eleventh centuries AD. It puts the spotlight on the North Britons or Cumbrians, an ancient people whose kings ruled from a power-base at Govan on the western side of present-day Glasgow. In the tenth century, these kings extended their rule southward from Clydesdale to the southern shore of the Solway Firth, bringing their language and culture to a region that had been in English hands for more than two hundred years. They played a key role in many of the great political events of the time, whether leading their armies in battle or forging treaties to preserve a fragile peace. Their extensive realm, which was also known as Cumbria, was eventually conquered by the Scots, but is still remembered today in the name of an English county. How this county acquired the name of a long-vanished kingdom centred on the River Clyde is one of the topics covered in this book.It is part of a wider history that forms an important chapter in the story of how England and Scotland emerged from the early medieval period or Dark Ages as the countries we know today.

Rula Lenskas is an extraordinary life. Born in Britain to Polish aristocrats, refugees from the Nazis and then the Soviets, Rula found fame in the 1970s as Q in the TV series Rock Follies. Shortly afterwards, she accidentally conquered America with the infamous VO5 hair advert, prompting Johnny Carson to ask Who the hell is Rula Lenska? The world soon found out exactly who she was, as her career went on a rollercoaster ride through classic British television series such as Minder, To the Manor Born, The Detectives, Doctor Who, Casualty, Space: 1999 and, of course, Coronation Street. This came alongside a distinguished stage career, with stellar performances in The Vagina Monologues and Calendar Girls. But her success has often been tempered with heartache. The fanfare surrounding her celebrity marriage to Dennis Waterman quickly faded amid accusations of alcoholism and spousal abuse. And then there was her surreal stint on Celebrity Big Brother, which she calls sixteen days of madness... Now older and wiser, and elevated to the status of national treasure, Rula Lenska is ready to share her unbelievable story in full. And while weve all watched her life from the outside, no one has heard or seen Rula like this - unabashed, honest and thrilling.

Between May 1940 and the summer of 1941 the British people expected a German invasion that, had it succeeded, would have enslaved them into the Nazis racist war. This period saw an unparalleled effort to prepare the defence of the UK against invasion. Scotlands nationally important heavy industries, vital Royal Navy bases, and one of the UKs key ports, were very vulnerable to the sort of airborne attack that had devastated the defences of Belgium. Everyone was certain that a Fifth Column of Nazi sympathisers and agents was working actively to spread rumours and despair, and to aid the invasion forces, and in reality the country was far from united. Although the 1939 - 45 War is the most written-about war in history there is no account of the heroic efforts made in those months to prepare Scotland for the inevitable invasion, and how the defences were intended to be used. This book tells that story, against the wider history of the period and its people, and describes what was built, and what now survives.

Las historias de la Revolución francesa constituyen, por sí mismas, una verdadera Historia Contemporánea de Occidente. Analizar los hechos que fundaron el mundo de hoy alejándonos progresivamente de la sociedad del Antiguo Regimen ha servido a lo largo del tiempo para escribir la historia de cada presente desde sus multiples perspectivas politicas, vitales e intelectuales. Esto ha hecho que el estudio de la Revolucion francesa haya sido una lucha por sus interpretaciones porque contenia la disputa por los fundamentos del mundo actual. La Revolucion francesa. Doscientos años de combates por la historia de Antonino De Francesco ofrece la apasionante reconstruccion de esta batalla intelectual sostenida durante dos largos siglos por dotar de significado al hito fundacional de la contemporaneidad. Por sus paginas desfilan de Mme de Stael a Tocqueville, de Thiers a Lamartine, de Michelet a Carlyle, de Mathiez a Furet, sin olvidar a Cobban, Lefebvre, Soboul, Hunt, Vovelle, y otros muchos historiadores fundamentales de la historiografia contemporanea.

El título de la obra procede de El antimonio, un relato del escritor siciliano Leonardo Sciascia que apareció en la segunda edición de su libro Los tíos de Sicilia, publicada en 1960. En dicho relato se describe de forma sintetica y lirica el cerco de Madrid por los fascistas italianos en 1937. El estudio de la novela de Sciascia se completa con el examen de otros testimonios sobre la guerra civil española, en particular las narraciones de autores como Antonio Tabucchi, Carlo Lucarelli, Bruno Arpaia y Fabrizia Ramondino.

Esta obra inicia con dos constituciones que desde luego no son mexicanas pero que, por lo menos formalmente, tuvieron vigencia en nuestro país: la de Bayona y la de Cádiz. Luego, aunque carecieron de aplicacion real, veremos las emitidas durante la lucha por la Independencia, que nos señalan el camino de los fundadores de la Republica. Para continuar con este recorrido historico se tratan las leyes fundamentales que hicieron posible el nacimiento de nuestra Nacion y aquellas que definieron el Estado y su contenido. Finalmente, el libro cierra con el estudio de la Constitucion de 1917, que actualmente nos rige, y con una mirada a los mas de noventa años de reformas que ha vivido este texto constitucional.

Denne bog skildrer en r og rlig beretning om adoptionens skyggesider, en rejse, der skulle fre til tryghed og krlighed, men i stedet blev begyndelsen p en identitetskamp i et system, der gentagne gange svigtede. Forfatteren deler sin personlige oplevelse med adoptionens komplekse virkelighed og de udfordringer, der flger, nr et barn bliver revet op med rdderne og placeret i en fremmed kontekst, uden reelle redskaber til at forst eller navigere i den nye virkelighed.Bogen kaster lys over flelsen af at vre en handelsvare i et system, hvor konomiske og bureaukratiske interesser ofte overskygger barnets behov for stabilitet og autenticitet. Den undersger de langsigtede konsekvenser af en opvkst prget af omsorgssvigt, flelsesmssig splittelse og manglende anerkendelse af adopteredes ret til at kende deres biologiske ophav.Men bogen er ogs en fortlling om mod, selvindsigt og transformation. Den viser, hvordan selvvrd kan bygges op p trods af de ar, systemet efterlader, og hvordan man kan tage ansvar for sit eget liv og sin egen fortlling, uden at miste sig selv i processen.Bogen fungerer som et strkt oprb til bde beslutningstagere, fagpersoner og adoptivforldre. Adoption er ikke kun en lsning for barnlse, men en livsforandrende begivenhed, der krver langt strre opmrksomhed p barnets rettigheder, flelser og behov for forbindelse til sit ophav.

A partire da un ampio esame di fonti archivistiche largamente inedite e della storiografia su Milano e la Lombardia nel Novecento, il volume presenta la figura di Adele Bonolis (Milano, 14 agosto 1909 - 11 agosto 1980), della quale ricostruisce criticamente la formazione, la spiritualita e le opere sociali a cui ha dato vita nella seconda meta del Novecento. Il percorso di Adele Bonolis, nel quadro del cattolicesimo ambrosiano e delle molteplici realta assistenziali che hanno da sempre caratterizzato Milano, si sviluppa allinterno dellAzione cattolica e presso lUniversita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, ambienti in cui matura il progetto di fondazione di un istituto di donne consacrate nel mondo, le Aralde dellAmore, al quale la Bonolis intendeva dar vita mentre iniziava la sua esperienza di insegnamento nella scuola. Nelle opere da lei avviate a partire dagli anni Cinquanta, rivolte a situazioni di particolare fragilita soprattutto femminile nel campo della prostituzione, del carcere e del disagio psichico, adotta un originale metodo rieducativo, con un grande rilievo nel dibattito politico e culturale dellepoca. Allinizio degli anni Sessanta la Bonolis fonda infine lAssociazione Amicizia, per il sostegno delle sue iniziative e come comunita di perfezionamento interiore per gli aderenti.

L’Institut français est l’un des plus importants du réseau du ministère français des Affaires étrangères qui exerce, au nom de la France, « le pouvoir doux » de la culture. Dans cet ouvrage, le lecte

Jusqu’où peut-on aller pour assouvir sa passion d’enfance au sujet des stars du cinéma et du show-business ? À l’âge adulte, même si leur rencontre met des étoiles plein les yeux, la vie, dans sa bru

Durant une bonne partie de son enfance, Martial Alexandre Bossis a subi la pire des choses qui puissent arriver à un enfant. Il a dû surmonter cette étape et son lot de traumatisme jusqu’à ce qu’il s

Un accident a eu lieu le 20 mars 1993, en pleine nuit, sur une petite route de campagne. Le désigné conducteur, âgé de 18 ans, n’avait pas son permis et était dans l’incapacité de conduire la voiture