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Historiak izaten ditu bere protagonista handiak, liburuetan nabar-menduak, nahiz eta sarri esan ohi dugun gizon-emakume apalek eraiki zituztela piramideak, ez faraoiek. Nolanahi dela, izen ezagun eta potoloen ondoan, batzuetan izen xehe eta izaera xumeko andra-gizonek beren alea jartzen dute gertakarien katean, eta ale horrek, modu batera edo bestera, baldintzatu egiten du letra larriko Historia. Halako zerbait esan daiteke Pello Rubiori buruz. Baserritar bihurturiko sindikalista ohiak, 1999an, Txillarre bere baserrira gonbidatu zituen isilpean bere bi lagun, alderdi sozialistakoa bata eta ezker abertzalekoa bestea, berak otordua eman bitartean hizketan jar zitezen: presoez nahiz atentatuez, gatazkaz eta honen aterabideaz Bazkari baten ondotik beste bat etorri zen, eta solas etengabe horretatik, halako batean, bestelako foroak eta elkarrizketa-mahaiak sortu ziren: Loiolan, Genevan, Oslon Bortizkeria-egoeratik bake girora egitea posible zela erakutsi digute hemen jasotakoek; desberdin pentsatzen dutenen arteko akordioak sor litezkeela, eta baita gizaki soilenak ere asko dezakeela, horretarako borondatea eta kemena izanez gero. Pello Rubiok berak kontatu ditu urte hauetan guztietan gertatutakoak, Asier Ibaibarriagak eta Edurne San Martinek gidaturiko elkarrizketa bizi eta arinean, eta hitzatze bana erantsi dute urtetan Txillarreko bazkaltiar izandakoek: Jesus Egigurenek eta Arnaldo Otegik.

From actor comedian co creator of Marcel the Shell and New York Times bestselling author of Little Weirds Jenny Slate a wild soulful hilarious collection of genre bending essays depicting the journey into motherhood as you ve never seen it before What happened was this Jenny Slate was a human mammal who sniffed the air every morning hoping to find another person to love who would love her and in that period there was a deep dark loneliness that she had to face and befriend and then we are pleased to report that she did fall in love and in that period she was like chimes or a flock of clean breaths and her spine lying flat was the many colored planks on the xylophone but also she was rabid with fear of losing this love because of past injury And then what happened was that she became a wild pregnant mammal thing and then she exploded herself by having a whole baby blast through her vagina during a global plague and then she was expected to carry on like everything was normal but was this normal and had she or anything ever been normal Herein lies an account of this journey told in five phases Single True Love Pregnancy Baby and Ongoing through luminous laugh out loud funny unclassifiable essays that take the form of letters to a doctor dreams of

I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration PHILIP PULLMAN Entrancing a creative manifesto TELEGRAPH Mesmerising vibrating with life and curiosity OBSERVER

The most terrifying novel of the year from the internationally bestselling author of The Whisper Man available to pre order now You never forget the day you meet a serial killer Dan was just a teenager when he had a chance encounter with the elusive killer known only as the man made of smoke Nobody could blame him for being too scared to intervene for being too scared to save the latest victim for letting the killer vanish again Nobody except Dan himself Years later Dan has a successful career as a criminal psychiatrist unpicking the very darkest of human behaviour Because despite what he saw that day Dan knows there s no such thing as a monster But now his father John has gone missing And when Dan returns to the small island where he grew up he finds out that not long before his disappearance John had stumbled across a body As Dan begins to dig he finds unsettling links stretching all the way back to the man made of smoke Which means this might just be a chance to not only save his dad but to finally find redemption But what if he s been wrong about that day for all these years What if he was right to be scared Praise for Alex North As terrifying as a great horror novel as unpredictable as the best type of crime novel and

Estas memorias dan testimonio de que su vida no fue perfecta. Luchó por un mundo más justo e igualitario y se formó y puso su vida en juego para lograrlo. No quería que la clase obrera pasara por las necesidades que vivio su generacion y las que desde siglos vienen arrastrando los desheredados. La semilla apenas pudo germinar y dar fruto, pero, tras muchos años de olvido, vuelve a brotar en este libro. Seamos testigos sin arrogarnos la facultad, infecunda ya, de juzgar o sentenciar opiniones u obras de una persona que persiguio la libertad absoluta. Disfrutemos de un relato repleto de anecdotas y reflexiones que fluyen en un estilo muy cercano a la oralidad: es la rendicion de cuentas destinada a una hija; de una vida que, contra toda adversidad y autoridad, sale de la miseria y de la ignorancia gracias a un vigor y coraje intrinsecos. La peripecia vital de Jose Figueroa resucita la memoria de la derrota de las personas humildes, que durante tantos años fue invisibilizada y sepultada en el olvido, y representa la historia de la clase obrera en el siglo XX a traves de los ojos de un libertario que vive el fracaso de su proyecto social y tiene que claudicar a regañadientes ante el perpetuo dilema de la libertad o la salida personal. Salud a las que luchan por un mundo mas justo.

Este libro reúne seis estudios monográficos, precedidos por un magistral prólogo del profesor Valentín Vázquez de Prada, maestro insigne de historiadores, que fue quien en primer término estudió, alla por los años cincuenta y sesenta del siglo pasado, las miles de cartas de Amberes conservadas en el Archivo Simon Ruiz, abriendo el camino de numerosas investigaciones cuyos resultados bien conocen los estudiosos de la historia de la economia europea. A sus lineas, le siguen los articulos dedicados a las cartas dirigidas por Mondragon y su sobrino Alonso a Simon Ruiz, la heraldica y escudos de armas del linaje del Coronel, La vida y fama de don Cristobal en Flandes, sus ecos historicos aun vivos en la ciudad de Zierikzee en los Paises Bajos, la huella aun perenne de Mondragon en la ciudad de Amberes, y la reconstruccion ideal del panteon de los Castillo Mondragon a la luz de los estudios documentales aparecidos hasta el momento y de las obras de arte identificadas como pertenecientes a este desaparecido espacio.El catalogo reune una seleccion de obras relacionadas con ambos personajes y pertenecientes a las colecciones del museo, llegandose a reunir varias pinturas y obras historicas del legado patrimonial de Simon Ruiz, media docena de grabados originales de Mondragon y otros personajes coetaneos, junto con otros de vistas de ciudades flamencas, una docena de jetones alusivos a la Guerra de los Ochenta Años, la caja fuerte del hombre de negocios, etc.; a los que se han unido dos cuadros de personajes orantes, de gran formato y del siglo XVIII, que representan a Cristobal de Mondragon y a su bisnieto del mismo nombre, identificados como los dos retratos que formaron parte del panteon de los Castillo Mondragon, en la desaparecida iglesia medinense de la Santa Vera Cruz; la reconstruccion ideal del mausoleo se ofrece ahora en primicia. Del mismo modo, a la coleccion de obras expuestas se ha unido tambien, como obra destacada, la denominada espada de Cristobal de Mondragon, atribucion basada en la tradicion familiar que, tras los ultimos estudios realizados en el museo, se ve reafirmada con solidos argumentos.

Pre order the paperback now and discover the heartwarming first hand account of one of the most celebrated partnerships in the history of British entertainment the 60 year marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales Timothy West and Prunella Scales were first and foremost actors Over seventy years they have delighted millions portraying a host of larger than life characters that the nation has taken to our hearts But their finest roles it turns out have always been as husband and wife in the extraordinary and enduring double act that is Tim and Pru In Pru and Me the late Timothy West charted the course of their lives from the years before they met treading the boards in the 50s to their secret courting marriage and settling in Wandsworth And then together as they established themselves at the heart of British theatre television and film over the next seventy years in some of the nation s favourite shows such as Fawlty Towers and Brass Crammed full of stories which are funny poignant jaw dropping and occasionally painful Pru and Me also vividly recounts the late blaze of glory that introduced the world to the real Tim and Pru via Great Canal Journeys Here the couple charmed the nation while at the same time charting Pru s ge

The story of an incredible friendship between one man and a wild robin and a beautiful celebration of Britain s favorite bird When a robin appears a loved one is near In 2019 Tony Putman was working as a gardener in Edenbridge Kent when he noticed a bold robin sitting on a branch of an old plum tree The robin glanced in his direction as he approached but he didn t move so Tony grabbed his camera and took a photo This would be the first of hundreds of photos that Tony would take of Bob the robin and the start of an extraordinary friendship that would last for years As Tony shared his pictures on his social media account Putman and Robin he witnessed an outpouring the love not just for Bob but for robins everywhere who populate our gardens with song and movement even on the direst winter days In this book Tony shares his touching journey with Bob and tells the story of our unwavering affection for these magnificent creatures This is an informative book about the life of a robin as well as a beautiful love letter to these spirited and lively birds who offer us a connection with nature a moment of contact and a great source of comfort and joy

As the autumn nights draw in join Polly Atkin in a nocturnal love song to the owls that surround her Lake District home a stunning meditation on learning to listen in a world full of noise

A beloved Japanese modern classic about our special connection with cats and how they can change our lives over the course of a lifetime Cat lovers prepare to weep The Times A cat classic Catherine Lacey Profoundly real and beautifully written Elif Batuman Aglow with incidental joys Rivka GalchenOn a cool summer evening in 1977 Mayumi Inaba hears a forlorn cry She follows the sound to the banks of Tokyo s Tamagawa River and finds a newborn kitten dangling from a fence abandoned Overcome by tender affection she takes the cat back to the small apartment she shares with her husband and christens her Mii so begins an unshakeable bond Over the next twenty years we follow Inaba a poet and novelist by moonlight as she pursues quiet solitude and a room of her own Through it all Mii a fiercely independent creature in her own right is her confidante and muse This beloved Japanese modern classic is not just a love letter to companionship it s a poignant searching meditation on the forces that enable us to connect to create and to build a life Reveals the profound respect and compassion that a friendship with an animal can inspire Sigrid Nunez New YorkerTranslated by Ginny Tapley Takemori Readers ADORE Mii A lovely little gem Gentle and enchanti

Pacy witty and authoritative Jonathan Freedland In her hands ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern world concern a powerful and important book Daily Telegraph

Una ventana privilegiada a los mecanismos del poder y la comunicación política en el Barroco español.Manuel Rivero Rodríguez nos sumerge en el mundo de la propaganda política del Barroco a través de tres biografias del conde duque de Olivares, encargadas y supervisadas por el propio valido para moldear su imagen publica durante el reinado de Felipe IV, y que evolucionan con la fortuna politica de su protagonista: desde los Fragmentos historicos de Juan Antonio de Vera y Zuñiga (1628), que presentan a un Olivares modesto y dialogante en sus primeros años de gobierno; pasando por el Retrato del privado cristiano politico de Virgilio Malvezzi (1635), que lo muestra como estadista ejemplar en tiempos de aparente exito; hasta el desesperado Nicandro (1643), ultimo intento por defender su reputacion tras los desastres de Cataluña y Portugal que precipitaron su caida.

La cara oculta, tras la larga sombra de Isabel, del reinado que reconfiguró el mapa político del mundo e inauguró el Renacimiento.En 1469, Isabel I de Castilla y Fernando II de Aragón contrajeron ma

Se puede decir, sin razón, que este es un libro viejo y superado. Publicado originariamente en 1944, esta biografía histórica de Alejandro Magno escrita por el profesor Montero Díaz aún conserva el atractivo de la particular forma de escribir del autor, aunando el rigor historico con un hermoso relato literario bien construido que nos ofrece, en pocas paginas, una sintesis de la vida prodigiosa de Alejandro, casi mitica por sus hazañas. El rey macedon fue modelo de inspiracion para los emperadores romanos. Su conquista del Oriente no fue solo para someterlo, sino que supuso abrir la puerta de la sabiduria oriental al mundo griego, y desde ahi al romano y al nuestro.

La Natàlia va lluitar contra la depressió a l’adolescència. Aquestes són reflexions que la van ajudar a avançar i a progressar, i n’explica anècdotes reals d’aquell període per extreure’n aprenentatg

¿Hasta dónde tiene que soportarun cuerpo para encajar?A los diecisiete años Candelaria encuentra una carpeta con sunombre. Dentro, está todo su historial de salud, la partida denacimiento de “Esteban

PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE SUBLIME A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 STUNNINGLY GOOD THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOKS 2024 COMPULSIVE A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 BRILLIANT A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A delicious grippingly paced tale of rogues riotous sex regicide and realpolitik INDEPENDENT BEST BOOKS FOR CHRISTMAS This is the page turner that Buckingham s short racy life deserves DAILY TELEGRAPH Vivid erudite and sympathetic The Scapegoat shows that Hughes Hallett s eye for the seamy realities of an extraordinary life is as sharp as ever THE TIMES Lord Buckingham rockets off the page of this gloriously epic seductively detailed biography OLIVIA LAING As King James I s favourite Buckingham was also his confidant gatekeeper right hand man and lover When Charles I succeeded his father he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor A dazzling figure on horseback and a skilful player of the political game Buckingham rapidly transformed the influence his beauty gave him into immense wealth and power He became one of the most flamboyant and enigmatic Englishmen at the heart of seventeenth century royal and political life With a novelist s touch

The instant Sunday Times bestseller The UK s bestselling medieval historian brings unforgettably to life the astonishing rise of Henry V who survived rebellion a near fatal arrow wound and a lengthy and precarious princely apprenticeship to become England s greatest warrior king A historian who writes as addictively as any page turning novelist Observer Henry V reigned over England for only nine years and four months and died at the age of just 35 but he looms over the landscape of the late Middle Ages and beyond The victor of Agincourt was a model king for his successors Shakespeare s version of Henry V saw his youthful folly redirected to sober statesmanship and in the dark days of World War II Henry s victories in France were recounted in British propaganda Churchill called Henry a gleam of splendour in the dark troubled story of medieval England while for one modern medievalist Henry was quite simply the greatest man who ever ruled England For Dan Jones Henry is one of the most intriguing characters in all medieval history but one of the hardest to pin down He was a hardened sometimes brutal warrior yet he was also creative and artistic with a bookish temperament He was a leader who made many mistakes who misjudged his friends and

Absolute heaven Jilly CooperA hilarious and heartfelt year following one woman and her puppy from chaos and tears to healing and new beginnings It s a love story but not as you know it Raising a puppy is simple feed them walk them love them Right Wrong Armed with Pinterest perfect plans and firm ideas about training Sophia brings Dennis a scruffy and defiant Parson terrier into her life But just as the puppy pads hit the floor the rest of her world falls apart Suddenly single and quietly unravelling Sophia finds herself solo parenting a tiny gleeful agent of chaos who devours foam earplugs destroys her shoes and has an alarming taste for spiders He s also the only thing keeping her afloat As the months roll by in a haze of dodgy first dates sleepless nights and meltdowns in the park Sophia begins to make sense of it all the grief of a life that didn t go to plan the weirdness of being single in your late thirties and the surprising ways love shows up when you least expect it By the end of their first year together Dennis hasn t just wrecked the furniture he s quietly rebuilt her life For anyone who s ever been through shattering heartbreak this is a story of quiet resilience unpredictable joy and the quiet wonder of a small body curle

YOUR ULTIMATE LIFESTYLE GUIDE TO THE MOST ENDURING OF ALL SUBCULTURES FROM A VOGUE BEAUTY EDITOR There s a bit of goth in us all KATE MOSS A celebration of the darkness ANJELICA HUSTON Amidst the waking nightmares of our times the melancholy of goth soothes our morbid anxieties Influencing pop culture at every juncture fashion art music film the Kardashians what was once mysterious is now mainstream This is a grimoire for the modern goth whether seasoned or aspiring as you navigate the pentagram of life in style Cradled within these pages lie the secret lives of undead icons throughout the ages including godmother of goth Siouxsie Sioux To illuminate the darkness further you ll hear from notable goths and goth coded figures such as Christina Ricci on what films to watch clothes to don music to wallow in and books to take with you to the grave AS SEEN ON RITA ORA S INSTAGRAM