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¿Cómo puede un lugar significar que en realidad tenía otros ojos, pero que aún no los había descubierto? En Donde soy yo, la autora nos lleva en un viaje personal y apasionante que abarca poco más de tres décadas de conexión con un mágico rincón de Córdoba: Capilla del Monte. A través de sus propias vivencias, nos sumergimos en un mundo de experiencias únicas, proyectos inspiradores y sentimientos profundos. Aunque no se trata de una...

Terrence Steven Lake grew up black in Hamtramck, Michigan with friends of all different colors.While he could get along with everyone, he also spoke his mind. For instance, there was a white man at work from a totally different environment. The author told his co-worker that the white race as a whole had been the most violent race of people in the history of the world, explaining how the pharaohs came to Africa to enslave people to build pyramids...

The true story of the greatest pastoral landholder in modern history As a barely literate youth of thirteen, Sidney Kidman ran away from home and worked as an odd-job boy in a grog shanty in outback Australia. He went on to become the greatest pastoral landholder in modern history, acquiring a legendary reputation both at home and abroad as the Cattle King. Kidman was much more than a grazier. In addition, to his many successful business ventures...

I am now over 80 and a working silversmith. I tell the story of my early life at the end of the Second World War and its aftermath of shortages and rationing. I continue with the great difficulty I had with reading and writing leading to my disastrous failures at school and my first employment as a scientific assistant in the nuclear industry. During my first job my life changed in two major ways while working for the Atomic Energy Research Establishment....

Get the Summary of J. Reuben Appelman's While Idaho Slept in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "While Idaho Slept" recounts the chilling events surrounding the murders of four University of Idaho students in Moscow, Idaho. On a November evening in 2022, Kaylee Goncalves, Maddie Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin's lives were tragically cut short in a violent attack at their residence on King Road. The book details...

Stunning trade paperback edition of Grantlee Kieza's bestselling biography of Australia's greatest general It's December 1918 and the world war is over. General Sir John Monash attends a glittering banquet to dine with the King of England and the likes of Woodrow Wilson, Winston Churchill and Rudyard Kipling. Just four months earlier, the commander of the Australian Corps had been knighted in a battlefield, a long way from the streets of Melbourne...

For the first time, Bill Marsh's terrific collection of outback yarns centred on the Royal Flying Doctor Service are available in one bumper volume. the Royal Flying Doctor Service is a unique icon of Australian culture. Since its beginnings with the Reverend John Flynn in 1928, the RFDS has helped build our nation. the Flying Doctors, and the remote stations and communities that they serve, have become enduring symbols of what it means to be Australian....

Many young students go to college. For some they will major in the science of physics. It would prove a tough and challenging science. Here in this book, we will explore what its like to major in it and finding a life after gaining a physics degree.

Get the Summary of Ruth Franklin's Shirley Jackson A Rather Haunted Life in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life" by Ruth Franklin is a comprehensive biography that delves into the life and work of the acclaimed writer Shirley Jackson. Born into a well-to-do family, Jackson's upbringing was emotionally challenging, with her mother disapproving of her creative pursuits. Her early...

Vamos a brindar con un vaso vacío. Brindemos por nosotros, por lo que somos, seremos y también (aunque aún duele) por lo que hemos sido. Brindemos sin motivos, aunque el motivo mismo sea el vaso vacío. Brindemos por futuras alegrías, por grandezas y tonterías. Brindemos por ser más libres y más justos. Brindemos por las utopías y las mentiras piadosas. Brindemos hasta que caiga el miedo, la ira y la desesperanza. Brindemos porque desaparezca...