Biography & Memoirs
Brand: Obelisco
EAN: 9788491118770
The Dalai Lama
The first authorized biography of the Dalai Lama – an alternately inspiring and shocking story – of an acclaimed Tibetan scholar, with privileged access to the subject of his book. The Dalai Lama's message of peace and compassion resonates with people of all faiths and those of no faith. However, du..
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Brand: Edaf
EAN: 9788441442047
The World of Yesterday
These memoirs, written during his exile and following the news of the disaster caused by the Nazi regime, are both a recollection of the past and a warning for future generations, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of literary Vienna—its seeming permanence, its promise, and its devastatin..
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Brand: Urano World
EAN: 9781953027122
The Uncaged Sky
On September 12, 2018 British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert was arrested at Tehran Airport by Iran’s feared Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Convicted of espionage in a shadowy trial presided over by Iran’s most notorious judge, Dr Moore-Gilbert was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Incarcerat..
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Brand: Urano World
EAN: 9788415732594
Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors
After a childhood spent on Hollywood film sets, Meghan Markle fought hard for stardom. But even when she landed her breakthrough role on Suits, her dream of worldwide celebrity remained elusive until she met the man who would change her life—Prince Harry. Their whirlwind romance culminated with Megh..
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Brand: Anagrama
EAN: 9788433922250
Metaphysical Animals
Oxford, May 1, 1956. In the solemnity of the Bodleian Library, the university faculty has met to decide whether to grant an honoris causa to former United States President Harry S. Truman. One of the people present, the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, vehemently opposes it, because she believes that..
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Brand: Almuzara
EAN: 9788411311977
Carlos Andres Perez
This exhaustive and detailed book contains unpublished secrets and revelations about the life of the two-time president of Venezuela, a visionary statesman who sought to modernize the country's economy and political system and managed to defeat two military uprisings, but who ended up being the vict..
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Brand: Obelisco
EAN: 9788491113164
Nikola Tesla
The Earth could be illuminated with free electricity and without wires! Nikola Tesla knew how. The most important inventions for the development of humanity (electricity, radar, radio, etc.) as we know it today have a forgotten father, Nikola Tesla. Discover his fascinating life through thrilling an..
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Brand: Urano World
EAN: 9788415732037
Zealot
Named one of the best books of the year by Booklist and Publishers Weekly. Two thousand years ago a Jewish preacher gathered followers to establish the "Kingdom of God." His movement was so threatening that he was captured and executed. After his shameful death, his followers called him God. Zealot ..
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Brand: Urano World
EAN: 9788417694876
Between Two Kingdoms
At twenty-two, Suleika Jaouad had her whole life ahead of her, until cancer cut it short. Some time later, she became known in the United States for her column in the New York Times entitled "Life, Interrupted", in which she narrated in real time the shocking experience of her disease, an aggressive..
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Brand: Principal de los libros
EAN: 9788418216688
That Piece doesn't Fit
A conversation about creativity and talent with the leader of Love of Lesbian.
Thousands of people have sung Love of Lesbian songs in Spain and Latin America, but how did those songs come about? On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the formation of the band, Santi Balmes narrates in this conversation..
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Brand: Anagrama
EAN: 9788433908063
The Younger Sister
Silvina Ocampo is one of the most exquisite, talented figures of literature in Spanish. The meaning behind much of her work is a mystery; similarly, very little is known about her private life. In this book, Mariana Enriquez looks intensely at the life of someone that lived with the desire to remain..
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Brand: Almuzara
EAN: 9788418709517
The Intense Life
Zoé Valdés grew up in Havana back in the sixties, as a restless and sappy girl, between the deprivations and the iron control of the Castro dictatorship. At that time, she did not know that, a few years later, she would become the most famous Cuban writer of her time. But the yearning for freedom, a..
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