Resultados para "Planes" en Biografías y memorias

Desde pequeña supe que mi vida no iba a ser como la de los demás. La creatividad, el optimismo, el amor por mi trabajo, por los animales, la libertad y la curiosidad por aprender, ver y conocer, han sido mi verdadero motor. Todos los días aparecen oportunidades y hay miles de cosas por hacer. Siempre he tenido clarísimo que dentro de una vida hay muchas vidas. Y en la mía, como en la de todo el mundo, ha habido momentos en los que me he dejado llevar, otros en los que me he reinventado y otros en los que he arrasado.

Como bien saben sus miles de seguidores en redes sociales, Maye Musk es en sí misma una sincera y práctica fuente de consejos, y en este libro nos muestra cómo las decisiones que tomó en cada década pudieron dar resultados sorprendentes y emocionantes que transformaron su vida. En Una mujer, un plan Maye comparte las experiencias de toda una vida, transmitiendo un conocimiento ganado con el esfuerzo de toda una carrera.

Lynette Charity’s grit, grief, and gratitude will have readers rooting for this timeless memoir about growing up in the early ‘60s South and overcoming all the odds against her to become a doctor in a time when the idea of a Black woman physician was practically unheard of. At nine years old...

Life can change in a moment—especially when your child’s future becomes uncertain. Never the Plan is a deeply honest memoir about what happens when life takes you somewhere you never expected to go. Diagnosed with cerebral palsy as a child, Fleur Bryant learnt early to hide her struggles, believing strength meant pushing harder and proving herself through achievement, independence, and determination. From international sailing competitions to career success, she built a life around overcoming limitations and appearing capable. Then motherhood changed everything.

When Sea Stoltzner woke up in a county jail cell, he wasn't just confronted with the harsh reality of confinement—he was confronted with a mind he could no longer trust. Visions of fire tornadoes and cartoon figures were still vivid as the world around him insisted that they were symptoms of something deeply wrong. Sea was instantly labeled “crazy,” and told he wouldn’t survive prison. In his isolation, Sea learned to navigate a system built to punish rather than understand.

Life rarely follows the script we write for it. Twenty years after writing her first book, So Life's Not Going to Plan, Linda Ball returns with a fresh, honest, and deeply relatable collection of anecdotes for anyone who has ever felt like life has thrown them a curveball. From navigating...

Et af dansk musiks største navne taler ud INGEN PLAN B er fortællingen om en knægt fra Albertslund, der gjorde karriere uden faldskærm på den hårde side af gaden, inden han sparkede døren ind til pladebranchen, hitlisterne og luksuslivet i overhalingsbanen. Og levede han så lykkeligt...

Expansivo recuento de los diversos, creativos, frecuentemente extraños y sin embargo increíblemente inquietantes intentos de asesinar a Fidel Castro. Fabián Escalante, el fundador de los servicios de seguridad cubanos y jefe del Departamento de Seguridad del Estado Cubano provee un lúcido recuento en primera persona de sus experiencias defendiendo a Castro contra extraordinarios intentos de homicidio. 

While working together at a Los Angeles boutique, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor became fast and furious friends over the impossibility of finding the perfect T-shirt. Following their vision of comfortable, fitted T-shirts, they set up shop in Gela’s one-bedroom Hollywood apartment with $200 and one rule: Whatever they did, they both had to be obsessed by it. Pam and Gela eventually sold their company to Liz Claiborne for $50 million, but not before they created a whole new genre of casual clothing that came to define California cool.

Steffi ist lesbisch. Sie wünscht sich eine Familie – doch der Weg dorthin gestaltet sich schwerer als gedacht. Als sie endlich ihre große Liebe findet, scheint alles möglich. Doch das Schicksal hat andere Pläne. Dieses bewegende Hörbuch erzählt die wahre Geschichte einer Frau, die trotz Schmerz und Verlust nie aufgehört hat zu hoffen. Eine Geschichte über Liebe, Mut und den Glauben an einen neuen Anfang.

¿O acaso conocen ustedes a alguien que antes de los treinta años ya ha superado tres parálisis producto del síndrome de Guillain-Barré, un mes y medio de quimioterapia y una histerectomía radical?

Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people. Even though we all have heard that the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the odds of perishing in a plane crash, it still doesn't feel that way. Airplane crashes might be rare, but they do happen, and they’re usually fatal. David Soucie insists that most of these deaths could be prevented. He’s worked as a pilot, a mechanic, an FAA inspector, and an aviation executive. He’s seen death up close and personal - deaths of colleagues and friends that might have been prevented if he had approved certain safety measures in the aircrafts they were handling.

From humble beginnings in Waco, Larry “S1” Griffin Jr. has overcome incredible odds to work with some of the most iconic musicians of a generation: Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Madonna, and more! His principles of praying, focusing, planning, and executing have been at the forefront of his work. In 21 chapters, S1 tells stories of special moments of his journey and focuses even more on the challenging process that it took to get him to where he is today. Experience it, be inspired, and start achieving your dreams too!

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This written text was created using AI. “Holding the Line of Life” is a book about cycling — but even more, it is a book about balance. About how a simple activity like riding a bicycle can evolve into a lifelong system for physical health...

Washington, DC, was in the grips of a historic snowstorm on January 13, 1982 that gridlocked the city when Air Florida 90 crashes into a bridge jammed with traffic and plunges into the iced-over Potomac River. 6 people survive the crash, clinging to wreckage in the icy river as a Park Police helicopter risks a daring rescue in nearly whiteout conditions. As the rescue is taking place, DC’s Metro system suffers its first fatal derailment nearby, with dozens injured.

'The core is hope and belief. Find it. Nourish it. Build on it.' After nearly twenty-five years as a cop - riding high on the excitement, danger and stress of his work, feeling invincible - Craig Semple realised he could no longer outrun the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. The sudden...

She was 17 years old on a Christmas Eve flight 40 years ago to join her father for Christmas when the unimaginable happened. The Lockheed L-188A Electra, on the way from Lima to Pucallpa, flew directly into a thunderstorm. A strike of lightning left the plane incinerated and Juliane Diller (Koepcke) still strapped to her plane seat falling through the night air two miles above the Earth. Her survival is unexplainable and considered a modern-day miracle. Her mother was among the 91 dead and Juliane the sole survivor.

Brought to you by Penguin. The enthralling history of the iconic, world class Jumbo Jet, from former 747 pilot Scott Bateman Nothing like Boeing's 747 had ever been seen before. Everything about it was superlative. When it emerged from the Boeing factory in 1968, the sheer scale of the jet made...

In this first major biography of the new American pontiff, Editor of The American Spectator, chief academic fellow at the Institute for Faith & Freedom, professor of political science at Grove City College, historian and New York Times bestselling author of over twenty books, including A Pope and a President, The Divine Plan, and God and Ronald Reagan, Kengor delivers an engaging and gripping deep dive into the life and times of Robert Francis Prevost, whose election to the Chair of St. Peter on May 8, 2025, stunned the world.

At age 19, pilot Dale Black miraculously survived an airplane crash that killed the other two pilots on board. Hovering between life and death for three days, he had a breathtaking experience of heaven. Against all odds and with insurmountable injuries, Capt. Black recovered from his injuries and returned to fly airplanes as a professional pilot. For 40 years he kept the story to himself at the urging of his grandfather to "live" his experience rather than talk about it.