Resultados para "Georges" en Biografías y memorias

Este clásico intemporal, elogiado por millones de personas, ofrece las claves para conseguir todo lo que deseas. Se trata del libro más revelador jamás escrito sobre el secreto para alcanzar la riqueza personal.

In December 2000, Derwin Brown, the newly elected sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia, was ambushed and murdered in his own driveway just days before taking office. He had run on reform—promising to clean up corruption and restore integrity to the sheriff’s department—defeating the powerful incumbent in a bitter runoff. The case fell to J.Tom Morgan, then the county’s elected District Attorney.

El documentalista Diego Morales acompaña a Michael en su investigación sobre la vida oculta de su padre. Mientras intentan descifrar las verdades y los mitos del secuestro del Lunik, descubren que la huella de Winston Scott en el país es mucho más profunda de lo que imaginaban.

Legendary short story writer George Saunders joins Robin Morgan in the Audible Studios to talk about his long-awaited first novel, Lincoln in the Bardo. George has won decades of acclaim for his short-story collections (1996's CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, 2013's Tenth of December) that amplify the intricacies of American culture via the surreal and fantastical. He's a longtime contributor to The New Yorker and GQ and a professor at Syracuse.

Cuando la fortaleza mental te impulsa a ganar cualquier batalla: la emocionante historia de Inga, madre de Illia Topuria. La conmovedora biografía de Inga es un alegato antibélico y un canto de esperanza para los que lo ven todo perdido. «Cuando subo una montaña, sé que nunca voy a mirar...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. PATTON: Biografía y guía definitiva del general más audaz de la Segunda Guerra Mundial reconstruye la vida de George S. Patton, desde su infancia en California y su formación en West Point hasta su muerte en 1945 1945 y el legado que dejó en la...

A collection of Jackson's letters from prison, Soledad Brother is an outspoken condemnation of the racism of white America and a powerful appraisal of the prison system that failed to break his spirit but eventually took his life. Jackson's letters make palpable the intense feelings of anger and rebellion that filled Black men in America's prisons in the 1960s. But even removed from the social and political firestorms of the 1960s, Jackson's story still resonates for its portrait of a man taking a stand even while locked down.

En esta autobiografía novelada, la joven Juana nos cuenta los sucesos que marcaron su vida. No estaba previsto que la infanta reinara. No la educaron ni la dotaron de recursos para el gobierno. Pero le tocó el trono. Acompañada por un marido volátil y vigilada por cortesanos de dudosa...

El crítico más seguido y temido del cine español nos cuenta su vida sin tapujos. Carlos Boyero es una de las figuras más seguidas y temidas del cine español. La polémica le persigue desde que hace más de cincuenta años publicara su primer artículo y, desde entonces, nunca ha dejado de...

Con motivo del centenario, publicamos la biografía coral del inmortal novelista y periodista, adalid del famoseo y azote de la aristocracia mundial:...

A coleção A Mensagem Espiritual dedica-se a explorar o legado de grandes personalidades que transformaram vidas e expandiram a consciência humana sob uma perspectiva espiritual. Cada volume propõe uma jornada pelos ensinamentos daqueles que deixaram marcas indeléveis na história da humanidade. Neste volume, olharemos para a história de Divaldo Franco, uma das mais expressivas vozes do espiritismo contemporâneo.

"To begin with I was in love and I am in love so that's not hard," Barbara Bush told her granddaughter Ellie LeBlond Sosa on her porch in Kennebunkport, Maine. Sosa had asked for the secret to her and President George H.W. Bush's seventy-seven-year love affair that withstood World War II...

George Walton Lucas Jr., más conocido como George Lucas, es el padre de uno de los mayores y más célebres universos cinematográficos de la historia: The Star Wars. Este mundo de fantasía y ciencia ficción nació como fruto de la confianza inquebrantable del joven guionista y director George Lucas en esta ópera espacial. A pesar del difícil recorrido que tuvo que hacer hasta las salas de cine, la película fue todo un éxito y ganó seis premios de la Academia.

This audiobook includes unabridged recordings of all George Orwell's greatest non-fiction: three full-length books, a collection of his most well-renowned essays and the complete collection of his poetry.

23 de abril de 1521, Villalar. El ejército del emperador Carlos V derrota a las tropas de los comuneros castellanos dirigidos por Juan de Padilla, Juan Bravo y Francisco Maldonado. Los tres son ejecutados sin piedad en el cadalso a la mañana siguiente. De esta forma, los imperiales terminan...

Experience the unyielding truth of George Orwell, the 20th century’s premier political conscience. Listening to this essential essay collection offers a masterclass in critical thinking, serving as the ultimate antidote to modern spin, doublespeak, and manufactured narratives. Politics and the...

When civil war broke out in Spain in 1936, Orwell, like many other European socialists, was quick to join the fight against fascism. And so, in December that year, he found himself in Catalonia with a 40-year-old rifle, no helmet, uniform, maps or tools, and a platoon of near children under his command.

The Oxford Handbook of George Orwell offers a wide-ranging reconsideration of Orwell's life and work, focusing on the extensive connections between his novels, essays, diaries, columns, letters, and reviews. Sections on Orwell's professional activities, his main literary influences, his politics, his intellectual fixations, his literary contemporaries, and his legacies structure the book, which moves thematically and topically through the full scope of his output.

George Michael was an extravagantly gifted, openhearted soul singer whose work was both pained and smolderingly erotic. He was a songwriter of true craft and substance, and his music swept the world, starting in the mid-1980s. His fabricated image—that of a hypermacho sex god—loomed large in the pop culture of his day. It also hid—for a time—the secret he fought against revealing: Michael was gay. George Michael: A Life explores the compelling story of a superstar whose struggles, as well as his songs, continue to touch fans all over the world.

Nel 1936 scoppia in Spagna la Guerra civile. Orwell arriva a Barcellona con l'intenzione di scrivere reportage per i lettori inglesi, ma la situazione è talmente esaltante che decide di unirsi ai combattimenti. Sul fronte può contare solo su un fucile del 1896. In compenso lo sostiene uno straordinario amore per le persone e le idee per cui sta combattendo. Omaggio alla Catalogna è il diario di quei mesi che Orwell scrisse appena tornato in Inghilterra.