Resultados para "Invisible" en Biografías y memorias

Tres hombres y una montaña; tres hombres y una aventura imposible. Una expedición al Nepal más indómito, el de los horizontes más lejanos y los picos más remotos, con escaladas inverosímiles, descensos intrépidos, retos, riesgos, peligros y decisiones de vida o muerte.

Ocho investigaciones forenses que revelan cómo la ciencia del ADN ha devuelto justicia a víctimas de casos históricos de España. En La huella invisible, el genetista forense Antonio Alonso recorre con rigor y una profunda sensibilidad humana los hitos que marcaron el desarrollo de la...

Tres homes i una muntanya; tres homes i una aventura impossible. Una expedició al Nepal més indòmit, el dels horitzons més llunyans i els pics més remots, amb escalades inversemblants, descensos intrèpids, reptes, riscos, perills i decisions a vida o mort.

Invisible tells the story of the investigation into the missing person’s case of a Northern Arapaho woman named Jade Wagon who disappeared in January 2020.

On an island off the coast of Massachusetts, six miles across the cobalt blue Waters of the Nantucket Sound, there is a place where hope flourishes. The island is Martha’s Vineyard. The place is Camp Jabberwocky, a sleepover summer camp for people with a variety of disabilities.

From the age of four, Eve wandered through a maze of injustice, exploitation, and unthinkable parental betrayal. After escaping home at the age of 15, it disheartened Eve to find that her childhood was only the beginning of a road fraught with violent relationships. Come along on her journey of perseverance through intense psychotherapy as she learns it is possible to not only survive the aftereffects of deep childhood trauma, but also break the generational cycle for her own family.

Ralph was a brilliant, poor Jew from the East End. Edith, also Jewish from a bourgeois family in Central Europe, was a gifted pianist. They met as students in Paris in 1937 and were separated by the war. Their intimate, emotional, and sometimes humorous correspondence throughout the war led to marriage in 1945. Each bore scars. She, from escaping the Nazis, he from childhood tragedy. Overshadowing them both was a secret that burdened Ralph for most of his life.

Bestselling author Stephen L. Carter delves into his past and retrieves the inspiring story of his grandmother’s extraordinary life. She was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could...

A mediados de la década de los sesenta, tres jóvenes sacerdotes españoles, inconformes con el régimen franquista, sintieron que en España «no había nada que hacer». Optaron por unirse a los movimientos revolucionarios en América Latina. Trabajaron en parroquias de Bogotá y Cartagena...

In "Inside the Invisible Box–My Journey from Mars to a Rising Phoenix," Zan, a deeply private Black woman, bravely steps into the spotlight to share her powerful story. Through a blend of personal narrative and poetry, she explores the darkest moments of her life—trauma, sexual assault, an alcoholic father, and childhood pain. Yet, as she reveals these long-buried secrets, Zan embarks on a journey of healing, empowerment, and self-discovery.

The Wonders of the Invisible World was a book written by Cotton Mather and published in 1693. It was subtitled, Observations As well Historical as Theological, upon the Nature, the Number, and the Operations of the Devils. The book defended Mather’s role in the witch hunt conducted in Salem, Massachusetts. It espoused the belief that witchcraft was an evil magical power.

Jeremy Schreiber was on top of the world—athletic, newly married, successful. And then something went terribly wrong. In this moving memoir, he shares his journey after he received a terrifying diagnosis: ALS. As the devastating disease robbed him of movement and speech, he was abandoned by his wife and betrayed by a society that shuns people with disabilities. But it’s not all doom and gloom. He found love, support, and a powerful purpose. While fighting for his independence and then for his life, Jeremy gave his all to the ALS and disability communities. 

Featured in The Advocate, New York Times, Literary Hub, Autostraddle, and New York magazine's The Cut This is a vital exploration of the ways society overlooks—and fails—young women with disabilities and chronic illnesses Miriam’s doctor didn’t believe she had breast cancer. She did...

En El poder de lo invisible, Paula Moreno nos cuenta cómo una mujer de 28 años, afrocolombiana y sin apellidos tradicionales o aristocráticos estuvo a cargo del Ministerio de Cultura un hecho sin precedentes en la historia del país, con el ánimo de que sus vivencias puedan servir de inspiración y empoderamiento a los jóvenes colombianos, especialmente aquellos que por alguna razón se sientan en la periferia, por hacer parte de una minoría o por haber sido discriminados de alguna u otra forma.

WINNER OF THE 2024 BMO WINTERSET AWARD WINNER OF THE 2025 NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR NON-FICTION BOOK AWARD FINALIST FOR THE 2024 HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION The Globe and Mail’s Best Books of 2024 CBC Books’ Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2024 Riveting...

How do you learn to be a Black man in America? For young Black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Akai Gurley, and too many more. It means celebrating powerful moments of Black self-determination for LeBron James, Dave Chappelle, and Frank Ocean. In Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, Mychal Denzel Smith chronicles his own personal and political education during these tumultuous years.

El Libro de Eduardo ** es un conmovedor testimonio de fe, resiliencia y la búsqueda inquebrantable de propósito frente a la adversidad más profunda. A los 24 años, Eduardo Sáez se enfrentó a un diagnóstico devastador: la pérdida de su visión debido al glaucoma. Lo que para muchos sería el fin, para él se convirtió en el inicio de un viaje transformador, donde la oscuridad física dio paso a una visión espiritual más profunda. En estas páginas, Eduardo comparte su íntima batalla, desde la desesperación inicial hasta la milagrosa recuperación de su espíritu.

There happens to be certain parts of an individual’s life that they possess a soft spot for. Music had been the one thing in my life that I had always treasured and wanted to pursue. I have been engrossed in the different genres of music that have been introduced since the beginning, and I have wanted to be a musician since childhood. But fate had other plans when the circumstances of my life prevented me from pursuing a career in music. But he never let these trivial setbacks bring him down. Instead, he pursued his dream and started a recording studio of his own.

In this inspiring audiobook, Joanna shares her adventures to some of the most remote corners of the world while facing the added challenge of living with Crohn’s Disease. Her optimistic outlook shines throughout each chapter. Joanna’s travels include voluntary work and fundraising for a Crohn’s charity, with highlights such as trekking Machu Picchu, climbing the Three Peaks in Transylvania, building a house from banana leaves in Cambodia, and working with elephants in Thailand.

My deepest wish is that listening to this audiobook will inspire you to take a look at your human experience and see it for the beautiful, painful blessing that it is. Whether you face illness and pain or you want to build a scalable business, you have the power to do it, no matter what life throws at you, by doing it in your perfectly imperfect way, with your perfectly imperfect body and mind.