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Editor: National Geographic; Edición: 1st (13 de noviembre de 2018)ISBN-10: 1426219660 ISBN13: 978-1426219665 Peso: 1.6 lb.
Editor: Broadway Books; Edición: 1 (6 de mayo de 2003)ISBN-10: 0767908171 ISBN13: 978-0767908177 Peso: 2.1 lb.
Opiniones editoriales:Opinión:Over a year on The New York Times bestseller list"Monumental... powerfully intelligent... not just a masterful narrative... but also an authoritative and disturbing morality tale." — Chicago Tribune "Easily our fullest, richest, most panoramic history of the subject." — The New York Times Book Review"Hypnotizing, horrifying, energetic, lucid prose..." — Providence Observer"A sobering account of the 1918 flu epidemic, compelling and timely. — The Boston Globe"History brilliantly written... The Great Influenza is a masterpiece." — Baton Rouge Advocate Sobre el autor:John M. Barry is the author of four previous books: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America; Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports; The Transformed Cell: Unlocking the Mysteries of Cancer (cowritten with Steven Rosenberg); and The Ambition and the Power: A True Story of Washington. He lives in New Orleans and Washington, D.C.
Número de paginas: : 320 páginas Editor: Scribner; Edición: Reprint (4 de septiembre de 2018)ISBN-10: 150113079X ISBN13: 978-1501130793 Peso: 8.8 oz.
ISBN-10: 0062742469 ISBN13: 978-0062742469 Peso: 1 lb.
Editor: W. W. Norton & Company; Edición: Revised ed. (17 de julio de 2005)ISBN-10: 0393317552 ISBN13: 978-0393061314 Peso: 2 lb.
Hall’s story is a surprising one: she began her life in the United States with a mother who wished for the perfect debutante. Hall, however, was more comfortable studying languages, and found herself living abroad and working for the State Department when she lost half her leg in a hunting accident. This setback didn’t slow down Hall at all: she named her wooden prosthetic Cuthbert, drove ambulances in France, and was recruited by a recently formed SOE as a spy in occupied France. Hall posed as a newspaper reporter, enlisting civilians for the French Resistance and establishing an underground network of allies and becoming one of the most important spies during World War II. Purnell does an amazing job bringing Hall’s exploits to life and has crafted a gripping and cinematic biography for an unsung hero of wartime espionage. --Alison WalkerOpinión:Praise for A Woman of No Importance:"[An] excellent biography... if Virginia Hall herself remains something of an enigma — a testament, perhaps, to the skills that allowed her to live in the shadows for so long — the extraordinary facts of her life are brought onto the page here with a well-judged balance of empathy and fine detail. This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down" -- The New York Times Book Opinión:“[A] compelling saga of a remarkable woman whose persistence was honed early on by her battles against low gender expectations and later on by her disability.” – USA Today"A gripping take… a compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people — and a little resistance.” -- NPR.org“Never have I read anything like it. Every page is compelling and demands not just to be read, but absorbed. Every act reflects incredible bravery. This is what heroism looks like…Sonia Purnell has ensured Virginia Hall’s place in that great pantheon.” --FOX News"Electrifying" — Smithsonian.com“A fitting and moving tribute to an amazing woman.” – The Economist"Reads like a detailed novel… Purnell’s fascinating book supports her description of Hall’s life as a ‘Homeric tale of adventure, action, and seemingly unfathomable courage." — The Columbus Dispatch "Sonia Purnell has written a riveting account of Hall’s work as a ferociously courageous American spy… [she] writes with compelling energy and fine detail." — The Minneapolis Star-Tribune“Purnell’s writing is as precise and engaging as her research, and this book restores overdue attention to one of the world’s great war heroes. It’s a joy to read, and it will swell readers' hearts with pride.” — Booklist, Starred Opinión:“A groundbreaking biography that reads like a spy thriller…a suspenseful, heartbreaking and ultimately triumphant tale of heroism and sacrifice.” — BookPage, Starred Opinión:“Purnell vividly resurrects an underappreciated hero and delivers an enthralling story of wartime intrigue…fans of WWII history and women’s history will be riveted.” — Publishers Weekly“A remarkable chronicle...this lively examination…shows how, if Hall had been a man, dropping undercover in and out of occupied Vichy, Paris, and Lyon, setting up safe houses, and coordinating couriers for the Resistance, she would now be as famous as James Bond…Meticulous research results in a significant biography of a trailblazer who now has a CIA building named after her.” –Kirkus“Impressively researched and compellingly written, this brilliant biography puts Virginia Hall−and her prosthetic leg, Cuthbert−back where they belong : right in the heart of Resistance history.” — Clare Mulley, author of The Women Who Flew for Hitler: A True Story of Soaring Ambition and Searing Rivalry “In this astonishing, intriguing book, Sonia Purnell presents one of the most breathtaking stories yet told of female courage behind enemy lines. Its strength lies not only in Purnell’s intimate and moving portrayal of Virginia’s secret work, but also in the new light shed on the betrayal, bravery, and bungling of Churchill’s Special Operations Executive for which Virginia worked.” — Sarah Helm, author of Ravensbrück: Life and Death in Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women “What a fascinating story! Sonia Purnell skillfully takes you deep into the covert operations Virginia Hall led in Nazi-occupied France. Readers will find this tale of her cunning and courage riveting.” — Douglas Waller, author of Wild Bill Donovan: The Spymaster Who Created the OSS and Modern American EspionageSobre el autor:Sonia Purnell is a biographer and journalist who has worked at The Economist, The Telegraph, and The Sunday Times. Her book Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill (published as First Lady in the UK) was chosen as a book of the year by The Telegraph and The Independent, and was a finalist for the Plutarch Award. Her first book, Just Boris, was longlisted for the Orwell prize.
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Realiza tu compra en Pacifiko y recibe tu envío en cualquier dirección de Guatemala.En este libro Juan Pablo Scarfi analiza la construcción y el desarrollo de un discurso moderno sobre el derecho internacional en Estados Unidos y su impacto en América Latina entre comienzos del siglo xx y fines de la década de 1930. De este modo, presenta un ensayo de historia intelectual acerca de la construcción de una hegemonía en el continente americano a partir del examen de los orígenes, la naturaleza y el contenido de dicho discurso, así como también de su impacto en los círculos intelectuales y académicos latinoamericanos.
Casta de Campeón es un libro que recopila la historia del Club Deportivo Guastatoya en sus primeros ocho años en Liga Nacional, del Torneo Apertura 2014 al Clausura 2022, resaltando los logros que ha cosechado en tan poco tiempo en la máxima categoría del balompié guatemalteco y sus participaciones a nivel internacional; además, se incluye una reseña de los logros de la Categoría Especial y del estadio David Cordón Hichos. Un aspecto destacable de este libro es que se hicieron 25 entrevistas a jugadores y cuerpo técnico que han formado parte de la historia del club y dentro del libro se encuentran los accesos a los videos de dichas entrevistas. El libro Casta de Campeón presenta a lo largo de sus capítulos muchas fotografías que recuerdan los logros del club; también, recopila una gran cantidad de datos estadísticos del equipo en Liga Nacional. Contiene 36 capítulos, 395 páginas medio oficio, más de 300 fotografías, acceso a entrevistas realizadas a 25 jugadores y cuerpo técnico del equipo a través de códigos QR. Impreso en papel couché a full color.
Francisco J. Múgica. El presidente que no tuvimos es el recuento de la vida de un político y militar mexicano que participó en la Revolución Mexicana, desde sus inicios hasta el auge de Lázaro Cárdenas, y que terminó su vida en la oposición izquierdista al nuevo régimen del PRI, al lado del general Miguel Henríquez. Páginas 239 pp. ; 21 x 14 cm
A finales del siglo III a. C., Roma se encontraba al borde de la destrucción total, a punto de ser aniquilada por los ejercitos cartagineses al mando de uno de los mejores estrategas militares de todos los tiempos: Aníbal. Su alianza con Filipo V de Macedonia, que pretendía la aniquilación de Roma como Estado y el reparto del mundo conocido entre las potencias de Cartago y Macedonia, constituía una fuerza imparable que, de haber conseguido sus objetivos, habría determinado para siempre el devenir de Occidente.
El sueño de los justos es la tercera entrega -después de La guerra de los capinegros y de Los hijos del incienso y de la pólvora- del ciclo dedicado a Guatemala y a Centroamérica. En 1871 una revolución divide en dos, pasado y presente, la historia de Guatemala. El orden colonial se derrumba, la modernidad se abre paso a sangre y fuego y, en medio de tan brutal convulsión, dos jóvenes, Clara Valdés y Néstor Espinosa, se ven arrastrados a una insospechada odisea que cambiará sus vidas para siempre.
The Pillars of the Earth tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known...of Tom, the mason who becomes his architect - a man divided in his soul...of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame...and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state, and brother against brother.
