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Chetada: mi vida en videojuegos
by Karen MeadEn Chetada: mi vida en videojuegos, la escritora Karen L. Mead echa un vistazo a su larga historia videojueguil e intenta descubrir qué está pasando. ¿Cómo los recuerdos del tiempo gastado en mundos imaginarios se relacionan con nuestros recuerdos de sitios reales? ¿Es posible que los recuerdos de los juegos sean de alguna forma más genuinos que los recuerdos de sitios reales, y si lo son, por qué? Mead mira a los increíblemente populares videojuegos que definieron una era, como Super Mario Bros., Final Fantasy VII y Starcraft, entre otros, para ver cómo estos juegos se convirtieron tanto en una parte de su vida como un escape de ella.
Chewing Gum in Holy Water: A Childhood in the Heart of Italy
by Mario ValentiniA warm, tender, and richly nostalgic look at growing up in a remote village in a postwar Italy on the brink of modernity.
Chewing the Cud
by Dick King-SmithA candid and very funny memoir from beloved children's book author Dick King-Smith.Before he was a children's book author, Dick King-Smith was a soldier, a farmer, a salesman, a factory worker, and a teacher. But he was always a devoted family man who loved the countryside he lived in and the animals he kept. In this insightful memoir, Dick King-Smith recounts the joys and failures of his life with equal humor and candor. And he remembers a delightful cast of animal characters-from Anna, the dachshund who turned out to be just stubborn, not deaf, to the 600-pound pig Monty, who liked to be scratched on top of his head, to Wilhelmina, a pet badger who was fond of love bites. As readers delight in recognizing the inspiration behind many of Dick King-Smith's books, they'll also see how a collection of experiences made a man a writer.From the Hardcover edition.
Chewing the Cud
by Dick King-SmithDick's story begins with his apprenticeship on a farm before World War II, his war experiences and his childhood romance with the girl he later married. Then come the 14 years he spent on Woodlands Farm where the eccentric cast of animals and humans provided a wealth of material for his later writing. When the farm failed, Dick settled into teaching before blossoming into a writer in his 50s, and finding international fame with the release of the film "Babe".
Chewy: The Street Dog who Brought a Neighbourhood Together
by Bruce Klein"I really enjoyed Chewy – a book with a powerful and heart-warming message. In a world where old-fashioned notions like community, closeness and neighbourliness seem to have been lost, it is one of those unexpected stories that restore your faith in our collective nature. It also reminds us, once again, what an important role animals can play in our lives" - James Bowen, author of A Street Cat Named BobThe first time Bruce Klein caught sight of Chewy, this beautiful street dog captured his heart.Chewy had been a stray since he was a puppy. Sometimes he travelled with other street dogs, but more often he made his rounds alone. Bruce began to feed this timid St Bernard Cross, and he soon met other locals who looked out for Chewy too. The neighbours saw Chewy shivering in the winter rain, and knew it would only be a matter of time until the local animal control put him down. Bruce was happy to take him home, but Chewy was big and frightened. Rescuing him wouldn’t be simple – the neighbours had to devise a plan ...Chewy is the uplifting true story of how a whole neighbourhood came together to change one dog’s life. It will capture your heart too.
The Cheyenne in Plains Indian Trade Relations, 1795-1840
by Joseph JablowIn this illuminating book, the Plains Indians come to life as shrewd traders. The Cheyennes played a vital role in an intricate and expanding barter system that connected tribes with each other and with whites. Joseph Jablow follows the Cheyennes, who by the beginning of the nineteenth century had migrated westward from their villages in present-day Minnesota into the heart of the Great Plains. Formerly horticulturists, they became nomadic hunters on horseback and, gradually, middlemen for the exchange of commodities between whites and Indian tribes.Jablow shows the effect that trading had on the lives of the Indians and outlines the tribal antagonisms that arose from the trading. He explains why the Cheyennes and the Kiowas, Comanches, and Prairie Apaches made peace among themselves in 1840. The Cheyenne in Plains Indian Trade Relations is a classic study of "the manner in which an individual tribe reacted, in terms of the trade situation, to the changing forces of history."—Print ed.
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj: छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराज
by Krishnarao Arjun Keluskarगुरुवर्य कृष्णराव अर्जुन केळूसकर गेल्या शतकातील एक महान चरित्रकार आहेत. छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचे मराठीतील पहिले विस्तृत चरित्र त्यांनी लिहिले. विख्यात चरित्रकार डॉ. धनंजय कीर लिहितात, 'केळूसकरकृत शिवचरित्राएवढे समग्र व सविस्तर चरित्र आजपर्यंत कोणीही लिहिले नाही. तसेच गौतमबुद्ध आणि संत तुकाराम यांचे पहिले चरित्रकारही केळूसकरच आहेत.' राजकीय ऋषी मामा परमानंद, न्यायमूर्ती माधवराव रानडे, महाराजा सयाजीराव गायकवाड यांनी गुरुवर्य केळूसकरांच्या लेखणी व विचारांची प्रशंसा केली. ते धर्मशास्त्र, अर्थशास्त्र, शिक्षणशास्त्र, इतिहास आणि तत्त्वज्ञान या विषयांवर ग्रंथ लिहिणारे प्रकांड पंडित होते. पण बहुजनसमाजाच्या लेखकाच्या वाट्याला येणारी फरपट केळूसकरांच्या वाट्याला आली. महाराष्ट्राच्या वाङमयमहर्षीची उपेक्षाच झाली. छत्रपती शिवाजी महाराजांचे साधार प्रदीर्घ चरित्र लिहिताना केळूसकरांनी ऐतिहासिक सत्याच्या आधारे विवेकशील मांडणी केली आहे. भारतभूमीला यवनसत्तेपासून मुक्त करण्याचा सत्संकल्प केलेल्या या महाप्रतापशाली वीराने सर्व जाती-धर्मांच्या मदतीने, मुत्सद्दीपणा व गनिमी कावा या कौशल्याने हिंदवी स्वराज्य उभारिले. कल्पक प्रशासनाच्या आधारे जनसामान्यांचा कैवार आणि गुणवंतांचा आदर करत शत्रू पक्षांवर मात केली. मराठ्यांचे नाव जगाच्या इतिहासात अजरामर करून ठेवलेल्या छत्रपती शिवरायांचे मराठीतील हे चरित्र एक उत्तम उदाहरण आहे. केळूसकर गुरुजींचा हा ग्रंथ म्हणजे केवळ शिवाजी राजांचा चरित्रग्रंथ नसून त्यात इतिहास, भूगोल, समाजव्यवस्था, राज्यव्यवस्था, अर्थकारण, नेतृत्व, चारित्र्य, मानवी संबंध अशा अनेक विषयांची तपशीलवार मांडणी आहे. हा युगपुरुष महाराष्ट्रदेशी अवतरला हे इथल्या रयतेचे भाग्य! आज राष्ट्रउभारणीसाठी देशातल्या प्रत्येक तरुणाने छत्रपतींच्या व्यूहनीतीचा साकल्याने विचार व अंगीकार करणे क्रमप्राप्त आहे.
Chiang Kai Shek: China's Generalissimo and the Nation He Lost
by Jonathan FenbyA history of China during the first half of the twentieth century.
Chiang Kai-Shek: An Unauthorized Biography
by Emily HahnAn in-depth biography of the towering 20th-century Chinese military and political figure who led the government, first on the mainland and then in exile in Taiwan, from the acclaimed New Yorker correspondent who lived in China when he was head of state In 1911, 24-year-old Chiang Kai-shek was an obscure Chinese student completing his military training in Japan, the only country in the Far East with a modern army. By 1928, the soldier who no one believed would ever amount to anything had achieved world fame as the leader who broke with Russia and released the newly formed Republic of China from Communist control. Emily Hahn's eye-opening book examines Chiang's friendship with revolutionary Sun Yat-sen and chronicles his marriage to the glamorous, American-educated Soong May-ling, who converted him to Christianity and helped him enact social reforms. As the leader of the Nationalist Party, Chiang led China for over two decades: from 1927 through the Japanese invasion, World War II, and the civil war that ended with a Communist victory in 1949. After defeat, he retreated with his government to Taiwan where he continued to lead as president of the exiled Republic of China until his death in 1975. Famous for forging a new nation out of the chaos of warlordism, he was an Allied leader during the Second World War, only to end up scorned as an unenlightened dictator at the end of his life. Casting a critical eye on Sino-American relations, Hahn sheds new light on this complex leader who was one of the most important global political figures of the last century.
Chiara Corbella Petrillo: A Witness to Joy
by Simone Troisi Cristiana PacciniEach saint has a special charisma, a particular facet of God that is reflected through her. Chiara's was to be a witness to joy in the face of great adversity, the kind which makes love overflow despite the sorrow from loss and death.
Chic: Memorias eclécticas
by Felisa Pinto«Espíritu libre, ¿intelectual, diletante? Europeizada, afrancesada, colonizada por el cine de Hollywood y el jazz, con ideas de avanzada, apartidista, activista de las buenas causas y del compromiso social. Mucho understatement, nomadismo, nonchalance. Hedonismo y austeridad a la vez. Ya entonces empecé a forjar una imagen que sería, con algunas variantes, la definitiva: despojada, sin adornos, pelo corto, modernista, inspirada en las mujeres de la Bauhaus.» «Influencer muchos años antes de que se acuñara el término, Felisa celebró desde sus crónicas y columnas las extravagancias, los estilos genuinos y las descripciones minuciosas y exquisitas. Estas memorias eruditas y elegantes son imprescindibles para entender los cruces de moda, cultura, música y vanguardias del siglo veinte».Victoria Lescano Fundadora de la crónica de moda en Argentina, retratista de la bohemia selecta del Buenos Aires de los 60 y 70, testigo irreverente de la evolución del gusto, forjadora de un estilo criollo de irradiación cosmopolita, musa y cómplice de una constelación de músicos, pintores, escritores, fotógrafos y diseñadores de varias generaciones, Felisa Pinto es el fruto de una vorágine de experiencias únicas. Hija de cruces providenciales con otras vidas, desarrolló una forma única de indagación de lo efímero en tiempo real de los usos y costumbres que fijaron la identidad visual de una época. Chic reúne recuerdos que son joyas y una selección de sus crónicas, en las que se despliega su poética del detalle aplicada con la misma gracia a personas reales como a texturas, colores y telas.
La chica de Cartagena: La mujer que puso en jaque al Servicio Secreto de los Estados Unidos
by Dania LondoñoLa mujer que puso en jaque al Servicio Secreto de los Estados Unidos El único libro que revelará la historia completa de Dania Londoño, contada por ella misma. -El libro que no dejará espacio a preguntas sobre la verdadera procedencia de Dania Londoño, y que terminará por cerrar una historia que despertó la curiosidad, el morbo y la moral de millones de personas en el mundo. -El apoyo del escritor Angel Becassino permite darle al libro una narración digna de un libro publicado bajo el sello Aguilar. Dania Londoño se convirtió en pocos días en una de las mujeres más buscadas y solicitadas por los medios de comunicación del mundo entero. Su paso por una habitación de un hotel de Cartagena en compañía de uno de los guardias de seguridad del Presidente Barack Obama la convirtió en el escándalo mundial del momento. En este libro Dania Londoño revela los más exactos detalles de quésucedió aquella noche entre ella y el agente de seguridad, por qué terminaron en la habitación de ese hotel y todo aquello que ha dejado de contar Dania y se ha reservado para contarlo en este libro. La chica de Cartagena también da una mirada al pasado de Dania, una mujer que lo ha tenido casi, casi todo, y revela cómo lo ha conseguido. La entrevista de Dania con Julio Sánchez Cristo fue reproducida y referenciada en casi todos los periódicos, revistas y emisoras radiales alrededor del mundo. Gracias a ello, ella ha decidido terminar de contar la historia completa y revelar quién es Dania, de dónde viene, cuál es Su historia y por qué Su nombre terminó en expediente de la CIA y conocido por El hombre más poderoso del mundo, El Presidente de los Estados Unidos.
La chica de Cartagena: La mujer que puso en jaque al Servicio Secreto de los Estados Unidos
by Dania LondoñoLa mujer que puso en jaque al Servicio Secreto de los Estados Unidos El único libro que revelará la historia completa de Dania Londoño, contada por ella misma. -El libro que no dejará espacio a preguntas sobre la verdadera procedencia de Dania Londoño, y que terminará por cerrar una historia que despertó la curiosidad, el morbo y la moral de millones de personas en el mundo. -El apoyo del escritor Angel Becassino permite darle al libro una narración digna de un libro publicado bajo el sello Aguilar. Dania Londoño se convirtió en pocos días en una de las mujeres más buscadas y solicitadas por los medios de comunicación del mundo entero. Su paso por una habitación de un hotel de Cartagena en compañía de uno de los guardias de seguridad del Presidente Barack Obama la convirtió en el escándalo mundial del momento. En este libro Dania Londoño revela los más exactos detalles de quésucedió aquella noche entre ella y el agente de seguridad, por qué terminaron en la habitación de ese hotel y todo aquello que ha dejado de contar Dania y se ha reservado para contarlo en este libro. La chica de Cartagena también da una mirada al pasado de Dania, una mujer que lo ha tenido casi, casi todo, y revela cómo lo ha conseguido. La entrevista de Dania con Julio Sánchez Cristo fue reproducida y referenciada en casi todos los periódicos, revistas y emisoras radiales alrededor del mundo. Gracias a ello, ella ha decidido terminar de contar la historia completa y revelar quién es Dania, de dónde viene, cuál es Su historia y por qué Su nombre terminó en expediente de la CIA y conocido por El hombre más poderoso del mundo, El Presidente de los Estados Unidos.
La chica que escapó de Auschwitz
by Ellie MidwoodMillones de personas atravesaron las puertas de Auschwitz, pero ella fue la primera mujer que escapó. La increíble historia real de Mala Zimetbaum. Un libro ideal para los lectores de El tatuador de Auschwitz y Las 999 mujeres de Auschwitz. Millones de personas atravesaron las puertass de Auschwitz, pero ella fue la primera mujer que escapó.Esta poderosa novela narra la inspiradora historia real de Mala Zimetbaum, cuyo heroísmo nunca será olvidado, y cuyo destino alteró el curso de la historia. Nadie sale vivo de Auschwitz. Mala, reclusa 19880, lo entendió en el momento en que bajó del tren de ganado para dirigirse a las profundidades del infierno. Como intérprete de las SS, Mala usó su posición para salvar tantas vidas como pudo.Edward, recluso 531, es un veterano del campo y un preso político. Aunque, con la cabeza rapada y el uniforme a rayas, se parezca a todos lo demás, es un luchador de la Resistencia en la clandestinidad. Y tiene un plan de escape. Sabe que, a pesar de estar rodeado por cables eléctricos, ametralladoras coronando interminables torres de vigilancia y reflectores vagando por el suelo, dejarán, tanto él como Mala, el campo de exterminio. Hay la promesa de escapar juntos o morir juntos, en una de las más grandes historias de amor de todos los tiempos. Los lectores han opinado:«No podía dejarlo, lo estuve leyendo toda la noche... Una historia hermosa y desgarradora; una historia que leí con los ojos borrosos debido a todas las lágrimas. Una lectura obligatoria para todos. Este libro se quedará conmigo para siempre.»@bookswithmitch «Extraordinario... Devastadoramente desgarrador... Absolutamente repleto de emociones que te harán sonreír, llorar y reír.»Bookworm86«Imposible dejarlo... El libro fue absolutamente apasionante.»RK Lee «Uno de los libros mejor documentados de los muchos que he leído ambientados en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.»La biblioteca de Meri«Emotivo y desgarrador.»Tropical Girl Reads Books «No podía dejar de leer esta historia y definitivamente tocó las fibras de mi corazón. Me encantó leer la historia de Mala.»Heather Loves to Read«El libro más duro que he leído sobre esta temática. Una historia llena de dolor y tristeza, pero a pesar de ello también es una historia de amor, generosidad y complicidad.»Lectura con pasión «Una historia que paraliza el corazón.»Hormiguero de libros
Chicago Blues
by Kevin Johnson Wilbert JonesBlues was once described as the devil's music. It eventually became some of the most beloved American music that was embraced by a global audience. Originating in African American communities in the South in the late 1800s, it was inspired by gospel and spiritual music sung by field hands and sharecroppers who worked on plantations. During the Great Migration from the early 1900s to the mid-1970s, many African Americans moved north for a better quality of life. Chicago was one of America's leading industrialized cites, and manufacturing jobs were plentiful and provided better wages than sharecropping. Many blues musicians who worked as field hands and sharecroppers moved to Chicago not only for those jobs, but also to pursue their love of music. Greats such as Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red, Muddy Waters, Jimmy and Estelle Yancey, Robert Nighthawk, Elmore James, Willie Dixon, Earl Hooker, Koko Taylor, Sly Johnson, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, Eddie Burns, Zora Young, Junior Wells, and a host of others came with their own styles and gave birth to Chicago blues.
Chicago Comedy: A Fairly Serious History
by Margaret Hicks&“An overview of Chicago&’s comedic legacy, from its early days . . . to its present day position as a breeding ground for some of comedy&’s biggest names&” (Gapers Block). Famous for being a city of broad shoulders, Chicago has also developed an international reputation for split sides and slapped knees. Watch the Chicago style of comedy evolve from nineteenth-century vaudeville, through the rebellious comics of the fifties and into the improvisation and sketch that ushered in a new millennium. Drawing on material both hilarious and profound, Second City alum Margaret Hicks touches on what makes Chicago different from other cities and how that difference produced some of the greatest minds comedy will ever know: Amos &‘n&’ Andy, Jack Benny, Lenny Bruce, Del Close, John Belushi, Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and so many, many more. Includes photos!
The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business
by Johan Van OvertveldtThis “admirably detailed and thoroughly welcome history” provides a fascinating examination of a pivotal moment in the evolution of economic theory (The Economist).When Richard Nixon said “We are all Keynesians now” in 1971, few could have predicted that the next three decades would result in a complete transformation of the global economic landscape. The transformation was led by a small, relatively obscure group within the University of Chicago’s business school and its departments of economics and political science. These thinkers — including Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, George Stigler, Robert Lucas, and others — revolutionized economic orthodoxy in the second half of the 20th century, dominated the Nobel Prizes awarded in economics, and changed how business is done around the world.Written by a leading European economic thinker, The Chicago School is the first in-depth look at how this remarkable group came together. Exhaustively detailed, it provides a close recounting of the decade-by-decade progress of the Chicago School’s evolution. As such, it’s an essential contribution to the intellectual history of our time.
Chicago Shakedown: The Ogden Gas Scandal
by John F. Hogan John S. MaxsonThe Ogden Gas Affair represented the biggest political scandal of Chicago's first sixty years. Mayor John P. Hopkins and Democratic Party boss Roger Sullivan conspired with ten other insiders to form a dummy corporation to blackmail Peoples Gas Company. The scam poured money into the coffers of beneficiaries who were never prosecuted, including the governor of Illinois, John P. Altgeld. As their lengthy swindle ran its course, Hopkins and Sullivan rubbed elbows with the most notorious grafters of the robber baron era, including Charles Yerkes and "Big Bill" Thompson. Author John Hogan follows the money in a scheme that became a template for the enrichment of the connected at the expense of the citizenry.
Chicago to Springfield: Crime and Politics in the 1920s (Images of America)
by Jim RidingsThe story of Chicago gangsters in the 1920s is legendary. Less talked about is the tale of the politicians who allowed those gangsters to thrive. During the heyday of organized crime in the Prohibition era, Chicago mayor "Big Bill" Thompson and Gov. Len Small were the two most powerful political figures in Illinois. Thompson campaigned on making Chicago "a wide open town" for bootleggers. Small sold thousands of pardons and paroles to criminals, embezzled $1 million, and was then acquitted after mobsters bribed the jury. This book is the story of those Jazz Age politicians whose careers in government thrived on and endorsed corruption and racketeering, from Chicago to Springfield. It complements author Jim Ridings's groundbreaking biography, Len Small: Governors and Gangsters, which was praised by critics and situated Ridings as a trailblazer among Chicago crime authors.
Chicago's First Crime King: Michael Cassius McDonald (True Crime Ser.)
by Kelly PucciThis true crime biography details the remarkable rise of the 19th century mob boss who ran Chicago from the streets to the mayor&’s office. Michael Cassius McDonald arrived in Chicago as a teenage gambler and scam artist who quickly hustled his way into running the city through its criminal underworld. Long before the reign of Al Capone, McDonald was Chicago&’s original mob boss. He procured presidential pardons, fixed juries, stuffed mayoral ballot boxes, and operated the city's most popular—and most crooked—gambling parlor. But McDonald also maintained a reputation as a decent man. He was a philanthropist who befriended Clarence Darrow, promoted the World's Fair, ran the Chicago Globe newspaper—where he employed Theodore Dreiser—and funded the Lake Street L. Meanwhile, he had multiple marriages mired in love triangles and murder trials. His remarkable story comes to life in this.
Chicago's Italians: Immigrants, Ethnics, Americans (Making of America)
by Dominic CandeloroSince 1850, Chicago has felt the benefits of a vital Italian presence. These immigrants formed much of the unskilled workforce employed to build up this and many other major U.S. cities. From often meager and humble beginnings, Italians built and congregated in neighborhoods that came to define the Chicago landscape. Post-World War II development threatened this communal lifestyle, and subsequent generations of Italian Americans have been forced to face new challenges to retain their ethnic heritage and identity in a changing world. With the city's support, they are succeeding.
Chicago’s Modern Mayors: From Harold Washington to Lori Lightfoot
by Betty O'Shaughnessy Xolela Mangeu Gregory D Squires Monroe Anderson Costas Spirou Dennis Judd Kari Lydersen Daniel Bliss Marco Rosaire Rossi Dick Simpson Clinton StockwellPolitical profiles of five mayors and their lasting impact on the city Chicago’s transformation into a global city began at City Hall. Dick Simpson and Betty O’Shaughnessy edit in-depth analyses of the five mayors that guided the city through this transition beginning with Harold Washington’s 1983 election: Washington, Eugene Sawyer, Richard M. Daley, Rahm Emmanuel, and Lori Lightfoot. Though the respected political science, sociologist, and journalist contributors approach their subjects from distinct perspectives, each essay addresses three essential issues: how and why each mayor won the office; whether the City Council of their time acted as a rubber stamp or independent body; and the ways the unique qualities of each mayor’s administration and accomplishments influenced their legacy. Filled with expert analysis and valuable insights, Chicago’s Modern Mayors illuminates a time of transition and change and considers the politicians who--for better and worse--shaped the Chicago of today.
Chicago's Nelson Algren
by David Mamet Art ShayThey met in 1949 when Art was a reporter for Life. Shay followed Algren around with a camera, gathering pictures for a photo-essay piece he was pitching to the magazine. Life didn't pick up the article, but Shay and Algren became fast friends. Algren gave Shay's camera entrance into the back-alley world of Division Street, and Shay captured Algren's poetry on film. They were masters chronicling the same patch of ground with different tools.Chicago's Nelson Algren is the compilation of hundreds of photos--many recently discovered and published here for the first time--of Nelson Algren over the course of a decade and a deeply moving homage to the writer and his city. Read Algren and you'll see Shay's pictures; look at Shay's photos and you'll hear Nelson's words.
Chicago's Polish Downtown
by Polish Museum of America Victoria GranackiPolish Downtown is Chicago's oldest Polish settlement and was the capital of American Polonia from the 1870s through the first half of the 20th century. Nearly all Polish undertakings of any consequence in the U.S. during that time either started or were directed from this part of Chicago's near northwest side. This book illustrates the first 75 years of this influential Polish neighborhood. Featured are some of the most beautiful churches in Chicago-St. Stanislaus Kostka, Holy Trinity, and St. John Cantius-stunning examples of Renaissance and Baroque Revival architecture that form part of the largest concentration of Polish parishes in Chicago. The headquarters for almost every major Polish organization in America were clustered within blocks of each other, and four Polish-language daily newspapers were published here. The heart of the photographic collection in this book is from the extensive library and archives of the Polish Museum of America, still located in the neighborhood.
Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices From El Barrio
by Juanita Diaz-CottoThe author uses oral histories to chronicle the lives of 24 Chicana pintas (prisoners/former prisoners) repeatedly arrested and incarcerated for non-violent, low-level economic and drug-related crimes.