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Corn Among The Indians of the Upper Missouri
by George F. Will"Corn Among The Indians of the Upper Missouri" by George F. Will is a meticulously researched and insightful exploration of the cultivation, significance, and cultural impact of corn among the Native American tribes of the Upper Missouri River region. Will, an esteemed ethnobotanist and historian, delves into the agricultural practices and traditions of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of how this vital crop shaped their way of life.Through detailed analysis and rich narrative, Will traces the history of corn cultivation in the Upper Missouri area, highlighting the sophisticated agricultural techniques developed by these indigenous communities. He examines the varieties of corn grown, the methods of planting, harvesting, and storage, and the ways in which corn was integrated into the social, economic, and spiritual aspects of tribal life.Will's work is enriched by his use of primary sources, including oral histories, archaeological findings, and early explorer accounts, which together paint a vivid picture of the central role corn played in the survival and prosperity of the Upper Missouri tribes. The book also explores the broader implications of corn cultivation, such as its impact on settlement patterns, trade networks, and interactions with European settlers."Corn Among The Indians of the Upper Missouri" is not only an agricultural study but also a cultural history that honors the ingenuity and resilience of Native American farmers. Will's thoughtful and thorough approach ensures that the reader gains a deep appreciation for the complexity and importance of indigenous agricultural practices.This book is an invaluable resource for historians, anthropologists, and anyone interested in Native American history and agriculture. George F. Will's "Corn Among The Indians of the Upper Missouri" stands as a significant contribution to our understanding of how corn shaped the lives and cultures of the tribes in this region, offering a lasting tribute to their agricultural heritage.
Corn Flakes with John Lennon: And Other Tales from a Rock 'n' Roll Life
by Robert HilburnRobert Hilburn's storied career as a rock critic has allowed him a behind-the-scenes look at the lives of some of the most iconic figures of our time. He was the only music critic to visit Folsom Prison with Johnny Cash. He met John Lennon during his lost weekend period in Los Angeles and they became friends. Bob Dylan granted him his only interviews during his "born-again" period and the occasion of his 50th birthday. Michael Jackson invited Hilburn to watch cartoons with him in his bedroom. When Springsteen took to playing only old hits, Hilburn scolded him for turning his legendary concerts into oldies revues, and Springsteen changed his set list. In this totally unique account of the symbiotic relationship between critic and musical artist, Hilburn reflects on the ways in which he has changed and been changed by the subjects he's covered; Bono weighs in with an introduction about how Hilburn's criticism influenced and altered his own development as a musician. Corn Flakes with John Lennon is more than about one man's adventures in rock and roll: It's the gripping and untold story of how popular music reshapes the way we think about the world and helps to define the modern American character.
Cornelius Vanderbilt And The Railroad Industry (American Tycoons Ser.)
by Lewis K. ParkerA short biography of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the steamship and railroad tycoon, focusing on his success as a business man.
Cornflakes, Pigs and a Vulture called Squashy
by Francis BaileyWelcome to the very unusual farming world of the Baileys and their contract with the mighty Kellogg's company which led to the family fortune. The story dates from the 1940s onward, and the young boys of the family get up to all sorts of scrapes and meet plenty of great characters from an Iranian Secret Policeman to local bobbies. The local bobbies are a particular source of amusement when they clash with runaway pigs and sheep and even get deluged with a load of Kellogg's grains. The strangeness continues with exotic animals, ghosts in England and Wales, and even a stream that runs uphill and is very attractive to poachers. They are a family that clearly enjoyed life, and their stories will make you smile a lot.
Cornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World
by Richard MiddletonThe first biography of Charles Cornwallis in forty years—the soldier, governor, and statesman whose career covered America, India, Britain, and Ireland Charles, First Marquis of Cornwallis (1738–1805), was a leading figure in late eighteenth-century Britain. His career spanned the American War of Independence, Irish Union, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the building of the Second British Empire in India—and he has long been associated with the unacceptable face of Britain&’s colonial past. In this vivid new biography, Richard Middleton shows that this portrait is far from accurate. Cornwallis emerges as a reformer who had deep empathy for those under his authority, and was clear about his obligation to govern justly. He sought to protect the population of Bengal with a constitution of written laws, insisted on Catholic emancipation in Ireland, and recognized the limitations of British power after the American war. Middleton reveals how Cornwallis&’ rewarding of merit, search for economy, and elimination of corruption helped improve the machinery of British government into the nineteenth century.
Cornwallis: The Imperial Years
by Franklin B. Wickwire Mary B. WickwireThis is the second and final volume of the Wickwires' definitive biography of Cornwallis. It details Corwallis's work in India, his contributions in Britain as master general of ordnance, his tenure as lord lieutenant and commander in chief in Ireland, and his diplomacy in negotiating the peace of Amiens. Through Cornwallis's career, the authors show how the British made important decisions that affected the empire for the century to follow.Originally published in 1980.A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Coronation Year: An enthralling historical novel, perfect for fans of The Crown
by Jennifer RobsonThe author of The Gown returns with another enthralling and royal-adjacent historical novel - as the lives of three very different residents of London's historic Blue Lion hotel converge in a potentially explosive climax on the day of Queen Elizabeth's Coronation. Perfect for fans of The Crown..............................London, 1953. A new Queen is about to be crowned, and at the historic Blue Lion Hotel, the lives of three residents are about to change in unexpected ways. Edie Howard, owner of the hotel, needs a miracle to rescue it from closure. Now, it will become a sought after spot as the young Queen's carriage passes by on Coronation Day, offering Edie the chance to save her business from financial ruin. Stella Donati, an Italian photographer and Holocaust survivor, lives at the Blue Lion. Her coveted position at Picture Weekly magazine opens a different world, giving her a purpose she thought she had lost with everything else she knew. James Geddes, a gifted artist, has struggled to make his mark since his return from active service in the war in a world that disdains his Indian heritage. The Blue Lion affords him sanctuary and a welcome. Yet as his friendship with Edie deepens, he begins to suspect that something is badly amiss.When anonymous threats focus on Coronation Day, Edie, Stella and James are determined to save their home, their livelihoods, and to expose those who seek to destroy them and the joyful promise of Coronation Year..............................Don't miss The Gown - an enthralling historical novel about one of the most famous wedding dresses of the twentieth century - Queen Elizabeth's wedding gown - and the fascinating women who made it:'Will dazzle and delight' Independent'Robson succeeds in creating a riveting drama of female friendship, of lives fully lived despite unbearable loss, and of the steadfast effort required to bring forth beauty after surviving war' Independent'A great tale of female friendship' People's Friend
Coroner at Large (Coroner #2)
by Thomas T. Noguchi Joseph DiMonaTo Thomas T. Noguchi, America&’s most famous medical examiner, every death is a mystery—until the cause is found In his first book, the runaway bestseller Coroner, Dr. Noguchi wrote of his controversial investigations as medical examiner of Los Angeles County. In Coroner at Large, the man who has often been called the &“Detective of Death&” probes the mysteries surrounding the most celebrated criminal cases in recent American history. Using sophisticated techniques of modern forensic science and once again &“telling it like it is,&” Dr. Noguchi reveals the truth behind the headlines in the untimely deaths of show business celebrities: —The drowning of Beach Boy Dennis Wilson —The murder of Sal Mineo —The suicide of Freddie Prinze —The slaying of &“Playmate of the Year&” Dorothy Stratten —Elvis Presley&’s fatal heart attack Forensic science, too, provides new clues to fascinating historical puzzles: the true fates of General George Custer, the Emperor Napoleon, and Adolf Hitler. In Coroner at Large, Dr. Noguchi brilliantly provides the missing links in our knowledge of these cases. Here, from his own investigations and his pioneering work in the field, we see forensic science in action, unraveling the mysteries of death—both natural and unnatural—in real-life cases that might have baffled even the great Sherlock Holmes.
Coroner: America's Most Controversial Medical Examiner Tells All (Coroner #1)
by Thomas T. Noguchi Joseph DiMonaAmerica&’s most controversial medical examiner explores the unanswered questions surrounding the deaths of Marilyn Monroe, Robert F. Kennedy, Sharon Tate, Janis Joplin, William Holden, Natalie Wood, John Belushi, and many of his other important casesNow, for the first time, Dr. Noguchi recounts his colorful and stormy career, explains his innovative techniques, and reveals the full story behind his most fascinating investigations.In Coroner, Dr. Noguchi sheds new light on his most controversial cases—controversies that persist even today:—How did Natalie Wood spend the last terrifying moments of her life?—Did Marilyn Monroe commit suicide or were the drugs that killed her injected into her body by someone else?—Did Sirhan Sirhan or another gunman fire the bullet that killed Robert Kennedy?—How could the knives used in the murder of Sharon Tate be identified and traced to the Manson gang if they were never found?—What were the real circumstances behind the drug-related death of Janis Joplin?—Were Patty Hearst&’s kidnappers victims of police brutality or of their own revolutionary zeal?—How and why did William Holden die?—Was John Belushi murdered?These are just some of the questions answered in this powerful, gutsy book written by the real-life &“Quincy,&” with co-author Joseph DiMona.
Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power (Collection Revue Commerce)
by Joel BakanAs incisive as Eric Schlosser's bestselling Fast Food Nation, as rigorous as Joseph E. Stiglitz's Globalization and Its Discontents, and as scathing as Michael Moore's Stupid White Men, Joel Bakan's new book is a brilliantly argued account of the corporation's pathological pursuit of profit and power. An eminent law professor and legal theorist, Bakan contends that the corporation is created by law to function much like a psychopathic personality whose destructive behavior, if left unchecked, leads to scandal and ruin.In the most revolutionary assessment of the corporation as a legal and economic institution since Peter Drucker's early works, Bakan backs his premise with the following claims: • The corporation's legally defined mandate is to pursue relentlessly and without exception its own economic self-interest, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to others—a concept endorsed by no less a luminary than the Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. • The corporation's unbridled self-interest victimizes individuals, society, and, when it goes awry, even shareholders and can cause corporations to self-destruct, as recent Wall Street scandals reveal. • While corporate social responsibility in some instances does much good, it is often merely a token gesture, serving to mask the corporation's true character. • Governments have abdicated much of their control over the corporation, despite its flawed character, by freeing it from legal constraints through deregulation and by granting it ever greater authority over society through privatization.Despite the structural failings found in the corporation, Bakan believes change is possible and outlines a far-reaching program of concrete, pragmatic, and realistic reforms through legal regulation and democratic control.Backed by extensive research, The Corporation draws on in-depth interviews with such wide-ranging figures as CEO Hank McKinnell of Pfizer, Nobel Prize-winner Milton Friedman, business guru Peter Drucker, and critic Noam Chomsky of MIT.
Corpus in Extremis: A Memoir
by Loretta SmithTo an observer I am simply a sleeping patient in a hospital bed in recovery. One of rows and rows and rooms full of us. But what small miracles are occurring? How do we right ourselves, our physical bodies, and bring the rest— psyche, soul, ether— into alignment? Protection is required lest one surfaces with fault lines ... Loretta Smith is renowned as the bestselling author of A Spanner in the Works, the biography of Alice Anderson, the ‘ garage girl' . Now in Corpus in Extremis, Loretta shares the details of her own fascinating and incredible life; a life in which she has had to negotiate the pain, physical restrictions, and medical interventions of Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease.She shows that despite being a patient for a lifetime, she has survived, and even thrived with an imaginative brain more agile than her body. You will be charmed, challenged, and will laugh out loud at her wit and ingenuity and as she embarks on travel, engages in work, grapples with family and relationships and takes up creative endeavours, all while enduring continuous medical treatments.Loretta explores what it is to reside in a body pushed to the extreme; what it is to be human, to be fractured, to be whole and to heal. She lucidly argues that nobody escapes being disabled, disenfranchised or othered in one way or another. As long as we stand in light there is always shadow, always something to challenge truth, justice, knowledge, physical and mental wellbeing. As humans we are at once strong, yet vulnerable, immutable and forever changing.
Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
by Ben AustenNYT EDITOR'S CHOICE • WASHINGTON POST BEST NONFICTION OF 2023 • FROM THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF HIGH-RISERS comes a groundbreaking and honest investigation into the crisis of the American criminal justice system–through the lens of parole. Perfect for fans of Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow and Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy“Correction ranks among the very best books on life inside and outside of prison I have ever read." ―Matthew Desmond, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted “Correction provides a revelatory lens for examining mass incarceration." –The Washington Post A Most Anticipated Book of 2023: Chicago Review of Books, The Chicago Tribune, The Next Big Idea ClubThe United States, alone, locks up a quarter of the world’s incarcerated people. And yet apart from clichés—paying a debt to society; you do the crime, you do the time—there is little sense collectively in America what constitutes retribution or atonement. We don’t actually know why we punish.Ben Austen’s powerful exploration offers a behind-the-scenes look at the process of parole. Told through the portraits of two men imprisoned for murder, and the parole board that holds their freedom in the balance, Austen’s unflinching storytelling forces us to reckon with some of the most profound questions underlying the country’s values around crime and punishment. What must someone who commits a terrible act do to get a second chance? What does incarceration seek to accomplish?An illuminating work of narrative nonfiction, Correction challenges us to consider for ourselves why and who we punish–and how we might find a way out of an era of mass imprisonment.
Correctional
by Ravi ShankarThe first time Ravi Shankar was arrested, he spoke out against racist policing on National Public Radio and successfully sued the city of New York. The second time, he was incarcerated when his promotion to full professor was finalized. During his ninety-day pretrial confinement at the Hartford Correctional Center—a level 4, high-security urban jail in Connecticut—he met men who shared harrowing and heart-felt stories. The experience taught him about the persistence of structural racism, the limitations of mass media, and the pervasive traumas of twenty-first-century daily life. Shankar’s bold and complex self-portrait—and portrait of America—challenges us to rethink our complicity in the criminal justice system and mental health policies that perpetuate inequity and harm. Correctional dives into the inner workings of his mind and heart, framing his unexpected encounters with law and order through the lenses of race, class, privilege, and his bicultural upbringing as the first and only son of South Indian immigrants. Vignettes from his early life set the scene for his spectacular fall and subsequent struggle to come to terms with his own demons. Many of them, it turns out, are also our own.
Corrections in Ink: A Memoir
by Keri BlakingerCorrections in Ink is an electric and unforgettable memoir about a young woman's journey—from the ice rink, to addiction and a prison sentence, to the newsroom—emerging with a fierce determination to expose the broken system she experienced.An elite, competitive figure skater growing up, Keri Blakinger poured herself into the sport, even competing at nationals. But when her skating partnership ended abruptly, her world shattered. With all the intensity she saved for the ice, she dove into self-destruction. From her first taste of heroin, the next nine years would be a blur—living on the streets, digging for a vein, selling drugs and sex, eventually plunging off a bridge when it all became too much, all while trying to hold herself together enough to finish her degree at Cornell. Then, on a cold day during Keri's senior year, the police stopped her. Caught with a Tupperware container full of heroin, she was arrested and ushered into a holding cell, a county jail, and finally into state prison. There, in the cruel "upside down,” Keri witnessed callous conditions and encountered women from all walks of life—women who would change Keri forever. Two years later, Keri walked out of prison sober and determined to make the most of the second chance she was given—an opportunity impacted by her privilege as a white woman. She scored a local reporting job and eventually moved to Texas, where she started covering nothing other than: prisons. Now, over her career as an award-winning journalist, she has dedicated herself to exposing the broken system as only an insider could. Not just a story about getting out and getting off drugs, this rich memoir is about finding redemption within yourself, as well as from the outside world, and the power of second chances. Written in a searing voice, Corrections in Ink is told with unflinching honesty and jolts of irreverent humor, and uncovers a dark and brutal system that affects us all.
Correr el tupido velo
by Pilar DonosoPublicar su diario de escritor fue un proyecto que José Donoso pensó más de una vez, pero nunca concretó. También habló con su hija, algunos amigos escritores y familiares para que escribieran su biografía; sin embargo, lo que realmente quedó fueron sus sesenta y cuatro cuadernos #donde registró sus procesos creativos, pasiones, odios, triunfos, inseguridades y contradicciones#, que luego vendió a las universidades de Iowa y Princeton.Estos textos desconocidos por el público general ya han dado mucho de que hablar. Su hija Pilar optó por tomar estas miles de páginas y enfrentar lo oculto; descubrir al padre que creía conocer y que no era tal, leer los juicios crueles, pero también el amor que Donoso dejó por escrito respecto a ella y a todos quienes lo rodearon. Inevitablemente, esto le significó pasar por el doloroso proceso de reevaluar su vida y su identidad.
Correr el tupido velo
by Pilar DonosoUna extraordinaria, brutal y honesta investigación sobre la figura del padre El escritor José Donoso dejó en universidades de Estados Unidos más de sesenta y cuatro cuadernos, sus diarios, donde registró procesos creativos, pasiones, odios, inseguridades y contradicciones. En ellos #y en las memorias que publicó su madre# se sumerge Pilar Donoso, entrando en las profundidades más dolorosas y oscuras de su historia familiar. Con ese material, escribe uno de los más grandes textos sobre la figura del padre. ¿Se llega a conocer realmente a los padres alguna vez? Pilar Donoso intenta descubrir al suyo y construye una valiente y honesta biografía familiar. Inevitablemente, esto le significó pasar por el doloroso proceso de reevaluar su vida y su identidad.
Correspondance générale d'Helvétius, Volume I: 1737-1756 / Lettres 1-249
by David Smith Alan Dainard Claude Adrien Helvétius Jean Orsoni Peter AllanThis volume is the first of three in a complete critical edition of the letters of Claude-Adrien Helvétius (1715-71) and his wife, née Anne Catherine de Liginville (1722-1800). Though rank and wealth, Helvétius was acquainted with the leading political and social figures of his time, and, through family, with court and government which he occasionally served in a diplomatic capacity. Philosopher and author of the explosive De l'esprit, Helvétius corresponded with the great and the influential throughout Europe. His letters, and those of Mme Helvétius, provide insights into, and new information about, their lives and the political, social, and intellectual history of the eighteenth century. Volume I contains almost 250 letters written by or to Helvétius or his wife. Of these, the largest collections are those from Helvétius to Mme Helvétius, made available by his descendants, and letters from the future Mmem Helvétius to her aunt, Mme de Graffigny, which are at Yale University. Letters to or from third parties are also included. Much of this correspondence has never before been published. Correspondance générale d'Helvétius is fascinating to read; it is indispensable for future study of Helvétius' life and work and of Mme Helvétius' influence on her husband his his circle. This volume has a preface by Comte Charles-Antoine d'Andlau, a descendant of Helvétius, and an introduction by the editors setting out their editorial and critical principles and system of annotation. (University of Toronto Romance Series 41)
Correspondance générale d'Helvétius, Volume II: 1757-1760 / Lettres 250-464
by David Smith Claude Adrien Helvétius Jean Orsoni Peter Allan Allan DainardThis second volume of the Correspondance générale d'Helvétius covers the period of the publication and reception of Helvétius' controversial first work, De l'Esprit (1758). It begins with a letter of January 1757, in which Helvétius recounts the attempt by Damiens on the life of Louis XV, and ends in December 1760 when the author, having been attacked on the stage of the Théatre-Francais but eulogized in foreign journals, is contemplating voluntary exile. In the meantime De l'Esprit provoked an uprecedented outcry from the court and from the religious and civil authorities. Denigrated as the epitome of all dangerous philosophic trends of the age, condemned as atheistic, materialistic, sacriligious, immoral, and subversive, it enjoyed an immense succes de scandale. Rather than examining the puzzles and paradoxes which surround the affaire de l'Esprit, this volume presents the documents upon which solutions may be based. Helvétius' own letters, often written hastily, under stress, and in fear they might be opened by the Cabinet noir, are less revealing than the letters between other protagonists in the affaire: the Cardinal de Bernis and the Duke de Choiseul, Jean-Omer Joly de Fleury, Malesherbes, Saint-Florentin, Tercier, and Louis xv himself. It is these letters, together with the appendixes containing edicts, retractions, an condemnations that shed new light not only on the development of the affaire but also on the complex workings of the ancien regime
Correspondance générale d'Helvétius, Volume III: 1761-1774 / Lettres 465-720
by David Smith Alan Dainard Claude Adrien Helvétius Jean Orsoni Peter Allan Marie-Thérèse InguenaudThe first two volumes of the Correspondance générale d'Helvétius inspired international acclaim. Now the third volume offers us further insight into a variety of aspects of life in eighteenth-century France.Claude-Adrian Helvétius (1715-71) was a wealthy and high-ranking member of French society. He was acquainted with the leading political and social figures of his time and, through family, with the court and government which he occasionally served in a diplomatic capacity. Philosopher, encyclopedist, and author of the explosive De l'Esprit, he and his wife, Anne Catherine de Ligneville, corresponded with the great and influential throughout Europe.The letters in this volume were written between 1761 and 1774, a period in which Helvétius enjoyed the fruits of his fame, travelled to England (1764) and Prussia (1765), and produced two books, Le Bonheur and De l'homme, which were published after his death.
Correspondance générale d'Helvétius, Volume IV: 1774-1800 / Lettres 721-855
by David Smith Claude Adrien Helvétius Jean Orsoni Peter Allan Marie-Thérèse Inguenaud J. A. DainardThis is the fourth of five volumes of the letters of the French philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715-1771), author of the controversial De l'Esprit (1758). Featuring the correspondence of Mme Helvétius, née Anne Catherine de Ligniville (1722-1800), in the years following her husband's death, this volume also includes letters by and to Helvétius discovered since the publication of the first three volumes. Mme Helvétius enjoyed an active widowhood, welcoming to her salon in Auteuil a group of intellectuals who came to be known as the Idéologues. A close friend of Benjamin Franklin, she was involved in political events before and during the French Revolution, as well as in Napoleon's coup d'état. In the last letter of the series her grandson describes her burial in her garden, which took place without religious or revolutionary ceremony in the presence of all her favourite pets. Most of the newly discovered letters are addressed to Helvétius by figures as important as d'Alembert, Boulanger, Chastellux, Saint-Lambert, Servan, Thieriot, and Trublet. Some of these complete an existing exchange, others provide dates for letters already published. The fifth and final volume will be devoted primarily to a comprehensive index. It will also include a chronological list of all the letters, corrections and modifications, and other useful material.
Correspondance générale d'Helvétius, Volume V: Appendices et Index
by David Smith Alan Dainard Claude Adrien Helvétius Jean Orsoni Peter Allan Marie-Thérèse Inguenaud Jonas SteffenThis fifth and final volume completes the critical edition of the letters of French philosopher Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715-1771), author of the controversial De l'Esprit (1758), and of his wife, née Anne Catherine de Ligniville (1722-1800), who ran her own salon in Auteuil after her husband's death. The essential component in this last volume is the detailed index – an indispensable instrument for researchers who wish to make full use of the correspondence. The volume also includes four new letters discovered since the appearance of the first four volumes, errata, additions and modifications to the critical apparatus, the text of letters excluded from the edition proper, genealogies of the families of Helvétius and his wife, and a chronological list of all letters mentioned in the edition. The previous volumes of this edition have enjoyed international acclaim. "All students of the French Enlightenment will be deeply indebted to D.W. Smith and his team for this superbly conceived and organized collaborative achievement. When complete the Toronto Helvétius will rank among the truly outstanding examples of twentieth-century editorial and bibliographical scholarship." (David Williams, French Studies)
Correspondencia 1944-1959
by Albert Camus Maria Casarès«Estas cartas nos encienden y nos transportan de principio a fin. De la correspondencia de Camus faltaba esta pieza esencial e inédita, un continente de palabras que presentíamos espléndido y que resulta ser sin duda la parte más hermosa de todas».Le Monde«Igual de lúcidos, igual de enterados, capaces de entenderlo todo y, por lo tanto, de sobreponernos a todo, lo suficientemente fuertes para vivir sin ilusiones y uniéndonos los vínculos de la tierra, los de la inteligencia, los del corazón y de la carne, nada puede, lo sé, ni sorprendernos ni separarnos».El 19 de marzo de 1944, Albert Camus y María Casares se conocieron en casa de Michel Leiris, cuando ella contaba solo veintiún años. Había comenzadosu carrera dos años antes, en 1942, en el teatro de Les Mathurins. Ese mismo año Albert Camus publicaba El extranjero. Entonces, el escritor vivía solo en París, pues la guerra lo había mantenido alejado de su esposa Francine, maestra en Orán. Sensible al talento de la actriz, Camus le confió el papel de Martha para la puesta en escena de su obra El malentendido.La noche del 6 de junio, el mismo día del desembarco de Normandía, se volvieron amantes. Fue tan solo el preludio de una gran historia de amor que no tuvo su verdadero comienzo hasta 1948 y que continuó hasta la muerte accidental del escritor en enero de 1960. En medio de la vida pública y la actividad creativa de ambos, su correspondencia cruzada revela la intensidad de su relación íntima, que vivieron en la ausencia, en el disfrute de los días compartidos, en el trabajo conjunto y en la búsqueda, formulación y realización del amor verdadero. La crítica ha dicho:«En este libro vemos toda la historia literaria, teatral y política de laqueelfilósofo y la actriz, ambos hijos del exilio y grandes viajeros, fueron actores comprometidos».Le Nouvel Observateur«Esta correspondencia, rebosante de un amor luminoso, resulta cautivadora».Libération«Esta correspondencia se revela generosa, divertida, absoluta».Les Inrockuptibles«Sublime.Esta correspondencia revela la potencia de un amor extraordinario, que se mantuvo puro y duro como una roca durante más de quince años».L'Express«A veces experimentamos el inmenso privilegio de entrar en la intimidad de los escritores,detrás de su obra. Estas cartas son vivas, luminosas y ardientes. Raciones de felicidad que constituyen el marco y la historia de una relación amorosa excepcional».Le Devoir«Una pasión de la que nacieron cientos de cartas sublimes. Una correspondenciade paganos sensuales y brillantes. Los dos amantes quieren ser transparentes el uno para el otro, y más o menos lo consiguen».Le Point«¿Qué descubrimos?Las grandes afinidades entre Camus y Casares, afinidades intelectuales, morales y políticas».Le Figaro littéraire«Parece una vieja película en blanco y negro. Humphrey Bogart e Ingrid Bergman en un balcón del París ocupado el 6 de junio de 1944, fecha del desembarco aliado en Normandía. La primera noche de dos amantes a los que solo la muerte de él separaría, quince años después. Podría ser también el arranque de una novela romántica, pero es el punto de partida deuna historia real, contada con minucioso detalle en la correspondencia entre sus protagonistas».Marc Bassets, El País
Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper Of The Angel's Den
by Janet Benge Geoff BengeThe life of Corrie ten Boom, survivor of the Nazi concentration camps, is a testimony to the victory of forgiveness over bitterness (1892-1983). Christian Heroes: Then & Now