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Infancia es destino
by Guadalupe LoaezaCon interesantes anécdotas, datos curiosos y recuerdos conmovedores, en estos textos, publicados originalmente como parte de su columna en el periódico Reforma, Guadalupe Loaeza recrea los años en los que se formaron el carácter, la personalidad, las fobias, las pasiones, las virtudes y defectos de grandes personajes. Una fascinante reconstrucción de la niñez de 50 personajes que han marcado la historia, la política, el arte y la literatura. Con el estilo accesible y ameno que la han convertido en una de las comunicadoras más seguidas de México, la autora hace el recuento de los eventos determinantes en la infancia de figuras que han dejado huella en la política, la música, las artes visuales, los deportes, la literatura, la ciencia y los negocios. Con interesantes anécdotas, datos curiosos y recuerdos conmovedores, en estos textos, publicados originalmente como parte de su columna en el periódico Reforma, Guadalupe Loaeza recrea los años en los que se formaron el carácter, la personalidad, las fobias, las pasiones, las virtudes y defectos de grandes personajes. Conoceremos la niñez de Frida Kahlo, Marlon Brando, Michael Jackson, Al Capone, Gabriel García Márquez, Juan Rulfo, Liza Minelli, Agustín Lara, Porfirio Díaz, Adolf Hitler, Charles Chaplin, Mario Vargas Llosa, Marcial Maciel y Mario Benedetti, entre otros. Reseña: "Infancia es destino de Guadalupe Loaeza es un libro hermoso y que permite al lector comprender mejor las circunstancias de muchos personajes, penetra en la intimidad de todos ellos pero que, a pesar de lo que pudiera parecer una intromisión, sus vidas son abordadas con gran respeto. Una lectura muy recomendable". SDPnoticias.com
Infantas: De la primogénita de Felipe V a la sucesora de Felipe VI
by José María ZavalaUn recorrido apasionante por el pasado, presente y futuro de las mujeres de la dinastía borbónica, veinte infantas que pudieron reinar en España De la hija de Felipe V a la del actual Príncipe de Asturias, Leonor. ¿La última? ¿Sabía por qué a la segunda infanta de la dinastía, María Josefa Carmela de Borbón y Sajonia, se la motejó como «la de los huesos frágiles»? ¿Y el verdadero motivo de que a la infanta Carlota Joaquina se la apodase «la intrigante» o a Luisa Carlota «la celestina»? ¿Conoce la razón por la cual la infanta Elvira desfila por estas páginas como «la fogosa» y a la infanta Cristina se la denomina «la equilibrista»? Romances secretos, infidelidades, complots, muertes trágicas, matrimonios regios por razones de Estado... y divorcios sonados. Esta completa galería de infantas se compone de veinte inusitados retratos que abarcan los últimos siglos de la historia de España hasta la actualidad, donde la infanta Leonor se erige como inmediata sucesora de su padre, el príncipe Felipe, quién sabe si Felipe VI, rey de España, algún día. Reseñas:«Zavala nos da un inolvidable paseo de la mano por la historia.»Julia Navarro
Infantry Attacks
by Erwin RommelLegendary German general Erwin Rommel analyzes the tactics that led to his success. Field Marshal Erwin Rommel exerted an almost hypnotic influence not only over his own troops but also over the Allied soldiers of the Eighth Army in the Second World War. Even when the legend surrounding his invincibility was overturned at El Alamein, the aura surrounding Rommel himself remained unsullied. In this classic study of the art of war Rommel analyses the tactics that lay behind his success. First published in 1937 it quickly became a highly regarded military textbook, and also brought its author to the attention of Adolph Hitler. Rommel was to subsequently advance through the ranks to the high command in the Second World War. As a leader of a small unit in the First World War, he proved himself an aggressive and versatile commander with a reputation for using the battleground terrain to his own advantage, for gathering intelligence, and for seeking out and exploiting enemy weaknesses. Rommel graphically describes his own achievements, and those of his units, in the swift-moving battles on the Western Front, in the ensuing trench warfare, in the 1917 campaign in Romania, and in the pursuit across the Tagliamento and Piave rivers. This classic account seeks out the basis of his astonishing leadership skills, providing an indispensable guide to the art of war.
Infantry Warfare, 1939–1945: A Photographic History
by Simon Forty Jonathan FortyThe infantry can always be found at the sharp end of the battlefield. You may be able to crush an opponent with armour or artillery, but there’s only one way to take and hold ground and that’s with riflemen – the ‘poor bloody infantry’. And it is the infantrymen of the Second World War – from all sides, Allied and Axis – who are the subject of this highly illustrated history. It uses over 400 wartime photographs plus contemporary documents and other illustrations to show the developments in equipment, training and tactical techniques and to give an insight into the experience of the infantry soldier during the conflict. Although the infantry were critical to the war effort, their contribution is often overshadowed by the more dramatic roles played by soldiers with more specialized skills – like tank crew, paratroopers and special forces. They also suffered devastating casualties, in particular during the last phase of the war in the west when around 20 per cent of an infantry division’s riflemen were likely to die and over 60 per cent could expect to be wounded. So as well as describing how the infantry fought, the authors look at the motivation which kept them fighting in awful conditions and despite brutal setbacks. The result is a thorough, detailed and revealing portrait of infantry warfare over seventy years ago.
Infermieraaa!!
by Sarah Jane Butfield Michela TettoSara Jane ha solo sedici anni quando decide di diventare un'infermiera; fino ad allora non ha mai avuto alcuna ambizione lavorativa, voleva soltanto finire la scuola, lavorare come cassiera ai supermercati Woolsworth e sposarsi. Poi tutto cambia, e lei si ritrova a indossare un’uniforme rosa fluo, e a studiare per entrare in una scuola d’infermieristica. Cos’ha provocato questo sorprendente cambio di direzione? Cosa succede quando va via di casa e va a vivere in città con una coinquilina che ama solo divertirsi? Ma la vera domanda è: lei è tagliata per il lavoro di infermiera? In questa biografia, l'autrice ha ripercorso il cammino da lei affrontato per diventare un'infermiera, dagli esordi del suo corso di formazione nella scuola per infermieri di Colchester fino al suo primo giorno di lavoro come infermiera qualificata, descrivendoci episodi ed aneddoti, momenti felici e tristi, difficoltà e soddisfazioni, che hanno segnato la sua carriera da infermiera, con uno stile semplice che sa farci emozionare e divertire allo stesso tempo, coinvolgendoci nelle mille sfumature che hanno costellato la sua vita.
Infernales. La hermandad Brontë: Charlotte, Emily, Anne y Branwell
by Laura RamosInfernales es la biografía más completa sobre la familia Brontë, y al mismo tiempo la apasionante historia de una hermandad marcada con sangre y literatura. En un inhóspito y alejado pueblo de Inglaterra, a mediados del siglo diecinueve, tiene lugar un suceso extraordinario: tres muchachas pobres y poco saludables se convierten en novelistas de fama mundial. Escribiendo desde la infancia, las Brontë -Charlotte, Emily, Anne-, junto con Branwell, único varón en la cofradía de hermanos, componen poemas, cuentos y obras de teatro por los que desfilan reinos y batallas, crímenes y ardides, parentescos dudosos y amores prohibidos. Con el tiempo, Charlotte llegará a ser una celebrada autora; Emily mantendrá el anonimato mientras su Cumbres Borrascosas escandaliza Gran Bretaña; Anne publicará La inquilina de Wildfell Hall, una de las primeras novelas feministas; Branwell, poeta maldito, llevará el ideal romántico hasta los límites de la autodestrucción y será increíblemente proscripto de la historia.
Inferno: A Doctor's Ebola Story
by Steven Hatch"Hatch packs a wealth of knowledge into the book...poignant." -Associated PressDr. Steven Hatch, an infectious disease specialist, first came to Liberia in November 2013 to work at a hospital in Monrovia. Six months later, several of the physicians he had served with were dead or unable to work, and Ebola had become a world health emergency. Inferno is his account of the epidemic that nearly consumed a nation, as well as its deeper origins.Hatch returned with the aid organization International Medical Corps to help establish an Ebola Treatment Unit. Alongside a devoted staff of expats and Liberians in a hastily constructed facility nestled into the jungle, Hatch witnessed the unit's physicians, nurses, other caregivers, and patients selflessly helping others, preserving hope in the face of fear, and maintaining dignity across the divide of health and illness. And, over repeated visits during the course of the outbreak, Hatch came to understand the Ebola catastrophe not only as a contagious virus but as a product of Liberia's violent history and America's role in it.Powerful and clear-eyed, Inferno not only explores a deadly virus and an afflicted country, but also reveals how the Ebola outbreak stoked nativist anxieties that were exploited for political gain in the United States and around the world. In telling one doctor's story, Inferno demonstrates how generations of inequality left Liberia vulnerable to crisis, and how similar circumstances might fuel another plague elsewhere. By understanding and alleviating those circumstances, Hatch writes, we may help smother the fire next time.
Inferno: A Memoir of Motherhood and Madness
by Catherine ChoA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice "Inferno is a disturbing and masterfully told memoir, but it’s also an important one that pushes back against powerful taboos. . ." --The New York Times Book Review "Explosive" --Good Morning America"Sublime" --Bookpage (starred review) When Catherine Cho and her husband set off from London to introduce their newborn son to family scattered across the United States, she could not have imagined what lay in store. Before the trip’s end, she develops psychosis, a complete break from reality, which causes her to lose all sense of time and place, including what is real and not real. In desperation, her husband admits her to a nearby psychiatric hospital, where she begins the hard work of rebuilding her identity. In this unwaveringly honest, insightful, and often shocking memoir Catherine reconstructs her sense of self, starting with her childhood as the daughter of Korean immigrants, moving through a traumatic past relationship, and on to the early years of her courtship with and marriage to her husband, James. She masterfully interweaves these parts of her past with a vivid, immediate recounting of the days she spent in the ward.The result is a powerful exploration of psychosis and motherhood, at once intensely personal, yet holding within it a universal experience – of how we love, live and understand ourselves in relation to each other.
Infidel: Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi AliThe brutal murder of the Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh in 2004 shocked the world. Shot and mutilated by a Muslim fanatic as he cycled to work, it was a stark reminder of the dangers of challenging an extreme Islamic worldview. It also changed the life of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, van Gogh's collaborator on the film that had offended his murderer. Born in Somalia and raised a Muslim, she had escaped an arranged marriage and made a new life as a Dutch parliamentarian, championing the reform of Islam and its attitude to women's rights. She now has twenty-four-hour police protection, but refuses to let that inhibit her willingness to speak out. THE INFIDEL is Ayaan Hirsi Ali's astonishing story. Recounting the extraordinary transition from a third-world upbringing to her current status as one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world, it is a truly remarkable autobiography that is as gripping as it is inspiring.
Infidel: Infidel
by Ayaan Hirsi AliOne of today&’s most admired and controversial political figures, Ayaan Hirsi Ali burst into international headlines following the murder of Theo van Gogh by an Islamist who threatened that she would be next. She made headlines again when she was stripped of her citizenship and resigned from the Dutch Parliament.Infidel shows the coming of age of this distinguished political superstar and champion of free speech as well as the development of her beliefs, iron will, and extraordinary determination to fight injustice. Raised in a strict Muslim family, Hirsi Ali survived civil war, female mutilation, brutal beatings, adolescence as a devout believer during the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and life in four troubled, unstable countries ruled largely by despots. She escaped from a forced marriage and sought asylum in the Netherlands, where she earned a college degree in political science, tried to help her tragically depressed sister adjust to the West, and fought for the rights of Muslim women and the reform of Islam as a member of Parliament. Under constant threat, demonized by reactionary Islamists and politicians, disowned by her father, and expelled from family and clan, she refuses to be silenced. Ultimately a celebration of triumph over adversity, Hirsi Ali’s story tells how a bright little girl evolves out of dutiful obedience to become an outspoken, pioneering freedom fighter. As Western governments struggle to balance democratic ideals with religious pressures, no other book could be more timely or more significant.
Infiltrado: Operación Julie - el interior de la historia
by Stephen BentleyContado de forma magistral por el oficial disfrazado Stephen Bentley, éste ya no es un libro sensacionalista sobre un crimen verdadero. Sumérjase más allá de las partes visibles del agua y llegue a las profundidades sombrías, a medida que usted será conducido no sólo por la operación, sino por las consecuencias, tanto personales como públicas. Una lectura obligatoria para los verdaderos amantes del crimen e historiadores. No soy capaz de recomendar este libro lo suficiente. Fue una lectura muy agradable. - Resumen La Operación Julie sigue siendo hoy el punto de referencia para todas las operaciones de agentes infiltrados británicos y en los más diversos entrenamientos. En 2011, la BBC afirmó que esa operación policial sólida y única fue el inicio de la guerra contra las drogas. Stephen Bentley fue uno de los cuatro detectives infiltrados involucrados en la Operación Julie, una de las mayores aprehensiones de drogas del mundo. Junto con su socio disfrazado, tuvieron acceso a una banda que producía cerca del 90% del LSD del mundo y descubrió un plan para importar enormes cantidades de cocaína boliviana al Reino Unido. El submundo conoció al autor como Steve Jackson. ¿Cómo logró infiltrarse en las dos pandillas? ¿Cómo convertirse en un usuario de drogas y "vivir una mentira" le afectó? Descubre las respuestas entrando en la mente de Steve Jackson, detective disfrazado. "La perspectiva de un insider sobre el tráfico de drogas, contada con encanto, inteligencia y, a veces, humor, por un hombre talentoso, calificado de forma única para contar la verdadera historia." - Resumen de la Crítica "Este no es un drama criminal de televisión donde los chicos y los bandidos son fácilmente identificables y donde el crimen se resuelve durante una hora en que el programa está en el aire. En la historia de la vida real de la Operación Julie, las líneas definidoras no son tan claras y me quedé bastante intrigado
Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from World War II to Peace
by Ashley BryanThis book details artist Ashley Bryan's experiences as a Black soldier in the segregated army of WWII, and how love and the pursuit of art sustained him. In May of 1942, at the age of eighteen, Ashley Bryan was drafted to fight in World War II. For the next three years, he would face the horrors of war as a black soldier in a segregated army. He endured the terrible lies white officers told about the black soldiers to isolate them from anyone who showed kindness - including each other. He received worse treatment than even Nazi POWs. He was assigned the grimmest, most horrific tasks, like burying fallen soldiers-but was told to remove the black soldiers first because the media didnot want them in their newsreels. And he waited and wanted so desperately to go home, watching every white soldier get safe passage back to the United States before black soldiers were even a thought. For the next forty years, Ashley would keep his time in the war a secret. But now, he tells his story. The story of the kind people who supported him. The story of the bright moments that guided him through the dark. And the story of his passion for art that would save him time and time again. Filled with never-before-seen artwork and handwritten letters and diary entries, this illuminating and moving memoir by Newbery Honor-winning illustrator Ashley Bryan is both a lesson in history and a testament to hope.
Infinite Hope: How Wrongful Conviction, Solitary Confinement, and 12 Years on Death Row Failedto Kill My Soul
by Anthony GravesWritten by a wrongfully convicted man who spent 16 years in solitary confinement and 12 years on death row, a powerful memoir about fighting for--and winning--exoneration.In the summer of 1992, a grandmother, a teenage girl, and four children under the age of ten were beaten and stabbed to death in Somerville, Texas. The perpetrator set the house on fire to cover his tracks, deepening the heinousness of the crime and rocking the tiny community to its core. Authorities were eager to make an arrest. Five days later, Anthony Graves was in custody.Graves, then twenty-six years old and without an attorney, was certain that his innocence was obvious. He did not know the victims, he had no knowledge about the crime, and he had an airtight alibi with witnesses. There was also no physical evidence linking him to the scene. Yet Graves was indicted, convicted of capital murder, sentenced to death, and, over the course of twelve years on death row, given two execution dates. He was not freed for eighteen years, two months, four days.Through years of suffering the whims of rogue prosecutors, vote-hungry district attorneys, and Texas State Rangers who played by their own rules, Graves was frequently exposed to the dire realities of being poor and black in the criminal justice system. He witnessed fellow inmates who became his friends and confidants be taken away, one by one, to their deaths. And he missed out on seeing his three young sons mature into men. Graves's only solace was his infinite hope that the state would not execute him for a crime he did not commit. To maintain his dignity and sanity, Graves made sure as many people as possible knew about his case. He wrote letters to whomever he thought would listen. Pen pals in countries all over the world became allies, and he attracted the attention of a savvy legal team that overcame setback after setback, chiseling away at the state's faulty case against him. Everyone's efforts eventually worked. After Graves's exoneration, the original prosecutor on his case was disbarred.Graves is one of a growing number of innocent people exonerated from death row. The moving account of his saga--of his ultimate fight for freedom from inside a prison cell--is as haunting as it is poignant, and as shameful to the legal system as it is inspiring to those on the losing end of it.
Infinite Tuesday: An Autobiographical Riff
by Michael NesmithMichael Nesmith’s eclectic, electric life spans his star-making role on The Monkees, his invention of the music video, and his critical contributions to movies, comedy, and the world of virtual reality. Above all, his is a seeker’s story, a pilgrimage in search of a set of principles to live by. That search took Nesmith from a childhood in Dallas, where his single mother Bette invented Liquid Paper, to the set of The Monkees in Los Angeles; to the heart of swinging London with John Lennon and Jimi Hendrix; and to an unexpected oasis of brilliance in the Santa Fe desert, where his friendships with Douglas Adams and Los Alamos scientists would point him toward the power of the infinite and the endless possibilities of human connection. This funny, thoughtful, self-aware book is a window onto an unexpected life, inflected at every turn by the surprising candor and absurdist humor of an American original. Opening Infinite Tuesday is like stepping into the world of Michael Nesmith, where something curious is always unfolding, and where riffs on everything from bands to dogs to the nature of reality make for an endlessly engaging journey.
Infinitely Full of Hope: Fatherhood and the Future in an Age of Crisis and Disaster
by Tom WhymanA philosophical memoir about becoming a father in an increasingly terrible world – can I hope the child growing in my partner's womb will have a good-enough life?A philosophical memoir about becoming a father in an increasingly terrible world. Can I hope the child growing in my partner&’s womb will have a good-enough life? For Kant, philosophy boiled down to three key questions: &“What can I know?&”, &“What ought I do?&”, and &“What can I hope for?&” In philosophy departments, that third question has largely been neglected at the expense of the first two – even though it is crucial for understanding why anyone might ask them in the first place. In Infinitely Full of Hope, as he prepares to become a father for the first time, the philosopher Tom Whyman attempts to answer Kant&’s third question, trying to make sense of it in the context of a world that increasingly seems like it is on the verge of collapse. Part memoir, part theory, and part reflection on fatherhood, Infinitely Full of Hope asks how we can cling to hope in a world marked by crisis and disaster.
Inflamed: Abandonment, Heroism, and Outrage in Wine Country's Deadliest Firestorm
by Anne E. Belden Paul GullixsonThe dramatic story of hundreds of senior citizens left in the path of a ferocious firestorm and what the quest for accountability reveals about the increasing risks to our most vulnerable population. &“…a powerful work of investigative journalism about a particularly vulnerable segment of the population…. Alongside an engrossing account of the emergency as it unfolded in Sonoma County, Belden and Gullixson provide a definitive account of management&’s woefully inadequate response at the two sister facilities. Their findings are a lesson to other care facilities —here&’s what not to do.&” —San Francisco ChronicleJust after midnight on October 9, 2017, as one of the nation&’s deadliest and most destructive firestorms swept over California&’s Wine Country, hundreds of elderly residents from two posh senior living facilities were caught in its path. The frailest were blind, in wheelchairs, or diagnosed with dementia, and their community quickly transformed from a palatial complex that pledged to care for them to one that threatened to entomb them. The rescue of the final 105 seniors left behind on an inflamed hillside depended not on employees, but strangers whose lives intersected in a riveting tale of terror and heroism. Headlines blamed caregivers for abandonment and neglect, but the truth proved far more complex—leading to a battle for accountability that stretched from the courtroom to the state legislature, and ultimately, to the ballot box. Inflamed: Abandonment, Heroism, and Outrage in Wine Country&’s Deadliest Firestorm is the gripping and emotional narrative detailing what happened to these seniors, employees, and rescuers before, during, and after the Tubbs Fire decimated portions of Santa Rosa, including Oakmont Senior Living Villa Capri and part of Varenna at Fountaingrove. Anne Belden and Paul Gullixson are professional journalists and Sonoma County residents who spent three years recording each phase of the disaster in agonizing detail—from the botched evacuation and its excruciating aftermath to the investigations, lawsuits, and breakdowns that followed. They tell this harrowing story with a veracity and compassion only achieved by experienced reporters with local roots. Their narrative revisits the horrors of 2017 but also asks the reader to look to the future and consider how their community&’s most vulnerable will fare as ten thousand Baby Boomers retire each day, the for-profit assisted living industry rapidly expands, and the climate becomes more volatile. If this travesty can happen at high-end senior living complexes, it can happen anywhere.
Influencers, Activists, and Women's Rights: A Translation of Divorce in Spain (MLA Texts and Translations #45)
by Carmen de Burgos SeguíThe newspaper columnist Carmen de Burgos Seguí caused a sensation in 1903 when she called for a public discussion on divorce, then illegal in Spain. The fierce debate that ensued among Spain's leading thinkers--politicians, academics, feminists, journalists, and others--is collected in Divorce in Spain. This milestone volume ultimately contributed to Spain's legalizing divorce in the 1930s--a victory for women's rights that was subsequently rolled back by the Franco dictatorship and not regained for over fifty years. The opinions showcased here illuminate the uniqueness of feminism in early-twentieth-century Spain: because ideas about marriage and the role of women in society were anchored in Catholic teachings, feminist arguments focused on rights to education, divorce, and employment instead of on suffrage.
Influencers, activistas y los derechos de las mujeres: Una publicación de El divorcio en España (MLA Texts and Translations #45)
by Carmen de Burgos SeguíThe newspaper columnist Carmen de Burgos Seguí caused a sensation in 1903 when she called for a public discussion on divorce, then illegal in Spain. The fierce debate that ensued among Spain's leading thinkers--politicians, academics, feminists, journalists, and others--is collected in El divorcio en España. This milestone volume ultimately contributed to Spain's legalizing divorce in the 1930s--a victory for women's rights that was subsequently rolled back by the Franco dictatorship and not regained for over fifty years. The opinions showcased here illuminate the uniqueness of feminism in early-twentieth-century Spain: because ideas about marriage and the role of women in society were anchored in Catholic teachings, feminist arguments focused on rights to education, divorce, and employment instead of on suffrage.
Influencing Hemingway: People and Places That Shaped His Life and Work
by Nancy W SindelarErnest Hemingway embraced adventure and courted glamorous friends while writing articles, novels, and short stories that captivated the world. Hemingway’s personal relationships and experiences influenced the content of his fiction, while the progression of places where the author chose to live and work shaped his style and rituals of writing. Whether revisiting the Italian front in A Farewell to Arms, recounting a Pamplona bull run in The Sun Also Rises, or depicting a Cuban fishing village in The Old Man and the Sea, setting played an important part in Hemingway’s fiction. The author also drew on real people—parents, friends, and fellow writers, among others—to create memorable characters in his short stories and novels. In Influencing Hemingway: The People and Places That Shaped His Life and Work Nancy W. Sindelar introduces the reader to the individuals who played significant roles in Hemingway’s development as both a man and as an artist—as well as the environments that had a profound impact on the a
Influential Women: Two Biographies
by Emily HahnPortraits of pivotal American feminists and three of the most powerful women in twentieth-century China by the &“quintessential New Yorker narrator&” (The New York Times). Once Upon a Pedestal: After living an unconventional and exotic life for decades, New Yorker writer Emily Hahn was in her late sixties when this book was first published in 1974. As the Women&’s Movement continued to gain momentum, Hahn penned this &“essential history of the remarkable women who led the feminist movement in America.&” Her &“excellent and eminently readable&” biographical sketches include Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Fanny Wright, the Grimké sisters, Margaret Sanger, Jane Addams, Victoria Woodhull, Harriet Martineau, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Betty Friedan (Publishers Weekly). &“[The] quintessential New Yorker narrator whose adventures over the last forty years have intrigued, amused and educated . . . Emily Hahn is, herself, a role model. It is fitting and felicitous for her to give us an armchair guide to strong-minded American women.&” —The New York Times The Soong Sisters: In 1935, intrepid journalist and fearless feminist Emily Hahn traveled to China and sent dispatches to the New Yorker. Through her lover, the Chinese poet Shao Xunmei, she met and established close bonds with three of the most instrumental women in twentieth-century Chinese history, who happened to be sisters. The Soong family was arguably the most influential family in Shanghai, even more so as eldest sister Eling married finance minister H. H. Kung; middle sister Chingling married Sun Yat-Sen, the founding father and first president of the Republic of China; and youngest sister Mayling married Chiang Kai-Shek, who succeeded Sun as the leader of the Republic of China. Hahn&’s chronicle of the family&’s history, written while bombs were falling during the Second Sino-Japanese War, and published in 1941, while Hahn was still in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, is a vivid, comprehensive, and uniquely personal account of the sisters who would become known to the world as Madame Kung, Madame Sun, and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek. &“First rate reportorial job on three distinguished women . . . [a] tribute to their work and their individual heroisms.&” —Kirkus Reviews
Information Wars: How We Lost the Global Battle Against Disinformation & What We Can Do About It
by Richard StengelA “well-told” insider account of the State Department’s twenty-first-century struggle to defend America against malicious propaganda and disinformation (The Washington Post).Disinformation is nothing new. When Satan told Eve nothing would happen if she bit the apple, that was disinformation. But today, social media has made disinformation even more pervasive and pernicious. In a disturbing turn of events, authoritarian governments are increasingly using it to create their own false narratives, and democracies are proving not to be very good at fighting it.During the final three years of the Obama administration, Richard Stengel, former editor of Time, was an Under Secretary of State on the front lines of this new global information war—tasked with unpacking, disproving, and combating both ISIS’s messaging and Russian disinformation. Then, during the 2016 election, Stengel watched as Donald Trump used disinformation himself. In fact, Stengel quickly came to see how all three had used the same playbook: ISIS sought to make Islam great again; Putin tried to make Russia great again; and we know the rest.In Information Wars, Stengel moves through Russia and Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Iraq, and introduces characters from Putin to Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and Mohamed bin Salman, to show how disinformation is impacting our global society. He illustrates how ISIS terrorized the world using social media, and how the Russians launched a tsunami of disinformation around the annexation of Crimea—a scheme that would became a model for future endeavors. An urgent book for our times, now with a new preface from the author, Information Wars challenges us to combat this ever-growing threat to democracy.“[A] refreshingly frank account . . . revealing.” —Kirkus Reviews“This sobering book is indeed needed to help individuals better understand how information can be massaged to produce any sort of message desired.” —Library Journal
Informe contra mí mismo
by Eliseo AlbertoInforme contra mí mismo es un libro a favor de lo que amo: mi familia, los amigos, la isla entera. No me propuse una memoria de la historia sino una primera historia de mi memoria. Preciso: la emocionante memoria de los míos. Sobre la experiencia de la Revolución cubana se ha debatido casi siempre en defensa de posiciones extremas. A quemarropa. La razón dicta. La pasión ciega. Sólo la emoción conmueve, porque la emoción es, a fin de cuentas, la única razón de la pasión. ¿Será cierto que la mejor defensa es el ataque? Lo dudo. José Martí nos llamó a una guerra necesaria, sin odios, para alcanzar la independencia pienso que ahora los cubanos debemos convocarnos a una «paz necesaria», también sin odios, para lograr la concordia nacional. Sé que la publicación de este libro puede molestar a muchos en la isla o en el exilio, las dos orillas del conflicto. En todo caso, pienso que tendrán la opción de no leerlo. Yo tuve la necesidad de escribirlo. Si algún compatriota, en cualquier agujero del mundo, se reconoce en una de estas paginas y se recuerda en mis recuerdos, me sentiré acompañado. Lo único imperdonable es el olvido. Tarde o temprano, los cubanos nos volveremos a encontrar, bajo la sombra isleña de una nube. Hay que estar atentos: el toque de una clave se escucha desde lejos. (Eliseo Alberto, Lichi)
Inge's War: A German Woman's Story of Family, Secrets, and Survival Under Hitler
by Svenja O'Donnell"An extraordinary saga." --David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon The mesmerizing account of a granddaughter's search for a World War II family history hidden for sixty yearsGrowing up in Paris as the daughter of a German mother and an Irish father, Svenja O'Donnell knew little of her family's German past. All she knew was that her great-grandparents, grandmother, and mother had fled their home city of Königsberg near the end of World War II, never to return. But everything changed when O'Donnell traveled to the city--now known as Kaliningrad, and a part of Russia--and called her grandmother, who uncharacteristically burst into tears. "I have so much to tell you," Inge said. In this transporting and illuminating book, the award-winning journalist vividly reconstructs the story of Inge's life from the rise of the Nazis through the brutal postwar years, from falling in love with a man who was sent to the Eastern Front just after she became pregnant with his child, to spearheading her family's flight as the Red Army closed in, her young daughter in tow. Ultimately, O'Donnell uncovers the act of violence that separated Inge from the man she loved; a terrible secret hidden for more than six decades. A captivating World War II saga, Inge's War is also a powerful reckoning with the meaning of German identity and inherited trauma. In retracing her grandmother's footsteps, O'Donnell not only discovers the remarkable story of a woman caught in the gears of history, but also comes face to face with her family's legacy of neutrality and inaction--and offers a rare glimpse into a reality too long buried by silence and shame.
Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist
by Richard MunsonThe dramatic story of an ingenious man who explained nature and created a country. Benjamin Franklin was one of the preeminent scientists of his time. Driven by curiosity, he conducted cutting-edge research on electricity, heat, ocean currents, weather patterns, chemical bonds, and plants. But today, Franklin is remembered more for his political prowess and diplomatic achievements than his scientific creativity. In this incisive and rich account of Benjamin Franklin’s life and career, Richard Munson recovers this vital part of Franklin’s story, reveals his modern relevance, and offers a compelling portrait of a shrewd experimenter, clever innovator, and visionary physicist whose fame opened doors to negotiate French support and funding for American independence. Munson’s riveting narrative explores how science underpins Franklin’s entire story—from tradesman to inventor to nation-founder—and argues that Franklin’s political life cannot be understood without giving proper credit to his scientific accomplishments.
Ingmar & Liv's Love Letters
by Lázaro Droznes Agasel LindawanThis dramatic fiction is an intimate, truthful look at the 42-year relationship between the legendary actress Liv Ullmann and the famous filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. The story of their bond is told through exchanged letters over the course of their lives, letters which their daughter ended up with. They filmed 12 movies together and shared their experiences in cinema, theatre, and writing. This work is an homage to two of the greatest artists of the 20th century, two marvelous beings, inseparable friends, and soulmates. Their relationship has been described by Bergman as a bond between two “painfully connected” individuals. It started as a spirited romance between a director and his actress, despite a 20-year age gap, and transformed into a beautiful friendship that lasted more than 40 years.