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The 38 letters written by Rockefeller to his son imparting his perspectives, ideology, and wisdom to his son.

Shortly after its 1925 publication, Gertrude Beasley's ferociously eloquent feminist memoir was banned and she herself disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Though British Nobel Prize winner Bertrand Russell called My First Thirty Years "truthful, which is illegal" and Larry McMurtry pronounced it the finest Texas book of its era, Beasley's words have been all but inaccessible for almost a century—until now.

John Buchan’s name is known across the world for The Thirty-Nine Steps. In the past hundred years the classic thriller has never been out of print and has inspired numerous adaptations for film, television, radio and stage, beginning with the celebrated version by Alfred Hitchcock. Yet there was vastly more to ‘JB’. He wrote more than a hundred books - fiction and nonfiction - and a thousand articles for newspapers and magazines.

Behind the Scenes, or Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House is the life story of Elizabeth Keckley, a shrewd entrepreneur who, while enslaved, raised enough money to purchase freedom for herself and her son. Working as a seamstress and dressmaker for the wives of influential politicians, Keckley helped organize an auction of dresses that belonged to Mary Todd Lincoln, the former first lady. The auction elicited strong criticism from the Washington elite.

Nació en Burdeos, en 1122, y murió en Fonteurault, en 1204. Duquesa de Aquitania y de Gascuña, era también condesa de Poitou. Su matrimonio con Luis VII de Francia se disolvió en 1154, y contrajo nuevas nupcias con Enrique II Plantagenet de Inglaterra, lo que unió sus dominios a la corona...

Figure légendaire de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, As aux 33 victoires, ancien député de l'Assemblée Nationale, Grand-Croix de la Légion d'Honneur, Compagnon de la Libération, constructeur d'avions et enfin auteur du best-seller mondial Le Grand Cirque, découvrez pour la première fois en audio, Pierre Closterman raconter ses souvenirs des années de guerre.

Chi fu davvero la papessa e come tenne in scacco il papato? Quali segreti si celano dietro alle crudeli congiure ai tempi dei romani? Chi è la prima donna laureata della storia? Da dove nasce l'odio ancestrale tra Isabella d'Este e Lucrezia Borgia? Quale vita si nasconde dietro alla dottrina pedagogica di Maria Montessori?