Memorias y sentimientos perturbadores

Mientras su país sucumbía a la violencia del genocidio ruandés de 1994, el director de hotel Paul Rusesabagina se negó a doblegarse a la locura que le rodeaba. Así pues, plantó cara a los asesinos con una combinación de diplomacia, adulación y embuste y dio cobijo a más de 1.200 tutsis y hutus moderados en unos momentos en que imperaban los escuadrones de la muerte y sus machetes.Esta obra ahonda en aspectos que la película Hotel Ruanda no pudo tratar: la personal perspectiva de un hombre que se convirtió en una de las caras más conocidas y destacadas de aquel terrible conflicto....

Fifty years ago Richard Bach made a promise to himself when he was a child: to write a book containing the sum of all he has learned and deliver it to his nine-year-old self, Dickie. He forgot his promise until one day. Whilst flying in his Delta Wing, he found Dickie, who expected him to fulfill his promise.

Great men were once children, and perhaps, they even desired to have everything we now have at arm's reach. Some were born into poverty; others were orphaned and cared for by relatives or institutions. Extreme scarcity or social turmoil was often a part of their daily lives. However, these greats allowed themselves to envision a better future and follow their dreams. They worked incessantly to make their visions a reality. As a result, they've gifted humanity with proof that dreams do come true.

Outstanding figures who have shaped the path of history are profiled in these handsome, inexpensive volumes. These biographies detail the facts known about their subjects and emphasize their childhood, motivation, accomplishments, and humanity, as well as their impact on history. Figuras destacadas que han protagonizado los hechos m�s importantes de la historia est�n retratados en estos bellos vol�menes econ�micos. Tan fascinante como los hechos que los hicieron famosos, estas biograf�as detallan los hechos conocidos acerca de los sujetos con �nfasis en sus ni�eces, sus...