Memorias palenqueras y raizales

Examines the life and times of Manuelita Saenz, discussing her youth in Ecuador, her marriage to James Thorne, her relationship with revolutionary leader Simon Bolivar, and her later life of destitution. Includes a chronology.

El Genio Pródigo: La Extraordinaria Vida de Nikola Tesla cubre, entre otros temas, la historia de la inspiración de Tesla que lo llevó a ser ingeniero; muestra sus teorías respecto a la electricidad que fueron contra lo establecido por la ciencia; explora sus amistades; investiga la historia del Premio Nobel perdido.

The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning offers an accessible and authoritative guide to the essentials of Robert Browning's life and poetry. Drawing from his personal letters and from the diaries and memoirs of his contemporaries, this literary biography provides a wealth of information about the main events of his life, including the social, political, religious, and aesthetic issues that concerned him; it offers critical commentary defining the central characteristics of his poetry; and it tracks the changes in his reputation through contemporary reviews and the growth of the Browning...

In this exhaustive and rigorous work the author collects the biographies of nineteen women who actively participated in the terror machine of Nazism. Did they have another way out? Yes. However, they chose to take the reins, follow orders and dress their actions with heavy doses of abuse and sadism.