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"Three years of captivity among the Patagones" is an exceptional ethnological document, but to its documentary value it adds the attraction and intensity of an adventures novel. It narrates the extraordinary experience of Auguste Guinnard, a young French immigrant who, around 1850, gets lost in the Pampas and is captured by native tribes who considered every foreigner a foe. Bound to a cruel slavery among the last nomads of Patagonia, Guinnard, was forced to sleep in the ground, and survive naked feeding from raw meat and fresh blood. In spite of being despised, and often chastised even by...

*Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize* 'Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world' J K Rowling 'Inspirational and powerful' GRAZIA 'For sheer inspiration read I Am Malala' SUNDAY TIMES 'A tale of immense courage and conviction' INDEPENDENT 'She has the heart and courage of a lioness and is a true inspiration' Lorraine Kelly, THE SUN When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, 9 October 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price when she was shot in the head at point-blank range. Malala Yousafzai's...

Fray Antonio Alcalde y Barriga. Los matices de una leyenda. Obra de Lilia Esthela Bayardo Rodríguez. Publicación de Editorial Universidad de Guadalajara.

Me violaron a los seis años. Me internaron en un psiquiátrico. Fui drogadicto y alcohólico. Me intenté suicidar cinco veces. Perdí la custodia de mi hijo. Pero no voy a hablar de eso. Voy a hablar de música. Porque Bach me salvó la vida. Y yo amo la vida. James Rhodes es uno de los más eminentes concertistas de piano de la actualidad y un gran renovador de la música clásica. Ha protagonizado documentales para la BBC y Channel 4, escribe en The Guardian y ofrece recitales en todo el mundo ENGLISH DESCRIPTION "A mesmeric combination of vivid, keen, obsessive precision and raw, urgent...