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A collection of biographical essays by Paul Johnson that profile a wide range of heroes from around the world and throughout history who have inspired and changed the world, including Henry V, Walter Raleigh, Emily Dickinson, Abraham Lincoln, and Ronald Reagan. Presented in Spanish.

This is the true story of a family forced to live halfway across the world from their homeland. Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer and her husband Carl, lived in Germany before the Nazis forced the couple to flee with their two daughters. After finding Backwoods Farms in Vermont, Alice wrote this memoir about their time there building chicken coops and breaking up duck fights. Despite endless work, brutal winters and melancholy, she discovered that they had found a home.

In this entertaining homage to the golden age of the cocktail, illustrator Edward Hemingway and writer Mark Bailey present the best (and thirstiest) American writers, their favorite cocktails, true stories of their saucy escapades, and intoxicating excerpts from their literary works. It’s the perfect blend of classic cocktail recipes, literary history, and tales of the good old days of extravagant Martini lunches and delicious excess. When Algonquin Round Table legend Robert Benchley was asked if he knew that drinking was a slow death, Benchley took a sip of his cocktail and replied, “So...

Un testimonio violentamente honesto de lo que Dios puede hacer con una vida que en apariencia tiene todo en contra.Alex Campos, uno de los cantautores más aclamados y populares por su música y poesía, cuenta su niñez y adolescencia, su batalla con la enfermedad, el abandono, la muerte de uno de sus seres más queridos, la falta de recursos y el rechazo. ¿Cuál es el proceso que Dios usa para formar los sueños de un joven? ¿Es la realización de los anhelos imposible para quienes no tienen posibilidades?En este libro, Alex te llevará del llanto a la sonrisa, así como Dios lo llevó a...