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Locos adorables

Locos adorables

Autor: Daniel Samper Pizano

Número de Páginas: 290

El nuevo libro del periodista Daniel Samper nos descubre las extravagantes, originales y divertidas historias de vida de 10 personajes tan excéntricos como memorables No conoces a Ada Byron ni su gran hazaña en el mundo de la informática, pero quizá sí a su padre, Lord Byron. Tampoco sabes quién es el cocinero François Vatel, pero habrás oído hablar de los suntuosos banquetes que daba Luis XIV en su corte. Y por supuesto no te sonará el nombre de Annie Oakley, pero sí el de sus coetáneos Toro sentado y Buffalo Bill. Y es que detrás de cada gran hombre o mujer hay, sin duda, un loco adorable con una increíble vida que deberías conocer. Y Daniel Samper ha descubierto en este libro diez de las más fascinantes: François Vatel, Aimé Bonpland, Ada Byron, Temístocle Solera, Ezequiel Uricoechea, Annie Oakley, Graciela Olmos, Sidney Franklin, Hedy Lamarr y Mané Garrincha son los excéntricos e interesantísimos protagonistas de las historias injustamente desconocidas que componen estas páginas y que te enamorarán.

The Boy with Four Names

The Boy with Four Names

Autor: Doris Rubenstein

Número de Páginas: 161

Between 1933 and the end of World War II, over 3,000 Jews from countries all across Europe fled what was an almost certain death there to find freedom and safety in a small country in South America. Most of them had never heard of it before there was nowhere else to run: Ecuador. Some left for the U.S. or Israel after five or ten years. Others decided to make it their permanent home. Today, there are less than 1,000 Jews still living in Ecuador. Why did they decide to stay? Each family’s story is different. Every single person has their own, unique memories of their early days in Ecuador. The Boy with Four Names is the story of one family, and one boy who ended up with four names. You will enjoy this book whether you’re thirteen or sixty-three!

En nombre de un amor imaginario

En nombre de un amor imaginario

Autor: Jorge Velasco Mackenzie

Número de Páginas: 300

"Bajo el telón de una historia de amor se desarrolla una novela histórica situada en el siglo XVIII que tiene como trasfondo el origen del Ecuador como concepto científico y como país. Su autor fue premiado con el primer premio de la IV Bienal de la Novela Ecuatoriana el año de su publicación"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.

Full Meridian of Glory

Full Meridian of Glory

Autor: Paul Murdin

Número de Páginas: 198

[the text below needs editing and we must be careful not to say things about Dan Brown's book that could get Springer in legal trouble] Dan Brown’s novel, The Da Vinci Code, was first published in 2003; its sales have reached 40 million worldwide. The book mixes a small spice of fact into a large dollop of fiction to create an entertaining novel of intrigue, adventure, romance, danger and conspiracy, which have been imaginatively worked together to cook up the successful bestseller. Most interest in the book’s origins has centred on the sensational religious aspects. Dan Brown has written: ‘All of the art, architecture, secret rituals, secret societies, all of that is historical fact.’ This gives an air of authenticity to the book. Brown has, however, made up the religious doctrines, or based them on questionable accounts by others. The locations of the actions of The Da Vinci Code are not, however, made up. The present book is the scientific story behind the scene of several of the book’s actions that take place on the axis of France that passes through Paris. The Paris Meridian is the name of this location. It is the line running north-south through the astronomical...

The Explorers

The Explorers

Autor: Martin Dugard

Número de Páginas: 304

Learn to unlock your inner explorer in this riveting account of a great, forbidding adventure and “a fascinating examination of the seven key traits of history’s most famous explorers…[with] infusions of insight and enthusiasm” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In 1856, two intrepid adventurers, Richard Frances Burton and John Hanning Speke, set off to unravel a geographical unknown: the location of the Nile River’s source. They traveled deep into an uncharted African wilderness together, arrived at two different solutions to the mystery, and parted ways as sworn enemies. The feud became an international sensation on their return to England, and a public debate was scheduled to decide whose theory was correct. What followed was a massive spectacle with an outcome no one could have foreseen. In The Explorers, New York Times bestselling author Martin Dugard shares the rich saga of the Burton and Speke expedition and guides readers through the seven traits that history’s most legendary explorers called on to survive their impossible journeys. In doing so, Dugard demonstrates that these traits have a most practical application in everyday life. We see St. Brendan the...

D'Amour et d'Amazone

D'Amour et d'Amazone

Autor: Anthony Smith

Número de Páginas: 187

Partez à l'aventure en suivant l'incroyable expédition d'Isabel Godin L’expédition dirigée par La Condamine, qui hissa les voiles vers le Pérou en 1735, perdit la plupart de ses membres dans de tragiques circonstances. L’un de ses rares survivants, Jean Godin des Odonais, tomba amoureux et fonda une famille à Riobamba, ville aujourd’hui située en Équateur, avant de repartir explorer l’Amazone. Malheureusement pour le jeune marié, les remous politiques propres à l’Amazonie du dix-huitième siècle, terre de conflits d’influence et de dangers multiples, le condamnèrent à un exil forcé à Cayenne, en Guyane française. Après vingt ans de séparation, une expédition est enfin organisée pour qu’Isabel Godin puisse descendre l’Amazone et rejoindre son bien-aimé. De ses quarante-deux membres, Isabel fut la seule qui ne succomba pas à la noyade, la variole, la folie, les armes ou la faim. Le récit de cette expédition ressemble à l’un de ces miracles que nous réserve parfois l’Histoire, un miracle dû au courage, à l’ardeur et à l’inébranlable détermination d’une femme amoureuse. Dans ces années qui précédèrent de peu la Révolution...

La femme du cartographe

La femme du cartographe

Autor: Robert Whitaker

Número de Páginas: 359

Sur fond d'exploration scientifique au XVIIIe siècle en Amérique latine (la première réalisée par des Français), l'incroyable histoire d'amour d'un couple séparé depuis 20 ans qui se retrouve dans des conditions extrêmes et l'histoire vraie d'Isabelle Godin des Odonais qui accomplit un périple de 4 800 km d'un bout à l'autre du continent à travers la Cordillère des Andes et la jungle amazonienne pour rejoindre son mari. Un récit palpitant que Dennis Lehane décrivit comme "aussi captivant qu'un roman épique".

British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain

British Bulletin of Publications on Latin America, the Caribbean, Portugal and Spain

Número de Páginas: 668

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