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Publisher
Duomo ediciones
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
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"El legado de un hombre que ha trazado el camino hacia un futuro mejor. El 20 de enero de 2009, después de que se celebrara una de las elecciones más participativas en la historia de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama se convirtió en el 44.° presidente del país y en el primer afroamericano en llegar a la Casa Blanca. En todo ese tiempo, ocho años de intenso mandato, Obama, que recibió el Premio Nobel de la Paz, abogó por la concordia entre los pueblos,...
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Language
English
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Description
"In this powerful new history, New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace draws on groundbreaking research to reframe Helen Keller's journey after the miracle, vividly bringing to light her rarely discussed, lifelong fight for social justice across gender, class, race, and ability. Raised in Alabama, she sent shockwaves through the South when she launched a public broadside against Jim Crow and donated to the NAACP. She used her fame to oppose...
Author
Publisher
ISI Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"In this fascinating new book, acclaimed scholar and bestselling author Paul Kengor tells the untold story of the partnership between Pope John Paul II and President Ronald Reagan and how together they changed the course of world history. Kengor shows that the bonds between the pope and the president ran deeper than anyone has suspected, and that these bonds drove the two men to confront what they knew to be the great evil of the twentieth century:...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This exploration of the private wartime diary of Alfred Rosenberg--Hitler's 'chief philosopher' and architect of Nazi ideology--interweaves the story of its recent discovery with the revelation of its never-before-published contents, which are contextualized by the authors: The result is a unprecedented, page-turning narrative of the Nazi rise to power, the Holocaust, and Hitler's post-invasion plans for Russia. A groundbreaking historical contribution,...
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