Focusing on the resistance of Chilean students against the Pinochet regime during the late 1970s and 1980s, this book examines the formation of cultural groups in universities that fostered idea exchange post-coup. It highlights the establishment of democratic institutions by students to counter regime authority and their pivotal role in national protests. The author analyzes the synergy between underground political parties and student-led organizations, emphasizing how this collaboration broadened the anti-dictatorship movement's appeal, particularly among youth.
Traveler and naturalist Richard Gordon Smith journeyed in Japan, where he recorded ancient Japanese myths and legends in his 'voluminous illustrated diaries'. The result is a fascinating collection of Japanese historical legends and folktales. Nearly all of them are set in a well-defined time and place, instead of 'once upon a time.' Their themes include ghosts; unrequited love across social boundaries; Shinto landscape, tree and ocean spirits; and tales driven by Bushido and Buddhist ethics. Gordon Smith's style is to re-tell the stories very literally, even when they include supernatural elements. The result is an anthology of Japanese 'magical realist' tales.
Two young people are struggling to find themselves and a role in life. For
one, the world is changing too quickly. For the other, change can’t come soon
enough. Linking them are overgrown railway sidings - home to wildlife but
about to be destroyed.
The book is a classical work deemed essential throughout history, now republished in a modern format by Alpha Editions to ensure its preservation for future generations. It has been reformatted, retyped, and designed for clarity, avoiding scanned copies to enhance readability. This effort emphasizes the importance of maintaining literary heritage while making it accessible to contemporary audiences.
The devastating impact of cancer and infertility on women of reproductive age is explored, highlighting the emotional and physical toll on their lives and families. Many women facing cancer are willing to take significant risks in their pursuit of motherhood, reflecting the profound desire for children amidst their health struggles. The book delves into the complexities of these intertwined issues, emphasizing the lengths to which women will go to achieve both remission and the chance to become mothers.
For many Americans, President Gerald Ford was seen as a genial accident of history, known for controversially pardoning his Watergate-tarnished predecessor and presiding over the fall of Saigon. However, Richard Norton Smith reveals Ford as an underrated leader whose tough decisions and personal decency gain significance over time. Drawing from hundreds of interviews and thousands of documents, Smith recounts Ford's challenging childhood in Michigan, his early anti-establishment politics, and his lifelong relationship with Betty Bloomer, whose cultural impact he believed would surpass his own. As president, Ford navigated the nation's worst Constitutional crisis since the Civil War and addressed the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression, achieving these feats with little recognition until later honors, like the JFK Library's Profile in Courage Award. Ford's administration served as a bridge between the Republican pragmatism of Eisenhower and Nixon and the more doctrinaire conservatism of Reagan. His push for economic deregulation transformed the American economy, while his support of the Helsinki Accords contributed to the Soviet Union's collapse. This definitive biography, illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photos, offers a fresh perspective on a man whose warning about presidential arrogance remains relevant today.
In mid-fourteenth century Yorkshire, the plague wipes out half the inhabitants
of a remote village. Left behind, a twelve-year-old shepherd boy survives a
brutal winter and keeps his flock alive. In the years that follow, he
struggles to reconnect with life. He tells his story in a sequence of eighty-
four sonnets.
Otwórz drzwi nieznanemu. Poznaj prawdziwe, przerażające historie, których
nigdy nie udało się wyjaśnić. Choć nauka pozostaje wobec nich bezradna, czy
mogą nam powiedzieć coś więcej o świecie i nas samych? Pewnego poranka w 2014
roku w stanie Wisconsin przerażony rowerzysta zauważa wyczołgującą się z
leśnej gęstwiny zakrwawioną dziewczynkę. Na jej ciele jest dziewiętnaście ran
zadanych kuchennym nożem. Wkrótce okazuje się, że do lasu zabrały ją i
zaatakowały dwie dwunastoletnie przyjaciółki. Pytane przez policję, dlaczego
to zrobiły, odpowiedziały, że tego chciał od nich Slender Man. Richard MacLean
Smith – twórca „najstraszniejszego podcastu świata” – opowiada prawdziwe
historie, które nigdy nie doczekały się racjonalnego wyjaśnienia. Fascynuje,
przeraża i stawia odważne pytania o nasze postrzeganie świata i granice
wiedzy. Czy krwawe wydarzenia w hotelu Cecil nie są wystarczającym dowodem, że
nawiedzone domy istnieją? Czy Anneliese Michel naprawdę była opętana przez
demona? Czy sześćdziesięcioro dzieci rzeczywiście mogło kłamać, że na szkolnym
podwórku wylądowało UFO? Czy wraz z rozwojem internetu nasz umysł cofa się do
wypełnionego upiorami i przesądami średniowiecza, a może to sieć daje
schronienie nadnaturalnym groźnym istotom jak Slender Man? Oto przyprawiająca
o dreszcze podróż do granic ludzkiego poznania. Czy odważycie się w nią
wyruszyć?
Autor presvedčivo argumentuje a dokazuje, že veľké farmaceutické firmy sa často správajú nezodpovedne až trestuhodne, vedome dodávajú na trh lieky, o ktorých účinnosti nie sú presvedčené a o ktorých škodlivosti dokonca vedia, ale zatajujú to. Prevažná väčšina lekárov vôbec netuší o negatívnych vlastnostiach liekov, ktoré im ich predajcovia odporúčajú či nanucujú, hoci určité percento - požívajúce finančné výhody alebo iné lukratívne ponuky vrátane zahraničných zájazdov a preplácania nákladov na rozličné konferencie (zväčša usporadúvané farmaceutickými firmami) to prinajmenšom tušiť musí.
