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Para muchos de los que la impulsaron, como el presidente estadounidense Woodrow Wilson, la Primera Guerra Mundial era la guerra que tenía que acabar con todas las guerras, la confrontación armada que debía evitar que una carnicería semejante, con millones de muertos en todo el mundo, desproporcionada incluso un siglo después de su estallido, volviera a repetirse.Está claro que no fue así. Y solo unos pocos supieron verlo entonces. De todos ellos habla Adam Hochschild en este libro, en el que los que lucharon en la guerra dejan sitio a los que se opusieron a ella, muchos de los cuales terminaron en la cárcel por defender sus ideas. Entre ellos, el futuro ganador de un Premio Nobel de Literatura Bertrand Russell y un exdirector de diario que publicó para sus compañeros de prisión un periódico en papel higiénico.Libro formidable y documentado, Para acabar con todas las guerras no es solo una poderosa evocación del terror de la Primera Guerra Mundial, sino un homenaje a los que sufri

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YA el propio título de esta obra nos descubre muchas de sus claves. Por una parte, el Diálogo entre Pedro Barrantes Maldonado y un cauallero estrangero nos indica su pertenencia a uno de los géneros literarios más importantes del siglo XVI: el diálogo; género muy emparentado con todo el movimiento humanista que se desarrolló en Europa entre los siglos XV y XVI, y cuyos moldes utilizarán muchos autores de la época para exponer toda clase de temas: sus ideas sobre el matrimonio, sobre el perfecto médico, la política, la educación, etc. y, sobre todo, sus experiencias personales. Y a este último tema pertenece esta obra de Barrantes que, además y por otra parte, tiene como otra de sus características el relato de un suceso histórico (segunda parte del título): que cuenta el saco que los turcos hizieron en Gibraltar en 1540, lo que lleva al autor no sólo a dar cuenta de este hecho, con el detalle y la exhaustividad del que fue enviado para defender Gibraltar, sino a exponer todo su conocim

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A propósito del aborto, hablamos sin atender y, si llega el caso, nos agredimos. Es hora de no olvidar lo esencial. Porque defender la vida oculta de un prenacido no debe estar por encima de respetar la vida del real contertulio que discrepa de nosotros.El absolutismo y la intransigencia han escrito crueles páginas de nuestra historia. Luego, con el tiempo, descubrimos que lo defendido no fue la verdad sino espejismos. Demasiadas veces!Vida es confiar en el otro, dialogar, entenderse, acordar. Pero es vieja y testaruda la tendencia a encapsularnos en el error o la maldad. La vida se hace armonía y progreso cuando busca la verdad incansable y humilde desde la razón, la experiencia y el saber del corazón.Vida es escuchar y valorar la verdad del otro venga de donde viniere, no negarla y silenciarla.Por la verdad -qué verdad?- hemos matado muchas veces, sin dejar que la vida naciera en el común buscar. Y la abortamos.Hay muchas vidas nacidas, adultas físicamente, pero que es

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Tras mudarse a Horror de los Montes y acudir a su primer día de clase, Kevin se hace amigo del Cuerpo de Bienhechores, un grupo de chavales que sufren acoso escolar por parte de una banda cuyos miembros se hacen llamar los Migalas. Una jornada más, el grupo es víctima de las fechorías de la cruel banda, pero, a diferencia de otras ocasiones, Kevin está ahí para defender a sus nuevos amigos. A pesar de contar con el factor sorpresa, su intervención no es suficiente. Ahora llega el momento de la verdad. Kevin tiene hasta medianoche para trasformar a sus nuevos amigos en los formidables guerreros que sabe que son. La guerra entre los dos bandos ha estallado y el campo de batalla no será otro que un psiquiátrico abandonado. Los dos bandos se enfrentarán en una batalla como nadie hubiese imaginado. Todo podría haberse quedado ahí, pero la tragedia se desencadenará cuando, por error, los chicos liberen de las profundidades del psiquiátrico a un mal que nadie vivo ha visto, un ser monstruoso,

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Las Crónicas Vampíricas continúan con el relato del Príncipe Lestat y la fundación de la Comunidad de la Sangre. La historia que voy a contaros tiene poco o nada que ver con el mundo moderno. Es un cuento tan antiguo como el género mismo, sobre la lucha de los individuos para encontrar y defender su lugar en un universo atemporal, junto a todos los demás hijosde la tierra y del sol y de la luna y de las estrellas.De la mano de Lestat conoceremos cómo se convirtió en el líder del mundo vampírico y su lucha para encontrar un lugar en el universo de los muertos vivientes y cómo, en contra de su voluntad, debe luchar contra las fuerzas amenazadoras y aparentemente imbatibles de la oscuridad. Desde las torres y las almenas de un castillo ancestral en las montañas nevadas de Francia, hasta los verdes montes de Luisiana con sus fragancias a magnolias y jazmín, pasando por las islas vírgenes del Pacífico y la ciudad de San Petersburgo durante la corte de la emperatriz Ca

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“(Jill) Biden’s anecdotal portrait of her spouse’s early years spotlights his competitiveness and risk-taking…his role as a peacemaker, devoted brother, and defender of bullied peers…and reveals how…high school, when he became a star athlete and class president, paved the way for leadership roles in college and beyond.” —Publishers Weekly “Young readers are likely to find inspiration and aspiration in young Joey as a relatable, athletic, and tenacious kid who grew into a civic leader.” —School Library Journal Joey is the first ever picture book about the young life of Joe Biden, the 47th Vice President of the United States, and includes never before told family stories about the president-elect and former vice president’s childhood—written by Jill Biden, his spouse.Joe Biden grew up in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the oldest of four children. His parents always encouraged him and his siblings to be independent and strong. The family moved to Wilmington, Delaware, where at twenty-nine, Biden was elected one the youngest United States Senators ever elected. This is his story.

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In 1217 England was facing her darkest hour, with foreign troops pillaging the country and defeat close at hand. But, at the battle of Lincoln, the seventy-year-old William Marshal led his men to a victory that would secure the future of his nation. Earl of Pembroke, right-hand man to three kings and regent for a fourth, Marshal was one of the most celebrated men in Europe, yet is virtually unknown today, his impact and influence largely forgotten. In this vivid account, Richard Brooks blends colourful contemporary source material with new insights to uncover the tale of this unheralded icon. He traces the rise of Marshal from penniless younger son to renowned knight, national hero and defender of the Magna Carta. What emerges is a fascinating story of a man negotiating the brutal realities of medieval warfare and the conflicting demands of chivalric ideals, and who against the odds defeated the joint French and rebel forces in arguably the most important battle in medieval English history – overshadowing even Agincourt.

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All Hoof the Unicorn wants to do is be part of a football team but his club never appreciated his talents and kicked him out. Then he spots an advert for BAD UNITED and he feels a tingling in his hooves. A chance to be part of a team again! A chance to play the game he loves! And a chance to show off his skillsHoof is thrilled to find his new teammates are more than up for the challenge. Led by enthusiastic mermaid coach Serena Winmer, the team consists of: Bones, their skeleton captain who sometimes struggles to keep her head; Rex, the ROARsome dinosaur defender; cheetah striker Bolt brings the thunder; Tinkerball dazzles with her magic fairy moves and Annette guards the goal with her life (and eight spider legs). All deemed not good enough to play for their teams (who decides what's good anyway?!), BAD UNITED combine strength, skill, speed and stench to show everyone what they've gotThe first book in a super and silly graphic novel series, perfect for fans of

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First and Last: How I Made European History With Hibs is the fascinating autobiography of Jackie Plenderleith, the only surviving player from the first British side to compete in the European Cup. A graceful yet tough-tackling defender, Jackie takes us back to 1955 and describes what it was like for a 17-year-old coal miner's son to witness first-hand the awkward birth of the global phenomenon now known as the Champions League and his role in helping Hibernian reach the semi-finals. The former Scotland international relives his time playing alongside the Edinburgh club's legendary 'Famous Five' forward line, and reveals how it felt to line up against the incomparable Ferenc Puskas twice in the space of two days while in South Africa. Captain of the British Army team during his national service, a team-mate to Denis Law at Manchester City and the proud possessor of international caps from schoolboy to senior level, Jackie played an important part in football's past and, with typical good humour, he has plenty to say about its future.

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When Gina was deported to Tijuana, Mexico, in 2011, she left behind her parents, siblings, and children, all of whom are U.S. citizens. Despite having once had a green card, Gina was removed from the only country she had ever known. In Deported Americans legal scholar and former public defender Beth C. Caldwell tells Gina's story alongside those of dozens of other Dreamers, who are among the hundreds of thousands who have been deported to Mexico in recent years. Many of them had lawful status, held green cards, or served in the U.S. military. Now, they have been banished, many with no hope of lawfully returning. Having interviewed over one hundred deportees and their families, Caldwell traces deportation's long-term consequences—such as depression, drug use, and homelessness—on both sides of the border. Showing how U.S. deportation law systematically fails to protect the rights of immigrants and their families, Caldwell challenges traditional notions of what it means to be an American and recommends legislative and judicial reforms to mitigate the injustices suffered by the millions of U.S. citizens affected by deportation.

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With a foreword by England player Steph Houghton, She Shoots, She Scores! tells the incredible story of the BEST sport in the world, women’s football – from the men who tried to ban it to the superstars of today’s game, including Lucy Bronze, Sam Kerr and Alex Morgan. Young footie fans can find out about . . .- The girl who had to play football in secret but grew up into a goal scoring legend- The thirteen-year-old who shot to international fame but didn’t get a mention in school assembly- The greatest women’s footballer ever, who scored in FIVE World CupsWritten by acclaimed YA novelist Catriona Clarke, the book is packed with facts and stats about the FIFA Women's World Cup and the Olympics, plus pocket profiles of the world's top players – from Marta to Megan Rapinoe – and record-breaking teams, including the US national women's team and Olympique Lyonnais. What's more, discover the key skills you'll need to become a great goalkeeper, a tough-tackling defender or the world's next superstar striker!

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The growth in popularity and complexity of video games has spurred new interest in how games are developed and in the research and technology behind them. David Heineman brings together some of the most iconic, influential, and interesting voices from across the gaming industry and asks them to weigh in on the past, present, and future of video games. Among them are legendary game designers Nolan Bushnell (Pong) and Eugene Jarvis (Defender), who talk about their history of innovations from the earliest days of the video game industry through to the present; contemporary trailblazers Kellee Santiago (Journey) and Casey Hudson (Mass Effect), who discuss contemporary relationships between those who create games and those who play them; and scholars Ian Bogost (How to Do Things With Videogames) and Edward Castronova (Exodus to the Virtual World), who discuss how to research and write about games in ways that engage a range of audiences. These experts and others offer fascinating perspectives on video games, game studies, gaming culture, and the game industry more broadly.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018A TRUE STORY THAT IS PACKED WITH FICTION - FICTION CREATED BY ITS MAIN CHARACTER, ENRIC MARCOBut who is Enric Marco? A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a fighter against fascism, an impassioned campaigner for justice, and a survivor of the Nazi death camps? Or, is he simply an old man with delusions of grandeur, a charlatan who fabricated his heroic war record, who was never a prisoner in the Third Reich and never opposed Franco; a charming, beguiling and compulsive liar who refashioned himself as a defender of liberty and who was unmasked in 2005 at the height of his influence and renown?In this extraordinary novel - part narrative, part history, part essay, part biography, part autobiography - Javier Cercas unravels the enigma of the man and delves with passion and honesty into the most ambiguous aspects of what makes us human - our infinite capacity for self-deception, our need for conformity, our thirst for affection and our conflicting needs for fiction and for truth.Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne

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How to Be a Christian brings together the best of Lewis’s insights on Christian practice and its expression in our daily lives. Cultivated from his many essays, articles, and letters, as well as his classic works. From the revered teacher and best-selling author of such classic Christian works as Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters comes a collection that gathers the best of C. S. Lewis’s practical advice on how to embody a Christian life. The most famous adherent and defender of Christianity in the twentieth century, C. S. Lewis has long influenced our perceptions and understanding of the faith. More than fifty years after his death, Lewis’s arguments remain extraordinarily persuasive because they originate from his deep insights into the Christian life itself. Only an intellectual of such profound faith could form such cogent and compelling reasons for its truth. By provoking readers to more carefully ponder their faith, How to Be a Christian can help readers forge a deeper understanding of their personal beliefs and what is means to be a Christian, and strengthen their profound relationship with God.

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El arte dice y se dice de muchas maneras. Por ello, han sido también diversos los modos de abordarlo desde la estética filosófica a lo largo de la historia de esta disciplina. Este ensayo construye la noción de interpretación del arte de la mano del joven Adorno respecto a propuestas de autores como Hegel, Marx, Lukács, Freud y Benjamin, para concretar y defender la actualidad de la concepción de la estética como interpretación materialista de aquello que en el arte no se puede comprender reduciéndolo a sentido o a las intenciones del autor, pero que, por este carácter inconsciente, desconocido o todavía no sabido, dice más de la realidad que lo comprensible. Por eso, esta interpretación ya no se centra en lo sensato, sino en el carácter enigmático del arte como expresión de una sociedad que no se conoce a sí misma. Pero se trata de enigmas que ya no se resuelven traduciéndolos a lo sensato, sino que se y nos disuelven. La interpretación materialista de este arte se presenta así, a su

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Hubo un tiempo en que un ángel y un demonio imaginaron un mundo diferente. Pero no era el mundo en el que vivían...La estudiante de Arte y aprendiz de monstruos, Karou, tiene por fin las respuestas a las preguntas que se lleva haciendo desde niña: por fin sabe quién es y, sobre todo, qué es. Pero junto a esta verdad, ha conocido otra mucho más dolorosa: el ser al que ama es su peor enemigo, responsable de la traición más terrible y del dolor de todo un mundo.En esta segunda parte de la mundialmente aclamada Hija de humo y hueso, Karou deberá decidir hasta dónde es capaz de llegar para defender a su pueblo. Llena de dolor y belleza, secretos y decisiones imposibles, Días de sangre y resplandor encuentra a Karou y Akiva en dos bandos enfrentados cuando una antigua guerra vuelve a desatarse.Mientras Karou y sus compañeros construyen un ejército monstruoso en un mundo de polvo y resplandor, Akiva lleva a cabo otro tipo de batalla, la de su redención, la búsqueda de e

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La tradición nos presenta el reinado de Carlos II como una época marcada por los desastres, con la España del último Austria en plena crisis, sumida en la decadencia e incapaz de defender sus posesiones contra las agresiones de sus enemigos. Sin medios, con unas fuerzas armadas ridículas, mandadas por generales incompetentes, coléricos y vanidosos, el poderoso imperio se había reducido a poco más que un pobre cuerpo carcomido, enfermo, que esperaba su sombrío final. Ante este cuadro nos surge una pregunta: fue en realidad el reinado de Carlos II tan nefasto como la historiografía tradicional nos ha dado a entender hasta ahora? Los últimos tercios. El Ejército de Carlos II de Davide Maffi, uno de los mayores expertos en los ejércitos de la España imperial, nos sitúa en una época de grave crisis en la que las capacidades de la Monarquía Hispánica se hallaban muy lejos del clímax del reinado de los Austrias mayores, pero en la que, a pesar de las dificultades, las fuerzas de la Corona dem

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BULLIED AS CHILD FOR BEING OVERWEIGHT and an orphan, the serial killer in I Disappeared Them hides in plain sight. By day, he is an affable family man with a disarming smile, surrounded by his children and loving wife. At night he punches the clock as a hard-working pizza man. After work, he roams Miami''s nighttime streets as the Periwinkle Killer, the sociopath passing judgment on the wicked according to a twisted moral code. He believes himself to be a defender of women and children. The Everglades is filling up with the corpses of his victims. He must be stopped, but there are no clues except the periwinkles he leaves at every crime scene. I Disappeared Them is a brutal, boy meets girl love story that delves into the Periwinkle Killer''s childhood to confront the age-old question, is a serial killer designed or destined? Like Bret Easton Ellis''s American Psycho and Joyce Carol Oates''s Zombie, Preston L. Allen''s immersive narrative hauntingly occupies the peculiar psychological l

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Final Third: The Last Word on our Football Heroes serves up another batch of funny, absurd and jaw-dropping tales discovered within more than 300 footballer autobiographies. Author John Smith has pored over the memoirs of the great and the good - as well as the not so good - so you don't have to. You're welcome. Final Third paints an intimate picture of our favourite football figures, using their own stories to show what makes them tick, what unites and divides them and exactly what they are prepared to share with us. They've seen things you wouldn't believe! The eye-opening stories include a defender deliberately driving a golf ball into Jimmy Hill's house, a goalkeeper confronted by a witch doctor in his penalty area, one football legend asking another to scale a church tower to stop the bells ringing, a manager who was like catnip to the wives of his directors and the England captain who drifted down the Thames. It all adds up to a fun third volume of the definitive digest of the autobiographies of our football heroes.

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Almost everyone has heard of Adam Smith, founding father of modern economics and author of Wealth of Nations. There is, however, much more to him than this. This new introduction gives a crystal clear overview of the entirety of Smith’s thought. It demonstrates how Smith’s economic theories fit into a larger system of thought that encompasses moral philosophy, philosophy of science, legal and political theory, and aesthetics. Examining the central arguments of his major works, ranging from The Theory of Moral Sentiments to his lectures on jurisprudence and beyond, Smith’s thought is explained in its full intellectual and historical context. As the book unfolds, the long-standing caricature of Adam Smith as an uncritical defender of capitalism red in tooth and claw is systematically challenged, revealing a far more complex and nuanced figure whose rich legacy remains highly relevant today. Comprehensive yet concise, this book will be the leading introduction to Adam Smith’s ideas for generations of students, scholars and general readers, relevant to areas ranging from philosophy and the history of economic thought to political theory.

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IN 2012, THE DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR, HER MAJESTY'S DIARIES ARE OPENED AT LAST...***Offering insight from the top on all the major events of 2012, including the two Royal weddings, the phone hacking scandal, and the Duke of Edinburgh's tarts and vicars-themed 90th birthday party.***'Had a quick run-through of the opening ceremony. One wanted to call it "The Empire Strikes Back" but it was generally felt that might intimidate the smaller nations.'Queen of sixteen sovereign nations, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. She's one of the world's most well-known and powerful leaders and has reigned for 60 years. But what does she really think?'One does enjoy the Eurovision Song Contest. Lovely to be reminded how much more civilized the British are than our European neighbours. Royal Eurovision Fancy Dress Party to celebrate. Unfortunately Camilla misread the invitation as 'Euro-tunnel Fancy Dress Party' and came as a train.'These diaries reveal the seldom-seen workings of state and reveal how an octogenarian is quietly ruling the world and still has time for a gin.

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An airline captain crafts a riveting, adventurous novel inspired by the remarkable true life of pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, a Black woman who learned to fly at the dawn of aviation and found freedom in the airA few years after the Wright brothers' first flight, Bessie was working the Texas cotton ?elds with her family when an airplane flew over their heads. It buzzed so low she thought she could catch it in her hands. Bessie was fearless. She knew there was freedom in those wings.The daughter of a woman born into slavery, Bessie answers the call of the Great Migration. She moves to Chicago, where she wins the backing of two wealthy, powerful Black menRobert Abbott, creator and publisher of the Chicago Defender, and Jesse Binga, the founder of Chicago's first Black bank. Abbott becomes her mentor, while Binga becomes her lover. Her true first love, though, remains flying.But in 1920, no one in the United States will train a Black woman to fly. So,

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Beginning in the 1930s, Black Chicago experienced a cultural renaissance that lasted into the 1950s and rivaled the cultural outpouring in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. The contributors to this volume analyze this prolific period of African American creativity in music, performance art, social science scholarship, and visual and literary artistic expression. Unlike Harlem, Chicago was an urban industrial center that gave a unique working class and internationalist perspective to the cultural work being done in Chicago. This collection's various essays discuss the forces that distinguished the Black Chicago Renaissance from the Harlem Renaissance and placed the development of black culture in a national and international context. Among the topics discussed in this volume are Chicago writers Gwendolyn Brooks and Richard Wright, The Chicago Defender and Tivoli Theater, African American music and visual arts, and the American Negro Exposition of 1940. Contributors are Hilary Mac Austin, David T. Bailey, Murry N. DePillars, Samuel A. Floyd Jr., Erik S. Gellman, Jeffrey Helgeson, Darlene Clark Hine, John McCluskey Jr., Christopher Robert Reed, Elizabeth Schlabach, and Clovis E. Semmes.

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Cops on bikes, undercover security in the supermarket, TSA agents wondering why there appears to be a gun in his bag, Keith Lowell Jensen has a lot of run-ins with all manner of cops. Sometimes they arrest him. Sometimes they beat him up and arrest him. And sometimes he gets away scot free.In his second memoir collection Jensen tells the hilarious tales of his various arrests and other run-ins with the law. Getting his charges dropped after making the public defender and the judge laugh, performing an hour of jokes for his cell mates in the drunk tank, the comedian has used his sense of humor to get in and out of trouble, and that same sense of humor makes this a fun and engaging read.Storytelling comedian Keith Lowell Jensen has performed all over the world, including headlining the First International China Comedy Festival in Shanghai. He has recorded 8 comedy specials, including his latest Not For Rehire. This is his second memoir collection following 2018’s Punching Nazis And Other Good Ideas.

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A famous defender of the underdog, the oppressed, and the powerless, Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) is one of the true legends of the American legal system. His cases were many and various, but all were marked by his unequivocal sense of justice, as well as his penchant for representing infamous and unpopular clients, such as the Chicago thrill killers Leopold and Loeb; Ossian Sweet, the African American doctor charged with murder after fighting off a violent white mob in Detroit; and John T. Scopes, the teacher on trial in the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. Published for the first time in 1957, "Attorney for the Damned" collects Darrow's most influential summations and supplements them with scene-setting explanations and comprehensive notes by Arthur Weinberg. Darrow confronts issues that remain relevant over half a century after his death: First Amendment rights, capital punishment, and the separation of church and state. With an insightful forward by Justice William O. Douglas, this volume serves as a powerful reminder of Darrow's relevance today.

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Whether it''s committing to a tackle, being a dad or writing a memoir, if Zach Tuohy goes in, he goes ''all in''During his childhood in County Laois, Zach Tuohy''s first love was Gaelic football. But when an Australian football club came knocking with a professional contract, the then-seventeen-year-old leapt at the opportunity to travel across the world and come to grips with an oval ball. Despite a rocky start navigating a Carlton Football Club in disarray and becoming a father at twenty-three, Zach went on to become one of the greatest success stories of the ''Irish Experiment''. A move to the Geelong Cats made him a star rebounding defender and cult favourite player, and in 2022 he reached the pinnacle of his adopted code, winning a Premiership medal. In 2023, Zach set a new record for the number of AFL games played by an Irish player, passing the effort of the great Jim Stynes. With characteristic devil-may care attitude and determination, Zach wr

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Sandra es una joven y talentosa arquitecta que está inmersa en la construcción de un impresionante vitral, ocho vidrieras donde la emblemática figura de un hombre que debería ser perfecto acabará pareciéndose de forma asombrosa a lo que tenemos por un individuo común. Desde niña había perseguido los colores de un vitral de sueños, poesía, dudas, donde se mostrarían la grandeza y la pequeñez del ser humano. Defender su creación del conformismo y la mediocridad le llevará a reafirmar sus ideas de la ética, la amistad y del verdadero valor de las cosas. Su amiga Ángela busca también al hombre perfecto, lo hace en el laberinto del chat de una página de contactos. Las dos saben que van en pos de lo imposible, pero no se detienen, sino que retoman una y otra vez la vida a partir de una filosofía: todo lo que inventas existe, aunque no lo hayas encontrado todavía. Convergen ambas al final de su búsqueda; la silueta que aparece en el vitral de Sandra es, quizás, lo más cercano a la perfección

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Megan Rapinoe, ganadora de una medalla de oro olímpica y dos veces campeona de la Copa Mundial Femenina, se ha convertido en una fuerza impulsora del cambio social. En este libro nos pide a todos nosotros que tomemos el relevo para continuar la lucha por la justicia y la igualdad.Criada en un pequeño pueblo conservador del norte de California, y siendo la menor de seis hermanos, Megan tenía solo cuatro años cuando chutó su primer balón de fútbol. Sus padres apoyaron su amor por el juego, pero le enseñaron que ganar era mucho menos importante que decidir cómo iba a vivir su vida. Desde su infancia, Rapinoe siempre hizo lo que pudo para defender lo que era correcto, incluso si eso significaba enfrentarse a personas que no estaban de acuerdo.En One Life, Rapinoe reflexiona sobre sus elecciones, victorias y fracasos, y se embarca en un debate reflexivo y sincero sobre su viaje personal hacia la justicia social. Después de la Copa Mundial de 2011, desanimada por el escas

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Escribir un libro sobre la guerra de Cuba no fue tarea fácil, dado el enorme prestigio que rodea a quien comandó la escuadra naval enviada a defender las islas de Cuba y Puerto Rico. Tampoco lo fue separar el dato del relato, a pesar de haberme aproximado a tan espinoso tema condicionado por el relato que en España ha hecho carrera en torno a esta guerra, una conspiración del alto gobierno para entregar las islas; unos barcos de guerra en todo inferiores a los norteamericanos; un almirante que enviaron a una muerte segura; una tremenda escasez de carbón adecuado para los buques y, como no podía faltar, el desembarco de un numeroso ejército enemigo que arrolló las débiles fuerzas españolas que defendían a Cuba. El lector se sorprenderá al comprobar que nada de lo anteriores estrictamente cierto, porque el dato, en el caso de este libro, destruyó la fábula y el relato tejidos en torno a este infortunado conflicto. La verdad de lo que sucedió surge ?más allá de las fabulaciones que todo p

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Fue el guerrero más noble, más generoso y más puro que haya pisado la tierra. Sus enemigos lo honraron y alabaron con el sobrenombre de ?Grande? que muy pocos han merecido en la Historia. Nació y se crió entre soldados, y la primera vez que aparece en la Historia peleaba espada en mano para defender el honor y las vidas de unos judíos conversos.Fue adalid de la Frontera y capitán de lanzas en la guerra de Granada. Mandaba y combatía a pie y a caballo, y siempre protegió a sus hombres. Escaló el primero una muralla y estuvo peleando agarrado a una almena. Su buen hacer atrajo la atención de los Reyes que después llevaron nombre de Católicos, que le brindaron su amistad y su confianza.El rey Fernando le dio el mando de un cuerpo expedicionario muy pequeño, el primero que salía de España en muchos años, y con él expulsó a los franceses del reino de Nápoles. Vino una paz ficticia, los franceses volvieron a invadir el Reame y Gonzalo volvió a echarlos. Fue amigo de sus amigos y de sus enemi

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El futuro del universo de 'Black Hammer', lejos de ser perfecto, se ha convertido en un lugar hostil para gran parte de sus habitantes. Por ello, un grupo de superhéroes, inspirado por los legendarios héroes de la granja, decide asociarse para defender al planeta de un régimen autoritario. Un joven marciano será el encargado de encontrar la forma de refundar la Liga Quantum para salvar el mundo, al mismo tiempo que resuelve el enigma de lo que pasó con algunos de los grandes héroes del siglo XX.En este nuevo spin-off de la galardonada serie 'Black Hammer' ?premio Eisner 2017 a la mejor serie nueva y Premio del Gremio de Libreros de Madrid al mejor cómic de 2017?, Jeff Lemire y Wilfredo Torres nos envían cien años al futuro para mostrar un mundo distópico en el que el totalitarismo se ha hecho con el control en la tierra. Un régimen injusto y una sociedad sesgada en la que los superhéroes no se reconocen y, por ello, deciden buscar la forma para acabar con ella.Con 'La era Quantum

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Black Creek Valley, Virginia, 1856. Sapphira Colbert es una de las pocas propietarias que mantienen esclavos en sus tierras. Una práctica que su marido, Henry, considera cada vez más difícil de defender. Sapphira, matriarca implacable, confinada a una silla de ruedas, maneja con mano de hierro la propiedad con ayuda de su fiel criada negra, Till, y de la hija de esta, la joven y bella Nancy. Henry es dueño de un molino, pero no solo trabaja en él, sino que duerme allí cada vez que puede ya que su matrimonio constituye una mera formalidad. La vida de Sapphira es monótona. Tiene mucho tiempo para pensar, y cuando descubre que su marido desea que solo sea Nancy quien ordene su habitación en el molino, empezará a sospechar de ellos y su ira hará que se desate un enorme poder de resentimiento contra la niña esclava.Publicada en 1940, Sapphira y la joven esclava es la última novela que Willa Cather escribió antes de morir. Representa, pues, su testamento literario y un regreso a los esce

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El libro que el lector tiene en sus manos explica como la causa de la crisis financiera del año 2008 está en la descomposición de la naturaleza de la Ley en las sociedades Occidentales. El punto de vista es enormemente original. Se aleja de la doctrina mayoritaria y general que ha visto la causa de aquella crisis financiera precisamente en la falta de regulación y que abogó por una mayor regulación del sector financiero intermediado. Con criterios teóricos, prácticos, históricos y positivos, el autor usa conceptos y categorías de las disciplinas del Derecho y la Economía para defender sus ideas. Como guía central del libro está la defensa de la libertad, la cual sólo es posible, según el autor, de acuerdo con el entendimiento correcto de la naturaleza de la Ley. A partir de ahí, se ofrecen al lector argumentos y ejemplos en los que el Estado ha usado de la Ley para privilegiar al sector financiero intermediado, a la vez que ha obstaculizado que otros agentes financieros pudieran actuar

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La verdad tiene un precio. Quién está dispuesto a pagarlo?En la nueva y trepidante entrega de la serie policiaca, Harry McCoy se enfrenta a un doble secuestro y a una ciudad que clama venganza.Después de que tres mujeres y dos niños mueran en un incendio provocado, nadie en Glasgow respira tranquilo. Estamos en 1974, un año difícil en el que imperan la violencia, los secretos y las mafias. Los ánimos están crispados y la ciudad reclama un culpable. Cuando la policía detiene a tres jóvenes como sospechosos, la muchedumbre no quiere esperar a un juicio justo. En el traslado hacia la cárcel, unos desconocidos asaltan el furgón policial y se llevan a los sospechosos. Al día siguiente, uno de ellos aparece en una céntrica calle. Acuciado por esa carrera contrarreloj, el detective Harry McCoy desoye los consejos de su médico y sale del hospital dispuesto a encontrar con vida a los dos jóvenes que siguen secuestrados y defender su derecho a ser juzgados en los tribunales. A su f

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En la arena luchaban por su vida. En Roma luchaban por defender aquello en lo que creían. Juntas demostraron que todo es posible.Año 124 d. C. Helena y Valeria son dos jóvenes romanas procedentes de mundos muy distintos: una esclava, la otra noble.Sin embargo, ambas tienen que tomar decisiones que ponen a prueba su valentía. Cuando el emperador Adriano se enamora del esclavo Antinoo, el gran amor de Helena, la joven se ve obligada a convertirse en la mejor gladiadora de todos los tiempos, algo nunca visto para los romanos, y así tratar de acercarse a Antinoo. Por su parte, Valeria, hija de un abogado de renombre, sueña con vencer al destino que le espera como esposa y madre en una época gobernada por la voluntad de los hombres.Año 131 d. C. El pueblo de Roma celebra el combate de gladiadoras más increíble que jamás se haya visto. Movidas por el anhelo de libertad y la venganza, dos mujeres se enfrentan en un duelo definitivo. El duelo de la eternidad.

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Mientras ve correr a sus galgas por el bosque, un hombre comienza a recordar de manera posiblemente desordenada múltiples episodios de su vida que han confluido para conducirlo lentamente al punto preciso en el que se encuentra. Recuerda cómo su nacimiento con un extraño síndrome lo marcó desde pequeño, al igual que a su familia pues, por ejemplo, su madre tuvo que crear todo un cuadro asmático para el hijo, ya que le era imposible definirse como la madre de un niño mutante. Regresa también el recuerdo recurrente de un personaje clave de su infancia, el Padre Felipe, quien tiene que defender el honor de su madre frente a un estudiante que la insulta de manera descarada. Asimismo, el hombre entabla amistad con un fotógrafo ciego, llamado Paco Grande, que es encarcelado por traficar con grandes cantidades de marihuana en una avioneta que termina sufriendo un accidente, y tiene también el recuerdo constante de cuando iba a formar parte de un inmenso cartel colocado en una calle de Manhatt

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Almost everyone has heard of Adam Smith, founding father of modern economics and author of Wealth of Nations. There is, however, much more to him than this. This new introduction gives a crystal clear overview of the entirety of Smith’s thought. It demonstrates how Smith’s economic theories fit into a larger system of thought that encompasses moral philosophy, philosophy of science, legal and political theory, and aesthetics. Examining the central arguments of his major works, ranging from The Theory of Moral Sentiments to his lectures on jurisprudence and beyond, Smith’s thought is explained in its full intellectual and historical context. As the book unfolds, the long-standing caricature of Adam Smith as an uncritical defender of capitalism red in tooth and claw is systematically challenged, revealing a far more complex and nuanced figure whose rich legacy remains highly relevant today. Comprehensive yet concise, this book will be the leading introduction to Adam Smith’s ideas for generations of students, scholars and general readers, relevant to areas ranging from philosophy and the history of economic thought to political theory.

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A guide for sports fans on how to watch and appreciate the game of hockeyMore and more fans are watching the NHL each week, but many of them don’t know exactly what they should be watching. How does an offense create shooting lanes for its best sniper? When a center breaks through and splits between two defensemen, which defender is to blame? Why does a goalie look like a Hall of Famer one week and a candidate for the minor leagues the next? This guide for sports fans on how to watch and appreciate the game of hockey takes you inside a coach’s mind as he builds a roster or constructs a game plan, to the chaos of the goalie’s crease, and deep into the perpetual chess match between offense and defense. Discussing topics such as what to look for when a team goes on the power play and why playing center might be the most grueling job in sports, Take Your Eye Off the Puck shows fans how to get the most out of watching their favorite sport.

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Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes (1916–77) is revered in Brazil as the first ardent defender, promoter and theorist of Brazilian cinema. A film professor, critic and historian, his dedication to cinema shaped a generation of influential film critics in his home country, and set the foundations for the serious study of film in Brazil. For the first time in English, this book brings together a selection of his essays for an English-speaking audience, with detailed explanatory introductions to each section for readers unfamiliar with the context of the writings of Salles Gomes. By blending together ruminations on global and national cinema, as well as avant-garde film and popular movies, the collection shows how the defence and promotion of a national cinema has been forged through dialogues with international trends, informed by commercial influences, and shaped by global and national political contexts. The book thus introduces readers to the international dimensions of Salles Gomes’s engagements with film, and in doing so reassesses the locatedness of his formulations on national cinema and signals their international dimensions.

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Nedum Onuoha was not a typical footballer. Picked by the Manchester City Academy aged ten, he was determined to continue his education despite the lure of a career under the floodlights. Fiercely intelligent on and off the pitch, Onuoha developed into a talented defender and played his part in City's meteoric rise. In this characteristically forthright book, Onuoha reveals what goes on behind the scenes at top-tier clubs. Stuffed with insights into household names like Stuart Pearce, Sven-Goeran Eriksson, Roberto Mancini and Harry Redknapp, this is football and its most famous figures as you've never seen them before. Kicking Back is also the story of one man's search for identity: as a footballer, as a black man in England and as an outsider in the US during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. What is it like to receive horrific racist abuse while doing your job? And how has football failed the black community? Onuoha provides a damning assessment of the sport's authorities as he dives deep into a life spent on the pitch.

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Secure your Azure applications the right way with the expert DevSecOps techniques you'll learn in this essential handbook. For software and security engineers building and securing Azure applications. In Azure Security you'll learn vital security skills, including how to: Configure Conditional Access policies to implement secure access Implement Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) on Application Gateway and Azure Front Door Deploy Azure Firewall Premium to monitor network activities for malicious activity Enable Microsoft Defender for Cloud to continuously assess your workloads for misconfiguration Use Microsoft Sentinel to create analytics rules to detect threats and suspicious activity Set up Azure Policy to ensure that resource states and deployment is compliant with your business rules About the technology Attacks against cloud-based applications are increasingly common and sophisticated. It's vital for any developer or resource owner to understand how to properly configure their Azure cloud environments and establish reliable security best practices. The Azure platform comes with dozens of built-in security tools to help keep your systems safe. This book will teach you exactly how to set them up for maximum effectiveness.

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Geralt of Rivia is on a mission to save his ward, Ciri, and with her the world, in this third novel in the bestselling Witcher series that inspired the Netflix show and video games. The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times.But now that dark times have fallen upon the world, Geralt is helpless until he has recovered from his injuries.While war rages across all of the lands, the future of magic is under threat and those sorcerers who survive are determined to protect it. It's an impossible situation in which to find one girl - Ciri, the heiress to the throne of Cintra, has vanished - until a rumour places her in the Niflgaard court, preparing to marry the Emperor. Injured or not, Geralt has a rescue mission on his hands.Translated by David French.

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Power, politics and pirates collide in the first book in the Isles of Storm and Sorrow trilogy.Marianne has been training to be the Viper for her entire life - to serve and protect the King and the citizens of The Twelve Isles - but to become the Viper and protect the islands she loves she must find the strength to defeat her father.He will make me a killer.Or he will have me killed.That is my destiny.Seventeen-year-old Marianne is fated to one day become the Viper, defender of the Twelve Isles.But the reigning Viper stands in her way. Corrupt and merciless, he prowls the seas in his warship, killing with impunity, leaving only pain and suffering in his wake.He's the most dangerous man on the ocean . . . and he is Marianne's father.She was born to protect the islands. But can she fight for them if it means losing her family, her home, the boy she loves - and perhaps even her life?A brave heroine. An impossible dilemma. An epic fantasy trilogy set on the high seas.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL 2018A TRUE STORY THAT IS PACKED WITH FICTION - FICTION CREATED BY ITS MAIN CHARACTER, ENRIC MARCOBut who is Enric Marco? A veteran of the Spanish Civil War, a fighter against fascism, an impassioned campaigner for justice, and a survivor of the Nazi death camps? Or, is he simply an old man with delusions of grandeur, a charlatan who fabricated his heroic war record, who was never a prisoner in the Third Reich and never opposed Franco; a charming, beguiling and compulsive liar who refashioned himself as a defender of liberty and who was unmasked in 2005 at the height of his influence and renown?In this extraordinary novel - part narrative, part history, part essay, part biography, part autobiography - Javier Cercas unravels the enigma of the man and delves with passion and honesty into the most ambiguous aspects of what makes us human - our infinite capacity for self-deception, our need for conformity, our thirst for affection and our conflicting needs for fiction and for truth.Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne

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These twelve essays by international scholars investigate Melanchthons theological activities as teacher, confessor of the faith, and defender of his doctrine and ecclesiastical policies as they developed within the context of his service of society and church. In the past quarter century Melanchthon researchers have scrutinized older, mostly negative, interpretations of the Preceptor Germaniae. The editors present in this volume precisely focused appraisals of "Master Philip" in his role as theologian at the university and in the service of his own prince and others. By carefully placing his use of Aristotle, his understanding of the nature of training for pastoral ministry, his biblical exegesis in context, by analyzing four of his attempts to formulate Wittenberg teaching in public confession, by assessing how his own writings took on normative character for the church, and by tracing his thinking on the free will and the Lords Supper in the midst of controversy, these authors offer carefully etched portraits of Melanchthon as Preceptor ecclesiae. This volume contributes to the expansion of our understanding of Melanchthon as key figure in the Wittenberg Reformation and the currents of controversy that have long surrounded the interpretation of his contributions. These twelve essays by international scholars investigate Melanchthons theological activities as teacher, confessor of the faith, and defender of his doctrine and ecclesiastical policies as they developed within the context of his service of society and church. In the past quarter century Melanchthon researchers have scrutinized older, mostly negative, interpretations of the Preceptor Germaniae. The editors present in this volume precisely focused appraisals of "Master Philip" in his role as theologian at the university and in the service of his own prince and others. By carefully placing his use of Aristotle, his understanding of the nature of training for pastoral ministry, his biblical exegesis in context, by analyzing four of his attempts to formulate Wittenberg teaching in public confession, by assessing how his own writings took on normative character for the church, and by tracing his thinking on the free will and the Lords Supper in the midst of controversy, these authors offer carefully etched portraits of Melanchthon as Preceptor ecclesiae. This volume contributes to the expansion of our understanding of Melanchthon as key figure in the Wittenberg Reformation and the currents of controversy that have long surrounded the interpretation of his contributions.

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A biography of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States​: from childhood through the Senate to his election as vice president and, in 2020, as president.The road to the presidency of the United States was a long—and determined—one for Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. From Joe’s childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, his close-knit, devoted family gave him the foundation that would guide him through life. His family’s unwavering support bolstered Joe when he was bullied for stuttering, attended law school, and became a public defender. They encouraged Joe when he pursued a career in politics and became the sixth youngest senator in US history. They consoled him when he suffered the devastating loss of his first wife and baby daughter and years later the death of his eldest son, Beau. And they cheered Joe when he served two vice presidential terms with President Barrack Obama. After a lifetime marked by perseverance, integrity, and accomplishment, Joe Biden and running mate, Kamala Harris, won the 2020 presidential election. And standing by his side each and every step of the way was his wife Jill, his children, and his grandchildren—his family.

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Carol really loves Christmas. The decorating and shopping, the Christmas sweaters and music—she wishes it all could be a year-round event. The only downside to the holiday is that she lives in Florida (not exactly the land of snow) and her only family is her Uncle Christopher, who adopted Carol when she was young, after her father's disappearance and mother's death. Her uncle owns a toy company and is super rich—but he's a grinch and a workaholic. Then, on a magical December trip to NYC, Carol meets her destiny. Santa—the real man with the bag—meets Carol at the top of Rockefeller Center, overlooking the tree. There he explains that Carol is descended from a long line of Defenders of Claus, those who protect and serve Santa. Carol's dad was a Defender. And now Carol has been tapped to fulfill his legacy. Who would want to hurt Santa? Someone pretty scary and shady, it appears—a masked man who's trying to destroy Christmas! Carol is whisked off to the North Pole on the adventure of a lifetime. Can she help save Santa before it's too late?

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Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the twelfth century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. A ruthless defender of his faith and brilliant leader, he also possessed qualities that won admiration from his Christian foes. But Saladin is far more than a historical hero. Builder, literary patron, and theologian, he is a man for all times, and a symbol of hope for an Arab world once again divided. Centuries after his death, in cities from Damascus to Cairo and beyond, to the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf, Saladin continues to be an immensely potent symbol of religious and military resistance to the West. He is central to Arab memories, sensibilities, and the ideal of a unified Islamic state. John Man charts Saladin's rise to power, his struggle to unify the warring factions of his faith, and his battles to retake Jerusalem and expel Christian influence from Arab lands. Saladin explores the life and enduring legacy of this champion of Islam while examining his significance for the world today.

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