On a May afternoon in 1943, a US bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean. After an agonising delay, a young lieutenant finally bobbed to the surface and struggled aboard a life raft. So begins one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War. The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. As a boy, he turned to petty crime until he discovered a remarkable talent for running, which took him to the Berlin Olympics. But as war loomed, he joined up and was soon embroiled in the ferocious b...
Data de lançamento: 2011-01-20 Gênero:Biografias e memórias R$ 34,90
Biographie d'une figure essentielle du XIXe siècle : San Martín. Peu de Français connaissent San Martín. Pourtant, sa vie en fait une figure essentielle du XIXe siècle : il a mené l’Argentine, le Chili et le Pérou vers l’indépendance. Général victorieux, il a toujours veillé à ce que le pouvoir soit rendu aux citoyens, ce qui l’a probablement privé de la popularité universelle d’un Washington ou d’un Bolivar. Né en Argentine, il passe son enfance et sa jeunesse en Espagn...
Data de lançamento: 2018-08-01 Gênero:Biografias e memórias R$ 8,90
From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost-fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army. They were known as "The Rock." For one year, in 2007-2008, Sebastian Junger accompanied a single platoon of thirty men from the storied 2nd battalion of the U.S. Army, as they fought their way through a remote valley in Eastern Afghanistan. Over the course of five trips, Junger was in more firefights than he can count, men he knew were killed or wounded, a...
Data de lançamento: 2010-05-27 Gênero:Biografias e memórias R$ 34,90