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Emilie Marianne Bais

    A Moral Reckoning. The Role of the Catholic Church in the Holocaust and Its Unfulfilled Duty of Repair
    A Royal Duty
    The new Asian hemisphere
    Nacidos para correr
    • Nacidos para correr

      • 400 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      Repleto de personajes inolvidables, increíbles hazañas atléticas y ciencia de vanguardia, Nacidos para correr es una aventura épica que arranca de la simple pregunta "¿por qué me duele el pie?" En busca de una respuesta, Christopher MacDougall se encuentra con la tribu de los mejores corredores de larga distancia del mundo. Aislados por el terreno más abrupto de América del Norte, los misteriosos tarahumaras de las barrancas del cobre en México son los guardianes de un arte perdido. Durante siglos han seguido técnicas que les permiten correr cientos de kilómetros sin descanso y perseguir desde un ciervo hasta un maratoniano olímpico y disfrutar de ello. Con ingenio y sabiduría, MacDougall va de los laboratorios más avanzados de Harvard a los valles soleados y los picos nevados donde cada vez más corredores empujan hasta el límite sus cuerpos. El secreto de la felicidad está a tus pies.

      Nacidos para correr
      4,4
    • The new Asian hemisphere

      • 314 páginas
      • 11 horas de lectura

      For centuries, the Asians (Chinese, Indians, Muslims, and others) have been bystanders in world history. Now they are ready to become co-drivers. Asians have finally understood, absorbed, and implemented Western best practices in many from free-market economics to modern science and technology, from meritocracy to rule of law. They have also become innovative in their own way, creating new patterns of cooperation not seen in the West. Will the West resist the rise of Asia? The good news is that Asia wants to replicate, not dominate, the West. For a happy outcome to emerge, the West must gracefully give up its domination of global institutions, from the IMF to the World Bank, from the G7 to the UN Security Council. History teaches that tensions and conflicts are more likely when new powers emerge. This, too, may happen. But they can be avoided if the world accepts the key principles for a new global partnership spelled out in The New Asian Hemisphere.

      The new Asian hemisphere
      4,0
    • A former butler for Princess Diana who became her trusted confidant recalls his ten years of service to the princess, separating the truth from the myths of her life to offer his insights into her years as a member of the royal family.

      A Royal Duty
      3,9