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When Bill Wilson, with his friend Dr. Bob Smith, founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, his hope was that AA would become a safe haven for those who suffered from this disease. Thirty years after his death, AA continues to help millions of alcoholics recover from what had been commonly regarded as a hopeless addiction. Still, while Wilson was a visionary for millions, he was no saint. After cofounding Alcoholics Anonymous, he stayed sober for over thirty-five years, helping countless thousands rebuild their lives. But at the same time, Wilson suffered form debilitating bouts of clinical...

In this exhaustive and rigorous work the author collects the biographies of nineteen women who actively participated in the terror machine of Nazism. Did they have another way out? Yes. However, they chose to take the reins, follow orders and dress their actions with heavy doses of abuse and sadism.

A lo largo de sus conversaciones con Fréderic Strauss, la palabra del cineasta Pedro Almodóvar fluye libre, rompiendo los límites de la entrevista para evocar los recuerdos de la infancia, la explicación técnica de una escena, el comentario apasionado y cinéfilo de sus películas fetiche, la narración de un guión nunca rodado, las interpretaciones personales de un objeto, de una imagen, de un personaje... Las declaraciones del cineasta son tan prolíficas como el universo al que nos llevan y que se van dibujando a través de los documentos de trabajo del cineasta y de sus...

Unique for its focus on the early, formative years of the world-renowned Basque designer, this thorough examination of Cristóbal Balenciaga’s life and career is a textual and visual wonder, with an abundance of documents and unpublished images of his hometown, his childhood, and even his personal notes. From his birth in Getaria, a small fishing village on Spain’s northern coast, to his move to Paris following the Spanish Civil War, this exploration of the designer’s origins examines in detail the events and experiences that influenced Balenciaga’s designs and turned him into a...