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From as early as grade school, the world seemed to be on Nic Sheff's string. Bright and athletic, he excelled in any setting and appeared destined for greatness. Yet as childhood exuberance faded into teenage angst, the precocious boy found himself going down a much different path. Seduced by the illicit world of drugs and alcohol, he quickly found himself caught in the clutches of addiction. [Mi hijo precioso] is Nic's story, but from the perspective of his father, David.--From amazon.com.

I was born into the family of William Julius and Emilie (Baudat) Gayle on August 30, 1919 They decided to name me Luella Celestine for my two grandmothers...Luella Love (Sanders) Gayle and Celestine (Pichon) Baudat. I did not like the name and was very happy that they decided to call me “Celeste.” At the time of my birth, my brother Milton was almost two, having been born September 2, 1917. Unfortunately, he died with Diphtheria on December 11, 1921, when I was only two. Mom and Dad had previously lost a son, Dalton, who died April 13, 1915 at the age of 16 months. He was born December 8, ...

Con singular penetración, el autor realiza un análisis minucioso y poco común sobre los aspectos histórico-culturales de las tendencias burguesas, y en algún sentido modernas, de una de las épocas más brillantes de la historia europea.

Esta historia real cuenta cómo, veinte años después que las tropas inglesas murieran para defender la democracia en la Guerra de Malvinas, un ciudadano británico se vería forzado a huir de las Islas Malvinas, para escapar de la corrupción política y amenazas de muerte, en búsqueda de democracia y libertad de expresión en Argentina. Cuando un biólogo inglés se atrevió a relacionar la muerte de cinco millones de pingüinos por falta de alimento, con la pesca comercial, que estaba enriqueciendo al sector más poderoso de las Islas Malvinas, se desató un juego de muerte del gato y el ...