El voluntario

A Friendly Life is the autobiography of Pres Blake, co-founder of the Friendly Ice Cream Corporation, a large chain of family restaurants. Pres is currently 96 years old and extremely vigorous. Ten years ago, at age 86, Pres launched a shareholder¿s derivative suit against Friendly¿s, because he was convinced the new management of the company was putting Friendly¿s into a dangerous financial position. He fought for over seven years until the company was sold to new management. Pres is a no-nonsense, take-charge kind of guy, even now. His desire to have his story published was motivated by...

"En la legendaria decada de 1960, las dos bandas mas grandes del mundo libraron una batalla epica. Tanto los Beatles como los Rolling Stones sostenian que en realidad no eran rivales, que eso no era mas que un invento de los medios, pero a ambos lados del Atlantico nunca dejaron de competir en terminos de exito comercial y credibilidad estetica. En un viaje que lleva a los lectores desde Liverpool y Londres hasta Nueva York, McMillian analiza tambien las relaciones personales entre ambos grupos, la manera en que Lennon y McCartney alentaron a Jagger y Richard para que compusieran sus propias...

Manuel Murillo Toro dos veces presidente de Colombia, ideólogo liberal, estadista y periodista nació en Chaparral, el 1 de enero de 1816 y murió en Bogotá, el 26 de diciembre de 1880. Proveniente de un hogar de escasos recursos, realizó estudios primarios en su ciudad natal; los secundarios, gracias a la colaboración de algunos amigos pudientes, en el Colegio San Simón de Ibagué. Luego pasó a Bogotá a estudiar, la carrera de medicina que nunca terminó por dedicarse al Derecho. Para su manutención, como amanuense de Vicente Azuero. Gracias a Lino de Pombo, ministro de Relaciones...

Patricia Anderson had been an author and screenplay writer for many years. She also has extensive background in counseling, particularly with women who find themselves as victims of domestic violence. Patricia has also produced a series for foreign television and will serve as the consultant and producer for the upcoming film made from this book, also called Disappearing Doors. She is represented in: WhoA¢a¬a¢s Who in the World, WhoA¢a¬a¢s Who in America, WhoA¢a¬a¢s Who in American Politics, and WhoA¢a¬a¢s Who in Women in Politics from 1988 until present. Darlene Wallace lived...