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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...

A BOOK ABOUT THE INNER CONEXION WITH THE EARTH. IT IS ALSO A BRAVE AND HONEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR.

In this biography, Manuel Serrano delves into the figure of Emilio Castelar, the most important Spanish republican of the 19th century. He was a convinced Europeanist who with his word and his writings contributed to forging European consciousness and the need to face the 20th century with a democratic policy common to the entire old continent.

Era poco frecuente toparse con un cirujano como aquel. Jamás se daba por vencido. Sus ojos eran indómitos y curiosos, como los de un niño. Se atrevía a ir más allá del punto en el que otros se detenían. Si un enfermo lo requería, él se implicaba a fondo y nunca lo desasistía, aunque desde el punto de vista quirúrgico no se pudiera hacer nada más. Pero si existía una pequeña posibilidad de solución, él la perseguía con empeño. Enzo Piccinini era un gran cirujano, pero sobre todo era un verdadero amigo, un padre, no sólo para sus cuatro hijos, sino también para innumerables...