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The grass isn't greener on the other side: Heiresses have always been viewed with eyes of envy. They were the ones for whom the cornucopia had been upended, showering them with unimaginable wealth and opportunity. However, through intimate historical biographies, Women of Means shows us that oftentimes the weaving sisters saved their most heart-wrenching tapestries for the destinies of wealthy women. Women of Means is bound to be a non-fiction best seller, full of the best biographies of all time.

Deftly solving critical but intractable national and global problems was the leitmotif of George Pratt Shultz's life. While political, social, and cultural dynamics have changed profoundly since Shultz served at the commanding heights of American power in the 1970s and 1980s, his legacy and the lessons of his career have even greater meaning now that the Shultz brand of conservatism has been almost erased in the modern Republican Party.

José Gil Olmos documenta la relación de personajes relevantes de la historia con brujos, espíritus y chamanes. Pásele al mercado del oscurantismo, lo místico, lo esotérico. Hay chamanes, hechiceros, espiritistas, masones, neurolingüistas, brujos, bao baos, curanderos. Atienden a todos por igual, pero tienen un público muy especial, que ha hecho de estos encuentros un ritual para la toma de decisiones o para mantener y expander su poder: los políticos.

Acclaimed as a public scientist and as a spokesperson on pressing environmental and equity issues, delivering his message from the classroom to 60 Minutes, Paul R. Ehrlich reflects on his life, including his love affair with his wife, Anne, his scientific research, his public advocacy, and his concern for global issues.

Not many women can claim to have changed history, but Nafis Sadik set that goal in her youth, and change the world she did. Champion of Choice tells the remarkable story of how Sadik, born into a prominent Indian family in 1929, came to be the world’s foremost advocate for women’s health and reproductive rights, the first female director of a United Nations agency, and “one of the most powerful women in the world” (London Times).