An inspiring sports memoir from the family who captured America?s heart at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Lopez family set new records at the Beijing Olympics with three siblings on the same U.S. taekwondo team?and a fourth sibling as their coach. Mark took the silver medal, and Steven and Diana both brought home the bronze, with big brother Jean coaching them to victory. Here, for the first time, is the inspiring story of a family united behind a dream. In 1972 Julio Lopez and his wife Ondina emigrated from Nicaragua, hoping for a better life for their family in America. In an atmosphere of love, support, mutual respect, and healthy competition, their children trained hard in taekwondo, daring to dream they might reach the pinnacle of their athletic field in the Olympics. Told in turn by Steven, Mark, Diana, and Jean, this is the incredible story of how one close-knit family?s boundless determination and rock-solid support system took them from their home in Texas to Olympic glory in Beijing.

Family Power: The True Story of How "The First Family of Taekwondo" Made Olympic History

Biographies & Memoirs

López, Diana

Lopez, Steve

Lopez, Jean

Lopez, Mark

Community & Culture

Celebra

A revelatory history of World War II, told entirely through visually stunning state-of-the-art infographics.
World War II: Infographics tells the story of the great conflict through graphic design. The mass of data available about World War II has never been as large as it is now, yet it has become extraordinarily complicated to interpret it in a meaningful way, and to share that analysis with the public. Infographics allow data to be comprehensible to the general reader while still satisfying demands for the rigorous approach of a historian.
The result is breathtaking. For the first time, it is possible to easily connect the dots between various interrelated aspects of World War II that were previously examined separately. Encompassing the conflict from its roots to aftermath, this book covers more than sixty themes, including arms production, Operation Barbarossa, how America took back the Pacific, and the Nazi concentration-camp system. The result is an extraordinary new approach to World War II, which is sure to appeal to those looking for an overview of the war and to history buffs alike. Illustrated throughout

World War II: Infographics

History

Aubin, Nicolas

Bernard, Vincent

Guillerat, Nicolas

Europe

Thames&Hudson

World War II Infographics (Paperback) /anglais

Military

Everyone has ideals. José Antonio Primo de Rivera has ideals. He is the young leader of a fascist political party and plans to install a fascist government that will bring social justice to the long oppressed Spanish people.  Set in the years from l933 to 1939, the last three years being those in which the Spanish Civil War was fought he was often the target of leftist gunmen and also faced intrigue and betrayal from his own side of politics. He was dashing and brilliant, charmed friend and foe alike but nevertheless he met with a tragic end.

The Idealist

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

Aurora House

Barbarossa: 1941. La Guerre absolue

Otkhmezuri, Lasha

La Seconde Guerre mondiale semble aujourd'hui bien connue. Et pourtant, les idées reçues sur ce conflit d'airain abondent. Desservant la cause de la connaissance, elles montrent surtout que la propagande de l'Axe comme celle des Alliés a durablement imprimé sa marque, bien au-delà de l'année 1945.Ce volume vise donc à rétablir quelques vérités en revenant, au crible de vingt-trois entrées, sur les grands mythes de cette guerre qui, tenus pour vérités d'Évangile, n'en restent pas moins erronés. Ainsi, combien de Français persistent à croire que la défaite aux jours sombres de 1940 était inscrite dans les astres? Que Pearl Harbor a signé une écrasante victoire de l'Empire nippon sur les États-Unis ou que Hitler n'a fait que devancer une attaque de Staline? Que les soldats américains ne savaient pas se battre ou que les hommes de la Waffen-SS étaient des combattants d'élite? Que le débarquement de Provence a été inutile? Que les armes miracles allemandes auraient pu tout changer ou que Yalta vit le partage du monde entre Churchill, Roosevelt et Staline?À ces questions essentielles, les meilleurs spécialistes apportent des réponses étonnantes au fil de chapitres courts et enlevés. Ce livre sans équivalent espère ainsi contribuer à porter un nouveau regard sur ce moment décisif dans l'histoire du monde. Souvent inattendues, parfois surprenantes, ses révélations sont toujours passionnantes.

Les mythes de la Seconde Guerre mondiale

Wieviorka, Olivier

PERRIN

Infographie de la Seconde Guerre mondiale

Conduire la guerre - Entretiens sur l'art opératif

Bihan, Benoist

Barbarossa: 1941. La guerre absolue

PASSES COMPOSES

14-18, Le Calvaire des Poilus

LeSir

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