1917

Even in the darkest times, there is room for strength and bravery. A remarkable memoir form Leon Leyson, one of the youngest children to survive the Holocaust on Oscar Schindler's list. Aún en los momentos más obscuros de la historia, surgen fenómenos de fortaleza y coraje. Esta es una biografía admirable de Leon Leyson, uno de los jovencitos sobrevivientes del holocausto quien fue parte de la "Lista de Schindler".

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Enviado por el Museo de Historia Natural de París, a la edad de 23 años, el joven naturalista francés Alcide d'Orbigny recorrió durante ocho años la América meridonal (Brasil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Perú y Bolivia) y a su regreso a Francia compuso una monumental obra publicada entre 1835 y 1847 con el título de Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale en nueve , tomos y 11 volúmenes con más de 5 mil páginas y 500 ilustraciones. A pedido del presidente boliviano José Ballivián, en 1845 se editó un fragmento de la obra de d'Orbigny y no fue sino hasta un siglo después...