Nelson Mandela

La autobiografía de Nelson Mandela escrita de su puño y letra. La vida un hombre extraordinario, un héroe internacional, uno de los grandes líderes morales y políticos de nuestro tiempo. El largo camino hacia la libertad es la estimulante historia de la vida epica de Nelson Mandela, una historia de adversidades, resistencia y triunfo final narrada con la claridad y elocuencia de un lider nato. Nelson Mandela representa para millones de personas el triunfo de la dignidad y de la esperanza sobre la desesperacion y el odio, de la autodisciplina y el amor sobre la persecucion y la ignominia. Su extraordinaria vida consagrada a la lucha contra la opresion racial lo hizo merecedor del Premio Nobel de la Paz y lo alzo a la presidencia de su pais. Desde su triunfal puesta en libertad en 1990 se convirtio en el centro del acontecimiento politico mas complejo y alentador de los ultimos tiempos. En El largo camino hacia la libertad Nelson Mandela recorre el sendero de su extraordinaria vida. Descubriremos sus primeros pasos como estudiante y pasante en Johannesburgo, el lento despertar de su conciencia politica, la ruptura de su primer matrimonio, la dolorosa separacion de sus hijos, los veintisiete años que estuvo en prision -repletos de acontecimientos-, su libertad y la instauracion definitiva en Sudafrica de una democracia multirracial. Una obra magistral destinada a ocupar un lugar de honor entre las memorias de las figuras mas importantes de la historia.Las palabras de Mandela:No naci con hambre de libertad, naci libre en todos los aspectos que me era dado conocer. [...] Solo cuando empece a comprender que mi libertad infantil era una ilusion, cuando descubri, siendo joven, que mi libertad ya me habia sido arrebatada, fue cuando empece a añorarla. Me gustan los amigos que tienen pensamientos independientes, porque suelen hacerte ver los problemas desde todos los angulos.Debemos usar el tiempo sabiamente y darnos cuenta de que siempre es el momento oportuno para hacer las cosas bien. La critica ha dicho:Uno de los libros mas positivos que leeras.GQ Indispensable... La historia de un vida unica.Anthony SampsonBrilla con la luminosidad de la fe en la invencible naturaleza de la esperanza y la dignidad humanas. Inolvidable...Andri Brink Una historia epica de lucha y aprendizaje y crecimiento. Narra la vida de un hombre cuyo idealismo y esperanza inspiraron a un mundo propenso al cinismo. Deberia ser una lectura obligada.Mary Benson, Daily TelegraphUn trozo de historia reciente y un ejemplo para quienes se ahogan en las pequeñas miserias diarias.Interviu

Recolha de fábulas e lendas da tradição africana, seleccionadas pelo próprio Nelson Mandela. Uma diferente e fantástica visão de África, pelos olhos de um dos seus mais amados e carismáticos líderes.

Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. Since his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela has been at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality. LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela tells the extraordinary story of his life--an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph.

The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela''s destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM is the exhilarating story of an epic life a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader. ''Burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignity ...Unforgettable'' Andre Brink ''Enthralling ...Mandela emulates the few great political leaders such as Lincoln and Gandhi, who go beyond mere consensus and move out ahead of their followers to break new ground'' Donald Woods in the SUNDAY TIMES

El color de la libertad continúa las memorias que Mandela publicó enEl largo camino hacia la libertad, relatando sus años como presidente. La extraordinaria historia de un país en transición y los retos que afronto el premio Nobel de la Paz al luchar por que su vision de una Sudafrica liberada se convirtiera en realidad.He descubierto el secreto de que, tras subir a una colina, uno descubre que hay muchas mas colinas detras. Me he concedido aqui un momento de reposo, para lanzar una mirada hacia el glorioso panorama que me rodea, para volver la vista atras hacia el trecho que he recorrido. Pero solo puedo descansar un instante, ya que la libertad trae consigo responsabilidades y no me atrevo a quedarme rezagado. Mi largo camino aun no ha terminado.Nelson Mandela,El largo camino hacia la libertadEn 1994, Nelson Mandela se convirtio en el primer presidente democratico de Sudafrica. Desde el comienzo, se comprometio a ocupar el cargo durante una unica legislatura de cinco años. A lo largo de su presidencia, tanto el como su gobierno garantizaron que todos los ciudadanos sudafricanos fueran iguales ante la ley, y sentaron las bases para que un pais desgarrado por siglos de colonialismo y apartheid se convirtiera en una democracia plenamente operativa.El color de la libertad es la historia de los años presidenciales de Mandela, una obra basada en gran medida en las memorias que el empezo a escribir cuando estaba concluyendo su legislatura, pero que no pudo terminar. Ahora, el prestigioso escritor sudafricanoMandla Langa ha completado la labor, utilizando el inacabado borrador de Mandela, las notas detalladas que el presidente fue tomando a medida que se desarrollaban los acontecimientos y una ingente cantidad de material clasificado.Prologado por la viuda de Mandela,Graça Machel, el resultado es un relato vivido y a menudo inspirador de la presidencia de Mandela y de la creacion de una nueva democracia.

`I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.' Long Walk to Freedom In 1994, Nelson Mandela became the first president of democratic South Africa. Five years later, he stood down. In that time, he and his government wrought the most extraordinary transformation, turning a nation riven by centuries of colonialism and apartheid into a fully functioning democracy in which all South Africa's citizens, black and white, were equal before the law. Dare Not Linger is the story of Mandela's presidential years, drawing heavily on the memoir he began to write as he prepared to finish his term of office

'Conversations With Myself" does the world an extraordinary service in giving us [a] picture of Mandela the man.' From the foreword by President Barack Obama. From letters written in the darkest hours of his 27 years of imprisonment to the draft of an unfinished sequel to "Long Walk to Freedom", this intensely personal book is a rare chance to spent time with Nelson Mandela the man, in his own voice: direct, clear, private. Here he is making notes and even doodling during meetings, or recording troubled dreams on the desk calendar of his cell on Robben Island; writing journals while on the run during the anti-apartheid struggles of the early 1960s, or conversing with friends in almost 70 hours of recorded interviews. An intimate journey from the first stirrings of his political conscience to his galvanizing role on the world stage, "Conversations With Myself" is an extraordinary glimpse of the man behind one of the world's most beloved public figures. "More revealing of the man than his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom - and in many respects more moving as well". (F.W. De Klerk). "A book that breaks the heart and then makes it sing". (Andrew Rawnsley, "Observer" Books of the Year).

"Il mio più profondo desiderio è che in Africa la voce del cantastorie possa non morire mai." Nelson Mandela raccoglie in questa magistrale antologia il meglio dell'immaginario fiabesco africano. "C'è la lepre," osserva Mandela, "una piccola canaglia; il furbo sciacallo, nel ruolo dell'imbroglione; la iena, nella parte del più debole; il leone, in quella di sovrano dispensatore di doni; il serpente, che infonde paura e al contempo è un simbolo di virtù taumaturgiche; ci sono gli incantesimi che provocano sventura o salvezza; ci sono cannibali raccapriccianti che fanno paura ai grandi non meno che ai piccoli." Il popoloso universo di uomini e animali che abitano questo continente è colto attraverso gli squarci folgoranti dell'arida essenza dell'Africa, tramite il caleidoscopio dei suoi colori assoluti, del bagliore accecante del sole, della foschia azzurra delle montagne. All'orizzonte il benevolo sollievo offerto dall'acqua e dalle foglie. "Le mie storie più care," le definisce Mandela. Storie antiche quanto l'Africa, raccontate attorno ai falò della sera da tempo immemorabile, universali nella loro capacità di ritrarre gli animali e la loro umanissima magia.

Nelson Mandela dit quil faut écrire tous les jours de sa vie. Voici pour la première fois le recueil de ses propres notes et correspondances. La publication mondiale des Conversations avec moi-même,

Nelson Mandela dit quil faut écrire tous les jours de sa vie. Voici pour la première fois le recueil de ses propres notes et correspondances. La publication mondiale des Conversations avec moi-même,

1904C02222. 622 g. 640 pp. Illutrated with photographs.

Arrêté en 1962 par le gouvernement de l'apartheid d'Afrique du Sud, Nelson Mandela a passé vingt-sept ans en prison. Au cours de ces 10 052 jours de détention, il fut un épistolier prolifique, écriva

A beautifully illustrated book based on the autobiography of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century. Since his release from prison in 1990, Nelson Mandela has emerged as the world's most significant moral leader since Gandhi. As president of the African National Congress and spiritual figurehead of the anti-apartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving South Africa towards black-majority rule. He is revered throughout the world as a vital force for human rights and racial equality. Mandela's riveting memoirs, A LONG WALK TO FREEDOM , were first published in 1994 to universal acclaim. This exciting illustrated edition now portrays his life in words and pictures. Vivid descriptions of his childhood environment, early Johannesburg, life in the townships, Robben Island and the events, protests, historic trials and acts of vengeance that forged his destiny are now accompanied by haunting and dramatic photographs that illuminate his story in an unforgettable way

The autobiography of one of the greatest men of the twentieth century. re published to coincide with the publication of Anthony Holden's biography coming from HarperCollins.