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The lives of Brian : entrepreneur, philanthropist, animal activist /
1943: shopkeeper's son Brian Sherman is born into a tight-knit Jewish community in a small South African mining outpost. The Holocaust is raging in Europe and the Apartheid regime is at its height. In 1976, with only $5,000 to his name, he moves to Australia with his young family to start a new...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Carlton, Victoria :
Melbourne University Press,
2018.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Prologue; Part I: Childhood; 1. October 1943; 2. Brakpan; 3. Home, family, community; 4. Childhood; 5. Bar mitzvah to boarding school; 6. The mosquito, the cram school and the army; Part II: Youth and its aftermath; 7. University life; 8. Auditing hell and the call of the kibbutz; 9. Gene; 10. A sudden death, a long goodbye; Part III: Best of times, worst of times; 11. Escape, interrupted; 12. Children; 13. Immigrants; 14. Smooth sailing; 15. Stormy weather; Part IV: Scaling Everest; 16. The germ of an idea; 17. From little things ...
- 18. Next stop USA19. The long road up; 20. FAX conquers the USA; 21. The crash; 22. A new beginning; 23. A step forward, a step back; 24. Home fires burning; 25. Flesh of my flesh; 26. The call of the Rings; 27. Battle stations; 28. Freewheeling; 29. Roots; 30. Letting go; 31. The end of a story; Part V: After EquitiLink; 32. The turn; 33. The museum and the factory farm; 34. A major glitch; 35. A bust and a boon; 36. Goodnight from the museum; 37. The little pig; 38. Voiceless; 39. Many ways to make a difference; Part VI: The greatest test; 40. The twins; 41. The diagnosis
- 42. Chasing a cure, part 143. Chasing a cure, part 2; 44. Journeys' end; 45. The jar of honey; 46. Bat mitzvah; Further reading; Acknowledgements; Index