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En 2017 se cumple el primer centenario del nacimiento de John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Un hombre que, a pesar de haber estado al frente de la presidencia de su país solo 1.032 días, marcó un antes y un después en la historia tanto de los Estados Unidos como del resto del mundo y lo hizo de tal modo que ha pasado a ser un verdadero mito.

The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904-2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy. Drawing on many previously untapped sources, Frank Costigliola's biography offers a new picture of a man of extraordinary ability and ambition whose idea of containing the Soviet Union helped ignite the Cold War but who spent the next half century trying to extinguish it. Always prescient, Kennan in the 1990s warned that the eastward expansion of NATO would spur a new cold war with Russia.

Shawn Harrington returned to Marshall High School as an assistant coach years after appearing as a player in the iconic basketball documentary film Hoop Dreams. In January of 2014, Marshall's struggling team was about to improve after the addition of a charismatic but troubled player. Everything changed, however, when two young men opened fired on Harrington's car as he drove his daughter to school. Harrington was struck and paralyzed. The mistaken-identity shooting was followed by a series of events that had a devastating impact on Harrington and Marshall's basketball family.

We make this easy but you still dive into the vast, enigmatic expanse of Russia without needing a fur coat or a plane ticket! "Russia 101" takes you on an electrifying journey through time, from the legendary origins of the Kievan Rus to the bustling streets of modern-day Moscow and beyond. Unravel the mysteries of the Tzars, the intrigue of the Cold War, and the viral sensations of Russian internet memes. With a blend of humor, expert insights, and tales that sound too wild to be true (but are!), we make Russian history as invigorating as a shot of vodka and as warm as a babushka's embrace. ...