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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The nitrate king The nitrate king William Edmundson This is the first book-length biography of John Thomas North (1842-1896), known as ‘Colonel North’ in Britain and throughout the world as ‘The Nitrate King’. Using sources in Britain and Chile, the b… OL15538792W
Vivos bajo tierra Vivos bajo tierra Manuel Pino Toro "The story of the thirty-three trapped miners in the San Jose mine in the middle of the Chilean desert is an epic in the classic sense, filled with real heroes, blessings from God, and the curse of m… OL15932682W
Feeding on dreams Feeding on dreams Ariel Dorfman In September 1973, the military took power in Chile, and Ariel Dorfman, allied to deposed president Salvadore Allende, was forced to flee for his life. Feeding on Dreams is the story of the transform… OL16341293W
Deep down dark Deep down dark Héctor Tobar Relates the experiences of the thirty-three men who endured entrapment beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking sixty-nine days during the San José mine collapse outside of Copiapó, Ch… OL17828203W
Confieso que he vivido Confieso que he vivido Pablo Neruda "En el libro, Neruda hace un recorrido por su trayectoria vital: los fumaderos de opio en Tailandia, la Birmania dominada por los ingleses, sus experiencias con todo tipo de mujeres en todo tipo de s… OL979578W