Bettancourt ingrid (5 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Binding sound, text clean, light shelf wear. French text. Book.

Hard Cover. Condizione: NF. Condizione sovraccoperta: NF. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo. Black boards quarterbound in a black cloth backstrip with shiny gilt lettering on the spine and shiny gilt initials on the front board. Book has light bumping at the head and tail of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 528 pages. Dust Jacket - has a nearly unnoticable trace of rubbing at the head of the spine and at the extreme tips of the two lower outside corners - jacket is otherwise clean, bright, and sharp. High quality paper stock has made this a heavier than average book that will require additional postage on orders requesting International or Priority shipping services. A lovely copy.…

Couverture souple. Condizione: Très bon. In-12 broché(format de poche),couverture illustrée,Editions Pocket,2001,Paris,248 pages,très bon état.

Condizione: Ottime. italiano Condizioni dell'esterno: Ottime Condizioni dell'interno: Ottime.

Softcover. Condizione: Good. Ingrid Betancourt's story - her exemplary courage, spirit and resilience - has captured the world'simagination. A politician and presidential candidate celebrated for her determination to combat the corruption and climate offear endemic in Colombia, in 2002 she was taken hostage by FARC, a terrorist guerrilla organisation. She was held captivein the depths of the jungle for six and a half years, chained day and night for much of that time, constantly on the move andenduring gruelling conditions. She was freed and reunited with her children and relatives in 2008.It is Betancourt'sindomitable spirit that drives this important and deeply moving book, telling in her own words the extraordinary drama of hercapture and eventual rescue, and describes her fight to survive, mentally and physically. As she confronts the horror of whatshe went through, her story also goes beyond the specifics of her own confinement to offer an intensely intelligent, thoughtful and compassionate reflection on what it means to be human.…