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Facing Neuralgia

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At the age of thirty Wendy Evans, a vivacious, versatile and devoted primary school teacher with singing and acting talents, was struck down by a devastating and very rare nerve disease with serious and debilitating symptoms including pain and foreign body sensations in her throat, shock-like pains in her ears and neck, and difficulty and pain when talking, swallowing, chewing, coughing and yawning. As a consequence, her teaching career and singing aspirations were tragically cut short. Frustratingly, despite numerous doctors' and consultants' appointments, and innumerable tests and scans, the medical profession seemed unable to diagnose her problem, to the point that it was viewed as purely psychosomatic and she was seen as a paranoid malingerer suffering from stress and depression and whose problems would be best served by a psychiatrist and a concoction of drugs. But Wendy knew different and was determined to obtain a definitive diagnosis for her condition, which was making her life increasingly unbearable. Wendy’s book takes you on a journey from the onset of the illness, through the following 18 months of searching for the cause of her terrible disease and developing an understanding of her disorder, until she finally received a diagnosis of glossopharyngeal neuralgia and underwent brain surgery. When this did not prove to be the cure, she began to look at alternative therapies as a possible way of managing the disease and has finally mapped out a brighter future for herself, regaining control of her life through treatments such as the Bowen technique, craniosacral therapy, energy healing and remedial massage therapies.

Mon année en Zemmourie (Tome I) - L'enfance d'un chef

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Qui est Éric Zemmour ? Devenu au fil de ses outrances médiatiques et de ses succès en librairie le chef des ventes d’une prospère boutique identitaire, il aspire aujourd’hui à diriger le pays. Comment cette ambition est-elle née ? En racontant l’année qu’il a passée en « Zemmourie », Hubert Prolongeau nous entraîne à la fois dans les coulisses d’une enquête épineuse et sur les traces d’un des personnages les plus controversés du moment. Drôle et très documentée, cette biographie pas comme les autres met à jour en quatre volumes les rouages intimes de celui que ses admirateurs considèrent comme le « Trump français ». L'enfance d'un chef Où l’auteur interpelle son sujet et se heurte à ses premières difficultés. Où l’on découvre la famille du jeune Éric, son enfance à Drancy puis dans le XVIIIᵉ arrondissement. Où on le voit choyé par sa mère et élevé à la dure par son père. Où l’on suit ses brillantes études à l’école juive Lucien-de-Hirsch. Où il découvre l’Histoire de France et les écrivains classiques. Où il réussit à Sciences Po et échoue à l’ENA. Où il fait un court et peu concluant passage dans la publicité. Où il découvre le journalisme écrit et fait ses armes au Quotidien de Paris et à InfoMatin. Où il se marie avec une femme à poigne. Où il entre au Figaro et y suscite de plus en plus de réprobation.

Três irmãs

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"Uma amava dinheiro, uma amava o poder e uma amava a China." Nesta biografia épica, a autora de Cisnes selvagens narra a vida das irmãs que mudaram a história de um país em ebulição.O mais conhecido conto de fadas chinês moderno é a história das irmãs Soong, cujas vidas se estenderam do fim do século XIX ao início do século XXI. A Irmã Mais Velha, Ei-ling, casou-se com o homem mais rico da China, H. H. Kung. A Irmã Vermelha, Ching-ling, foi a companheira de Sun Yat-sen, pai fundador da China moderna e seu primeiro presidente. E a Irmã Mais Nova, May-ling, se tornaria a ambiciosa Madame Chiang Kai-shek, esposa do líder da República da China. Em cem anos de guerras e revoluções constantes, as irmãs Soong estiveram no centro das mudanças do país e deixaram uma marca indelével na história chinesa. Elas desfrutaram privilégios e glórias, mas também se envolveram em disputas perigosas — inclusive entre si. Neste épico de amor, guerra, exílio, intriga, glamour e traição, Jung Chang entrelaça os acontecimentos da China do século XX à vida de três mulheres inesquecíveis."Fruto de uma pesquisa meticulosa, Três irmãs é uma leitura fascinante." — The New York Times Book Review

The Reporter Who Knew Too Much

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Was What’s My Line TV Star, media icon, and crack investigative reporter and journalist Dorothy Kilgallen murdered for writing a tell-all book about the JFK assassination? If so, is the main suspect in her death still at large?These questions and more are answered in former CNN, ESPN, and USA Today legal analyst Mark Shaw’s 25th book, The Reporter Who Knew Too Much. Through discovery of never-before-seen videotaped eyewitness interviews with those closest to Kilgallen and secret government documents, Shaw unfolds a “whodunit” murder mystery featuring suspects including Frank Sinatra, J. Edgar Hoover, Mafia Don Carlos Marcello and a "Mystery Man" who may have silenced Kilgallen. All while by presenting through Kilgallen's eyes the most compelling evidence about the JFK assassinations since the House Select Committee on Assassination’s investigation in the 1970s.Called by the New York Post, “the most powerful female voice in America,” and by acclaimed author Mark Lane the “the only serious journalist in America who was concerned with who killed John Kennedy and getting all of the facts about the assassination,” Kilgallen’s official cause of death reported as an overdose of barbiturates combined with alcohol, has always been suspect since no investigation occurred despite the death scene having been staged. Shaw proves Kilgallen, a remarkable woman who broke the "glass ceiling" before the term became fashionable, was denied the justice she deserved, that is until now.

La mia doppia vita

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Se la vita pubblica di Sarah Bernhardt coincise in tutto e per tutto con la ribalta del teatro, quella privata fu da lei stessa divulgata attraverso queste memorie, pubblicate in Francia nel 1898 e qui presentate per la prima volta in lingua italiana in un’edizione integrale. La mia doppia vita è allo stesso tempo l’autobiografia di un personaggio straordinario e un fedele ritratto della vita artistica e sociale della Parigi di fine Ottocento. Un vero e proprio romanzo, che dall’infanzia tormentata, alle tourneés, fino al successo internazionale, disegna la parabola di un’esistenza fuori dal comune. Abile stratega della propria immagine, Sarah affidò a queste memorie il compito di renderla meno «divina» e più umana, adombrando fin dal titolo, La mia doppia vita, un sottofondo più intimo. Dietro la gloria, ecco rivelato quel percorso parallelo, irto di ostacoli, sul quale la spinge una vocazione impossibile da disattendere. Ascese e rovesci di fortuna, incontri, capricci, aneddoti, ribellioni, raffinatezze, amore per l’arte: tutto confluisce in una prosa scorrevolissima, una lunga confessione sempre in bilico tra sincerità e rappresentazione ideale. «Che la signorina Bernhardt sia insufficiente non è un problema. È una debuttante ed è del tutto naturale che fra i debuttanti che ci presentano ce ne sia qualcuno che non riuscirà; bisogna provarne parecchi prima di trovare uno capace». L’Opinion Nationale

Cartas para minha avó

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Um relato memorialístico pungente e sensível sobre ancestralidade, feminismo e antirracismo na criação de filhos. No mais pessoal e delicado de seus livros, a filósofa Djamila Ribeiro revisita sua infância e adolescência para discutir temas como ancestralidade negra e os desafios de criar filhos numa sociedade racista. O relato se dá na forma de cartas a sua saudosa avó Antônia — carinhosa e amorosa, conhecedora de ervas curativas e benzedeira muito requisitada. A cumplicidade que sempre houve entre avó e neta é o que permite que a autora rememore episódios difíceis, como a perda do pai e da mãe, as agressões que sofreu como mulher negra no Brasil e os desafios para integrar a vida acadêmica. Djamila também fala de relacionamentos amorosos e experiências profissionais, das músicas, das leituras e das amizades que a acompanharam em sua construção pessoal — e da percepção paulatina de que a memória das lutas e das conquistas das pessoas negras que vieram antes de nós é a força que nos permite seguir adiante.

The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave

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The unique narrative of a slave who fled to freedom and sailed aboard a whaling vessel John Thompson was born into slavery on a Maryland plantation in 1812. Originally published in 1856, The Life of John Thompson, a Fugitive Slave chronicles his enslavement, his escape, and his life in the North, where he lived as a free man until fear of recapture drove him to flee once again-this time to sea aboard the Milwood, a whaling vessel. The only fugitive slave narrator to report a whaling voyage, Thompson crafted from his seafaring experience an allegorical sermon that caps his Life and renders it a kind of African American Pilgrim's Progress, as well as a narrative of struggle with, escape from, and triumph over American slavery.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Dynasty

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*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Tiger Woods comes the definitive inside story of the New England Patriots—the greatest sports dynasty of the 21st century. It’s easy to forget that the New England Patriots were once the laughingstock of the NFL, a nearly bankrupt team that had never won a championship and was on the brink of moving to St. Louis. Everything changed in 1994, when Robert Kraft acquired the franchise and soon brought on board head coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady. Since then, the Patriots have become a juggernaut, making ten trips to the Super Bowl, winning six of them, and emerging as one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world.How was the Patriots dynasty built? And how did it last for two decades? In The Dynasty, acclaimed journalist Jeff Benedict provides richly reported answers in a sweeping account based on exclusive interviews with more than two hundred insiders—including team executives, coaches, players, players’ wives, team doctors, lawyers, and more—as well as never-before-seen recordings, documents, and electronic communications.Through his exhaustive research, Benedict uncovers surprising new details about the inner workings of a team notorious for its secrecy. He puts us in the room as Robert Kraft outmaneuvers a legion of lawyers and investors to buy the team. We listen in on the phone call when the greatest trade ever made—Bill Belichick for a first-round draft choice—is negotiated. And we look over the shoulder of forty-year-old Tom Brady as a surgeon operates on his throwing hand on the eve of the AFC Championship Game in 2018.But the portrait that emerges in The Dynasty is more rewarding than new details alone. By tracing the team’s epic run through the perspectives of Kraft, Belichick, and Brady—each of whom was interviewed for the book—the author provides a wealth of new insight into the complex human beings most responsible for the Patriots’ success.The result is an intimate portrait that captures the human drama of the dynasty’s three key characters while also revealing the secrets behind their success. “The Dynasty is…[a] masterpiece…It’s a relationship book, it’s a football book, it’s a business book…you’ll just eat up these stories” (Colin Cowherd).

Emilio Zola

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Panegírico que Leopoldo Lugones pronunció con ocasión de la muerte del escritor francés Émile Zola (1902). Se trata de una obra de oratoria de alto y singular valor, un himno a la memoria del autor de «J'accuse...!». -

Vier Fäuste für ein blaues Auge

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Der Wilde Westen mitten in Bayern. Geht nicht? Von wegen! Jahrelang lockte No Name City eingefleischte Western-Fans in die tiefste Provinz. »Häuptling« Heinz J. Bründl und Stuntman Tommy Krappweis erzählen von ihrem wilden Leben in der Westernstadt: von unzähligen Raufereien und Schießereien, unfreiwilligen Explosionen zu stark gestopfter Schrotflinten bis hin zu den heimlichen und unheimlichen Liebschaften des Totengräbers. Von einem Goldsucher mit Realitätsverlust, der in der Münchner S-Bahn dem Sicherheitsdienst Feuerschutz gab. Und von zwei unverbesserlichen Cowboys, die entgegen aller Konventionen ihren Traum verwirklicht und zur Not auch mit der Flinte verteidigt haben.

Niente da dichiarare

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«Oggi mi è stato ordinato di prepararmi a partire immediatamente per Taranto per imbarcarmi sulla “Reina del Pacífico” diretta a Porto Said, dove devo raccogliere tremila soldati russi che hanno combattuto contro i tedeschi e poi si sono uniti ai partigiani». A coloro ai quali l’ultima pagina di «Napoli ’44» aveva lasciato qualche legittima curiosità sulle ulteriori avventure del sergente Lewis non resta che aprire questo trascinante volume autobiografico. Dove si scopre subito, ad esempio, che i prigionieri russi erano in realtà un reggimento di Tagichi, giudicati straordinari combattenti perché, in ossequio alle proprie credenze, non facevano alcuna distinzione tra la vita e la morte: e quando Lewis chiede cosa sia il buco che sfregia la coscia di un soldato viene a sapere che da lì, strappandola con le unghie, l’uomo ha preso la carne necessaria a sopravvivere nel lager. Questo è Lewis al suo meglio, testimone quasi involontario di eventi insieme atroci e bizzarri. Ed è solo uno spicchio del variegato ventaglio che si dispiega in questo libro, dove l’autore ci chiede di accompagnarlo in giro per il pianeta, entrando e uscendo di soppiatto dagli ambienti e dalle situazioni più disparate – la Cuba di Batista come il feroce Guatemala successivo alla sua tredicesima rivoluzione, l’Indocina francese come la Londra letteraria del secondo dopoguerra. Seguire Lewis, scopriremo ancora una volta, è molto più che viaggiare, è apprendere per osmosi, pagina dopo pagina, l’impiego delle sue stesse, micidiali armi: uno sguardo che non riesce a non vedere, un fiuto per l’inconsueto che ha pochi eguali, e un’inimitabile estetica della laconicità, ben condensata nel rapido commento a un incontro con Hemingway: «Non mi ha detto niente, ma mi ha insegnato anche più di quel che volevo sapere». «Niente da dichiarare» è stato pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1996.

Updike

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“A brilliant biography. . . . The joys are . . . discovering the autobiographical content of the . . . details that populate Updike’s vast fictional universe.” —Orhan Pamuk, The New York Times Book ReviewAdam Begley offers an illuminating portrait of John Updike, Pulitzer prize–winning novelist, poet, short-story writer, and critic who saw himself as a literary spy in small-town and suburban America, who dedicated himself to the task of transcribing “middleness with all its grits, bumps and anonymities.”Updike explores the writer’s beloved home turf of Berks County, Pennsylvania; his escape to Harvard; his working life as the golden boy at The New Yorker; his family years in suburban Ipswich, Massachusetts; his extensive travel abroad; and his retreat to Beverly Farms, Massachusetts, where he remained until his death in 2009. Drawing from in-depth research as well as interviews with the writer’s colleagues, friends, and family, Begley explores how Updike’s fiction was shaped by his tumultuous personal life—including his enduring religious faith, his two marriages, and his first-hand experience of the “adulterous society” he was credited with exposing in the bestselling Couples.With a sharp critical sensibility, Begley probes Updike’s best-loved works—from Pigeon Feathers to The Witches of Eastwick to the Rabbit tetralogy—and reveals a surprising and deeply complex character fraught with contradictions. Updike offers an admiring yet balanced look at one of American literature’s most treasured authors.“A superb achievement. . . . as rewarding as Updike’s best fiction.” —Scott Stossel, The Boston Globe“A monumental treatment of a towering American writer.” —The New York Observer“A highly literate illumination of a supremely literate human being.” —Louis Menand, The New Yorker

Cooler Than Cool

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Drawing on unprecedented archival and family access, Cooler Than Cool: The Life of Elmore Leonard, is the first comprehensive biography of the master American crime writer, author of witty, gritty bestsellers like Get Shorty and Raylan.Over the course of his sixty-year career, Elmore Leonard, “the Dickens of Detroit,” published forty-five novels that have had enduring appeal to readers around the world. Revered by Martin Amis, Margaret Atwood, Raymond Carver, and Stephen King, his books were innovative in their blending of a Hemingway-inspired noirish minimalism and a masterful use of realistic dialogue over exposition—a direct evolution spurred by his years as a screenwriter.Leonard’s fiction contained many layers, and at the heart of his work were progressive themes, stemming from his years as a student of the Jesuit religious order, his personal beliefs in social justice, and his successful battle over alcoholism. He drew inspiration from greats like Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, but the true motivation and brilliance behind his crime writing was the ongoing class struggle to achieve the American Dream—often seen through the eyes of law enforcement officers and the criminals they vowed to apprehend.C. M. Kushins tells Leonard’s full life story against recurring themes and evolving storytelling methods of his work, drawing on interviews with primary sources ranging from Leonard’s family and friends to those who acted in, produced, and directed his work onscreen. He also includes never-before-published excerpts from Leonard’s unfinished final novel and planned memoir. Definitive and revealing, Cooler Than Cool shows Leonard emerging as one of the last writers of the “pulp fiction” era of midcentury America, to ultimately become one of the most successful storytellers of the twentieth century, whose influence continues to have far-reaching effects on both contemporary crime fiction and American filmmaking.

Vivre debout, la Résistance

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Jeunes, vous qui allez lire et regarder ce livre, peut-être penserez-vous d’abord : c’est de l’histoire, c’est du passé, nos pères ont vécu cela, nous nous y intéressons parce qu’ils l’ont vécu, mais le temps a fui, des années nous en séparent, et d’autres sujets réclament notre attention, tout brûlants, ceux-là, non pas attiédis par déjà tant d’années, non pas érodés par tant d’autres événements. Ne dites pas cela. Ne prononcez pas trop vite de telles paroles. Ne rangez pas la Résistance française parmi tous les faits que comportent les manuels scolaires. L’historien que je suis vous le demande. Le poète que je crois être vous en supplie. Max-Pol Fouchet

Schriften zu Leben und Werk

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Die wichtigsten autobiographischen Schriften in einem Band»Eine wirkliche Autobiographie ist nicht möglich. Man kann Vorgänge und Ereignisse seines eigenen Lebens berichten und auch Betrachtungen daran anschließen, aber tiefer geht es nicht. Wie soll man es auch machen, wie soll man an sich herankommen?« Alfred Döblin war stets skeptisch und zurückhaltend, wenn es darum ging, das eigene Leben zu betrachten oder gar zu erzählen. Dennoch sind im Lauf seines Lebens zahlreiche Texte entstanden, in denen er auf beeindruckende Weise an sich heranzukommen versucht. Der vorliegende Band versammelt die wichtigsten Selbstzeugnisse und autobiographischen Schriften Döblins und bietet einzigartige Einblicke in sein vielgestaltiges, bewegtes Leben und Werk.Mit einem Nachwort von Wilfried F. Schoeller

Napoleone il grande

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Nel marzo 1807, lontano dalla Francia, Napoleone Bonaparte scriveva alla moglie Giuseppina: «So fare altre cose oltre a condurre guerre, ma il dovere viene per primo». E nell'arco di vent'anni appena, dall'ottobre 1795, in cui era un giovane capitano di artiglieria mandato a sedare tumulti a Parigi, fino al giugno 1815 e alla sconfitta finale di Waterloo, Napoleone ebbe modo di mostrare in quante forme questo senso del dovere poteva manifestarsi: conquistato il potere con un colpo di stato, pose fine alla corruzione e all'incompetenza in cui si era arenata la Rivoluzione, e se da una parte reinventò l'arte della guerra in una serie di battaglie folgoranti, dall'altra ricreò dalle fondamenta l'apparato legislativo e amministrativo, modernizzò i sistemi di istruzione e promosse la fioritura dello "stile impero" nelle arti. Poi l'impossibilità di sconfiggere il suo nemico più ostinato, la Gran Bretagna, lo spinse verso campagne estenuanti e alla fine fatali in Spagna e Russia. L'epilogo in sordina della sua vita avventurosa, in esilio a Sant'Elena, per ironia della sorte e della Storia si salda con i suoi esordi, con quel quaderno di geografia dove da ragazzo annotava, a margine di un lungo elenco di possedimenti imperiali britannici: «Sainte-Hélène: petite île». Andrew Roberts ha attinto al corpus completo delle 33 000 lettere napoleoniche, tuttora in corso di pubblicazione, e ha visitato quasi tutti i campi di battaglia e i luoghi della sua vita, mostrandoci per la prima volta "l'imperatore dei francesi" così com'era davvero: incredibilmente versatile, ironico, ambizioso, ferocemente determinato ma anche disposto al perdono, ossessionato dalla discendenza e scostante in amore. Perché Napoleone il Grande non fu una sorta di antieroe destinato alla nemesi, un moderno personaggio da tragedia greca o un'altra delle immagini che gli hanno ritagliato addosso dozzine di ricostruzioni storiche. Come scrisse nelle sue memorie George Home, guardiamarina a bordo della nave inglese che lo prese in consegna, sconfitto e prigioniero, dopo Waterloo, Napoleone «ci ha mostrato che cosa può fare una semplice creatura umana, come noi, in un arco di tempo così breve».

A Woman in Charge

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The nuanced, definitive biography of one of the most controversial and widely misunderstood figures of our time: the woman running a historic campaign as the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee—Hillary Rodham Clinton. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with colleagues and friends and with unique access to campaign records, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Carl Bernstein has given us a book that enables us, at last, to address the questions Americans are insistently—even obsessively—asking: Who is she? What is her character? What is her political philosophy? And, what can we expect from Hillary if we elect her President of the United States?

Il Barone

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Un libro di storia che prende come un romanzo d’avventure; un romanzo che guida a conoscere alla pari di un saggio storico. Vita e imprese dell’ardito Corso Donati. Il capo dei Guelfi neri, causa di molti dei guai in cui finì Dante, si erge eroe romantico sul palcoscenico della «Firenze del Due-Trecento: la metropoli più tumultuosa del mondo conosciuto, paragonabile oggi a Londra o a New York» (Alessandro Barbero nell’Introduzione).

Geschichte Alexanders des Großen

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In "Geschichte Alexanders des Großen" entfaltet Johann Gustav Droysen ein epochemachendes Porträt des historischen Alexander, dessen Leben und Errungenschaften in einen breiten kulturhistorischen Kontext eingeordnet werden. Der Autor verbindet präzise historische Analysen mit einem lebendigen, fast erzählerischen Stil, der das Geschehen nicht nur auf Fakten beschränkt, sondern auch die emotionalen und psychologischen Dimensionen Alexanders' Persönlichkeit beleuchtet. Zusammengenommen bietet Droysen eine differenzierte Sicht auf die antike Welt und den Einfluss Alexanders auf die spätere europäische Geschichte, ganz im Sinne der philologischen Tradition des 19. Jahrhunderts. Droysen, ein bedeutender Historiker und Politikwissenschaftler seiner Zeit, war tief in die Fragen der nationalen Identität und des Geschichtsverständnisses verwoben. Sein Engagement für die Aufklärung und die Philosophie der Geschichte prägen seine Herangehensweise an historische Narrative. Mit einem umfangreichen Wissen über die griechische und römische Antike vermittelt er seinem Publikum ein fundiertes Verständnis für die komplexen Verflechtungen von Macht, Kultur und Politik in der antiken Welt. Dieses Buch ist eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für jeden, der sich ernsthaft mit der antiken Geschichte und dem Erbe Alexanders des Großen auseinandersetzen möchte. Droysens analytische Klarheit gepaart mit seiner Leidenschaft für die Materie macht die "Geschichte Alexanders des Großen" zu einem faszinierenden und lehrreichen Zeugnis, das sowohl Fachleute als auch interessierte Laien begeistert.

Ma double vie

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Cit. (Sarah Bernhardt) « Je me levais un matin de septembre, le coeur plein de gaité, lointaine. Il était huit heures. Je collais mon front contre les vitres et je regardai. Quoi ? Je n'en sais rien ! Je m'étais réveillée en sursaut au milieu de je ne sais quel rêve et je m'étais précipitée vers la lumière, espérant trouver, dans l'infini du ciel gris, le point lumineux qui allait éclairer mon inquiète et joyeuse attente. Attente de quoi ? - Aurais-je pu le dire alors ? - Puis-je le dire aujourd'hui après longue réflexion ? - Non. J'allais avoir quinze ans. J'étais dans l'attente de la vie ; et ce matin là me semblait être précurseur d'une ère nouvelle. Je ne me trompais point, car ce jour là de septembre décida de mon avenir. » Cet ouvrage se lit comme un roman. Sarah Bernhardt y raconte son enfance, son adolescence quant elle voulait coûte que coûte devenir religieuse ! Au grand jamais comédienne ! Puis la découverte du théâtre et la montée vers le succès. Sarah Bernhardt ne savait rien faire à moitié. Femme libre et indépendante (bien avant l'arrivée de la journée de la femme !) elle ne s'est jamais opposée aux hommes, mais elle a su naturellement s'imposer .... par la force de sa personnalité entière, énergique, intransigeante avec elle même et avec les autres, elle incarnera les plus grands rôles de son temps. Ce roman autobiographique est aussi une plongée dans le monde du XIXème, dans la société des artistes, des écrivains, des journalistes, mais aussi des courtisanes , de la guerre, de la politique, petite et grande histoire se mêlent, théâtre sur scène et dans la vie, d'autres facettes de Sarah Bernhardt, la sculpture, la peinture...et les tourments.... la vie, la scène... Une vie pleine et bien remplie, racontée avec des mots vrais. Edition numérique complète et illustrée. Une riche illustration comptant 26 reproductions photographiques montrent Sarah Bernhardt à différents âges de sa vie, mais surtout dans de nombreux rôles qu'elle interpréta, et 4 planches en couleurs, la représentent dans ses plus beaux costumes et/ou peinte par Walter Spindler (dans Adrienne Lecouvreur, en allégorie de la Charité, de la Foi et de l'Espérance).

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