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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).

Exploration of the New World

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‘Exploration of the New World’ emerges as a compelling anthology that captures the multifaceted narratives of discovery in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The collection traverses an array of literary styles, from vivid historical accounts to reflective essays, each conveying the complexities of what 'exploration' meant during this pivotal era. While the anthology celebrates the thrill of adventure and the pursuit of the unknown, it equally provides a critical examination of the implications of these journeys. Standout pieces include gripping depictions of the uncharted landscapes and introspective reflections on their impact, illustrating the diverse spectrum of experiences and insights these works present. The contributing authors are a mosaic of distinguished voices, each bringing their unique perspective to the exploration theme. Figures such as Stephen Leacock and Edward Everett Hale, alongside others like Elizabeth Hodges and Julius E. Olson, contribute rich narratives shaped by their historical, cultural, and literary backgrounds. Through their collective contributions, the anthology aligns with movements of global curiosity and scholarly introspection, revealing how these explorations sculpted both the geographical and psychological maps of the era. The collaboration of these varied voices enhances the reader’s appreciation of the multifaceted nature of discovery and its enduring impact. This anthology offers readers an invaluable opportunity to journey through a tapestry of narratives that challenge and expand the traditional exploration narrative. Ideal for enthusiasts of history and literature alike, ‘Exploration of the New World’ promises to inspire and educate through its broad array of insights. It invites readers to engage with its carefully curated dialogues, which provide a window into the complexities of exploration and its lasting legacy. This collection is not merely a book; it is an invitation to explore the intersection of human ambition and the unknown, offering profound insights into the fabric of discovery.

Οι γυναίκες που επιβίωσαν

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Το βιβλίο του Robert Kolker ρίχνει φως στην ασυνήθιστη ιστορία της οικογένειας Γκάλβιν, με δώδεκα παιδιά, έξι από τα οποία διαγνώστηκαν με σχιζοφρένεια και αποτέλεσε σταθμό στην κατανόηση της νόσου. Το βιβλίο βρέθηκε στην κορυφή της λίστας των ευπώλητων των «New York Times», στη λίστα με τα αγαπημένα βιβλία του Barack Obama για το 2020 και επιλέχθηκε από τη λέσχη ανάγνωσης της Oprah. Ο Ντον και η Μίμι Γκάλβιν φαίνονταν ζευγάρι-πρότυπο. Εκείνος διακεκριμένος στρατιωτικός, εκείνη καλλιεργημένη, αφοσιωμένη σύζυγος-μητέρα, ενσάρκωναν τον λαμπρό αμερικανικό αιώνα. Ο κόσμος τους έδειχνε τέλειος. Όμως μερικά χρόνια αργότερα, έχοντας αποκτήσει δώδεκα παιδιά, η εικόνα άρχισε να ξεθωριάζει. Ήταν όντως τόσο ταιριαστοί, τόσο ευτυχισμένοι; Πράγματι ανέθρεφαν τόσο πειθαρχημένα παιδιά; Τι κρυβόταν στο παρελθόν του Ντον, στην οικογενειακή ιστορία της Μίμι; Ύστερα ήρθε η σφοδρή ανατροπή: Έξι γιοι της οικογένειας Γκάλβιν, ο ένας μετά τον άλλον, παρουσιάζουν ψυχωσική, βίαιη συμπεριφορά. Οι γονείς, τρομοκρατημένοι, αγνοούν την πραγματικότητα. Μέχρι που η τραγωδία, μια διπλή ανθρωποκτονία, τους αναγκάζει να δουν. Η σχιζοφρένεια χτυπά και σπάει την πόρτα του ειδυλλιακού σπιτιού τους. Τίποτα πια δεν θα είναι το ίδιο. Εν μέρει οικογενειακή εποποιία, εν μέρει ιστορία της πιο μυστήριας μέχρι και σήμερα ψυχικής νόσου, αυτή η αληθινή ιστορία, η γραμμένη με αφοπλιστική ειλικρίνεια και κατανόηση, είναι κάτι περισσότερο από μια συναρπαστική διπλή αφήγηση με λογοτεχνικές αρετές. Ειπωμένη από την οπτική γωνία τριών γυναικών –της Μίμι και των θυγατέρων της Μάργκαρετ και Μέρι–, που άντεξαν καταστάσεις πέρα από τις ανθρώπινες αντοχές, επιβεβαιώνει την αξιοθαύμαστη ψυχική δύναμη και τη γενναιότητα του θεωρούμενου «αδύναμου και ευάλωτου φύλου». Είναι ακόμη μια χωρίς παρωπίδες υμνητική εξιστόρηση του πραγματικού νοήματος της οικογένειας: πόσα μας προσφέρει, αλλά και πόσο δυσβάσταχτο κόστος απαιτεί συχνά να πληρώνουμε.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Last Interview

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The newest entry in the increasingly popular series collects fascinating and in-depth interviews with Bill Moyers, Nina Totenberg, and more, and conversations (with Antonin Scalia and high school students) from throughout the long, ground-breaking career of one of the greatest, most influential, and most exciting legal minds in American history.From her start in Depression-era New York, to her final days at the pinnacle of the American legal system, Ruth Bader Ginsburg defied convention, blazing a trail that helped bring greater equality to women, and to all Americans. In this collection of in-depth interviews -- including her last, as well as one of her first -- Ginsburg details her rise from a Brooklyn public school to becoming the second woman on the United States Supreme Court, and her non-stop fight for gender equality along the way. Besides telling the story behind many of her famous court battles, she also talks openly about motherhood and her partnership with her beloved husband, her Jewishness, her surprising friendship with her legal polar opposite Justice Antonin Scalia, her passion for opera, and, in one of the collection's most charming interviews, offers advice to high school students wondering about the law. It is, in the end, both an engrossing look into a fascinating life, and an inspiring tribute to an American icon.

Lata

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Annie Ernaux to bez wątpienia jedna z najważniejszych współczesnych pisarek francuskich, a jej autobiograficzne Lata po raz pierwszy ukazują się po polsku. „Czy byłabym szczęśliwsza, mając inne życie?” – zdaje się stale pytać Ernaux, prowadząc nas przez kolejne dekady swej biografii, które w mistrzowskim laboratorium jej prozy stają się zarazem biografią całego pokolenia. Od czasów niedostatku po lata kapitalistycznego przesytu. Od powojennej młodości, kiedy rytm życia w małym normandzkim miasteczku wyznaczały święta religijne, po dorosłość, kiedy z religijną gorliwością czytało się Simone de Beauvoir. Od wstydu wychowania w robotniczej rodzinie po wstydliwe przyjemności klasy średniej. A wszystko to na tle wielkiej historii, której motywem przewodnim było wyzwolenie. Wyzwolenie polityczne, wyzwolenie seksualne, wyzwolenie z klasowych ograniczeń. Ernaux mierzy się z zagadnieniami rewolucji obyczajowej, postępującego konsumpcjonizmu i sekularyzacji, przywołuje przełomowe momenty dla historii Francji i Europy. „Chciałabym te liczne obrazy siebie, rozdzielone, niezsynchronizowane, połączyć nicią opowieści o swojej egzystencji od narodzin w czasie II wojny światowej aż do dzisiaj. O istnieniu poszczególnym, lecz jednocześnie wtopionym w historię pokolenia”. Choć Ernaux boleśnie odsłania własne korzenie, udaje się jej zachować dystans, a dzięki brawurowej formie literackiej i wielkiej pisarskiej odwadze oddaje czytelnikom dzieło wybitne i kompletne – opowieść o sobie, konkretnej kobiecie, i o całej generacji, o każdym z nas.

White Knight, Red Heat

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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that “Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Count Rumford are the greatest minds that America has produced,” and indeed, Rumford was a peer of theirs, and arguably contributed more to the scientific canon, and yet is nowhere near as well known. Born in the British Americas as Benjamin Thompson, he died a count and a knight, and lived a fascinating, eventful life in between, founding the Royal Institution in London, inventing a better chimney (still in widespread use) for open fires, finding time along the way to invent the coffee percolator and the enclosed oven, and most importantly pioneering our modern understanding of heat. White Knight, Red Heat tells the story of this notable figure in book form for the first time in over twenty years.Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford, was an American-born British physicist, government administrator, and a founder of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London. His investigations of heat overturned the theory that heat is a liquid form of matter and established the beginnings of the modern theory that heat is a form of motion.Loyal to the British crown, he served as a spy after the outbreak of the American Revolution, but in 1776 he was forced to flee to London, leaving his wife and daughter behind. Knighted by King George III in 1784, Thompson introduced numerous social reforms and brought James Watt’s steam engine into common use... He was created a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in 1791. Interest in gunpowder and weaponry stimulated his physical investigations, and in 1798 he began his studies of heat and friction, making one of the earliest measurements of the equivalence of heat and mechanical energy.

Opintiellä

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"Ymmärsin että tämä yksi asia, enemmän kuin mikään toinen, erotti minun perheeni muista: me emme käyneet koulua." Tara Westoverin Opintiellä on uskomaton selviytymistarina syrjäytymisestä ja koulutuksen voimasta. Sitä verrataan Villiin vaellukseen, Seitsemännen portaan enkeliin ja muihin suurmenestyksiin.Totuus on tarua ihmeellisempi, näin voi todella sanoa Tara Westoverin elämästä. Hän kasvoi Idahon vuorilla perheessä, joka odotti maailmanloppua ja vihasi yhteiskuntaa, koulutusta ja lääketiedettä. Isän valta oli ehdoton hulluuden rajoille asti. Tara oppi keräämään yrttejä ja työskentelemään romuttamossa, mutta luokkahuoneeseen hän astui ensi kerran vasta aikuisuuden kynnyksellä. Saadakseen koulutuksen Taran oli jätettävä entinen elämänsä ja otettava petturin rooli perheessään, eikä opintie ollut helppo: millaista on astua yliopistoon täysin itseoppineena ja takametsistä tulleena, vailla mitään sosiaalisia tietoja ja taitoja?Opintiellä kertoo huikean tarinan rakkaudesta ja julmuudesta perheen sisällä, suuresta lahjakkuudesta ja sisäisestä palosta, jotka johdattavat nuoren tytön kohti mahdottomalta tuntuvaa päämäärää."Vaikuttavin mahdollinen tarina koulutuksen mullistavasta voimasta." – The Bookseller"Huikea kertomus syrjäytymisestä, sekasorrosta, epätietoisuudesta ja menestyksestä." – Kirkus Reviews"Isku sisimpään, hitaasti palava liekki, kiihkeä syytös, rakkauskirje." – Kirjailija Claire Dederer"Ihmeellinen. Uskomaton lahjakkuus, täysin kukkaan puhjenneena. Ei ole sen veroista." – Stephen FryTara Westover (s. 1986) kasvoi Idahossa eikä saanut lainkaan opetusta ennen yliopistoa. Hän valmistui Brigham Young Universitysta vuonna 2008 ja sai stipendin Cambridgeen. Jatko-opintojensa aikana hän vietti vuoden vierailevana tutkijana Harvardissa ja väitteli Cambridgessa tohtoriksi historian oppiaineesta vuonna 2014. Opintiellä on hänen ensimmäinen kirjansa.

O Amigo Alemão

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Dezembro de 1943. Um bombardeiro americano seriamente danificado se esforça para sobrevoar a zona de guerra alemã. No controle está um jovem de 21 anos, o segundo-tenente Charlie Brown. A maior parte da tripulação está morta ou gravemente ferida. Um caça inimigo se aproxima. A suástica na cauda do avião não deixa dúvidas. Seu piloto é o experiente alemão Franz Stigler. Predador e presa. Só um tiro e o abate será mais uma vitória no currículo de Franz, para deleite de seu superior Hermann Goering, braço direito de Hitler. Mas o que aconteceu ali desafiou a lógica da guerra. Posteriormente, o episódio seria chamado de "O mais incrível encontro entre inimigos na Segunda Guerra Mundial". A Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos arquivaria por anos o ocorrido, classificando-o como ultrassecreto. Foi um ato que aquele piloto alemão jamais poderia ter revelado, pois, se o fizesse, seu destino seria o pelotão de fuzilamento. Quase cinquenta anos depois, essa história real e impressionante veio à tona, arrebatando a crítica e galgando a lista dos mais vendidos do The New York Times.

How It Feels to Be Colored Me

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''How It Feels To Be Colored Me'' by Florida native Zora Neale Hurston was originally published in The World Tomorrow in May 1928. In this autobiographical piece about her own color, Hurston reflects on her early childhood in an all-black Florida town and her first experiences in life feeling different. In this beautiful piece, Hurston largely focuses on the similarities we all share and on her own self-identity in the face of difference. ''Through it all, I remain myself.''

Il dovere di un capitano

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Non può finire così … » Richard Phillips sapeva bene che il suo era un mestiere rischioso. L’aveva anche scritto in una email alla moglie. Ma l’8 aprile 2009 cominciò come un giorno qualunque per il capitano della Maersk Alabama, la nave americana che trasportava cibo e materiali agricoli per il World Food Programme. Un giorno qualunque fino al momento in cui, a duecento miglia dalla costa del Corno d’Africa, un manipolo di pirati somali armati di ak-47 attaccò la nave e salì a bordo. I pirati non si aspettavano che l’equipaggio reagisse. Non avevano idea che i l capitano si sarebbe offerto come ostaggio al posto della ciurma. E non sapevano che cosa aspettarsi dall’ufficiale schietto e tenace che si ritrovarono come prigioniero: cinque giorni di pura tensione destinati a concludersi con una rischiosa operazione di salvataggio. La storia straordinaria del Capitano Phillips è quella di un uomo come tanti altri che ha fatto ciò che riteneva suo dovere, e nel farlo è diventato un eroe.

A Life of Napoleon Bonaparte

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To enter the school at Brienne, it was necessary to be able to read and write French, and to pass a preliminary examination in that language. This young Napoleon could not do; indeed, he could scarcely have done as much in his native Italian. A preparatory school was necessary, then, for a time. The place settled on was Autun, where Joseph was to enter college, and there in January, 1779, Charles Bonaparte arrived with the two boys. Napoleon was nine and a half years old when he entered the school at Autun. He remained three months, and in that time made sufficient progress to fulfil the requirements at Brienne. The principal record of the boy’s conduct at Autun comes from Abbé Chardon, who was at the head of the primary department. He says of his pupil: “Napoleon brought to Autun a sombre, thoughtful character. He was interested in no one, and found his amusements by himself. He rarely had a companion in his walks. He was quick to learn, and quick of apprehension in all ways. When I gave him a lesson, he fixed his eyes upon me with parted lips; but if I recapitulated anything I had said, his interest was gone, as he plainly showed by his manner. When reproved for this, he would answer coldly, I might almost say with an imperious air, ‘I know it already, sir.’”

Writers In Paris

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No city has attracted so much literary talent, launched so many illustrious careers, or produced such a wealth of enduring literature as Paris. From the 15th century through the 20th, poets, novelists, and playwrights, famed for both their work and their lives, were shaped by this enchanting locale. From natives such as Molière, Genet, and Anaïs Nin, to expats like Henry Miller, Samuel Beckett, and Gertrude Stein, author David Burke follows hundreds of writers through Paris's labyrinthine streets, inviting readers on his grand tour. Unique in scope and approach, Writers in Paris crosses from Right Bank to Left and on to the Ile de la Cité as it explores the alleyways and haunts frequented by the world's most storied writers. Burke focuses not only on their writing but on their passions, ecstasies, obsessions, and betrayals. Equally appealing to Francophiles and serious readers, this engaging book includes maps and more than 100 evocative photographs.

Die drei Schwestern

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Jedes Kind in China kennt die Geschichte der drei Schwestern aus Shanghai, die die Geschicke Chinas im 20. Jahrhundert von den Zentren der Macht aus mitbestimmten. Man sagte über sie: Eine liebte das Geld, eine liebte die Macht, und eine liebte ihr Land. Alle drei genossen Privilegien, Ruhm und Reichtum, wurden aber auch angefeindet und sahen sich tödlichen Gefahren ausgesetzt. Sie zeigten Mut, erlebten stürmische Liebe, aber auch große Verzweiflung. "Die drei Schwestern" ist ein fesselndes Epos über Liebe, Krieg, Exil, Intrigen, Glamour und Verrat. Jung Chang erzählt die Leben dreier außergewöhnlicher Frauen nach, die China im 20. Jahrhundert maßgeblich prägten.

Sicilian Odyssey

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A blending of art and cultural criticism, travel writing, and personal narrative, Sicilian Odyssey is Francine Prose's imaginative consideration of the diverse cultural legacies found juxtaposed and entangled on the Mediterranean island of Sicily. She writes of the intensity of Sicily, the "commitment to the extreme," where the history is more colorful, the sun hotter, the cooking earthier, the violence more horrific, the carnival more raucous, the politics more Byzantine than other places on Earth, and how much the island can teach us about the triumph of beauty over violence and life over death.Prose examines architectural sites and objects and looks at the ways in which myth and actuality converge. Exploring the intact and beautiful Greek amphitheaters at Siracusa and Taormina, the cathedral at Monreale, the Roman mosaics at Piazza Armerina, and some of the masterpieces of the Baroque scattered throughout the island, Prose focuses her keen insight to imagine them in their own time, to examine the evolution and decline of the cultures that produced them, and to deconstruct powerful responses each evokes in her.Illuminated by the author's own photographs, Sicilian Odyssey brings exotic and enigmatic Sicily to life through the prism of its past.

Life and Times of Garry Smith

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An autobiographical account of the life and times of GPCAPT Garry Ernest Smith (ret). From his birth in Morwell, Victoria on 22 October 1938 until the present time.

Electric City

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The extraordinary, unknown story of two giants of American history—Henry Ford and Thomas Edison—and their attempt to create an electric-powered city of tomorrow on the Tennessee River During the roaring twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform one of the country’s poorest regions into a dream technological metropolis, a shining paradise of small farms, giant factories, and sparkling laboratories. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison’s “Detroit of the South” would be ten times the size of Manhattan, powered by renewable energy, and free of air pollution. And it would reshape American society, introducing mass commuting by car, use a new kind of currency called “energy dollars,” and have the added benefit (from Ford and Edison's view) of crippling the growth of socialism. The whole audacious scheme almost came off, with Southerners rallying to support what became known as the Ford Plan. But while some saw it as a way to conjure the future and reinvent the South, others saw it as one of the biggest land swindles of all time. They were all true.Electric City is a rich chronicle of the time and the social backdrop, and offers a fresh look at the lives of the two men who almost saw the project to fruition, the forces that came to oppose them, and what rose in its stead: a new kind of public corporation called the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the greatest achievements of the New Deal. This is a history for a wide audience, including readers interested in American history, technology, politics, and the future.

La carta de Joan Anderson

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La carta que Neal Cassady le escribió a Jack Kerouac e inspiró el estilo de En el camino.El 17 de diciembre de 1950 Neal Cassady escribió a Jack Kerouac una carta que impresionó a este hasta el punto de modificar su estilo narrativo. Cassady le cuenta en ella la aventura que había tenido cinco años antes con una muchacha llamada Joan Anderson, y entre bromas y veras salpica el relato con multitud de anécdotas, opiniones, descripciones y juegos verbales. Kerouac se fijó sobre todo en la desenvoltura y frescura con que su amigo contaba las cosas, en su mezcla de golfería y sensibilidad literaria, en la facilidad con que improvisaba e introducía digresiones y, en definitiva, en la libertad narrativa que reflejaba. Un año antes Kerouac y él habían recorrido el país y vivido una serie de experiencias que el primero se disponía a contar con el puntillismo naturalista que había aprendido de Thomas Wolfe y plasmado en su primera novela, La ciudad y el campo, que acababa de publicarse aquel mismo año. Pero leer la carta lo cambió todo. Un año después, Kerouac visitó a Cassady, se instaló en su casa y se puso a escribir las aventuras del viaje de 1949 con un estilo nuevo y espontáneo que según él había concebido al leer la célebre carta de Joan Anderson. Así nació la siguiente novela de Kerouac, En el camino, y amaneció una nueva etapa en la historia de la literatura norteamericana.

Nothing's Bad Luck

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Biography of legendary singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, spanning his nomadic youth and early recording career to his substance abuse, final album, and posthumous Grammy AwardsAs is the case with so many musicians, the life of Warren Zevon was blessed with talent and opportunity yet also beset by tragedy and setbacks. Raised mostly by his mother with an occasional cameo from his gangster father, Warren had an affinity and talent for music at an early age. Taking to the piano and guitar almost instantly, he began imitating and soon creating songs at every opportunity. After an impromptu performance in the right place at the right time, a record deal landed on the lap of a teenager who was eager to set out on his own and make a name for himself. But of course, where fame is concerned, things are never quite so simple.Drawing on original interviews with those closest to Zevon, including Crystal Zevon, Jackson Browne, Mitch Albom, Danny Goldberg, Barney Hoskyns, and Merle Ginsberg, Nothing's Bad Luck tells the story of one of rock's greatest talents. Journalist C.M. Kushins not only examines Zevon's troubled personal life and sophisticated, ever-changing musical style, but emphasizes the moments in which the two are inseparable, and ultimately paints Zevon as a hot-headed, literary, compelling, musical genius worthy of the same tier as that of Bob Dylan and Neil Young.In Nothing's Bad Luck, Kushins at last gives Warren Zevon the serious, in-depth biographical treatment he deserves, making the life of this complex subject accessible to fans old and new for the very first time.

Storesøster, Lillesøster, Røde Søster

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Jung Chang - forfatteren til Vilde svaner - fortæller om tre søstre fra Shanghai, der satte hver sit uudslettelige præg på det 20. århundredes kinesiske historie:Røde Søster giftede sig med ’Kinas Fader’, Sun Yat-sen, og endte med at blive Maos næstformand.Lillesøster giftede sig med Chiang Kai-shek og blev det kommunistiske Kinas førstedame og en markant politisk profil.Storesøster blev Chiangs uofficielle hovedrådgiver, og hendes forretni

Just As I Am

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The Commemorative Edition of the evangelist’s autobiography. “The reader gets a good glimpse of Graham’s private life . . . [He] is plain-spoken and candid.” —USA TodayHailed as “the world’s preacher,” Billy Graham enjoyed a career that spanned six decades and his ministry of faith touched the hearts and souls of millions.In Just As I Am, a #1 New York Times bestseller, Graham reveals his life story in what the Chicago Tribune calls “a disarmingly honest autobiography.” With down-to-earth warmth and candor, Graham tells the stories of the events and encounters that helped shape his life. He recounts meetings with presidents, celebrities, and world leaders, including Harry S. Truman, Winston Churchill, Queen Elizabeth, and the Shah of Iran, and shares his own spiritual journey as he movingly reflects on his personal life and relationships. This is an inspirational and unforgettable portrait that will be treasured by readers everywhere.“Although the high political anecdotes keep one amused throughout this tome, and the story of Graham’s life itself is so remarkable, underlying regret propels the book with a sadness that is strangely haunting.” —The New York Times Book Review“One of the most remarkable evangelistic careers in American religious history . . . the ultimate insider’s perspective on the mix of religion and White House politics.” —St. Paul Pioneer Press“For nearly five decades, Graham has, in his crusades around the globe, given the world what it has often believed to be a glimpse of America . . . in his openness, his capacity for growth, his artlessness and simple geniality, he has also shown the world our best self.” —Los Angeles Times

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