J'ai un rêve

J'ai un rêve

Le parcours de tout athlète est semé de revers. Mais se voir dépossédé de ses membres – ceux-là mêmes qui vous servent lorsque vous faites du sport –, en raison d'une maladie contractée très jeune, est une épreuve que nombre d'entre nous ne surmonteraient jamais.Bebe Vio n'a jamais abandonné son rêve de devenir escrimeuse, alors même que ses bras et jambes avaient été amputés lorsqu'elle avait onze ans, à la suite d'une grave méningite.Loin de renoncer à son désir de participer aux Jeux olympiques, elle a commencé à s'entraîner, dans son fauteuil roulant, pour les Jeux paralympiques. C'est sa détermination sans faille, sa volonté de gagner malgré les difficultés d'ordre physique, qui ont fait d'elle une championne de l'escrime. Bebe a aussi fondé sa propre association, art4sport, qui vise à encourager d'autres personnes à se concentrer sur la beauté de la vie, grâce au sport.Il s'agit ici du septième article de la série des " Grandes idées " créée par la Banque européenne d'investissement.

Ma double vie

Ma double vie

« Chaque Parisien sentit sur sa joue la main du vainqueur. C’était le stigmate, le soufflet donné par l’abominable traité de paix. – Ah ! ce trente et un janvier 1871, je me souviens : anémiée par les privations, minée par le chagrin, torturée d’inquiétude pour les miens, je me dirigeais avec Mme Guérard et, deux amis vers le parc Monceau. Tout à coup, un de mes amis, M. de Plancy, devint pâle comme un mort. Je suivis son regard : un soldat passait. Il était sans armes. Puis deux autres. Ils étaient sans armes. Et ils étaient si pâles, ces pauvres soldats désarmés, ces humbles héros ; il y avait une telle douleur dans le découragement de leur démarche, il y avait dans leur regard adressé aux femmes, un « Ce n’est pas notre faute... » si pitoyable, si attendrissant, que j’éclatai en sanglots, et voulus de suite rentrer chez moi. Je ne voulais plus rencontrer les soldats français désarmés. Je résolus de partir le plus vite possible à la recherche de ma famille. »

Hanns og Rudolf

Hanns og Rudolf

Et fascinerende og skelsættende indblik i jagten på verdenshistoriens største massemorderI det første kaos efter Anden Verdenskrig eksisterede der ikke nogen strategi for tilfangetagelsen og retsforfølgelsen af de skyldige, og mange af krigens forbrydere havde held til at flygte.En af dem, der var ansvarlig for at komme til bunds i Naziregimets krigsforbrydelser, var den tyskfødte britiske jøde Hanns Alexander. Under sin medvirken i efterforskningen i koncentrationslejren Belsen blev han så chokeret over de rædsler, der var gået for sig, at han besjælet af en stærk trang til retfærdighed begyndte at tage ud på efterforskningstogter som selvbestaltet Nazijæger. Inden længe havde hans metode vist sig frugtbar, og han havde held til at opspore og anholde adskillige krigsforbrydere. Siden blev han rekrutteret af den britiske efterretningstjeneste som leder af en efterforskningsstyrke med det formål at stille de højest rangerende tyske nazister for retten.Det var denne mand, der endte med at opspore og tilfangetage verdenshistoriens største massemorder, kommandanten af Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss.Bogen skildrer ikke blot Höss’ flugt og tilfangetagelse, men kommer også langt ind under huden på det menneske, som iværksatte verdenshistoriens største folkemord, samtidig med at han levede et harmonisk familieliv med sin kone og børn i en villa, der lå så tæt på de store krematorier, at huset var indhyllet i røgen fra resterne af de mange jøder, der endte deres dage i Auschwitz.????? Fyens Stiftstidende

Écrivaines irlandaises ∙ Irish Women Writers

Écrivaines irlandaises ∙ Irish Women Writers

Des textes de toute nature, produits par des femmes irlandaises, sont étudiés ici. Le présent volume a pour objectifs de mettre l’accent sur la multiplicité des pratiques et de s’interroger sur les rapports qu’entretiennent les écrivaines avec leur identité féminine, de se demander dans quelle mesure celle-ci joue un rôle dans le processus de création, et de quelle manière elle s’inscrit dans leurs productions. Il questionne l’existence d’une relation entre identité sexuée et création littéraire, l’articulation entre genre et nationalité, l’écrit comme lieu privilégié où se ré-élabore l’imaginaire de la différence sexuelle.

PEOPLE Princess Kate: Royal Mom, Future Queen

PEOPLE Princess Kate: Royal Mom, Future Queen

The story of Princess Kate, or as she is officially known, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge is a true fairy tale: A solid upper middle-class upbringing in the Uk to college girlfriend to princess bride to royal mom. And though it seems like the stuff that dreams are made of, it's actually a formidable job, and Kate has proven herself to be an intelligent and deft navigator of her roles as royal wife, mother, figurehead, and advocate.In this all-new special edition from People, with over 180 photographs, Kate's evolution from middle-class young woman to modern princess-mom is traced from her early days as Prince William's girlfriend to the heady of days of "will they or won't they?," the engagement and wedding that captivated the world, and the birth of two adorable children who Kate and William are dedicated to raising with as much privacy as possible - at least for their early years. Also included are some of Kate's best looks, how Kate and William keep their marriage strong, her warm relationship with Queen Elizabeth, and much more.For any royal watcher, or anyone who believes that dreams can come true, Prince Kate: Royal Mom, Future Queen is required reading!

Awakening Memory: How to Use Memoir Writing to Explore Where You Have Been, Who You Are, and Where You Are Going

Awakening Memory: How to Use Memoir Writing to Explore Where You Have Been, Who You Are, and Where You Are Going

Awakening Memory is a practical, encouraging guide to exploring your life experiences and expressing these in your own voice through memoir writing. Based on workshops for non-professional writers led by the author, this book will inspire you to start writing, help develop your writing skills, explain the roles of storytelling and personal essays in a memoir, guide you step-by-step from writing first drafts to producing your final, satisfying memoir, and even help you start your own memoir writing workshop.What really sets Awakening Memory apart, however, is the author's view that memoir writing, fully realized, is far more than the retelling of one's familiar life stories. It is a unique opportunity to awaken your memory, explore your life experiences, and learn anew about where you have come from and who you are. What is genuinely significant among your experiences, and what do you mean by 'significant'? What life stories do you hear when you listen to the voices of your single-bodied, sensate life—your creaturely life—with its pleasures, loves, aggravations, furies, vulnerability, wishes? Do your viewpoints and stories change as you explore the tensions between your life in society and your inner life? Awakening Memory is an invitation to approach your life with renewed curiosity—to feel, question, listen, investigate, reflect, wonder—and to use the gift of writing to express the truths of your creaturely experience in your own voice.

Apologia pro vita sua

Apologia pro vita sua

Considerada una obra cumbre de la literatura autobiográfica universal, la Apologia pro vita sua supuso para su autor, J.H. Newman, la anhelada oportunidad de defenderse frente a la incomprensión y el rechazo que había causado en Inglaterra su conversión al catolicismo. Newman ofrece en este cálido relato de su itinerario vital e intelectual un ejemplo de honestidad y libertad en su camino hacia el catolicismo, a la vez que de respeto y estima hacia el anglicanismo del que procedía, que ha marcado su influencia en el pensamiento cristiano contemporáneo, confirmada con su beatificación por Benedicto XVI en 2010. La presente edición y traducción de Víctor García Ruiz y José Morales ha sido profundamente renovada y actualizada, e incluye una presentación de Ian Ker, en la que destaca la relevancia histórica de la obra y la figura del cardenal Newman: "Se necesitará otro milagro para la canonización, pero (...) no hay duda de que, una vez canonizado, la Iglesia declarará a Newman Doctor de la Iglesia".

Letters of Mrs. Adams

Letters of Mrs. Adams

This volume contains the complete collection of surviving letters of First Lady Abigail Adams from her first letters to John Adams in 1764 to those written just two years before her death.

The Age of Magical Overthinking

The Age of Magical Overthinking

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking. Utilizing the linguistic insights of her “witty and brilliant” (Blyth Roberson, author of America the Beautiful?) first book Wordslut and the sociological explorations of her breakout hit Cultish, Amanda Montell now turns her erudite eye to the inner workings of the human mind and its biases in her most personal and electrifying work yet. “Magical thinking” can be broadly defined as the belief that one’s internal thoughts can affect unrelated events in the external world: think of the conviction that one can manifest their way out of poverty, stave off cancer with positive vibes, thwart the apocalypse by learning to can their own peaches, or transform an unhealthy relationship to a glorious one with loyalty alone. In all its forms, magical thinking works in service of restoring agency amid chaos, but in The Age of Magical Overthinking, Montell argues that in the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to an eleven. In a series of razor sharp, deeply funny chapters, Montell delves into a cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains, from how the “halo effect” cultivates worship (and hatred) of larger-than-life celebrities, to how the “sunk cost fallacy” can keep us in detrimental relationships long after we’ve realized they’re not serving us. As she illuminates these concepts with her signature brilliance and wit, Montell’s prevailing message is one of hope, empathy, and ultimately forgiveness for our anxiety-addled human selves. If you have all but lost faith in our ability to reason, Montell aims to make some sense of the senseless. To crack open a window in our minds, and let a warm breeze in. To help quiet the cacophony for a while, or even hear a melody in it.

Songbird

Songbird

In this revealing portrait of keyboardist, lyricist, and vocalist Christine Mcvie of Fleetwood Mac, readers will get an exclusive glimpse of the band's "mother figure". Christine McVie–born Christine Perfect–was the quintessentially English rock star, as both the backbone and the beating heart of Fleetwood Mac. She wrote and performed many of their greatest hits, and was dubbed 'the mother' of the band. It was Christine who contained the flock, regrouped them when they went AWOL, and always got them back on track. And yet, as the "engine" of the band during their Rumours era–an album which charted the romantic disintegration within the band–Christine's personal life was every bit as tempestuous as those of her bandmates. Told by an author who herself was friends with Christine, and with new contributions from those who knew her best, Songbird offers a true insider's view and psychological insight into Christine as a both a woman and a musician––the ultimate picture of a rock legend and a national treasure.

Alexandre VI Borgia

Alexandre VI Borgia

Alexandre VI incarne à lui seul la figure du pape scandaleux, coupable de tous les excès et perversités, et conserve, pour l’Europe de son temps et la postérité, l’épithète infamante de pape simoniaque. Pour faire oublier son origine espagnole et accéder au pontificat, il fait preuve d’une intelligence politique hors du commun et achète le nombre de cardinaux suffisant pour son élection, en 1492. On lui reproche une vie familiale intense et trouble, avec sa fille Lucrèce, élevée près de lui et mariée au gré de ses intérêts politiques, et ses fils Juan et César. Le premier est assassiné dans des circonstances mystérieuses et le second, cardinal défroqué, mais stratège de génie, est le bras armé de ses ambitions territoriales. Il fait régner une ambiance délétère à Rome, où chacun le sait prêt à tout pour financer les armées de César. C’est dans cette ambiance qu’il est empoi­sonné, en 1503, lors d’un repas mémorable et ô combien sulfureux, donné par l’un de ses cardinaux. Il n’en fallait pas plus pour donner naissance à une légende noire, renforcée par Victor Hugo et sa Lucrèce Borgia, et dont les historiens peinent encore à faire table rase.

Giuliani: Flawed or Flawless?

Giuliani: Flawed or Flawless?

As he took charge of his city’s response to the 9/11 attacks, New York City's mayor Rudy Giuliani became the most admired man in America, and perhaps the world. Featuring interviews with longtime political associates, teachers, protégées, and friends, as well as his opponents, critics, and other astute political observers, Giuliani presents a living portrait of one of the most prominent and controversial politicians of our era.

The Whispering Land

The Whispering Land

Naturalist Gerald Durrell recalls his expedition to South America to find exotic animals in this follow-up to A Zoo in My Luggage. After bringing multiple species of African animals back to the Channel Island of Jersey to populate their new zoo, British naturalist Gerald Durrell and his wife followed their passion for wildlife preservation on a journey to South America. With a team of helpers, they spent eight months on safari searching for exotic specimens.   Through windswept Patagonian shores and tropical forests in the Argentine, from ocelots to penguins, fur seals to parrots to pumas, the author who inspired the public television drama The Durrells in Corfu captures the landscape and its inhabitants with his signature charm and humor. Filled with adventure, exploration, and the spirit of conservation, The Whispering Land is a memoir that animal lovers of all ages will enjoy.  This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author’s estate.  

Be Straight with Me

Be Straight with Me

Be Straight with Me is an unforgettable memoir-in-verse about a love that blurs the boundaries of gender and sexuality—told from the perspective of a young, straight woman who finds herself in a serious relationship with her gay male best friend. With unabashed honesty and piercing emotional clarity, Emily Dalton brings to life this timely, true story about a nonconforming romance and its consequences.During her sophomore year at Middlebury College, Emily meets Max—“you” as she intimately refers to him in the book. Not exactly a tomboy, but not quite a girly girl either, Emily is intent on finding a masculine boyfriend to assuage a deeply rooted fear that she may not be quite feminine enough.Max—a boisterous class clown beloved by his many straight guy friends—has recently come out as gay and is embracing his newly claimed identity. Initially, Max and Emily dislike each other, but end up growing close after a make-out dare on Halloween. Then one night, Max reveals an unexpected physical attraction that catches them both by surprise. The relationship begins, playfully and in secret, and then spirals into something more.Max and Emily’s journey takes many forms—they experiment with drugs; they travel abroad; they try sleeping with other people (together), and everything in between—all in the name of “this bizarre, beautiful thing” they call love. 

Finding Freedom

Finding Freedom

**New York Times Bestseller**From Erin French, owner of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining destination, a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal, and finding a community to lift her upLong before The Lost Kitchen became a world dining destination with every seating filled the day the reservation book opens each spring, Erin French was a girl roaming barefoot on a 25-acre farm, a teenager falling in love with food while working the line at her dad’s diner and a young woman finding her calling as a professional chef at her tiny restaurant tucked into a 19th century mill. This singular memoir—a classic American story—invites readers to Erin's corner of her beloved Maine to share the real person behind the “girl from Freedom” fairytale, and the not-so-picture-perfect struggles that have taken every ounce of her strength to overcome, and that make Erin’s life triumphant. In Finding Freedom, Erin opens up to the challenges, stumbles, and victories that have led her to the exact place she was ever meant to be, telling stories of multiple rock-bottoms, of darkness and anxiety, of survival as a jobless single mother, of pills that promised release but delivered addiction, of a man who seemed to offer salvation but in the end ripped away her very sense of self. And of the beautiful son who was her guiding light as she slowly rebuilt her personal and culinary life around the solace she found in food—as a source of comfort, a sense of place, as a way of bringing goodness into the world. Erin’s experiences with deep loss and abiding hope, told with both honesty and humor, will resonate with women everywhere who are determined to find their voices, create community, grow stronger and discover their best-selves despite seemingly impossible odds. Set against the backdrop of rural Maine and its lushly intense, bountiful seasons, Erin reveals the passion and courage needed to invent oneself anew, and the poignant, timeless connections between food and generosity, renewal and freedom.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

From the bestselling author of Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace and Prince Rainer comes this fascinating biography of film legend Elizabeth Taylor. She has been written about many times, but never like this . . . For more than six decades she has been part of our lives. An American icon, Elizabeth Taylor has been surrounded by fame and notoriety since childhood. Now acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli looks past the tabloid version of Elizabeth's life to the person she really is-and how she evolved from a child star to a woman in her own right.At the heart of this impeccably researched work is the first fully realized portrait of Elizabeth Taylor's family: her canny, controlling mother, who, from the moment she laid eyes on her baby, began plotting her success; and her father, often portrayed as distant, but whose connection with his daughter was far more complex than people knew. As Taraborrelli brings to life the people around Elizabeth and her rise in 1940s Hollywood, he reveals the qualities that made her a star, the associations that put her at the right place at the right time, and the ways in which she was singularly unprepared for life out on her own. While Elizabeth's eight marriages to seven men have been widely publicized, this author examines the psychological and emotional roots of each relationship, including her abusive marriage to Nicky Hilton, her attraction to swashbuckling Mike Todd, and the complex, incendiary Taylor-Burton love affair that continued for decades and never truly died. Finally, Taraborrelli chronicles Elizabeth's most bravura performance of all. Despite the highly public battles with substance abuse and chronic illness, she achieved new success and sustenance in family, friendships, and philanthropy. With never-before-published family photos by Taylor historian Tom Gates, as well as rare family photos, Elizabeth is the story of a woman you thought you knew-and can now finally begin to understand

Un manicomio en el fin del mundo

Un manicomio en el fin del mundo

En agosto de 1897, el joven comandante belga Adrien de Gerlache partió para una expedición de tres años a bordo del barco Bélgica con sueños de gloria. Su destino era el extremo inexplorado de la Tierra: el continente helado de la Antártida. Pero los planes de Gerlache de ser el primero en llegar al Polo Sur magnético se torcerían rápidamente. Tras una serie de costosos contratiempos, el comandante se enfrentó a dos malas opciones: dar marcha atrás derrotado y evitar a sus hombres el devastador invierno antártico, o perseguir temerariamente la fama adentrándose en las gélidas aguas. De Gerlache siguió navegando y pronto el Bélgica quedó atrapado en las heladas aguas del mar de Bellingshausen. Cuando el sol se puso por última vez sobre el magnífico paisaje polar, los ocupantes del barco fueron condenados a meses de noche interminable. En la oscuridad, acosados por una misteriosa enfermedad y asediados por la monotonía, descendieron a la locura. En 'Manicomio del fin del mundo', Julian Sancton despliega una historia épica de aventuras y horror para la posteridad. Mientras los hombres de la Belgica se tambaleaban al borde del abismo, de Gerlache se apoyó cada vez más en dos jóvenes oficiales cuya amistad había florecido en cautiverio: el único estadounidense de la expedición, el Dr. Frederick Cook -mitad genio, mitad estafador-, cuya infamia posterior eclipsaría su brillantez en la Belgica; y el primer oficial del barco, el que pronto sería legendario Roald Amundsen, incluso en su juventud la imagen de un marinero de libro de cuentos. Juntos planearían una huida del hielo a la desesperada, casi segura de fracasar, que grabaría sus nombres en la historia o los condenaría a un terrible destino en el fondo del océano. Basándose en los diarios y crónicas de la tripulación del Bélgica y con acceso exclusivo al diario de a bordo, Sancton aporta un toque novelesco a una historia de extremos humanos, tan extraordinaria que aún hoy la NASA la estudia para investigar el aislamiento en futuras misiones a Marte. A partes iguales thriller marítimo y horror gótico, 'Manicomio del fin del mundo' es un inolvidable viaje a las profundidades.

Class

Class

Una madre single e la lotta contro povertà e ingiustizie«Conosciamo i problemi economici che Land racconta, ma spesso solo attraverso aride statistiche. Lei invece ce li narra mettendo in primo piano le sue emozioni.»The New York Times«La povertà, i sacrifici, la forza di Land emergono grazie alla sua voce limpidissima, che ispira e indigna nel contempo.»EsquireNon basta un bestseller per diventare ricchi. Stephanie Land se ne rende conto in fretta, dopo il successo di Maid – Donna delle pulizie: i debiti ci sono ancora, come rimangono le difficoltà per trovare un lavoro che non sia massacrante e sottopagato. In più, Stephanie è single e la figlia, Emilia, sta per cominciare la scuola, quindi le spese si moltiplicano. Ma lei non si arrende: è decisa a continuare l’università – che in America ha un costo esorbitante – perché sa che la strada verso un futuro sereno, per sé e per la figlia, passa per la conquista della dignità personale, e punta diritta alla realizzazione del suo sogno di diventare una scrittrice. E allora, con onestà e coraggio, racconta l’angosciante senso d’insicurezza economica, la frustrazione di doversi accontentare di cibi del discount o di vestiti di seconda mano, i sensi di colpa per non riuscire a offrire a Emilia la tranquillità e la sicurezza che un genitore dovrebbe dare ai propri figli, compresi i momenti da trascorrere insieme, “divorati” dal lavoro e dallo studio. Una testimonianza schietta, forte e struggente, il ritratto di una donna che vive sulla propria pelle le umiliazioni e gli ostacoli, ma anche le speranze, dell’attuale condizione femminile.

The Book of Gutsy Women

The Book of Gutsy Women

Now an eight-part docuseries on Apple TV+ Hillary Rodham Clinton and her daughter, Chelsea, share the stories of the gutsy women who have inspired them—women with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done.She couldn’t have been more than seven or eight years old. “Go ahead, ask your question,” her father urged, nudging her forward. She smiled shyly and said, “You’re my hero. Who’s yours?”Many people—especially girls—have asked us that same question over the years. It’s one of our favorite topics.HILLARY: Growing up, I knew hardly any women who worked outside the home. So I looked to my mother, my teachers, and the pages of Life magazine for inspiration. After learning that Amelia Earhart kept a scrapbook with newspaper articles about successful women in male-dominated jobs, I started a scrapbook of my own. Long after I stopped clipping articles, I continued to seek out stories of women who seemed to be redefining what was possible.CHELSEA: This book is the continuation of a conversation the two of us have been having since I was little. For me, too, my mom was a hero; so were my grandmothers. My early teachers were also women. But I grew up in a world very different from theirs. My pediatrician was a woman, and so was the first mayor of Little Rock who I remember from my childhood. Most of my close friends’ moms worked outside the home as nurses, doctors, teachers, professors, and in business. And women were going into space and breaking records here on Earth.Ensuring the rights and opportunities of women and girls remains a big piece of the unfinished business of the twenty-first century. While there’s a lot of work to do, we know that throughout history and around the globe women have overcome the toughest resistance imaginable to win victories that have made progress possible for all of us. That is the achievement of each of the women in this book.So how did they do it? The answers are as unique as the women themselves. Civil rights activist Dorothy Height, LGBTQ trailblazer Edie Windsor, and swimmer Diana Nyad kept pushing forward, no matter what. Writers like Rachel Carson and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie named something no one had dared talk about before. Historian Mary Beard used wit to open doors that were once closed, and Wangari Maathai, who sparked a movement to plant trees, understood the power of role modeling. Harriet Tubman and Malala Yousafzai looked fear in the face and persevered. Nearly every single one of these women was fiercely optimistic—they had faith that their actions could make a difference. And they were right.To us, they are all gutsy women—leaders with the courage to stand up to the status quo, ask hard questions, and get the job done. So in the moments when the long haul seems awfully long, we hope you will draw strength from these stories. We do. Because if history shows one thing, it’s that the world needs gutsy women.

Con cura

Con cura

Una fragile donna settantenne viene ricoverata perché «non si sente troppo bene». Si prendono cura di lei un grande chirurgo e un giovane assistente. Il giovane medico presto se ne dimentica. Il grande chirurgo invece, nonostante i molti impegni e i sette piani di scale che dividono il suo studio dalla stanza della donna, torna a visitarla più volte in un giorno. Così capisce la banale ma insidiosa malattia che sta per ucciderla. E la salva. Nella vita di ciascun uomo esiste una Golden Hour, l'ora d'oro durante la quale chi è vittima di un incidente può essere salvato. In guerra un'ora dura solo cinque minuti. Medici e infermieri in prima linea, supplendo le carenze con l'ingegno, hanno allora ideato una pratica per dividere in più momenti l'intervento su un ferito grave così da farlo arrivare vivo in un ospedale attrezzato. Lavarsi le mani può sembrare un gesto banale, scontato, quasi inutile. Eppure per un medico ricordarsi di farlo può anche significare, semplicemente, salvare molte vite. C'è chi sostiene che la medicina, oltre che una scienza, sia anche una delle più sofisticate tecniche attraverso cui l'uomo si prende cura dell'uomo. Atul Gawande, medico chirurgo, ne è convinto e dimostra come ci siano tre condizioni semplici ma fondamentali per fare meglio in medicina, fin da subito. Servono scrupolosità, ingegnosità e voglia di fare la cosa giusta. Gawande si interroga sulla propria professione, su cosa serve per essere bravi in un campo dove è tanto facile sbagliare, sull'importanza della motivazione personale. E lo fa raccontando le storie vere di medici e pazienti che nel suo diario diventano personaggi in carne ed ossa, ognuno con il proprio volto, la propria storia, mania ed esperienza. Racconta con chiarezza e insieme con calma passione, «in punta di bisturi», dell'importanza di piccoli gesti all'apparenza scontati come dell'impegno davanti a sfide impossibili e disperate. E non ignora le questioni etiche: fin dove può spingersi un medico e dove deve invece fermarsi? Quanto deve essere pagato un dottore e quanto risarcito un paziente vittima di un errore? Questo è un libro che non solo racconta storie vere, ma è un libro che ci riguarda e che ci parla. Parla della nostra salute, dei nostri corpi, semplicemente delle nostre vite. In attesa dei grandi progressi e degli importanti risultati della ricerca scientifica, offre una calda e lucida riflessione su ciò che può essere fatto fin da subito. Con cura. «Con cura parla dei nostri errori, di come li facciamo e di cosa impariamo dopo averli commessi. Anche se ha come protagonista un medico, il suo messaggio è davvero universale: e contro ogni aspettativa, è un messaggio di assoluto, coinvolgente ottimismo. È un testo pieno di slancio e intuizione, dalla prosa scintillante, che si legge in un fiato». The Independent «Questo libro di Gawande sollecita tutti, medici e non, a fare meglio». The New York Times