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Hello…It’s Adele! The London-native does not need an introduction, but certainly deserves one. With accolades including multiple Grammy Awards, Golden Globes, and an Academy Award, being named “Artist of the Year” by Billboard and being recognized as one of Time’s most influential people, Adele has become one of the most respected artists in the world. Inspired by legends such as the Spice Girls, Madonna, Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald and more, discover how Adele has chased her dream – from 19 to 21 to 25 – and found her own voice, soaring from hometown hero to global sensation. In the all-new, special collector’s edition from People, Adele: 2016 World Tour, discover how Adele rose to stardom – from Tottenham to the big stage. Get an exclusive inside peek at the summer’s hottest tour as well as a rare look inside her family, her style transformation, and the inspiration behind some of her greatest hits. With her heartwarming charm, natural sense of humor, and unparalleled talent, Adele is a one-woman showstopper that has changed the music industry and the world forever.

Quiet Leadership

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Carlo Ancelotti is one of the greatest managers of all time, with five Champions League titles to his name. Yet his approach could not be further from the aggressive theatricals favoured by many of his rivals. His understated style has earned him the fierce loyalty of players like David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Cristiano Ronaldo.In Quiet Leadership, Ancelotti reveals the full, riveting story of his managerial career - his methods, mentors, mistakes and triumphs - and takes us inside the dressing room to trace the characters, challenges and decisions that have shaped him. The result is both a scintillating memoir and a rare insight into the business of leadership.

A vitória estratégica

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Em "A Vitória Estratégica", o Comandante Fidel relata os acontecimentos daquelas jornadas de luta intensa e decisiva, a partir de suas vivências como protagonista excepcional, depoimentos de combatentes, documentos preservados por Celia para a memória, boletins militares transmitidos pela emissora Rádio Rebelde, mensagens aos mais aguerridos chefes guerrilheiros e do minucioso trabalho realizado, durante anos, por uma equipe de pesquisadores, dirigida pelo companheiro Pedro Álvarez Tabío. Fidel, líder histórico da Revolução Cubana, com seu selo peculiar de guerrilheiro escritor, com um estilo literário ágil e fresco, descortina as chaves da vitória de um punhado de combatentes contra um Exército armado e equipado até o descomedimento. Este volume é lenda rediviva e homenagem aos heróis da gesta libertária.

L'Univers à peu près. Petit imprécis de culture approximative

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L'Univers à peu près " Tentons d'avoir une connaissance "de l'Univers à peu près', car c'est lui laisser ainsi toute latitude de nous surprendre encore. Il est urgent de former les générations futures à l'approximation. De vagues cours magistraux seront donnés par des professeurs traversés de doutes lumineux, merveilleusement hésitants. Les étudiants auront tous le diplôme (à peu près), et la mention "connaissances approximatives' sera la plus recherchée. Le XXe siècle a vu les effets du rationalisme poussé à l'extrême : taylorisme, Shoah, économie libérale, rigueur financière. Le XXIe sera approximatif ou ne sera pas. En gros. " Au fil de ces 200 92100 chroniques sur des sujets aussi graves que les tongs, le pique-nique, les testicules, le gaz de chips ou les miroirs déformants, Didier Tronchet se plaît à déloger nos certitudes les plus endurcies et ne recule devant aucun raccourci saisissant pour redonner à l'Univers tout son sens : celui de l'humour.

The Ship Beneath the Ice

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By the subject of the National Geographic documentary Endurance, streaming soon on Disney+"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. . . Bound’s account is a triumph. The storytelling is piano-wire taut, the writing saturated with polar moodiness." ― Sunday TimesThe inside story of how the Endurance, Ernest Shackleton's legendary lost ship, was found in the most hostile sea on Earth, told by the expedition's Director of Exploration.On November 21, 1914, the Endurance succumbed to the surrounding ice. Ernest Shackleton and his crew had navigated the three-masted wooden vessel ten thousand miles to Antarctica in hopes of becoming the first to cross the barren continent, but early season pack ice trapped them in place offshore. Marooned on the ice for six months, Shackleton’s expedition to push the limits of human strength took a new form: one of survival against the odds. A century after this legendary story entered the annals of polar exploration, renowned marine archeologist Mensun Bound and an elite team of explorers joined a new global race to find the wrecked Endurance. Bound experienced failure and despair in his attempts to locate the wreck, and very nearly found his own vessel frozen in ice. Finally, a century to the day after Shackleton’s burial, the discovery: nearly ten thousand feet below the ice lay a remarkably preserved Endurance, its name still emblazoned on the ship’s stern.Told “with passion and flair” (Washington Post), The Ship Beneath the Ice is a modern-day adventure narrative of the intrepid spirit that joins two mariners across the centuries—both of whom accomplished the impossible.

Brothers in War

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Brothers in War is the immensely powerful and deeply tragic story of the Beechey brothers, and how they paid the ultimate price for King and country. All eight went to fight in the Great War on such far-flung battlefields as France, Flanders, East Africa and Gallipoli. Only three would return alive. Even amid the carnage of the trenches, it was a family trauma almost without parallel. Their wives and sweethearts were left bereft, their widowed mother Amy devastated. It is a tragedy that has remained forgotten and unmarked for nearly 90 years. Until now.Kept in a small brown case handed down by the brothers' youngest sister, Edie, were hundreds of letters sent home from the front by the Beechey boys: scraps of paper scribbled on in the firing line, heartfelt messages written from a deathbed, exasperated correspondences detailing the absurdities of life in the trenches. From it all emerges the remarkable tale of the lost brothers.Tragic and moving, poetic in its intensity, Brothers in War reveals first-hand the catastrophe that was the Great War; all told through one family forced to sacrifice everything.

Messi

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Un retrat convincent que va al cor del misteri i del geni, Leo Messi. La carrera de Leo Messi ha estat d'ascens estel·lar i no mostra signes de desacceleració. Nascut a Rosario, l'Argentina, el 1987 va començar jugar a futbol de molt jove. Els seus registres són excepcionals i és sense cap mena de dubte un dels millors jugadors de tots els temps. Però quin és el camí que l'ha portat fins aquí? Esforç, sacrificis, llàgrimes, renuncies i la força d'una mare que sempre va creure en ell.Un anàlisi emocional 100% del fenomen Messi.

Behind Enemy Lines

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"[T]he amazing story of a woman who lived through one of the worst times in human history, losing family members to the Nazis but surviving with her spirit and integrity intact.” —Publishers WeeklyMarthe Cohn was a young Jewish woman living just across the German border in France when Hitler rose to power. Her family sheltered Jews fleeing the Nazis, including Jewish children sent away by their terrified parents. But soon her homeland was also under Nazi rule. As the Nazi occupation escalated, Marthe’s sister was arrested and sent to Auschwitz and the rest of her family was forced to flee to the south of France. Always a fighter, Marthe joined the French Army and became a member of the intelligence service of the French First Army. Marthe, using her perfect German accent and blond hair to pose as a young German nurse who was desperately trying to obtain word of a fictional fiancé, would slip behind enemy lines to retrieve inside information about Nazi troop movements. By traveling throughout the countryside and approaching troops sympathetic to her plight--risking death every time she did so--she learned where they were going next and was able to alert Allied commanders.When, at the age of eighty, Marthe Cohn was awarded France’s highest military honor, the Médaille Militaire, not even her children knew to what extent this modest woman had helped defeat the Nazi empire. At its heart, this remarkable memoir is the tale of an ordinary human being who, under extraordinary circumstances, became the hero her country needed her to be.

Northern Wind: Memoirs of a Freedom Seeker

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In the shadow of darkness, a nine-year-old boy and his parents join thirty-four others in fleeing the Communist regime. Their escape begins on a small, ill-equipped fishing boat as they traverse the treacherous waters of the South China Sea. The anxiety of not having enough food, water, and fuel compound with the constant threat of Thai pirates create tremendous fear, yet the desire to find freedom drives them onward. Despite the horrific encounters on the high seas, these boatpeople were not prepared for what they would have to face in an Indonesian refugee camp during their seven years of waiting—waiting to be accepted in the free world. This long and arduous journey—from 1989 to 2006—is told through the eyes of the author as a child, a teenager, and later, as an adult. Northern Wind: Memoirs of an Asylum Seeker is a heartwarming story teeming with extraordinary love, courage, and sacrifice—the sacrifice one is willing to make for his child. Or for freedom.

Autobiografía de un yogui

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Reseña básica Nueva edición en español revisada y ampliada. La introducción definitiva a la ciencia y filosofía de la meditación yóguica. Este libro tiene la capacidad de transformar la vida del lector y de abrir la mente y el corazón a las posibilidades espirituales de toda existencia. Se lee como el relato de una aventura, al mismo tiempo que responde interrogantes acerca de la religión, Dios, la existencia, el yoga, los estados elevados de la conciencia y los diarios desafíos que se presentan en la vida espiritual. Se trata de un libro para personas de todos los credos, para cualquiera que anhele conocer el verdadero propósito de la vida. Todas nuestras ediciones contienen el amplio material que el autor añadió después de que se publicase la primera edición, incluido un capítulo final acerca de los últimos años de su vida. Puntos fuertes para la venta • Varios millones de ejemplares vendidos de la edición en inglés. • La edición en inglés se ha impreso durante más 60 años consecutivos a través de Self-Realization Fellowship. • Reconocida en el mundo entero como una obra clásica de la literatura religiosa. • Edición en inglés incluida en la «Lista de los 100 mejores libros espirituales del siglo XX», por Harper San Francisco. • Utilizada como texto de estudio y consulta en cientos de universidades de EE.UU. y de muchos países del mundo. • Las ediciones de SRF incorporan todos los cambios realizados por Paramahansa Yogananda en 1951, incluyendo el capítulo más largo, que trata sobre los últimos años de vida del autor. • Un capítulo entero dedicado a la ciencia de Kriya Yoga. • Ofrece numerosas fotografías exclusivas. Información sobre el autor 1893–1952 Considerado como el «padre del Yoga en Occidente», Paramahansa Yogananda es reconocido como una de las personalidades espirituales más ilustres de nuestro tiempo. Nació en el norte de la India y en 1920 se radicó en Estados Unidos, donde enseñó, durante más de 30 años, la antigua ciencia de la meditación y divulgó el arte de vivir la vida espiritual en forma equilibrada. Ese mismo año, fundó Self-Realization Fellowship, con el fin de difundir sus escritos y enseñanzas por todo el mundo. A través de su obra clásica y gran éxito de ventas, Autobiografía de un yogui, así como también por medio del resto de sus numerosos libros, Paramahansa Yogananda ha dado a conocer a millones de lectores del mundo entero los principios espirituales de la meditación yoga y las verdades universales en que se basan todas las religiones.

Manos prodigiosas

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Manos prodigiosas por y acerca de Ben Carson, Doctor en Medicina, es el relato inspirador de un chiquillo de un barrio difícil, con bajas calificaciones y poca motivación, que a los treinta y tres años llegó a ser director de neurocirugía pediátrica del Hospital de la Universidad John Hopkins. Manos prodigiosas lo trasladará a la sala de operaciones para presenciar cirugías que aparecieron en los titulares por todo el mundo, y a la mente privada del médico compasivo y temeroso de Dios que vive para ayudar a otros. En 1987, el Dr. Carson obtuvo un reconocimiento mundial por su participación en la primera separación exitosa de siameses unidos por la parte trasera de su cabeza; una operación en extremo compleja y delicada que llevó cinco meses de planificación y veintidós horas de cirugía, incluyendo un plan quirúrgico que Carson ayudó a iniciar. Manos prodigiosas revela a un hombre humilde, decente, compasivo, valeroso y sensible que sirve como modelo ejemplar para los jóvenes (y todos los demás) que necesitan estímulo para intentar lo que parece imposible y sobresalir en lo que sea que intenten. El Dr. Carson también describe el papel clave que su madre, de gran inteligencia aunque relativamente sin mayor educación, desempeñó en su metamorfosis de un adolescente de gueto y sin motivación a uno de los neurocirujanos más respetados del mundo

Good Time Girl

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The instant New York Times bestselling author of Bad Mormon and breakout star of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City returns with a hilarious, illustrative, and deeply reflective book about life and love as a former Mormon, mother, and reality TV star.In Bad Mormon, Heather Gay pulled back the veil on her orthodox adolescence and marriage in the Mormon Church, and the painful process of leaving it all behind. Becoming a successful business owner and reality TV star gave the single mom of three a second lease on life. After years of living in an insular bubble, Heather emerged bright-eyed, eager to take on the world…no matter how ill-equipped her upbringing may have left her. Now, in this provocative and laugh-out-loud funny book, the mother of three proves that she isn’t just a Bad Mormon; she’s also a Good Time Girl! With her “thoughtful, smart, and funny” (Kirkus Reviews) writing, Heather recounts the humorous trysts, mishaps, and serendipitous success she’s found as a life-long reveler in all things indulgent. Coming off the heels of the most-watched RHOSLC episode of all time, Heather gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at the receipts, proof, timeline, and screenshots of that fateful night in Bermuda. From illicit high school trips to Tijuana and awkward dates set up by her overzealous costars, Good Time Girl is a charming and intimate meditation on community, love, independence, womanhood, and—most importantly—second chances.

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

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Olaudah Equiano was an influential African advocate of abolishing the slave trade in Britain during the late 18th century. This is his memoir.

Das dritte Gilmore Girl

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In ihrem berührenden Memoir nimmt uns Kelly Bishop mit auf eine faszinierende Reise durch ihr Leben und ihre Karriere. Bekannt als Emily Gilmore aus der Kultserie »Gilmore Girls« und als Mutter von Jennifer Grey in »Dirty Dancing«, teilt sie offen und ehrlich die Höhen und Tiefen ihrer außergewöhnlichen Laufbahn. Vom Beginn als talentierte Balletttänzerin über ihre erste Ehe mit einem spielsüchtigen Mann, ihre schillernde Zeit am Broadway bis hin zu ihren ikonischen Rollen in Film und Fernsehen – Bishop gewährt uns tiefe Einblicke in die glanzvolle, aber oft auch herausfordernde Welt des Showbusiness. Mit viel Humor, Charme und Selbstreflexion erzählt sie von den Freundschaften, schwierigen Entscheidungen und den Momenten, die sie geformt haben. Darunter ihre Teilnahme an Frauenrechtsmärschen und der schmerzhafte Verlust ihres zweiten Ehemanns, der an Krebs gestorben ist. In diesem bewegenden Memoire öffnet die preisgekrönte Schauspielerin ihr Herz und enthüllt die bislang ungekannte Geschichte ihrer beeindruckenden sechs Jahrzehnte im Rampenlicht – garniert mit witzigen Anekdoten und einer Auswahl persönlicher wie beruflicher Fotos. Ein absolutes Muss für alle, die »Gilmore Girls« und/oder »Dirty Dancing« lieben und einen ehrlichen Blick hinter die glamourösen Kulissen von Hollywood und Broadway werfen möchten.

Piece of Another Period

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Dixon and Amelie Boyd were Belfast medical students. Later he was a Cambridge Professor and she an Academic's wife. They and their four sons, became a Cambridge mid-century fixture. Their copious letters (and memories of those sons, the authors) bring to light an unvarnished picture of that University at a time of dramatic change.Darlingest, It not only seems but it was a long time ago. We were half our present ages; the war was no more than a shadow of a man's hand in bright sunlight - possible but not very probable... In a wider field no atomic power or bombs; no television; unemployment and a servant class; no penicillin; no Russian imperialism and a well-established British Empire. We had not even dreamed of Cambridge, let alone three periods of residence and a Chair and Clare.Dixon Boyd to his wife on their 25th wedding anniversary 19 August 1958On the Margins of WarJews, Blacks and IrishSex and PsychoanalysisWho knew WhoScholarship, Science and PrefermentClare College as FamilyThis volume tells us what they then thought and how they then acted.

Solito

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»Eine herzzerreißende Geschichte eines neunjährigen Kindes, das in Südamerika aufbricht, um zu seinen schon geflüchteten Eltern in Kalifornien zu kommen. Ich habe geweint, vor Mitleid und vor Wut.« Lea YpiJavier Zamora wächst in einer kleinen Stadt in El Salvador bei seinen Großeltern auf. Seine Eltern sind vor Jahren vor dem Bürgerkrieg geflohen und leben in den USA, er kann sich kaum an sie erinnern. Eines Tages beauftragen sie einen Schlepper damit, ihren Sohn zu ihnen zu bringen, quer durch Mittelamerika. Als Javier abgeholt wird, rechnet er damit, dass die Reise zwei Wochen dauert. Er freut sich darauf, seine Eltern wiederzusehen – und kann sich nicht vorstellen, was auf ihn zukommt. Er reist allein, inmitten einer kleinen Gruppe fremder Erwachsener, die für ihn auf dem monate-langen Trip zu einer Art Familie wird. Er erlebt lebensgefährliche Fahrten mit Booten, wandert in erbarmungsloser Hitze durch lebensfeindliche Wüsten, lernt, sich als ein anderer auszugeben, wird festgenommen und eingesperrt, steht vor schussbereiten Gewehren, erlebt Einsamkeit, Täuschungen, Gefahren – und, immer wieder, an unerwarteten Stellen auch Freundlichkeit, Hilfe, Liebe.Javier Zamora hat nach seiner Ankunft in den USA kaum je über seine Erlebnisse gesprochen. Bei der Veröffentlichung wurde das Buch von der Kritik gefeiert – und sofort zum Bestseller.

More Than Rivals

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An Inspiring True Story Set in the Midst of the Civil Rights EraBy 1970, racial tension was at a breaking point in the southern town of Gallatin, Tennessee. Desegregation had emotions running high. The town was a powder keg ready to erupt. But it was also on the verge of something incredible.Eddie Sherlin and Bill Ligon were boys growing up on opposite sides of the tracks who shared a passion for basketball. They knew the barriers that divided them--some physical landmarks and some hidden in the heart--but those barriers melted away when the boys were on the court. After years of playing wherever they could find a hoop, Eddie and Bill entered the rigors of their respective high school teams. And at the end of the 1970 season, all-white Gallatin High and all-black Union High faced each other in a once-in-a-lifetime championship game. What happened that night would challenge Eddie and Bill--and transform their town.This New York Times bestseller is a fast-paced true story of courage, determination, character, and forgiveness.

Mangia, prega, ama

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L'amore, la stabilità un buon lavoro. A trent'anni Elizabeth Gilbert ha già tutto questo, ma una notte si ritrova a singhiozzare sul pavimento, con una sola certezza: "Non voglio più questa vita perfetta". Un'atroce consapevolezza che trascinerà Liz in uno spericolato viaggio fuori e dentro di sè, prima a Roma, per riscoprire il piacere della tavola e dell'amicizia; poi in India, a immergersi nella preghiera; e infine a Bali, a lasciarsi guidare da nuovi desideri e speranze.

小土刀叨·2015

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This is my life in 2015. Most of us try to become success in a short period of time, but I know that improving myself should be the very first thing and when I reach a higher platform, I can get what I want.

Splendeurs et misères du bouddhisme tibétain

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Olivier Raurich a longtemps été l'interprète principal en France de Sogyal Rinpoché, l'auteur-vedette du best-seller mondial Le Livre tibétain de la vie et de la mort. Il a également présidé pendant plus de vingt ans la branche française de Rigpa, l'association fondée par le « maître spirituel » tibétain.Il était donc bien placé pour constater les dérives de cet homme né et élevé au Tibet, passé par Cambridge, surdoué et excellent orateur, dont les extravagances ne nuisaient pas à son rayonnement, au contraire. Tout en racontant sa découverte de la sagesse bouddhique, sa rencontre avec de magnifiques figures tibétaines, l'ex-disciple témoigne de la manière dont Sogyal, profitant de son magnétisme, devint un abuseur sexuel. En 2014, il se décide à rompre avec lui, puis à briser publiquement l'omerta (car omerta il y avait, sous l'égide bienveillante du Dalaï-Lama qui ne se résoudra à dénoncer publiquement son « ami Sogyal Rinpoché » qu'en 2017). Analysant sans complaisance les responsabilités des différents acteurs et témoins de ce désastre humain, favorisé par la tradition tibétaine de dévotion absolue au « maître », Olivier Raurich livre un document précieux sur le processus de l'emprise, quand elle se présente sous un jour « spirituel ».Olivier Raurich a publié en 2014 La Voie du bouddhisme au fil des jours chez Albin Michel.

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