La regina di Kabul

La regina di Kabul

«Se vuoi sapere come sta andando una guerra, chiedi al reparto manutenzione dell’ospedale». Cecilia Strada «Quando vedi cose insopportabili, immaginale splendenti. Sono i versi che una poetessa afgana del decimo secolo scrisse con il suo stesso sangue. Ecco, sia pure nel sangue bisogna creare immagini di bellezza», disse il dottore. «Dobbiamo». Un bambino che costruisce nel segreto il suo aquilone. Una donna con il burqa che sfida ogni convenzione per lavorare nel nuovo ospedale appena sorto nella capitale. Un calligrafo che accetta l’inaudito compito di dipingere ciò che è proibito. Un ragazzino arruolato a forza dai talebani mentre governa le sue pecore. Un’infermiera che si incammina lungo sentieri minati per prestare soccorso. E su tutti, lo spettro incombente della guerra, perché non ha conosciuto altro scenario la maggior parte della popolazione afgana. Sono lampi indimenticabili queste storie dell’Afghanistan di Emergency, l’associazione che Gino Strada ha fondato nel 1994 per offrire cure gratuite alle vittime della guerra e della povertà, e per cui ha lavorato ogni giorno sino all’ultimo, il 13 agosto del 2021, quando i talebani, ormai alle porte della città, si accingevano a riconquistare Kabul. Raccontano gli ultimi vent’anni di quella terra amata e martoriata dal punto di vista dei piccoli, spesso ad altezza di bambino. Ridisegnano ciò che gli occhi hanno assorbito in diverse missioni sul campo, e insieme l’impegno quotidiano di centinaia, migliaia di uomini e di donne. Come Gino, ognuno di loro sa bene che se l’uomo non butterà fuori dalla storia la guerra, allora sarà la guerra a buttare fuori dalla storia l’uomo. «Passare il tempo a costruire arsenali anziché diffondere libri è deleterio, forse letale, per la nostra specie». Gino Strada

A Biography of Fidel Castro

A Biography of Fidel Castro

Tidels makes way for Exceptional Learners. With over a million books downloaded worldwide, Tidels empower kids to learn, read and explore the world.   Fidel Castro a charismatic leader and a revolutionary politician is one of the most extraordinary political figures of the 20th  Century. Politically a Marxist–Leninist and Cuban nationalist, has governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2006. He was the Commander in Chief of the Cuban Armed Forces for 49 years and the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from 1961 to 2011. Fidel Castro is the father of Cuba’s communist revolution, who brought health care, education and military might to his people. He has made immortal contributions to the development of socialism around the world. Castro is one of the most controversial & iconic personalities who has survived countless assassination attempts by the CIA, the Mafia, and Cubans living in exile. led the struggle for his country, people of Cuba will continue to advance on his path of reform to greater prosperity.

Элвис и я / Elvis and Me. История любви Присциллы Пресли и короля рок-н-ролла

Элвис и я / Elvis and Me. История любви Присциллы Пресли и короля рок-н-ролла

1956 год, Висбаден, ФРГ. Элвис Пресли, восходящая мировая звезда, проходит в Германии военную службу. Юная Присцилла Болье, дочь американского военного, случайно оказывается с ним на одной вечеринке.Среди множества поклонниц, готовых на все, он почему-то выбирает ее. Так начинается история огромной любви с человеком, от которого сходит с ума весь мир. И который методично сводит с ума того, кто рядом…Впервые ее собственными словами Присцилла рассказывает историю их с Элвисом любви, раскрывая подробности их романа, противоречивого и сложного брака, развода и неразрывной связи, которая сохранилась даже после его трагической смерти. Посвященная и человеку, и легенде, книга «Элвис и я» предоставляет уникальный взгляд на настоящую жизнь короля рок-н-ролла и женщины, любившей его, несмотря ни на что.

La cause des femmes / Le temps des malentendus

La cause des femmes / Le temps des malentendus

"Le féminisme, c'est quoi ? Ça existe ? Aujourd'hui ça pourrait exister. Et pour quoi faire ? "Les femmes ont tout obtenu", répondent-ils, et même répondent-elles, quelquefois. Et pour quels résultats ? La solitude de fond de la féminité, et la déroute de nos mâles devant leurs égales. "La super woman" est épuisée. Quant au commun des hommes, sans le "miroir grossissant" que présentait, à ses exploits masculins, sa compagne d'antan, il se sent réduit de moitié. Donc grandeur nature. [...] Enfermée dans son rôle féminin, la femme ne mesure pas à quel point son oppresseur est lui-même prisonnier de son rôle viril. En se libérant, elle aide à la libération de l'homme. En participant à égalité à l'Histoire, elle la fait autre. Cela ressemble fort à une révolution tranquille, mais forte et sûre de l'avenir. Pourquoi le féminisme aujourd'hui ? Justement pour réussir là où l'égalité économique a échoué. Là où la culture patriarcale résiste. Le féminisme vient seulement de commencer sa longue marche. Dans vingt ans, dans cent ans, il aura changé la vie." Gisèle Halimi

Paula Deen

Paula Deen

Do you know the real Paula Deen? You may think you know the butter-loving, finger-licking, joke-cracking queen of melt-in-your-mouth Southern cuisine. You may have even visited The Lady & Sons to taste for yourself the down-home delicacies that made her famous and even heard some version of her Cinderella story (a single mom with two teenage sons started a brown-bag lunch business with $200 and wound up with a thriving restaurant, a fairy-tale second marriage, and wildly popular television shows), but you have never heard the intimate details of her often bumpy road to fame and fortune. Courageously honest, downright inspiring, and just a little bit saucy, Paula shares the highs and lows of her life in the inimitable charming and irreverent style that you know from her television shows and personal appearances. She talks about long childhood summers spent in a bathing suit and roller skates and hard years living in the back of her father's gas station; a buzzing high school social life of sleepovers, parties, cheerleading, and boys; and a difficult marriage. The death of her beloved parents precipitated a debilitating agoraphobia that crippled her for years. But even when the going got tough, Paula never lost the good grace and sense of humor that would eventually help carry her to success and stardom. Of course, you can't get by on charm alone: as Paula has learned, you need plenty of willpower, hard work, and, above all, the love and support of family and friends to finance, sustain, and run a successful restaurant. In each chapter, Paula shares new recipes: there's serious comfort food like her momma's Chocolate-Dippy Doughnuts, Courage Chili for when you know life's going to get tough, Sexy Oxtails for seducing that special someone, and the recipe for her new mother-in-law's Banana Nut Delight Cake that Paula finally got just right. And you'll love the never-before-seen photos of her family. In this memoir, Paula Deen speaks as frankly and intimately as few women in the public eye have ever dared. Whether she's telling tales of good times or bad, her story is proof that the old-fashioned American dream is alive and kicking, and there still is such a thing as a real-life happy ending.

George Sand

George Sand

"Je suis l’enfant de mon siècle ; j’ai subi ses maux, j’ai partagé ses erreurs, j’ai bu à toutes ses sources de vie et de mort." Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin (1804-1876), devenue George Sand en 1832, avec la publication d’Indiana, fut, dès l’enfance imprégnée des traditions et des légendes de son Berry natal. Observatrice attentive de son temps, elle fume la pipe, s'habille en homme, affiche ses convictions républicaines, est l’amante enflammée de Musset et de Chopin, en un mot fait scandale. Son œuvre, de Consuelo à La Mare au diable, en passant par La Petite Fadette, culmine dans Histoire de ma vie, et fonde un genre littéraire : l’autobiographie au féminin. Amoureuse éperdue de la vie, George Sand écrit en 1831 à Sainte-Beuve : "Vivre ! Que c’est bon! malgré les chagrins, les maris, l’ennui, les dettes, les parents, les cancans, malgré les poignantes douleurs."

Fergie:

Fergie:

Sir Alex Ferguson. Britain’s most successful football manager. In the year that he celebrates his 80th birthday, Fergie: Under The Hairdryer offers an original insight into the legendary boss’s unique way of operating, showing how his genius changed the footballing landscape. Featuring new tales and recollections from those who know him best, it includes stories and contributions from the likes of Frank McGarvey, Gordon Strachan, Norman Whiteside, Bryan Robson, Brian McClair, Steve Bruce, Lee Sharpe, Gary Pallister, Ryan Giggs, Eric Cantona, Roy Keane, David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Steve McClaren, Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as well as many former colleagues and friends from the football world including Mark Hughes, who first coined the now famous ‘hairdryer’ phrase. Author John Richardson and a host of writers will also tell their own inside story of working closely with such a formidable character – lifting the lid on the often explosive press conferences and private battles of will between the control freak who was Fergie and the reporters desperately trying to come away with a headline-making story.

Menagerie Manor

Menagerie Manor

The beloved naturist and author of My Family and Other Animals shares the pleasures and pitfalls of opening a zoo on the English Channel Island of Jersey. Spurred by his passion for animals and a lifelong dream, in the spring of 1959 Gerald Durrell opened the Jersey Zoo—now known as the Durrell Wildlife Park—on the grounds of an old manor house. The menagerie provided a safe habitat for rare and endangered species and exposed its human visitors to the wonders of nature.   Dealing with escapee animals and overdrawn bank accounts, Durrell soon discovered that owning and operating a fledgling zoo was no easy task. But despite the setbacks, these charming, often hilarious stories make clear that, for Durrell, ensuring the park's success and helping the creatures he loved so dearly was worth any obstacle.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author's estate.

Cooking as Fast as I Can

Cooking as Fast as I Can

“Affecting…as warm and comforting as a home-cooked meal” (People), a no-holds-barred memoir on Southern life, Greek heritage, same sex marriage—and the meals that have shaped her memories—from the Food Network star and first female winner of Iron Chef, Cat Cora.Before she became a renowned chef and Food Network star, Cat Cora was just a girl from Jackson, Mississippi, where days were slow and every meal was made from scratch. By the age of fifteen, Cora was writing the business plan for her first restaurant. Her love of cooking started in her Greek home, where fresh feta and home-cured olives graced the table. Cat spent her days internalizing the dishes that would form the cornerstone of her cooking philosophy—from crispy fried chicken and honey-drenched biscuits to spanakopita. But outside the kitchen, Cat’s life was volatile. In Cooking as Fast as I Can, Cat Cora reveals the experiences that shaped her life—from early childhood sexual abuse to the realities of life as lesbian in the deep South. She chronicles how she found her passion in the kitchen and went on to attend the prestigious Culinary Institute of America and apprentice under Michelin star chefs in France. After her big break as a co-host with Rocco Di Spirito on the Food Network’s Melting Pot, Cat broke barriers by becoming the first-ever female contestant on Iron Chef. By turns epic and intimate, Cat writes movingly about how she found courage and redemption in the dark truths of her past and about how she found solace in the kitchen and work, how her passion for cooking helped her to overcome hardships and ultimately find happiness at home and became a wife and a mother to four boys. Above all, this is “a disarmingly candid look at the highs, lows, and true grit of a culinary star” (Kirkus Reviews).

Jimi Hendrix Electric life

Jimi Hendrix Electric life

Il y a quarante ans, Jimi Hendrix quittait brutalement la scène. Pourtant il n’a jamais disparu. Chaque génération redécouvre ses albums, sans cesse réédités, et il reste LE modèle indétrônable du guitariste rock. Hendrix est devenu un mythe dont les morceaux, torturés et élégants, étaient à l’image de sa vie. Ce hippie flamboyant a fait Woodstock, enchaîné les succès avant de disparaître brutalement à seulement 27 ans, entrant dans la légende. Les musiciens d’aujourd’hui, de Ben Harper aux Red Hot Chili Peppers, des jazzmen aux rappeurs, perpétuent l’héritage Hendrix. Celui d’un génie qui s’est trop vite consumé en bouleversant la musique. Une vie où la joie et la liberté ont toujours eu pour contrepartie le drame et la souffrance. La biographie du plus électrique des guitaristes : génie, sexe, drogue et rock’n’roll.

Pascal

Pascal

Dans la vie d’un lecteur, certains auteurs occupent une place à part : lectures inaugurales, compagnons de tous les jours, sources auxquelles on revient. La collection « Les auteurs de ma vie » invite de grands écrivains d’aujourd’hui à partager leur admiration pour un classique, dont la lecture a particulièrement compté pour eux. De Pascal, Michel Schneider a choisi de faire le portrait, non d’un visage, mais d’une écriture ; non d’un croyant, mais d’un auteur. Il fait entendre les mots de la dramaturgie pascalienne, repris et entrelacés, dans des motifs presque musicaux : ordre, vérité, cœur, figure, preuve, Dieu. « Pascal n’est personne. Il est celui qui ne sait pas qui il est mais qui le sait mieux que personne. Il est chacun de nous. Écrites pour lui seul, amères, sévères, les Pensées parlent à tous ceux qui ont souffert, désiré, perdu. » Psychanalyste et écrivain, Michel Schneider a notamment publié Glenn Gould piano solo (1988), Musiques de nuit (2001), Schumann, les voix intérieures (2006) et Prima Donna (2001).

Bloodline

Bloodline

Torn from an idyllic life with a loving, extended family in 1960’s Alabama, young Johnny Turnipseed found himself in Minneapolis, Minnesota with a father he no longer recognized and empty cupboards.  A.C. Turnipseed’s alcoholism and womanizing started a chain reaction of poverty, violence, addiction and despair that nearly destroyed three generations. From lost and frightened little boy to gang leader, drug dealer and pimp to one of the nation’s most respected pioneers of community restoration, John Turnipseed’s story of transformation and restoration is told with unflinching honesty and contagious hope

Kalpana Chawla: A Complete Biography

Kalpana Chawla: A Complete Biography

"""When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system."" — these were the first words of the first Indian woman astronaut, Kalpana Chawla, when she landed on the earth. The story of Kalpana Chawla is the story of a dream becoming reality. It is the story that starts in the small city of Karnal and ends in space. Hers is a story that gives us the belief that the path from dreams to success does exist, all one needs is the vision, the perseverance, and the courage to follow it. This book is an attempt to relive the story of our forgotten hero - Kalpana Chawla. Through the pages of this book, the reader will become a part of her journey which travels from Karnal to Nasa and finally to space."

Adele: ihre Songs, ihr Leben

Adele: ihre Songs, ihr Leben

Adele berührt die Herzen von Millionen Menschen, die sie für ihre Stimme lieben und für die Aufrichtigkeit in ihren Songs bewundern. Ihre Natürlichkeit macht sie in der oberflächlichen Musikszene zu einem wahren Phänomen. Der Bestseller-Biograf Sean Smith enthüllt das Geheimnis um Adeles Erfolg. Mit dem Blick eines Insiders erzählt er von ihrer Herkunft, ihrem sagenhaften Aufstieg und ihren privaten Rückschlägen. So offenbart sich die wahre, verletzliche Adele: der Mensch hinter dem Superstar."Ich schwöre bei Gott, ich lache über jeden Meilenstein meiner Karriere. Ich lache, weil ich glaube, dass es verdammt noch mal absurd ist. Irgendwann wird der Regisseur der Truman Show auftauchen und mir erzählen, mein Leben sei die Fortsetzung." - Adele "Wenn Adele singt, hört man eine ungefilterte Ehrlichkeit und Reinheit. Sie erschafft Songs, die berühren, ihre gefühlvolle Stimme offenbart Schmerz und Verletzlichkeit. Adele nimmt dich mit an Orte, die kein anderer Künstler heutzutage mehr betritt - wie in den 70er Jahren." - Beyoncé"Adele ist […] eines der größten Talente, die das Insel-Königreich in diesem Jahrtausend zu bieten hat."- Christoph Dallach, Kulturspiegel

Diana: In Pursuit of Love

Diana: In Pursuit of Love

When Andrew Morton's world-famous biography, Diana: Her True Story, was first published, it caused a media frenzy, and shook the British Establishment to its foundations. Later revealed as having been written with the Princess's full co-operation, this international bestseller is now widely regarded as her official biography. Yet it was not the full story, as in all the sound and fury of its publication, Diana began a journey - a courageous evolution from life as a downtrodden wife and reluctant royal to a self-confident and independent modern woman.  Diana: In Pursuit of Love follows this journey, picking up the story where Andrew's first book left off and uses new sources and material as well as a wealth of previously unpublished matter and 16 pages of stunning photos. The book reveals the stories of figures such as her renowned lover James Hewitt, her butler Paul Burrell and Prince Charles's valet, Michael Fawcett, while intriguing comments that Diana made to Morton in taped conversations become extremely important in view of subsequent events. In Pursuit of Love is an honest, unbiased account of one of the most admired, influential figures of our era and the definitive study of Diana.

DANCING IN THE LIGHT

DANCING IN THE LIGHT

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this revealing and exciting memoir, Shirley MacLaine reflects on the turning points of her life and her spiritual journey of self-discovery and personal growth. Outspoken, controversial, talented, and perceptive, Shirley MacLaine takes us on an intimate and fascinating personal odyssey. In 1984 she won an Oscar, starred on Broadway, wrote the bestselling Out on a Limb—and turned fifty years old. At this special time, in this special year, she was now ready to resume the spiritual journey she had begun in her early forties.  In Dancing in the Light, Shirley bares her innermost self and explores the lives, both past and present, which touched and affected her own. She sheds new light on her loves, her losses, her childhood, her passions, and her inner drives and ambitions. She asks poignant questions and finds surprising answers. She challenges her beliefs and confronts her conflicts. Ultimately, she takes us with her through a life-altering experience that provides a stunning new vision of herself, her future . . . and the fate of our world.

Ultra marathon man

Ultra marathon man

Il a couru dans les climats les plus extrêmes, que ce soit par 50 degrés dans la Vallée de la Mort ou par moins 40 degrés au pôle Sud. Il a couru sans s’arrêter pendant 400 kilomètres. Il a couru partout, dépassant sans cesse ses limites, redéfinissant la perception de l'endurance humaine.Tout cet incroyable parcours a commencé le soir de son trentième anniversaire. Dean était fatigué de son travail de bureau et à moitié ivre dans un bar. Tout à coup, dégoûté, il a jeté son verre, il est sorti... et a commencé à courir. Depuis, il ne s’est jamais arrêté.Dans ce livre, Dean Karnazes montre que la course peut permettre de se sentir vraiment vivant, de trouver sa propre voie. Il répond aussi aux questions qu’on lui pose continuellement : comment faites-vous ? Pourquoi ? Que mangez-vous ? Et surtout : est-ce que vous êtes fou ?Le témoignage de l’un des plus grands ultra-runners du monde.

A Biography of Albert Einstein

A Biography of Albert Einstein

Tidels makes way for Exceptional Learners. With over a million books downloaded worldwide, Tidels empower kids to learn, read and explore the world.   Albert Einstein (1879-1955) is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century, his  groundbreaking scientific ideas made his name a synonym for genius, but he was also famous for his pacifist views and support of the civil rights movement. Tidels presents the biography of German-born scientist who has inspired billions of young minds by his inventions, his achievements, challenges and accomplishments, and the way he has transformed the whole world in understanding physics with his groundbreaking papers in the twentieth century. In 1905, when he was 26 years old he was awarded a PhD by the University of Zurich. Throughout his life, Einstein published hundreds of books and articles, he published more than 300 scientific papers and 150 non-scientific ones. In 1921, he won the Nobel Prize for physics for his explanation of the photoelectric effect.

Príbehy nádeje

Príbehy nádeje

Príbehy sú tým, čo nás spája a pripomína nám, že nádej zomiera posledná. Heather Morrisovú, autorku medzinárodných bestsellerov, dlhé roky pútajú príbehy o prežití, nezlomnosti a nádeji. V roku 2003, keď pracovala vo verejnej nemocnici v austrálskom Melbourne, sa zoznámila so starším pánom, rodákom zo Slovenska. Muž sa jej vtedy zdôveril so svojím životným príbehom so slovami: „možno by stálo za to vyrozprávať ho“. Deň, keď Heather stretla Laleho Sokolova, zmenil život obom. Stali sa z nich dôverní priatelia a Lale sa vďaka ich rozhovorom o holokauste vydal na cestu sebapoznania. Heather opísala jeho životný osud v románe Tetovač z Auschwitzu a ten sa onedlho stal jednou z najpredávanejších kníh dvadsiateho prvého storočia. Príbehy nádeje sú inšpiratívnou autobiografiu plnou autorkiných spomienok na Laleho, ale aj na ďalších ľudí, ktorých neľahké osudy môžu byť obohacujúce pre mnohých z nás. Sú o umení počúvať, o budovaní dôvery a schopnosti vcítiť sa do cudzích životov. Z anglického originálu Stories of Hope (Manilla Press, London 2020) preložila Zdenka Buntová.

Free Ride

Free Ride

By the YouTube sensation with more than two million followers, the inspiring account of a woman in her thirties who, in a moment of personal crisis, embarked on an epic, transcontinental motorcycle ride—and along the way found a new sense of purpose.Noraly Schoenmaker was a thirty-something geologist living in the Netherlands when she learned that her live-in partner had been having a long-term affair. Suddenly without a place to stay, she decided to quit her job and jet off to India in search of a new beginning. Her plans were dashed when she fell quickly and helplessly in love: with a motorcycle. Behind the handlebars, she felt alive and free—nimble enough to trace the narrowest paths, powerful enough to travel the longest of roads.She first rode toward the Pacific, through the jungles of Myanmar and Thailand, then into Malaysia. Rather than satisfy her appetite for the open road, this ride only piqued it. She shipped her bike to Oman, at the base of the Arabian Peninsula, and embarked on a journey through Iran, across Turkmenistan along its border with Afghanistan, over the snowy peaks of Central Asia, and into Europe, all the way back home to the Netherlands. She covered remote and utterly unfamiliar territory; broke down on impossibly steep mountains; and pushed too many miles along empty roads, farther and farther from civilization. But through her travels, she discovered the true beauty of the world—the kindness of its people, the simplicity of its open spaces, as well as her own inner strength.In spirit of The Motorcycle Diaries and Wild, this is an inspiring story of self-discovery and renewal. Filled with unforgettable figures, hilarious disasters, and powerful human connections, it shows you what happens when you open your heart and let the world in.