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A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius

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"Exhilarating…Profoundly moving, occasionally angry, and often hilarious...A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is, finally, a finite book of jest, which is why it succeeds so brilliantly" (The New York Times Book Review).A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the unique, moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. In his distinctive style unlike any other memoir, Egger's story is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive, as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together.

Agassi

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A autobiografia de um dos maiores tenistas da história — ele foi o mais genial de sua geração, mas, desde sempre, odiou o jogoAndre Agassi não é apenas um dos maiores esportistas da história, mas uma figura icônica do tênis pelo jeito único como jogava e pela personalidade um tanto rebelde sempre em evidência. Por trás dos brincos e do cabelo comprido, se escondia um jovem em busca dos próprios desejos reprimidos por uma infância e adolescência totalmente voltadas para a construção do melhor tenista do mundo.Essa autobiografia revela os bastidores dessa trajetória tão extraordinária quanto dolorosa e humana. Agassi relata com sinceridade o tempo que passou com Barbra Streisand, o seu casamento com Brooke Shields e a história de amor com Stefanie Graf. Revela o peso do treinamento e da pressão que sofreu desde muito jovem para alcançar o seu potencial máximo. E narra sua espetacular ressurreição, o regresso às quadras, cujo clímax foi a épica campanha de Roland Garros em 1999, culminando com o recorde de ser o tenista mais velho a se tornar o número 1 do mundo.Uma história inspiradora de sucesso, superação, esforço e amor, contada com leveza e emoção. Sem exageros, Agassi é leitura obrigatória para todos que apreciam uma grande biografia.

Memorias

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Memorias es un libro autobiográfico que publica Adolfo Bioy Casares en 1994.La de Bioy Casares es una obra extraordinaria y vigente que, además, ofrece una especie de enigma: esa etapa entre 1929 y 1940 en la que publicó varios libros de los que él mismo prefirió no acordarse. En Memorias, sin embargo, ofrece algunas precisiones al respecto.En estas páginas habla también de sus primeros perros y caballos, de sus disidencias con el grupo Sur, de su acceso al género fantástico a partir de un espejo veneciano en el cuarto de vestir materno, de su compleja relación con Silvina Ocampo, de ese folleto sobre el yogur y la leche cuajada que significó el debut de una de las sociedades literarias más destacadas de todos los tiempos con Jorge Luis Borges, de la estancia de los Bioy en Pardo y de un inolvidable hotel que lo motivó a escribir ese particular cóctel que él define con toda naturalidad y terminó por convertirse en uno de los estilos más reconocibles de la literatura argentina: «historias donde conviven animales feroces, que sugieren épocas bárbaras y frívolos turistas de nuestro tiempo».

Entertaining Race

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Tears We Cannot Stop"Entertaining Race is a splendid way to spend quality time reading one of the most remarkable thinkers in America today."—Speaker Nancy Pelosi"To read Entertaining Race is to encounter the life-long vocation of a teacher who preaches, a preacher who teaches and an activist who cannot rest until all are set free."—Senator Reverend Raphael WarnockFor more than thirty years, Michael Eric Dyson has played a prominent role in the nation as a public intellectual, university professor, cultural critic, social activist and ordained Baptist minister. He has presented a rich and resourceful set of ideas about American history and culture. Now for the first time he brings together the various components of his multihued identity and eclectic pursuits.Entertaining Race is a testament to Dyson’s consistent celebration of the outsized impact of African American culture and politics on this country. Black people were forced to entertain white people in slavery, have been forced to entertain the idea of race from the start, and must find entertaining ways to make race an object of national conversation. Dyson’s career embodies these and other ways of performing Blackness, and in these pages, ranging from 1991 to the present, he entertains race with his pen, voice and body, and occasionally, alongside luminaries like Cornel West, David Blight, Ibram X. Kendi, Master P, MC Lyte, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Alicia Garza, John McWhorter, and Jordan Peterson.Most of this work will be new to readers, a fresh light for many of his long-time fans and an inspiring introduction for newcomers. Entertaining Race offers a compelling vision from the mind and heart of one of America’s most important and enduring voices.

Dilip Kumar

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An authentic, heartfelt and compelling narrative – straight from the horse’s mouth – that reveals for the first time numerous unknown aspects of the life and times of one of the greatest legends of all time who stands out as a symbol of secular India.Dilip Kumar (born as Yousuf Khan), who began as a diffident novice in Hindi cinema in the early 1940s, went on to attain the pinnacle of stardom within a short time. He came up with spellbinding performances in one hit film after another – in his almost six-decade-long career – on the basis of his innovative capability, determination, hard work and never-say-die attitude.In this unique volume, Dilip Kumar traces his journey right from his birth to the present. In the process, he candidly recounts his interactions and relationships with a wide variety of people not only from his family and the film fraternity but also from other walks of life, including politicians. While seeking to set the record straight, as he feels that a lot of what has been written about him so far is ‘full of distortions and misinformation’, he narrates, in graphic detail, how he got married to Saira Banu, which reads like a fairy tale!Dilip Kumar relates, matter-of-factly, the event that changed his life: his meeting with Devika Rani, the boss of Bombay Talkies, when she offered him an acting job. His first film was Jwar Bhata (1944). He details how he had to learn everything from scratch and how he had to develop his own distinct histrionics and style, which would set him apart from his contemporaries. After that, he soon soared to great heights with movies such as Jugnu, Shaheed, Mela, Andaz, Deedar, Daag and Devdas. In these movies he played the tragedian with such intensity that his psyche was adversely affected. He consulted a British psychiatrist, who advised him to switch over to comedy. The result was spectacular performances in laugh riots such as Azaad and Kohinoor, apart from a scintillating portrayal as a gritty tonga driver in Naya Daur. After a five-year break he started his ‘second innings’ with Kranti (1981), after which he appeared in a series of hits such as Vidhaata, Shakti, Mashaal, Karma, Saudagar and Qila.

Oppenheimer (O livro que deu origem ao filme de Christopher Nolan)

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Vencedora do Pulitzer, obra que baseou novo filme de Christopher Nolan é um retrato vívido e completo do homem que criou a bomba atômicaOppenheimer é a primeira biografia completa do “pai da bomba atômica”. J. Robert Oppenheimer foi o brilhante e carismático físico que liderou os esforços para desenvolver uma arma nuclear em favor de seu país durante a guerra. Logo após o bombardeamento de Hiroshima, tornou-se o cientista mais famoso de sua geração — uma das figuras icônicas do século XX, a personificação do homem moderno que enfrenta as consequências do progresso científico.No entanto, Oppenheimer em seguida se opôs ao uso de bombas nucleares e, em especial, da bomba de hidrogênio. Na hoje quase esquecida histeria do início dos anos 1950, as ideias dele contrariaram poderosos defensores de um avanço nuclear maciço, e, como consequência, foi considerado indigno de confiança para lidar com os segredos do governo dos Estados Unidos.Este livro narra a vida de Oppenheimer em detalhes reveladores e sem precedentes. Construído após numerosas pesquisas, baseou-se em milhares de registros e cartas encontrados em arquivos nos Estados Unidos e no exterior, em extensos relatórios do FBI e em cerca de uma centena de entrevistas com amigos, parentes e colegas de Oppie. Ao longo das páginas, acompanhamos os primeiros anos escolares dele; a ida para Berkeley, Califórnia, onde estabeleceu, durante a década de 1930, a principal escola norte-americana de física teórica e se envolveu profundamente com causas de justiça social e muitos adeptos do comunismo; o período em Los Alamos, Novo México, onde transformou um ermo planalto escarpado no laboratório de armas nucleares mais potente do mundo — e onde ele próprio foi transformado.Oppenheimer é uma rica evocação dos Estados Unidos de meados do século XX, um retrato novo e atraente de um homem notável, ambicioso, complexo e imperfeito cuja história conecta-se profundamente aos principais acontecimentos de seu tempo: a Depressão, a Segunda Guerra Mundial e a Guerra Fria. Uma perfeita combinação de biografia e história, é um livro essencial para compreendermos nosso passado recente — e as escolhas que temos com relação ao futuro.

The Big Sea

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With an introduction by Hughes’ award-winning biographer, this memoir is “excellent reading . . . remarkable as a self portrait and a record” (New York Times).Langston Hughes, born in 1902, came of age early in the 1920s. In The Big Sea he recounts those memorable years in the two great playgrounds of the decade—Harlem and Paris. In Paris he was a cook and waiter in nightclubs. He knew the musicians and dancers, the drunks and dope fiends. In Harlem he was a rising young poet—at the center of the Harlem Renaissance.Arnold Rampersad writes in his incisive new introduction to The Big Sea, an American classic: “This is American writing at its best—simpler than Hemingway; as simple and direct as that of another Missouri-born writer . . . Mark Twain.”“Langston Hughes is the Jazz Poet! The constant communicator of Blues. He is the singer, philosopher, the folk and urban lyricist. This book is the chronicle of a bright and lively artistic ear that brought the African-American people full into the twentieth century. It is a wonderful book!” —Amiri Baraka, award-winning poet, dramatist and author

Solitary

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“Fighter pilots tell the greatest stories and the great ones tell the best stories of all…” —PAT CONROY, bestselling author of The Great Santini and The Death of Santini “This book is not only among the finest war writing ever but, like Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, Solitary sits alongside the most profound reflections on the resilience and capacity of the human soul.” —STEVEN PRESSFIELD, bestselling author of The Lion’s Gate and The War of Art Solitary is a gutsy story of one man’s survival, endurance, and strength of will…” —LARRY ALEXANDER, bestselling co-author of A Higher Call “I anxiously await the day my own sons are old enough to read it.” —RICH COHEN, bestselling author of Tough Jews “You will tear through this book…” —RYAN HOLLIDAY, bestselling author of The Obstacle is the Way “It grabs you immediately, and doesn’t let go until you’re finished.” —TUCKER MAX, bestselling author of I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell “A magnificent triumph of the human spirit…I was captivated from the first page to the last.” —SEAN PARNELL, bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon Giora Romm was the Israeli Air Force's first fighter ace. As a twenty-two-year-old lieutenant he shot down five MiGs during the Six Day War of 1967. Fourteen months later over the Nile Delta, an Egyptian missile exploded beneath the tail of his Mirage IIIC. Within moments Romm found himself hanging by the straps of his parachute, with a broken arm and a leg shattered in a dozen places, looking down from 10,000 feet. Streams of farmers and field workers converged below onto the spot toward which his chute was descending, with the intention, he was certain, of hacking him to death as soon as his feet touched the earth. No other Israeli pilot had survived capture in Egypt or in any other Arab state. Solitary is Romm's story of his imprisonment, torture, interrogation, release, and return to service. Solitary is not a "war book." It's not a tale of heroism, though if anyone ever qualified for that distinction, it is this story's author. Solitary is not even, in its deepest parts, about captivity or imprisonment. Solitary is about Romm's inner war. It's the story, in his phrase, "of a fall from a great height," not only literally but metaphorically. Romm could not tell his captors the truth about who he was or what he had done. He had to invent an entire fictional biography and keep it straight in his head through months of beatings and interrogations, all the while being held in solitary confinement with his body sheathed from chest to toe in a plaster cast. Solitary is not a grim book. It's full of wry humor, keen self-observations and revelations. An ordeal such as Romm endured is a sojourn in hell, but it is also a passage. Romm fell, and he came back. Solitary is his indelible account of confronting, as few of us ever will, his own fears and limitations, and discovering, ultimately, his capacity to survive and to prevail. —From the Introduction by Steven Pressfield

The Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt

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Born on the eve of the Civil War, Charles W. Chesnutt grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a county seat of four or five thousand people, a once-bustling commercial center slipping into postwar decline. Poor, black, and determined to outstrip his modest beginnings and forlorn surroundings, Chesnutt kept a detailed record of his thoughts, observations, and activities from his sixteenth through his twenty-fourth year (1874-1882). These journals, printed here for the first time, are remarkable for their intimate account of a gifted young black man’s dawning sense of himself as a writer in the nineteenth century.Though he achieved literary success in his time, Chesnutt has only recently been rediscovered and his contribution to American literature given its due. The only known private diary from a nineteenth-century African American author, these pages offer a fascinating glimpse into Chesnutt’s everyday experience as he struggled to win the goods of education in the world of the post-Civil War South. An extraordinary portrait of the self-made man beset by the urgencies and difficulties of self-improvement in a racially discriminatory society, Chesnutt’s journals unfold a richly detailed local history of postwar North Carolina. They also show with great force how the world of the postwar South obstructed--and, unexpectedly, assisted--a black man of driving intellectual ambitions.

Arthur Machen

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Arthur Machen was born in Wales in 1863. He is married and has two children. That is an astonishing thought, after reading "The Inmost Light". It is surprising indeed to learn that he was born. He is High Church", with no particular respect for the Archbishop of Canterbury", and necessarily subconsciously Catholic, as must be all those "lonely, awful souls" who write ecstasy across the world. He hates puritanism with a sturdier hatred than inspires Chesterton.

Hitler's People

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“A fascinating and instructive book . . . elegantly written and perceptive.” —Wall Street Journal“Kaleidoscopic . . . A fascinating exploration of individual agency that never loses sight of the larger context . . . Just the kind of probing, nuanced and unsparing study to help us think things through.” —The New York TimesThrough a connected set of biographical portraits of key Nazi figures that follows power as it radiated out from Hitler to the inner and outer circles of the regime’s leadership, one of our greatest historians answers the enduring question, how does a society come to carry out a program of unspeakable evil?Richard Evans, author of the acclaimed The Third Reich Trilogy and over two dozen other volumes on modern Europe, is our preeminent scholar of Nazi Germany. Having spent half a century searching for the truths behind one of the most horrifying episodes in human history, in Hitler’s People, he brings us back to the original site of the Nazi movement: namely, the lives of its most important members.Working in concentric circles out from Hitler and his closest allies, Evans forms a typological framework of Germany society under Nazi rule from the top down. With a novelist’s eye for detail, Evans explains the Third Reich through the personal failings and professional ambitions of its members, from its most notorious deputies—like Goebbels, the regime’s propagandist, and Himmler, the Holocaust’s chief architect—to the crucial enforcers and instruments of the Nazi agenda that history has largely forgotten—like the schoolteacher Julius Streicher and the actress Leni Riefenstahl. Drawing on a wealth of recently unearthed historical sources, Hitler’s People lays bare the inner and outer lives of the characters whose choices led to the deaths of millions.Nearly a century after Hitler’s rise, the leading nations of the West are once again being torn apart by a will to power. By telling the stories of these infamous lives as human lives, Evans asks us to grapple with the complicated nature of complicity, showing us that the distinctions between individual and collective responsibility—and even between pathological evil and rational choice—are never easily drawn.

Contro il razzismo

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Nell’ottobre del 1963, Nelson Mandela viene accusato di alto tradimento e terrorismo dalla corte di giustizia sudafricana. La sua unica colpa è quella di essersi battuto contro il disumano e terribile regime dell’apartheid che schiavizza la popolazione nera del paese. Ma nel corso del durissimo processo di Rivonia, Mandela sfida i suoi accusatori e la pena di morte con lo straordinario discorso che dà il titolo a questo libro, dichiarandosi pronto a morire pur di continuare la sua battaglia per la pace e l’uguaglianza. L’anno successivo viene condannato all’ergastolo ma la sua lotta non si interrompe: dopo ventisei anni di carcere durissimo, nel giorno della sua liberazione, davanti a una folla festante, Mandela ripeterà le stesse identiche frasi pronunciate nell’aula di tribunale. Sarà l’inizio di un nuovo viaggio che lo porterà a divenire il primo presidente democraticamente eletto della Repubblica Sudafricana. Un ideale per cui sono pronto a morire ci consente di rivivere la storia di quei momenti in presa diretta attraverso le parole alte e coraggiose di uno dei grandi eroi civili del nostro tempo.

El escritor gonzo

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Conocido básicamente por ser inventor del periodismo «gonzo», una forma trepidante, iconoclasta y personal de describir la realidad, Thompson rompió los moldes tradicionales de la crónica periodística y la ficción fundiendo ambas en un discurso literario. Pero hubo también un Thompson íntimo y personal que todos los días, de madrugada, escribía cartas a amigos y desconocidos para detallarles lo que ocurría a su alrededor y sobre todo lo que sucedía en su turbulenta cabeza. Su correspondencia es un monumento literario y entre sus páginas se encuentran los pasajes más amenos, divertidos, brutales, sinceros y conmovedores que escribió. La presente antología presta atención sobre todo a la gestación del Thompson novelista y periodista gonzo, y a sus relaciones con personajes destacados de la vida literaria y política norteamericana. Se ha procurado en todo momento que haya un sentido de la continuidad entre las cartas, de modo que el lector pueda leerlas como una autobiografía. «Una radiografía del cerebro de un escritor aparentemente loco y decididamente revolucionario» (The Times). «Humor perverso y una fe política tonificante» (The New York Times). «Brillante y por encima de toda descripción» (Rolling Stone).

A Rebel in Gaza

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“Gaza has always been rebellious... stubborn, addictive. I’m her daughter, and I look like her.”Born in Rafah, raised in Gaza, subjected both to Israeli bombs and to Islamist tyranny, and in the face of prison, death threats, abuse, misogyny, violence, and repression, Asmaa al-Ghoul has continued to speak her truth. She has continued to live and to love, to laugh and to protest. In this moving memoir of growing up Gaza with a hunger for freedom and a passionate attachment to the places she calls home, journalist, writer, and activist, al-Ghoul recounts her lifelong resistance to religious fanaticism, state sponsored violence, and all forms of repression and subjugation. Al-Ghoul has been called “too strong minded,” criticized for not covering her hair, derided for ignoring warnings and speaking out against injustice. Her pure, clarion voice is raised wholly in support of dialogue, peace, love, and honesty. Nothing, it seems, can stop her.Offering an intimate look into life, politics, and survival in Gaza in recent years, al-Ghoul’s A Rebel in Gaza offers readers a nuanced and singular perspective on the current conflict.

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant

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Ulysses S. Grant’s Memoirs are compelling, brutally honest, and a chronicle of triumph and failure, from his boyhood, to his heroics in battle, to the grinding poverty from which the Civil War (ironically) rescued him. They have earned plaudits from critics over the years, revealing not only his mastery of particular battlefields and campaigns but the clarity of his understanding of the grand strategy of the Civil War. It begins with his comprehension of the primary cause of the war: slavery. Grant is writing as an observer and a participant to some of the most pivotal events in U.S. history. Even more, he's writing as a central actor and as, arguably, the most significant military figure of the Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee is hailed as a battlefield genius, but it was Grant who was most responsible for winning the war for the North. Free of the romantic gloss that encumbers many Civil War reminiscences, Grant’s narrative marches forward in taut, sinewy prose that occasionally achieves true distinction. ULYSSES S. GRANT (1822 – 1885) was Commanding General of the United States Army (1864–69). Grant worked with President Abraham Lincoln to lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Twice elected president, Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the last traces of Confederate nationalism and slavery, protect African-American citizenship, and supported nationwide industrial expansionism during the Gilded Age. "The autobiography of General Grant is the most admirably simple, direct and unpretentious story that was ever put on paper by a supremely great man.” -Mark Twain “An enthralling history of one man's generalship, perhaps the most revelatory autobiography of high command to exist in any language.” -John Keegan “About once a decade it becomes necessary to remind Americans again that Ulysses S. Grant was a great man, indeed a giant figure.” -Michael Korda

Mit Gobi durch die Wüste - eine wahre Geschichte

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Dion Leonard ist Ultra-Marathonläufer und lebt für die härtesten Rennen der Welt. Als er nach China zum 7-Tage-Rennen durch die Wüste Gobi reist, will er in erster Linie den Wettkampf gewinnen. Dafür hat er leichtes Gepäck und nur das nötigste Essen dabei. Womit er nicht rechnet: mit der kleinen Mischlingshündin, die ihn aus ihren großen braunen Augen an der Startlinie anschaut - und dann kilometerweit begleitet. Er nennt sie Gobi, sie schenkt ihm Mut, als er ans Aufgeben denkt. Und schließlich kehrt er während des Rennens für sie um. Davon, wie der kleine Hund mit großem Herzen einen besseren Mensch aus ihm gemacht hat, erzählt Leonard in diesem Buch."Leonard und Gobi’s Geschichte zeigt, wie stark die Verbindung zwischen einem Mann und seinem Hund sein kann, und was Menschen bewegen können, wenn sie zusammenarbeiten." Publishers Weekly"Dion Leonard zeigt uns, dass die besten Geschichten immer noch das Leben schreibt. Das Erlebnis mit Gobi und die Suche nach ihr veränderte sein Leben.Geschichten wie diese bringen uns den Glauben an die Menschheit zurück."ELLI H. RADINGER"Eine spannende, unterhaltsame und rundum schöne Geschichte, die das Laufen einmal aus einer anderen Perspektive betrachtet. Lesetipp für den Sommerurlaub!" aktiv laufen

THE LIFE AND DIARY OF DAVID BRAINERD

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THE LIFE OF DAVID BRAINERD (1718-1747) - written by Jonathan Edwards, this classic follows Brainerd's journals as he sought to be a missionary among Native Indians in America. Despite many difficulties, he persevered in prayer and eventually saw a tremendous move of God among them. This book has inspired countless lives, including William Carey, John Wesley, Jim Elliot, and Leonard Ravenhill. John Wesley stated, "Let every preacher read carefully over the Life of David Brainerd."(8 chapters)

Lean In for Graduates

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The perfect graduation gift: the iconic #1 best seller, expanded and updated exclusively for graduates entering the workforce This extraordinary edition of Lean In includes a letter to graduates and six additional chapters from experts offering advice on finding and getting the most out of a first job; résumé writing; best interviewing practices; negotiating your salary; listening to your inner voice; owning who you are; and leaning in for millennial men. The original edition of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In became a massive cultural phenomenon and its title became an instant catchphrase for empowering women. The book soared to the top of best-seller lists both nationally and internationally, igniting global conversations about women and ambition. This enhanced edition provides the entire text of the original book updated with more recent statistics and features a passionate letter from Sandberg encouraging graduates to find and commit to work they love. A combination of inspiration and practical advice, this new edition will speak directly to graduates and, like the original, change lives. New Material for the Graduates Edition: · A Letter to Graduates from Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Meta (previously called Facebook) from 2008-2022 · Find Your First Job, by Mindy Levy (Levy has more than twenty years of experience in all phases of organizational management and holds degrees from Wharton and Penn) · Negotiate Your Salary, by Kim Keating (Keating is the founder and managing director of Keating Advisors) · Man Up: Millennial Men and Equality, by Kunal Modi (Modi is a consultant at McKinsey & Company and a recent graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School) · Let’s Lean In Together, by Rachel Thomas (Thomas is the president of The Sheryl Sandberg & Dave Goldberg Family Foundation)· Own Who You Are, by Mellody Hobson (Hobson is the president of Ariel Investments) · Listen to Your Inner Voice, by Rachel Simmons (Simmons is cofounder of the Girls Leadership Institute) · 12 Lean In stories, short essays by readers around the world who have been inspired by Sandberg

Przyjaciele, kochankowie i ta Wielka Straszna Rzecz

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Niezachwianie szczera, poruszająca i zabawna. To jest książka, na którą wszyscy czekali!Matthew Perry, gwiazda serialu „Przyjaciele”, przenosi czytelników na scenę najbardziej znanego sitcomu wszechczasów, jednocześnie opowiadając o swoich prywatnych zmaganiach z uzależnieniem. Z typowymi dla siebie poczuciem humoru i szczerością szczegółowo opisuje trwającą całe życie walkę z chorobą i to, co ją napędzało, pomimo posiadania „wszystkiego”.„Przyjaciele, kochankowie i ta wielka, straszna rzecz” to autobiografia zawierająca najbardziej intymne szczegóły dotyczące utraconej miłości Perry’ego, jego najciemniejszych dni i najlepszych przyjaciół.„Jeśli chcesz się dowiedzieć, kim naprawdę jest Matthew Perry, nie czytaj brukowców – sięgnij po tę książkę”Marta Kauffman, współtwórczyni serialu NBC „Przyjaciele”

Conundrum

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One of the first-ever books on gender transition, this poignant memoir by a trans woman is “the best first-hand account ever written by a traveler across the boundaries of sex” (Newsweek). “A profoundly poetic story.” —The New York Times“An exquisite read.” —Maria Popova, The MarginalianThe great travel writer Jan Morris was born James Morris. James Morris distinguished himself in the British military, became a successful and physically daring reporter, climbed mountains, crossed deserts, and established a reputation as a historian of the British empire. He was happily married, with several children. To all appearances, he was not only a man, but a man’s man.Except that appearances, as James Morris had known from early childhood, can be deeply misleading. James Morris had known all his conscious life that at heart he was a woman.Conundrum, one of the earliest books to discuss transsexuality with honesty and without prurience, tells the story of James Morris’ hidden life and how he decided to bring it into the open, as he resolved first on a hormone treatment and, second, on risky experimental surgery that would turn him into the woman that he truly was.

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