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Il y a dans ce recueil trois textes différents. Le premier est un traité de suicide. Drieu raconte ici les diverses tentatives de suicide auxquelles, depuis l'âge de sept ans, il s'est livré. Il esquisse une sorte de philosophie du suicide qui, à la lueur de sa mort, prend des résonances singulièrement profondes. Le second fragment est un journal tenu par Drieu, du 11 octobre 1944 au 13 mars 1945. Ce sont des notations au jour le jour sur le suicide, toujours, la situation politique, ses lectures, ses états d'âme, et un ouvrage qu'il écrivait à ce moment-là : Dirk Raspe. Le troisième texte est un court fragment, dans lequel l'auteur retrace rapidement son évolution politique, entre la guerre de 1914-1918, et celle 1940-1945.

Sinatra's Century

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In celebration of his one-hundredth birthday, a charming, irresistibly readable, and handsomely packaged look back at the life and times of the greatest entertainer in American history, Frank Sinatra.Sinatra’s Century is an irresistible collection of one-hundred short reflections on the man, his music, and his larger-than-life story, by a lifetime fan who also happens to be one of the poetry world’s most prominent voices. David Lehman uses each of these short pieces to look back on a single facet of the entertainer’s story—from his childhood in Hoboken, to his emergence as “The Voice” in the 1940s, to the wild professional (and romantic) fluctuations that followed. Lehman offers new insights and revisits familiar stories—Sinatra’s dramatic love affairs with some of the most beautiful stars in Hollywood, including Lauren Bacall, Marilyn Monroe, and Ava Gardner; his fall from grace in the late 1940s and resurrection during the “Capitol Years” of the 1950s; his bonds with the rest of the Rat Pack; and his long tenure as the Chairman of the Board, viewed as the eminence grise of popular music inspiring generations of artists, from Bobby Darin to Bono to Bob Dylan.Brimming with Lehman’s own lifelong affection for Sinatra, the book includes lists of unforgettable performances; engaging insight on what made Sinatra the model of American machismo—and the epitome of romance; and clear-eyed assessments of the foibles that impacted his life and work. Warm and enlightening, Sinatra’s Century is full-throated appreciation of Sinatra for every fan.

Ascent

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Willi Unsoeld, a legend among mountaineers--a man whom Bill Moyers calls one of the few giants he has ever met--fearlessly challenged the world's highest peaks and inspired a generation of climbers with his legacy.Ascent is the story of his life--a thrilling tale of physical and spiritual adventure that captures the hypnotic force behind this extraordinary personality. From his triumphant conquest of Everest's forbidding West Ridge to the tragic loss of his daughter on the treacherous slopes of Nanda Devi to his final, fatal attempt at Mount Rainier, we see Willi as guru and guide, lover of danger and philosopher of risk--a man whose indomitable spirit triggered such devotion that people followed him fearlessly to extraordinary heights and, sometimes, even to their deaths. A dramatic saga of bravery, daring, and the search for spiritual truth, Ascent brilliantly captures the mythic figure of Willi Unsoeld.

Je n'ai plus peur

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Jamais encore Jean-Claude Guillebaud ne s'était livré avec tant de confiance. Il touche au plus profond. Ses questions, ses peurs et ses blessures sont les nôtres. Alternant l'aveu intime et la réflexion, son itinéraire nous éclaire sur nous-mêmes. Porté par la joie, ce livre en appelle, page après page, à "l'enchantement d'être vivant'.

My Life as a Villainess

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New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman, a journalist for many years, collects here her recent essays exploring motherhood as an older mom, her life as a reader, her relationships with her parents, friendship, and other topics that will resonate with a large audience. Her voice is wry and relatable, her takes often surprising.Meet the Woman Behind the Books…In this collection of new and previously published essays, New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman offers her take on a woman's life across the decades. Her childhood and school years, her newspaper career, her experiences as a novelist—Lippman finds universal touchstones in an unusual life that has as many twists as her award-winning crime fiction. Essays include:· Men Explain The Wire to Me· Game of Crones· My Life as a Villainess· My Father’s Bar· The 31st StockingThese candid essays offer long-time readers insight into the experiences that helped Lippman become one of the most successful crime novelists of her generation.

Lean In

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#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A landmark manifesto" (The New York Times) that's a revelatory, inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth that will empower women around the world to achieve their full potential. In her famed TED talk, Sheryl Sandberg described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which has been viewed more than eleven million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto. Lean In continues that conversation, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can. Sandberg, COO of Meta (previously called Facebook) from 2008-2022, provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career. She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment, and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women both in the workplace and at home.

André Gide: Die Geschichte eines Europäers

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Geprägt von tiefer Verehrung und Bewunderung schreibt Klaus Mann als sein letztes Werk die erste ausführliche Darstellung des französischen Nobelpreisträgers in deutscher Sprache. Mit persönlicher Note gelingt es Mann die denkerischen Konflikte Gides mit detailreichem Einfühlungsvermögen abzuzeichnen. Er schafft damit eine Symbiose zwischen der Darstellung seines eigenen schriftstellerischen Könnens und einem Einblick in die Persönlichkeit Gides.-

La Bête inhumaine

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« Je hais viscéralement cette putain de race humaine, y compris moi-même. » « Durant mon existence, j’ai tué vingt et une personnes, j’ai commis des milliers de cambriolages, vols ou actes de pyromanie, et j’ai aussi sodomisé plus d’un millier d’hommes. Et je n’en ai pas le moindre remords. Je n’ai pas de conscience et ça ne me trouble pas le moins du monde. Je ne crois pas en l’humanité, ni à Dieu ou au Diable. » « Je n’ai aucune envie de changer. Mon seul désir est de réformer ceux qui tentent de me changer. Et je crois que l’unique manière de réformer des personnes, c’est de les tuer. » Ainsi s’exprime Carl Panzram, le premier tueur en série à avoir écrit son autobiographie pendant son séjour dans le Couloir de la mort de la prison de Leavenworth en 1929-1930. Il est incarcéré dès l’âge de onze ans et ne connaît plus que de rares moments de liberté, jusqu’à sa pendaison le 5 septembre 1930.

WILL

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Die Lebensgeschichte des Megastars – emotional und inspirierend Wie wird man Will Smith – einer der größten Hollywoodstars? Der Musiker, Schauspieler und Produzent macht für seinen großen Erfolg vor allem seinen eisernen Willen und sein Durchhaltevermögen verantwortlich. Schon früh musste er lernen, was es heißt, sich durchzubeißen und niemals aufzugeben. Seine Kindheit mit strengem, gewalttätigem Vater, der schnelle Musik-Erfolg als Teenager, der tiefe Fall und Wiederaufstieg als Prince von Bel Air sind dabei nur einige der prägenden Stationen. Zusammen mit dem Nr.1-NYT-Bestsellerautor Mark Manson spürt Smith all diesen Momenten und den Emotionen, die ihn entscheidend beeinflussten, nach und enthüllt sein beispielloses Erfolgsgeheimnis in seiner inspirierenden Autobiografie.

The Travels Volume One

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Volume One of the thirteenth-century Venetian explorer’s famous travelogue, recounting his historic journeys through Asia and his encounters with Kublai Khan.In 1271, Marco Polo embarked from Venice on a voyage to China. Together with his father and uncle, he came upon the court of the Mongolian emperor Kublai Khan. After twenty years in the service of the Great Khan, the Polos returned home—only for Marco to be taken prisoner during a conflict between Venice and Genoa. While detained, Marco recounted the incredible stories of his many travels—through China, Burma, Sumatra, India, and Siam, across the Gobi Desert and the mountains of Tibet, encountering strange customs, religions, fabrics, and spices—to his fellow prisoner, the scribe Rustichello da Pisa. Marco Polo’s epic travelogue brought vivid depictions of the Far East to medieval Europe, offering a fascinating glimpse into lands and cultures previously unknown to Western scholars. The first book of this two-volume edition encompasses Polo’s journeys through the Middle East and Central Asia, and his introduction to Kublai Khan.

How Taylor Swift Became Famous

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This ebook explains Taylor Swift's biography and rise to fame. Taylor Swift's rise to fame is due to many factors. But one thing is certain. She will be remembered as one of the greatest female artists of all time given her numerous musical achievements online and offline. She managed to enter the Guiness World Book of Records because of her exceptional music. Read this e-book for more about Taylor Swift's rise to fame.

Cyndi Lauper: A Memoir

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Legendary singer, songwriter, actress, and activist Cyndi Lauper offers a personal account of the journey that led her to become an international superstar in this “moving story of an American musical original” (Kirkus Reviews).Icon Cyndi Lauper offers a poignant account of the journey that led her to become an international superstar—from her years growing up in Queens, New York, to the making of enduring hits like “Time After Time,” “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” and “True Colors,” to becoming an actress, a mother, an outspoken activist, and maintaining a music career that has lasted more than thirty years.After leaving her childhood home at seventeen, Cyndi took on a series of jobs: racetrack hot walker, IHOP waitress, and, as she puts it, “gal Friday the thirteenth,” as she pursued her passion for music. She worked her way up playing small gigs and broke out in 1983 with She’s So Unusual, which earned her a Grammy for Best New Artist and made her the first female artist in history to have four top-five singles on a debut album. And while global fame wasn’t always what she expected, she has remained focused on what matters most. Cyndi is a gutsy real-life heroine who has never been afraid to speak her mind and stick up for a cause—whether it’s women’s rights, gay rights, or fighting against HIV/AIDS.With her trademark warmth and humor, Cyndi fearlessly writes of a life she’s lived only on her own terms, perfect for fans of Patti Smith’s Just Kids and Billy Idol’s Dancing with Myself.

Mahatma Gandhi – The Man Who Became One With the Universal Being

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This edition presents the life and legacy of the legendary Indian Political Leader written by Romain Rolland, French novelist and Nobel Prize winner. The book includes the historical facts about the Indian culture and history, telling a lot about the British colonization and how they got their independence while trying to keep the violence at minimum under the leadership of Mahatma. Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British Rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Rolland's book shows Gandhi's greatness and humanity, and promote being human, regardless of any religion or profession. Gandhi symbolizes the human aspect of politics and political and spiritual leadership. The biography also offers some historical facts about the Indian culture and history, telling a lot about the British colonization and how they got their independence while trying to keep the violence at minimum under the leadership of Mahatma.

Cartas a Theo

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Vincent Van Gogh le escribió a su hermano Theo más de seiscientas cincuenta cartas. En este epistolario, un testimonio desgarrado frente a la vida, Vincent no solo volcó sus ideas sobre la pintura sino también sobre al realidad que lo rodeaba. Las cartas que Vincent Van Gogh le escribió a su hermano Theo desde 1872 en adelante, constituyen una fuente biográfica única e invalorable para conocer los objetivos, pasiones, esperanzas y desilusiones del pintor. Son un testimonio vivido, casi al modo de un diario, en el que el gran artista da cuenta de su cotidianidad así como de su inestable salud física y mental. Después de haber inspirado biografías, películas, obras de teatro, documentales, estudios académicos y miniseries televisivas, estas cartas extraordinarias y conmovedoras se han transformado, a través de los años, en un grito desgarrado frente a la vida, en una utopía sobre la comunidad de artistas, en un gran documento humano que muestra al verdadero Van Gogh, por él mismo.

Bowie

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Simon Critchley first encountered David Bowie in the early seventies, when the singer appeared on Britain’s most-watched music show, Top of the Pops. His performance of “Starman” mesmerized Critchley: it was “so sexual, so knowing, so strange.” Two days later Critchley’s mum bought a copy of the single; she liked both the song and the performer’s bright orange hair (she had previously been a hairdresser). The seed of a lifelong love affair was thus planted in the mind of her son, aged 12.In this concise and engaging excursion through the songs of one of the world’s greatest pop stars, Critchley, whose writings on philosophy have garnered widespread praise, melds personal narratives of how Bowie lit up his dull life in southern England’s suburbs with philosophical forays into the way concepts of authenticity and identity are turned inside out in Bowie’s work. The result is nearly as provocative and mind-expanding as the artist it portrays.

I fratelli Wright

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L’avventura di due uomini che hanno cambiato la storia dell’umanità. Nel 1903, due fratelli americani furono i protagonisti di un avvenimento epocale. Il 17 dicembre di quell’anno, il Flyer, la macchina ideata e costruita da Wilbur e Orville Wright, fu il primo veicolo ad alzarsi in volo con un pilota a bordo, segnando l’atto di nascita dell’era dell’aviazione. Un percorso costellato di tappe fondamentali, come i primi esperimenti di volo sulle dune degli Outer Banks, il clamoroso successo di Wilbur in Francia, le esaltanti esibizioni di Orville a Washington. Da un acclamato autore americano, vincitore di due premi Pulitzer e due National Book Award, la biografia più completa e documentata dei mitici pionieri del volo.

Long Walk to Freedom

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"Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand history – and then go out and change it." –President Barack Obama Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize and the presidency of his country. After his triumphant release in 1990 from more than a quarter-century of imprisonment, Mandela was at the center of the most compelling and inspiring political drama in the world. As president of the African National Congress and head of South Africa's antiapartheid movement, he was instrumental in moving the nation toward multiracial government and majority rule. He is still revered everywhere as a vital force in the fight for human rights and racial equality.Long Walk to Freedom is his moving and exhilarating autobiography, destined to take its place among the finest memoirs of history's greatest figures. Here for the first time, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela told the extraordinary story of his life -- an epic of struggle, setback, renewed hope, and ultimate triumph. The book that inspired the major motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.

Conversations with Isaac Newton

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Isaac Newton's influence on our world is immense. He formulated the theory of gravity, devised a radical new theory of light and created a calculus that would revolutionize mathematics. His theory of matter in motion sparked the Industrial Revolution. But there was far more to Newton even than these great discoveries. Opening with an informative foreword by the bestselling author of The Body Bill Bryson, the book is then divided into two parts: a biographical essay that provides a concise overview of Newton's life, upbringing, education and achievements; and a Q&A dialogue based on rigorous research and incorporating Newton's actual spoken or written words whenever possible. Biographer Michael White brings Newton to life through detailed research and giving Newton a free voice to tell you about his unorthodox upbringing, his eminent political career, his bitter feuds with rivals and his secret explorations of the occult.

With Their Backs to the World

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From beloved international reporter Ã...ne Seierstad comes a remarkable exploration of the lives of ordinary Serbs under the regime of Slobodan Milosevic-during the dramatic events leading up to his fall, and finally in the troubled years that have followed. Seierstad traveled extensively through Serbia between 1999 and 2004, following the lives of people from across the political spectrum. Her moving and perceptive account follows nationalists, Titoists, Yugonostalgics, rock stars, fugitives, and poets. Seierstad brings her acclaimed attention to detail to bear on the lives of those whom she encounters in With Their Backs to the World, as she creates a kaleidoscopic portrait of a nation made up of so many different-and often conflicting-hopes, dreams, and points of view.

Vie de Tolstoï (L'édition intégrale)

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Ce livre numérique présente "Vie de Tolstoï (L'édition intégrale)" avec une table des matières dynamique et détaillée. Notre édition a été spécialement conçue pour votre tablette/liseuse et le texte a été relu et corrigé soigneusement. La Vie de Tolstoï est une biographie critique de Léon Tolstoï écrite par Romain Rolland. Cette biographie est d’abord un hommage de Romain Rolland à un auteur qu’il a aimé et estimé. « Cette grande âme » disait-il en l’évoquant. En trois ans, de 1885 à 1887, les grandes œuvres de Tolstoï sont traduites en français et publiées à Paris. « Jamais, s’exclame-t-il, une voix pareille à celle de Tolstoï n’avait encore retenti en Europe». Il va exercer alors une grande influence sur la jeune génération des intellectuels français, aussi bien pour l'originalité de ses idées que pour les fresques qu'il brosse de l'histoire russe à travers les deux œuvres maîtresses de la maturité que sont Guerre et paix et Anna Karénine. Romain Rolland (1866-1944), est un écrivain français, lauréat du Prix Nobel de littérature en 1915.Table des matières: La lumière qui vient de s'éteindre Histoire de mon Enfance Les récits du Caucase Les Cosaques Récits de Sébastopol Trois Morts Bonheur Conjugal Guerre et Paix Anna Karénine Les Confessions et la crise religieuse La crise sociale: Que devons-nous faire? La critique de l'Art Les Contes Populaires La Puissance des Ténèbres La Mort d'Ivan Iliitch La Sonate à Kreutzer Résurrection Les idées sociales de Tolstoï Sa figure avait pris les traits définitifs Le combat était terminé

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