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Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica

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A humorous fictionalisation of the life of Napoleon Bonaparte written by American author, editor and satirist John Kendrick Bangs. Very funny spoof biography of Napoleon, almost Marx-esque at some moments.

Watching Evil Dead

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From the bestselling author of Bird Box and Incidents Around the House, an impassioned book about a night that changed the author’s life and put into perspective the writing life—and how you too can be inspired to face the fears that might hold you back from doing your best workOne night, bestselling author Josh Malerman—then just an aspiring writer—watched Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead with his fiancée and two friends. It was a gathering that could’ve gone unnoticed, another date night with a movie, but for Malerman, it became a landmark. It changed the course of his life, and it will inspire you to reflect on your own journey and to discover existing triumphs that are within you already.Describing the course of the night, Malerman reflects on his life, from his career as a musician to his stack of rough drafts, written prior to ever being published—and on how meeting the love of his life, a fellow creative, opened him to new experiences and new ways of viewing the world they now quest through together.Malerman deploys his own story to help readers not only write their unwritten stories but celebrate their uncelebrated victories: to find their voice, their vision, and their joie de vivre. By simply describing an uncommon and uncanny night, he guides aspiring writers beyond the blank page to the immortal life of the writer.

Faster

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From the bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of Genius and Chaos, a bracing work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world. Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday sphere dominated by cell phones, computers, faxes, and remote controls. Yet for all the hours, minutes, and even seconds being saved, we're still filling our days to the point that we have no time for such basic human activities as eating, sex, and relating to our families. Written with fresh insight and thorough research, Faster is a wise and witty look at a harried world not likely to slow down anytime soon.

The Supreme Commander

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In this classic portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower the soldier, bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose examines the Allied commander’s leadership during World War II. Ambrose brings Eisenhower’s experience of the Second World War to life, showing in vivid detail how the general’s skill as a diplomat and a military strategist contributed to Allied successes in North Africa and in Europe, and established him as one of the greatest military leaders in the world. Ambrose, then the Associate Editor of the General’s official papers, analyzes Eisenhower’s difficult military decisions and his often complicated relationships with powerful personalities like Churchill, de Gaulle, Roosevelt, and Patton. This is the definitive account of Eisenhower’s evolution as a military leader—from its dramatic beginnings through his time at the top post of Allied command.

JFK

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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian takes us as close as we have ever been to the real John F. Kennedy in this revelatory biography of the iconic, yet still elusive, thirty-fifth president. “An utterly incandescent study of one of the most consequential figures of the twentieth century.”—Jill Lepore, author of These Truths: A History of the United StatesWINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE • NAMED BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR BY The Times (London)ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Sunday Times (London), New Statesman, The Daily Telegraph, Kirkus ReviewsBy the time of his assassination in 1963, John F. Kennedy stood at the helm of the greatest power the world had ever seen, a booming American nation that he had steered through some of the most perilous diplomatic standoffs of the Cold War. Born in 1917 to a striving Irish American family that had become among Boston’s wealthiest, Kennedy knew political ambition from an early age, and his meteoric rise to become the youngest elected president cemented his status as one of the most mythologized figures in American history. And while hagiographic portrayals of his dazzling charisma, reports of his extramarital affairs, and disagreements over his political legacy have come and gone in the decades since his untimely death, these accounts all fail to capture the full person.Beckoned by this gap in our historical knowledge, Fredrik Logevall has spent much of the last decade searching for the “real” JFK. The result of this prodigious effort is a sweeping two-volume biography that properly contextualizes Kennedy amidst the roiling American Century. This volume spans the first thirty-nine years of JFK’s life—from birth through his decision to run for president—to reveal his early relationships, his formative experiences during World War II, his ideas, his writings, his political aspirations. In examining these pre–White House years, Logevall shows us a more serious, independently minded Kennedy than we’ve previously known, whose distinct international sensibility would prepare him to enter national politics at a critical moment in modern U.S. history. Along the way, Logevall tells the parallel story of America’s midcentury rise. As Kennedy comes of age, we see the charged debate between isolationists and interventionists in the years before Pearl Harbor; the tumult of the Second World War, through which the United States emerged as a global colossus; the outbreak and spread of the Cold War; the domestic politics of anti-Communism and the attendant scourge of McCarthyism; the growth of television’s influence on politics; and more. JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956 is a sweeping history of the United States in the middle decades of the twentieth century, as well as the clearest portrait we have of this enigmatic American icon.

Behind the Scenes

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The revealing memoir of a woman who bought her freedom from slavery and became a White House dressmaker and confidant to Mary Todd Lincoln. Born into slavery in Virginia, Elizabeth Keckley was whipped, sexually abused, and separated from her mother for long stretches of time. When her master eventually settled in St. Louis, Missouri, Keckley resolved to buy her freedom. She put to use her talents as a seamstress and found patrons among the wives of the city’s elite, eventually earning enough money to move with her young son to Washington, DC. In the nation’s capital, Keckley started her own business and soon had commissions from the wives of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, Stephen A. Douglas, and Edwin Stanton. Hired by Mary Todd Lincoln to be her personal modiste, Keckley formed a close friendship with the first lady, a relationship strengthened by the tragedies they endured together, including the deaths of their sons and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Published to great controversy in 1868, Behind the Scenes offers an intimate and revealing portrait of life inside the White House as well as the stirring story of one woman’s fight to rise above the horrors of slavery. Frequently cited in studies of the Civil War and biographies of the Lincolns, it is a must read for students of American history. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Fug You

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Fug You is Ed Sanders's unapologetic and often hilarious account of eight key years of "total assault on the culture," to quote his novelist friend William S. Burroughs.Fug You traces the flowering years of New York's downtown bohemia in the sixties, starting with the marketing problems presented by publishing F**k You / A Magazine of the Arts, as it faced the aboveground's scrutiny, and leading to Sanders's arrest after a raid on his Peace Eye Bookstore. The memoir also traces the career of the Fugs -- formed in 1964 by Sanders and his neighbor, the legendary Tuli Kupferberg (called "the world's oldest living hippie" by Allen Ginsberg) -- as Sanders strives to find a home for this famous postmodern, innovative anarcho-folk-rock band in the world of record labels.

Barack Obama Plenamente Revelado

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El libro electrónico es una biografía de la vida de Obama de niño y de sus trabajos antes, durante y después de ser el 44º presidente de los Estados Unidos.Barack Hussein Obama nació el 4 de agosto de 1961 en Honolulu, Hawái. Es un político y abogado estadounidense que fue el 44º presidente durante dos mandatos, de 2009 a 2017. Es hijo de padres de Kenia y Kansas. El padre de Barack Obama, Barack Obama Senior, nació de la etnia Luo en la provincia de Nyanza, Kenia. El padre de Obama creció pastoreando cabras en África. Con el tiempo, recibió una beca que le permitió abandonar Kenia y seguir sus sueños de ir a la universidad en Hawai. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la madre de Obama, Ann Dunham, nació en una base militar en Wichita, Kansas. Mientras estudiaba en la Universidad de Hawai en Manoa, el padre de Obama conoció a su compañera Ann Dunham. Ambos se casaron el 2 de febrero de 1961, y Obama Junior nació seis meses después. Obama padre se marchó poco después del nacimiento de Obama hijo, y la pareja se divorció dos años después. En 1965, Ann Dunham se volvió a casar con Lolo Soetoro, un estudiante indonesio de la Universidad de Hawai. Doce meses después, la nueva familia se trasladó a Yakarta (Indonesia), donde nació la hermanastra de Obama Junior, Maya Soetoro Ng, en 1970. Una serie de incidentes en Indonesia hicieron que Ann Dunham no estuviera segura de la seguridad y la educación de Obama Junior. Así que, cuando tenía 10 años, Obama Junior fue enviado de vuelta a Hawaii para vivir con sus abuelos maternos. Ann Dunham y la hermanastra de Obama Junior, Maya Soetoro Ng, se unieron a ellos más tarde. Barack Obama Junior crece De niño, Barack Obama Junior no tenía relación con su padre. Mientras Obama Junior era todavía un bebé, su padre se trasladó a Massachusetts para asistir a la Universidad de Harvard y realizar un doctorado. Los padres de Obama Junior se separaron oficialmente después de algún tiempo y finalmente se divorciaron en marzo de 1964, cuando Obama Junior tenía dos años. Después de un tiempo, Obama padre regresó a Kenia. Barack Obama sufrió la ausencia de su padre durante su infancia, al que solo vio una vez más tras el divorcio de sus padres. Fue cuando Obama padre visitó Hawái durante un corto periodo de tiempo en 1971. ”[Mi padre] se había ido del paraíso, y nada de lo que me dijeran mi madre o mis abuelos podía obviar ese hecho único e inexpugnable”, reflexionó más tarde Obama hijo. ”No podían describir cómo habría sido si se hubiera quedado”. Mientras vivía con sus abuelos, Obama Junior se matriculó en la estimada Academia Punahou. Destacó en baloncesto y se graduó con honores académicos en 1979. Como era uno de los tres únicos alumnos negros de la escuela, Obama Junior tomó conciencia del racismo y de lo que realmente significaba ser afroamericano. Obama Junior describió más tarde cómo luchaba por conciliar las percepciones sociales de su herencia multirracial con su sentido de identidad: ”Me di cuenta de que no había nadie como yo en el catálogo de Navidad de Sears, Roebuck.... y que Papá Noel era un hombre blanco”. Obama Junior escribió: ”Entré en el cuarto de baño y me paré frente al espejo con todos mis sentidos y miembros aparentemente intactos, con el mismo aspecto de siempre, y me pregunté si algo estaba mal en mí”.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Aatmakatha Sanskshipt

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મહાત્મા ગાંધીજીએ મૂળગ્રંથો ગુજરાતીમાં લખ્યા હતા, જેનું પછીથી અંગ્રેજીમાં ભાષાંતર કરવામાં આવ્યું. અત્યારના વાચકોમાં ગાંધીજીની ‘આત્મકથા’સંક્ષિપ્તમાં વાંચવાની ઉત્સુકતા વધી રહી છે. ખાસ કરીને વિદ્યાર્થીઓમાં આ માંગ વધુ જોવા મળવા પામી છે. આ સંક્ષિપ્ત આવૃત્તિમાં મહાત્મા ગાંધીજીના જીવનની મહત્ત્વની પ્રત્યેક ઘટનાઓનો સમાવેશ થયો છે, જે વાચકોને લાભદાયક તેમજ વાચકો માટે પ્રેરક બની રહેશે. પૂ. બાપૂ કહે છે કે, ‘‘સત્યના પ્રયોગો કરતાં મેં રસ લૂંટ્યો છે, આજે લૂંટી રહ્યો છું. પણ હું જાણું છું કે મારે હજુ વિકટ માર્ગ કાપવાનો છે. તેને સારુ મારે શૂન્યવત્‌ બનવાનું છે. મનુષ્ય જ્યાં લગી સ્વેચ્છાએ પોતાને સહુથી છેલ્લો ન મૂકે ત્યાં લગી તેની મુક્તિ નથી. અહિંસા એ નમ્રતાની પરાકાષ્ઠા છે.’’ ગાંધીજીની આ ‘સંક્ષિપ્ત આત્મકથા’ને વાચકોનો અભૂતપૂર્વ આવકાર મળશે તેમજ વાચકો મહાત્મા ગાંધીના વિચારો તેમજ સત્યના પ્રયોગોથી પ્રેરણા લઈને પોતાના જીવનને પ્રેરણાદાયક બનાવશે તેમાં શંકાને કોઈ સ્થાન નથી એમ કહીએ તો અતિશયોક્તિ નહીં થાય.

Up Till Now

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After almost sixty years as an actor, William Shatner has become one of the most beloved entertainers in the world. And it seems as if Shatner is everywhere. In Up Till Now, Shatner sits down with readers and offers the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well, everywhere. It was the original Star Trek series, and later its films, that made Shatner instantly recognizable, called by name---or at least by Captain Kirk's name---across the globe. But Shatner neither began nor has ended his career with that role. From the very start, he took his skills as an actor and put them to use wherever he could. He straddled the classic world of the theater and the new world of television, whether stepping in for Christopher Plummer in Shakespeare's Henry V or staring at "something on the wing" in a classic episode of The Twilight Zone. And since then, he's gone on to star in numerous successful shows, such as T.J. Hooker,Rescue 911, and Boston Legal. William Shatner has always been willing to take risks for his art. What other actor would star in history's first---and probably only---all-Esperanto-language film? Who else would share the screen with thousands of tarantulas, release an album called Has Been, or film a racially incendiary film in the Deep South during the height of the civil rights era? And who else would willingly paramotor into a field of waiting fans armed with paintball guns, all waiting for a chance to stun Captain...er, Shatner?In this touching and very funny autobiography, William Shatner's Up Till Now reveals the man behind these unforgettable moments, and how he's become the worldwide star and experienced actor he is today."It is now Bill Shatner's universe---we just live in it."---New York Daily News

Gobi, un piccolo cane con un grande cuore

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Nel 2016 Dion Leonard, un esperto ultramaratoneta, incontra inaspettatamente una piccola cagnolina randagia durante una gara di 250 chilometri attraverso il deserto dei Gobi, in Cina. La cucciola, che sarà ribattezzata Gobi, dimostra che quello che le manca nella taglia è ampiamente ricompensato dalla grandezza del suo cuore: comincia a seguire Dion passo dopo passo, attraverso le impervie montagne Tian Shan, mantenendo il passo con lui per circa 130 chilometri. Quando Dion si rende conto dell'incredibile determinazione di questo piccolo animale, qualcosa dentro di lui cambia per sempre. Così si ritrova a farla dormire nella sua tenda e a portarla in braccio durante il percorso, nonostante il rischio di restare indietro o addirittura di non terminare la gara. Fino a quel momento si era sempre concentrato sulla vittoria, cercando costantemente di migliorare le proprie performance, ma il suo obiettivo ora è semplicemente quello di assicurarsi che Gobi sia al sicuro, nutrita e ben idratata. Anche se non arriva primo, Dion sente di aver vinto qualcosa di ben più importante: un nuovo sguardo sulla vita e una nuova amica che decide di portare a casa con sé. Per riuscirci dovrà affrontare mille imprevisti e difficoltà, ma alla fine, riuscirà a riunirsi con la straordinaria creatura che ha dimostrato a lui e al mondo che i miracoli sono possibili. Gobi Un piccolo cane con un grande cuore è una storia di speranza, resilienza e amicizia, che dimostra ancora una volta che i cani sono davvero i migliori amici dell'uomo. E su questa straordinaria vicenda presto Twentieth Century Fox realizzerà un film.

Julius Caesar

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A fascinating, comprehensive biography of the cunning Roman conqueror Julius Caesar.More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped Rome for generations, and his name became a synonym for “emperor”—not only in Rome but as far away as Germany and Russia. He is best known as the general who defeated the Gauls and doubled the size of Rome’s territories. But, as Philip Freeman describes in this fascinating new biography, Caesar was also a brilliant orator, an accomplished writer, a skilled politician, and much more.Julius Caesar was a complex man, both hero and villain. He possessed great courage, ambition, honor, and vanity. Born into a noble family that had long been in decline, he advanced his career cunningly, beginning as a priest and eventually becoming Rome’s leading general. He made alliances with his rivals and then discarded them when it suited him. He was a spokesman for the ordinary people of Rome, who rallied around him time and again, but he profited enormously from his conquests and lived opulently. Eventually he was murdered in one of the most famous assassinations in history.Caesar’s contemporaries included some of Rome’s most famous figures, from the generals Marius, Sulla, and Pompey to the orator and legislator Cicero as well as the young politicians Mark Antony and Octavius (later Caesar Augustus). Caesar’s legendary romance with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra still fascinates us today.In this splendid biography, Freeman presents Caesar in all his dimensions and contradictions. With remarkable clarity and brevity, Freeman shows how Caesar dominated a newly powerful Rome and shaped its destiny. This book will captivate readers discovering Caesar and ancient Rome for the first time as well as those who have a deep interest in the classical world.

Essere Ram Dass

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Nato nel 1931 Richard Alpert, meglio noto come Ram Dass, racconta in dettaglio, con la schiettezza disarmante e l’irresistibile umorismo che lo hanno sempre distinto, le esperienze da lui vissute mentre il mondo occidentale muoveva i primi passi con le sostanze psichedeliche e andava incontro all’Oriente alla ricerca di una spiritualità più viva e profonda. Psicologo ad Harvard, nel 1967 Ram Dass si reca infatti in India dove, dopo mille vicissitudini, incontra il suo maestro Neem Karoli Baba. Sotto la sua guida viene introdotto alla meditazione e allo yoga e, soprattutto, alla visione oltre i propri condizionamenti e schemi mentali. Il dirompente cambiamento da lui vissuto ha provocato di riflesso un grosso impatto sulle trasformazioni culturali e spirituali della sua generazione. Forse nessuno più di Ram Dass ha alimentato in Occidente l’amore e l’ardore per la ricerca spirituale. Se hai mai fatto tua la frase “essere qui, adesso”, se hai praticato meditazione o yoga, provato sostanze psichedeliche, aiutato qualcuno in casa di cura, carcere o rifugio per senzatetto, se sei mai andato alla ricerca della verità spingendoti oltre le credenze sociali, rompendo schemi, osando e arrivando fino ai confini della percezione umana, allora la storia di Ram Dass è anche la tua.

Marcel Proust

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The celebrated novelist and influential cultural critic's classic biography of one of history's most important writers, Marcel ProustIf there is anyone worthy of producing an intimate biography of the enigmatic genius behind Remembrance of Things Past, it is Edmund White, himself an award- winning writer for whom Marcel Proust has long been an obsession. White introduces us not only to the recluse endlessly rewriting his one massive work through the night, but also the darling of Parisian salons, the grasper after honors, and the closeted homosexual-a subject this book is the first to explore openly. From the frothiest gossip to the deepest angst, here is a moving portrait to be treasured by anyone looking for an introduction to this literary icon.

80 ans un certain âge

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« Du zénith au crépuscule, comment change-t-on avec l'âge ? Naguère, on craignait la crise de la quarantaine. C'est ainsi qu'en 1978 j'avais décidé d'écrire À mi-vie avec cette introduction : "Les tables d'espérance de vie me créditent d'une durée à peu près égale à celle que je viens de consommer. Statistiquement, me voici donc à mi-vie".Et tout à coup, je me retrouve toujours là, mais entretemps, le quadra(génaire) est devenu un octo(génaire). La terre a tourné, les naissances et les morts se sont succédé autour de moi. Le temps a passé, en quoi m'a-t-il transformé ? Le monde autour de moi est-il si différent ?Désormais "officiellement" vieux, je découvre que je suis plus content que jamais d'être vivant.Derrière moi une vie, devant moi quelques années. Je ressens, chaque jour, qu'elles n'en sont que plus précieuses. Après 80 ans, on joue les prolongations. J'apprends à vivre chaque instant, comme un cadeau de plus du destin. »JLSS.

Trump: Think Like a Billionaire

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It’s not good enough to want it. You’ve got to know how to get it. Real estate titan, bestselling author, and TV star Donald J. Trump is the man to teach you the billionaire mind-set–how to think about money, career skills, and life. Here is crucial advice on investing in real estate from the expert, everything from dealing with brokers to renovating to assessing the value of property, buying and selling, and securing a mortgage. Trump will show you how to cut costs, decide how much risk to assume in your investments, and divide up your portfolio. He’ll also teach you how to impress anyone, how to correct or criticize someone effectively, and how to know if your friends are loyal–everything you need to know to get ahead.And once you’ve earned your money, you’ve got to learn to spend it well. Trump presents his consumer guide to the best things in life, from wine to golf clubs to engagement rings. Check out the billionaire lifestyle–how they shop and what they buy. Even if you’re not superwealthy, you can afford many of these luxuries.And what look inside the Trump world would be complete without The Apprentice? Trump will take you behind the scenes, from the end of season one and into season two, with insights into the making and the meaning of TV’s hottest show.As Donald Trump proves, getting rich is easy. Staying rich is harder. Your chances are better, and you’ll have more fun, if you think like a billionaire. This is the book that will help you make a real difference in your life.

Aleister Crowley

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Héritier à l’âge de 21 ans d’une fortune qui aurait pu faire de lui un rentier jusqu’à la fin de ses jours, Edward Alexander Crowley a préféré dévouer sa vie à l’exploration des vastes territoires du mysticisme oriental et du sexe tantrique. Après quelques années passées à acquérir l’enseignement hermétique de la Golden Dawn, et suite à de passionnantes expéditions qui l’ont mené des confins de la Chine aux montagnes escarpées de l’Himalaya, Aleister Crowley adopte le surnom de Bête 666 et fonde son propre système de « magick sexuelle », imprégnant de sa marque indélébile plusieurs organisations occultes telles que l'Astrum Argentum et l'Ordo Templi Orientis. Cet ouvrage de Tobias Churton, basé sur des documents inédits et sur la correspondance abondante que le « Frater Perdurabo » a entretenue avec ses nombreuses conquêtes et disciples de son abbaye de Thélème, dévoile un Crowley tour à tour poète, espion, révolutionnaire romantique, et avant tout, farouchement épris de liberté. Qu’il ait inventé le signe V de la victoire des Alliés pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, donné son surnom au « monstre » du Loch Ness, ou « influencé » la capture de Rudolf Hess, la vie d’Aleister aurait pu inspirer plusieurs romans, et les abondantes anecdotes présentes dans cette biographie richement illustrée en témoignent.

Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2

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It is clear that, in the early part of the voyage of the Beagle he did not feel it inconsistent with his views to express himself in thoroughly orthodox language as to the genesis of new species. Thus in 1834 he wrote* at Valparaiso: "I have already found beds of recent shells yet retaining their colour at an elevation of 1300 feet, and beneath the level country is strewn with them. It seems not a very improbable conjecture that the want of animals may be owing to none having been created since this country was raised from the sea." theological natural history than with his later views. Thus, in speaking of the birds Synallaxis and Scytalopus (1st edit. p. 353; 2nd edit. p. 289), he says: "When finding, as in this case, any animal which seems to play so insignificant a part in the great scheme of nature, one is apt to wonder why a distinct species should have been created."

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

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Published in 1861, Harriet Jacobs's "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" was one of the first of the personal slave narratives. At the time this book was first published Harriet Jacobs was living as an escaped slave in the North, a precarious position given the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850. Originally published under the pseudonym Linda Brent, "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" is a gripping first hand account of the brutality endured by slaves and one of the few ever written by a woman.

In i vildmarken

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I april 1992 begav sig den tjugotreårige amerikanen Christoper McCandless ut i Alaskas vildmark för att ensam vandra runt i naturen - utan mål, och utan att ens ha någon karta med sig. Innan han gav sig av hade han gett sig själv ett nytt namn: Alexander Supertramp. Han hade skänkt bort sina besparingar, övergett sin familj, bränt sin bil och sina kontanter och bestämt sig för att starta ett helt nytt liv. Fyra månader efter att han gett sig av hittades han död av en jägare. Han hade svultit ihjäl. In i vildmarken är Jon Krakauers självlysande, hyllade och nu klassiska skildring av John McCandless liv, längtan och tragiska död, berättad med lika delar nyfikenhet och ömsinthet. JON KRAKAUER, född 1954, är en amerikansk författare och bergsbestigare. Han har bland annat skrivit för tidskrifter som Outside och Rolling Stone. In i vildmarken [1996] var Krakauers stora genombrott som journalist och författare, och har sålt i flera miljoner exemplar. 1997 kom den lika hyllade, självupplevda Tunn luft, som även den blev en mångmiljonsäljare. 2007 blev In i vildmarken film i regi av Sean Penn. »Skrämmande och suggestivt. Ett hjärtskärande drama om mänsklig längtan.« The New York Times »Fängslande och tragisk. Omöjlig att lägga ifrån sig.« San Francisco Chronicle »Det må vara sakprosa, men In i vildmarken är ett mysteriedrama av bästa sort.« Entertainment Weekly »En berättelse med en enastående kraft.« Washington Post

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