Биографии и Мемуары
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Janis Joplin on saanud legendiks kui sisemise põlemise ja valu hukutatud raevukas, kirglik vaim, üks rockiajaloo harukordsemaid hääli. Kuid neil lehekülgedel maalib Holly George-Warren silmi avava ja väga põhjaliku portree naisest, keda ei kujundanud mitte ainult kannatused. Janis oli perfektsionist: kirglik, erudeeritud muusik, kellele oli antud suur anne, kuid kes nägi selle arendamisega ka erakordselt palju vaeva. Ta oli naine, kes nihutas soo ja seksuaalsuse piire ammu enne seda, kui see...
| Автор | Holly George-Warren |
Bedeutende Momente im bewegten Leben des großen Schweizer Wissenschaftlers und Entdeckers des LSD, Albert Hofmann, werden in diesem Hörspiel nachempfunden und reflektiert. Hofmanns «äußere Reisen», wie die nach Mexiko, sowie seine «inneren Reisen», so im Kreise seiner Freunde und Co-Psychonauten, finden in szenischer Umsetzung ebenso Platz in dieser Produktion wie die Worte der Laudatoren Ralph Metzner, Mathias Broeckers, Dieter Hagenbach, Lucius Werthmüller und Roger Liggenstorfer. Eine...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Written to commemorate the centenary of Karl Marx's birth, Max Beer, an Austrian historian of the socialist and Marxist movements, presents a clear, detailed and highly accessible work: the first half comprises a biography, full of fascinating quotations and insightful observations whilst the second analyses many aspects of Marx's historical and economic teachings, with useful exemplars. Furthermore, Beer gives a comprehensive description of Hegel's dialectical method, vital to an...
| Автор | Max Beer |
Sir Peter Ustinov ist unvergessen. Der Mann, der so vieles war: Schauspieler von Weltrang, weitgereister Erdenbürger, Kulturmensch, scharfsinniger Feingeist und ironie-begabter Humorist. Dieses Hörbuch ist eine Hommage an den Altmeister so vieler Disziplinen. Wir lauschen gebannt seinem Vortrag «Die Hohe Kunst der Unterhaltung», bei dem er uns aus ganzem Herzen lachen lässt. Wir feiern noch einmal seinen letzten runden Geburtstag in dem Feature «Ein Multitalent wird 80»und erfahren noch mehr...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Summary, Analysis, and Review of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me PLEASE NOTE: This is a key takeaways and analysis of the book and NOT the original book. Start Publishing Notes' Summary, Analysis, and Review of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me includes a summary of the book, review, analysis & key takeaways, and detailed About the Author section. PREVIEW: Ta-Nehisi Coates's book, Between the World and Me, is an autobiographical account of being...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Kirjeldus: Jüri Allik on viimased kümmekond aastat kuulunud psühhiaatria ja psühholoogia enimviidatud autorite 1% hulka, mis teeb temast Eesti ühe kõige mõjukama sotsiaalteadlase. Matkides Juri Lotmanit, on selles raamatus Jüri Alliku mittememuaarid. Kuigi geenid lubavad kümneid tuhandeid aastaid ajas tagasi vaadata, on selle raamatu põhiraskus autori vaimsetel rännakutel väga mitmekesisel maastikul, mis ulatub Eesti mütoloogiast kuni selle kohani ajus, millega eestlane tunneb ära õ-hääliku.
| Автор | Jüri Allik |
Elu presidendi kõrval on kõike muud kui tavaline. Selle raamatu on oma mälestuste põhjal kirja pannud Venemaa esimese presidendi Boriss Jeltsini abikaasa Naina Jeltsina. Siiras ja vahetu lugu kirjeldab kolkaküla tüdruku teekonda maailma ladviku hulka – saatuse tahtel sai Naina Jeltsina elust murrangulisel ajajärgul osa suure riigi ajaloost. Presidendi abikaasana nägi ta väga lähedalt erakordseid ajaloolisi sündmusi – Venemaa esimesed üldrahvalikud presidendivalimised, 1991. aasta augustiputš,...
| Автор | Naina Jeltsina |
In den Jahren 1895/96 unternimmt Fridtjof Nansen eine waghalsige Expedition zum Nordpol. Nach ein paar Monaten droht der Proviant auszugehen. Bei dem Versuch, einen Seehund zu harpunieren, kentert beinahe der Kajak, und die Jäger erleiden ein eiskaltes Bad. Jeden Abend schreibt Nansen seine Erlebnisse zitternd vor Kälte im Zelt sitzend auf – besessen von dem Gedanken, den Pol zu erreichen. Johannes Steck liest die Aufzeichnungen packend und mitreißend – eine Empfehlung nicht nur für Freunde...
| Автор | Fridtjof Nansen |
Was wird gewonnen und was geht verloren, wenn eine Frau sich entschließt, ein Kind zu bekommen? In ihren späten Dreißigern, als die Freundinnen sich fragen, wann sie endlich Mutter werden, fragt Sheila Heti sich, ob sie es überhaupt werden will. In einer mehrere Jahre umspannenden Selbsterkundung, mal hierhin, mal dorthin gezogen von ihren Mitmenschen, ihrem Partner und den Verpflichtungen gegenüber ihren jüdischen Vorfahren, versucht sie eine weise und moralische Entscheidung zu treffen....
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Mit ihren strohblonden Haaren, dem coolen Sex-Appeal und lässigen Straßenimage ist Debbie Harry viel mehr als nur eine Frau in einer Band. Sie ist eine Mode-, Musik- und Kunstikone, das Gesicht einer ganzen Ära. Als Sängerin von Blondie führte sie eine der einflussreichsten und erfolgreichsten Bands der späten Siebziger und frühen Achtziger an, einer Zeit, als New York im Fokus der Aufmerksamkeit stand. Sie war Stammgast im Studio 54, auf dem Cover des Rolling Stone, Objekt von Warhols berühmten...
| Автор | Debbie Harry |
An epic work of remarkable scope, vigor and passion, W. E. Gutman’s latest book is acerbic, iconoclastic and disquieting. In this memoir, he chronicles his life with eloquent, engaging prose that will resonate with readers long after they turn the last page. The palpable sense of wonder and discovery peppered with dark humor and great humanity, is reminiscent of Nabokov’s Speak Memory and Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. This honest, often self-critical account of the author’s ups and downs...
| Автор | W. E. Gutman |
Who doesn't fantasize about reuniting with their unrequited teenage love? It may be that it becomes more of a desire or secret yearning as we age. When we review our passing years we ask ourselves – «what if…» Few of us are granted that opportunity to try to recapture our past first love. Ann Palmer found him and shares that experience with you in I Know How A Butterfly Feels. How many men spend years longing to get behind the wheel of an RV and take just off for months of travel across...
| Автор | Ann Palmer |
The quest… a military man… his motorcycle adventures – all are weaved into a life's odyssey of war and peace that culminates in the answer to his lifelong search, and perhaps yours as well. The question is: «Where does your treasure lie?» First to Last is the true story of a soldier's life through the motorcycles he has owned and the most prominent action events that have occurred on those bikes and during his lifetime. It is a factual, first-hand account of the tale of a biker, a...
| Автор | Dennis Lid |
As a young child of the Oglala Lakota Sioux, Black Elk had been given a mighty vision which would lead him on a personal journey that lasted his entire life. Although Black Elk’s vision was a prophetic message telling the terrible future of his tribe, it also held positive aspects that must be reclaimed. It is through this reclamation that the guiding beacons given to him reveal an ancient pathway woven into the images of the West. By exploring Black Elk’s eyewitness account of the crucial...
| Автор | Linda L. Stampoulos |
With loving respect and a desire to pay homage to many who have passed on and to help keep their personalities and talents alive in the public's mind, I wrote letters to the following celebrities and special people in my life: Orson Welles, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bill Bryant, Howard Hawks, Robert Mitchum, David Janssen, Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Steve McQueen, Natalie Wood, Milton Krasner, Walter Matthau, Ray Walston, Rock Hudson, Cornel Wilde, Gardner...
| Автор | Ann Palmer |
Osho: The Buddha For the Future, serendipitously arrives in the wake of the explosive release of the Netflix documentary series, ‘Wild Wild Country.’ Author Maneesha James witnessed first hand, and kept a meticulous record of the creation of Osho’s communes and the evolution of his work as they unfolded. This, the first volume of a trilogy, opens at the ashram in Pune, India, in the early ‘70’s. The reader follows this phase through Osho’s public discourses on many of the ancient masters,...
| Автор | Maneesha James |
This is the true story about Hannah, a happy and imaginative little girl growing up in rural Kenya. But suddenly Hannah and her little sister are left all alone with the death of their parents and are faced with a desperate-looking future. They find temporary refuge and hope for a better life with her grandparents. But that hope fades when they are not able to support the young girls. Then, in the midst of what seems like a hopeless future, hope again returns when Hannah and her sister meet a...
| Автор | Paul H Boge |
The brutally honest story of an emergency medical technician. At 18, Joseph Clark started working as an ambulance attendant to pay his way through college. For the next seven years he worked New York City's most dangerous neighborhoods as an emergency medical technician (EMT), dealing with the medical emergencies from drug overdoses, gang fights, car crashes and worse, all while juggling schoolwork and a personal life. His stories are a graphic portrayal of the life of an ambulance EMT....
| Автор | Joseph F. Clark |
The story of the winners of the world's most prestigious prize, now updated to include the 2009 recipients. The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award one can receive. The Prize is administered by the Nobel Foundation, and the award ceremonies receive extensive media coverage. The awards are often politically controversial, and many winners use their acceptance speech to further favorite causes. Along with background information, the book provides a look at the 200...
| Автор | Michael Worek |
"At six years old Charles Mulli woke up one morning to find he had been completely abandoned by both parents. All alone he fell into a life of abject poverty, forcing Mulli to wander from hut to hut begging for food for his very survival, unable even to attend school. …" As a teenager Mulli started a small taxi company which grew to be very successful. Eventually he expanded his business ventures to include real estate, insurance, and oil and gas distribution, becoming a highly successful...
| Автор | Dr. Charles Mutua Mulli |
This is the amazing and true story of Belma Vardy, who as a young child lived through the brutal and terrifying events that accompanied the end of World War II and the sudden erection of the Berlin Wall, when East was separated from West and families were ripped apart. The trauma Belma endured during those years would have destroyed most people. If they had survived, they would have been severely crippled emotionally. But Belma found the key to healing. This story is one of courage, gripping...
| Автор | Belma Diana Vardy |
The many challenges life throws at us do not shape us. How we respond to these challenges do. In «The Beautiful Disappointment» urban youth worker and author, Colin McCartney, shares his personal struggles in dealing with the murder of one of his staff, the death of a child in his program and his own near death experience from a paralyzing water accident in Hawaii. While the author was recovering from this life threatening accident in the critical care unit of Maui Memorial Hospital he slowly...
| Автор | Colin McCartney |
The Yuletide Factor: Cause for Perpetual Comfort and Joy brilliantly rises to the level of Tim Huff’s previous best-selling and award-winning works, Bent Hope and Dancing with Dynamite, challenging a status quo population to look for, and become, “Christmas people,” every day of the year. But, make no mistake; this is not just “another” Christmas book, but rather one that will be equally at home in a springtime picnic basket or on a summertime dock chair as it will in a December stocking hung...
| Автор | Tim Huff |
Brenda Pue was a remarkable woman and it is not surprising that this account of her last days is equally remarkable. You often hear it said that someone lost their battle with cancer. To read this book is not to read of any «Lost» battle. In fact, to read it is to learn of a victory, with a splendid and defiant note of triumph. In her life Brenda was a woman who inspired many. You will find this account of her last days on this earth no less inspiring. This book, at one level, is an account of...
| Автор | Carson Pue |