Биографии и Мемуары
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In this beautifully written novel of historical fiction, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott tells the story of Alexander Hamilton’s wife, Eliza—a fascinating, strong-willed heroine in her own right and a key figure in one of the most gripping periods in American history.   “Love is not easy with a man chosen by Fate for greatness . . .”   As the daughter of a respected general, Elizabeth Schuyler is accustomed to socializing with...
| Автор | Susan Holloway Scott |
Victor von Bülow (alias LORIOT) und Gregor von Rezzori – bei allen Unterschieden in Herkunft und Lebenslauf erweisen sich diese zwei Großmeister des Humors als verwandte Geister: beide arbeiteten erfolgreich als Zeichner, Schauspieler und Autoren; ihre Werke besitzen feinsinnige Komik und geschliffene Eloquenz. Sprachliche Eleganz gilt geradezu als ihr Markenzeichen. Dies zeigt sich auch wieder in den Gesprächen, die Hellmuth Karasek in der Fernsehsendung SPIEGEL TV Thema in den 90er Jahren mit...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
"Was ich an Bob von Anfang an so besonders fand, ist die selbst für eine Katze ungewöhnliche Weisheit, die er ausstrahlt. Und in den zehn Jahren, die wir uns nun schon kennen, ist er – zumindest in meinen Augen – immer noch klüger und weiser geworden. Dieses Buch versammelt alles, was ich von Bob in dieser Zeit gelernt habe: Was macht wahre Freundschaft aus? Was brauchen wir eigentlich, um glücklich zu sein? Und wie holt man das Beste aus dem Leben? All das machen uns Katzen vor, und ganz...
| Автор | Джеймс Боуэн |
Niemand, der bisher über Trump geschrieben hat, war ihm so nah wie Anonymus. Der hochrangige Regierungsmitarbeiter berichtet aus dem innersten Kreis von schockierenden Verfehlungen des US-Präsidenten und erschreckenden Zuständen im Weißen Haus: Donald Trump führt sein Amt herrisch, unkonzentriert, inkompetent, unmoralisch und unberechenbar. Anonymus' Plan, Trump zusammen mit anderen Eingeweihten unter den Regierungsmitarbeitern zu bändigen, ist gescheitert. Es ist offenkundig: Der...
| Автор | Anonymus |
War es Fernweh, war es Liebesleichtsinn, der die 17-jährige Pauline 1899 aus ihrem fränkischen Dorf ins ferne New York ausbüxen ließ? Was hat damals den welterfahrenen Max dazu getrieben, ihr die enorme Summe von 2000 Goldmark zu geben und sie für gut zwei Jahre ganz allein in so weite Ferne zu schicken? Woher nahm er die Gewissheit, dass Pauline nach ihrer Rückkehr genau die richtige Gefährtin für seine ausgedehnten Reisen sein würde, die beide dann tatsächlich um die halbe Welt unternahmen –...
| Автор | Hanns Zischler |
Hanged by the Nigerian government on November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa became a martyr for the Ogoni people and human rights activists, and a symbol of modern Africans’ struggle against military dictatorship, corporate power, and environmental exploitation. Though he is rightly known for his human rights and environmental activism, he wore many hats: writer, television producer, businessman, and civil servant, among others. While the book sheds light on his many legacies, it is above all about...
| Автор | Toyin Falola |
This book, My Life as Elvis, came about while I was in Key West, Florida. I never considered myself a writer. I wrote this and ran into a woman in Key West that could help me get things going. That’s where I realized that I could write. She liked it and agreed with the title. I feel that the title tells the whole story in it. I have had so many nice experiences because of imitating Elvis, and I would not trade it for anything. I have met many nice people and been to many places I never would...
| Автор | Bobby Sypniewski |
This is a brief description of my life, which in the beginning I just tried to live a life like everyone tries to do. However, being locked out of my home for so many years, it made me do things just to survive; and with that, it made me into the person I had become in the waste-management industry, and throughout the rest of life, I had always tried to make it work even without all the family interference. I kept it together most of my life with the help of my mother, my wife, and my Lord and...
| Автор | John Samoles |
In a kind of Catherine Millet meets Roland Barthes baring of life with hints of the work of Chris Kraus, Sludge Utopia by Catherine Fatima is an auto-fictional novel about sex, depression, family, shaky ethics, ideal forms of life, girlhood, and coaching oneself into adulthood under capitalism. Using her compulsive reading as a lens through which to bring coherence to her life, twenty-five-year-old Catherine engages in a series of sexual relationships, thinking that desire is the key to a...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
"Boertjie" («kleiner Bauer», ausgesprochen «Burki») ist die nicht gerade schmeichelhafte «Benennung» eines weißen Afrikaans sprechenden Südafrikaners / Südwestafrikaners / Namibiers. Als Hermann 6 Jahre alt war, starben seine Eltern. Als Vollwaise wuchs er in Windhoek in einer sehr kalten und unfreundlichen Welt als «Boertjie» auf: Arm, ungeliebt, verachtet, verlacht und verstoßen. Als überzeugter Calvinist führte er jedoch später eine seltsame, aber doch sehr glückliche und lebenslange...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Jörg Böckem ist Journalist, schreibt seit den Neunzigern für die renommiertesten deutschen Zeitungen und Magazine. Und er ist ein Junkie. Schon im Alter von 14 Jahren hat er sich in den Drogenrausch verliebt. In Haschisch, LSD, Kokain – und Heroin. Mit 19 bringt ihn seine Heroinsucht zum ersten Mal ins Gefängnis, mit 33 versucht der Journalist im Drogenrausch seine Freundin zu erwürgen.
| Автор | Jörg Böckem |
All politicians adopt a public persona that they believe contributes to electoral success. Although those personas might reflect the character of the politician, they reveal only a part of the man: we know far less about the characteristics politicians reveal when they are out of the public eye, and Winston Churchill is no exception. Although much has been written about Churchill and the important world leaders, politicians, and high-ranking military personnel with whom he interacted, little has...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Imagine a young doctor, trained in the latest medical knowledge and state-of-the-art equipment, suddenly transported back to one of the world's most isolated and unforgiving environments-Nome, Alaska. That's what happen to Dr. Sims. His plans to become a pediatric surgeon were drastically changed when, on the eve of being drafted into the Army to serve as a M.A.S.H. surgeon in Vietnam, he was offered a commission in the U.S. Public Health for assignment in Anchorage, Alaska, where he...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Die verhaal van die mense van Suidwes en deels van Suid-Afrika van «daardie tye» is hier so noukeurig as moontlik aangeteken. Die feite en daarmee ook die seleksie van temas en gebeure baseer besonders op die baie noukeurige dagboeke, die talle briewe en foto's van Hermann Deetlefs en Elisabeth Deetlefs-Reimer. Groot moeite is gedoen om so korrek as moontlik die gebeurtenisse, die emosies, die vrees en verwardheid van daardie moeilike tye weer te gee.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Since its publication nearly seventy years ago, George Orwell's 1984 has been regarded as one of the most influential novels of the modern age. Politicians have testified to its influence on their intellectual identities, rock musicians have made records about it, TV viewers watch a reality show named for it, and a White House spokesperson tells of «alternative facts.» The world we live in is often described as an Orwellian one, awash in inescapable surveillance and invasions of privacy....
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Ein Sommer in Rom, 231 Jahre und acht Monate nach Goethe Ein junger Mann kommt in die ewige Stadt, um die Gegenwart abzuschütteln. Er sucht einen eigenen Weg, fühlt fremde Zeiten in sich leben. In Rom erinnert er sich. In Rom verliebt er sich. In Rom trauert er. Er trifft auf außergewöhnliche Menschen und findet seine Aufgabe: Alles wahrnehmen, nichts auslassen. Römische Tage führt zu den vielen Anfängen und Enden unserer Welt und fragt, was wir morgen daraus machen. Der Erzähler zieht in eine...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Mrs. Grace Humiston was an amazing lawyer and a traveling detective during a time when no women were practicing those professions. She focused on solving cases no one else wanted and advocating for innocents. The first female U.S. District Attorney, she made groundbreaking investigations into modern-day slavery, and the papers gave her the nickname of fiction's famous sleuth. One of her greatest accomplishments was solving the cold case of a missing eighteen-year-old girl, Ruth Cruger. Her...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
When he was nominated as vice president on the 1880 Republican ticket, Chester Alan Arthur had never held elected office. Expectations of him – or of the vice presidential office – were virtually non-existent. Years earlier in 1839, Daniel Webster had turned down the vice presidency with the quip I do not propose to be buried until I am dead. But six months into President James Garfield's term, he was assassinated – and the unknown vice president, Chester Arthur, became the most powerful...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Founding father Alexander Hamilton led a passionate and meaningful life. Nicknamed Little Lion for his short stature and bold ideas, Hamilton played an integral role in the founding of America's union after the Revolutionary War, as well the drafting and executing of America's Constitution. His life, chronicled in Charles Arthur Conant's biography of him, exemplifies that of hard work and accomplishment. Along with fighting in the Revolutionary War, he became America's first...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Das Ding kommt sooo geschmeidig um die Ecke und avanciert sich aus dem Stand zu einer der ONKELZ Lieblingsveröffentlichungen. Sie haben es ja bereits geschrieben: Den am eigenen Leib erlebten Irrsinn von Ben Becker mit derart viel Liebe vorgetragen zu bekommen, schlägt alles! Ben Becker erweckt nun die schonungslose Geschichte der Band zu neuem Leben. Die ONKELZ-Biografie geschrieben von Eddy Hartsch, eingesprochen von Ben Becker und angereichert mit vielen Onkelz-O-Tönen.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labor, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his family little affection. Narrating his slow ascent towards material comfort, Ernaux's cold observation reveals the shame that haunted her father throughout his life. She scrutinizes the importance he attributed to manners and language that came so unnaturally to him as he struggled to provide for his family with a grocery store and cafe in rural France....
| Автор | Annie Ernaux |
This is Nadina LaSpina's story-from her early years in her native Sicily, where she contracts polio as a baby, a fact that makes her the object of well-meaning pity and the target of messages of hopelessness, to her adolescence and youth in America, spent almost entirely in hospitals where she is tortured in the quest for a cure and made to feel that her body no longer belongs to her and to her rebellion and her activism in the disability-rights movement. LaSpina's personal growth...
| Автор | Nadina LaSpina |
"Caroline Jane Knight is the last of the Austen Knight family to grow up at Chawton House, the sixteenth-century English manor house on the ancestral estate where Jane Austen lived and wrote. Caroline ate at the same dining table, read in the same library, explored the same country lanes and shared the same dreams of independence as Jane Austen did. But when she was seventeen, Caroline and her family were forced to leave the home her family had lived in for centuries. Heartbroken and...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
What was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the castoff child, the clown at school, the middle-class suburban boy who pretended to be a working-class hero? How did it feel to have one of the most recognizable singing voices in the world but to dislike it so much he always wanted to disguise it? Being John Lennon is not about the whitewashed Prince of Peace of «Imagine» legend – because that was only a small part of him. The John Lennon depicted in these pages is a much more...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |