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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Daily Mail Book of the Year. A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year.Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly intimate and emotionally charged memoir. For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight – or the headlines.Even as Demi was becoming the highest paid actress in Hollywood, however, she was always outrunning her past,...
| Автор | Demi Moore |
That fossilized chart on every classroom wall — isn't that The Periodic Table? Isn't that what Mendeléev devised about a century ago? No and No. There are many ways of organizing the chemical elements, some of which are thought-provoking, and which reveal philosophical challenges. Where does hydrogen 'belong'? Can an element occupy more than one location on the chart? Which are the Group 3 elements? Is aluminum in the wrong place? Why is silver(I) like...
| Автор | Geoff Rayner-Canham |
Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass’ three inspirational memoirs, Damaged, A Baby’s Cry and The Night the Angels Came, now available for the first time in a single volume.Damaged is the heartbreaking No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling true story of Jodie. Only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive, and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last hope is Cathy Glass…What could cause a mother to believe that giving away her newborn baby...
| Автор | Cathy Glass |
Ричарду Карлсону Џуниору је дијагностификована параноидна шизофренија када је имао двадесет и једну годину. Његова болест се манифестовала први пут у доба ране адолесценције. Модерна психијатрија је увелико изневерила Ричарда за више од деценију. Онда, након инцидента са полицијом, заиста је схватио да је његова дијагноза стварна, и напокон започео дуг процес опоравка. Преко десет година касније, његов живот се увелико поправио. Током свог лечења, Ричард се такође опоравио од депресије,...
| Автор | Richard Carlson |
”Oltre vent'anni fa una ragazza che amavo come me stesso mi chiese, a motivo delle sue non buone condizioni di salute, di lasciarla per sempre e di non cercarla più. Io acconsentii, con la morte nel cuore, e solo intendendolo come un atto di amore suo nei miei confronti, per consentirmi di costruirmi una famiglia normale e felice allietata da figli. Nel 2013 Sara ha lasciato questa vita. E in quell'occasione, insieme alla certezza che ormai quello che era avvenuto non poteva essere cambiato, e...
| Автор | Marco Fogliani |
Matti Nykänen (1963–2019) võitis suusahüpetes neli olümpiakulda ning tuli kuuekordseks maailmameistriks. Ta oli 1980ndatel ühe spordiala tuntuim nägu, kuid ühtlasi sai temast oma aja üks tuntumaid soomlasi. Peale spordi sai Matti kiirelt tuntuks ka hoopis muudel põhjustel – tema suust tuli hulk äraspidiseid mõttevälgatusi, mis muutusid üldrahvalikeks ütlusteks ning pidevalt viskas ta suuremaid ja väiksemaid vempe. Ühel hetkel väljus asi kontrolli alt, pisikestest vempudest ja ülemeelikutest...
| Автор | Marko Lempinen, Jussi Niemi |
Tõlkinud Virgo Siil Toimetanud Karolin Kaivoja jaehind 17,90 Kujundanud Villu Koskaru 608 lk 6 NBA meistritiitlit 6 korda NBA finaalmängude kõige väärtuslikum mängija 5 korda NBA hooaja kõige väärtuslikum mängija 2 olümpiakulda Korduvalt valitud aasta ning kogu oma põlvkonna parimaks sportlaseks erinevate väljaannete poolt Michael Jordan (snd 1963) on spordilegend, kes 1990ndatel aastatel oli korvpalli tuntuim nägu üle maailma ning paljudele on siiani jäänud ületamatuks...
| Автор | Roland Lazenby |
Prawdziwa historia seryjnego zabójcy i nekrofila. Edmund Kolanowski, poznański nekrofil, działał w latach 80. XX wieku. Śledztwo z wnikliwością i skrupulatnością rekonstruują w porażającym reportażu Michał Larek i Waldemar Ciszak, ukazując mroczną umysłowość sprawcy oraz zaangażowanie osób i instytucji, które zajmowały się jego sprawą. To lektura dla osób o mocnych nerwach. „Przerażająca książka, która na długo zapada w pamięci. Sprawdźcie sami, gorąco polecam!” (Marcin Myszka, Niediegetyczne,...
| Автор | Michał Larek |
En un siglo dominado por gobernantes absolutistas y aristócratas prepotentes, la familia Mozart viaja por toda Europa en busca de consagración artística y empleo prestigioso. ¿Será suficiente la ambición de su padre Leopold y el genio de su hijo Wolfgang para lograr su objetivo? La historia de su vida, para conocerlos y comprenderlos, siguiéndolos paso a paso a través de las etapas de sus viajes de aventura. La vida y las peripecias de la familia Mozart en la Europa del siglo XVII: más allá del...
| Автор | Diego Minoia |
The first biographical study of Nano Nagle, the foundress of he Presentation order of nuns, that positions her within Irish social history, and assesses her vast international legacy. Nano Nagle: The Life and the Education Legacy draws on archival materials from three continents, providing a compelling account of how one woman's extraordinary life challenged social constraints and championed social justice and equality. Leading education historian, Deirdre Raftery, has produced not only a...
| Автор | Deirdre Raftery |
“I Travel the Open Road” contains a fantastic collection of classic travel writings by a variety of notable authors, including Robert Louis Stevenson, G. K. Chesterton, and others. With pieces covering Europe, Africa, Asia, Russia, and the Americas, this collection offers the reader an insight not only into many different countries around the world, but also into history and the people and places of times past. Highly recommended for lovers of travel writing and discerning collectors of classic...
| Автор | Various |
A brilliantly conceived and vividly drawn story—Washington, D.C. on the eve of Abraham Lincoln’s historic second inaugural address as the lens through which to understand all the complexities of the Civil War By March 4, 1865, the Civil War had slaughtered more than 700,000 Americans and left intractable wounds on the nation. After a morning of rain-drenched fury, tens of thousands crowded Washington’s Capitol grounds that day to see Abraham Lincoln take the oath for a second term. As the sun...
| Автор | Edward Achorn |
Three Brothers is Yan’s first work of nonfiction to appear in English. It will offer new territory for his American readers, who will begin to understand the real-life man behind his acclaimed novels. There has been a huge surge of interest in Yan Lianke’s writing after Jiayang Fan’s profile appeared in the New Yorker in October 2018. His dissenting voice is all the more important as Xi Jinping’s regime becomes ever more restrictive. Yan Lianke figures each year as a favored candidate for the...
| Автор | Yan Lianke |
Avidly Reads is a series of short books about how culture makes us feel. Founded in 2012 by Sarah Blackwood and Sarah Mesle, Avidly —an online magazine supported by the Los Angeles Review of Books —specializes in short-form critical essays devoted to thinking and feeling. Avidly Reads is an exciting new series featuring books that are part memoir, part cultural criticism, each bringing to life the author’s emotional relationship to a cultural artifact or experience. Avidly Reads invites us to...
| Автор | Kathryn Bond Stockton |
Avidly Reads is a series of short books about how culture makes us feel. Founded in 2012 by Sarah Blackwood and Sarah Mesle, Avidly —an online magazine supported by the Los Angeles Review of Books —specializes in short-form critical essays devoted to thinking and feeling. Avidly Reads is an exciting new series featuring books that are part memoir, part cultural criticism, each bringing to life the author’s emotional relationship to a cultural artifact or experience. Avidly Reads invites...
| Автор | Eric Thurm |
"Writing from the barren confines of his death row cell, Mumia Abu-Jamal provides a remarkable testament about the Black Panther Party. . . .an amazing book that illuminates the truth of what his membership in the Party was about, and reveals the extreme price extracted from him for having learned, and for now telling the truth."— Kathleen Cleaver , from the Introduction Mumia Abu Jamal, America’s most famous political prisoner, is internationally known for his radio...
| Автор | Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Wilhelm Stekel was a pioneering psychoanalyst whose prodigious intuition and medical skill, permitted him to compile, study, and interpret the case histories of thousands of patients. He was in a hurry: Cataclysmic World War II events were besetting him, and a grave illness he well understood was hewing at his gaunt, proud figure. Calmly, but with intense speed, he prepared his record, the culmination of which can be seen within this text. Diligently organised and reproduced by Emil A. Gutheil,...
| Автор | Wilhelm Stekel |
As the novel opens, aristocratic Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel pleads with the High Court of Naples to be beheaded instead of hanged like a criminal. One of the leading revolutionaries of her time, Eleonora contributed to the establishment of the Neapolitan Republic, based on the ideals of the French Revolution. Imprisoned in 1799 after the return of the Bourbon Monarchy, and while waiting to be sentenced, she writes a memoir. Here, she discusses not only her revolutionary enthusiasm, but also the...
| Автор | Julieta Almeida Rodrigues |
Release date is timed to coincide with Wimbledon 2020 (the tennis championship will run from June 29-July 12, 2020)–over 400,000 attended Wimbledon in 2018, and tens of millions watch on TV throughout the world.Abramsky is a journalist who has published with Hachette, Random House, etc. His 2014 Hachette release, The American Way of Poverty: How the Other Half Still Lives, has Book-scanned over 8 thousand copies (hardcover & paperback combined).Abramsky has numerous media connections due to...
| Автор | Sasha Abramsky |
A Fortune Magazine “Most Anticipated Books of 2020” SelectionA Goodreads Featured Release for February 2020Oxygen’s List of “Best True Crime Books of 2020” Selection “The Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles is a palpable presence in Gone at Midnight: The Mysterious death of Elisa Lam by Jake Anderson… While allowing for other possible interpretations (and minimizing the daunting logistics), Anderson...
| Автор | Jake Anderson |
In 1993, twenty-six-year-old white American Fulbright scholar Amy Biehl was killed in a racially motivated attack near Cape Town, after spending months working to promote democracy and women’s rights in South Africa. The ironic circumstances of her death generated enormous international publicity and yielded one of South Africa’s most heralded stories of postapartheid reconciliation. Amy’s parents not only established a humanitarian foundation to serve the black...
| Автор | Steven D. Gish |
Knocked off her feet after twenty years in public health nursing, Iris Graville quit her job and convinced her husband and their thirteen-year-old twin son and daughter to move to Stehekin, a remote mountain village in Washington State's North Cascades. They sought adventure; she yearned for the quiet and respite of this community of eighty-five residents accessible only by boat, float plane, or hiking. Stehekin means "the way through," and Hiking Naked chronicles...
| Автор | Iris Graville |
Tebogo Thekisho, better known as ProVerb, first caught South Africa’s attention in 2005 with the release of his now classic debut hip-hop album, The Book of ProVerb. As a teenager he sought music wherever he could find it, and recorded his first demo at age 15, using his mom’s hi-fi. From there, he hustled his way into a multifaceted, award-winning media career in music, radio and TV, crafting a reputation on platforms such as Channel O, Jam Alley and YFM. For over a decade he has been a regular...
| Автор | Tebogo Thekisho |
Born in 1887, George Leonard Noake joined the nautical training establishment, HMS Conway, in 1903. He then served an apprenticeship at sea until 1908 when his detailed memoirs commence, sailing as a second officer in the European/West African trade. After going ashore to work on a farm between 1913 and 1915, he returned to the mercantile marine in 1915 during the First World War to sail in a number of ships carrying horses, grain and coal. He survived not only being torpedoed in the English...
| Автор | Dave Creamer |