Биографии и Мемуары
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Rowan Atkinson on üks meie ajastu säravamaid koomikuid, kelle talent ja sarm on võitnud miljonite südamed. Eesti telepublik tunneb teda eelkõige Mr Beani rollis, lisaks on ta vaatajaid naerutanud ajaloolise komöödiasarjaga „Blackadder“ ja James Bondi parodeeriva filmisarjaga „Johnny English“. Kuid kas teadsite, et oma pika karjääri jooksul on ta avaldanud muusikat, näidelnud teatrilavadel ning mänginud ka surmtõsist detektiivi? Raamat vaatleb Atkinsoni eluteed tema loomingu kaudu. Siin on...
| Автор | Andreas Pittler |
„Peaeesmärk, mille nimel olen viimased ligi kolm aastat võidelnud, jätta maha endast mingi jälg, on täidetud,” tõdeb Urmas Sõgel (1952-2019) oma mälestusteraamatu vähem kui aasta enne surma kirjutatud epiloogis. Kuigi Sõgeli memuaarid on tõesti väga isiklikud ning autor võib olla kohati väga armutu – ka oma lähedaste, eelkõige aga siiski iseenda suhtes – on see teos siiski midagi enamat kui ühe inimese püüe jätta endast maha mingi jälg. „Sõgelite saaga” on väärtuslik lisandus juba ilmunud...
| Автор | Urmas Sõgel |
KUJUNDAJA: Jan Garshnek TOIMETAJA: Lauri Vanamölder KEELETOIMETAJA: Lyyli Virkus LK ARV: 200 ILMUMISAEG: 2020 Raamat räägib noore Eesti mehe läbielamistest Nõukogude sõjaväes NSVL lõpuaastatel. Sõda Afganistanis hakkab läbi saama, kuid oht sinna sattuda on ikka õhus. Kutsealusel on kolm valikut – hullumaja, vangla või sõjavägi. Ehk valikut tegelikult pole, tuleb minna. Ees ootavad kuud täis hirmu, ahastust, vägivalda ja otsatut lollust, mis on kõige sellega läbi põimunud....
| Автор | Margus Haav |
President Ilves on öelnud, et nõukogude ajal polnud isegi restorane. See on otsene vale nagu seegi, et burksipuhvet võiks resto õilist nime kanda. Olid küll ja sellised, mida enam ei leia. Sinna ei saanud ülikonna ja lipsuta, seal oli väljaõppinud kelner smoges, kes teadis täpselt, mida mis järjekorras ja millega süüa. Kõrtsis mängisid live bändid, seal löödi tantsu ja soetati lühi- ja pikaajalisi suhteid. Autor on selle mõnusa huumori ja otseütlemistega lugejani toonud, äratundmisrõõmu kui...
| Автор | Mägi Jürka |
Adam został poczęty 1 września 1939 roku, kiedy jego ojciec Andrzej Borowy był już w drodze na front, a następnego dnia poległ pod Pszczyną w masakrze polskich batalionów, rozjechanych przez niemieckie czołgi. Od tej pory Teresa Borowa prowadziła prywatną wojnę z Hitlerem, Stalinem i całym światem, nie wyłączając własnej rodziny, walcząc najpierw o urodzenie, a potem ocalenie syna. Toczyła ją w rodzinnym Tarnowie, gdzie został aresztowany i wywieziony do Oświęcimia jej ojciec, w okupowanym...
| Автор | Marek Harny |
Kolejna fascynująca książka Kamila Janickiego! Kamil Janicki, autor m.in. bestsellerowych Dam złotego wieku , powraca do historii kobiet i proponuje pasjonującą opowieść o czterech żonach jednego z najważniejszych władców w historii Polski. Jadwiga Andegaweńska, Anna Cylejska, Elżbieta Granowska i Zofia Holszańska – żony Władysława Jagiełły – wielkiego monarchy, przebiegłego polityka i człowieka, który szczęście w miłości odnalazł dopiero u schyłku swego życia. Wraz z nim na tronie zasiadały...
| Автор | Kamil Janicki |
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERAs seen on This Morning Back in the day, I was Governor of Security and Operations for HMP Wormwood Scrubs. If you’re easily shocked or offended, you best look away now…Having worked for 16 years in a high-security women’s prison dealing with the likes of Rosemary West and Myra Hindley, Vanessa Frake thought she’d seen it all. That was until she was transferred to the notorious Wormwood Scrubs.Thrust into a ‘man’s world’, her no-nonsense approach and fearless...
| Автор | Vanessa Frake |
1 sierpnia 1987 roku – pod natłokiem zachodzących wokół mnie zmian oczekiwanych przez wszystkich, ale jeszcze wczoraj prawie nierealnych – poczułam potrzebę opisania obrazków ze swojego życia – we wstępie do wspomnień pisze autorka, Krystyna Gumulak (rocznik 1928, dziennikarka, żona, matka, babka i prababka). – Dręczyła mnie potrzeba utrwalenia tego, co przez lata okupacji niemieckiej i porządków władzy ludowej zostało wyparte, zakłamane i zastąpione pustymi hasłami propagandy komunistycznej....
| Автор | Krystyna Gumulak |
Makabryczna historia pierwszego seryjnego mordercy w powojennej Warszawie! Jarosław Molenda przeprowadza swojego rodzaju dziennikarskie śledztwo, tworząc kryminalny reportaż – z drastycznymi opisami zbrodni, z zachowanym językiem milicyjnych raportów, z realiami Warszawy wczesnej Polski Ludowej w tle. Autor przewertował akta IPN, notki milicyjne, protokoły przesłuchań, a także literaturę fachową dotyczącą przestępstw na tle seksualnym. Dzięki temu powstał przerażający portret seryjnego...
| Автор | Jarosław Molenda |
The second release from Akashic's imprint Gracie Belle, which is curated by best-selling author Ann Hood. The imprint is named for Ann Hood's daughter Gracie Belle who died tragically and unexpectedly at age five from a virulent form of strep.Hood's own memoir, Comfort: A Journey through Grief, was a New York Times Editors' Choice and one of Publishers Weekly 's top ten nonfiction titles. Hood's experience writing and publishing her own grief memoir inspired...
| Автор | Jeff Porter |
Reveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped define what it meant to be an American From 1778 to 1788, the Founding Father and later President John Adams lived in Europe as a diplomat. Joined by his wife, Abigail, in 1784, the two shared rich encounters with famous heads of the European royal courts, including the ill-fated King Louis XVI and Queen Marie-Antoinette, and the staid British Monarchs King George III and Queen Charlotte. In this engaging narrative, A View from...
| Автор | Jeanne E. Abrams |
The Heart Sutra is the most widely read, chanted, and copied text in East Asian Buddhism. Here Frederik L. Schodt explores his lifelong fascination with the sutra: its mesmerizing mantra, its ancient history, the “emptiness theory, and the way it is used around the world as a metaphysical tool to overcome chaos and confusion and reach a new understanding of reality–a perfection of wisdom. Schodt's journey takes him to caves in China, American beats declaiming poetry, speculations into the...
| Автор | Frederik L. Schodt |
A New York Times Book Review New & Noteworthy Selection "Grace Schulman makes me want to live to be four hundred years old, because she makes me feel there is so much out there, and it's unbearable to miss any of it."—Wallace Shawn The romance of Grace Schulman and her husband, Jerome, a distinguished scientist, burgeons in New York’s Greenwich Village amid the cultural revolution of the 1960s. Their bond stays brilliantly alive through various trials,...
| Автор | Grace Schulman |
Havana without Makeup is the ultimate insider’s view of Havana, a wide-ranging exploration of its complex facets as seen by few. Its aim is to capture the soul of a city and a society that have evolved on their own terms at the moment before they face inevitable transformations. Opening on the eve of the announcement of reconciliation between the U.S. and Cuba, the book then looks back at the cultural, political, economic, and religious influences that led up to this historic moment...
| Автор | Herman Portocarero |
A candid look at an extraordinary life of privilegeAn inside look at the family life of one of America's greatest business leadersOne woman's struggle for happiness and the techniques she found to help herNearly 80 illustrations: photos, private letters, and memorabilia, most of which have never before been published.Readers who know a small piece of Jeannette's story from Bookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books & Co. by Lynne Tillman (Harcourt, 1999) can...
| Автор | Jeannette Watson |
Recent ABA president Betsy Burton (The King's English, Salt Lake City) is the godmother of this book, and will support our efforts however she can.The book's innovative blend of existing documents and original writing make it an exemplary text for use in creative nonfiction classes. Its window onto women's and social issues from two generations ago that continue to this day give it relevance to a wide audience.Coles will exploit her many connections with independent bookstores and...
| Автор | Katharine Coles |
“Beatrix uses words like she uses paint. . .with brush strokes so vivid and rich I feel as if I’m there watching as her story unfolds. I love this book!” –Sissy Spacek Beatrix Ost’s memoir of her artistic awakening and early marriage opens on the heels of Germany’s recovery from the self-imposed disasters of World War II. She is part of the new generation that dances disobediently in the bombed-out villas and underground jazz caverns of...
| Автор | Beatrix Ost |
Berlin-born Fanny von Arnstein married a financier to the Austro-Hungarian imperial court, and in 1798 her husband became the first unconverted Jew in Austria to be granted the title of baron. Soon Fanny hosted an ever more splendid salon which attracted the leading figures of her day, including Madame de Staël and Arthur Schopenhauer. Hilde Spiel's biography provides a vivid portrait of a brave and passionate woman, illuminating a central era in European cultural and social...
| Автор | Hilde Spiel |
Rich and diverse narratives of Indigenous Toronto, past and present Beneath many major North American cities rests a deep foundation of Indigenous history that has been colonized, paved over, and, too often, silenced. Few of its current inhabitants know that Toronto has seen twelve thousand years of uninterrupted Indigenous presence and nationhood in this region, along with a vibrant culture and history that thrives to this day. With contributions by Indigenous Elders, scholars, journalists,...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
The fascinating biography of Eunice Hunton Carter, a social justice and civil rights trailblazer and the only woman prosecutor on the Luciano trial Eunice Hunton Carter rose to public prominence in 1936 as both the only woman and the only person of color on Thomas Dewey’s famous gangbuster team that prosecuted mobster Lucky Luciano. But her life before and after the trial remains relatively unknown. In this definitive biography on this trailblazing social justice activist, authors Marilyn S....
| Автор | Marilyn Greenwald |
In this raw and compelling autobiography, Stephen Polando details the seven-year climb of the iconic Arizona clothing brand State Forty Eight from 100 T-shirts sold out of a home to a multi-million-dollar enterprise. But before that could occur, his two future partners, younger brother Nicholas and childhood friend Mike Spangenberg, had to help lift Polando from the dark abyss of alcoholism. «Ten Twenty Ten: Sobriety and State Forty Eight» is Polando's accounting of the sorrow of personal...
| Автор | Stephen Polando |
Within the contours of TENDER lie field notes from a life lived across multiple affinities, kinship, and desires. Equally visual and textual, TENDER is a beautifully complex collection of experiences and reflections spanning thirty years of curious inquiry into our shared human-animal condition. Laiwan's book traverses diverse terrains – the body, land, language. It is rooted in her courageous and uncompromising history of activism and in experiences of building community across and beyond...
| Автор | Laiwan |
A vivid memoir of life in one of New York City’s most dynamic neighborhoods Growing Up Bank Street is an evocative, tender account of life in Greenwich Village, on a unique street that offered warmth, support, and inspiration to an adventurous and openhearted young girl. Bank Street, a short strip of elegant brownstones and humble tenements in Greenwich Village, can trace its lineage back to the yellow fever epidemics of colonial New York. In the middle of the last century, it became home to a...
| Автор | Donna Florio |
Marion Julius shares her story about the bad experience she had with the New South Wales Police Force in Australia. The shocking and terrible service she got no help at police stations and she had been receiving death threats and was followed being victimized by person/s. She was victimized because she helped a missing person in Australian she warns people the dangers and problems that come if you choose to help with these unsolved crimes. Explaining all the negative and unpleasant events and...
| Автор | Marion Julius |