';Anne Truitt's frankness and intellectual curiosity about the hows and whys of a working artist's life' (Megan O'Grady, The New Yorker) are compiled in this one e-volume of all three of her journals, the illuminating, inspiring record of reconciling the call of creative work with the demands of daily life.
In a warm and affectionate narrative that "e;transports readers back to a time before cable television, cell phones, and the Internet"e; (Atlanta Journal-Constitution), John Bernard Ruane paints a marvelous portrait of his Irish-Catholic boyhood on the southwest side of Chicago in the 1960s.
This is the life of one of the most revolutionary artists in history, told through the story of six of his greatest masterpieces: The one indispensable guide for encountering Michelangelo on his home turf (The Dallas Morning News).
In this international bestseller, father and advocate for Autism awareness Arthur Fleischmann blends his daughter Carlys own words with his story of getting to know his remarkable daughterafter years of believing that she was unable to understand or communicate with him.
Twenty-five years after Ronald Reagan became president, Richard Reeves has written a surprising and revealing portrait of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century.
In a dramatic, moving work of historical reporting and personal discovery, Mark Whitaker, award-winning journalist, sets out to trace the story of what happened to his parents, a fascinating but star-crossed interracial couple, and arrives at a new understanding of the family dramas that shaped their livesand his own.
One of the most inspiring stories in wrestling history, Cheating Death, Stealing Life sees Eddie Guerrero recount his saga in remarkably candid fashion, chronicling a life of heartbreaks and painful personal struggles in frank, graphic detail.
In this autobiography, former Prime Minister of Israel Ariel Sharon tells his captivating story with frankness, power, intelligence, and a brilliant gift for detail.
*#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER *Winner, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Nonfiction *Winner, Indigenous Voices Awards *Winner, High Plains Book Awards *Finalist, CBC Canada Reads *A Globe and Mail Book of the Year *An Indigo Book of the Year *A CBC Best Canadian Nonfiction Book of the Year In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle, once a high school dropout and now a rising Indigenous scholar, chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is.
Acabamos de conmemorar los doscientos años del Perú como nación, en un contexto convulso que nos remite, en cierta forma, a la conformación de la sociedad limeña; es decir, su estratificación social y las particularidades de cada grupo que la conforma.
Abans de les criptomonedes o les reunions per Zoom, un avenç tecnològic ja havia abolit les distàncies entre territoris: des de la bomba atòmica d'Hiroshima un sol botó pot posar en perill tots els éssers vius de la Terra.
In July 2007, Lewis Gordon Pugh became the first person to swim at the North Pole, in temperatures that would kill a normal person, primarily to raise awareness of climate change.
The matriarch of Australia's most violent and notorious criminal family, and allegedly the inspiration for the award-winning film Animal Kingdom, tells her side of the story.
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burke's beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains.
Una maravillosa biografía coral en la que se narran las dramáticas historias de unos pensadores que dejaron una huella indeleble en la ciencia y la filosofía.
A laugh-out-loud humor book from one of the most celebrated comedians, Bernie Mac, the star of Fox's The Bernie Mac Show, winner of the prestigious Peabody Award.
Best known for his notorious 'Rivers of Blood' speech in 1968 and his outspoken opposition to immigration, Enoch Powell was one of the most controversial figures in British political life in the second half of the twentieth century and a formative influence on what came to be known as Thatcherism.
Best known for his notorious 'Rivers of Blood' speech in 1968 and his outspoken opposition to immigration, Enoch Powell was one of the most controversial figures in British political life in the second half of the twentieth century and a formative influence on what came to be known as Thatcherism.
Este libro, a través de sus páginas, se adentra en el corazón, en lo más profundo de la historia de los Garzón Forero, familia donde nació Jaime Garzón Forero, uno de los críticos políticos más importantes en la historia de Colombia, asesinado el 13 de agosto de 1999.
Este libro pretende recorrer, de forma orgánica, la evolución del pensamiento filosófico y político de Augusto Del Noce (1910-1989), uno de los pensadores italianos más destacados de la posguerra.
El plural es una lata es la vida de un hombre que revolucionó la literatura en los años sesenta del pasado siglo, pero que no logró vivir de ella; vivió de su profesión: ingeniero de caminos, canales y puertos.
En esta elocuente y sugerente «autohistoria», John Lukacs, distinguido historiador y escritor, describe la historia de sus propias convicciones y creencias.
Als Diego, der Schäferhund-Mischling von der Straße, in seine neue Familie kommt, wirbelt das nicht nur sein Leben, sondern auch das der Beckers ganz schön durcheinander.
Socrates es la persona mas influyente de la historia de la cultura de occidente y, sin embargo, sabemos muy poco sobre el mas alla de lo relatado por Platon, quien lo convirtio casi en un personaje de ficcion.
En esta elocuente y sugerente «autohistoria», John Lukacs, distinguido historiador y escritor, describe la historia de sus propias convicciones y creencias.
Carles Capdevila fa anys que pren apunts cada dia, i els comparteix, sobre el que li passa i com hi reacciona, posant en pràctica un periodisme que vol prioritzar la vida per sobre de les notícies.
Este libro pretende recorrer, de forma orgánica, la evolución del pensamiento filosófico y político de Augusto Del Noce (1910-1989), uno de los pensadores italianos más destacados de la posguerra.
