Biography: philosophy and social sciences

Adeeply personal account of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' and astronaut Mark Kelly's lives together, recounting their courtship, Ms Giffords' rise in politics, and the tragic 8th January 2011 shooting in Arizona which killed six people and gravely wounded Representative Gifford and twelve others.

Ruthless tells the explosive story of Jerry Heller's alliance with Eric Wright, aka Eazy-E, one of the legends of rap music and a founding member of N.

Valerie Bertinelli, then: bubbly sitcom star and America's Sweetheart turned tabloid headline and rock star wife.

Simone de Beauvoir es una de las pocas filósofas conocidas dentro y fuera de la academia.

Beloved stoner comedian TOMMY CHONG is now older, wiser, and officially an EX-CON.

A cautionary tale about the life of former kingpin Azie Faison, who has become the fabric of street legend Faison was a ninth grade dropout who earned more than $100,000 a week selling cocaine in Harlem, New York, during the peak of America's "e;War on Drugs"e; between 1983 and 1990.

Barton Swaim was struggling to find an academic jobhed recently received a PhD in Englishwhen he sent his resume to Mark Sanford, the conservative and controversial governor of South Carolina.

Crossing Mandelbaum Gate is a vivid memoir of an American boy growing up in the midst of the Arab-Israeli conflict, three major wars and three decades of political upheavals in the Middle East.

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"e;I wonder if Judy Blume really knows how many girls' lives she affected.

Guru Dutt's filmography has some names which have long been considered as some of the best films to have ever been made in India.

Author of bestselling 'Falling Leaves' weaves together for the same audience her own personal experiences with the best of Chinese philosophy.

"En América Latina como en España, luego de largos períodos de conflictos armados o dictaduras, las iniciativas para la apertura de las fosas comunes se han multiplicado en los últimos años.

En las primeras décadas del siglo XX, la italiana Maria Montessori se convirtió internacionalmente en el icono de una nueva pedagogía que propone una educación progresista "a la medida de los niños".

Es con mucha delicadeza y honestidad que el sociólogo Didier Eribon nos invita a acompañarlo en su genealogía de una ruptura.

México enfrenta el mayor desafío de la historia en términos de cambio climático y seguridad nacional.

THE BOOK CHINA DOESNT WANT YOU TO READ CNN READS LIKE A THRILLER FINANCIAL TIMES, BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021 In the headline-making and bestselling tradition of Bill Browder'sRed Noticecomes aunique and incendiary memoir from an entrepreneur who rose to the zenith of power and money in 21stcentury China and whose wife was disappeared - and then mysteriously reappeared four years later on the eve of Red Roulette's publication and global media coverage about it.

Ingrid Bergman was one of the biggest and most glamorous stars in Hollywood.

From first-day nerves to first-year grades, from bizarre job interviews to bar exam insanity, Ivy Briefs pulls back the curtain on the marbled halls of law school, revealing the absurdity often bubbling beneath the surface.

In April 2008, the world watched in horror as the news of Josef Fritzl made worldwide headlines.

Elizabeth Taylor's own story was more dramatic than any part she ever played on the screen.

El estilo de pensamiento de Unamuno es fundamentalmente novelesco (o nivolesco como diría él).

No matter how bad things are, Molloy tells those afflicted by neglect, there is always hope.

The story behind Telemundo's Jenni Rivera: Mariposa del Barrio series, now streaming.

A selection of Benjamin Franklins writings, with an introduction and commentary by renowned author Walter Isaacson.

A New York Times bestseller!

A bold exploration of the life and work of one of the world s most influential and controversial thinkers, which brings Arendt s ideas into urgent dialogue with our troubled present.

Everybody: A Vital Examination of the Long Struggle for Bodily FreedomFrom the award-winning author of Crudo, Everybody is an exhilarating and eminently readable study of the long struggle for bodily freedom - from gay rights and sexual liberation to feminism and the civil rights movement.

'Empathetic, enlightening, deeply human' - Michael Harris, author of SolitudeAn intimate portrait of loneliness, All the Lonely People sees psychologist Dr Sam Carr collect hours of conversations with the young and old, single parents, carers, teenagers and the bereaved.

'A woman's defiant fight to write.

When he died in 1930 aged 26, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory.

THE ONLY TRUE STORY BEHIND THE CREATOR OF MARY POPPINS The remarkable life of P.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BENJAMIN MARKOVITSIn 1845 Thoreau, a Harvard-educated 28-year-old, went to live by himself in the woods in Massachusetts.

When he died in 1930 aged 26, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theory.

A finely wrought memoir of mental health, Detour takes a genre explored by Susanna Kaysen and Kay Redfield Jamison and propels it in a revelatory and rebellious new direction.

As Charlotte Chandler did so well in her previous biographies, she will again draw on the recorded words of Joan Crawford and those who knew her well to paint a rich portrait of the woman and the star.

'I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings.

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* The No-Holds-Barred Truth About Life Inside the Gotti DynastyTold by Their Most Famous DaughterVictoria Gotti never intended to reveal the inside story of the Gotti householdthe day-to-day life of a family that has sparked scandalous rumors and sensational headlines for decades.

Even as a young girl, growing up in the Bronx, Mary Higgins Clark knew she wanted to be a writer.

And Kinky Said Unto the People: Why the Hell Not?

Dieses Buch ist ein Versuch, die Kindheit und frühe Jugend Friedrich Nietzsches als prägende, vielleicht prägendste Zeit seines kurzen Lebens zumindest teilweise zu rekonstruieren - an Hand seiner frühesten Texte und Gedichte, aber auch unter Zuhilfenahme bislang wenig oder gar nicht bekannter Quellen.

Of Human Bondage, Jezebel, All About Eve, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A MAJOR FILM, STARRING STEVE CARELL AND BAFTA AND GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATED TIMOTHEE CHALAMET ';What had happened to my beautiful boy?

When Groucho Marx was well into his eighties, Charlotte Chandler approached him about writing a profile of him for a magazine.

Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works.

New York Times Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller Los Angeles Times Bestseller Wall Street Journal Bestseller A brilliant, hilarious, and honest essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author and YouTube sensation Shane Dawson about how messy life can get when you're growing up but how rewarding it can feel when the clean-up is (pretty much) done.

A timeless, triumphant (Entertainment Weekly) story of healing and recovery from the victim of a crime that shocked the nation: the Central Park Jogger.

THE REALITY BEHIND REALITY TVHOLLYWOODS FAVORITE MOM-STAR TELLS IT LIKE IT IS Tori Spelling is the first to admit that the reality behind her popular television show, Tori & Dean, isnt always real.

It is rare to find one person whose life embodies the history of an industry the way Bob Buck's life encompasses the history of commercial aviation in America.