Extrait : "La célébrité s'accommode assez mal des vertus positives, et, surtout chez une femme, on n'aime guère voir la fortune s'édifier sur les calculs de la raison.
Extrait : "Dans les premiers jours de juin 1833, après avoir revu Oxford, je voulus revoir Cambridge, que j'avais visité une première fois dix années auparavant : je ne faisais pas un pèlerinage scientifique aux deux anciennes universités anglaises; Je n'avais d'autre but que de retremper en quelque sorte mes souvenirs dans une course rapide à travers les provinces les plus voisines de Londres.
Extrait : "Le livre de la Vie de Bohème met en scène quatre personnages principaux ; mais il ne fait leur biographie que par à peu près ; et s'il donne leur portrait, c'est sans ressemblance garantie, car la main d'un romancier-poète les a transfigurés à plaisir.
Extrait : Celui qui, maître d'une idée et soutenu par ses talents, a exercé pendant plus d'un demi-siècle en France et en Europe une influence directe, forte et constante sur les arts qui dépendent de l'imagination, du goût et même de l'industrie, cet homme appartient de droit à l'histoire.
Extrait : "Il me semble entendre déjà les divers commentaires que va soulever l'apparition de ce petit volume ; mais je suis plein de confiance, et j'espère qu'après qu'on l'aura lu on ne manquera pas de me rendre justice.
Extrait : "Au mois de mai 1789, Étienne, âgé de huit ans, était confié aux soins de Savouré dont la pension relevait du collège de Lizieux où le jeune enfant devait achever ses études.
Big Road Blues by David Evans delves into the often overlooked processes of folk blues tradition and composition, offering a groundbreaking study that reveals the intricate dynamics behind the evolution of this influential genre.
When this book first appeared in 1967, public interest in glamour photographer and magazine publisher George Harrison Marks was arguably at an all-time high.
An actor, presenter, producer, and director, David Branson was a dazzling fountain ofenergy whose artistic endeavors throughout Australia enlivened and advanced the careersof many performing artists.
"e;Pokey Jr is a story about friendship and affection, growing up and growing older, power and purpose, loss and despair, failure and redemption and the impact of friendship.
Discovering how you create and attract positive events into your life and why you are imprisoned in a dangerous and difficult world and how you are free at any time to overcome these dangers and difficulties in a very practical but hidden way.
Invincibility to Aspire shares the true stories about people who have pursued a career or started an organization due to - or in spite of- a particular challenge.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Latin Grammy Awardwinning singer-songwriter and author of the New York Times bestseller Forgiveness returns with this nationally bestselling memoir that shares the triumphs, hardships, and lessons of life after her mother Jenni Rivera's death.
The New York Times bestselling author of A Work in Progress and Note to Self moves fully into adulthood with his illuminating, soulful, bleeding collection of narrative, poetry, and original film photography.
USA TODAY BESTSELLER Un nuevo libro de memorias de la cantante ganadora del Latin Grammy y autora bestseller del New York Times, Chiquis Rivera, quien comparte sus triunfos, desafos y lecciones de vida tras la muerte de su madre, Jenni Rivera.
The instant New York Times bestseller and ';inspiring and vulnerable' (Trevor Noah) memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the #1 bestselling author of Supermarket.
In a definitive and ';excellent homage to a star who left this planet too soon' (Questlove), the life, career, tragic death, and evolution of Aaliyah into a music legend are explorednow updated with new material featuring in-depth research and exclusive interviews.
Award-winning actor, rapper, and producer Ice-T unveils a compelling memoir of his early life robbing jewelry stores until he found fame and fortunewhile a handful of bad choices sent his former crime partner down an incredibly different path.
A ';deeply, darkly funny' (Ali Wong, comedian and New York Times bestselling author) collection of insightful and razor-sharp essays on motherhood in our post-apocalyptic world from comedian Natasha Leggero.
*A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist *Named Best Comedy Book by the African American Literary Awards Show Fans of Issa Rae and Phoebe Robinson will love this collection of laugh-out-loud funny and insightful essays that explore race, feminism, pop culture, and how society reinforces the message that we are nothing without the perfect body.
From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America.
Die Wahrheit hinter der glamourösen Fassade: In Paris: Mein Leben erzählt Paris Hilton von ihrem ADHS, überholten Erziehungsmethoden, Gewalt und Emanzipation.
"e;Boklit"e; is a story of Ely's life from his childhood until he was captured by God in a violent near death experienced under the hands of gangsters.
New York TimesBestseller *New YorkerBest Books of 2022 *Entertainment WeeklyBest Books of 2022 *USA TodayBest Books of 2022 *Time100 Must-Read Books of 2022 *Mother JonesBooks We Needed in 2022 *PeopleFall Must Read *2022BuzzFeedFall Reading Pick * New York Post Best Books of 2022 *New York Times Editors Choice This is the story of what happens when you lose a child, and everything you discover about life in the process, by the star of the Amazon Prime series Catastrophe.
Babblings from a Battered Brain contains the thoughts, observations, experiences, ramblings and inspirational thoughts of Alan Onickel as he attempts to rebuild his life and body after a MVA he sustained while working in S.
Broadcaster and talk show host Biff Jannuzzi is a veteran of more than one dozen radio stations, has edited copy for Paul Harvey and reported from a Mexican prison.
David Winters has produced and directed over 80 feature films and over 200 television shows and TV movies, and is recognized as nothing short of an icon in the entertainment industry.
During his many years writing for publications such as LA Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, Slake, Surfer's Journal and more, Joe Donnelly has driven to Texas with Wes Anderson, shot pool with Sean Penn, surfed with Chris Malloy, sparred (verbally) with Christian Bale, gone on a date with Carmen Electra, and listened to tall tales told by Werner Herzog.
Far from bitter or self-pitying, Rock Monster is an honest account of one woman's life-changing experience in a relationship with rock legend Joe Walsh.
Before Timothy Leary, before free love, before the word hippie became a part of the preferred nomenclature, Howard Bloom and his band of explorers were pushing boundaries and minds.
In Inside Studio 54, the former owner takes you behind the scenes of the most famous nightclub in the world, through the crowd, to a place where celebrities, friends, and the beautiful people sip champagne and share lines of cocaine using rolled-up hundred-dollar bills.
"e;Threading the subtle seam between what lives and what remains, A Twenty Minute Silence Followed by Applause succeeds in conjuring the poetry of Marcel Marceau's performance as both a character on stage and in history.
