Libros de Biografías y memorias 2407 resultados

Gail Sheehy

The author of Passages, a book that changed millions of lives, now lays bare her own life passages in a captivating memoir that reveals her harrowing and ultimately triumphant path from groundbreaking 1960s "girl" journalist to fearless bestselling author who made a career of excavating cultural taboos--from sex, menopause, and midlife crisis to illness, caregiving, and death. ...

Joanne Lipman

Sinclair, Anne

A singular man in the history of modern art, betrayed by Vichy, is the subject of this riveting family memoir On September 20, 1940, one of the most famous European art dealers disembarked in New York, one of hundreds of Jewish refugees fleeing Vichy France. Leaving behind his beloved Paris gallery, Paul Rosenberg had managed to save his family, but his paintings--modern master...

Young,Josh

In the early '90s, Big Tobacco was making a killing. There was no entity more powerful, and national tobacco-related deaths numbered in the hundreds of thousands each year. The economic loss from smoking-related illnesses was billions of dollars. And yet, Big Tobacco had never paid a nickel in court. Until one trial lawyer discovered he could revise part of a Medicaid law so th...

Kuskey, G Eric

The unbelievable true story of artist Thomas Kinkade, self-described Painter of Light, and the dramatic rise -- and fall -- of his billion-dollar gallery and licensing business. ...

Schenker, Jesse

"Remember, it's not just about the food--it has to be an experience."Thirty-one-year-old Jesse Schenker has rocketed to the top of the culinary world. An Iron Chef winner and a James Beard nominee, he was voted Best New Chef by New York magazine, and his acclaimed Recette was named Best New Restaurant by the New York Times. Manhattan magazine has called him "a boy wonder . . . ...

Wright, Gary

Music legend Gary Wright reflects on his professional collaboration, friendship, and spiritual journey with quiet Beatle George Harrison, and releases for the first time a song they wrote together. Best known for his multiplatinum hits Dream Weaver and Love is Alive, Gary Wright came to prominence as a singer and songwriter during the golden age of rock in the 1970s. What is no...

Peart, Neil

Whether navigating the backroads of Louisiana or Thuringia, exploring the snowy Quebec woods, or performing onstage at Rush concerts, Neil Peart has stories to tell. His first volume in this series, "Far and Away," combined words and images to form an intimate, insightful narrative that won many readers.Now "Far and Near" brings together reflections from another three years of ...

Kyle, Chris

Kyle, Chris

Louis Fischer

Clement, Jennifer

Raissa Maritain

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Paul Ricoeur

Carola Stern

Primo Levi

Michael White

Emil Ludwig

Pacho O'donnell

Flora Tristan

Clinton, Hillary Rodham

Ernesto Ekaizer

Alexa Payan

Che Guevara

Miep Gies

Fidel Castro

Ana Frank

Augusto Monterroso