Libros de Biografías y memorias 2412 resultados

Rousey, Ronda

"The fight is yours to win."In this inspiring and moving book, Ronda Rousey, the Olympic medalist in judo, reigning UFC women's bantamweight champion, and Hollywood star charts her difficult path to glory. Marked by her signature charm, barbed wit, and undeniable power, Rousey's account of the toughest fights of her life—in and outside the Octagon—reveals the painful loss of h...

Kalanithi, Paul

At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade?s worth of training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, and the next he was a patient struggling to live. And just like that, the future he and his wife had imagined evaporated. When Breath Becomes Air chronicles Kalanithi?s transforma...

Travis Barker

Travis Barker's soul-baring memoir chronicles the highlights and lowlights of the renowned drummer's art and his life, including the harrowing plane crash that nearly killed him and his traumatic road to recovery—a fascinating never-before-told-in-full story of personal reinvention grounded in musical salvation and fatherhood.After breaking out as the acclaimed drummer of the m...

Peter Slevin

This is the inspiring story of a modern American icon, the first comprehensive account of the life and times of Michelle Obama. With disciplined reporting and a storyteller s eye for revealing detail, Peter Slevin follows Michelle to the White House from her working-class childhood on Chicago s largely segregated South Side. He illuminates her tribulations at Princeton Universi...

Stephens, Megan

A heart-stopping story of lies, brutality and fear. British girl Megan Stephens tells the true story of how an idyllic Mediterranean holiday turned into an unimaginable nightmare when she was tricked into becoming a victim of human trafficking and held captive for six years by deception, threats and violence. ...

Rudiger Safranski

Rüdiger Safranski, un maestro en el arte de exponer la historia de las ideas, nos acerca un Goethe casi inédito para el lector en lengua española, pues para escribir esta impresionante biografía ha recurrido a incontables fuentes primarias: cartas, diarios, epistolarios, conversaciones o semblanzas de cuantos lo conocieron y trataron. Considerado ya un clásico en su propio tiem...

Morten Storm

Auster, Paul

Jack Welch

Gaiman, Neil

An enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics—from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories—observed in #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman's probing, amusing, and distinctive style.An inquisitive observer, thoughtful commentator, and assiduous craftsman, Neil Gaiman has long been celebrated for the sharp intellect and startling imagina...

Ken Abraham / Buzz Aldrin

Beloved American hero Buzz Aldrin reflects on the wisdom, guiding principles, and irreverent anecdotes he's gathered through his event-filled life—both in outer space and on earth—in this inspiring guide-to-life for the next generation. Everywhere he goes, crowds gather to meet Buzz Aldrin. He is a world-class hero, a larger-than-life figurehead, best known of a generation of a...

Melissa Broder

"From acclaimed poet and creator of the popular Twitter account @sosadtoday comes a darkly funny and brutally honest collection of essays. Melissa Broder always struggled with anxiety. In the fall of 2012, she went through a harrowing cycle of panic attacks and dread that wouldn't abate for months. So she began @sosadtoday, an anonymous Twitter feed that allowed her to express ...

Isaacson, Walter

Fidel Castro Ruz / Beatriz Allende

Dos tipos de experiencias se derivan del gobierno de la Unidad Popular: la dimensión nacional e internacional que alcanzó el pensamiento y la acción de Salvador Allende, y la campaña desestabilizadora que creó las condiciones para el golpe de Estado de 1973. ...

Chéjov, Antón P.

Walter Isaacson

In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character.Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin's life from...

Abigail Suncin

La Rosa que cautivó al Principito se titula este libro de la escritora salvadoreña Abigaíl Suncín, sobrina nieta de Consuelo Suncín, quien fue la esposa del aviador Antoine de Sain-Exupéry, el autor de El Principito.El libro de abigaíl Suncín es una biografía de la vida de Consuelo, quién se supone inspiró el personaje de la Rosa en el libro de Antoine. Un personaje enigmático,...

Schumer, Amy

Amy s got your back. She s in your corner. She s an honesty bomb. And she s coming for you. Actress Tilda Swinton and "Trainwreck "co-star The Emmy Award-winning comedian, actress, writer, and star of "Inside Amy Schumer "and the acclaimed film "Trainwreck" has taken the entertainment world by storm with her winning blend of smart, satirical humor. Now, Amy Schumer has written ...

Michael Kranish

A comprehensive biography of Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner in the presidential election campaign. Trump Revealed will be reported by a team of award-winning Washington Post journalists and co-authored by investigative political reporter Michael Kranish and senior editor Marc Fisher.Trump Revealed will offer the most thorough and wide-ranging examination of Donald Tr...

Melton Glennon Doyle

The Newest Oprah's Bookclub 2016 SelectionThe highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing career so successful that her first book ca...

Adolf Hitler

Salvador Dali

Diario de un genio (1952-1964), que sigue a Mi vida secreta, revela a un Dalí cotidiano, de una extraordinaria autenticidad, una especie de retrato de Dalí desnudo, contemplándose con sumo deleite en el espejo ante el cual él mismo se sitúa. Pero lo que salta a la vista es que Dalí no sólo ama su reflejo: presentes en él, y mucho más allá de su propia imagen, están las grandes ...

Maddie Ziegler

"Teen dance prodigy, breakout Dance Moms star, and judge on So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation presents her uplifting coming-of-age memoir about following her dreams and working hard to achieve success in both the dance world and in life"-...

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Campbell, Joseph

Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of the twentieth century, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers. This masterfully crafted book interweaves conversations between Campbell and some of the people he inspired, including poet Robert Bly, anthropologist Angeles Arrien, filmmaker David Kennard, Doors drummer John Densmore, psychiatric pioneer Stanislov Grof...

Kathy Mckeon

Martin Bell

Martin Bell has stood in war zones as both a soldier and a journalist. From Vietnam to Bosnia to Iraq, he has witnessed first-hand the dramatic changes in how conflicts are fought and how they are reported. He has seen the truth degraded in the name of balance and good taste - grief and pain censored so the viewers are not disturbed.In an age of international terror, where jour...

Isaacson, Walter

By the author of the acclaimed bestsellers Benjamin Franklin and Steve Jobs, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how his scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom.Based...

Samantha Irby

*A New York Times Bestseller*Sometimes you just have to laugh, even when life is a dumpster fire.With We Are Never Meeting in Real Life., "bitches gotta eat" blogger and comedian Samantha Irby turns the serio-comic essay into an art form. Whether talking about how her difficult childhood has led to a problem in making "adult" budgets, explaining why she should be the new Bachel...

Henri Charriere

Henri Charrière, nicknamed "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious...