Libros de Biografías y memorias 2393 resultados

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"-...

Iraqigirl

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...

Julia Child

Zweig, Stefan

'Y de todas las figuras y de todos los viajes, llegué a admirar principalmente la hazaña del hombre que, a mi sentir, realizó la más grande proeza en la historia de la exploración de la Tierra: Fernando de Magallanes, quien salió con cinco minúsculos cúteres de pescadores, de Sevilla, para dar la vuelta al mundo, la odisea más espléndida en la historia de la humanidad, aquella ...

Nuñez Cabeza De Vaca, Alvar

Naufragios y comentarios de Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca es un texto fundamental para los estudios de la conquista de América. En Naufragios, Nuñez de Vaca narra las vicisitudes de los cuatro únicos supervivientes de la expedición del gobernador Pánfilo de Narváez al territorio de Florida realizada en 1527, describiendo su vida entre los indios durante ocho años como esclavos, co...

Cristina Morato

Las apasionantes biografías de unas fascinantes mujeres que abandonaron el confort de sus mansiones por una vida nómada, y en ciudades como Bagdad, El Cairo, Damasco o Estambul aún se las recuerda. La lectura de Las mil y una noches despertó en un buen número de damas británicas, aristocráticas y aventureras, la fascinación por un Oriente de harenes, bazares, caravanas y nómada...

De Beauvoir, Simone

En Memorias de una joven formal, Simone de Beauvoir nos cuenta cómo surgió su vocación de escritora en el circunspecto ambiente burgués de su familia. En La plenitud de la vida relata, con la misma honradez, cómo se realizó esa vocación. Son los años de lucha, de aspiraciones y vicisitudes dentro del círculo de intelectuales que tanto aportaría a las letras francesas. Simone se...

Ashlee Vance

Elon Musk, the entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, sold one of his internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the genius's life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits. Vance uses M...

Deschodt, Éric

Roussel, Eric

Favier, Jean (1932-2014)

Jünger, Ernst

Il y a peu d'écrivains que leurs lecteurs puissent suivre au jour le jour, dans leurs travaux, leurs lectures ou leurs promenades. André Gide était de ceux-là. Ernst Jünger l'est sans aucun doute. Les lecteurs de Jardins et Routes et du Journal le savent. On pouvait croire pourtant qu'il fallait à Jünger des événements, un climat extraordinaire : la guerre. Tous ceux qui le sui...

Bernard, Michel (1958-....)

Erman, Michel (1955-....)

Recréer le flux d'une existence singulière, y compris dans ses énigmes et ses absences, tel est le propos de cette biographie. Michel Erman explore le cheminement intellectuel et sensible de l'auteur de la Recherche. Il s'attache à inscrire pleinement l'homme et son oeuvre dans le contexte historique de l'époque (la IIIe République, l'affaire Dreyfus, la Première Guerre mondial...