Madsen - Biography & Memoir 1

The first major biography of the famous and controversial director John Huston, whose thirty-seven filmsーincluding The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, and The African Queenーare considered classics and……続きを見る

The authorized biography of the celebrated film director William Wyler, a giant in his craft, who directed such classics as Ben-Hur, Funny Girl, and Roman Holiday. 続きを見る

Despentes fortæller her hudløst ærligt de personlige erfaringer der har gjort hende til den hun er. Uden at fremstille sig selv som hverken offer eller heltinde afslører hun hvordan hun blev voldtag……続きを見る

De kedelige kendsgerninger er, at mænd i snit lever kortere end kvinder, har større problemer med at komme gennem uddannelsessystemet, ofte er uden nære relationer, og deres dialog med lægen er vans……続きを見る

Kristina Schou Madsen har nået toppen af Kilimanjaro som den hurtigste kvinde i verden. Hun har verdensrekorden i at løbe syv maratoner på syv dage på syv kontinenter. Og så er hun den eneste i verd……続きを見る

One of the greatest art theft stories of the 20th century: André Malraux, French novelist, art theorist, and eventually France's Minister of Cultural Affairs, and his wife, Clara, traveled to Cambod……続きを見る

A fascinating look at the real Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, the designer who forever revolutionized the way women look. She was a free spirit, brilliant business woman, and beauty who never found recipr……続きを見る

Sonia Delaunay, wife of painter Robert Delaunay, and co-founder of the Orphist school in 1910, was the center of a brilliant circle in Paris. Madsen offers a rich and compelling look at this fascina……続きを見る

Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, and Barbara Stanwyckーto name a fewーmaintained their images as glamorous big-screen sex symbols complete with dashing escorts, handsome husbands, and scores of male a……続きを見る

A compelling portrait of one of Hollywood's most invincible women, the late Barbara Stanwyck. A most unusual movie star, Stanwyck was an actress of considerable and neglected talent who elevated eve……続きを見る

One of the most influential men of the twentieth century, Jacques Cousteau was an eco-emissary whose own life of derring-do brought him fame and the means to proselytize his cause. Ecologist, advent……続きを見る

The authorized biography of the most important man of letters in twentieth century France: André Malraux, French novelist, art theorist, and France's Minister of Cultural Affairs. 続きを見る

The ultimate Hollywood story revealed: the sizzling relationship between Joseph Kennedy, patriarch of America's most influential political family, and Gloria Swanson, one of the most prominent silen……続きを見る

A dual biography of the two most influential socio-political moralists of the twentieth century, whose lives were intertwined personally and intellectually for more than forty-six years. Madsen prov……続きを見る

Brian Sandberg, jetsetrockeren fra Hells Angels, har levet et højst usædvanligt liv, som kulminerede, da han blev involveret i Stein Bagger-skandalen og udsat for to skudattentater fra sine dødsfjen……続きを見る

DEN EVIGE BORGMESTER · VESTEGNENS STEMME KONG KJELD · FOLKETS BORGMESTER KJELD RASMUSSEN var ikke politiker, som politikere er flest. Ingen socialdemokratiske partiformænd har på noget tidspunkt for……続きを見る

This is the account of a survivor of the post World War II Russian prison camps. He describes the descent from a happy childhood, including tutoring by a then 15-year old future Pope Benedict XVI in……続きを見る

When Christopher Madsen made the snap decisionーperhaps a rash decisionーto buy and renovate the famous 1916 racing yacht for which this story is named, he could scarcely have imagined the consequen……続きを見る

Joy Postle Blackstone was best known for her vivid murals, often depicting the jubilant wading birds of Florida. When she died in 1989, the world lost a wonderful artist but Joy was much more than a……続きを見る

Emmeline B. Wells was the most noted Utah Mormon woman of her time. Lauded nationally for her energetic support of the women’s rights movement of the nineteenth century, she was a self-made woman wh……続きを見る

Michelle Madsens Forbidden Memories is a tour de force that will rock you to your core. Its the story of survival, of recovery, and of the reclamation of love. In a journey of great courage Michelle……続きを見る

This volume offers an introduction to the life and work of the 3rd-century-AD Greco-Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio, whose work, although imperfectly preserved in 80 books, is of fundamental……続きを見る

Flemming Madsen tager os med på en rejse fra 1920'erne og helt frem til 1990'erne i sin bog "Kontrakten", som indeholder personlige erindringer og fortællinger om alt lige fra indlæggelse og barnedå……続きを見る

"Så vidt jeg erindrer" er Flemming Madsens personlige erindringer og anekdoter. Det er historier om familie og venskab. Om opvækst og voksenliv. Om at købe sin første faste ejendom. Om skelsættende ……続きを見る

Flemming Madsen, tv-journalist og forfatter, giver ved hjælp af erindringer og egne erfaringer sit bud på samfundsdebattørens rolle, når der skal formidles såvel store som små begivenheder. Nogle er……続きを見る

Kunstner, løvejæger, baronesse af Rungstedlund, verdensdame, storyteller. Karen Blixen er en af de helt centrale skikkelser i Danmark i det 20. århundrede. **** Denne rejsefører ind i Karen Blixens ……続きを見る

Vi har danset og sunget hans sang ー den om pigerne og første gang. Han skrev soundtracket til vores ungdom i firserne. Vi blev voksne med hans musik i halvfemserne. Og når vi holder fest i dag, så ……続きを見る

Peter Lund Madsen tager os med på en rejse gennem hjernens evolutionshistorie og forklarer, hvorfor alle moderne mennesker bærer kimen til mental ubalance i sig. Peter Lund Madsen fortæller også om ……続きを見る

"Trods alt" er Børge Madsens sidste værk, der udkom efter hans pludselig død i 1978. Bogen består af noget så sjældent som et levnedsløb fortalt på vers. Madsen tager os med på en rejse gennem sin t……続きを見る

Barack Obama Han blev valgt på løftet om at forandre USA. ”Change We Can Believe In” lød det valgslogan, der henrykkede både amerikanerne og resten af verden. I 2009 blev Obama indsat som Amerikas 4……続きを見る