pha - Biography & Memoir 22

The two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter behind the groundbreaking album Exile in Guyville traces her life and career in a genre-bending memoir in stories about the pivotal moments that haunt……続きを見る

Vão! Crianças, corram primeiro! Vão! Vão agora! As ordens do soldado não poderiam ser mais claras para Kim. Ela e as demais crianças correram, mas não o suficiente para escapar de mais um ataque de ……続きを見る

Considerada símbolo do carnaval fortalezense, Dona Mochinha foi proprietária do tradicional bar que ainda hoje leva seu nome, na rua João Cordeiro, na Praia de Iracema. Desfilou em escolas de samba ……続きを見る

Meditative surgery? Could one gain a glimpse of the divine in Operation Theatre? Dr. K P Haridas says, yes. Entering the golden jubilee of his surgical career anon he knows how to lose oneself in su……続きを見る

This 225-page book provides a candid portrait of the awesome heroism of Most Rev. Hannah Caroline Faal-Heim, the Presiding Methodist Bishop of The Gambia, who put her life in harm’s way to speak out……続きを見る

With The Cook's Companion front and centre in half a million kitchens, Stephanie Alexander is the very definition of a household name. Each day thousands turn to her 'food bible' for the most reliab……続きを見る

Jürgen Klopp é um treinador com o dom de transformar tanto os jogadores sob seu comando quanto os clubes que o empregam. Foi o que fez no Mainz 05 e, sobretudo, no Borussia Dortmund – um time que há……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Talty’s vigorous history of seventeenth-century pirates of the Caribbean [is] a pleasure to read from bow to stern.”ーEntertainment Weekly “In Stephan Talty’s hands, the……続きを見る

Toute naissance s'accompagne d'une vague d'émotions et de perceptions, transmise ici par l'écriture. Ainsi se déroule une vie : en continuité et en fragments. Tranches de lignes droites, événements ……続きを見る

Race remains a potent and divisive force in our society. Whether it is the shooting of minority people by the police, the mass incarceration of people of color, or the recent KKK rallies that have b……続きを見る

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY**, AND** PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BESTSELLER "Dyson writes with the affection of a fan but the rigor of an academic. ... Using extensive passages from Jay-Z’s lyrics, 'Made……続きを見る

Joseph Arthur Simon’s The Greatest of All Leathernecks is the first comprehensive biography of John Archer Lejeune (1867–1942), a Louisiana native and the most innovative and influential leader of t……続きを見る

Covering an era from the early twentieth century to the present, this volume features twenty-seven South Carolina women of varied backgrounds whose stories reflect the ever-widening array of activit……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and addiction, and of one woman's attempts to find a life beyond the limits of her past. Stray is a m……続きを見る

Découvrez ou redécouvrez le parcours hors normes d'Eddy Merckx, l'homme aux 525 victoires ! Il y a 50 ans, Eddy Merckx remportait son premier Tour de France, écrivant ainsi les premières lignes d’un……続きを見る

Being poor has limited us to doors given to those more privileged. Now I write, hoping that at least my life story will mean something to someone, someday. Maybe prevent somebody from making those w……続きを見る

Ambassadøren fra Amerika er en historie om drømme, magt og storpolitik. I en række åbenhjertige interviews med forfatter og tv-vært Stéphanie Surrugue beretter den karismatiske amerikanske ambassadø……続きを見る

Als eine der ersten Frauen weltweit gründet Stephanie Shirley 1962 in ihrem Wohnzimmer eine Softwarefirma, lange bevor Computerprogramme alltäglich wurden. Mit der Idee Software zu verkaufen, ging s……続きを見る

In her teens, Stephany Borges saw her first flamenco show at Los Flamencos de la Bodega in North Beach, San Francisco. From the first note of the flamenco guitar and the first throaty cry of the sin……続きを見る

Quel destin que celui de la princesse Stéphanie ! Née à la cour de Belgique en 1864, fille du roi des Belges Léopold II et de Marie-Henriette, reine des Belges, archiduchesse d'Autriche et princesse……続きを見る

"In Paris (or anywhere else, really) a table for one can be a most delightful place." --Alone Time, as seen in The New York Times A wise, passionate account of the pleasures of traveling solo In our……続きを見る

Hun bliver kaldt realitystjerne, silikone- og botox-dronning og Danmarks mest kendte cougar. Men Stephanie Star er så meget mere end det. Hun er italiener, børnehjemsbarn, kropsterapeut og mamma med……続きを見る

Né en 1993 à Epernay, Raphaël Carteni a grandi avec sa soeur dans une famille, ni pauvre, ni riche, ne manquant de rien. Après un baccalauréat scientifique, il décide de poursuivre des études de méd……続きを見る

Georges Rémi Jr est l'homonyme de son oncle, plus connu sous son nom de plume : Hergé (22 mai 1907- 3 mars 1983). Il raconte ici ses souvenirs avec tristesse et révolte, le sentiment d'un rendez-vou……続きを見る

L'Amérique a eu toutes sortes de présidents, mais elle n'a eu qu'un roi. Héritier de deux familles irlandaises parmi les plus puissantes de Boston, John Fitzgerald Kennedy a été, jusqu'au jour de so……続きを見る

After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. Through inexperienced and unprepared, she feels drawn to the Appalachian Trail and sets out along on the long-d……続きを見る

The war memoirs of these two officers with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers have never been out of print since their first publication. Both men won instant and enduring fame with these very different narr……続きを見る

Till now, Stephanie has done her best to play by the rulesーwhich seem to be stacked against girls like her. It doesn't help that she wants to play football, dress like a boy, and fight apartheid in……続きを見る

"Wenn ich sagen würde, es ist leicht, ins Kloster einzutreten, würde ich lügen. Es ist wunderschön, aber es ist auch eine große Herausforderung." Pater Isaak Maria, 26 Jahre, Zisterzienser Warum geh……続きを見る

Nick Jonas may be the youngest member of the mega successful teen group, the Jonas Brothers, but hidden behind his boyish smile lies a devastating disease he fights with every day of his life. See h……続きを見る