GEER） - Biography & Memoir 1

Burj Attari To The United States From Penniless To Millionaire From a childhood marked by extreme poverty in a small village to building a multi-million dollar business in the United States, this po……続きを見る

'Op de vooravond van je vertrek naar Italië, even van mij een afscheidsgroet. Ik vind het een beetje droevig dat je gaat. Maar misschien zien wij elkaar in Lucca vaker dan in Nederland. Je zult daar……続きを見る

Wat doe je als je psychosegevoelige dochter tijdens een psychiatrische opname nietsverhullende foto's en provocerende teksten op sociale media plaatst? En als dan blijkt dat de ggz-kliniek dit niet ……続きを見る

»Stell dir vor, vor dir steht eine weiße Leinwand und nur du entscheidest, was du darauf malst. Und nun stell dir vor, dass dein Leben genau diese Leinwand ist.« Zu diesem Gedankenexperiment lädt Ma……続きを見る

The pioneering Dutch microbiologist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek uncovered hidden worlds of minuscule life. With his ingenious, self-made microscopes, he observed inconceivably tiny creatures and structur……続きを見る

Rosey E. Pool (1905–71) did not live an ordinary life. She witnessed the rise of the Nazis in Berlin firsthand, tutored Anne Frank, operated in a Jewish resistance group, escaped from a Nazi transit……続きを見る

Soutien à Boualem Sansal Dans cet ouvrage collectif, près de 40 auteurs unissent leurs voix pour soutenir Boualem Sansal, écrivain emprisonné en Algérie pour avoir défendu la liberté d'expression. À……続きを見る

***One Step Beyond: One Man's Extraordinary Story of Survival***is a tale of adventure, courage, and triumph, but most importantly, it is an inspiring story about embracing life after a horrific acc……続きを見る

"An absolutely delightful memoir, tracing the intellectual development and career of a distinguished and consummately likable evolutionary biologist." ー Publishers Weekly His fingers move across th……続きを見る

" An unabashedly honest ethnography . . . [from] a founder of 'symbolic' anthropology . . . reflections on his fieldwork over a period of . . . forty years. Brilliant." (Kirkus Reviews) In looking b……続きを見る

A biography of three sisters who grew up on the Vermont countryside, traveled the world, and returned to their farm to raise acclaimed cows. The Lepines' story began in Quebec, from where Maurice an……続きを見る

När Ejvor Jonsson är ett år gammal kommer Jakob De Geer på besök på barnhemmet där hon bor. När han får se den ljuslockiga flickan slita en nalle från en pojke, slå honom i huvudet med den och ilske……続きを見る

300 jaar na zijn dood is Antoni van Leeuwenhoek nog altijd invloedrijk Overal zag Antoni van Leeuwenhoek onvoorstelbaar kleine diertjes en deeltjes: in putwater, sperma, de inhoud van mee-eters en a……続きを見る

Comment être sûr d’être en CDI amoureux ? Et si nous devions tous prendre un petit peu de recul sur notre comportement face à l'Amour ? Avec ce petit abécédaire à l'humour mordant, Nadège Eros croqu……続きを見る

Wrestling With God tells the story of the man who came to personify New Zealand’s debates over the role and meaning of religious belief in increasingly secular age.In the public eye ever since his f……続きを見る

Sapphire wants nothing more than to survive. Everything in her body aches, she's barely eaten anything in days, she doesn't even know the time or date. But more than that, she wants her brother to w……続きを見る

Intime, touchant, surprenant. Faiseur de chansons, c’est Jean-Jacques en personne qui se définit en ces termes. En réalité, l’expression vient de l’anglais Songmaker. Ce qualificatif lui va à ravir.……続きを見る

Første bind af Inge Eriksens erindringer slutter, da hun blev romanforfatter: I 1976 udkom Victoria og verdensrevolutionen, og den blev indledningen til et nyt kapitel i hendes liv. Inge Eriksen ble……続きを見る

John James Geer, a Union soldier captured at the Battle of Shiloh, recounts his experiences as a prisoner in the Confederacy in Beyond the Lines: A Yankee Prisoner Loose in Dixie.(Goodreads) 続きを見る

I "Og kattene" ser forfatter og debattør Inge Eriksen tilbage på de dele af sit liv, hun har tilbragt i selskab med sine forskellige husdyr. Men det er kattene, der træder tydeligst frem i bogen og ……続きを見る

Den danske retsmediciner Preben Geertinger fortæller om sit liv med bizarre obduktioner, uløste kriminalsager og det specielle forhold, man uundgåeligt får til liv og død, når man håndterer lig på d……続きを見る

‘Throughout his long life Lloyd Geering has wrestled with ‘God’, the deepest fundamental questions of human identity and making sense of living in this world in relationship with others.’ Allan K. D……続きを見る

Lloyd Geering, a minister and professor in the Presbyterian Church in New Zealand, was tried for heresy in 1967 following his article 'What Does the Resurrection Mean?'. Found innocent, he became th……続きを見る

Raised in the Mormon church, she dreamed of becoming a 'heavenly queen.' A personal account of one woman's Mormon heritage and her conversion to the Christian faith. Examines several important tenet……続きを見る

Eine mitreißend lebendige Familiengeschichte um einfache Leute vor dem Hintergrund der großen historischen Ereignisse Am Mikrokosmos seiner Familie schildert Geert Mak das 20. Jahrhundert in den Nie……続きを見る