Ergebnis für "Angela" in Romanbiografien

Der erste Roman über Barbies Erfinderin Ruth Handler: Eine außergewöhnliche Frau, die ein Spielzeug erschuf, das zur Legende wurde – eine außergewöhnliche Geschichte, großes Kino! Im Jahr 1956 macht sich Ruth Handler, Mitbegründerin des aufstrebenden Spielzeugunternehmens Mattel, daran, den Markt zu revolutionieren: mit einer Puppe, die wie eine erwachsene Frau aussieht. Im Gegensatz zu den üblichen Babypuppen, die die traditionelle Mutterrolle bestärken, soll diese Puppe kleine Mädchen dazu ermutigen, alles sein und tun zu können, was sie wollen. So wird Barbie geboren.

Adriana Altaras erzählt von ihrer Tante, der schönen Teta Jele. Von einer Frau, die 101 Jahre alt wurde, die spanische Grippe, das KZ und ihre norditalienische Schwiegermutter überlebte. Von einer so liebevollen wie eigensinnigen Beziehung. Und davon, wie man lernt, das Leben anzunehmen. Als ihre Eltern aus Zagreb fliehen müssen, kommt Adriana mit vier Jahren zu ihrer Tante nach Italien. Dorthin wird sie ihr Leben lang zurückkehren. Als Jugendliche in den Sommerferien, mit ihrer gesamten Abiklasse - und mit all ihren Liebhabern, die Tantchens aristokratischem Blick standhalten müssen.

En este magnífico audiolibro se narran los duros comienzos de una familia emigrante irlandesa, vista a través de un niño. Por ello, el oyente se encontrará con grandes dosis de humor y compasión transmitidos a través de su autor, Frank McCourt. Es una extraordinaria obra donde Frank McCourt nos muestra el amor, la dignidad, y el humor de una infancia marcada por el hambre, la muerte, y el dolor.

L’esperienza vissuta nell’angoscioso sogno: l’anziana donna nero-vestita, sguardo minaccioso e agghiacciante, che con voce infernale pronuncia ripetutamente “non ti darò pace”, il reale manifestarsi nella sera successiva della stessa che resasi visibile, ripete la medesima minaccia “non ti darò pace”, rivelano al giovane quattordicenne che la linea tra il reale e il surrreale si è spezzata. Misteri e verità nella vita di un medium, frutto di un’accurata indagine, e molteplici testimonianze, si annovera nella categoria del “romanzo sperimentale”, inteso come documento di vita.

Cousins Masha and Rachel Morgenstern board the luxury liner the SS Manhattan bound for New York, desperate to escape the concentration camps that claimed the rest of their family. America offers a safe haven, but to reach it they must survive a hazardous Atlantic crossing. Among their fellow passengers fleeing the war, each with their own conflicts, secrets, and surprises, are the composer Igor Stravinsky, making a new start after a decade of tragedy, and Rose Kennedy, determined to keep her four children from harm.

Shipwreck of Hopes sweeps the listener from a desolate Fire Island beach in America, across the Atlantic to war-torn Italy to tell a story of shipwreck, deception, thievery, and murder on treacherous seas, in bloody revolution, and on an isolated shore. Drawing inventively on the lives that converged with the fate of the ship Elizabeth in 1850, the novel goes beyond biography to reveal the harrowing journeys of those involved on that desperate day.

A religious cult, militia conspirators, and an FBI standoff. Can a nine-year-old girl survive them all? Sophia’s mom has been promised Zion after meeting and marrying a fanatic religious cult member. Sophia is left to protect her younger sister while facing severe punishments, strange rules, and meetings meant to indoctrinate them.

1838, England: When eighteen-year-old Frances Dickinson impulsively marries Lieutenant John Geils, all her hopes for her future are quickly shattered as she finds there is much about her husband she did not know. A cruel and violent man, John keeps Frances in isolation on his family's estate, while spending her fortune and preying upon their maids. Frances yearns to break free from her marriage but the law is not on her side. Only when John's abuse escalates can she set in motion a daring plan to secure her freedom.

To Pocahontas and her people, the Tidewater is the rightful home of the Powhatan tribe. To England it is Virginia Territory, fertile with promise, rich with silver and gold. As Jamestown struggles to take root, John Smith knows that the only hope for survival lies with the Powhatan people. He knows, too, that they would rather see the English starve than yield their homeland to invaders. In the midst of this conflict, Pocahontas, the daughter of the great chief, forges an unlikely friendship with Smith.

From rowdy Barcelona barrooms to the incandescent streets of turn-of-the-century Paris, Pablo Picasso experiences the sumptuous highs and seedy lows of bohemian life alongside his rebellious poet friend with a shadowy past, Carles Casagemas. Fleeing family misfortune and their parents’ expectations, the two young artists seek their creative outlet while chasing inspiration in drugs, decadence, and the liberated women of Montmartre - creatures far different from the veiled ones back home.