Ergebnis für "Ghost" in Biografien & Erinnerungen

Als er im Sterben lag, sagte Paul Auster seiner Frau, er wolle ein Geist werden. Und das ist er für Siri Hustvedt geworden: eine allzeit spürbare Präsenz, schmerzlich und tröstlich zugleich. Sie trägt seine Jacke, sie meint seine Zigarillos im Haus zu riechen, sie liest seine Bücher von neuem. Und zum ersten Mal seit langer Zeit liest sie ihre eigenen Liebesbriefe, vom Beginn einer gemeinsamen Geschichte, die 43 Jahre währen sollte. Mit ihrem beispiellosen Trauer-, Gedächtnis- und Liebesbuch nähert sie sich dem unmöglichen Wunsch, Paul zu neuem Leben zu erwecken.

'A remarkable achievement' LOUISE KENNEDY 'A deeply moving memoir, raw with loss, yet luminous with love' SARAH WATERS 'What a kind, honest book. What a gift of love' DAVID MITCHELL 'Essential reading from an all-time great' SARA COLLINS Ghost Stories is Siri Hustvedt's most personal work yet, a...

For decades, Fred Burton was a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spy craft. As a member of the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service in the mid 1980s, he was on the front lines of America's first campaign against terror. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, world-wise few. Told in a no-holds-barred, gripping, nuanced style, this behind-the scenes account of one counterterrorism agent's life and career is a riveting listen.

In less than a year, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. That lack of direction lead him on a 55,000 mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again.

Kevin Mitnick, the world’s most wanted computer hacker, managed to hack into some of the country’s most powerful—and seemingly impenetrable—agencies and companies. By conning employees into giving him private information and maneuvering through layers of security, he gained access to...

For the first time, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson opens up about his amazing comeback—from tragic personal loss to thriving businessman and cable’s highest-paid executive—in this unique self-help guide, his first since his blockbuster New York Times bestseller The 50th Law. In his early...

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ‘An absolutely captivating memoir’ - Shari Franke, Sunday Times bestselling author of The House of My Mother Eva Benefield, the daughter of the victim of the viral ‘Black Swan Murder’ trial, tells her story about coming of age amid grief, violence...

Enter the darkness with Scary Ghost Stories on Audio, a chilling collection of classic ghost stories brought to life through the power of sound.From haunted houses and restless spirits to mysterious apparitions and terrifying encounters with the unknown, these timeless tales are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and prepare yourself for stories that will make you question every strange sound you hear in the night.These are classic ghost stories that will scare you to death!Perfect for late-night listening, horror fans, lovers of the ...

Zwei Jahre nach dem Höhepunkt seiner Karriere und dem gleichzeitigen Ende dieser, hat Raphael "RAF Camora" Ragucci noch bei weitem nicht alles mit seinen Fans geteilt was ihm auf der Seele liegt. Mit seiner Musikerlaufbahn abgeschlossen und völlig in sich gekehrt verfasste er seine Autobiographie Der Pakt. Das Hörbuch bietet einen noch nie zuvor dagewesenen, schonungslos ehrlichen Einblick hinter die Kulissen und wirft ein Licht auf die Schattenseiten seines Weges zum Erfolg.

A searing memoir of love and grief centered around the loss of Siri Hustvedt’s husband, Paul Auster. "Genuinely moving...Hustvedt’s book is like Didion’s [The Year of Magical Thinking] in tone...a grainy and resonant book about loneliness, despair, and confusion. It’s close to a howl."...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Absorbing history of an unlikely alliance.” - Kirkus Reviews From the New York Times bestselling authors of Ghosts of Honolulu comes their most harrowing true story yet. It's 1942, and New York City is at war. German U-boats are sinking ships just miles...

Two Girls One Ghost is a paranormal comedy podcast, deemed “The Most Haunted Podcast in America”. Award-winning hosts and best friends Corinne Vien and Sabrina Deana-Roga bring an obsession with the strange, the spooky, and the supernatural to deeply researched stories and listener-submitted encounters from the other side. If you've ever wanted to genuinely be creeped out and laugh until you cry in the same fifteen minutes, this is your show... but be warned: countless listeners have reported their own encounters with the other side after tuning in. Listen at your own risk. To bring your ...

Enter the darkness with Scary Ghost Stories on Audio, a chilling collection of classic ghost stories brought to life through the power of sound.From haunted houses and restless spirits to mysterious apparitions and terrifying encounters with the unknown, these timeless tales are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and prepare yourself for stories that will make you question every strange sound you hear in the night.These are classic ghost stories that will scare you to death!Perfect for late-night listening, horror fans, lovers of the ...

Enter the darkness with Scary Ghost Stories on Audio, a chilling collection of classic ghost stories brought to life through the power of sound.From haunted houses and restless spirits to mysterious apparitions and terrifying encounters with the unknown, these timeless tales are guaranteed to send shivers down your spine.Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and prepare yourself for stories that will make you question every strange sound you hear in the night.These are classic ghost stories that will scare you to death!Perfect for late-night listening, horror fans, lovers of the ...

Dans Ghost Stories, d'une intimité rare, Siri Hustvedt se livre pour la première fois sur le grand amour de sa vie, Paul Auster. Elle y célèbre leur longue et magnifique vie à deux, et nous plonge dans les recoins les plus secrets de leur mythique couple d'écrivains new-yorkais. Ghost Stories est aussi la chronique de la disparition de l'être aimé, convoquant souvenirs, lectures et traces écrites — autant de tentatives pour affronter l'absence, et accueillir les signes de l'au-delà.

A tense, powerful, grand account of one of the most daring exploits of World War II. On January 28, 1945, 121 hand-selected troops from the elite U.S. Army 6th Ranger Battalion slipped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Their mission: March thirty miles in an attempt to rescue 513 American...

A young woman from a blue-collar background—aspiring and driven—spent over twenty years quietly wondering if the family who raised her was truly hers. At thirty-two, she confirmed the unthinkable: she is the biological daughter of another, entirely unknown family. Her search unfolds like a page-turning mystery, leading to an astonishing discovery—her biological grandfather was a U.S. diplomat and author, photographed in the Oval Office with President Kennedy, greeting Charles Lindbergh on the tarmac, and meeting with Rosa Parks and international leaders.

Winner of The James Tait Black Memorial Prize Winner of the Book of the Year, the Irish Book Awards Winner of the Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year Nominated for the Rathbones Folio Prize, Desmond Elliot Prize and Republic of Consciousness Prize A true original, this stunning prose debut by...

Within FBI field operative circles, groups of people known as “Special” by their titles alone, Michael R. McGowan is an outlier. Over the course of his career, McGowan has worked more than 50 undercover cases. In this extraordinary and unprecedented book, McGowan will take listeners through some of his biggest cases, from international drug busts to the Russian and Italian mobs to biker gangs and contract killers to corrupt unions and SWAT work. Ghost is an unparalleled view into how the FBI, through the courage of its undercover Special Agents, nails the bad guys.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Read by the author. "A fast-paced debut...Espionage buffs will savor this vibrant account." — Publishers Weekly A U.S. naval counterintelligence officer working to safeguard Pearl Harbor; a Japanese spy ordered to Hawaii to gather information on the American fleet. On...