Ergebnis für "Helena" in Biografien & Erinnerungen

Marie Fredrikssons liv innehåller mycket dramatik. Från fattig uppväxt på ­skånska landsbygden till världs­karriär med Roxette. Och sedan katastrofen. Hjärntumören som gav henne en dödsdom. Märkt av sin sjukdom står hon åter­igen på scenen. I boken kommer Marie Fredriksson och hennes närmaste till tals. Det är en–berättelse om stor kärlek, om sorg, om makalös framgång och revansch mot alla odds–tack vare kärleken till livet.

Acclaim for the TUNNEL 29 podcast: 'Combining the fun of a thriller that we know will end happily with grim perspective on history and tyranny... stunning' New Yorker 'Reminiscent of a savvy Netflix block buster series' Evening Standard 'A truly exciting yarn... creates a sense for the listener...

Discover the extraordinary diaries of the real Anne Lister. When this volume of Anne Lister's diaries was first published in 1988, it was hailed as a vital piece of lost lesbian history. The editor, Helena Whitbread, had spent years painstakingly researching and transcribing Lister's extensive journals, much of which were written in an elaborate code - what Lister called her 'crypthand', which allowed her to record her life in intimate, and at times, explicit, detail. Until then, Anne Lister's lesbianism had been supressed or hinted at; this was the first time her story had been told.

Was hat unser Frausein mit Ost und West zu tun? "Ost*West*frau*. Wie wir wurden, wer wir sind" ist eine subjektive Erkundung, eine transgenerationale und feministische Momentaufnahme. Vor 35 Jahren scheiterte der erste Ost-West-Frauenkongress. Was hat sich seitdem bewegt? "Die Anthologie von Franziska Hauser und Maren Wurster ist somit eine vielstimmige und äußerst lesenswerte Momentaufnahme der aktuellen feministischen Debatte." MDR Kultur. Von Prägungen und Zuschreibungen handeln diese Texte, erzählt anhand der eigenen Biografie, der eigenen Intimität.

In St. Helena: The Most Influential Woman in Human History, former judge, prosecutor, and investigator Steve Castlen presents a riveting blend of historical fact and imaginative storytelling to make the case for one astonishing truth: that the mother of Constantine the Great was the single most transformative woman in the history of the Western world.

Wait, are you you, or are you the other one? Which is the evil twin? Have you ever switched partners? Can you read each other’s mind? Twins get asked the weirdest questions by strangers, loved ones, even themselves. For Helena de Bres, a twin and philosophy professor, these questions were never far from philosophy’s most unnerving unknowns. What makes someone themself rather than someone else? Can one person be housed in two bodies? What does perfect love look like? Can we really act freely? When does wonder morph into objectification?

Cuando Helena Maleno llegó a Marruecos en 2002 con su hijo, dos maletas y un proyecto laboral de tres meses no podía imaginar hasta qué punto aquel país y la lucha por los derechos de las poblaciones migrantes que lo atravesaban transformarían su vida para siempre. Ya instalada en Tánger de forma definitiva, Helena se adentró en los asentamientos provisionales de los bosques que rodean Ceuta y Melilla y empezó a denunciar sin descanso las violaciones de derechos de aquellos que buscan cruzar, por tierra o por mar, una frontera que les permita alcanzar Europa.

A brilliant, illuminating reassessment of the life and work of Jane Austen that makes clear how Austen has been misread for the past two centuries and that shows us how she intended her books to be read, revealing, as well, how subversive and daring--how truly radical--a writer she was. In this...

With every poignant and bizarre story, Oxee reveals the outrageous extent to which the public subjects themselves when they morph from people to passengers the moment they walk through the terminal doors. The audio book, eBook, and paperback editions are a factual reservoir of graphic accounts, highlighting how ground personnel face a myriad of challenges with every flight, every minute of the day, at every airport worldwide.

From the founder of the worldwide 30% Club campaign comes a career book for women in a transforming world who don't just want to lean in, but instead, shatter the paradigm as we know it. ‘I absolutely love her, I think she’s such a force for good’ Pandora Sykes, The High Low In A Good Time...

Adéntrate en la mente de una de las cantantes y compositoras más influyentes de nuestro tiempo con esta antología de sus citas más inspiradoras y reveladoras. Swifties del mundo, ¡regocijaos! Desde lo más alto de la lista de best sellers del New York Times llega el libro de la artista americana del momento: Taylor Swift, en primera persona. Compuesto por una selección antológica de sus memorias, citas, opiniones, recuerdos, soflamas, epifanías y otros pronunciamientos —extraída de entrevistas, declaraciones, posts y demás confesiones que la cantante ha ido regalándonos.

Helena Paz Garro, escritora e hija de dos destacadas figuras de la literatura mexicana, Elena Garro y Octavio Paz, comparte aquí el relato detallado de su vida familiar y cultural, marcada por episodios tan definitivos como polémicos.

A beleza incomum e a inteligência aguda de Helena eram contrastes com sua determinação implacável de se tornar a primeira mulher cirurgiã da Inglaterra vitoriana. Ela não mediria esforços para superar as barreiras e provar sua habilidade, mesmo que isso significasse realizar cirurgias em segredo em sua própria casa.

Three dramatic true stories, this is investigative journalism at its very best. In these three gripping series, prominent journalists investigate fascinating human stories, shining a light on history and politics and deepening our understanding of the word we live in.

What does God wish to accomplish through suffering? Does he answer prayers for healing? Drawing on personal experience, the author addresses what a life-changing cancer diagnosis looks like and provides hard-wrought assistance to those walking its path and those supporting them. Broken Beauty explores God’s goal in refining his children and uncovers the rich provisions he bestows along the way. In the process we discover restorative beauty amidst this broken world - beauty that originates from finding the glorious treasure of all we are and are becoming in Christ.

Lina was a precocious toddler - charming, chatty, joyful. At the age of three, in the aftermath of her second MMR vaccine, first came a seizure, and then, to her parents’ horror, the loss of Lina’s ability to play, use language, and control her impulses. Over the next few years they continued to lose Lina. She communicated her acute discomfort by biting, screaming, hitting, laughing maniacally, and throwing violent tantrums.

Strong, sassy, always surprising—and titled after a Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” monologue by Tina Fey—Bitch Is the New Black is a deliciously addictive memoir-in-essays in which Helena Andrews goes from being the daughter of the town lesbian to a hot-shot political reporter…...

Vad gör man som förälder när båda ens söner är obotligt sjuka? När den äldste sonen redan är döende, och den yngre endast kan räddas med hjälp av en benmärgstransplantation? Det är vad Helena Richardson tvingas ta ställning till när hennes två barn insjuknat i samma sjukdom. Felix är fyra år när hans föräldrar, som första par i Sverige, får tillåtelse att leta igenom embryon på jakt efter ett identiskt barn. Det är ont om tid för Felix, och för storebror Mathias är det försent.

“Touching.” —The New York Times For fans of Humans of New York and PostSecret, a collection of raw, urgent, and heartfelt stories, shared anonymously. Helena Dea Bala was an exhausted and isolated DC lobbyist, suffocating under the weight of her student loan debt, when she decided to split...

ESTE É UM EPISÓDIO DA OBRA "CARTA PARA O MEU JOVEM EU", DE. JANE GRAHAM, QUE APRESENTAM CARTAS PARA MIRIAM MARGOLYES E LÚCIA HELENA GALVÃO MAIS JOVENS. SE QUISER LER TODAS AS CARTAS LEIA A OBRA COMPLETA. Se a viagem no tempo fosse uma possibilidade, o que você diria ao seu eu adolescente, caso o encontrasse? Em Carta Para Meu Jovem Eu, personalidades das mais diversas áreas refletem sobre o que teria sido bom saber antes. Elas também lembram aqueles momentos mágicos que gostariam de reviver. O livro inclui a participação especial de personalidades brasileiras.