Ergebnis für "Vol. 1" in Biografien & Erinnerungen

Libertin, épicurien, esthète et séducteur incorrigible, Giacomo Casanova incarne le 18e siècle. Jouir de chaque instant fut le précepte de toute sa vie. Grâce à ses mémoires où il consigne ses moindres faits et gestes, de 1725 à 1798, nous pénétrons dans l'intime du 18e, des menus, des lieux, des pensées, des goûts de l'époque. Rédigées en français, ses mémoires, dont le manuscrit est accessible sur le site de la B.N.F., expriment son amour, immense, des femmes et de la vie, avec une précision parfois croustillante et une verve toujours savoureuse.

Vrouwen plegen een moord om een probleem op te lossen. Als ze dat eenmaal hebben besloten zijn ze niet meer te houden. Zoals Janet belanden tientallen vrouwen, jong en oud, achter de tralies wegens moord. Wat is hun achtergrond, wat zijn hun beweegredenen iemand te vermoorden en hoe gaan ze te werk?

At the age of 17, Spurgeon became pastor to a handful of believers at Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire, meeting in what had been a dovecote. Within five years, he had become the best-known minister in London. Two years later, following the Sepoy Mutiny, he conducted a service of national humiliation in the Crystal Palace that was attended by 24,000 people. But this volume is far from being a record of human fame and success....

The Diary of Anaïs Nin is the published version of Anaïs Nin's own private manuscript diary, which she began at age 11 in 1914 during a trip from Europe to New York with her mother and two brothers. Nin would later say she had begun the diary as a letter to her father, Cuban composer Joaquín Nin, who had abandoned the family a few years earlier.

The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM brilliantly recreates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. From his beginning in the Transkei to his being taken to Robben Island, this is the remarkable story...

This full account is of Polk's important pre-presidential career. Since Polk was immersed in so many of the major political developments of his day, and after 1835 the fateful emergence of sectional animosities-his biography is also a history of his generation’s political experience. Professor Sellers has combined the elements with a sure hand, bringing out Polk’s character-his ambition, his determination, his faith in the electorate-and the nature of his friends, his enemies, and the times in which he moved.

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.

No primeiro volume desta biografia de fôlego, Karla Monteiro destrincha a trajetória de Leonel Brizola até o retorno do exílio em 1979 e oferece um novo olhar sobre a vida de um personagem fundamental para a construção política nacional. Figura que evoca paixão e fúria até hoje, Leonel...

As the intellectual fountainhead of the ideology of Hindutva, which is in political ascendancy in India today, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is undoubtedly one of the most contentious political thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century. Accounts of his eventful and stormy life have oscillated...

As the intellectual fountainhead of the ideology of Hindutva, which is in political ascendancy in India today, Vinayak Damodar Savarkar is undoubtedly one of the most contentious political thinkers and leaders of the twentieth century. Accounts of his eventful and stormy life have oscillated...

Are you searching for true heroes your children can look up to—heroes who shaped a nation and modeled godly values? Step into the earliest days of America’s fight for freedom with Profiles of Valor: Vol. 1, a virtue-driven collection of biographical sketches from the War of Independence.

Pela primeira vez o jornalista Luís Costa Pinto – que há quase 30 anos deu início ao processo que resultou na queda do presidente Fernando Collor – revela os bastidores de uma investigação dramática, num tempo em que nem a Polícia Federal nem o Ministério Público estavam aparelhados para cumprir com o papel que exercem hoje. Trapaça – Volume 1 – Collor é o primeiro de quatro audiolivros da saga que pretende contar, em ritmo de thriller policial e literário, os bastidores do poder no Brasil ao longo de três décadas, da ascensão e queda de Collor aos dias de hoje.

Una visione cosmogonica della follia attraverso una serie di biografie magnifiche e terribili, solari e allucinate di dèi, eroi, tiranni, filosofi, uomini, arricchite da emozionanti ed evocativi brani musicali. Le biografie del primo volume: Dioniso, Orfeo, Eracle, Era, Soma, Aiace, Icaro."Il mito riporta questa catena di azioni: dalla solitudine il desiderio, dal desiderio l'attaccamento, dall'attaccamento l'amore, dall'amore la gelosia, dalla gelosia l'odio, dall'odio la follia, dalla follia la poesia, dalla poesia la conoscenza."

My 100-Year-Old Friends–In Their Words is a heartwarming collection of stories from centenarians and supercentenarians who have spent a century gathering memories, sharing laughs, and living life to its fullest.

It's the dawn of a new era with this first issue of The Thrill Book Volume 2, and the influential pulp magazine is back and twice as big as prior issues! This time we have the suspenseful gold mining mystery "Vanishing Gold", the taut spy thriller "The Seventh Glass", the third part of the globe-trotting spy story "Strasbourg Rose", and the first part to H. Bedord-Jones' swashbuckling adventure "The Opium Ship" to meet your pulpy needs. And if you are looking for something a little more weird or spooky, the suicide-tinged "When Ghosts Walked", the bizarre tale "The Bibulous Baby", and the ...

Babur, the visionary founder of Timurid Empire in Hindustan, had a fair share of early struggle following his father’s tragic demise in AD 1494. Then on, Babur embarked on an unyielding pursuit of power amid treacherous political landscapes, the narrative unveils his moniker, ‘the chessboard...

This blood-chilling true-crime anthology peels back the curtain on some of Texas’s most disturbing and unforgettable criminal cases. From cold-blooded murder to unspeakable betrayal, each story dives deep into the hearts of both victims and perpetrators, unearthing the truths buried beneath public headlines and official accounts.

Inside the chapters of Behind the Boards: Nashville by award-winning music biographer Jake Brown, country music fans for the first time ever are given a front-row seat inside Music Row's most famous recording studios on tours narrated by the town's biggest record producers.

Cornelia Arnolda Johanna "Corrie" ten Boom (April 15, 1892 - April 15, 1983) was a Dutch watchmaker who worked with her father Casper and other family members to help, reportedly, 800 Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II by hiding them in their home. Eventually, the family was caught; ten Boom was arrested, sent to Ravensbruck concentration camp, and released after 10 months due to a clerical error. Later in life, ten Boom wrote The Hiding Place, a biography that recounts the story of her family's efforts and how she was able to find hope while imprisoned.

Step into the haunting corridors of Newgate Prison, one of Englands most notorious institutions, where the age-old battle of good versus evil unfolds. Lynne Thompson presents a gripping exploration of the blurred lines between justice and cruelty. As Griffiths, a seasoned prison administrator, guides us through this dark chapter of history, we confront the chilling realities of the judicial system and its often brutal methods of dealing with criminals. From starvation to drowning and the stinging bites of insects, the punishment meted out to wrongdoers raises profound questions about humanitys...