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On a summer night in 1891, a Dutch widow left her home and went for a walk. It was the anniversary of the death of her brother-in-law, Vincent van Gogh, and she was at the beginning of an improbable decades-long journey that would transform the painter into one of the most beloved artists of all...

Las descarnadas, inspiradoras y emocionantes memorias del icono y legendario ganador de varios premios Oscar, Sylvester Stallone, sobre su increíble camino al estrellato y la mejor historia jamás contada de un ganador contra todo pronóstico.

Avant de connaître la gloire, tous ont un jour commencé par une toute première œuvre qui n'a pas toujours rencontré d'emblée le succès. Des débuts modestes au triomphe, en passant parfois par des périodes moins glorieuses, Alex Vizorek retrace la vie de 30 artistes qui ont marqué notre culture, toujours avec une pointe d'humour, pour faire rire en apprenant. Peinture, musique, cinéma, littérature… aucun art n'a été oublié. Un ouvrage kaléidoscope qui brosse le portrait de 30 génies, à travers le prisme de leur première et de leur dernière œuvre.

This inspiring, raw memoir traces the path Devon Rodriguez took from an abusive childhood to becoming the most followed artist on social media worldwide, as he discovered the transformative power of seeing and being seen—featuring new graphite illustrations of the people and places that shaped...

Was wäre aus den berühmten Malern, Schriftstellern, Komponisten und Popstars geworden, wenn niemand da gewesen wäre, um sie zu inspirieren, zu trösten, zu korrigieren, zu managen, zu lieben? Von den antiken Musengöttinnen hin zu Christiane Vulpius, Anna Dostojewskaja, Gala Dalí, Véra Nabokov, Constanze Mozart, Uma Thurman und vielen anderen erzählt Elisa von Hof von den Frauen, die unsere Kunst und Kultur prägen, aber kaum anerkannt oder sichtbar gemacht werden.

Claude Monet’s water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century. Yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil and sadness for the artist. The dramatic history behind these paintings is little known; Ross King’s Mad...

Bloomsbury presents Mad Enchantment by Ross King, read by Mark Meadows Claude Monet’s water lily paintings are among the most iconic and beloved works of art of the past century. Yet these entrancing images were created at a time of terrible private turmoil and sadness for the artist. The...

Bloomsbury presents Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Ross King, read by Mark Meadows. From the acclaimed author of Brunelleschi's Dome and Leonardo and the Last Supper, the riveting story of how Michelangelo, against all odds, created the masterpiece that has ever since adorned the ceiling...

In this inspiring narrative, Imagineer, explorer, and Disney Legend Joe Rohde offers a master class in creativity on a world-spanning journey to discover the origins of personal creativity, the power and potential of enterprising groups, and the remarkable parallels between collaboration and exploring the real world.

Skeptical artist Tokeli falls down a flight of stairs and rips open the "real world." Her recovery is marked by high strangeness. She lands in an all-white Egg. A calm presence appears and says it is staying for the rest of her life. A grocery store song warps. Strangers confess their secrets. Ordinary moments land with eerie precision. Then the dead start showing up... and extraterrestrials and Spirit Guides, and a chorus of voices that will not stop. By the third night, a thunderous rupture opens in the bedroom ceiling and something ancient steps through the portal.

As part of the major heritage interview program conducted in 2006 by the French National Audiovisual Institute (INA) in collaboration with the Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah, Roman Polanski recorded his account of his childhood in Poland during the war. It was while writing that he remembered asking his father, in 1973, to write his memoirs. He recently rediscovered this account, which he had never read before. It now forms the second part of this unique book, Letters to My Son by Ryszard Polanski.

In meinem Erzählungszyklus „Die sieben Leben des Seian Kobuschka" beschreibe ich rückblickend anregende, interessante, aber auch kuriose Begegnungen mit Menschen, die ich ein Stück ihres Lebensweges begleiten konnte, und von denen ich einige auch zu meinen Freunden zählen durfte. Diese poetischen Erinnerungen zeigen oft auch sehr private Facetten jener Personen und dokumentieren durch ihre mitunter gewagten, individuellen Einfärbungen die schaurig-schöne Stimmungssituation innerhalb, aber auch ein wenig außerhalb der Wiener Kunstszene der 80er und 90er Jahre.

Hannah Lübbert fasst ein Grundgefühl ihrer Generation in Worte Klimaaktivistin Hannah Lübbert zeigt, wie sie ihre eigene Angsterkrankung überwunden hat, und erklärt, warum wir in einer von Angst geprägten Zeit leben. In ihrem empowernden Text steckt sie mit ihrer Begeisterungsfähigkeit an...

Journey Back Into the Vault invites people to travel with author Mario Cartaya back to the land of his birth for the first time in fifty-six years as he seeks to reclaim his forgotten childhood memories, original identity, and once-promised destiny. Join Mario as he searches for the now faded footprints he once left behind in the homes, school, and playgrounds of the first nine years of his life in 1950s Cuba before Fidel Castro came into power and his family became political exiles.

Explore the life, work, and enduring influence of Diane Arbus, the groundbreaking American photographer known for her intimate portraits of people living outside conventional society. This biography traces her artistic development, distinctive visual style, major photographs, personal struggles...

Pore over the letters of Eve Babitz—queen of the witty, gossipy, and thoroughly engrossing missive. Eve Babitz was a pure product of Los Angeles. The goddaughter of the avant-garde composer Igor Stravinsky, she made the scene of just about every midcentury California scene there was: from the...

Von der gefeierten Autorin von Das Lieben danach: Wie gut kennen wir unsere eigenen Eltern – ihre Leidenschaften und Abgründe? Tief berührend, weitreichend: Helene Bracht, die erst mit fast siebzig Jahren zum Schreiben fand, erzählt von uns allen, indem sie von ihrer Mutter erzählt. Voller Wucht und Schönheit beschreibt sie den Sommer des Abschieds von ihrer alten Mutter Irma.

Ein Plädoyer gegen Schwarz-Weiß-Denken und für den Versuch eines Miteinanders, wenn die Gegensätze unüberwindbar scheinen. Keine einfachen Antworten, aber ein offenherziger und selbstkritischer Versuch, herauszufinden, was jetzt noch einen Unterschied machen könnte. Monchi will bleiben, wo sich schon so viele verabschiedet haben, will vor Ort etwas bewegen.

'Gemma's mind is a thing of wonder. Reading her love for these crucial legacies is like falling under a spell' AFUA HIRSCH 'Will warm your heart and activate your moral compass. An absolute delight and a magnificent read' DAWN O’PORTER For centuries, travellers would stare up at the stars to...

An elegant, iridescent mosaic of autobiographical fragments, both real and invented, forming a portrait of a creative life, from the life of the Pulitzer Prize finalist for Same Bed Different Dreams In 1998, Ed Park wrote a memoir and saved it to the vanishing technology of the floppy disk...