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This autobiography, The Wooden Bazooka, is a story of manifold drama too vivid, improbable, and intensely personal to have been conjured up by a novelist. From orphanage to battlefront to prison camp to board room and beyond, Karl Heinz Johannsmeier spins a fast-paced narrative of incredible span and trajectory, a testimony to the power of optimism and tenacity to outwit death, overcome defeat, and engineer triumph. Few individuals have proven so dramatically that the American Dream of success is indeed alive and well.

Diese Autobiographie ist eine Geschichte vielfältiger Dramen, die zu lebendig, unwahrscheinlich und zutiefst persönlich sind, um von einem Romanautor heraufbeschworen zu werden. Vom Waisenhaus zur Front, zu politischem Knast, zu Hightech-Unternehmer und darüber hinaus—Karl Heinz Johannsmeier erzählt eine rasante Geschichte von unglaublicher Spannweite und Flugbahn, ein Zeugnis der Kraft des Optimismus und der Hartnäckigkeit, den Tod zu überlisten, Niederlagen zu überwinden und Triumphe zu konstruieren.

Donna Leon hat viel erlebt, in Amerika, dem Iran, Saudi-Arabien, Italien natürlich oder in der Schweiz. Kaum aber passiert ihr ein Abenteuer, wird auch schon eine spannende Geschichte daraus. Sie erzählt uns von ihrer Jugend auf der Farm und von Sperrstunden-Pyjamapartys im Iran, Geldnot und einem Fiat 600. Davon, wie sie als "Anstandsdame" nach Italien kam, von der Jagd nach dem perfekten Cappuccino und kleinen Wundern in den Bergen.

Knjiga "Nitke življenja Martinčkovih" opisuje njeno družino in pestro zgodovinsko dogajanje, od zadnjih let 19. do začetka druge polovice 20.stoletja. Najprej v Tržiču, nato pa med prvo svetovno vojno do daljne Rusije, med drugo Srbije in se končno vrne v Tržič. V njej sta življenski zgodbi matere in očeta, od katerih je zgodba slednjega tako rekoč rdeča nit knjige. Glavni vir informacij sta bila pokojna starša. Pripovedi je posnela na številne magnetofonske trakove in tako omogočila verodostojnost zapisovanja teh življenskih zgodb.

Sarah Polley's work as an actor, screenwriter and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity and deep humanity. She brings all those qualities, along with her exquisite storytelling chops, to these six essays. Each one captures a piece of Polley's life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory, the mutability of reality in the mind, and the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person she is now but was not then. As Polley writes, the past and present are in a “reciprocal pressure dance”.

Massimo Troisi rivive in questo libro nel suo fascino esuberante, nella sua erotica bellezza partenopea capace di un'empatia spontanea con chiunque incontrasse. Attore-autore irriverente e scanzonato, la sua simpatia ha accompagnato la ricerca di una personale solitudine, rifugio dalla malattia e dai dolori famigliari che ne hanno segnato la sensibilità.

Though many have never heard her name, Alice Prin—Kiki de Montparnasse—was the icon of 1920s Paris. She captivated as a ground-breaking nightclub performer, wrote a bestselling memoir, sold out exhibitions of her paintings, and shared drinks with the likes of Pablo Picasso, Peggy Guggenheim, Marcel Duchamp and Gertrude Stein. She also shepherded along the career of the then-unknown American photographer: Man Ray.

The 1935 murder of architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, world famous for his design of the iconic Parliament Buildings and Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, and the arrest and lurid trial of his thirty years younger second wife, Alma, and the family chauffeur, George Percy Stoner, her lover, who was half her age, riveted people. Debate continues even today as to which one of them really was responsible.

La red infinita retrata, en primera persona, a una mente artística única, atormentada por miedos y obsesiones, pero decidida a alcanzar y mantener su posición al frente de la vanguardia artística mundial. Pintora inconformista, Kusama canaliza sus neurosis obsesivas en un arte que trasciende las barreras culturales.Una vez llegada desde Japón a Nueva York, vive los primeros tiempos en la pobreza, pero pronto se convierte en la reina de la escena artística contracultural, y llega a codearse con artistas como Georgia O'Keeffe o Andy Warhol.

¿Cómo logró el hijo de unos pobres inmigrantes eslovacos, criado en Pittsburgh, convertirse en el artista más famoso de su generación? ¿De qué manera pasó de ser un niño enfermizo, víctima del acoso de sus compañeros de clase, a erigirse en padre del pop art? ¿Es Warhol un genio del arte contemporáneo?

Anne-Marie fra Paris er 13 år gammel og træt af at gå i skole. Men da der kommer en ny pige i hendes klasse - en mystisk og dragende flygtning fra det fjerne Østen - begynder et nyt livskapitel. Foranlediget af den nye og fremmelige pige vækkes generte Anne-Maries interesse for drenge og romantik. Og da hun året efter bliver færdig med skolen og kommer i lære som husassistent, opsøger hun enhver mulighed for at udforske den nye interesse.

Hvad vil det sige at være en af verdens største kunstnere? Hvad var det ved Edvard Munch, der skilte sig ud fra andre kunstnere på samme tid, og som gør, at vi stadig ser på hans kunst og taler om den? Karl Ove Knausgård nærmer sig Munchs billeder i et forsøg på at finde ud af, hvad der stod på spil i dem, og på hvilke måder de lever videre. Han opsøger steder, hvor Munch har været, og taler om Munch med kunstnere og kunstkendere. Men først og fremmest skriver han om sit eget forhold til Munch.

Den danske skagensmaler Anna Ancher deler ud af sine barndomsminder fra Skagen. I modsætning til resten af første generation af skagensmalere var Anna Ancher født og opvokset i Skagen, og hendes fortælling byder blandt andet på historien om, da selveste H.C. Andersen kom på uanmeldt besøg i hendes barndomshjem.

A visit to a museum can be overwhelming, exhausting, and unrewarding. Lincoln Perry wants to change that. In eleven essays—each framed around a specific theme—he provides new ways of seeing and appreciating art. Perry is a disarmingly charming tour guide to museums large or small. He makes even all art approachable and accessible. Along the way, he weaves in personal stories, from his own artistic journey as a painter to the days when he could sleep in his beaten-up VW Bus in the Louvre’s parking lot.

The art world is a much dirtier, nastier business than you might expect. Tony Tetro, one of the most renowned art forgers in history, will make you question every masterpiece you’ve ever seen in a museum, gallery, or private collection. Tetro’s “Rembrandts,” “Caravaggios,” “Miros,” and hundreds of other works now hang on walls around the globe.

My memoir begins at birth, where I almost died, and ends with my suicide attempt at the age of 31. I am grateful that I survived. Somewhere in the aftermath, an old self perished, along with all past trauma. I went through a rebirth and was finally ready to share that part of my story which I had kept hidden and secret from the world. My journey covered mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, prescription medication abuse, suicide, drug overdose, coma recovery, military base life, house repossession, facing homelessness, gang crime, domestic abuse, divorce, and much more.

At 65, artist, writer, and psychologist Sharon Strong doesn’t fit into the cultural stereotype of “senior citizen”—and she has no desire to. Instead, she claims the next decade as the most transformational years of her life. At 66, she erects the first of what will become a series of monumental sculptures on the Black Rock Desert at Burning Man. At 67, she treks in the Himalayas. At 70, she meets the love of her life and begins a new life with him. To honor her 75th year, she delves into an inward journey with psilocybin mushrooms.

Eye Contact is the story of a photographer's decade-long journey in search of meaning and manhood. An experienced freelancer with the New York Times, author Luke Sharrett treats listeners to a behind-the-scenes look at covering the White House and flying aboard Air Force One. Despite achieving professional success at a young age, he is haunted by a feeling that he simply doesn't belong. He can't seem to outrun a nagging fear that he doesn't have what it takes to succeed in life. As he navigates his career, he begins searching for answers. Who am I? Where do I belong?

Ett år som detta när den ene hävdar att försöka hoppa från Liljeholmsbron är konst och en annan säger detsamma om en videofilm om en person som klottrar ner en tunnelbanevagn, så får vi här vägledning av Ernst Billgren. Billgren är inte bara Sveriges kanske namnkunnigaste bildkonstnär utan även regissör och författare. Hans bok om konst är både lättillgänglig och rolig. Inläsningen av svaren är gjord av Ernst Billgren, medan frågorna läses avskådespelaren Inger Nilsson. - Ernst Billgren föddes 1957 i Stockholm och växte upp i Farsta.

Miembro fundador de los Guns N' Roses, Loaded y Velvet Revolver, Duff McKagan comparte en este audiolibro la historia de su ascenso a la fama y la fortuna, y sus luchas con el alcoholismo y la adicción a las drogas, así como su accidente con quemaduras, y su ulterior transformación. En It’s So Easy, Duff McKagan relata la trayectoria poco probable de los Guns hacia una serie de álbumes multiplatino, conciertos en estadios con las entradas agotadas y un reconocimiento unánime de la crítica.