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A quarter of a century after the plane crash that claimed the lives of John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn, and her sister Lauren, the magnitude of this tragedy remains fresh. Yet, Carolyn is still an enigmatic figure, a woman whose short life in the spotlight was besieged with misogyny and cruelty. Amidst today’s cultural reckoning about the way our media treats women, Elizabeth Beller explores the real person behind the tabloid headlines and media frenzy.

Zehn kurze Biografien berühmter Menschen werden präsentiert, das Wichtigste kurz und knapp auf den Punkt gebracht. Unterhaltung und Wissen in einem! Mit dabei: Peter Paul Rubens, Francisco de Goya, Caspar David Friedrich, William Turner, Edvard Munch, Jackson Pollock, Joseph Beuys, Roy Lichtenstein, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Banksy.

Welcome to the life of a local journalist, and the curious tradition of the “walk-in” – when a member of the public turns up with a tale to tell. The newsworthiness of these stories is... well... mixed, to say the least. But every journalist remembers their weirdest and most wonderful walk-ins.

A witty and beautifully written account of the lives of Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B. Toklas and a fascinating look into early 20th century Paris and the development of modernist culture.

Zehn kurze Biografien berühmter Menschen werden präsentiert, das Wichtigste kurz und knapp auf den Punkt gebracht. Unterhaltung und Wissen in einem! Mit dabei: Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Mark Twain, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, Friedrich Schiller, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist extraordinaire: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and pop art icon: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Entre la guerre d’Irak, en 2003, et l’invasion russe en Ukraine, en 2022, la journaliste Isabelle Hachey a réalisé des reportages fouillés aux quatre coins du monde, notamment sur l’esclavage moderne en Mauritanie, la destruction à grande échelle des fœtus féminins en Inde ou les ravages du volontourisme au Cambodge.

Writing as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has led several generations of young readers into that special and curious space of being hopelessly lost, and joyfully finding yourself, in the essential strangeness of literature. The wondrous and perilous journey of the Baudelaire orphans sprung from the author’s own path, from his childhood discovery of Baudelaire’s poetry through the countless peculiarities of his pursuit of a literary life—abject failure and startling success, breakthrough and breakdown, concordance and controversy—lit along the way by the books and culture he loved best.

Al liceo Pietro Minto odiava la matematica. O meglio: si sentiva odiato, perseguitato, escluso da quei simboli e quelle formule simili a rune misteriose. Come molti, ammettiamolo. E come molti, uscito dalla maturità con il proverbiale calcio nel sedere, è ben deciso a lasciarsi tutto alle spalle: numeri, problemi, conti che non tornano mai. Ma l'incontro mancato con la matematica rimane dentro di lui come una ferita non rimarginata, un tarlo che scava la sua via per uscire: ormai adulto decide allora di lanciarsi in un'impresa che ha qualcosa di folle, ma proprio per questo anche di esaltante.

Joseph Beuys, German artist legend and political activist: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Jackson Pollock, American painter and inventor of "Action painting": Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Helmut Zenker (1949-2003) seit 1973 freier Schriftsteller, seit 1989 auch Regisseur. Romane, Theater, Kinderbücher, Lyrik, Drehbücher, Comedy, Essays, Comics, Lieder. Seine Bücher (über 50 Romane) sind in 23 Sprachen erschienen. Mitbegründer der Literaturzeitschrift "Wespennest' 1969. Zahlreiche Literaturpreise. TV- und Filmpreise (für "Kottan ermittelt" und "Tohuwabohu") u.a.: Goldene Kamera, Adolf Grimme-Preis, Preis der Berliner Filmfestspiele, UNESCO Preis, Romy, New York Video Award, ungarisches TV-Festival am Plattensee.