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In Thoughts Of A Kingdom Citizen: Earth Needs Heaven, author Yoel ben Yisrael narrates the listener through his revelatory yet liberating journey from religion to entering into the Kingdom of Heaven. The author chronicles his acutely insightful peek behind the curtain of religion and movements teeming with religiosity, in hopes that others will question their current ideology and philosophy, with the goal of seeking the Kingdom of Heaven for themselves.

Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter and creator of the "Scream": Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Elena Garro renace con la fuerza de una mirada feminista e inteligente, que resalta su peculiar forma de habitar el mundo y su capacidad de crearle nuevos sentidos a través de los diversos temas que la obsesionaron: el tiempo, la catástrofe, los gatos, la lucha campesina, las puestas en escena y los viajes.

In this frank and funny memoir, written for the thousands of women who have asked her to tell them 'how she did it', the doyenne of magazine publishing, Jane Raphaely, tells a great deal more than the her story of women's magazines. Jane's story is indeed stranger than fiction. Having lived through a war in England and grown up in a rough neighborhood, with a demon aunt and a difficult father, Jane Mullins learnt how to 'smile and wave', one of many survival tactics she passes on in this memoir.

Con un contributo audio inedito di Piero Angela. "Questo è probabilmente l'ultimo libro che scrivo. Non pensavo di farlo, ma poi ho riflettuto che forse ne valeva la pena. Adesso vorrei dire anch'io quello che penso, le domande che mi pongo, le cose che ho compreso... È un libro che forse voglio scrivere anche per me stesso, oltre che per i lettori." Da tempo Piero Angela lavorava a queste pagine, frutto di un confronto - durato decenni - con il suo storico collaboratore Massimo Polidoro. Una conversazione, è il caso di dirlo, sui massimi sistemi: l'universo, la natura, l'uomo.

William Turner, English painter and inventor of the abstract: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Wallace is an award-winning journalist who has built his career on writing unforgettable profiles, bringing a provocative and engaged sensitivity to his subjects. Now he turns the focus on himself, examining his own life and the circumstances that frame it—to make sense of seeking refuge from homelessness with a young single mother, living in a ghostly white Pennsylvania town, becoming a partner and parent, raising two teenagers in what feels like a collapsing world.

Since 1984, Nicholas Kristof has worked almost continuously for The New York Times as a reporter, foreign correspondent, bureau chief, and now columnist, becoming one of the foremost reporters of his generation. Here, he recounts his event-filled path from a small-town farm in Oregon to every corner of the world. This is a candid memoir of vulnerability and courage, humility and purpose, mistakes and learning—a singular tale of the trials, tribulations, and hope to be found in a life dedicated to the pursuit of truth.

Alle wollen alt werden, niemand will alt sein. Der Widerspruch ist absurd, das Leiden daran real. Wie lernen wir, so gut wie möglich damit zurechtzukommen? Geht das, alt werden und ein erfülltes Leben führen? Mit ihren über 80 Jahren hat sich Elke Heidenreich mit dem Altwerden beschäftigt. Herausgekommen ist dabei ein Buch, wie nur sie es schreiben kann. Persönlich, ehrlich, doch nie gnadenlos, mit einem Wort: lebensklug. Sie denkt über ihr eigenes Leben nach, und das heißt vor allem, über ihre Beziehungen zu anderen Menschen. Im Alter trägt man die Konsequenzen für alles, was man getan hat.

Peter Patzak, geboren in Wien; Studium der Kunstgeschichte, Psychologie und Malerei in Wien; seit 1971 arbeitet er als Regisseur und ist seit 1993 o. Univ. Prof. an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Wien; einem großen Publikum wurde er mit seiner Parodie auf das Kriminalgenre mit der Serie Kottan ermittelt bekannt; Peter Patzak erhielt eine Vielzahl an Auszeichnungen, so u. a. Adolf Grimme Preis, UNESCO Preis, Goldene Kamera, Romy.

Brüder Grimm nannten sich die Sprachwissenschaftler und Volkskundler Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) und Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859) bei gemeinsamen Veröffentlichungen, wie zum Beispiel ihren weltberühmten Kinder- und Hausmärchen und dem Deutschen Wörterbuch, das sie begannen.

If you enjoyed The Wednesday Witch, you'll be fascinated to learn more about the life of its author. Complete with entries from Ruth Chew's diaries and never-before-seen sketches from her personal notebooks, this book gives you an insight to the author behind The Wednesday Witch.

Ken Davis began his career as a small-town radio DJ during his college years. Little did he know he would later find himself face-to-face with a notorious serial killer in the middle of the night; be nearly shot by a world-famous music producer; or unexpectedly come across the lifeless body of a legendary Hollywood bombshell. Along the way, he hung out with everyone from Barack Obama to Walter Cronkite to Sting.

A compelling biography of Lydia Maria Child, one of nineteenth-century America's most courageous abolitionists. By 1830, Lydia Maria Child had established herself as something almost unheard of in the American nineteenth century: a beloved and self-sufficient female author.

La condizione delle donne negli anni del femminismo, e quella degli ebrei e dello Stato di Israele; la bellezza e l’orrore di Roma, e la fragilità di una democrazia (la nostra) sempre sotto minaccia; alcuni scrittori da amare; alcuni film visti con l’occhio di scrittrice; le biografie di alcuni amici (Cesare Pavese, Felice Balbo); e poi, ancora, la nostra incertezza e la nostra necessità di scegliere; la memoria dell’infanzia, da decifrare, e la vita dei figli adulti, che suscita meraviglia e insicurezza. Questi trenta testi costituiscono il più multiforme e battagliero libro di Natalia Ginzburg.

Francisco de Goya, Spanish painting genius of the 18th century: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Caspar David Friedrich, German painting genius of the 18th century: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Busch war einer der einflussreichsten humoristischen Dichter und Zeichner Deutschlands. Zudem war er als von niederländischen Meistern beeinflusster Maler tätig.

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.

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.