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En un relato personal, íntimo y profundo, a raíz de su propia experiencia con un padre alcohólico, Olivia Laing nos propone una nueva perspectiva para entender los procesos creativos de seis célebres escritores norteamericanos partiendo de sus biografías y su relación con el alcohol. Mientras viaja desde la Nueva York de Cheever hasta la Nueva Orleans de Williams y desde el Cayo Hueso de Hemingway hasta el Port Angeles de Carver, Laing une las piezas de este mapa topográfico del alcoholismo, desde los horrores de la adicción hasta la milagrosa posibilidad de la rehabilitación.

Annalisa Cuzzocrea ha seguito le tracce di Miriam Mafai grazie a una scatola blu avuta in custodia dalla figlia Sara. Qui ricompone il colore e l'atmosfera di una storia che parte dal dopoguerra e arriva ai giorni nostri. Miriam Mafai «fuggiva da tutto quello che temeva potesse fermarla, indurla alla rinuncia. Impedirle un'assoluta libertà».

"Sex in the City," Melissa Todd’s highly acclaimed weekly column, has been delighting and appalling the readers of Love It! magazine since 2021. They offer a candid and humorous look at her life as an international dominatrix, porn producer and actor, alongside her other roles as wife, mother, and self-proclaimed idiot.

Nellie Bly was a rare figure in this world. She was someone who steadfastly refused to follow the crowd. In an age when most people, especially women, were expected to conform to social norms and keep their opinions to themselves, Bly boldly charted her own course. She did not wait for permission to speak her mind, nor did she concern herself with the prevailing sentiments of her day. What made Nellie Bly extraordinary was her commitment to thinking independently.

Texto da peça teatral que estreou em março de 2015, acrescido de relatos e informações que não couberam na montagem, “Autobiografia Autorizada” é uma narrativa em primeira pessoa, em que o ator, diretor e produtor de cinema e televisão Paulo Betti recorda acontecimentos que marcaram sua infância e juventude em Sorocaba, no interior de São Paulo. Mais novo de quinze irmãos (dos quais oito morreram antes do parto), filho de mãe benzedeira, Paulo Betti reconstrói, por meio de histórias e personagens, o universo místico e culturalmente diversificado de sua “Macondo” particular.

By founding Penguin books and popularizing the paperback, Allen Lane not only changed publishing in Britain, he was also at the forefront of a social and cultural revolution that saw the millions of people given access to what had previously been the preserve of a wealthy few. In Penguin Special, Jeremy Lewis brings this extraordinary era brilliantly to life, recounting how Allen Lane came to launch his Penguins for the price of a packet of cigarettes.

Weltliteratur lebendig erzählt: Lernen Sie die Menschen hinter den großen Werken kennen – von Shakespeare, Schiller, Kafka, Tolstoi und Goethe bis Heinrich Heine, Harriet Beecher-Stowe, Paulo Coelho und Theodor Fontane. 15 inspirierende Lebenswege großer Literaten.

Ihre Werke sind unsterblich: Maler, Bildhauer und Visionäre, die die Kunstwelt revolutionierten. Von Leonardo da Vinci über van Gogh bis Banksy, Chagall, Rubens, Klimt, Picasso, Rubens oder Beuys – entdecken Sie 15 faszinierende Lebensgeschichten weltberühmter Künstler.

Diez días después de cancelar su boda, CJ Hauser se embarcó en una expedición a Texas para estudiar a la grulla trompetera. Tras una semana chapoteando en las marismas del golfo comprendió que había estado a punto de firmar un contrato para vivir la vida de otra persona. ¿Qué pasaría si decidiéramos liberarnos de la idea tradicional de felicidad y nos abriéramos a lo inesperado? Hauser se sirve de su propia experiencia para explorar las relaciones sentimentales, los fracasos amorosos, la intimidad y la identidad en el siglo XXI.

There are moments throughout our lives when we discover an artist, an album, a film, or a cultural artifact that leaves a lasting impression, helping inform how we understand the world, and ourselves, moving forward. In No Sense in Wishing, Lawrence Burney explores these profound interactions with incisive and energizing prose, offering us a personal and critical perspective on the people, places, music, and art that transformed him.