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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.

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.

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.

Le mani che si bloccano sulla tastiera di un pianoforte e si rifiutano di suonare, durante un concerto in Giappone. Una crisi di ansia, una contrattura di ogni muscolo, persino quelli della creatività. Che succede? Per venirne a capo, il protagonista di questo libro si rifugia in una casa di campagna. Solo, circondato da una natura brulla, tenta di sintonizzare di nuovo mente e corpo, per riprendere a comporre e suonare, ma gli incubi lo perseguitano e l'incertezza aumenta. Finché un giorno, nel silenzio di una radura, una voce lo prega: "Accudiscimi".

L'ultima vita di Carmelo Bene. Dobbiamo essere grati a Luisa Viglietti – scrive Goffredo Fofi – di averci restituito un Carmelo Bene quotidiano, semplice e vicino ma pur sempre diverso e anzi unico: gli ultimi anni di un grande artista, attivo e progettante fino agli estremi momenti di una vita densissima. Disse qualcuno, e sapeva di dire un paradosso ma intuendone la verità, che spesso si impara di più leggendo le vite dei grandi filosofi di quanto non si impari leggendo le loro opere. E questo si pensa anche leggendo questi vivi e bellissimi ricordi.

Autoportrait du jeune homme en artiste raté, "Berlin on/off" décline en trois monologues revanchards et baroques une immersion dans des univers canoniques de l’art, à travers l’œil d’un narrateur dont on sait simplement qu’il est un jeune Français au "destin d’éponge".

¿Qué singular parábola ocurrió para que un chico de un inquilinato de Valentín Alsina tuviera a los 22 años a América bajo la suela de sus zapatos? ¿Qué clase de invención es la de ese galán crepuscular que seducía en un escenario hasta conectado a tubos de oxígeno? ¿Qué tipo de epopeya encarna? ¿Qué extraño coraje tuvo para decidir someterse a un trasplante que fue, al fin, su último gesto de dignidad? ¿Cuál fue la máscara, la de Sandro o la de Roberto Sánchez?

No princípio era o verbo. E os versos. Mas o gaúcho Allan Dias Castro não conseguia lhes dar voz. Nascido numa família tradicional de advogados, Allan não queria desapontar gerações. Foi cursar Direito, mas logo percebeu que não conseguiria ser feliz seguindo os passos dos pais. Decidido a encontrar a própria voz, veio para o Rio de Janeiro em 2010 escrever sua história. Este livro é o roteiro errante de como ele deu Voz ao Verbo, criando em 2016 um projeto de vídeos de poesia falada que gerou enorme identificação com o público.

Cecil Beaton was a portrait and fashion photographer, as well as a diarist and Oscar-winning designer. Here he discusses his life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive: At Home: Cecil Beaton, broadcast on BBC Radio, 7th May 1957 (featuring Hywel Davies); Face to Face, broadcast on BBC Television, 18th February 1962 (featuring John Freeman); Late Night Line-Up, broadcast on BBC Television, 9th May 1968 (featuring Sheridan Morley); Desert Island Discs, broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 26th January 1980 (featuring Roy Plomley).

In this insightful and provocative book, comics-industry veteran Danny Fingeroth explores the backgrounds of the most well-known superheroes and their creators—largely young American Jewish men from Eastern European backgrounds. These innovators include Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Will Eisner, and Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. In Disguised as Clark Kent, Fingeroth explores how the creators’ Jewish backgrounds helped make superheroes the most familiar popular-culture icons of all.

Venerada tanto por su espíritu salvaje, como por su arte, Frida Kahlo es un símbolo de creatividad arriesgada.Durante décadas sus pinturas han permanecido atemporales, cautivando admiradores de distintas generaciones alrededor del mundo.

Роберт Капа - один из величайших фотографов мира, оставивший после себя тысячи потрясающих снимков, которые до сих пор изучают студенты фотографии.

David Sipress, a dreamer and obsessive drawer living with his Upper West Side family in the age of JFK and Sputnik, goes hazy when it comes to the ceaselessly imparted lessons-on-life from his meticulous father and the angsty expectations of his migraine-prone mother.

Martin, a junior middle school student, was a restless, street-smart, and playful young boy who liked to joke around. Yet, he was a good-hearted, honest, and kind boy. Martin had one weakness: He was not interested in studying at all, which was the number one headache of his parents and teachers. Nevertheless, Martin was considered a blessed child. God had given him a best partner. It was neither a boy nor a girl. It was a special friend who changed his life.

この本と出会っていただき、本当にありがとうございます。シンガーソングライターの濱守栄子（はまもりえいこ）と申します。命の尊さと、夢を追いかける楽しさを歌っています。

This is a combo of 16 topics, and unique artists, composers, writers, and actors, compiled into a comprehensive biography guide. Listen to the struggles, the background, the poverty and wealth, and genius brains from the16th to the 20th century - all of which have brought certain insights, and understandings in artistic, literature, musical, or dramatic movements, to the next level. You will understand the motivation and circumstances of these great artists better. It will help you rethink your own life, your own legacy, and your plans for the future.

Picasso’s work is famous. His art is intricate, yet bizarre. His personal life was filled with struggles, and his children weren’t any better off, creating substance abuse and suicidal headlines. Despite the dysfunctionality in his personal and family life, his artwork reflected something new and fresh. And in a variety of paintings, an underlying rebel message against totalitarian regimes. Having lived through many horrors of the Spanish war, as well as other 20th-century conflicts, the painter showed both style and morale in his works, and left a legacy studied by the masses.

En busca de un reemplazo para la agenda Hermès que ha perdido su marido, Brigitte Benkemoun compra una antigua en eBay. Casi idéntica a la original, con «el mismo cuero liso, pero más rojo, más suave, y con una pátina brillante», esconde en su interior una libreta de direcciones que data de 1951. Al hojearla, descubre con gran fascinación que los nombres que aparecen en sus veinte páginas (en la B, Breton, Braque y Balthus.