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Réaliser une biographie c’est transfigurer l’homme. Faire ressortir de l’homme ordinaire ce qui le rend extraordinaire. Non pour trafiquer la vérité mais pour la magnifier. Chaque humain a une part de singularité extraordinaire qui le différencie d’autrui. C’est cette singularité dans...

«L’arte non ha bisogno di riuscire simpatica, ma esige grandezza» ha scritto Sironi. Sono parole che si attagliano anche a lui, pittore di periferie inospitali eppure imponenti come cattedrali moderne. Futurista a partire dal 1913, Mario Sironi (Sassari 1885 – Milano 1961) negli anni venti ha...

Innovative Memoir of intimate relationships among feminine in Ohana or Family with children's poems as well. Review: Stunning and colorful art, coupled with anecdotal poetry. Best eBook EVAH! 

Incorporating recent discoveries about Vincent Van Gogh's life and work, including the only photograph of him as an adult, this updated biography investigates the creativity, successes, and frustrations of one of the world's most famous painters. With evidence accumulated from Van Gogh's European...

One su kraljice, umjetnice, majke, domaćice, Hrvatice! One su pisale povijest svojim životima. Bile su izgnane iz gradova i carstava, morale su braniti svoje kule, odbaciti podrijetlo i posvađati se s obitelji, bježati od muževa kako bi pisale napete romane, ili bi završavale po klinikama kada...

If you have read The House that Pinterest Built, Smart Spaces, Iconic Australian Houses, or Elements of Style, you're going to love Karen McCartney's new book The Alchemy of Things. Karen McCartney's eighteen most fascinating homes in the world: The Alchemy of Things invites you into the homes...

One of the most important artists of the twentieth century and an icon of courageous womanhood, Frida Kahlo lives on in the public imagination, where her popularity shows no signs of waning. She is renowned for both her paintings and her personal story, which were equally filled with pain and anguish,...

Animation, a lifes passion Animation has always been Jacques Mullers life passion. Since he was a small kid, he wanted to draw Cartoon characters that he had seen on the screen. These Cartoons were magical to him. The screen was no longer a flat surface but a window opening new worlds and other realities....

William Blake (1757 – 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. Although Blake was considered mad by contemporaries for his idiosyncratic...

Leben mit einer bipolaren Störung Die jüngere Schwester von Glenn Close, Jessie Close, erzählt in ihrer Autobiografie die Geschichte ihrer Krankheit und gleichzeitig die ihrer Familie. Die Kindheit verbringt sie mit Glenn und ihren Eltern im damaligen Belgisch Kongo, wo der Vater Leibarzt von General...

Au début, je n'arrivais pas à comprendre qu'en tant que privilégié d'un Dieu bon et généreux, on puisse me défendre de me masturber. «Si y a un bon Dieu qui a mis ça là, c'est pour s'en servir, jamais j'croirai!» claironnait ma mère. Pour me déculpabiliser, j'offrirais chaque fois ma...

★繼《我睡了81個人的沙發》之後，連美恩最新冒險力作！ 女警把手伸進我的衣服裡，隔著內衣褲搜身，連胯下和股縫都沒放過。 緊接著我又被帶到另一個房間，壓了十根手指頭的指紋， 還拍了像在電影裡才會看到那種拿字卡的白背景犯人照…… 連美恩，一個原本連光圈、快門是什麼都搞不清楚的女孩，為了成為一個攝影師的夢想，隻身踏上歐洲大陸，在經歷了十四個月顛沛流離的日子後，她選擇留在倫敦，這個占卜師曾極力嚇阻她絕對不要沾上邊，否則一定會愛情事業兩失意的地方。 於是，還沒來得及捲起袖子大展身手，美恩就先被英國海關拘留了一夜，好不容易住進充滿藝術氣息的東倫敦，又接連遇到問題多多、驚悚不已的古怪室友；交了充滿藝術家氣息的英國男友，竟面臨到該不該為了愛情吃下橫死路邊野兔的人生難題；終於成為獨立接案的時尚攝影師後，卻在搞不清楚的狀況下屢次挑釁殺人不眨眼的黑道幫派分子。 看來占卜師的預言果然沒錯，不過，這樣殘酷的預言，在遇到對夢想充滿衝勁和滿滿生命力的美恩，竟然奇妙的轉化成一場又一場燦爛無比的煙花，實在讓人看了嘖嘖稱奇、大呼過癮。 透過這本書，美恩將邀請你和她一起走過這些年來在歐洲尋夢的心路歷程。那一個個讓人感到不可思議的小故事、旅遊書上看不到的城市風景，以及我們每個人有機會面臨到的，對於築夢路上會遇到的困惑與自我懷疑…… 儘管我們每個人對於跨出舒適圈都有著一定程度的恐懼，但是就像美恩分享的： 「慢慢地，我不再害怕一個人上路這件事，因為我越來越清楚地知道，當你勇往直前地朝你想去的那個方向奔跑時，就會在路上遇到跟你有一樣目標、一樣夢想的人，他們將成為你的朋友，...

Think Chelsea Handler’s ‘My Horizontal Life’ meets Elizabeth Gilbert’s ‘Eat Pray Love” This book is a collection of journal entries on Rebecca's ‘bare-back-ride’ journey to becoming an artist. Embracing who she is fully - and hopefully inspire others to do so. Enclosed are bountiful...

Presenting Léo Ferré allows the rediscovery of one of the greatest people of French song and poetry. At least, this is what the general public will easily understand. The aficionados, and most of all, Leo's « heirs » will surely know that it's about rediscovering a true apostle of music. Ferré...