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Simon Cowell is a British music executive and television producer. After a smattering of odd jobs in his youth, Simon went to work for his father, Eric Philip Cowell, who was an executive at EMI Music Publishing. Initially starting out in the mail room, Simon worked his way up at the company before...

Winner of the 2013 California Historical Society Book Award The winner of the first CHS Book Award reimagines what a history book can be, and it tells a story all California needs to hear in order to understand itself. Beneath Los Angeles’s North Spring Street bridge, a deteriorated concrete...

C’è sempre un Renzi nella vita di ognuno. E c’è sempre un Antonio che può asfaltarlo. Il mondo teatrale dei primi del Novecento appare meno distante dal nostro mondo di quanto si pensi: le Compagnie spesso erano condotte in maniera dittatoriale da capocomici che facevano il...

By the time I had arrived in Thailand to take on the responsibilities of an aerial photographer, I had spent three years in the Air Force acquiring the skills and knowledge of photography in general. I felt confident I could put those skills to work as a still-photographer and successfully complete...

'Ich komme aus Surinam, Mama. Da wartet jede Nacht ein Regenwald mit vielen Tieren und Menschen in allen Farben auf mich', sagte die kleine Marianne ihrer Mutter. Die antwortete: 'Tja, nun hat der Himmelspapa dich von weither halt zu mir geschickt.' Das Leben von Marianne Sägebrecht ist auf besondere...

Mariah Carey is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress who has a net worth of $510 million.   Mariah Carey is the best-selling female artist in the history of the Billboard charts. Mariah Carey has sold over 200 million albums worldwide to date.  ...

Walter Stephen and a bevy of Modern Geddesians investigate the women who had an influence on, or were influenced by, the Scottish thinker, Patrick Geddes. Ranging from his mother to an Indian nun, his wife to a suffragette, this volume crosses the globe, highlighting the far-reaching influence of Geddes...

Hip-hop Rap Graffiti Break dance Human beatbox Deejaying R'n'B contemporain Mode Lexique du hip-hop Rap politique   CONTENU   Rivalité East Coast/West Coast Universal Zulu Nation Abstract hip-hop Crunk Deepkho Dirty South Rap East Coast Electro...

Перед вами самая полная биография Леонардо да Винчи, величайшего гения эпохи Возрождения. Хотя его достижения и творения на протяжении веков вызывали всеобщее восхищение,...

Artist Kate Freeman Clark (1875-1957) left behind over one thousand paintings now stored at a gallery bearing her name in her hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi. But it was not until after her death in 1957 at the age of eighty-one that citizens even discovered that she was a painter of considerable...

Quelques pages de critique datées en 1842 où la « sensibilité douce » de Jane Austen est mentionnée parmi les qualités dont les femmes au xviiie siècle parent le roman féminin en Angleterre ; d’autres pages écrites en 1878 où la figure de Jane Austen est esquissée, cependant que les...

Sumérgete en la vida y obra de Amedeo Modigliani, un artista talentoso apasionado por los retratos, los desnudos y la escultura que nada a contracorriente para desarrollar un arte único y propio, no exento de polémica, que inspirará a otros grandes artistas y dejará una profunda huella en la historia...

The Renaissance can be considered a “golden age” because it is rich with discoveries and of people who challenged the norm to leave their marks in history books. In this book, we're going to meet the people who became famous during the Renaissance. Historical facts presented in picture book format encourages easy read and the absorption of information. Secure a copy today!