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In Smiles from Around the World, Ingrid Mårn presents a narrative of travel, learning, personal growth, and the subtle impact of globalization on the life and mind of a young person who is European by heritage and global through experience. Ingrid accomplishes that which few are able to: the bonding...

Biography of Paola Scibilia

Questo è un libro autobiografico in cui parto dal racconto di alcuni sogni, racconti già noti ai lettori del mio blog che ho voluto raccogliere in forma organica. Insieme ai miei sogni - o a quello che sono riuscito a "ripescare" dall'inconscio, provo a raccontare anche parte della realtà,...

The supermodel did not arrive when Twiggy first donned false eyelashes; the concept began more than 100 years previously, with a young artists' model whose face captivated a generation. Saved from the drudgery of a working-class existence by a young Pre-Raphaelite artist, Lizzie Siddal rose to become...

This is a non-fiction collection containing essays and observations. Contents: Happy 50th Anniversary Twilight Zone!, My Co-Dependent Apple Relationship, Iggy And The Stooges, Toronto, June 2010, Turning Forty, Ratdog @ Massey Hall, Toronto, October 29, 2003 - and more. With a sample...

Het leven van sopraan Jessye Norman is net zo bewogen en aangrijpend als die van de vele operarollen die ze vertolkte. Norman groeide op in het zuiden van Amerika, waar ze te maken kreeg met racisme en de civil rights movement. Al op jonge leeftijd ontdekte ze haar liefde voor muziek en opera, die...

Jean Velliot (1920-1999), parisien puis dieppois d’adoption, a construit une œuvre picturale d’une richesse et d’une singularité étonnantes par ses thèmes, son style et sa portée. Elle se caractérise par une mise à distance qui génère toutes les formes du comique : facétieux, parodique,...

After losing my temper and throwing a brick through my mother’s sliding glass door, I was arrested and charged with one felony count of making my momma mad at me! In the Orange County Jail, I was to regroup and rededicate my life to God as so many do. This humorous loosely illustrated jailhouse journal and joke book tells my testimony.

Ambientada en la glamorosa ciudad de Las Vegas de 1970, Suerte a Favor es la historia de lucha para alcanzar la madurez de una niña fuerte nacida en un continuo ciclo de alcoholismo y abandono. Marlayna desarrolla un poderoso sentido de autopreservación en contraste con los derrotados adultos encargados...

Über Joy Division, Bernard Sumners erste Band, wurden schon unzählige Bücher geschrieben und mehrere Filme gedreht. Über New Order - jene Gruppe, die 1980 aus der legendären Vorgängerinformation entstand, nachdem sich Sänger Ian Curtis das Leben genommen hatte - weiß man hingegen viel weniger....

Jay Sarno built two path-breaking Las Vegas casinos, Caesars Palace (1966) and Circus Circus (1968), and planned but did not build a third, the Grandissimo, which would have started the mega-resort era a decade before Steve Wynn built The Mirage. As mobsters and accountants battled for the soul of...

Designers are great white sharks, and we roam the waters ourselves. We often pretend to like and admire each other, but sometimes we don't even bother to fake it. The fashion industry is as hardworking, incestuous, and political as any other, and it's virtually impossible, given the size of designers'...

In this tale of grit and glamour, setbacks and comebacks, business and pop culture icon Tommy Hilfiger shares his extraordinary life story for the first time. Few designers have stayed on top of changing trends the way Tommy Hilfiger has. Fewer still have left such an indelible mark on global...

Andrea Jung, the glamorous former head of Avon, was arguably the world's most charismatic and effective CEO, credited with the astonishing turnaround of the venerable brand. Avon's board was filled with tough-minded, successful CEOs and other high achievers, but when Jung walked into a room...