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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...

An entrepreneur’s rags-to-riches story reveals that sometimes not knowing where you’re going is the best way to get there . . . A first-generation Chinese-American, Gary Fong was raised in one of Los Angeles’ least-desirable neighborhoods and was forced to deal—in his own quirky and...

Any number of diseases, disorders and other medical maladies may contribute to a person feeling lonely and isolated.  Sad and depressed and anxious and frustrated.  And scared -- absolutely terrified.  Cancer for sure.  Blindness.  Severe burns.  Obesity.  AIDS....

Today I will show you how to create an amazing piece of life under a microscope :) and using only three resource! In this tutorial I’ll show how to transform 3D in a realistic DNA and create a whole picture of it. We pay attention to blending modes and work with a variety of tools and effects. I...

L’epopea del genio di Apple e il suo testamento alle generazioni future «Il vostro tempo è limitato, quindi per favore non sprecatelo vivendo la vita di qualcun altro. Non lasciatevi intrappolare dai dogmi, non vivete seguendo le tracce dei pensieri altrui. Non lasciate che il rumore delle...

COTE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE DE COLLECTION     version photo & biblio   Figurant aujourd’hui sur le terrain de la collection, cette sélection atteint les prix indiqués en regard, relevés en vente publique et sur le marché durant ces trois...