Títulos em Biografias e Memórias

Tina Knowles, the mother of iconic singer-songwriters Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Solange Knowles, and bonus daughter Kelly Rowland, is known the world over as a Matriarch with a capital M: a determined, self-possessed, self-aware, and wise woman who raised and inspired some of the great artists of our time. But this story is about so much more than that. Matriarch begins with a precocious, if unruly, little girl growing up in 1950s Galveston, the youngest of seven.

In this audiobook you will be able to learn more about this supposed secret society that has fascinated many scholars, and even average people, since it first came into public consciousness. What is this group, exactly?

Ross Edgley famously ran a marathon pulling a 1.4-tonne car and climbed a rope the height of Everest (8,848 m), after living with Yamabushi warrior monks in Japan and partaking in Shamanic pain rituals with fire ants in the Amazon jungle. On his epic 1,780-mile journey around Great Britain, which lasted 157 days, Ross swam through giant jellyfish, arctic storms, ‘haunted’ whirlpools and polluted shipping lanes, going so hard, and so fast, his tongue fell apart.

Chanel não foi somente a mulher que criou e imortalizou o “pretinho básico”, também popularizou as calças femininas e roupas fáceis e práticas que deixavam as mulheres chiques e confortáveis. Com sua personalidade forte e decidida, elegante e passional, de um jeito totalmente francês, Coco conduziu as mulheres diretamente para uma nova era. O Evangelho de Coco Chanel é um cativante olhar sobre o estilo, a fama e o talento de um dos maiores ícones da moda.

Nirvana came out of nowhere in 1991 to sell nearly five million copies of their landmark album Nevermind, whose thunderous sound and indelible melodies embodied all the confusion, frustration, and passion of the emerging Generation X.

Referência em educação financeira do país, Gustavo Cerbasi revela neste livro, por meio de cartas, os princípios fundamentais que aprendeu ao longo dos anos para investir de forma inteligente. Num texto fluente e acolhedor, ele conta um pouco da sua trajetória de vida, fala de seus erros e acertos e dá dicas para quem deseja construir um patrimônio sustentável e garantir a independência financeira no futuro. Cerbasi mostra como identificar armadilhas, como lidar com o risco de forma equilibrada e como buscar informações seguras antes de tomar decisões.

James Stuart was a gay man before the word homosexual even existed. He fell in love three times – with Sandie, Robert, and Steenie – and he was infatuated three more times – with Huntley, Ruthven, and Philip. We have so much on the six wives of Henry VIII, why not the six loves of James I? There has never been a biography of King James that looks honestly at the entirety of his private life, much less at the men he loved over the course of that life.

Este audiolivro revela os comportamentos, as ações e as estratégias que fizeram com que Jesus fosse reconhecido como o homem mais sábio que já existiu. Steven K. Scott nos inspira a transformar nossa vida com os exemplos de superação, coragem, liderança e perseverança que Jesus nos deu em sua passagem pela terra.

In the late hours of July 22, 1991, Detective Patrick "Pat" Kennedy of the Milwaukee Police Department was asked to respond to a possible homicide. Little did he know that he would soon be delving into the dark mind of one of America's most notorious serial killers, the "Milwaukee Cannibal", Jeffrey Dahmer. Kennedy spent the next six weeks locked in an interrogation room with Dahmer. There, the killer described in lurid detail how he lured 17 young men to his apartment, where he strangled, sexually assaulted, dismembered, and in some cases, cannibalized his victims.

Neste audiolivro, o cantor Ney Matogrosso, um dos artistas mais respeitados do Brasil, recorda momentos marcantes de sua trajetória pessoal e profissional, dos anos 1970, quando despontou no cenário nacional com a banda Secos & Molhados, até agora. Ele ressalta a importância de sua formação familiar – principalmente a relação conturbada com a autoridade do seu pai; os lugares onde viveu pelo país; a forte conexão espiritual com a natureza; a experiência com as drogas; a certeza e o desejo de ser um artista realizado; o combate à censura e a transgressão estética.

In his long-awaited memoir, Yvon Chouinard - legendary climber, businessman, environmentalist, and founder of Patagonia, Inc. - shares the persistence and courage that have gone into being head of one of the most respected and environmentally responsible companies on earth. From his youth as the son of a French Canadian blacksmith to the thrilling, ambitious climbing expeditions that inspired his innovative designs for the sport's equipment.

Quis o acaso da geografia que o interior paulista e o Triângulo Mineiro estivessem na rota do narcotráfico internacional. A região é um ponto estratégico, caminho entre os países produtores da droga–Colômbia, Bolívia, Peru–de um lado, e os grandes centros de consumo, São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro, de outro. É pela rota caipira, como foi batizada, que se mede a pulsação da compra e venda de cocaína no Brasil.

When he first met the man who called himself David Koresh, David Thibodeau was drumming for a rock band that was going nowhere fast. Intrigued and frustrated with a stalled music career, Thibodeau gradually became a follower and moved to the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. He remained there until April 19, 1993, when the compound was stormed and burnt to the ground after a 51-day standoff. In this book, Thibodeau explores why so many people came to believe that Koresh was divinely inspired.

As a child, she was abandoned, abused and raped. By her teens, she was deep into a lifestyle of hitchhiking, petty crime, and the sex trade. In her twisted mind, uncontrollable bouts of violence were pure survival skills.

In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.

There have been many biographies of Stalin, but the court that surrounded him is untravelled ground. Simon Sebag Montefiore, acclaimed biographer of Catherine the Great's lover, prime minister, and general, Potemkin, has unearthed the vast underpinning that sustained Stalin. Not only ministers such as Molotov or secret service chiefs such as Beria, but men and women whose loyalty he trusted only until the next purge.

Deus Salvou Meu Casamento nos ensina como reencontrar a felicidade mesmo quando os problemas destruíram quase tudo. "Eu não me lembro de ter sido solteira. Parece que nasci para viver com o Rogério. Mas também nunca imaginei que viveria guerras. Mas, não somos somo cristais, somos barros, que Deus quebra e faz de novo. E o Senhor fez exatamente isso em nosso casamento", compartilha Gisele.

David Starr Jordan was a taxonomist, a man possessed with bringing order to the natural world. In time, he would be credited with discovering nearly a fifth of the fish known to humans in his day. When his specimen collections were demolished by lightning, by fire, and eventually by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, many might have given up, given in to despair. But Jordan? He surveyed the wreckage at his feet, found the first fish that he recognized, and confidently began to rebuild his collection. And this time, he introduced one clever innovation.

En el año 2000, Marc Randolph y Reed Hastings pasaban por uno de sus peores momentos personales. La empresa en la que habían invertido todos sus ahorros, esfuerzos y dos años de trabajo estaba a punto de naufragar. Su idea de crear una empresa de alquiler de DVD por correo sin multas por retornos tardíos, a pesar de su éxito moderado, se demostraba incapaz de dar beneficios. Tomaron entonces medidas desesperadas. Viajaron a Dallas para ofrecérsela a su mayor competidor, Blockbuster, por 50 millones de dólares. La respuesta fue tajante: "Largaos."

In the early 2000s, Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey—both young artists trying to figure it all out—met at auditions for an unknown little TV show. Given that it was a show about lesbians living in Los Angeles, with the first ever ensemble cast of openly queer female characters, Kate and Leisha knew the project was going to be unlike anything else out there—that is, if it even got picked up.