Títulos em Biografias e Memórias

La crónica de un secuestro real magistralmente retratado por Gabriel García Márquez. "Era, en efecto, el automóvil de Maruja. Había transcurrido por lo menos media hora desde el secuestro, y sólo quedaban los rastros: el cristal del lado del chofer destruido por un balazo, la mancha de sangre y el granizo del vidrio en el asiento, y la sombra húmeda en el asfalto, de donde acababan de llevarse al chofer todavía con vida. El resto estaba limpio y en orden."

Jehovah's Witnesses number into the millions globally and are well known for their public evangelism about God's kingdom. But beneath the facade of brotherly love and organizational unity lies a captive organization in which doubts are stifled, and dissent is ruthlessly crushed. Once a Witness stops believing, they face being ostracized as a loathed "mentally diseased" apostate. Author Lloyd Evans is a well-known ex-Witness writer and activist. He draws on his firsthand, insider knowledge as a former elder to guide would-be escapees through the minefield that awaits them.

Outsider. Misfit. Criminal. Convict. . . . Movie star. Family man. Comedy legend. Joey Diaz has been called every name in the book (and then some). Now, for the first time, he shares the story of his unlikely rise to fame in his own words—with no punches pulled.

LeBron is unquestionably the greatest basketball player of the 21st century. Off the court, LeBron's political activism, outspoken stance on racism and social injustice have helped build a social media presence that includes 117 million followers on Instagram and 51 million followers on Twitter. He is an international brand worth billions of dollars. To tell this epic story, Benedict has done exhaustive research, digging through thousands of pages of primary source documents, articles, books and hundreds of hours of video footage.

To become a millionaire, you have to think like one. The Millionaire Mind shows you how. Also available: The Millionaire Next Door.

Tudo o que aconteceu naquele 1983 marcou o resto da carreira da banda. Ela rapidamente alcançou fama na cena local do rock americano, tocando em toda Los Angeles e ganhando fãs e atenção da mídia onde quer que se apresentasse. Antes do final do ano, eles fizeram aproximadamente trinta shows, montaram um repertório antigo e adorado, gravaram uma demo incrível que lhes garantiu um contrato de gravação com a EMI/Enigma e perderam dois de seus membros fundadores para uma banda rival.

Este audiolivro pretende contar a história de como eram os templários, não como as lendas os adornaram desde então.

Neste livro, a jornalista italiana e escritora premiada, Ritanna Armeni, reconstrói a história de um grupo de mulheres soviéticas fiéis à sua pátria: as aviadoras do 588º Regimento de Bombardeio Aéreo Noturno Soviético.

O jornalista Martí Perarnau, no entanto, obteve do próprio Guardiola permissão para entrar nos vestiários do Bayern de Munique, seguir de perto todos os seus passos e relatar os detalhes de uma temporada inteira do catalão no comando do clube bávaro. E tirou o máximo proveito da ocasião. Seu exaustivo trabalho de campo delineou os traços de um personagem tão genial quanto atormentado, apaixonado pelo futebol mas, ao mesmo tempo, incapaz de desfrutar totalmente das vitórias por culpa de sua obsessiva busca pela perfeição.

Quem são as mulheres negras brasileiras que nos inspiram na atualidade? Elas tiveram referências negras no passado ou se sentiam representadas? Construído pelo Coletivo Narrativas Negras, este projeto nasceu da vontade de levar a história de mulheres negras brasileiras – que transformaram o rumo histórico do Brasil – até as meninas e mulheres de hoje, que transformarão o amanhã do nosso país.

Alyne Tamir was raised to live her life for others: for her husband, her family, and the Mormon church. For twenty-five years, she put others ahead of herself, repressing things that didn’t fit the neat, traditional story that had been written for her. On the surface, her life seemed picture-perfect. But in reality, Alyne was miserable, struggling to reconcile the pain and humiliation of abuse, an eating disorder, infidelity, and depression with her flawless image. Until Alyne reached a breaking point: the day her husband asked for a divorce—over email.

Daiana Garbin passou 22 anos odiando o próprio corpo. Encarou dietas hiper-restritivas, passou por três cirurgias plásticas, fez procedimentos estéticos agressivos e ficou viciada em remédios para emagrecer – sempre acreditando que um corpo magro lhe traria paz e felicidade. Neste livro, ela revela o longo caminho que percorreu para aprender a ficar em paz com seu corpo e com a comida – os altos e baixos, o que deu certo e o que deu errado, as vezes que quis desistir e o momento em que percebeu que existia uma saída.

Esta biografia de D. Pedro II tem a peculiaridade de ter sido escrita por um quase contemporâneo seu, Sébastien Auguste Sisson, francês radicado no Rio de Janeiro. O leitor fica assim conhecendo os passos que antecederam a subida ao trono do imperador, no chamado "decênio das regências", quando muitas calamidades pesaram sobre o país. A imagem do regente, por fim, é enaltecida: "Os atos da vida pública do Sr. D. Pedro II atestam sua capacidade intelectual e uma erudição invejável. As nações estrangeiras consideram-no como um dos mais ilustrados monarcas."

Just Kids begins as a love story and ends as an elegy. It serves as a salute to New York City during the late 60s and 70s and to its rich and poor, its hustlers and hellions. A true fable, it is a portrait of two young artists' ascent, a prelude to fame.

With his characteristic eyebrow-raising behavior, Richard P. Feynman once provoked the wife of a Princeton dean to remark, "Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman!" But the many scientific and personal achievements of this Nobel Prize-winning physicist are no laughing matter. Here, woven with his scintillating views on modern science, Feynman relates the defining moments of his accomplished life.

In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.

From his modest headquarters in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the Rebbe advised some of the world's greatest leaders and shaped matters of state and society. Statesmen and artists as diverse as Ronald Reagan, Robert F. Kennedy, Yitzchak Rabin, Menachem Begin, Elie Wiesel, and Bob Dylan span the spectrum of those who sought his counsel.

For most of her life, Crystal McVea was a skeptic whose history of abuse and bad choices made her feel beyond the reach of God - who questioned if God was even real. She had all but given up hope. Then came December 10, 2009...and the moment that changed everything. Crystal doesn't remember the trauma or losing consciousness; she just remembers waking up in heaven, next to God....

Kim Gordon, founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model for a generation of women, now tells her story - a memoir of life as an artist, of music, marriage, motherhood, independence, and as one of the first women of rock and roll, written with the lyricism and haunting beauty of Patti Smith's Just Kids.

In this spellbinding blend of memoir and insight, best-selling author Chuck Palahniuk shares stories and generous advice on what makes writing powerful and what makes for powerful writing. With advice grounded in years of careful study and a keenly observed life, Palahniuk combines practical advice and concrete examples from beloved classics, his own books, and a "kitchen-table MFA" culled from an evolving circle of beloved authors and artists, with anecdotes, postcards from the road, and much more.