Títulos em Arte e Literatura

On a beaucoup écrit sur Mark Twain. Cependant, peu de choses ont été faites pour entendre ses propres mots, pensées et sentiments concernant sa vie, ses défis et ses succès. La série En ses propres termes vise précisément ce but, en commençant par présenter l'homme qui était le plus...

As we approach the 50th anniversaries of Alex Haley's novel Roots (1976) and its landmark television adaptation (1977), journalist and storyteller Lucas L. Johnson II reflects on the enduring legacy of Haley's work through the voices of those it continues to move, including scholars, artists, genealogists, students, and original cast members like LeVar Burton and Ben Vereen. With vivid personal anecdotes, emotional tributes, and probing reflections, Remembering Roots shows how Haley's vision gave birth to a genealogy movement and inspired generations to reclaim their identities.

One of our most visceral and important memoirs on race in America, this is the story of Nathan McCall, who began life as a smart kid in a close, protective family in a black working-class neighborhood. Yet by the age of fifteen, McCall was packing a gun and embarking on a criminal career that five years later would land him in prison for armed robbery.

An intimate, revelatory family biography of the iconic writer Daphne du Maurier and her famous ancestors, by her eldest grandson Born into a famous artistic dynasty, Daphne grew up in an atmosphere of carefree privilege. At a time when girls of her class were not expected to have a career, she...

De son rôle de jeune maman à l'arrivée de ses deux paires de jumeaux en passant par les affres parentales de l'adolescence à l'ère des réseaux sociaux, sa vie de femme, la PMA, sa ménopause précoce, Élodie Gossuin se confie dans ce livre sur son parcours avec le franc-parler qui la caractérise. Loin de l'image idéale des réseaux et des médias, elle nous propose une vision complètement décomplexante de sa vie tout sauf parfaite.

After finishing my last book, I found myself not blocked but fatigued. The creative process had worn me down. Friends advised, “Take time off, recharge.” Easier said than done. Writing is as natural to me as breathing; to stop would be unthinkable. So, I carried this conundrum for months, letting it ferment in my dwindling supply of productive brain cells, until the answer appeared: Write a book of quotes. The words emblazoned themselves across my mind, flickering insistently until I surrendered.

Famous or Infamous peels back the curtain on five unforgettable figures whose stories shaped entertainment, politics, and culture. Hosted within the narrative by the incisive Charlie Lovetts, this compelling volume plays like a full season of a prestige documentary series—each episode a riveting, deeply human biography.

Koljós es el libro más íntimo de Emmanuel Carrère: un apasionante relato familiar que arranca con el funeral de Estado de su madre, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse, figura mayor de la vida intelectual francesa, primera mujer al frente de la Academia y reconocida autoridad en el estudio de la historia rusa.

Maksim Gorki, bu otobiyografik eserinde yoksulluk, şiddet ve öğrenme arzusuyla şekillenen çocukluk yıllarını anlatır. İnsanı biçimlendiren koşullara dair çarpıcı bir tanıklıktır.

When Olivia Laing moved to New York City in her mid-thirties, she found herself inhabiting loneliness on a daily basis. Increasingly fascinated by this most shameful of experiences, she began to explore the lonely city by way of art. Moving fluidly between the works and lives of some of the city's most compelling artists, Laing conducts an electric, dazzling investigation into what it means to be alone, illuminating not only the causes of loneliness but also how it might be resisted and redeemed.

Pilar Cernuda hace en estas páginas un recorrido por sus más de cincuenta años de profesión, en los que ha vivido experiencias que nunca imaginó; ha conocido a personajes a los que jamás pensó conocer —por estas páginas pasan, entre otros, Serrat, Massiel, Yves Montand, Geraldine Chaplin, Theodorakis, Miguel Ríos o Melina Mercouri— y sido testigo directo de situaciones insólitas y momentos que forman parte de la historia. También ha tratado a los compañeros de oficio más influyentes, a dirigentes de todos los partidos, presidentes de gobierno y, por supuesto, a los reyes.

Dean Nelson embraces the questions that plague writers by turning to some of the best-known authors of our time. With encouragement, advice, and refreshing honesty, writers discuss their own beginnings, struggles, and victories in a manner that will make everyone say, "I can do that." In Talking to Writers, people will hear from Anne Lamott about what she means by writing to heal herself, from David Brooks about what it takes to craft an informed opinion, from Tracy Kidder about the need for revision, and from Elizabeth Gilbert about being humble.

Dean Nelson embraces the questions that plague writers by turning to some of the best-known authors of our time. With encouragement, advice, and refreshing honesty, writers discuss their own beginnings, struggles, and victories in a manner that will make everyone say, "I can do that." In Talking to Writers, people will hear from Ray Bradbury about why everyone should write, Alice Walker about writing with courage, Nick Hornby about creating dialogue, Anthony Doerr about getting ideas, and Amy Tan about discipline.

One of the greatest fashion designers of all time, Halston defined and dominated the 1970s. He was America's first fashion superstar, a groundbreaking craftsman and a pioneering businessman who also exuded glamour, wit and charm. More important than the million-dollar success and the movie-star status though was the powerhouse of incredible women that he surrounded himself with. This is the untold story of those women.

In 1911, Hermann Hesse sailed through southeastern Asian waters on a trip that would define much of his later writing. Hesse brings his unique eye to scenes such as adventures in a rickshaw, watching foreign theater performances, exploring strange floating cities on stilts, and luxuriating in...

Pascale Hugues folgt in ihrem neuen Hörbuch den Spuren ihrer Mutter, die viel zu früh starb. Yvette wird im elsässischen Colmar geboren, 1929, im Jahr der Großen Depression. Yvettes Leben ist stets zwischen zwei Polen, ein Spiegel ihrer Krankheit. Bipolar. Pascale Hugues erfuhr als Kind nicht, warum ihre fürsorgliche Mutter wochenlang verschwand. Jetzt begibt sie sich auf die Suche. Sie zeichnet das Bild einer Zeit, in der psychische Krankheiten ein Tabu sind, die man hinter schützenden Lügen verbirgt.

Bringing together a collection of Harold Bloom’s letters to and from eight of his favorite contemporary writers, Heather Cass White provides an intimate view of one of the most famous literary critics of the last century. In correspondence with Alvin Feinman, Northrop Frye, A. R. Ammons, John Hollander, James Merrill, John Ashbery, Henri Cole, and Ursula K. Le Guin, we see Bloom developing his groundbreaking theory of poetic influence, transforming himself into a public intellectual, and reckoning with the meaning of his own legacy.

In 1978 Deanna met her hermit husband in Northern BC while she was working as a forestry lookout attendant. For the next thirteen years she led the life of a pioneering mother in the wilderness. Over a hundred miles from the nearest paved road and cut off from most contact with the outside world, Deanna and her husband Jay built a life and raised their children in the stunning beauty and staggering isolation of the Ningunsaw Valley.

Entre la ficción y el testimonio, el ensayo y la memoria, este libro da cuenta de algunas facetas de la vida de varios escritores a quienes Gonzalo Celorio tuvo la oportunidad de conocer y de tratar: Arreola, Cortázar, Rulfo, Fuentes, Monterroso, García Márquez, Loynaz, Eco.

An intimate memoir portraying a life spent trying to describe the indescribable—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of The Hours and Day. Go ahead. Try using language to slit the skin of mortality to see what’s on the other side. At the age of three, Michael Cunningham began obsessively...