Résultats pour "Benjamin" dans Fiction biographique

Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize. A Guardian Fiction Book of the year. Sometimes discovery brings destruction. "When We Cease to Understand the World" shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness.

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF DAYS WITHOUT END AND OLD GOD'S TIME 'A masterly work of historical witness and moral reckoning' OBSERVER An immersive and unforgettable novel of one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War. I knew as I made my way home that there...

The acclaimed and now-classic biographical novel of Walter Benjamin's last days--adapted into screenplay by Jay Parini. It is 1940. For the past decade, Walter Benjamin--the German-Jewish critic and philosopher--has been writing his masterpiece in a library in Paris, a city he loves. Now Nazi...

"When you're done binge-watching The Crown, pick up this multifaceted wartime thriller." —Kirkus Reviews As London endures nightly German bombings, Britain’s secret service whisks the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret from England, seeking safety for the young royals on an old estate in...

Sixteen-year-old Anne is an uneducated serving girl at the Penny Pot tavern when she first meets the commanding Benjamin Franklin. The time she spends with the brilliant young printer teases her curious mind, and the money he provides keeps her family from starving. But the ambitious Franklin is committed to someone else, a proper but infatuated woman named Deborah Read who becomes his common-law wife.

Questo racconto, pubblicato nel 1922 , fu ispirato da un’osservazione di Mark Twain: che era un peccato che la parte migliore della nostra vita venisse all’inizio e la peggiore alla fine. Dice Francis Scott Fitzgerald: “Io ho cercato di dimostrare la sua tesi, facendo un esperimento con un uomo inserito in un ambiente perfettamente normale.”. Dal racconto, surreale ma niente affatto superficiale, è stato tratto un film nel 2008.

La vita di Benjamin Button inizia in modo molto insolito. Fatica parecchio a farsi accettare così com'è, poi, col passare degli anni tutto diventa più facile...

The tidal wave of war crashed upon them, fracturing France like a faultline. This second instalment in the warpath saga lights the spark to ignite an inferno, engulfing Captain Jack Churchill and his Merry Men of the Second Manchester Regiment. Following the events of the L’Épinette ambush, Operation Dynamo becomes initiated to full effect. This is the complete evacuation of the entire British Expeditionary Force out of Dunkirk.

Narrated by Desmond Tutu. The Pope recently referred to the continuing ‘mystery of Judas’. This intriguing book – the result of an intense collaboration between one of the world’s most popular storytellers and one of the world’s leading biblical scholars – throws a new light on the...

Manchmal muss man über den Horizont hinausblicken, um die Dinge zu sehen, auf die man seit Langem vergeblich gewartet hat. Benjamin Foster ist Ende 30, trockener Alkoholiker und sehr zurückgezogen. Sein einziger Kontakt ist seine erwachsene Patentochter Crystal–aber ausgerechnet diese familiäre Bindung gerät ins Wanken, nachdem Benjamin erneut einen schweren Rückfall erleidet.

Few works of literature are as universally beloved as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl whose bright spirit sent her on an unforgettable trip down the rabbit holeand the grown woman whose story is no less enthralling.

Mit den Worten "Hallo Leute. Mein Name ist Benjamin Lebert. Ich bin 16 Jahre alt, und ich bin ein Krüppel" stellt sich Benni seinen neuen Mitschülern im Internat vor. Und genauso schnörkellos, unverkrampft und direkt erzählt er seine Geschichte vom Leben, Lieben und Leiden eines 16-Jährigen. "Crazy" wurde zum Kultbuch einer ganzen Generation, ein Weltbestseller, der mit Robert Stadlober in der Hauptrolle verfilmt wurde.

The Last Pilot begins in the bone-dry Mojave Desert during the late 1940s, where US Air Force test pilots are racing to break the sound barrier. Among the exalted few is Jim Harrison: dedicated to his wife, Grace, and their baby daughter. By the 1960s, the space race is underway and Harrison and...

Walter Benjamin (1892 - 1940), war vieles: Philosoph, Kulturkritiker, Übersetzer - aber auch ein Schriftsteller. Auf der Flucht vor den Nazis, die Frankreich besetzt hatten, nahm er sich an der spanischen Grenze das Leben. In seinem autobiografischen Werk Berliner Kindheit um neunzehnhundert beschreibt er in kunstvollen Miniaturen einzelne Bilder und Bruchstücke von Reminiszenzen seiner Kindheit, die an Kunstfertigkeit kaum zu übertreffen sind.

Under sin opvækst i Belfast, gør Sean alt, hvad er forventes af ham. Han arbejder hårdt, han studerer, og han holder sig - for det meste - ude af problemer, men da Sean vender hjem fra universitetet, har intet ændret sig. Det er de samme venner, som tager de samme stoffer på de samme...

Fray Rodrigo de Ávila, a Dominican friar, witnesses the vast Spanish Empire stretch across continents, yet sees not glory, but the human cost of ambition. In the Council of the Indies, he condemns the brutality of the conquistadors and the empire's moral corruption. He expects exile, censure, or death, but instead, the crown summons him as a reluctant adviser, placing the weight of conscience squarely on his shoulders.

Leonor de Habsburgo tuvo que renunciar dos veces al amor de su vida y apartarse de su hija para no volver a verla nunca más por orden del emperador a quien le debía obediencia. Leonor de Habsburgo nos despliega la vida de una mujer que tuvo que someterse a las fuertes obligaciones que imponía la Casa de Habsburgo y que convertía a las mujeres en moneda de cambio política.