Résultats pour "Questa" dans Biographies et mémoires

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller From the eldest child Shari Franke, the “heart-wrenchingly personal…dizzying” (Rolling Stone) true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, Ruby Franke, and how, in the face of...

GRAMMY NOMINEE This unique, boundary pushing audiobook features original music by Questlove and members of The Roots with vocal guest appearances from Fred Armisen, Tariq Trotter, Dion Flynn, Robin Thede, ""Suga"" Steve Mandel, Norm MacDonald, Ludo Lefebvre, and Molly Kelly. Questlove - musician...

A groundbreaking exploration of the neuroscience of spirituality and a bold new paradigm for health, healing, and resilience—from a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning researcher “A new revolution of health and well-being and a testament to, and celebration of, the power...

Emily has the life, selling what Time Magazine hails as the revolutionary new treatment for cancer. Her boyfriend’s start-up gets acquired for almost half a billion dollars, and the view from their beachfront LA penthouse looks bright. Few know she’s on a dangerous journey of extremes, riding an alluring threshold of risk, while languishing at hedonistic soirees. Nothing is too big, too excessive, or ever enough. And then, Emily has a shock discovery that forces her to lose everything.

From eldest daughter Shari Franke, the shocking true story behind the viral 8 Passengers family vlog – now the subject of a new Disney+ docuseries – and the hidden abuse she suffered at the hands of her mother, and how, in the face of unimaginable pain, she found freedom and healing. Shari...

From “weird, scary, ingenious” (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and “laugh-out-loud funny” (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York Times bestselling author) memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of...

What Socrates’s greatest failure reveals about an ancient question: Can we teach our leaders to be better people? Is good character something that can be taught? In 430 BCE, Socrates set out to teach the vain, power-seeking Athenian statesman Alcibiades how to be a good person—and failed...

Marco nasce nella periferia romana degli anni Sessanta, in un quartiere di cemento e strade sbrecciate. Fin da piccolo capisce che la sua vita non sarà mai lineare: ogni caduta diventa una spinta verso un nuovo inizio. Negli anni Ottanta parte per Londra, capitale del punk e dei rave clandestini. Qui sopravvive tra lavori precari, fame e libertà assoluta, reinventandosi come lavapiatti, cuoco e intrattenitore improvvisato.

Tony Howard rose to fame in 1965 as a member of a group of young climbers from northern England who made the first British ascent of Norway's Troll Wall. Tony went on to design the modern sit harness, now used universally by every climber in the world. Tony has dedicated his life to travelling the world in search of never before climbed rock faces and remote trekking adventures. The scale of his travels is vast. Quest into the Unknown, the last word in adventure travel, is the jaw-dropping account of a life of adventure that is the very definition of true exploration.

A “highly entertaining” (The Wall Street Journal) investigation into the mysterious identity of Bitcoin’s creator and a deep dive into crypto’s utopian origin story—from The New York Times bestselling author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar “Could be the best mystery story of the past...

They shouldn't have tear gassed best-selling (bald) author Adam Fletcher. It ruined his supposedly normal holiday in Istanbul, made him curious, and began a quest to visit places everyone else is trying to escape from, and tourists don't normally go to. In this hilarious travel memoir, he'll enter a blizzard in China armed with only biscuits; pose as a scientist to sneak into Chernobyl; be chased by Croatian police boats en route to Liberland (the world's newest country); become a reluctant diving board star in a North Korean water park, and much more.

“Timbuktu is a real place, and Charlie English will fuel your wanderlust with true descriptions of the fabled city’s past, present, and future.” –Fodor’s Two tales of a city: The historical race to “discover” one of the world’s most mythologized places, and the story of how a...

‘Paddy’ Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War. Hamish Ross’s authoritative study follows Mayne from solicitor and a rugby international to troop commander in the Commandos and then the SAS, whose leader he later became and whose annals he...

'Beautifully written and structured, deeply moving, and realised in wise, thoughtful, chiselled prose... it is that rarity: a genuine non-fiction classic' William Dalrymple A spellbinding story about love, faith, the search for utopia - and the often devastating cost of idealism. It’s the late...

Do you love listening to true adventure stories that capture your attention with nearly unbelievable, miraculous drama? Are you searching for a book that tempts you-or those on your gift list- to ignore time, phone calls, and internet feeds? Do you need a reminder that love is a choice-and a vision of how that plays out in life's most challenging times? Do you yearn for assurance that God intervenes for His children, guiding them through private heartaches and catastrophic upheaval? Then, this book is for you.

A.J.A. Symons discovered Frederick Rolfe’s Hadrian the Seventh in 1925 and became consumed with fascination for its eccentric author, aka ‘Baron Corvo’. His ‘quest’ takes the form of an irresistible detective story, the twists and turns of his investigation into Rolfe’s unfortunate life resulting in a groundbreaking form of biography that reveals much about both men.

"Questa squadra" non è una semplice biografia, né tantomeno un racconto. È un'espressione verbale. "Questa squadra": così Emanuela definisce le ragazze che si sono avvicendate nel corso degli anni nella rosa della Nazionale. Questa squadra che ha vinto, fino a oggi, 132 medaglie, fra cui tre titoli mondiali e due medaglie olimpiche. E che continua a inseguire, su quella pedana, i propri sogni. Un giorno, nell'estate del 2010, le ho detto, quasi per scherzo: "Manu, perché non raccontiamo la tua storia e quella di queste ragazze?"

A charming account of the life of enigmatic Queen Mary, wife of King George V, and a magnetic portrait of a vanished age 'Gloriously indiscreet . . . the best royal book ever' - Harry Mount, Financial Times When James Pope-Hennessy began his work on Queen Mary's official biography, it opened the...

If you've ever felt like you didn't belong in this world because of a norm you didn't fit into, this book is for you. What do you do when people are moved with compassion and courage to share their stories after you've delivered your first TEDx talk? This is the question Niedre Heckman faced after she delivered a powerful keynote about the opportunity we all have to promote positivity in our uniqueness rather than spinning a negative narrative about those who seem not to fit the norm.

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