Résultats pour "The Artist" dans Biographies et mémoires

Hidden somewhere, in nearly every major city in the world, is an underground seduction lair. And in these lairs, men trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to charm women. This is not fiction. These men really exist. They live together in houses known as Projects. And Neil Strauss, the best-selling author, spent two years living among them, using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity. The result is one of the most explosive and controversial books of the year.

The Forty Elephants was one of the most successful and long-lasting criminal organizations in English history - yet few recognize their name. Disciplined and dedicated, this all-female, all working-class gang terrorized the streets of London from the 1870s to the early 1960s, not only matching...

Tout le monde connaît la tour Eiffel, personne ne connaît Gustave Eiffel. Ingénieur et inventeur de génie, Gustave Eiffel a bâti des édifices sur toute la planète, de la statue de la Liberté au viaduc de Garabit, de la gare de Budapest au pont de Porto. Il a connu la gloire et la descente aux enfers, les têtes couronnées et la prison. La construction de la Tour, clou de l'Exposition universelle de 1889, a constitué une incroyable aventure humaine et Gustave a dû se battre pendant vingt ans pour que son œuvre ne soit pas démolie.

Une tombe dans un cimetière de l'Île-de-France : "Vincent Willem Van Gogh, né à Groot-Zundert (Hollande) le 30 mars 1853, mort à Auvers-sur-Oise (France) le 29 juillet 1890." Ces informations laconiques évoquent à elles seules en filigrane le parcours d'une vie : le pasteur que Vincent aurait voulu être dans son pays natal, comme son père, comme son grand-père ; l'errant qu'il fut, à Bruxelles, Amsterdam, La Haye, Paris, Arles, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence et Auvers enfin.

The astonishing, forgotten story of the hero who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust. In April 1944 a teenager named Rudolf Vrba was planning a daring and unprecedented escape from Auschwitz. After hiding in a pile of timber planks for three days while 3,000 SS men and...

The Times Art Book of the Year A Guardian Book of the Year The paintings of Johannes Vermeer of Delft are some of the most beautiful, even sublime, in the history of art. Yet like the life of Vermeer himself, they are mysterious and have for centuries defied explanation. Following new leads, and...

Un peintre, un homme, un génie. Picasso fut un homme pour qui peindre voulait dire voir, et qui mieux que personne "vit" son siècle. Visionnaire, oui. Engagé corps et biens dans son absolu. Homme public dont l'existence tumultueuse fascina toujours les foules, il était aussi un personnage farouche, secret, imprévisible. Des premiers pigeons crayonnés de Málaga aux périodes bleue et rose, des folles années montmartroises aux Demoiselles d'Avignon, de l'explosion surréaliste à Guernica.

The Endurance Artist is an all-access pass to the world’s most grueling races and the mastermind behind them. Gary Cantrell, better known by the nom de guerre Lazarus Lake, has been described as a “hillbilly genius” and the “Leonardo di Vinci of pain.” His Barkley Marathons is considered the most difficult ultramarathon ever devised, a fight club in the wilderness run in secret. With books hidden in the woods, a cigarette-start, and elevation gain that amounts to summiting Mount Everest twice, the Barkley defies convention.

This program is narrated by Academy Award–winning actor, Tilda Swinton. It also contains a new afterword, read by the author. "[Tilda Swinton's] reading is sharp yet reflective, tinged with curiosity and melancholy." —The Guardian "Her ethereal, velvety voice and steady, measured delivery...

Cézanne, ennemi de tout compromis, entend traduire avant tout la vérité de sa perception. Ce faisant, il définit une nouvelle relation de l'artiste au monde qui l'entoure, et réinvente l'espace de la peinture. Au lendemain de sa mort, survenue en 1906, il deviendra la référence incontournable des jeunes générations.

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-fiction 'Outstanding' - The Guardian 'Superb' - The Telegraph 'A must read' - Anne Sebba 'Lively' - The Times They seemed to be polar opposites . . . Augustus: vivid, volatile and promiscuous. He was a hero among romantics and bohemians, celebrated as one...

What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? In this inspired, thoughtful, deeply personal book, Orhan Pamuk takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate...

Dans ce deuxième tome du Journal (1850–1854), Eugène Delacroix, chef de file du romantisme français, consigne ses pensées sur la création, le travail et les mœurs artistiques de son époque. Entre ébauches d’idées, notations fulgurantes et confidences retenues, se révèle l’atelier intérieur d’un maître à pleine maturité, lucide sur ses exigences comme sur ses doutes.

From the internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a spellbinding journey into the secrets of his art--the narratives that have shaped his vision, his experience of writing, and the keys to mastering the art of storytelling. One of the most highly acclaimed and...

Analysant le parcours de Michael Jackson, Franck Vidiella pose ici la question délicate de la définition du mot "génie". On y apprend ainsi que tous les grands génies possèdent des qualités en communs. Ils sont dans leur grande majorité à la fois créatifs, fulgurants, acharnés et multiples. Dans son texte, Franck reprend chacun de ces points et les analyse au regard de la carrière du King of Pop, de manière à répondre à la question suivante : Michael Jackson est-il un artiste exceptionnel ou un Génie absolu ?

'Judith Mackrell has done an incredible job in bringing to life the stories of these two great artists' - Anthony D’Offay 'This is a must read . . . a deeply moving account of a family bursting with talent' - Anne Sebba In Artists, Siblings, Visionaries, acclaimed biographer Judith Mackrell...

“A dynamic group biography studded with design history and high-society dash . . . [This] elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark.”—The Economist The “astounding” (André Leon Talley) story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their...

GEN (R) Barry McCaffrey - Absolutely Riveting. GEN (R) David Petraeus - Should be on every American's reading list. CBS Audio - "A bad-ass book."Published by Onward Press, a veterans non-profit. All sales contribute to its mission to help veterans publish their stories.During the war's worst...

Analizza i grandi crimini storici per scoprire come la manipolazione psicologica trasformi la fiducia in una trappola. Perfetto per rendere il tragitto quotidiano un'indagine avvincente, questo ascolto smonta chirurgicamente i meccanismi dell'impostura. Non si tratta di subire il fascino del...

Cher: The Memoir, Part One promises to be an engaging and exciting audiobook experience, befitting this incredible book. Read in part by Cher herself, the book is introduced, and each chapter launched, by the author. Rounding out each chapter as she continues the narrative is celebrated stage...