Résultats pour "The Dreamer" dans Fiction biographique

Así define el autor este volumen, en una brillante introducción que sirve también de puesta en perspectiva: los doce relatos que lo componen abarcan varias épocas, desde finales de la década de los sesenta hasta la actualidad, y en ellos se reflejan algunas de sus obsesiones más íntimas, además de su evolución como artista.

In the vibrant streets of Lavapiés, Madrid, young Iker harbors an ambitious dream: to play for the iconic Real Madrid Football Club. However, a significant challenge stands in his way - his diagnosed scoliosis, which many believe makes the intense world of professional football an unattainable dream for him.

Narrated by Colman Domingo, Rachel Weisz, Michael Cera, Juan Diego Botto, Norbert Leo Butz, Taylour Paige, and Edoardo Ballerini “A major literary talent’s virtuosic debut” (Kaveh Akbar, New York Times bestselling author), the iconoclastic, two-time Academy award-winning writer and...

Born in the bustling artist quarter of Rome, Artemisia, daughter of renowned painter Orazio Gentileschi, is unavoidably drawn into a profession unheard of for women. With an innate grasp of color, light, and composition, and inspired by the mercurial Caravaggio, the fiery Artemisia embraces her calling with a precocious brilliance. But as a young woman, she also finds herself oppressed by a powerful patriarchy, and she is forced to endure emotional and physical abuse at the hands of men.

Audrey McKenna is a vibrant grandmother and mother of 13. When her granddaughter pursues a career onstage, Audrey is confronted with the unfulfilled dreams of her youth to perform at Carnegie Hall. With the help of her best friend and cousin Rose, they journey to the New York Theater scene of their past, exploring the choices, sacrifices, and experiences that shaped them.

Alaska Dream is a true-life adventure love story born out of summer life in a salmon cannery. Mark, a naïve young college graduate from Hawaii, follows his dream to experience wild Alaska, where he encounters impossible odds and perseverance of the human spirit to survive the salmon season. It is one man’s raw account of working within a blended community of first-generation immigrants from all over the US and the unimaginable physical and mental hardships he endures while assigned to work under the strict Japanese salmon roe specialists.

El 3 de octubre de 2022 inició un viaje inesperado. Algunos dirán que fue un largo sueño, pero yo estoy convencido de que en verdad estuve muy lejos de aquí. Durante 22 días, mientras mi cuerpo permaneció en una cama de hospital, otra parte de mí viajó a un sitio donde me enfrenté a verdades ineludibles que todavía sigo descifrando.

This critically acclaimed imaginary autobiography of Frédéric Chopin was given a privileged place in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw on his Bicentennial, "Since it's written by him," wrote the museum's director to the author. A work of lovely lyrical and musical accents written in Chopin's voice, Manuscript in Dreams brings to light the most meaningful moments and aspects of the composer’s life and work. Juana Rosa Pita threads together “manuscripts that appeared from dream to dream…” and the result is an ensemble of intimate pieces.

Models Stop Traffic is a powerful novel written by Airica D Kraehmer. It explores the world of the fashion industry from an aspiring model risking it all to be part of America's top models. The main character, Danielle, travels to New York City to live in the Big Apple with 20 other aspiring girls. None of them were expecting what happened next.

Gaudias Poulin is a pioneering Stampeder who has worked gold claims in Dawson all his adult life. Courage and insurmountable odds are all a normal part of life in the Yukon, a cruel country where every living thing wants to kill you. Although he always believed that the next pan would bring a huge strike, his hard-earned sweat has only brought sore bones and a niggling illness. Time has left him sick and friendless. His heart is filled with bitterness and regret. Perhaps it’s time to go back home.

The first book in the inspiring New York Times bestselling series about an executive who loses everything he holds dear and embarks on a walk across America that changes his life forever. What would you do if you lost everything—your job, your home, and the love of your life—all at the same...