Résultats pour "The Holiday" dans Biographies et mémoires

Orphelin à 13 ans, George Raveling grandit à Washington D.C., dans un État ségrégationniste. Il découvre le basket au lycée, c'est le début de la passion d'une vie. Il devient l'un des coachs ayant remporté le plus de victoires, et conduit l'équipe de basket olympique masculine américaine de 1984 à sa neuvième médaille d'or, avec Michael Jordan qu'il a pris sous son aile. À travers le récit de sa vie, de sa collaboration avec les plus grands joueurs mondiaux à son amour des livres, George Raveling propose de nombreuses réflexions sur le sens de l'existence, le succès et la relation aux autres.

Written and read by best-selling Australian author and much-loved actor William McInnes, this is a story about our love affair with holidays. It's about going away and staying at home. It's about the relaxing times you had as a kid, escapes you have with your children and the stories you hear from your friends. It can be about a romantic sunset, the spare seat at breakfast being taken by an attractive stranger, a miraculous airline upgrade....

The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at the forefront of the AI revolution. Wired called Dr. Fei-Fei Li “one of a tiny group of scientists—a group perhaps small enough to fit around a kitchen table—who are responsible for AI’s...

George Raveling sabe muy bien lo que significa desafiar las probabilidades. Considerado una auténtica leyenda del deporte, ha dejado su huella dentro y fuera de las canchas: caminó junto a Martin Luther King Jr., fue mentor de Michael Jordan, revolucionó el baloncesto como entrenador y contribuyó a transformar el mundo del deporte desde Nike. Pero su historia comenzó bajo la sombra de la segregación racial, la muerte y la enfermedad mental.

An exploration of the best thing since sliced bread—from the humble grilled cheese to the intricate khao jee pâté—across time, culture, and borders, from critically acclaimed author and journalist Tal Lavin. So many cultures around the world have some form of a sandwich—filling, portable...

National Best Seller From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as “a roadmap to my life.” M Train...

A brand new thriller from the internationally bestselling author of A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS **** Rookie police officer Rachel Hoffman has never seen a dead body before. It will not be her last. Her first murder case is a young woman - sent off to sleep with a mysterious note that quotes from an...

No singer has been more mythologized and more misunderstood than jazz legend Billie Holiday, who helped to create much of the mystique herself with her autobiography, Lady Sings the Blues - and this authentic biography sets the record straight. Donald Clarke was given unrivaled access to a treasure trove of interviews from the 1970s with those who knew Lady Day in all stages of her short, tragic life - from her childhood in the streets and good-time houses of Baltimore, through the early days of success in New York and the years of fame, to her tragic decline.

In 2016, one of the giants of modern journalism fell: Gawker Media, infamous for saying what other outlets wouldn't say, was sued for publishing Hulk Hogan's sex tape, lost the case and went bust. After countless other lawsuits it seemed that Gawker had finally run out of luck. But luck had nothing to do with it. Peter Thiel, PayPal founder and billionaire investor, had masterminded the whole thing.

A riveting and unflinching memoir from actress Nia Long about her decades-long career in Hollywood and how she discovered her purpose along the way. Nia Long is one of the most recognizable and beloved actresses of the past three decades, with iconic roles in Boyz n the Hood, The Fresh Prince of...

"The Minimalists show you how to disconnect from our conditioned material state and reconnect to our true essence: love people and use things. This is not a book about how to live with less, but about how to live more deeply and more fully." —Jay Shetty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...

Are you a devoted follower of true crime? Are you familiar with the intricate details of notorious crimes and criminals? Have you grown weary of hearing the same familiar stories? Do you seek out chilling and unusual facts that are not part of everyday life? Then you’ll want to dive into Beyond Wicked True Crime Stories: Heinous Holidays! In a season often filled with joy and celebration, a darker truth lurks beneath the surface.

In this alternately humorous and horrifying memoir, a Jewish father shleps his reluctant children around Europe on a hard-charging tour of Holocaust sites and memorials in order to impress on them the profound evil of Hitler’s war against the Jews and the importance of combatting genocide.   

Doctor Ben MacFarlane flies around the world picking up the pieces when Britons get into trouble abroad. A must-read for anyone who enjoys real-life stories. Who do you call if it all goes wrong on holiday? Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane – a very modern flying doctor. His job is get on a plane and...

HOLIDAYS ON ICE collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume, perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice scraper. This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire, the glow of a brilliantly decorated tree, or even in the...

HOLIDAYS ON ICE collects six of David Sedaris's most profound Christmas stories into one slender volume, perfect for use as a last-minute coaster or ice scraper. This drinking man's companion can be enjoyed by the warmth of a raging fire, the glow of a brilliantly decorated tree, or even in the...

A powerhouse portrait of Jimmy Breslin,the acclaimed writer who pummeled politicians, profiled Mafia kingpins, and gave voice to the poor and powerless. Sometimes a towering figure from our past can help us understand our present. Jimmy Breslin is that figure—a journalist who spent most of his...

Terry nace en la Ciudad de México en los años 1950, en un período de fuerte conservadurismo obsesionado con la defensa de la «moral y las buenas costumbres», tanto en la vida privada como pública. Homosexuales, travestis, trabajadoras sexuales y personas trans eran frecuentemente objeto de redadas y extorsiones por desobedecer la estricta norma (hetero)sexual. Terry sueña con otra vida. Sus primeras representaciones en dibujos y pinturas pronto revelan su talento como artista plástica.

No one family has more experience of travelling together than the Whitehalls. Indeed they've been allowing us a window to their escapades for the past five years in the hit Netflix show Travels with My Father, and in this hilarious book, they have now decided to pool their advice for fellow travellers. To lay out the pitfalls of family holidays. The dos and don'ts, the highs and lows. In doing so, they are sharing some of their best anecdotes.

Billie Holiday: Jazz Singer is a full-length biography about Billie Holiday from her birth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to her childhood in Baltimore, Maryland, through her 30-year career by Meredith Coleman McGee.