Biography
For over half a century, Robert Gibson has published extensively on Alain Fournier's life and work and is now acknowledged as the leading authority on this subject in the English-speaking world. His previous book on Fournier, The Land Without a Name, was widely praised. In the thirty years since this was published, much new material has come to light. This includes biographical and photograph...
Energetic and charismatic, David Tennant achieved international acclaim for his riveting portrayal of the 10th Time Lord in cult science-fiction television drama Doctor Who and has built a reputation as a respected classical actor. This biography traces the events that have shaped David’s career and transformed him into both a hugely influential artist and, for a time, the coolest character on tel...
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest footballers of all time, yet for all his success on the pitch he has often been a controversial and divisive figure off it. It was clear from early on that Ronaldo had a prodigious talent. More than that, though, he only ever had one goal in mind. At the age of twelve, he left his humble origins on Madeira behind to travel to the Portuguese mainland in purs...
Although at first glance this slim volume appears to be a quick read, it should be lingered over and reread to uncover the full depth of its beauty and insight. Combining memoir with artistic and philosophical musings, the poet and National Book Critics Circle Award winner (for My Alexandria) begins by confessing his obsession with the 17th-century Dutch still life that serves as the title of this...
Ritchie Blackmore's early days saw him mixing with colourful characters like Screaming Lord Sutch, Joe Meek and Jerry Lee Lewis. Then he became a defining member of Seventies legends Deep Purple, creating the rock anthems 'Black Night' and 'Smoke On The Water'. Over the years Blackmore's moodiness and eccentric behaviour, his three marriages and his clashes with th...
One of the biggest stars in tennis, Serena Williams has captured every major title. Her 2009 Australia Open championship earned her the #1 world ranking for the third time in her illustrious career - and marked only the latest exclamation point on a life well and purposefully lived. As a young girl, Serena began training with an adult-sized racquet that was almost as big as her. Rather than droppi...
"Endlessly fascinating...A brilliant and disturbing study of power." -- The New York Times "Confirms Kissinger's place as one of the great international players, and takes him down a peg as well....Kissinger will rave about the parts he likes and rage about the rest....This makes for compulsive reading." -- Peter Jennings, ABC News "Wonderful, entertaining, definitive biography." --...
Challenging sensational falsehoods, Berniece and Mona present the only authorized book about Marilyn on the shelves. "Berniece Miracle finally opens up her family album--and translates an American legend into flesh and blood...MY SISTER MARILYN is a big hug across the decades to a sweet, talented, loving girl." --Life Magazine "...a highly literate, readable account." --The Bookwatch...
A vivid life of Charlemagne, written ca A.D. 830 by a member of his court. Foreword Einhard's Preface The Life of the Emperor Charles Notes Genealogical Table Map
Charlemage, known as the father of Europe, was one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers. The biographies brought together here provide a rich and varied portrait of the king from two perspectives: that of Einhard, a close friend and adviser, and of Notker, a monastic scholar and musician writing fifty years after Charlemagne's death.
? Guide fidele de ma vocation, des le berceau je recus la beaute, qui pour les deux arts m?est lampe et miroir. Penser autrement est fausse opinion. Elle seule eleve l??il vers le sublime qu?or je m?apprete ici a peindre et a sculpter. ? Sculpteur, peintre, architecte, poete, le - Divin Michel-Ange - (1475-1564) incarne l?Homme universel de la Renaissance italienne. Elu a quinze ans par Laur...
"A Dangerous Liaison" tells the intense, passionate and sometimes painful story of how these two brilliant free-thinkers - and rivals - came to a share a relationship that was to last over fifty years. Moving from the corridors of the Sorbonne and the chestnut groves in the Limousin, to the cafes of Paris' Left Bank, we discover how the strikingly beautiful and gifted young Simone came to fal...
