Viata lui Beethoven - Romain Rolland

Mozart, schita de portret - Romain Rolland

Sa compun , spune Mozart, este singura mea bucurie si singura mea pasiune. Muzica e o suverana absoluta, domnia ei face ca restul sa fie

Portretul lui Handel - Romain Rolland

Arta sa trada omul care priveste viata de foarte departe, de foarte sus, in felul lui Goethe. (...) In acest regat al artei, neatins de

Mahatma Gandhi. O viata legendara - Romain Rolland

In acest volum biografic, Romain Rolland aduce un tribut imaginii si luptei lui Mahatma Gandhi. Omul care a renuntat la o cariera banoasa in avocatura

3 Titani. Rembrandt, Beethoven, Michelangelo

Emil Ludwig a fost un jurnalist si prozator renumit, mai ales pentru biografiile sale care se caracterizeaza prin abundenta si minutiozitatea detaliilor, dar si prin

3 maestri. Balzac, Dickens, Dostoievski

Aceste trei incercari despre Balzac, Dickens si Dostoievski, cu toate ca au fost alcatuite intr-un rastimp de zece ani, nu sunt totusi reunite in mod

Constantin Noica si lumea romaneasca - Maria Cogalniceanu

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Studiu despre fericire, iubire si putere Imaginea pe care mi-am facut-o despre americani, in calatoriile mele precedente in Statele Unite, a fost

Cinci. Povestea victimelor lui Jack Spintecatorul - Hallie Rubenhold

Fara indoiala, crimele savarsite la sfarsitul secolului al XIX-lea de catre Jack Spintecatorul se numara printre cele mai mari enigme ale Londrei victoriene. De-a lungul

Cioran si muzica

Muzica este una din referintele esentiale in viata si opera lui Cioran. O prezenta constanta, inalterabila. De la prima pana la ultima sa carte, Cioran

Drumul meu spre filozofie (epub)

O marturie lucida și nepartinitoare despre deceniile in care filozofia a fost, in Romania comunista, o adevarataancilla ideologiae: o insula scufundata, pentru totdeauna parca, sub

Drumul meu spre filozofie (pdf)

O marturie lucida și nepartinitoare despre deceniile in care filozofia a fost, in Romania comunista, o adevarataancilla ideologiae: o insula scufundata, pentru totdeauna parca, sub

Parintele Patriarh Justinian Marina - George Stan

"Chipul Patriarhului Justinian, intiparit in sufletele tuturor slujitorilor si credinciosilor Bisericii noastre, este zugravit aici, cu real talent de catre medicul sau personal, incat oricare

Jack Spintecatorul - Michael Burgan

In 1888, Londra a fost terorizata de un barbat misterios si de pumnalul acestuia. De la sfarsitul lunii august si pana la inceputul lui noiembrie,

Aduceri aminte despre Darie Magheru - Olga Lascu

Eu am fost primul lui auditor. Inca de cand aveam sase anisori, mie imi citea intai tot ce scria. Imi spunea si imi citea versuri

Evita. Viata secreta a Evei Peron - Nicholas Fraser, Marysa Navarro

Colectia Corint Istorie dedica un nou volum uneia dintre cele mai interesante personalitati feminine ale politicii si istoriei argentiniene prin cartea Evita. Viata secreta a

Cu mana pe inima ( ebook )

Martin S. Martin este autorul volumului America povestita unui prieten din Romania, aparut la Humanitas in 2012.Toate cartile din seria „Portrete in dialog“ reprezinta un

Marturii pentru Judecata de apoi adunate din Gulagul Romanesc (pdf)

„Volumul Marturii pentru Judecata de Apoi adunate din gulagul romanesc il continua pe cel intitulat Patimiri si iluminari din captivitatea sovietica. Mi-am propus sa urmaresc

Marturii pentru Judecata de apoi adunate din Gulagul Romanesc (epub)

„Volumul Marturii pentru Judecata de Apoi adunate din gulagul romanesc il continua pe cel intitulat Patimiri si iluminari din captivitatea sovietica. Mi-am propus sa urmaresc

John Fitzgerald Kennedy - Marilena Gala

John Fitzgerald Kennedy a reprezentat un mit, dar si un exemplu pentru generatia postbelica. Multi americani, dar si europeni il adorau pe acesttanar cu parul

Gheorghe Sincai in evocari imnice - Ion Buzasi

Vietile unor scriitori sunt tot atat de exemplare ca operele lor. Intre acestea, biografia lui Sincai, carturar din generatia de aur a Scolii Ardelene (alaturi

Secretele Mortii Lui Mussolini - Luciano Garibaldi

Ultimele actiuni si decizii ale lui Mussolini (plecarea din Milano, cu un convoi de masini si camioane, care se indrepta, se pare, fie spre o

Camera Girl

A moving and inspiring memoir of Doreen Spooner. Struggling to hold her head high through the disintegration of her family through alcoholism, she began a

The Sky Is Your Oyster

This is collection of poems, discussion themes and meditations is designed for individual or group study, and can be used as a resource for public

Standing on My Brother's Shoulders

A suicide loss survivor tells her story. Tara Lal's childhood was battered by her father's mental illness and by her mother's death when she was

The VW Camper Van

It was invented immediately after the war in the factory a far-sighted English military man had set up to turn the German economy from making

A Hell for Heroes

Theodore Knell went through hell in the SAS - but his biggest battle began when he left. A Hell for Heroes is a searingly honest

The Father, the Son and the Ghostly Hole

A hilarious memoir of a lapsed catholic who can't quite fully escape I remember thinking when I was about 14, 'I hope God doesn't find

A book of secrets

The author shares the stories of unknown women who played significant roles in the lives of prominent figures, including a mistress shared by the second

Song of the Sea

Jane Dolby fell in love with a fisherman - the most dangerous peacetime occupation that exists - leading her to find a place in a

All Quiet on the West End Front

War Horse is the most successful show in the National Theatre's history. After two seasons at the NT it transferred to London's West End and

Gunpowder and Geometry

In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in. Sunlight, or rain. Scudding clouds and backbreaking labour. Three hundred feet underground, young Charles

Free Spirits

The love triangle portrayed in François Truffat's film Jules et Jim was based on a novel by, and indeed the life of, the writer Henri

Roth Unbound

Philip Roth - one of the most renowned writers of his generation - hardly needs introduction. From his debut, Goodbye, Columbus , which won the

Only : A Singular Memoir

Three barely felt like a family. It felt like it did not count. Like we were unfinished. Incomplete. There was always a gap at the

I Am Not A Label

This book brings together 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present.

Mistress and Maid (Jiaohong ji)by Meng Chengshun

In 1993, an astonishing discovery was made at a tomb in Guodian in Hubei province (east central China). Written on strips of bamboo that have

Aaronsohn's Maps

Aaron Aaronsohn was one of the most extraordinary figures in the early struggle to create a homeland for the Jewish people. Brought to Palestine at

Great Bales of Fire

But while his responsibilities are changing fast, almost everything else in Malcolm's life stays the same. Despite facing his fair share of car accidents, house

Nothing Else to Fear

David Ellis and his family were missionaries in Indonesia, where they were frequently the target of anti-Western violence. In the many terrifying - and sometimes

Principele Radu - Vladimir Cretulescu, Corina Murafa

Principele Radu. Un destin Cartea urmareste traiectoria unei vieti sculptate, parca, de mana sortii: lumina copilariei lui Radu Duda, traumele si bucuriile unei adolescente traite

Dad's Maybe Book

In 2003, already an older father, National Book Award–winning novelist Tim O’Brien resolved to give his young sons what he wished his own father had

Invisible

'She was brilliant, ambitious, and unafraid to break barriers. As the only member of a squad of twenty high-powered lawyers who was not a white

The Desert and the Sea

Michael Scott Moore, jurnalist și autorul cărții Sweetness and Blood, încorporează narațiunea personală și jurnalismul de investigație riguros în aceste memorii profunde...

Another Side of Bob Dylan

A vivid, first-hand account of Nobel Prize-winning singer and songwriter Bob Dylan as an artist, friend, and celebrity, illustrated with never-before-seen photographs, an...

Wife's Tale

The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old woman - and of the most extraordinary century in Ethiopia's history. A new Wild SwansA hundred years ago,

Jailbirds

Step inside one of Britain's most notorious prisons... During her time as a prison teacher Mim Skinner met every type of criminal. But her job

Brief Lives: Gustave Flaubert

Serving as a perfect introduction to this well-known French writer, Flaubert scholar Meryl Tyers’ work covers the remarkable life of the renowned author of Madame

Three Mothers

Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been

Difficult Lives - Hitching Rides

At the time of its original publication by Gryphon Books in 1993, Difficult Lives was a pioneering work of literary investigation. Sallis's subjects of Himes,

Getting Away with Murder

In March 1969, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray were sentenced to life imprisonment for the gangland killings of George Cornell and Jack 'the hat' McVitie.

Ray & Joan

The movie The Founder, starring Michael Keaton, focused the spotlight on Ray Kroc, the man who amassed a fortune as the chairman of McDonald’s. But

Cissie's abattoir

A memoir that serves as both a record of the author's hometown and a humorous remembrance of his entertaining, fashion-conscious, poker-playing Grandmother.

Source of the Nile

The source of the River Nile was one of the great mysteries of the Victorian age. On an expedition with Richard Burton which reached Lake

The Girl on the Wall

Jean Baggott is 'the girl on the wall' - a 1948 photograph taken of her when she was eleven - whose life was never going

The Time In Between

A beautifully written first hand account of a 20-year old's battle with eating disorders. When Nancy Tucker was eight years old, her class had to

16 MM. Jurnal cinefil - Ioan-Pavel Azap

Nu mai mergem la cinematograf, nu ne mai cufundam in semiintunericul salii, cel atat de plin de prevestiri, nu mai avem placerea ecranului mare cat

Tai Woffinden

Double Speedway World Champion and former captain of the Great British speedway team, Tai Woffinden is one of the sport’s biggest stars. Following in his

Touch and Go

The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian author of The Good War recounts his hard-working early childhood in Chicago, his beginnings as a disc jockey after World War

Pe treptele tronului - Edmond Rossier

Conceptiile, moravurile si obiceiurile din perioade diferite ale istoriei aduc un plus de farmec si culoare acestei lucrari deosebit de interesante. Noua femei, cu destine

Raoul Wallenberg

An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the