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Get the Summary of Jason Diamond's Searching for John Hughes in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Searching for John Hughes" is a memoir by Jason Diamond that chronicles his journey as a writer and his obsession with the films of John Hughes. Diamond's narrative weaves through his experiences working at a bakery, his strained relationship with his parents, and his struggles with depression and identity. He recounts...
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Ce livre cherche à découvrir le sens profond de la vie de Julien Assange qui veut révéler la vérité, rien que la vérité. Sa quête est motivée par une foi inébranlable : les preuves des actions des hommes et des institutions opaques seules permettent d'en comprendre le fonctionnement et d'ouvrir la connaissance humaine. Julian Assange a ce désir farouche de réveiller les consciences, d'être un porte-parole : le premier guerrier de la...
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Get the Summary of William l. Shirer's Gandhi in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "William L. Shirer's book 'Gandhi' provides a detailed account of Mahatma Gandhi's life, his negotiations with the British for Indian autonomy, and his unique approach to revolution through non-violent resistance, or Satyagraha. Shirer, a journalist, covers Gandhi's efforts to end British colonial rule, which exploited India for centuries,...
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Get the Summary of Russell Baker's Growing Up in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Growing Up" is a memoir by Russell Baker that recounts his journey from a childhood marked by the Great Depression to his eventual success as a journalist. The narrative begins with Baker's elderly mother, who, after a fall, becomes mentally adrift in her past, often forgetting the present and even mistaking her son for a stranger....
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Get the Summary of Max Boot's The Corrosion of Conservatism in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "The Corrosion of Conservatism" by Max Boot is a reflective journey through the author's personal and political evolution. Boot recounts his early life as a Jewish immigrant from the Soviet Union, where his family faced repression and anti-Semitism. His conservative ideology was shaped by his experiences and the influence...
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William O'Rourke's singular view of American life over the past 40 years shines forth in these short essays on subjects personal, political, and literary, which reveal a man of keen intellect and wide-ranging interests. They embrace everything from the state of the nation after 9/11 to the author's encounter with rap, from the masterminds of political makeovers to the rich variety of contemporary American writing. His reviews illuminate both the books...
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These journal accounts of life as a trauma specialist in Kenya, Eritrea and Uganda present poignant, engrossing yet disturbing view of African life. In shocking detail, HIV/AIDS deaths, inhuman treatment of the mentally ill, forced military conscription, brutal attacks by warring insurgencies, the fate of AIDS orphans and government control of the people are all noted in detail.
In contrast to the horrors witnessed, the descriptions of the beautiful...
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Winner of the UK's 2022 Costa Prize for Biography
"A portrait of one of the most enigmatic figures in the annals of white-collar crime. . . . A well-researched, compelling book that uncovers many mysteries about a media tycoon."-Kirkus Reviews
From the acclaimed author of A Very English Scandal, a thrilling and dramatic true-life account of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious media moguls of all time: Robert Maxwell.
In February 1991,...
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Thomas Hauser has written books that have become part of the American dialogue. Missing, Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, and Final Warning: The Legacy of Chernobyl are testament to that. MY MOTHER and me is a different kind of book.Eleanor Nordlinger Hauser's life story is told in MY MOTHER and me as only a gifted writer and loving son could tell it.It's the story of a woman who experienced soaring highs and hard falls, deconstructed and rebuilt...
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Includes a new afterword: A "richly detailed" biography of the iconic feminist based on interviews with friends, family, colleagues, and Steinem herself (The Washington Post).
Going beyond Gloria Steinem's public persona, this biography provides an in-depth portrait of the famed activist-covering her family of origin, Smith College education, travels in India, founding of Ms. magazine, and much more-drawn from fifty hours of interviews with Steinem,...
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A military journalist shines a light on the unsung heroism and contributions of enlisted combat reporters in the Vietnam War in these revealing interviews.
Vietnam Bao Chi brings together interviews with thirty-five combat correspondents who reported on the Vietnam War. These brave men and women wrote the stories, captured the images, and filmed the television coverage of their fellow servicepeople on battlefields from the Mekong Delta to the DMZ,...
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At one of the most chaotic periods in American history, in a time of national distrust and despair, one tanned TV host holds the key to the future.
In How I Saved the World, Jesse Watters takes readers on a tour of his life from basement-dwelling Fox minion to pampered champion of right-thinking Americans. He has divined great truths about the nature of our country while stumbling across beaches asking oblivious college...
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Cuando se cumple un año de la ausencia de Sergio González Rodríguez (03 de abril de 2018) en nuestras vidas y de la falta que nos hace el amigo, su complicidad vital y su deseo imparable de escribir la verdad del país y decirla, queremos difundir y acercar a todos los que lo siguen extrañando y a los que no lo conocen estasencilla compilación de textos que algunos de sus amigos leímos en público el
25 de abril de 2017, pocos días después...
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The definitive biography of the beloved-often controversial-co-creator of many legendary superheroes, A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee presents the origin of "Stan the Man," who spun a storytelling web of comic book heroic adventures into a pop culture phenomenon: the Marvel Universe.
"[Fingeroth's] intimate yet balanced account, highlights Lee's humanity, humor and even humility. But it doesn't ignore how his canny self-promotion...
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A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia-and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents
1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called "the year of the thaw"-a time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with a speech by Nikita Khrushchev, then the unpredictable...
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"This is a book for armchair travelers as much as it is for mystery lovers."-Publishers Weekly
Next in David Wagner's acclaimed Italian mysteries comes A Funeral in Mantova, which finds American translator Rick Montoya going undercover to dive into a local family's dangerous secrets…
Lombardy was once hotly fought over by the cities of Venice and Milan, though today it is famed for its food rather than war. But the murder of an elderly fisherman,...
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Nuestro sueño hecho realidad: La historia de lo que pudo ser... Wilmer Antonio Velásquez Peraza:En fin, nuestro sueño hecho realidad es lo que pudo ser y en efecto fue y es.
Nuestro sueño hecho realidad, es un canto lírico al amor, una Oda al pensamiento humano, a las relaciones y a la vida, es una historia real basada en las vivencias del autor, quién poco tiempo luego de perder su matrimonio, con una mujer 20 años más joven que El, se redescubre...
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Re-issued with a new introduction and extra chapters, A Load of Bull is the hilarious true story of an Englishman sent to Madrid to help launch Spanish Vogue.In the late eighties Tim Parfitt blagged his way into a job at Condé Nast in London and from there into a six week stint in Madrid to help launch Spanish Vogue. Six weeks turned into nine years, and helping out turned into running the company. Along the way, Tim Parfitt discovered the real 'real'...
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The BBC's Top Gear automotive programme and Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson's outspoken, non-politically correct comments on a variety of topics are what make him most well-known. Jeremy Clarkson typically attracts both supporters and opponents because of his outspoken style. Public outcry has frequently been sparked by Clarkson's opinionated but hilarious tongue-in-cheek writing and presenting manner. His acts, both personally and in his capacity...
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In the tradition of such beloved food writers as Ruth Reichl, Laurie Colwin, and Calvin Trillin, Carrie Seidman, an award-winning newspaper journalist for 45 years, serves forth A PLACE AT THE TABLE, a collection of food/memoir essays that got its start as a column for the late Albuquerque Tribune.
Drawing on her memories of growing, cooking, foraging for, eating, and talking about food with family, friends, and strangers, Seidman explores the...
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