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Avec sa voix grave unique et son tempérament dramatique hors du commun, la cantatrice Denise Scharley s'illustre de 1942 à 1983 dans le cadre prestigieux de l'Opéra de Paris. L'ardente mezzo contralto devint vite irremplaçable dans de nombreux rôles, notamment celui de la Première Prieure des...

The author (Agent 33) goes back to where he lived for four years (1997-2001) with his 2nd wife and his twelve-year-old son on a nice April day in the Blue Ridge. The small, yet steep, mountain known as High Peak (near Etowah, NC, USA) looks about the same, except for a few areas. Some former neighbors...

After working as a stylist in Paris, Elizabeth Hawes (1903–71) launched one of the first American design houses in Depression-era New York. Hawes was an outspoken critic of the fashion industry and a champion of ready-to-wear styles. Fashion Is Spinach, her witty and astute memoir, offers an insider's...

Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, model, actor, businessman, and politician.   In September 1968, at the age of 21, Schwarzenegger moved to America where he began training at Gold's Gym in Los Angeles. In 1970, he was awarded his first "Mr. Olympia"...

A fascinating meditation on art and personality, Patricia Vigdermans exploration of Isabella Stewart Gardners famous Boston museum radiates out from its subject to investigate Gardners legacy of luxury and willfulness. Isabella Gardners high spirits and aesthetic pleasure, her women friends and female...

  David Letterman is an American comedian and late night talk show host. His production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated, produces and owns the rights to "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Letterman's Late Show contract with CBS was recently...

Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, author, fashion designer, dancer, producer, singer, and songwriter. She became interested in pursuing a career in the entertainment industry following a minor role in the 1986 film My Little Girl, to the dismay of her Puerto Rican parents.  ...

This book features the artwork of Gene Pelletier. Gene's fascination with allusions began while pursuing a degree in art. One day while doodling in class he happened to turn his drawing upside down, which presented a whole different perspective and became his favorite form of art. Mr. Yus's Allusions...

Souvenirs de prison - Jules Fournier   Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique. Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.   Jules Fournier (1884 -  1918) est un journaliste, un écrivain et un critique littéraire...

Back in thirteenth-century Europe, in the early years of the great universities, learning was spiced with the danger of mob violence and a terrifyingly repressive religious censorship. Roger Bacon, a humble and devout English friar, seems an unlikely figure to challenge the orthodoxy of his day -...

Singer-songwriter and actress Taylor Swift makes more than $50 million off album sales, touring, merchandise and endorsements every year. Born in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, Swift and her family relocated outside Nashville, Tennessee when Swift showed keen interest in pursuing a career in country-pop...

The first critical biography of one of the twentieth century's towering literary figures. Stephen Spender was a minor poet, but a major cultural influence during much of the century. Literary critic, journalist, art critic, social commentator, and friendend of the best-known cultural figures...

Attraverso le annotazioni private la ricerca di sé si configura come un viaggio di duplice valenza metaforica nell'intricato tessuto delle pagine e nel labirinto della vita. I Diari 1952-1962 di Giuseppe Dessí, che si presentano adesso nell'attenta trascrizione di Franca Linari accompagnati dall'introduzione...

In this volume, African Canadian novelists and poets discuss the complexities of the writing experience. Most of the writers interviewed here are humanists; i.e., they see their work as serious depictions of the human condition, admit that their works are informed by an African Canadian ontology,...