My autobiography

Автор: Christie Agatha
Название: An Autobiography
ISBN: 0062204572 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062204578
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
Цена: 15320.00 T
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Описание: Back in print in an all-new edition, is the engaging and illuminating chronicle of the life of the Queen of Mystery.Fans of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple and readers of John Currans fascinating biographies Agatha Christies Secret Notebooks and Murder in the Making will be spellbound by the compelling, authoritative account of one of the worlds most influential and fascinating novelists, told in her own words and inimitable style. The New York Times Book Review calls Christies autobiography a joyful adventure, saying, she brings the sense of wonder...to her extraordinary career.

Автор: Ellis Cashmore
Название: Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption
ISBN: 1628920696 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781628920697
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Цена: 19950.00 T
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Описание: The first volume to examine the iconic Elizabeth Taylor in this light, Elizabeth Taylor: A Private Life for Public Consumption paints Taylor as the seminal representation of “celebrity.” A figure of enormous charisma and cultural sway, she intrigued a global audience with her marriages and extra-marital improprieties, as well as her extravagant jewelry, her never-ending illnesses, her dependency on alcohol, and her perplexing friendship with Michael Jackson. Despite her continued world-renown, however, most people would be hard-pressed to name even three of her films, though she made over seventy. Ellis Cashmore traces our modern, hyperactive celebrity culture back to a single instant in Taylor’s life: the publicizing of her scandalous affair with Richard Burton by photographer Marcelo Geppetti in 1962, which announced the arrival of a new generation of predatory photojournalists and, along with them, a strange conflation between the public and private lives of celebrities. Taylor’s life and public reception, Cashmore reveals, epitomizes the modern phenomenon of “celebrity.”

Автор: Schiaparelli Elsa
Название: Shocking Life: The Autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli
ISBN: 1851779590 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851779598
Издательство: Abrams
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Описание: Schiaparelli`s fascinating autobiography charts her rise from resident of a rat-infested apartment to designer to the stars.

Автор: Snicket Lemony
Название: Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography
ISBN: 0060562250 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780060562250
Издательство: HarperCollins USA
Цена: 5570.00 T
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Описание:

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES

A Warning from the Publisher:

Many readers have questions about Lemony Snicket, author of the distressing serial concerning the trials of the charming but unlucky Baudelaire orphans, published under the collective title A Series of Unfortunate Events. Before purchasing, borrowing, or stealing this book, you should be aware that it contains the answers to some of those questions, such as the following:

1. Who is Lemony?

2. Is there a secret organization I should know about?

3. Why does Lemony Snicket spend his time researching and writing distressing books concerning the Baudelaire orphans?

4. Why do all of Lemony Snicket's books contain a sad dedication to a woman named Beatrice?

5. If there's nothing out there, what was that noise?

Our advice to you is that you find a book that answers less upsetting questions than this one. Perhaps your librarian, bookseller, or parole officer can recommend a book that answers the question, "Aren't ponies adorable?"

Автор: Andre Agassi
Название: Open: Autobiography Andre Agassi HB
ISBN: 0307268195 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780307268198
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 21460.00 T
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Описание: From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi's incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of thirteen, he is banished to a Florida tennis camp that feels like a prison camp. Lonely, scared, a ninth-grade dropout, he rebels in ways that will soon make him a 1980s icon. He dyes his hair, pierces his ears, dresses like a punk rocker. By the time he turns pro at sixteen, his new look promises to change tennis forever, as does his lightning-fast return.
And yet, despite his raw talent, he struggles early on. We feel his confusion as he loses to the world's best, his greater confusion as he starts to win. After stumbling in three Grand Slam finals, Agassi shocks the world, and himself, by capturing the 1992 Wimbledon. Overnight he becomes a fan favorite and a media target.
Agassi brings a near-photographic memory to every pivotal match and every relationship. Never before has the inner game of tennis and the outer game of fame been so precisely limned. Alongside vivid portraits of rivals from several generations--Jimmy Connors, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer--Agassi gives unstinting accounts of his brief time with Barbra Streisand and his doomed marriage to Brooke Shields. He reveals a shattering loss of confidence. And he recounts his spectacular resurrection, a comeback climaxing with his epic run at the 1999 French Open and his march to become the oldest man ever ranked number one.
In clear, taut prose, Agassi evokes his loyal brother, his wise coach, his gentle trainer, all the people who help him regain his balance and find love at last with Stefanie Graf. Inspired by her quiet strength, he fights through crippling pain from a deteriorating spine to remain a dangerous opponent in the twenty-first and final year of his career. Entering his last tournament in 2006, he's hailed for completing a stunning metamorphosis, from nonconformist to elder statesman, from dropout to education advocate. And still he's not done. At a U.S. Open for the ages, he makes a courageous last stand, then delivers one of the most stirring farewells ever heard in a sporting arena.
With its breakneck tempo and raw candor, Open will be read and cherished for years. A treat for ardent fans, it will also captivate readers who know nothing about tennis. Like Agassi's game, it sets a new standard for grace, style, speed, and power.

Автор: Ford Henry
Название: My Life and Work - An Autobiography of Henry Ford
ISBN: 0979311985 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780979311987
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 13790.00 T
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Автор: Coffman, Tom,
Название: Tadaima! I am home :
ISBN: 0824877276 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780824877279
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 10530.00 T
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Описание: Unearths the five-generation history of a family that migrated from Hiroshima to Honolulu but never settled. In the telling, the common Japanese greeting ""tadaima!"" takes on a perplexing meaning. What is home? Where most immigrants either establish roots in a new place or return to their place of origin, the Miwa family became transnational.

Автор: Craig J. Marshall
Название: Megalife: The Autobiography of Nick Menza
ISBN: 1642930490 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781642930498
Издательство: Неизвестно
Цена: 16550.00 T
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Описание: The uncensored story of one of rock's greatest drummers who died doing what he loved best.

With Nick Menza behind the kit, Megadeth transitioned from celebrated cult band to international superstars. Rust in Peace, the first album to feature Menza and Marty Friedman, was instantly considered a classic, sold over a million copies, got nominated for a Grammy Award, and established what many consider to be the definitive Megadeth lineup. It was the beginning of a remarkable run in which the band would release three career-defining albums and tour the world many times over.

Success was a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows: sobriety and addiction, peace and tension, laughter and anger. Until one day it all came crashing down. Despite his contributions to the band's most iconic and enduring work, when Menza was forced to seek treatment for a debilitating tumor in his knee, he awoke from surgery to learn he was being fired from the band by the man he considered a brother and mentor, the ever-enigmatic Dave Mustaine. The devastating news sent him into a spiral of anger and frustration, followed by a dark period of self-medication that nearly killed him.

Megalife: The Autobiography of Nick Menza is an unflinching look at life inside of one of metal's most successful bands, from the back of the stage to the bunks on the bus, as well as a blow-by-blow account of the tumultuous, complicated relationship between Menza and Mustaine. It is also the singular story of a self-taught musician who achieved his dreams through sheer will and determination, watched it all disintegrate, and then rebuilt himself from scratch.

Автор: Polmar Norman, Brooks Thomas A., Fedoroff George E.
Название: Admiral Gorshkov: The Man Who Challenged the U.S. Navy
ISBN: 1682473309 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781682473306
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 41580.00 T
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Описание: This is a book about a man and his ability to change a culture and to create a powerful navy that was radically different than traditional navies. And he accomplished this despite strong opposition from the nation's Army-dominated power structure. The Russian Navy that is at sea in the 21st Century is to a significant degree based on the fleet that this man built. This Russian Navy that sent a nuclear-propelled battle cruiser into the Caribbean in 2008 supported the Soviet combat actions in Syria beginning in 2015 and fired missiles from surface ships and a submarine into "rebel" areas in Syria can trace its "roots" directly to Admiral of the Fleet of the Soviet Union Sergei G. Gorshkov.

Автор: Rense Paige
Название: Architectural Digest: Autobiography of a Magazine 1920-2010
ISBN: 0847862755 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780847862757
Издательство: Rizzoli
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Цена: 55000.00 T
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Описание: The first and authoritative story of the rise of interior design from an intimate trade industry to celebrity decorators of today, as seen through the eyes of Architectural Digest and intimately told by Paige Rense--the magazine's iconic former editor-in-chief for over four decades. Respected as the international authority on architecture and design, Architectural Digest magazine gives readers an exclusive look into the most spectacular properties and private homes of celebrities and cultural figures, highlighting the work of the world's top architects, designers, and interior decorators. This volume celebrates the evolution of the revered magazine as told through the voice of its legendary editor for four decades, Paige Rense. An epic visual history of the magazine's meteoric rise penned by Rense, this volume documents exclusively and intimately the renowned magazine's history and cultural significance, and celebration of the ever evolving homes and lifestyles. This volume is full of candid recollections, commentary, archival covers, and interior shots of the magazine and also features the work of the world's top architects and interior designers such as Mario Buatta, Philip Johnson, Tony Duquette, and Sally Sirkin Lewis, as well as the homes of celebrities like Truman Capote, Sonny & Cher, Elton John, Diane Keaton and Ralph Lauren. Each chapter, written in the first person--is followed by lavishly illustrated anecdotes from Rense's memories of past issues. As the editor who gave readers a glimpse into the most enviable homes around the world, Rense is uniquely qualified to tell the story of Architectural Digest, a tale that her nearly one million loyal fans and readers of the magazine will be eager to read.

Автор: Winkler Peter
Название: The Real James Dean: Intimate Memories from Those Who Knew Him Best
ISBN: 1613734727 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781613734728
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
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Цена: 21990.00 T
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Описание: In the decades following his death, many of those who knew James Dean best----actors, directors, friends, lovers (both men and women), photographers, and Hollywood columnists----shared stories of their first-person experiences with him in interviews and in the articles and autobiographies they wrote. Their recollections of Dean became lost in fragile back issues of movie magazines and newspapers and in out-of-print books that are extremely hard to find. Until now. The Real James Dean is the first book of its kind: a rich collection spanning six decades of writing in which many of the people whose lives were touched by Dean recall their indelible experiences with him in their own words. Here are the memorable personal accounts of Dean from his high school and college drama teachers; the girl he almost married; costars like Rock Hudson, Natalie Wood, Jim Backus, and Raymond Massey; directors Elia Kazan, Nicholas Ray, and George Stevens; entertainer Eartha Kitt; gossip queen Hedda Hopper; the passenger who accompanied Dean on his final, fatal road trip; and a host of his other friends and colleagues.

Автор: Christian Davenport
Название: The Space Barons: Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos
ISBN: 1610398297 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781610398299
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
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Цена: 19510.00 T
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Описание: The visionary quest to rekindle the human exploration and colonization of space led by two rivals and their vast fortunes, egos, concern about the future of humanity, and visions of space as the next entrepreneurial frontier