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L'Americain
by John Launois Chris Pan LaunoisBefore television, the great picture magazines captured world events for millions of readers. They sent correspondents and photojournalists to the ends of the earth to record history in the making. Among this elite was the photographer, John Launois. During the 1960s and 1970s, the final decades of the "golden age of photojournalism," John Launois blossomed as one of the most resourceful, inventive, prolific, highly paid, and widely traveled photojournalists at work during that period.Launois made himself the master of the deeply researched photo essay, and his published work appeared in Life, The Saturday Evening Post, National Geographic, Fortune, Time, Newsweek, Look, Rolling Stone, Paris Match, London's Sunday Times, and many other American, European, and Asian publications. This is his story told in his own words: from his youth amid the poverty and terror of German-occupied France during World War II when he dreamed of coming to America, to his lean "noodle years" in the Far East as he struggled to master his craft, to his years in America as a successful photographer and globetrotting adventurer. It was during this time that he recorded some of the most iconic images of the period-presidents, the Beatles, Malcolm X, wars, riots, and natural disasters. He also writes very candidly of the terrible toll the demands of his work imposed on his family, his loves, and himself. Through it all, he mingled with the rich, powerful, and downtrodden alike, always marveling that he had come so far.
L'Appart: The Delights and Disasters of Making My Paris Home
by David LebovitzBestselling author and world-renowned chef David Lebovitz continues to mine the rich subject of his evolving ex-Pat life in Paris, using his perplexing experiences in apartment renovation as a launching point for stories about French culture, food, and what it means to revamp one's life. Includes dozens of new recipes. When David Lebovitz began the project of updating his apartment in his adopted home city, he never imagined he would encounter so much inexplicable red tape while contending with the famously inconsistent European work ethic and hours. Lebovitz maintains his distinctive sense of humor with the help of his partner Romain, peppering this renovation story with recipes from his Paris kitchen. In the midst of it all, he reveals the adventure that accompanies carving out a place for yourself in a foreign country—under baffling conditions—while never losing sight of the magic that inspired him to move to the City of Light many years ago, and to truly make his home there.
L'Hôtel des Peines d'Amour: Vrais Récits d'Expériences de Rupture
by Leroy VincentL'Hôtel des Peines d'Amour: Vrais Récits d'Expériences de Rupture est un livre plein d'histoires vraies de personnes réelles parlant d'expériences de rupture. Ce livre est génial pour celui qui recherche l'amour et qui a eu quelques relations parmis les plus folles. Les ruptures sont réelles et peuvent avoir un effet à long terme.
L'Ombra del ricordo
by Bloodwitch Luz OscuriaUna storia realistica a sfondo psicologico Sono Julien. Ho 31 anni ed è il 2014. Almeno, questo è quello che mi è stato detto appena ho ripreso conoscenza in ospedale, in terapia intensiva. Non ricordo nulla, nemmeno la mia vita. Nessuno a parte me, sa cosa sia successo, ma io l'ho sepolto in qualche meandro della memoria. Gradualmente torneranno. Liti, insulti, violenze domestiche, fino alla sparizione di Catherine subito dopo l'aggressione che mi ha quasi ucciso. L'ombra dei ricordi riapparirà, anche se il prezzo da pagare sarà alto.
L'abisso di Camille
by Enrique Laso Maria Paola FortunaL'abisso di Camille è un diario. Attraverso le parole cariche di colpa di Edouard Faret, direttore del manicomio di Montdevergues, ci avvicineremo alla vita di Camille Claudel, una donna eccezionale. Camille fu una scultrice senza eguali, alunna e amante di Rodin, che cercò di farsi un nome, di ottenere la fama e il prestigio che la sua opera meritava in un mondo di uomini (alla fine del XIX secolo). Non ci riuscì. Nel 1913 dopo la morte del suo adorabile padre, fu rinchiusa forzatamente dalla sua famiglia in un manicomio. Lì rimase trent'anni chiusa contro la sua volontà, fino alla sua morte, nonostante medici e alcuni parenti sapessero perfettamente che lei non era pazza. L'abisso di Camille narra in forma poetica di questa terribile tragedia di una donna unica, un'artista geniale che ebbe un'esistenza segnata dal destino. Per la prima volta un autore si avvicina agli anni dell'internamento di Camille, un periodo oscuro e a stento trattato prima d'ora con una certa profondità. È il romanzo migliore e più profondo che abbia mai visto la luce fino ad ora di Enrique Laso. In esso esprime la sua ammirazione per Camille e al tempo stesso parte della sua rabbia di fronte a un mondo che si mostra ingiusto in innumerevoli occasioni. Un mondo in cui i miserabili finiscono per vincere...
L'adolescence En Italie Avant L’Euro
by Claudio Ruggeri Marjorie UrsuletDeux amis se rencontrent durant un après-midi d'été, pendant lequel le plus jeune des deux écoute les anecdotes et les récits de l'autre, à propos d'un monde récemment disparu, qui ne pourra plus exister, ce monde où il n'était pas rare d'entendre la phrase "Non ho una Lira*..."* Bien que la monnaie d'échange en Italie soit actuellement l'Euro, cette expression est encore utilisée, alors que l'authenticité des expressions équivalentes françaises comme "Je n'ai plus un rond" ou encore "Je n'ai plus un radis", n'a en aucun cas été affectée par le passage du Franc à l'Euro.
L'any del pensament màgic
by Joan DidionUna crònica commovedora sobre la malaltia i la mort a través de l'experiència personal de la periodista i escriptora Joan Didion. El Nadal del 2003, la Joan Didion va haver d'afrontar la sobtada mort del seu marit, el també escriptor John Gregory Dunne, i la llarga malaltia de la seva filla. L'autora va narrar amb una fascinant distància emocional la seva reacció a la tragèdia a L'any del pensament màgic, un llibre breu i intens, d'una honestedat desbordant, que s'ha convertit en un clàssic del dol. Aquesta crònica de supervivència ha captivat milions de lectors a tot el món i va guanyar, l'any 2005, el prestigiós National Book Award. Crítiques:«Plena de detalls i d'una enlluernadora honestedat [...], un retrat indeleble de la pèrdua i del dol.»Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times «El llibre és un intent de transcendir l'estupor i el sense sentit en què ens deixa sumits el dolor quan experimentem la mort d'algú molt proper.»Eduardo Lago, Babelia «Un llibre per al consol. En comparació amb els textos d'autoajuda i els repertoris tècnics de superació de l'insuperable, el llibre de la Joan Didion ens col·loca a la sala d'espera del dolor, ens en presenta el públic i els pacients.»Alejandro Gándara, El Mundo «Una escriptura directa, sense concessions sentimentals, que recorre al flashback per mantenir el lector sempre en suspens.»Bernabé Sarabia, El Cultural «No puc pensar en un llibre que necessitem més que el seu. [...] No em puc imaginar morir sense aquest llibre.»John Leonard, The New York Review of Books «Un acte consumat de valentia literària, una escriptora reconeguda per la seva claredat que ens permet entrar dins la seva ment mentre aquesta s'ennuvola pel dol.»Lev Grossman, Time
L'exploration de l'Afrique
by Jack DonahueIl n'y a pas si longtemps, l'intérieur de l'Afrique était un livre scellé pour le monde civilisé. Les fontaines ensoleillées, les sables dorés, les plaines verdoyantes de l'Afrique étaient à retrouver dans les vers du poète ; mais il ne traitait ni de latitude ni de longitude. Les cartes présentaient une terra incognita, où les voyageurs modernes ont découvert des rivières, des lacs et des bassins alluviaux, ou montraient des déserts stériles, où des découvertes récentes trouvent des prairies riches et régulièrement inondées, parsemées de villes et de cités fortifiées, animées par des troupeaux de bétail, ou cultivées dans des plantations de maïs et de coton. Jack Donahue nous ramène au premier plan de l'ère de l'exploration africaine, au milieu du XIXe siècle, avec des récits à la première personne de ceux qui étaient là.
L'imbalsamatore
by Enrique Laso Maria Paola FortunaEnrique, un adolescente inquieto, conosce José, un anziano imbalsamatore che vive isolato e ritirato da ogni attività. Tra i due a poco a poco si instaurerà una solida amicizia. L'imbalsamatore insegna al giovane l'arte della tassidermia, ma anche altri aspetti non meno importanti della vita.Ma presto questa relazione amichevole troverà un ostacolo: Enrique è sul punto di scoprire un oscuro segreto che José mantiene gelosamente da anni.Un romanzo breve ma molto intenso, che lascia un sedimento difficile da dimenticare. Un'atmosfera che ti catturerà e due personaggi che seducono adolescenti e adulti. La passione per l'arte, la devozione per il maestro e gli intricati segreti della mente sono saggiamente uniti in una storia che ha già catturato migliaia di lettori in tutto il mondo.Mistero, amore, arte, crescita personale e profonde riflessioni...
L'imperatrice Matilde d'Inghilterra
by Laurel A. RockefellerLa ruggente leonessa d’Inghilterra! Con la sua discendenza reale normanna, sassone e scozzese Matilde, nata nel 1102 da re Enrico d’Inghilterra e dalla regina Matilde di Scozia, era destinata a unificare un’Inghilterra ancora divisa dalla conquista di suo nonno, avvenuta nel 1066. Quando il naufragio della Nave Bianca nel 1120 la rese l’unica figlia vivente dei suoi genitori, Matilde divenne improvvisamente erede del trono inglese in un era in cui la successione era ancora decisa dai witan sassoni anziché dalla volontà del sovrano. Scoprite la storia della prima donna che ha rivendicato il trono Inglese! Include l’albero genealogico di Matilde, una cronologia dettagliata e letture consigliate per approfondire gli studi.
L'imperatrice Matilde d'Inghilterra: Edizione per studenti e insegnanti (Libri di testo Le leggendarie donne della storia mondiale #7)
by Laurel A. RockefellerLa ruggente leonessa d’Inghilterra! Con la sua discendenza reale normanna, sassone e scozzese Matilde, nata nel 1102 da re Enrico d’Inghilterra e dalla regina Edith Matilde di Scozia, era destinata a unificare un’Inghilterra ancora divisa dalla conquista di suo nonno, avvenuta nel 1066. Quando il naufragio della Nave Bianca nel 1120 la rese l’unica figlia vivente dei suoi genitori, Matilde divenne improvvisamente erede del trono inglese in un'era in cui la successione era ancora decisa dai witan sassoni anziché dalla volontà del sovrano. Scoprite la storia della prima donna che ha rivendicato il trono Inglese! L’edizione per studenti e insegnanti include domande alla fine di ogni capitolo, così come una cronologia dettagliata e letture consigliate.
L'imperatrice Wu Zetian: Versione per studenti e docenti (Libri di testo: Le leggendarie donne della storia mondiale #5)
by Laurel A. RockefellerLa donna piu' odiata della storia cinese! Nata nel 624 d. C., nella contea del Wenshui, provincia di Shanxi, nessuno si aspettava un futuro brillante per la bella Wu Zhao (il cui titolo regale era Wu Zetian) -- a parte causare danno allo sventurato che l'avrebbe sposata. L'esatto contrario di quanto ci si aspetta da una donna negli insegnamenti del confucianesimo, Wu Zhao non era solamente brillante, ma anche ben istruita e sproporzionatamente ambiziosa. Giudicata duramente, sia dai contemporanei che dai posteri in Cina, l'imperatrice Wu, di sicuro, mette tutti d'accordo sul fatto che il mondo, oggi, sia un posto migliore grazie alla sua audacia nello sfidare le convenzioni dell'epoca, osando fare cio' che nessun'altra donna dell'epoca avrebbe mai nemmeno sognato. Questo libro racconta la vera storia di una tra le donne piu' leggendarie al mondo. L'edizione per studenti e docenti comprende domande alla fine di ogni capitolo, volte a stimolare la riflessione critica su svariati temi, inoltre, alla fine della storia, viene fornita un'esaustiva cronologia ed una dettagliata lista di letture consigliate.
L'impératrice Wu Zetian
by Laurel A. Rockefeller Agnès MetanomskiLa femme la plus haïe de l'histoire de la Chine ! Voyagez plus de mille ans en arrière dans le temps et rencontrez la première et unique femme empereur de la Chine. Née Wu Zhao et attribuée le titre de règne « Zetian » quelques semaines seulement avant sa mort en 705 CE, elle était la fille indésirable du chancelier Wu Shihuo -- trop intelligente, trop éduquée et trop intéressée par la politique pour être une bonne épouse, selon les interprétations contemporaines des Entretiens de Confucius. Est-il surprenant que jusqu'à ce jour elle demeure la femme la plus haïe de toute l'histoire de la Chine et une de ses plus controversées ? Explorez la vie de l'impératrice Wu et découvrez pourquoi le monde est un endroit bien plus différent parce qu'elle a osé faire ce qu'aucune femme en Chine, avant et depuis, n'a jamais rêvé de faire.
L'étoile du nord: Le mystère éternel de Tom Thomson et de la femme qui l’aimait (Biographies et mémoires #16)
by Roy MacGregorRoy MacGregor grew up in Huntsville, close to his beloved Algonquin Park, where he spent his childhood surrounded by stories of the famous painter. At the heart of it all was MacGregor’s relative, Winnie Trainor, the “old maid” too eccentric to be considered a romantic character, even if it was well known that Tom Thomson had once been in love with her. MacGregor’s fascination with the mysterious painter went deeper. Thomson had made friends in Northern Ontario, but also enemies. He liked to drink and canoe for days on end; he was also seen as a seducer. Be that as it may, the artist’s body was found in Canoe Lake in July 1917. The confusion surrounding his death and burial site was never resolved. In Northern Light (L’étoile du nord), MacGregor offers new leads and reveals previously hidden details of Thomson’s final days, as well as forensic data. Was Thomson a good-for-nothing womanizer or a visionary artist and gentleman? Did he drown accidentally or was he a victim of homicide? The myth of Tom Thomson has grown to obscure the reality of what happened, but the answers to many of these questions are finally revealed here.
L. Frank Baum: A Biography
by Katharine M. RogersSince it was first introduced over a hundred years ago in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum's world of Oz has become one of the most enduring and beloved creations in children's literature. It has influenced numerous prominent writers and intellectuals, and become a lasting part of the culture itself.L. Frank Baum was born in 1856 in upstate New York, the seventh child of a very successful barrel-maker and later oil producer. However, Baum's own career path was a rocky one. Beginning as an actor, Baum tried working as a traveling salesman, the editor of a small town newspaper and the publisher of a trade journal on retailing, failing to distinguish himself in any occupation. His careers either failed to provide a sufficient living for his beloved wife Maud and their children or were so exhausting as to be debilitating. In the 1890's, L. Frank Baum took the advice of his mother-in-law, suffragist leader Matilda Gage, and turned his attention to trying to sell the stories he'd been telling to his sons and their friends. After a few children's books published with varying success, he published The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900 and it quickly became a bestseller and has remained so ever since.In this first full-length adult biography of Baum, Rogers discusses some of the aspects that made his work unique and has likely contributed to Oz's long-lasting appeal, including Baum's early support of feminism and how it was reflected in his characters, his interest in Theosophy and how it took form in his books, and the celebration in his stories of traditional American values. Grounding his imaginative creations, particularly in his fourteen Oz books, in the reality of his day, Katharine M. Rogers explores the fascinating life and influences of America's greatest writer for children.
L. S. Dickey and the Valley Horsemen
by Sandra McintoshThe life of and stories about legendary Saddlebred trainer and dealer L. S. Dickey during the first half of the 20th century, in a time that grew a special breed of American Saddlebred horsemen. The stories of L. S. Dickey and his proteges from an area in southern Indiana simply known as "The Valley". These men went on to play a very important role in the Saddlebred world.
L.A. Son: My Life, My City, My Food
by Roy Choi Tien Nguyen Natasha PhanA memoir and cookbook from the creator of the gourmet Korean-Mexican taco truck Kogi and the star of Netflix’s The Chef Show.“Roy Choi sits at the crossroads of just about every important issue involving food in the twenty-first century. As he goes, many will follow.” —Anthony BourdainLos Angeles: A patchwork megalopolis defined by its unlikely cultural collisions; the city that raised and shaped Roy Choi, the boundary-breaking chef who decided to leave behind fine dining to feed the city he loved—and, with the creation of the Korean taco, reinvented street food along the way.Abounding with both the food and the stories that gave rise to Choi’s inspired cooking, L.A. Son takes us through the neighborhoods and streets most tourists never see, from the hidden casinos where gamblers slurp fragrant bowls of pho to Downtown’s Jewelry District, where a ten-year-old Choi wolfed down Jewish deli classics between diamond deliveries; from the kitchen of his parents’ Korean restaurant and his mother’s pungent kimchi to the boulevards of East L.A. and the best taquerias in the country, to, at last, the curbside view from one of his emblematic Kogi taco trucks, where people from all walks of life line up for a revolutionary meal.Filled with over eighty-five inspired recipes that meld the overlapping traditions and flavors of L.A.—including Korean fried chicken, tempura potato pancakes, homemade chorizo, and Kimchi and Pork Belly Stuffed Pupusas—L.A. Son embodies the sense of invention, resourcefulness, and hybrid attitude of the city from which it takes its name, as it tells the transporting, unlikely story of how a Korean American kid went from lowriding in the streets of L.A. to becoming an acclaimed chef.
L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated "Female Byron"
by Lucasta MillerA lost nineteenth-century literary life, brilliantly rediscovered--Letitia Elizabeth Landon, hailed as the female Byron; she changed English poetry; her novels, short stories, and criticism, like Byron though in a woman's voice, explored the dark side of sexuality--by the acclaimed author of The Brontë Myth ("wonderfully entertaining . . . spellbinding"--New York Times Book Review; "ingenious"--The New Yorker)."None among us dares to say / What none will choose to hear"--L.E.L., "Lines of Life" Letitita Elizabeth Landon--pen name L.E.L.--dared to say it and made sure she was heard. Hers was a life lived in a blaze of scandal and worship, one of the most famous women of her time, the Romantic Age in London's 1820s, her life and writing on the ascendency as Byron's came to an end. Lucasta Miller tells the full story and re-creates the literary London of her time. She was born in 1802 and was shaped by the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, a time of conservatism when values were in flux. She began publishing poetry in her teens and came to be known as a daring poet of thwarted romantic love. We see L.E.L. as an emblematic figure who embodied a seismic cultural shift, the missing link between the age of Byron and the creation of Victorianism. Miller writes of Jane Eyre as the direct connection to L.E.L.--its first-person confessional voice, its Gothic extremes, its love triangle, and in its emphasis on sadomasochistic romantic passion.
LA REINA PROFETICA
by Mirella Sichirollo PatzerUn gran libro que te mantendra enganchado de principio a fin por su grandiosa historia,que no te dejara indiferente,un gran libro recomendado.
LAPD Exposed: A Whistleblower Lives to Tell the Tale
by Bradley KuhnsBradley Kuhns was a regular guy who happened to be very good at his job. That was the trouble - he was too good. Even worse, he was honest. A smart, exceptionally skilled polygraph examiner with more than one PhD, Kuhns felt honored to enter the ranks of the elite Los Angeles Police Department. He soon discovered, though, that by the 1980's when he joined LAPD the polygraph section was coasting on its reputation, filled with marginally competent examiners who routinely manipulated and falsified the results of lie detector exams in exchange for gifts of cash and liquor. Promotions were handed to those who played along, while the few who didn't might find themselves on the losing end of an "unfortunate accident." Brad Kuhns offers a disturbing memoir that details the intimidation, threats and attempts on his life. With his heart on his sleeve, he chronicles the toll the stress took on his health and weighs the heavy burden of fear and torment suffered by the women close to him. Kuhns ultimately went into hiding for two decades with only a select few trustworthy souls knowing the full extent of his chilling, touching story - until now.
LBJ
by Randall WoodsFor almost forty years, the verdict on Lyndon Johnson's presidency has been reduced to a handful of harsh words: tragedy, betrayal, lost opportunity. Initially, historians focused on the Vietnam War and how that conflict derailed liberalism, tarnished the nation's reputation, wasted lives, and eventually even led to Watergate. More recently, Johnson has been excoriated in more personal terms: as a player of political hardball, as the product of machine-style corruption, as an opportunist, as a cruel husband and boss. In LBJ, Randall B. Woods, a distinguished historian of twentieth-century America and a son of Texas, offers a wholesale reappraisal and sweeping, authoritative account of the LBJ who has been lost under this baleful gaze. Woods understands the political landscape of the American South and the differences between personal failings and political principles. Thanks to the release of thousands of hours of LBJ's White House tapes, along with the declassification of tens of thousands of documents and interviews with key aides, Woods's LBJ brings crucial new evidence to bear on many key aspects of the man and the politician. As private conversations reveal, Johnson intentionally exaggerated his stereotype in many interviews, for reasons of both tactics and contempt. It is time to set the record straight. Woods's Johnson is a flawed but deeply sympathetic character. He was born into a family with a liberal Texas tradition of public service and a strong belief in the public good. He worked tirelessly, but not just for the sake of ambition. His approach to reform at home, and to fighting fascism and communism abroad, was motivated by the same ideals and based on a liberal Christian tradition that is often forgotten today. Vietnam turned into a tragedy, but it was part and parcel of Johnson's commitment to civil rights and antipoverty reforms. LBJ offers a fascinating new history of the political upheavals of the 1960s and a new way to understand the last great burst of liberalism in America. Johnson was a magnetic character, and his life was filled with fascinating stories and scenes. Through insights gained from interviews with his longtime secretary, his Secret Service detail, and his closest aides and confidants, Woods brings Johnson before us in vivid and unforgettable color.
LBJ & Mexican Americans: The Paradox of Power
by Julie Leininger PyciorAs he worked to build his Great Society, Lyndon Johnson often harkened back to his teaching days in the segregated "Mexican" school at Cotulla, Texas. <P><P>Recalling the poverty and prejudice that blighted his students' lives, Johnson declared, "It never occurred to me in my fondest dreams that I might have the chance to help the sons and daughters of those students and to help people like them all over this country. But now I do have that chance--and I'll let you in on a secret--I mean to use it." <P> This book explores the complex and sometimes contradictory relations between LBJ and Mexican Americans. Julie Pycior shows that Johnson's genuine desire to help Mexican Americans--and reap the political dividends--did not prevent him from allying himself with individuals and groups intent on thwarting Mexican Americans' organizing efforts. Not surprisingly, these actions elicited a wide range of response, from grateful loyalty to, in some cases, outright opposition. Mexican Americans' complicated relationship with LBJ influenced both their political development and his career with consequences that reverberated in society at large.
LBJ and Vietnam: A Different Kind of War (An Administrative History of the Johnson Presidency)
by George C. HerringDecades later, the Vietnam War remains a divisive memory for American society. Partisans on all sides still debate why the war was fought, how it could have been better fought, and whether it could have been won at all. <P><P> In this major study, a noted expert on the war brings a needed objectivity to these debates by examining dispassionately how and why President Lyndon Johnson and his administration conducted the war as they did. Drawing on a wealth of newly released documents from the LBJ Library, including the Tom Johnson notes from the influential Tuesday Lunch Group, George Herring discusses the concept of limited war and how it affected President Johnson's decision making, Johnson's relations with his military commanders, the administration's pacification program of 1965-1967, the management of public opinion, and the "fighting while negotiating" strategy pursued after the Tet Offensive in 1968.
LBJ’s 1968: Power, Politics, and the Presidency in America's Year of Upheaval
by Kyle Longley1968 was an unprecedented year in terms of upheaval on numerous scales: political, military, economic, social, cultural. In the United States, perhaps no one was more undone by the events of 1968 than President Lyndon Baines Johnson. <P><P>Kyle Longley leads his readers on a behind-the-scenes tour of what Johnson characterized as the 'year of a continuous nightmare'. Longley explores how LBJ perceived the most significant events of 1968, including the Vietnam War, the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr and Robert Kennedy, and the violent Democratic National Convention in Chicago. His responses to the crises were sometimes effective but often tragic, and LBJ's refusal to seek re-election underscores his recognition of the challenges facing the country in 1968. As much a biography of a single year as it is of LBJ, LBJ's 1968 vividly captures the tumult that dominated the headlines on a local and global level. Analyzes the crisis management style of a President; Features modern continuities in policymaking and political discourse, providing readers with a better understanding of the ongoing debates in today's political sphere; Highlights the challenges facing a president after five years of almost non-stop change and a rising conservative backlash.