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Kurt Cobain: and Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series)
by Melville HouseKurt Cobain burst into American consciousness with a vengeance with the release of Nevermind, an instant classic that defined a sound and a generation. Three years later, he was dead of suicide, leaving a meteoric career and a cultural influence that would never wane.As the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana, Kurt Cobain changed American music as few musicians ever have. His instantly identifiable raspy croon, his slash-and-burn guitar playing, and his corrosive and poetic lyrics made him a hero to a generation of lost souls. In interviews Cobain was funny, thoughtful, sarcastic, impassioned, and even kind. This collection of interviews provides a look at a man who was too often misunderstood.
Kurt Vonnegut: Letters
by Kurt Vonnegut Dan WakefieldThis extraordinary collection of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Kurt Vonnegut's fiction. Written over a sixty-year period, these letters, the vast majority of them never before published, are funny, moving, and full of the same uncanny wisdom that has endeared his work to readers worldwide. Included in this comprehensive volume: the letter a twenty-two-year-old Vonnegut wrote home immediately upon being freed from a German POW camp, recounting the ghastly firebombing of Dresden that would be the subject of his masterpiece Slaughterhouse-Five; wry dispatches from Vonnegut's years as a struggling writer slowly finding an audience and then dealing with sudden international fame in middle age; righteously angry letters of protest to local school boards that tried to ban his work; intimate remembrances penned to high school classmates, fellow veterans, friends, and family; and letters of commiseration and encouragement to such contemporaries as Gail Godwin, Günter Grass, and Bernard Malamud. Vonnegut's unmediated observations on science, art, and commerce prove to be just as inventive as any found in his novels--from a crackpot scheme for manufacturing "atomic" bow ties to a tongue-in-cheek proposal that publishers be allowed to trade authors like baseball players. ("Knopf, for example, might give John Updike's contract to Simon and Schuster, and receive Joan Didion's contract in return.") Taken together, these letters add considerable depth to our understanding of this one-of-a-kind literary icon, in both his public and private lives. Each letter brims with the mordant humor and openhearted humanism upon which he built his legend. And virtually every page contains a quotable nugget that will make its way into the permanent Vonnegut lexicon. * On a job he had as a young man: "Hell is running an elevator throughout eternity in a building with only six floors." * To a relative who calls him a "great literary figure": "I am an American fad--of a slightly higher order than the hula hoop." * To his daughter Nanny: "Most letters from a parent contain a parent's own lost dreams disguised as good advice." * To Norman Mailer: "I am cuter than you are." Sometimes biting and ironical, sometimes achingly sweet, and always alive with the unique point of view that made him the true cultural heir to Mark Twain, these letters comprise the autobiography Kurt Vonnegut never wrote.
Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview (The Last Interview Series)
by Kurt VonnegutOne of the great American iconoclasts holds forth on politics, war, books and writers, and his personal life in a series of interviews, including his last--for US Airways Magazine.During his long career Kurt Vonnegut won international praise for his novels, plays, and essays. In this new anthology of conversations with Vonnegut--which collects interviews from throughout his career--we learn much about what drove Vonnegut to write and how he viewed his work at the end.From Kurt Vonnegut's Last InterviewIs there another book in you, by chance?No. Look, I'm 84 years old. Writers of fiction have usually done their best work by the time they're 45. Chess masters are through when they're 35, and so are baseball players. There are plenty of other people writing. Let them do it.So what's the old man's game, then?My country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This should have been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrote books.When someone reads one of your books, what would you like them to take from the experience?Well, I'd like the guy--or the girl, of course--to put the book down and think, "This is the greatest man who ever lived."From the Trade Paperback edition.
Kurt Vonnegut: The Making of a Writer
by Dan WakefieldThe first and only YA biography of the great American novelist and humanist comes out on the 100th anniversary of his birth.Kurt Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, Cat's Cradle, and many other brilliant novels and short stories, is one of our greatest American writers, often using science fiction, humor, and a humanist view of society, religion, politics, and human nature in his writing to show us the absurdity and the loveliness of life on earth. Born in 1922, Vonnegut's life was full of great fortune and great despair: his family was wealthy, but lost everything in the market crash of 1929; he was the youngest son in a loving family, until his mother fell into a depression and committed suicide; he joined the army in WWII with great pride for our country, but experienced instead a world of destruction and horror. These and many others were the experiences that made him a writer. But how did he channel the highs and lows of his life into great writing?Dan Wakefield, a friend and mentee of Vonnegut's for decades and a fellow Hoosier, distills the facts including Kurt's novels, essays, interviews, letters and personal experiences, into a beautiful telling of the making of a writer. Using the second person "You," it is as though Wakefield is a friend walking through Kurt's life alongside him, a guide for readers to his extraordinary life. Here is an American life, a burgeoning artist's life to inspire anyone who has read Vonnegut's work or who themselves aspire to write.
Kushner, Inc.: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
by Vicky WardThe first explosive book about Javanka and their infamous rise to powerJared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are the self-styled Prince and Princess of America. Their swift, gilded rise to extraordinary power in Donald Trump’s White House is unprecedented and dangerous. <P><P>In Kushner, Inc., investigative journalist Vicky Ward digs beneath the myth the couple has created, depicting themselves as the voices of reason in an otherwise crazy presidency, and reveals that Jared and Ivanka are not just the President’s chief enablers: they, like him, appear disdainful of rules, of laws, and of ethics. <P><P>They are entitled inheritors of the worst kind; their combination of ignorance, arrogance, and an insatiable lust for power has caused havoc all over the world, and may threaten the democracy of the United States. <P><P>Ward follows their trajectory from New Jersey and New York City to the White House, where the couple’s many forays into policy-making and national security have mocked long-standing U.S. policy and protocol. They have pursued an agenda that could increase their wealth while their actions have mostly gone unchecked. <P><P> In Kushner, Inc., Ward holds Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump accountable: she unveils the couple’s self-serving transactional motivations and how those have propelled them into the highest levels of the US government where no one, the President included, has been able to stop them. <P><b>A New York Times Bestseller</b>
Kwa Heri Means Goodbye: Memories of Kenya 1957-1959
by Dorothy StephensIn 1953, when Dorothy Stephens and her husband lived in married student housing at the University of Michigan, she envisioned a safe, conventional life ahead. She never imagined living in Kenya toward the end of the Mau Mau uprising, plunged into an exotic new world, facing safari ants, wild bees, and a vicious monkey, and discovering a core of strength deep in her security-loving soul. See Kenya through her eyes in its last tumultuous days as a British colony and witness the transformative effect on her life. Meet the emerging young leaders of the independence movement and the fascinating women who became her friends. Travel to Murchison Falls in Uganda and to Ngorongoro Crater in Tanganyika. Accompany her, with her house servant and three young children, on a three-hundred-mile drive to the Kenya coast through desolate bush inhabited by big game, a trip that had a profound and lasting impact.
Kwanzaa and Me: A Teacher's Story
by Vivian Gussin PaleyALL these white schools I've been sent to are racist," Sonya says. "I'd have done better in a black school. I was an outsider here." These are hard words for Vivian Paley, whose own kindergarten was one of Sonya's schools, the integrated classroom so lovingly and hopefully depicted by Paley in White Teacher. Confronted with the grown-up Sonya, now on her way to a black college, and with a chorus of voices questioning the fairness and effectiveness of integrated education, Paley sets out to discover the truth about the multicultural classroom from those who participate in it. This is an odyssey undertaken on the wings of conversation and storytelling in which every voice adds new meaning to the idea of belonging, really belonging, to a school culture. Here are black teachers and minority parents, immigrant families, a Native American educator, and the children themselves, whose stories mingle with the author's to create a candid picture of the successes and failures of the integrated classroom. As Paley travels the country listening to these stories, we see what lies behind recent moves toward self-segregation: an ongoing frustration with racism as well as an abiding need for a nurturing community. And yet, among these diverse voices, we hear again and again the shared dream of a classroom where no family heritage is obscured and every child's story enriches the life of the schoolhouse. "It's all about dialogue, isn't it?" asks Lorraine, a black third-grade teacher whose story becomes a central motif. And indeed, it is the dialogue that prevails in this warmly provocative and deeply engaging book, as parents and teachers learn how they must talk to each other, and to their children, if every child is to secure a sense of self in the schoolroom, no matter what the predominant ethnic background. Vivian Paley offers these discoveries to readers as a starting point for their own journeys toward community and kinship in today's schools and tomorrow's culture.
Kweisi Mfume: Congressman and NAACP Leader
by M. Elizabeth Paterra"As long as the finish line is ahead, you always have the ability to shape your life no matter who are are," says civil rights leader Kweisi Mfume. He speaks from experience. As a youth lured by neighborhood street gangs, he threw himself into a life without promise for the future. Today, for Mfume, the sky's the limit. This inspiring story illuminates Mfume's pathway from street kid to college student, from radio announcer to political activist, from congressman to NAACP president. Mfume never forgets where he came from and he now dedicates his considerable power and influence to making America a better place.
Kyle Busch (Nascar Champions)
by Connor DaytonIntroduces the life and racing career of Kyle Busch, the NASCAR Nextel series Rookie of the Year in 2005.
Kylie
by Sean SmithKYLIE is a major new biography, telling the life story of Kylie Minogue, a true pop icon, now back on our screens in hit show The Voice. Everybody loves Kylie. No popular figure in modern culture deserves the description 'iconic' more than the star whose name alone evokes more than twenty-five years of memories. KYLIE charts the incredible journey of a complex and misunderstood woman from the suburbs of Melbourne, who was never the girl next door. She captured our hearts as Charlene Mitchell in Neighbours before rising to her position today as a member of music royalty. She is more popular than ever thanks to her acclaimed role as a judge on The Voice. Her phenomenal success was threatened in 2005, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The world held its breath as she braved surgery and chemotherapy before she was given the all clear. Her honesty and dignity throughout gained her universal respect and improved awareness of the disease among young women - the Kylie Effect. KYLIE is the essential book for those wanting to learn more about how she has continually reinvented herself - as teen actress, chart star, creative musician, sex goddess, gay icon, style queen and female role model. It reveals her true loves, the men who have brought her disappointment and those that have helped her achieve the status of most popular female icon of our times. KYLIE is an inspirational celebration of a star we should never take for granted.
Kyrie Irving (Amazing Athletes Ser.)
by Jon M FishmanKyrie Irving was a National Basketball Association (NBA) star before he played a game in the league. Kyrie was the first pick in the 2011 NBA draft, and Cleveland Cavaliers fans were anxious to see what the high-flying guard could do. Kyrie was ready for all the attention. He scored almost twenty points per game for the Cavs and was named NBA Rookie of the Year. In 2014, Kyrie won the Most Valuable Player award at the NBA All-Star Game. Read more about one of the NBA's best players.
Kyrie Irving: The Inspirational Story of Basketball Superstar Kyrie Irving
by Bill RedbanYou're about to discover the incredibly inspirational story of basketball superstar Kyrie Irving. If you're reading this then you must be a Kyrie Irving fan, like so many others. As a fan, you must wonder how this man is so talented and want to know more about him. Kyrie is considered as one of the greatest basketball players in the world and it's been an honor to be able to watch him play throughout his young career. This book will reveal to you much about Kyrie's story and the many accomplishments throughout his career. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Youth and Family Life High School And College Years Professional Career and Personal Life Legacy, Charitable Acts, and much more! If you want to learn more about Kyrie Irving, then this book is for you. It will reveal to you many things that you did not know about this incredible basketball star! Download today! About the Author: Inspirational Stories is a series aimed at highlighting the great athletes of our society. Our mission is to present the stories of athletes who are not only impactful in their sport, but also great people outside of it. The athletes we write about have gone above and beyond to become impactful in their community and great role models for the youth, all while showing excellence in their profession. We publish concise, easily consumable books that portray the turning points in the lives of these great athletes, while also giving the context in which they occurred. Our books are especially great for children who look up to sports figures. Hopefully these athletes can serve as a source of inspiration and their stories can provide life lessons that are practical for fans of any demographic.
Kyrie Irving: Uncle Drew, Little Mountain, and Enigmatic NBA Superstar
by Martin GitlinPerhaps no NBA player today is as exciting and yet enigmatic as Kyrie Irving. Martin Gitlin’s biography chronicles Irving’s brilliance on the court as a devastating one‑on‑one talent, examines the influence of his father, the untimely death of his mother, his growth as a basketball player in high school and college, and his journey in the NBA. Nicknamed the “Isolation Assassin,” Irving has earned the distinction as the most incredible isolation player in the league, outperforming rivals such as Stephen Curry and Russell Westbrook with his crossover dribble, drives to the basket, stop‑and‑go moves, and smooth, feathery jumpers, a distinction borne out, moreover, by his championship-clinching shot against Curry’s Golden State Warriors in 2016. Yet while he speaks of maximizing his talent, he has shown reluctance to maximize the production of his teammates by passing the ball, as well as his overall defense. Irving expresses his desire to win championships yet demanded a trade away from the franchise best suited to deliver him a second. Off the court there is no one like Irving either. An educated individual who claims that the earth could be flat and that dinosaurs perhaps never existed, Irving is a man of puzzling contradictions who seeks self-actualization and contentment through a variety of pursuits, including reflection, music, and acting. Gitlin, a veteran writer who has followed Irving’s career from the beginning, has much to tell about one of the most mysterious and sensational athletes of our time whose appeal transcends his sport.
Königin Elizabeth Tudor. Der Weg zu Gloriana
by Laurel A. Rockefeller Christina LöwKönigin Elizabeth Tudor ist auch heute noch als „Gloriana“ bekannt. Ein Name, der auf den Sieg ihrer kleinen Flotte wendiger Schiffe über die 131 Galleonen der spanischen Armada im Ärmelkanal am 6. August 1588 zurückgeht. Aber wie ist dies geschehen und warum wird die späte Regierungsphase Elizabeths als „goldenes Zeitalter“ bezeichnet? In diesem wunderschönen biographischen Sachbuch lernen Sie Elizabeth so persönlich kennen wie nie zuvor. Ob Sie Fan der Tudor-Dynastie sind, oder dies Ihre erste Entdeckungsreise in die englische Geschichte ist, Sie werden einen wertvollen Einblick in den Geist der vielleicht legendärsten Frau der Weltgeschichte bekommen – erzählt durch die Augen ihrer berühmten, oder auch berüchtigten, Beziehung zu Robert Dudley. Dieses Buch führt die Geschichte von Mary, Königin der Schotten, (erkundet in Buch 3) mit Königin Marys Gerichtsverhandlung und den daraus resultierenden Auswirkungen auf Elizabeth fort. Enthält sechs mittelalterliche und elisabethanische Lieder, eine detaillierte Zeitleiste und eine ausführliche Liste mit Leseempfehlungen.
Königinnen der Renaissance
by Laurel A. Rockefeller Stephan Remberg Christina LöwDie Biografien von drei Renaissance-Königinnen in einem Sammelband. Endlich sind drei Legendäre Frauen der Weltgeschichte Biografien in einem einzelnen Sammelband erhältlich. Beginnen Sie ihre Reise durch die Zeit mit Catherine de Valois, der französischen Prinzessin, deren Mut im Angesicht des Geisteszustandes ihres Vaters und des Krieges mit Henry V die Geschichte für immer veränderte. Folgen Sie anschließend zwei von Catherines direkten Nachfahren, Königin Mary Stuart und Königin Elizabeth Tudor, wie sie gegen mächtigen Kräfte kämpfen, die es auf ihr Leben und ihren Thron abgesehen haben. Politik, Religion und Liebe sind auf einem Kollisionskurs, in diesen drei eindringlichen Biografien von drei der legendärsten Frauen der Renaissance.
L Is For Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir
by Annie Rachele LanzillottoA 1960s Bronx tomboy learns how to survive her brutal but humorous Italian family and all the rest that life throws her. The harder you hit the pavement, the higher you fly.
L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir (SUNY series in Italian/American Culture)
by Annie Rachele LanzillottoFinalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Award in the Lesbian Memoir/Biography Category presented by the Lambda Literary FoundationThis vivid memoir speaks the intense truth of a Bronx tomboy whose 1960s girlhood was marked by her father's lullabies laced with his dissociative memories of combat in World War II. At four years old, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto bounced her Spaldeen on the stoop and watched the boys play stickball in the street; inside, she hid silver teaspoons behind the heat pipes to tap calls for help while her father beat her mother. At eighteen, on the edge of ambitious freedom, her studies at Brown University were halted by the growth of a massive tumor inside her chest. Thus began a wild, truth-seeking journey for survival, fueled by the lessons of lasagna vows, and Spaldeen ascensions. From the stoops of the Bronx to cross-dressing on the streets of Egypt, from the cancer ward at Memorial Sloan-Kettering to New York City's gay club scene of the '80s, this poignant and authentic story takes us from underneath the dining room table to the stoop, the sidewalk, the street, and, ultimately, out into the wide world of immigration, gay subculture, cancer treatment, mental illness, gender dynamics, drug addiction, domestic violence, and a vast array of Italian American characters. With a quintessential New Yorker as narrator and guide, this journey crescendos in a reluctant return home to the timeless wisdom of a peasant, immigrant grandmother, Rosa Marsico Petruzzelli, who shows us the sweetest essence of soul.
L'Altra Parte del Cielo
by Lidia Capone Shawn InmonUn'autentica storia d'amore, di smarrimento e di riscatto in una cittadina americana negli anni '70. Quando Dawn si trasferisce dalla California del Sud nel piovoso stato rurale di Washington nel 1976, è più ansiosa di trovare nuovi amici, piuttosto che l'amore. Col tempo, l'amicizia che la lega al ragazzo della porta accanto cresce al punto tale che la ragazza capisce di aver trovato il suo primo amore senza averlo neppure cercato. Tuttavia, la loro relazione ha una svolta drammatica nel 1979 e Dawn è costretta a dire addio per sempre al suo grande amore. O almeno così lei crede. Vent'anni dopo, l'incontro occasionale con quel suo primo, grande amore spinge Dawn a chiedersi se il sentimento che li lega possa resistere all'incedere del tempo e se sia destinato a un lieto fine. L'Altra Parte del Cielo vi regalerà la tenerezza ingenua del primo amore e le emozioni semplici della vita di ogni giorno in un piccolo centro urbano negli anni settanta.
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.