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Maria Stuarda regina di Scozia: il regno dimenticato
by Laurel A. Rockefeller Traduzione a cura di Laura LucardiniLa regina Maria Stuarda è stata una delle donne più amate e controverse della storia scozzese. Nipote di re Giacomo IV e di sua moglie Margherita Tudor, la posizione di Maria quale erede apparente al trono inglese e la violenza della Riforma scozzese fanno da sfondo a una delle vite più drammatiche e incomprese del 16° secolo. Maria regina di Scozia racconta la vera storia di Maria, concentrandosi principalmente sul suo regno, celebrando la sua vita più che la sua morte e dimostrandoci come Maria fosse una donna che precorreva i suoi tempi. Una biografia della serie "Le leggendarie donne della storia mondiale".
Maria Stuarda, Regina di Scozia: Versione per studenti e docenti (Libri di testo Le leggendarie donne della storia mondiale #3)
by Laurel A. RockefellerLa regina Maria Stuarda è la più amata, ed allo stesso tempo, controversa figura femminile di tutta la storia scozzese. Maria, in quanto nipote di re James IV e Margaret Tudor, deteneva diritti d’ascensione al trono d’Inghilterra; tale posizione di erede legittima alla corona inglese, assieme alle violenze della Riforma scozzese, sono alla base di una delle esistenze più drammatiche e fraintese di tutto il XVI secolo. Maria Stuarda, Regina di Scozia, ne racconta la vera storia, concentrandosi principalmente sul suo regno e celebrandone la vita piuttosto che la morte, oltre che a mostrare come Maria fosse una donna all’avanguardia per il suo tempo. La versione per studenti e docenti include: domande d’approfondimento alla fine di ogni capitolo, una dettagliata cronologia ed una vasta lista di letture consigliate.
Maria Stuarda, regina di Scozia: una rappresentazione teatrale in tre atti
by Laurel A. Rockefeller Laura LucardiniLa tragica storia della regina Maria Stuarda diventa un'opera teatrale in questa coinvolgente tragedia che ne racconta la vita, gli amori e il regno. Un'opera perfetta per le scuole e le compagnie amatoriali. Include bibliografia e cronologia degli eventi. Durata: 60-80 minuti.
Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina
by Maria Tallchief Larry KaplanRead the story of the legendary ballerina who now adorns a $1 coin and a US quarter!A fascinating self-portrait of the fairy-tale life of a woman who understood that a committed talent could transform the world around her."Maria Tallchief and American ballet came of age in the same moment.... Her story will always be the story of ballet conquering America. It was and is an American romance."-Arlene Croce, The New Yorker
Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time
by Barbara Stollberg-RilingerA major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and ruleMaria Theresa (1717–1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg Empire, a far-flung realm composed of diverse ethnicities and languages, beset on all sides by enemies and rivals. Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger provides the definitive biography of Maria Theresa, situating this exceptional empress within her time while dispelling the myths surrounding her.Drawing on a wealth of archival evidence, Stollberg-Rilinger examines all facets of eighteenth-century society, from piety and patronage to sexuality and childcare, ceremonial life at court, diplomacy, and the everyday indignities of warfare. She challenges the idealized image of Maria Theresa as an enlightened reformer and mother of her lands who embodied both feminine beauty and virile bellicosity, showing how she despised the ideas of the Enlightenment, treated her children with relentless austerity, and mercilessly persecuted Protestants and Jews. Work, consistent physical and mental discipline, and fear of God were the principles Maria Theresa lived by, and she demanded the same from her family, her court, and her subjects.A panoramic work of scholarship that brings Europe's age of empire spectacularly to life, Maria Theresa paints an unforgettable portrait of the uncompromising yet singularly charismatic woman who left her enduring mark on the era in which she lived and reigned.
Maria Theresa: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
by Richard BassettA major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa was the single most powerful woman in eighteenth-century Europe. At the age of just twenty-three she succeeded to the Habsburg domains only to find them contested by almost every power in Europe. Over the next forty years, she became a fierce leader and opponent, as well as a devoted wife and mother to sixteen children. In this engrossing biography, Richard Bassett traces Maria Theresa&’s life and complex legacy. Drawing on hitherto unpublished sources, Bassett reveals her keen sense of moderation and tolerance, innovative ideas on free trade and finance, and studied reluctance to resort to policies of territorial expansion. Yet Maria Theresa&’s modernisation policies were not entirely progressive. Antisemitism and an enduring suspicion of Protestantism greatly affected the lives of her subjects. This is a gripping study of one of the world&’s most influential leaders, revealing how Maria Theresa confounded gendered expectations and left a lasting mark on Europe.
Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought (Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies)
by Kristin WatersNamed a 2022 finalist for the Pauli Murray Book Prize in Black Intellectual History from the African American Intellectual History SocietyMaria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought tells a crucial, almost-forgotten story of African Americans of early nineteenth-century America. In 1833, Maria W. Stewart (1803–1879) told a gathering at the African Masonic Hall on Boston’s Beacon Hill: “African rights and liberty is a subject that ought to fire the breast of every free man of color in these United States.” She exhorted her audience to embrace the idea that the founding principles of the nation must extend to people of color. Otherwise, those truths are merely the hypocritical expression of an ungodly white power, a travesty of original democratic ideals. Like her mentor, David Walker, Stewart illustrated the practical inconsistencies of classical liberalism as enacted in the US and delivered a call to action for ending racism and addressing gender discrimination. Between 1831 and 1833, Stewart’s intellectual productions, as she called them, ranged across topics from true emancipation for African Americans, the Black convention movement, the hypocrisy of white Christianity, Black liberation theology, and gender inequity. Along with Walker’s Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, her body of work constitutes a significant foundation for a moral and political theory that is finding new resonance today—insurrectionist ethics.In this work of recovery, author Kristin Waters examines the roots of Black political activism in the petition movement; Prince Hall and the creation of the first Black masonic lodges; the Black Baptist movement spearheaded by the brothers Thomas, Benjamin, and Nathaniel Paul; writings; sermons; and the practices of festival days, through the story of this remarkable but largely unheralded woman and pioneering public intellectual.
Maria, a Rainha dos Escoceses: O Reino Esquecido
by Laurel A. RockefellerA Rainha Maria Stuart foi uma das mulheres mais amadas e controversas da história da Escócia. Neta do Rei Jaime IV e sua esposa Margaret Tudor, o status da Rainha Maria como herdeira-parente do trono da Rainha Isabel na Inglaterra, assim como a violência da Reforma Escocesa preparou o palco para uma das vidas mais dramáticas e mal compreendidas do século XVI. Maria, a Rainha dos Escoceses conta a verdadeira história de Maria, concentrando-se principalmente em seu reinado como rainha da Escócia, celebrando sua vida mais do que sua morte e mostrando-nos porque ela era verdadeiramente uma mulher à frente de seu tempo. Apresenta uma linha do tempo detalhada, uma lista de orações latinas com suas traduções para o Português e as letras de todas as quatro canções do período apresentadas no livro, incluindo "Depairte, Depairte" (1545) escrita em língua Ânglica Escocesa.
Maria, koningin van Schotland: De vergeten regeringsperiode
by Laurel A. RockefellerKoningin Maria Stuart was een van de meest geliefde en controversiële vrouwen uit de Schotse geschiedenis. Ze was de kleindochter van koning James IV en zijn vrouw Margaret Tudor. Haar status als rechtmatige erfgename van de troon van koningin Elizabeth van Engeland, gepaard met het geweld van de Schotse reformatie, vormt de basis voor een van de meest dramatische en niet-begrepen levens van de 16e eeuw. Maria, koningin van Schotland vertelt het waargebeurde verhaal over Maria. Het richt zich op haar regering als koningin van Schotland, waarbij er meer aandacht is voor haar leven dan voor haar dood, en toont waarom ze werkelijk een vrouw was die haar tijd vooruit was.
Maria: A Novel of Maria von Trapp
by Michelle MoranNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Maria von Trapp. You know the name and the iconic songs, but do you know her real story? This dramatic novel, based on the woman glamorized in The Sound of Music, brings Maria to life as never before.&“As immersive, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive as the musical . . . This one is not to be missed.&”—Allison Pataki, author of Finding Margaret FullerIn the 1950s, Oscar Hammerstein is asked to write the lyrics to a musical based on the life of a woman named Maria von Trapp. He&’s intrigued to learn that she was once a novice who hoped to live quietly as an Austrian nun before her abbey sent her away to teach a widowed baron&’s sickly child. What should have been a ten-month assignment, however, unexpectedly turned into a marriage proposal. And when the family was forced to flee their home to escape the Nazis, it was Maria who instructed them on how to survive using nothing but the power of their voices.It&’s an inspirational story, to be sure, and as half of the famous Rodgers & Hammerstein duo, Hammerstein knows it has big Broadway potential. Yet much of Maria&’s life will have to be reinvented for the stage, and with the horrors of war still fresh in people&’s minds, Hammerstein can&’t let audiences see just how close the von Trapps came to losing their lives.But when Maria sees the script that is supposedly based on her life, she becomes so incensed that she sets off to confront Hammerstein in person. Told that he&’s busy, she is asked to express her concerns to his secretary, Fran, instead. The pair strike up an unlikely friendship as Maria tells Fran about her life, contradicting much of what will eventually appear in The Sound of Music.A tale of love, loss, and the difficult choices that we are often forced to make, Maria is a powerful reminder that the truth is usually more complicated—and certainly more compelling—than the stories immortalized by Hollywood.
Mariah Carey
by Kerrily SapetMariah Carey's life is a Cinderella story. She began as a poor, hard-working beauty who endured harsh discrimination for being biracial. As in a fairy tale, her amazing singing talent helped her escape her tough neighborhood. Soon, she had transformed into a world-famous star. Mariah has captured music's most prestigious awards, along with honors for her charity work. Her first five singles topped the music charts, setting a new record. With 18 number-one hits she has more chart-topping singles than any solo artist in the United States. Her career shows no sign of slowing. Many expect her to challenge The Beatles' World record of 20 number-one hits.This book tells Mariah's tale. It weaves together her challenging biraciai childhood, divorce, and breakdown with her career and personal triumphs. Mariah Carey not only thrills the world with her five-octave voice, but she also helps needy children overcome their obstacles, just as she did.
Marian Anderson (Biographies)
by Laura K. MurrayHow much do you know about Marian Anderson? Find out the facts you need to know about this singer. You’ll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American.
Marian Anderson: Singer and Humanitarian
by Andrea BroadwaterA biography of the famous opera singer who overcame prejudices to become the first African American to sing a featured role with the New York Metropolitan Opera Company and who later served as a delegate to the United Nations.
Maribel Verdú
by Nuria VidalUn libro sobre Maribel Verdú, una de las estrellas más internacionales de nuestro cine e icono generacional. Aunque resulte difícil de creer, Maribel Verdú ha cumplido veinticinco años en el cine. En este tiempo ha rodado más de sesenta películas a las órdenes de los directores más prestigiosos dentro y fuera de España, en papeles por los que ha recibido un sinfín de premios y que no dejan lugar a dudas sobre la talla de esta extraordinaria actriz, joven, guapa y protagonista de alguna de las secuencias más sensuales de la historia del cine español. Una mujer de su tiempo y con una personalidad arrolladora que trasciende la gran pantalla por su naturalidad, su simpatía desbordante, el compromiso sin límites con su trabajo y un entusiasmo que la lleva a colaborar con directores noveles y en películas de escaso presupuesto siempre que haya un papel que merezca la pena. Con el desenfado y la gracia que la caracterizan, nos habla sin reparos de éxitos y fracasos, de sus amigos, de las ciudades que ama o de las malas experiencias. Confiesa que le desagrada madrugar, que adora el orden y que le encanta salir a comer fuera porque no le gusta cocinar, o que su casa está llena de libros y pingüinos. Descubrimos a la Maribel más íntima, la que se muestra tal y como es, sin miedo a decir lo que piensa. En definitiva, una vida que resume la de toda una generación de mujeres que crecieron como ella en un país que empezaba a disfrutar de una libertad recién adquirida. Una mujer con mucho futuro por delante, gracias a esa buena estrella que nunca la abandona.
Marie Antoinette
by Lady Antonia FraserMarie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still "la reine m chante", whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: "let them eat cake". Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny.Antonia Fraser examines her influence over the king, Louis XVI, the accusations and sexual slurs made against her, her patronage of the arts which enhanced French cultural life, her imprisonment, the death threats made against her, rumours of lesbian affairs, her trial (during which her young son was forced to testify to sexual abuse by his mother) and her eventual execution by guillotine in 1793.Read by Lindsay Duncan(p) 2001 Orion Publishing Group
Marie Antoinette's Confidante: The Rise and Fall of the Princesse de Lamballe
by Geri WaltonThe true story of the woman who befriended the last queen of France—and the price she paid for her devotion. Perhaps no one knew Marie Antoinette better than one of her closest confidantes, Marie Thérèse, the Princess de Lamballe. The princess became superintendent of the queen&’s household in 1774, and through her relationship with Marie Antoinette, she gained a unique perspective of the lavishness and daily intrigue at Versailles. Born into the famous House of Savoy in Turin, Italy, Marie Thérèse was married at the age of seventeen to the Prince de Lamballe, heir to one of the richest fortunes in France. He transported her to the gold-leafed and glittering chandeliered halls of the Château de Versailles, where she soon found herself immersed in the political and sexual scandals that surrounded the royal court. As the plotters and planners of Versailles sought, at all costs, to gain the favor of Louis XVI and his queen, the Princess de Lamballe was there to witness it all. This book reveals the Princess de Lamballe&’s version of these events and is based on a wide variety of historical sources, helping to capture the waning days and grisly demise of the French monarchy. The story immerses you in a world of titillating sexual rumors, bloodthirsty revolutionaries, and hair-raising escape attempts—a must read for anyone interested in Marie Antoinette, the origins of the French Revolution, or life in the late eighteenth century.
Marie Antoinette's Head: The Royal Hairdresser, the Queen, and the Revolution
by Will BashorMarie Antoinette has remained atop the popular cultural landscape for centuries for the daring in style and fashion that she brought to 18th century France. For the better part of the queen&’s reign, one man was entrusted with the sole responsibility of ensuring that her coiffure was at its most ostentatious best. Who was this minister of fashion who wielded such tremendous influence over the queen&’s affairs? Winner of the Adele Mellen Prize for Distinguished Scholarship, Marie Antoinette&’s Head: The Royal Hairdresser, The Queen, and the Revolution charts the rise of Leonard Autie from humble origins as a country barber in the south of France to the inventor of the Pouf and premier hairdresser to Queen Marie-Antoinette. By unearthing a variety of sources from the 18th and 19th centuries, including memoirs (including Léonard&’s own), court documents, and archived periodicals the author, French History professor and expert Will Bashor, tells Autie&’s mostly unknown story. Bashor chronicles Leonard&’s story, the role he played in the life of his most famous client, and the chaotic and history-making world in which he rose to prominence. Besides his proximity to the queen, Leonard also had a most fascinating life filled with sex (he was the only man in a female dominated court), seduction, intrigue, espionage, theft, exile, treason, and possibly, execution.
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
by Antonia FraserFrance's iconic queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous "Let them eat cake," was alternately revered and reviled during her lifetime. For centuries since, she has been the object of debate, speculation, and the fascination so often accorded illustrious figures in history. Married in mere girlhood, this essentially lighthearted child was thrust onto the royal stage and commanded by circumstance to play a significant role in European history. Antonia Fraser's lavish and engaging portrait excites compassion and regard for all aspects of the queen, immersing the reader not only in the coming-of-age of a graceful woman, but in the culture of an unparalleled time and place.
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
by Lady Antonia Fraser'Drama, betrayal, religion and sex, it's all here ... Fascinating' GUARDIAN'Beautifully paced, impeccably written ... Don't miss it' INDEPENDENT'Fraser is at her best here, lucid, authoritative and compassionate' SUNDAY TIMES 'Superbly researched ... the definitive work on the ill-fated queen' CATHOLIC HERALDMarie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine méchante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny.Antonia Fraser examines her influence over the king, Louis XVI, the accusations and sexual slurs made against her, her patronage of the arts which enhanced French cultural life, her imprisonment, the death threats made against her, rumours of lesbian affairs, her trial (during which her young son was forced to testify to sexual abuse by his mother) and her eventual execution by guillotine in 1793.
Marie Curie
by Adela Muñoz PáezLa historia oculta de Marie Curie, la madre de la física moderna. Todos creemos saber quién fue Marie Sklodowska. También conocida como Marie Curie, fue la primera mujer en recibir un premio Nobel y la primera mujer científica en ser reconocida universalmente: su descubrimiento de la radioactividad fue el inicio de una brillante carrera que culminó con la incorporación de dos nuevos elementos a la tabla periódica. Trabajadora incansable, Marie Curie vivió aparentemente ajena a las limitaciones impuestas a las mujeres de su tiempo. La realidad, sin embargo, es que fue denostada y agredida: la tildaron de impostora, de judía inmigrante, de adúltera, de aprovechada... Esta apasionante biografía nos hará descubrir con nuevos ojos la vida de una científica extraordinaria que, todavía hoy, sigue suscitando una inmensa fascinación.
Marie Curie
by Elizabeth MacleodMeet Marie Curie -- Nobel laureate and world famous scientist. Marie was the first woman to win the world's top science prize -- and the first person to win it twice.
Marie Curie
by Kathleen KrullMarie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel Prize but two?in physics and chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences. .
Marie Curie
by Vicki CobbThe book introduces young readers to two of the world's most remarkable women: scientist Marie Curie and humanitarian Mother Teresa.
Marie Curie (Little People, BIG DREAMS #6)
by Isabel Sanchez Vegara Frau Isa<p>In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize–winning scientist. <p>When Marie was young, she was unable to go to college because she was a woman. But when she was older, her scientific work was respected around the world. Her discoveries of radium and polonium dramatically helped in the fight against cancer, and she went on to win the Nobel Prize for Physics! This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the scientist's life. <p>Little People, BIG DREAMS is a best-selling series of books and educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.</p>