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Visitors: An American Feminist in East Central Europe
by Ann SnitowA feminist organizer in East Central Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall reveals the struggles of women fighting for their rights during the rise of the Right in EuropeVisitors tells the story of Ann Snitow’s adventures as a Western feminist helping to build a new, post-communist feminist movement in Eastern Central Europe. Snitow stumbles onto this fast-changing, chaotic scene by chance, but falls in love with the passionate feminists she meets in Poland, the former Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, Hungary and Romania. What kinds of feminism should they hope for?Visitors is a book about forging enduring relationships and creating formerly unimaginable institutions—a feminist school, the Network of East-West Women, women’s centers, gender studies programs. It is about unity amid fractiousness and perseverance through uncertainty, Snitow’s flickering lodestar. Visitors moves gracefully between vivid anecdote, political analysis, and unsparing introspection. It is richly peopled with “brilliant” comrades and vexing detractors alike, all described with respect and humor. Every sentence is imbued with the experience and insight of this sui generis feminist activist, writer, and pedagogue of 50 years. Most of all, Visitors is the story of friendship, the heart and sinew of the leaderless feminist movement. Reading like the best historical novel, it is intimate and worldly, resolutely unsentimental yet finally, even as the political skies darken, optimistic in the conviction that feminism can make life meaningful, fascinating, fun, pleasurable—and better for everyone, even as better is redefined again and again.
Visión (Vision Spanish Language Edition): Mi historia de fuerza
by Precious PerezIn this Spanish-language edition of Vision, a young blind activist shares how she became a leader for the disabled community. Ever since Precious Perez was a child, she has loved to sing. Her family always praised her singing, saying she could even attend Berklee College of Music one day—planting a seed that would become her dream. Precious was born two-and-a-half months premature and weighed just one pound. Her eyes did not develop fully, and she is blind. Growing up, most people focused on what Precious could not do because of her disability. With her teacher’s support, Precious realized all the things she could do with her disability—starting with attending Berklee. This Spanish-language edition of Precious’s compelling first-person narrative brings forward an empowering first-person account of a woman finding strength and purpose in her disability to a wider audience. “[A] triumphant story of a young person’s success.”—School Library Journal “Readers will be engaged by [Perez’s] honesty, tenaciousness, and belief.”—Booklist
Visser 't Hooft, 1900-1985: Living for the Unity of the Church
by Jurjen ZeilstraGod’s diplomat, the pope of the ecumenical movement, but also an acerbic theologian and a difficult person: this is how journalists characterised Willem Adolf Visser ’t Hooft (1900-1985). He was one of the best-known Dutch theologians outside the Netherlands and he left his mark on the world church. Even at an early age, he made profound efforts in support of international ecumenical youth and student organisations (Dutch Student Christian Movement, YMCA and World Student Christian Federation). He led the World Council of Churches during its formative stages (from 1938), and after its formal establishment in 1948 became its first general secretary, serving until 1966. To Visser ’t Hooft, the unity of the church was both an article of faith and a pragmatic organisation of church influence in a disunited world.
Vista Del Mar: A Memoir of the Ordinary
by Neal SnidowThis remarkable book joins the company of "self-work," deep acts of memory that serve to illuminate the present by shining the clear light of careful regard on the past. The book finds company in the work of D J Waldie's Holy Land, Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem, and the profound My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard.In 1996 Neal Snidow found himself at a personal impasse as he and his wife struggled in vain to have a child. Locked in sadness at their predicament, in mid-career as a college teacher and unpublished writer, and at the first daunting steps of open adoption, as a kind of solace Neal began taking black and white photos of his old neighborhood in southern California. The film was slow, the camera on a tripod, the process awkward, and the goal no more than Garry Winogrand's famous dictum that he made pictures "to find out what something will look like photographed."But as this process unfolded and the images began to accumulate, slowly but surely the pictures unlocked the past, and he began to delve into family history, opening out the secret and the unspoken and evoking the lost pleasures and losses of the beach town where he had grown up. The chapters that followed, like the photos that now accompanied them, were quietly observant of an ordinary surface around which gathered an aura of struggle, gaiety and loss. He titled the book Vista Del Mar, for the street that ran past his old apartment to the edge of the Pacific, and gave it the subtitle a memoir of the ordinary in testimony to the everydayness of the experiences he explored. The chapters move back and forth in time and place, to Virginia, to a homestead in Wyoming, to depression-era Nebraska, to the Second World War. Aunts, uncles, ancestors, beach denizens, characters of film noir, and finally a miraculous new baby, all populate the pages which despite the struggles they relate conclude on a major chord of reconciliation and hope.
Vita and Harold: The Letters of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson 1919–1962
by Nigel Nicolson MBEThe classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group.'Vita and Harold have become part of our literature' OBSERVERThe marriage of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson was one of the most controversial relationships of the 20th century. This selection of letters, many of which have never been published, skilfully woven together by their son, Nigel Nicolson, gives dramatic new insight into their fascinating lives.Set within a framework of their son's highly personal memories, the story of this most extraordinary of marriages comes full circle - from the announcement of their engagement in 1912, through the storm days of Vita's well-known affairs with Violet Trefusis and Virginia Woolf, during the years of long separation as Harold's profession as a diplomat took him abroad, and culminating in the days leading up to Vita's death in 1962.
Vita da cani
by Leroy Vincent"Vita da Cani" è un libro pieno di divertenti aneddoti raccontati dai padroni di cani simpatici e imbranati. E' un'ottima lettura per chiunque voglia divertirsi o ricordare il proprio animale domestico. Le risate sono assicurate e potreste addirittura ritrovarvi a dire: "Oh, questo è successo anche a me."
Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment
by Torben Eskerod João BiehlZones of social abandonment are emerging everywhere in Brazil's big cities--places like Vita, where the unwanted, the mentally ill, the sick, and the homeless are left to die. This haunting, unforgettable story centers on a young woman named Catarina, increasingly paralyzed and said to be mad, living out her time at Vita. Anthropologist Joao Biehl leads a detective-like journey to know Catarina; to unravel the cryptic, poetic words that are part of the "dictionary" she is compiling; and to trace the complex network of family, medicine, state, and economy in which her abandonment and pathology took form. As Biehl painstakingly relates Catarina's words to a vanished world and elucidates her condition, we learn of subjectivities unmade and remade under economic pressures, pharmaceuticals as moral technologies, a public common sense that lets the unsound and unproductive die, and anthropology's unique power to work through these juxtaposed fields. "Vita's" methodological innovations, bold fieldwork, and rigorous social theory make it an essential reading for anyone who is grappling with how to understand the conditions of life, thought and ethics in the contemporary world.
Vitebsk: The Fight and Destruction of Third Panzer Army (Die Wehrmacht im Kampf)
by Otto HeidkämperA highly decorated Wehrmacht general gives &“an incisive and accurate account&” of a pivotal Eastern Front battle during World War II (Army Rumour Service). The city of Vitebsk in Belarus was of strategic importance during the fighting on the Eastern Front, as it controlled the route to Minsk. A salient in the German lines, Vitebsk had been declared a Festerplatz—a fortress town—meaning that it must be held at all costs. A task handed to 3rd Panzer Army in 1943. Otto Heidkämper was chief of staff of Georg-Hans Reinhardt&’s 3rd Panzer Army, Army Group Center, which was stationed around Vitebsk and Smolensk from early 1942 until June 1944. His detailed account of the defense of Vitebsk through the winter of 1943 into 1944, right up to the Soviet summer offensive, is a valuable firsthand account of how the operations around Vitebsk played out. Twenty maps accompany the narrative. During this time, 3rd Panzer Army undertook numerous military operations to defend the area against the Soviets; they also engaged in anti-partisan operations in the area, deporting civilians accused of supporting partisans, and destroying property. Finally, in June 1944, the Soviets amassed four armies to take Vitebsk, which was then held by 38,000 men of 53rd Corps. Within three days, Vitebsk was encircled, with 53rd Corps trapped inside. Attempts to break the encirclement failed, and resistance in the pocket broke down over the next few days. On June 27, the final destruction of German resistance in Vitebsk was completed. Twenty thousand Germans were dead and another 10,000 had been captured.
Viva Batlle!: El último idealista
by Washington AbdalaJorge Batlle fue un líder diferente. Su inclaudicable voluntad siempre estuvo al servicio de ideales trascendentes. A lo largo de su vida recogió innumerables adhesiones, y también algunos adversarios, pero nunca resultó indiferente a nadie. Atravesó tormentas con la fuerza de sus convicciones, y dejó una huella imborrable en todos quienes estuvieron cerca de él. Uno de ellos fue Washington Abdala, el autor de este libro que también es un homenaje. ¿Cómo era realmente Jorge Batlle? ¿Qué pensaban de él quienes lo acompañaron a lo largo de la vida? ¿Cómo lo veían sus correligionarios, la prensa, sus familiares, sus amigos, sus adversarios? ¿Cuáles fueron sus ideas más poderosas? A través de estas páginas, Abdala investiga y recoge una polifonía de voces que iluminan la figura de Batlle desde los más diversos ángulos, logrando un mosaico que nos permite conocer mejor a una de las personalidades políticas más relevantes del Uruguay del siglo XX.
Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Film (Turner Classic Movies)
by Luis I. ReyesThrough an authoritative narrative and lavish photography, this is an in-depth history of the stars, films, achievements, and influence of the Hispanic and Latino community in Hollywood history from the silent era to the present day.Overcoming obstacles of prejudice, ignorance, and stereotyping, this group has given the world some of its most beloved stars and told some of its most indelible stories. Viva Hollywood examines the stars in front of the screen as well as the people behind-the-scenes who have created a rich legacy across more than 100 years.The role of Latin women on screen is explored through the professional lives of Dolores Del Rio, Rita Hayworth, Raquel Welch, Salma Hayek, Penélope Cruz, and many more. The book covers the films and careers of actors ranging from silent screen idol Antonio Moreno, to international Oscar-winning star Anthony Quinn, to Andy Garcia and Antonio Banderas. A spotlight is also given to craftspeople who elevated the medium with their artistry—visionaries like cinematographer John Alonzo, Citizen Kane scenic artist Mario Larrinaga, and Oscar-winning makeup artist Beatrice de Alba.The stories of these and many others begins through a lens of stereotyped on-screen personas of Latin Lovers, sexy spitfires, banditos, and gangsters. World War II saw an embrace of Latin culture as the &“Good Neighbor Policy&” made it both fashionable and patriotic to feature stories set south of the border. Social problem films of the 1950s and '60s brought fresh looks at the community, with performances like Katy Jurado in High Noon, the cast of West Side Story, and racial inequality depicted in George Stevens's Giant. Civil Rights, the Chicano Movement, and the work of activist actors such as Ricardo Montalban and Edward James Olmos influenced further change in Hollywood in subsequent decades and paved the way for modern times and stars the likes of Jennifer Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda.Illustrated by more than 200 full-color and black-and-white images, Viva Hollywood is both a sweeping history and a celebration of the legacy of some of the greatest art and artists ever captured on screen.
Viva Mexico! A Traveller's Account of Life in Mexico
by Charles Macomb FlandreauFirst published in 1908, this is a classic memoir about life in Mexico (from the point of a wealthy foreigner) in the years before the Revolution of 1910. Flandreau describes life on a coffee plantation, and attempts to explain Mexican character and folkways. Although much in this book is overtly racist by today's standards, Flandreau's observations are vivid and his storytelling is often compelling.
Viva Morrissey!
by Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a stand-alone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Pop, this essay is about Morrissey fans.
Vivaldi's Virgins: A Novel
by Barbara QuickIn this enthralling new novel, Barbara Quick re-creates eighteenth-century Venice at the height of its splendor and decadence. A story of longing and intrigue, half-told truths and toxic lies, Vivaldi's Virgins unfolds through the eyes of Anna Maria dal Violin, one of the elite musicians cloistered in the foundling home where Antonio Vivaldi—known as the Red Priest of Venice—is maestro and composer. Fourteen-year-old Anna Maria, abandoned at the Ospedale della Pietà as an infant, is determined to find out who she is and where she came from. Her quest takes her beyond the cloister walls into the complex tapestry of Venetian society; from the impoverished alleyways of the Jewish Ghetto to a masked ball in the company of a king; from the passionate communal life of adolescent girls competing for their maestro's favor to the larger-than-life world of music and spectacle that kept the citizens of a dying republic in thrall. In this world, where for fully half the year the entire city is masked and cloaked in the anonymity of Carnival, nothing is as it appears to be. A virtuoso performance in the tradition of Girl with a Pearl Earring, Vivaldi's Virgins is a fascinating glimpse inside the source of Vivaldi's musical legacy, interwoven with the gripping story of a remarkable young woman's coming-of-age in a deliciously evocative time and place.
Vive le Chaos: My So-Called Tranquil Family Life in Rural France
by Ian MooreFollow the hilarious misadventures of Ian Moore and his family as their search for serenity in rural France leads them on a journey of chaos, commotion and comedy. But despite the ups and downs, the Moore family persevere in true Brit style to create a unique, colourful and ultimately rewarding life in their new home - à la campagne!
Vivekananda
by Romain Rolland S. H Vatsyayam Raghuvir SahayRomain Rolland was strongly influenced by the Vedanta philosophy of India, primarily through the works of Swami Vivekananda. He gives a brief sketch of the lives of Ramkrishna and Vivekananda and introduces the vedanta philosophy to the readers. Readers also know the life and journeys of Swami Vivekananda.
Vivekanandar
by R. MuthukumarThis book is a biography of Narendran who later became a Hindu Saint and Philosopher in India to be well known as Swami Vivekananda after his close association as disciple of Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, a great Hindu Saint and Philosopher. The book gives a brief account of his role as a preacher of Hindu Religion particularly his religious tour to U.S. and his famous speech at Chicago and his founding the Ramakrishna Math to propagate his Guru’s preaching and unite the Hindus.
Vivencias del abuelo Paco: Corregidas y aumentadas
by Francisco Sabucedo FernándezEl libro de mi vida: 98 años de vivencias. A los 85 años -nunca es tarde si hay empeño- me puse a practicar con un viejo ordenador que se retiraba del servicio. Confieso que estuve a punto de mandar todo al infierno pensando en cómo me privaba de las ocupaciones que tenía en mi despacho. Pero continué,con el único propósito de que los tres jóvenes ejecutivos de la empresa tuvieran el coraje de seguirme los pasos y comenzasen a utilizar la informática. Dio resultado. Inicié este trabajo -que actualizo hoy, a mis 98 años- como un duro deporte y gracias a la insistencia de mi nieta Sonia, al entusiasmo de su madre por conocer nuestra biografía y a la paciencia que ha tenido mi esposa por las horas que le resté para dedicarme a escribir, con el nuevo y firme propósito de realizar este libro sobre mis propias vivencias para dedicárselo a todos los míos. ¿Les servirá de algo?
Vivencias y recuerdos de 15 de Enero de 1933 hasta el 31 de Octubre 2014
by Alfredo BoleaDe todo en la vida «Evidentemente este libro no trata de toda mi vida, puesto que al haber nacido en 1933, es mucho más larga; tanto a nivel profesional como personal; además de haber criado a cinco hijos. <P><P>De todos modos puedo extenderme en un segundo libro; y espero pueda escribirlo en un futuro próximo. Teniendo ganas de poder contar anécdotas de mi vida profesional y personal que seguro llevarán comentarios de muchas personas; los cuales probablemente serán de asombro y reconocimiento. Mi vida ha sido sencilla pero con muchas vivencias de todo tipo.»
Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny
by Ann MarksThe definitive biography that unlocks the remarkable story of Vivian Maier, the nanny who lived secretly as a world-class photographer, featuring nearly 400 of her images, many never seen before, placed for the first time in the context of her life.Vivian Maier, the photographer nanny whose work was famously discovered in a Chicago storage locker, captured the imagination of the world with her masterful images and mysterious life. Before posthumously skyrocketing to global fame, she had so deeply buried her past that even the families she lived with knew little about her. No one could relay where she was born or raised, if she had parents or siblings, if she enjoyed personal relationships, why she took photographs and why she didn&’t share them with others. Now, in this definitive biography, Ann Marks uses her complete access to Vivian&’s personal records and archive of 140,000 photographs to reveal the full story of her extraordinary life. Based on meticulous investigative research, Vivian Maier Developed reveals the story of a woman who fled from a family with a hidden history of illegitimacy, bigamy, parental rejection, substance abuse, violence, and mental illness to live life on her own terms. Left with a limited ability to disclose feelings and form relationships, she expressed herself through photography, creating a secret portfolio of pictures teeming with emotion, authenticity, and humanity. With limitless resilience she knocked down every obstacle in her way, determined to improve her lot in life and that of others by tirelessly advocating for the rights of workers, women, African Americans, and Native Americans. No one knew that behind the detached veneer was a profoundly intelligent, empathetic, and inspired woman—a woman so creatively gifted that her body of work would become one of the greatest photographic discoveries of the century.
Vivian Maier: A Photographer's Life and Afterlife
by Pamela Bannos“Look[s] past the mystique of the ‘eccentric nanny with a camera’ to tell the true Maier story . . . [An] extraordinary work.” —Library JournalWho was Vivian Maier? Many know her as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingly abandoned storage locker. They revealed her to be an inadvertent master of twentieth-century American street photography. Not long after, the news broke that Maier had recently died and had no surviving relatives. Soon the whole world knew about her preternatural work, shooting her to stardom almost overnight.But as Pamela Bannos reveals in this meticulous biography, this story of the nanny savant has blinded us to Maier’s true achievements, as well as her intentions. Most important, Bannos argues, Maier was not a nanny who moonlighted as a photographer; she was a photographer who supported herself as a nanny. In Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife, Bannos contrasts Maier’s life with the mythology that strangers—mostly the men who’ve profited from her work—have created around her absence. She shows that Maier was extremely conscientious about how her work was developed, printed, and cropped, even though she also made a clear choice never to display it. She places Maier’s fierce passion for privacy alongside the recent spread of her work around the world, and explains Maier’s careful adjustments of photographic technique, while explaining how the photographs have been misconstrued or misidentified. Bannos also uncovers new information about Maier’s immediate family, including her difficult brother, Karl—relatives once thought not to exist. This authoritative biography shows that the real story of Vivian Maier, a true visionary artist, is even more compelling than the myth.“An excellent book that reads like a mystery novel . . . Wonderful and engrossing.” —Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, author of Starstruck: The Business of Celebrity“It’s a portrait as direct as any of Maier’s, and what a distinct pleasure it is to meet her gaze again.” —The New York Times“This book is by far the finest yet published on the artist. I believe it will become a classic in the field.” —Art in America
Vivian Trías. El hombre que fue Ríos: La inteligencia checoslovaca y la izquierda nacional (1956-1977)
by Fernando López D'AlesandroCon una prosa ágil y de lectura atrapante, pero que no renuncia a la profundidad conceptual, este libro se constituye como necesario y revelador. Un documento de lectura imprescindible para comprender los distintos estadios en la evolución de la política uruguaya en general y de la izquierda en particular, y que se configura como una herramienta de análisis para pensar el futuro. En 2017 se hicieron públicos documentos que probaban que Vivian Trías, referente histórico del Partido Socialista uruguayo, había actuado como espía de los servicios de inteligencia checoslovacos durante trece años. Este descubrimiento generó una enorme ola expansiva al interior de las fuerzas de izquierda, y planteó la necesidad de una revisión de los hechos, que deberán ser reinterpretados y contextualizados a la luz de estas evidencias. Este libro parte desde los orígenes mismos del cisma del Partido Socialista en 1921, en aquella época liderado por Emilio Frugoni, para trazar el derrotero de la izquierda uruguaya, sus vaivenes en torno a la socialdemocracia, el marxismo y la "tercera posición", y el advenimiento de nuevos horizontes ante la llegada al liderazgo de Vivian Trías y su propuesta de "la rebelión de las orillas". Un liderazgo que generó contenidos y postulados que se resignifican a la luz de los documentos de reciente aparición. El Prof. Fernando López D'Alesandro tuvo acceso privilegiado a los archivos y testimonios que desataron la polémica, y los analiza con lucidez y rigor. Con una prosa ágil y de lectura atrapante, pero que no renuncia a la profundidad conceptual, este libro se constituye como necesario y revelador. Un documento de lectura imprescindible para comprender los distintos estadios en la evolución de la política uruguaya en general y de la izquierda en particular, y que se configura como una herramienta de análisis para pensar el futuro.
Vivien Leigh: A Biography
by Anne EdwardsThis is the story of the actress who became a Hollywood legend by winning the coveted role of Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind, and whose circle included both theatrical and political celebrities, from Winston Churchill to Noel Coward, John Gielgud, and Marlon Brando. But behind the dazzling exterior lay the sinister shadow of another Vivien Leigh—a shadow which pursued her throughout her aristocratic upbringing, her frustrating first marriage, her tempestuous romance with Laurence Olivier, and her meteoric rise to stardom.
Vivien Leigh: A Biography
by Anne EdwardsThis is the story of the actress who became a Hollywood legend by winning the coveted role of Scarlett O&’Hara in Gone with the Wind, and whose circle included both theatrical and political celebrities, from Winston Churchill to Noel Coward, John Gielgud, and Marlon Brando. But behind the dazzling exterior lay the sinister shadow of another Vivien Leigh—a shadow which pursued her throughout her aristocratic upbringing, her frustrating first marriage, her tempestuous romance with Laurence Olivier, and her meteoric rise to stardom. As The New York Times wrote of the hardcover edition, &“To read her story is to be inspired with pity and terror.&”
Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait
by Kendra BeanIn-depth research and new interviews are paired with rare and never-before-published photographs by LeighOCOs ?officialOCO photographer Angus McBean. "
Viviendo
by Adamari Lopez"Antes de recibir mi diagnóstico, andaba por la vida sin propósito, sin una razón de ser. Lo que me ha tocado vivir me hacía falta, necesitaba vivirlo. Tenía que pasar por esas experiencias dolorosas para poder ser la mujer que soy hoy día, una versión mejorada de mí misma. ” Adamari López, la actriz reconocida internacionalmente, lo tenía todo -una familia querida, un novio perfecto y un papel protagónico en una telenovela exitosa en México- cuando dos palabras le alteraron la vida para siempre: tienes cáncer. De pronto, en solo unos pocos meses, el mundo tal qual lo conocía se le derrumbó y toda su vida dio un vuelco súbito. En Viviendo, la normalmente privada López revela los triunfos y tormentos de su vida, compartiendo anécdotas de su niñez y su familia, mientras describe su camino por el cáncer de seno; la repentina enfermedad de su madre; su casamiento, uno de los días más felices de su vida; y luego lo que ella considera ser el golpe más duro de todos: el final de su matrimonio. Sin embargo, a través de todo, su fortaleza y su fe no se apagaron, y su espíritu amoroso y positivo, junto con su eterna sonrisa, la ayudaron a descubrir un nuevo y gratificante comienzo en el amor y en su vida. .