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I'll Die After Bingo: My unlikely life as a care home assistant
by Pope LonerganNominated for the Chortle Comedy Book Award 2023'Blisteringly well written, deeply humane and very funny' Daily Telegraph'Enough to make you die laughing' Daily Mail'Funny and moving' Daily ExpressWhether he's initiating a coup d'état against new regulations with the residents, or forging a bond with the 98-year old who once called him a fat slut, Pope Lonergan's work is infinitely varied. This no-holds-barred account shows what life inside a care home is really like, for both residents and carers. Featuring night-time drama, incontinence pads and the uniquely dark humour of one double-amputee Alzheimer's patient, here you can learn everything you ever wanted to know (and a few things you probably really didn't) about Britain's care system.This important memoir challenges us all to think differently about the value of our elderly, and also the carers who look after them.
I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise: A Life of Bunny Mellon
by Mac Griswold“I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise is like an exquisite string of pearls: the perfect balance of elegance, style, design, and beauty. This book is inspiring, spirited, and totally absorbing.” —Diane von FurstenbergThe story of Bunny Mellon, the great landscape and interior designer, becomes a revelatory exploration of extreme wealth in the American century. Bunny Mellon, whose life was marked by astonishing good fortune as well as tragedy and scandal, remains a singular figure in the annals of American design. She had her finger on the pulse of American culture and possessed a rare, once-in-a-generation sense of style and grace. Her most celebrated work—the White House Rose Garden, designed during the presidency of John F. Kennedy—demonstrated how formal restraint and the sparing use of color could be deployed to maximal effect. Later, her understated landscape design for the Kennedy grave site at Arlington National Cemetery changed the face of American public memorials.Mellon was a famously private person, and many of her greatest achievements remained concealed from public view. Her rarely seen gardens and domestic interiors at eight different properties on three continents became legends and models. At Oak Spring Farm in Virginia, the bibliographic riches of her Garden Library were twinned with the expansive flowering gardens lying below the Edward Larrabee Barnes–designed building. At her home on Nantucket, she pruned back the landscape to reveal the elemental forms of nature. Mellon also ranked as one of the great art collectors of her era, encouraging her husband Paul to use his family’s vast wealth to acquire hundreds of nineteenth-century French paintings, many of which were donated to the National Gallery of Art. Her own tastes ranged from Mark Rothko to Richard Diebenkorn—in quantity.In I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise, Mac Griswold—who knew Mellon personally—delves into her subject’s closely guarded personal archives to construct an unrivaled portrait of a woman as complex and multifaceted as the gardens and homes on which she left her mark. Mellon tested the anodyne 1950s model of woman-as-wife-as-mother by getting a divorce, admitting candidly to her first husband that she wanted a richer one. She imperiously traded old friends for new and ultimately used her reputation, her connections, and above all her money to help fund John Edwards’s short-lived presidential campaign. She led an American version of a royal court that, over the years, included Jackie Kennedy, Hubert de Givenchy, and I. M. Pei.How Mellon’s character, style, and taste developed together to produce her greatest accomplishments—private and public—is the real subject of this biography.
I'll Be Watching You: True Stories of Stalkers and Their Victims
by Richard GallagherWhat drives one person to become obsessed with another - someone they may never even have met? And what happens when the obsessions of unbalanced misfits, desperate loners and aggrieved ex-partners spiral out of control? Stalking is on the increase - and it isn't only celebrities who become the targets of irrational individuals. Men and women with everyday jobs who lead ordinary lives can just as easily become someone else's obsession. Each year, hundreds of people fall victim to terrifying harrassment by people they may have never met. Richard Gallagher has researched this disturbing phenomenon to provide a serious investigation into this unsettling but intriguing crime. Featuring interviews with victims, police, psychologists - and those who "stalk stalkers" - he has unearthed accounts of obsession and delusion.
I'll Be There for You: The One about Friends
by Kelsey MillerToday, Friends is remembered as an icon of ’90s comedy and the Must See TV years. But when the series debuted in 1994, no one anticipated the sensation it would become. From the first wave of Friends mania to the backlash and renaissance that followed, the show maintained an uncanny connection to its audience, who saw it both as a reflection of their own lives and an aspirational escape from reality. In the years since, Friends has evolved from prime-time megahit to nostalgic novelty, and finally, to certified classic. Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe have entered the pantheon of great television characters, and yet their stories remain relevant still. <p><p> I’ll Be There for You is a deep dive into Friends history and lore, exploring all aspects of the show, from its unlikely origins to the societal conditions that amplified its success. Journalist and pop culture expert Kelsey Miller relives the show’s most powerful moments, sheds light on its sometimes dated and problematic elements, and examines the worldwide trends that Friends catalyzed, from contemporary coffee culture to the wildly popular ’90s haircut The Rachel. Taking readers behind the scenes, Miller traces the cast’s rise to fame and untangles the complex relationship between the actors and their characters. Weaving in revelatory interviews and personal stories, she investigates the role of celebrity media, world-changing events and the dawning of the digital age—all of which influenced both the series and its viewers. <p> I’ll Be There for You is the definitive retrospective of Friends, not only for fans of the series, but for anyone who’s ever wondered what it is about this show—and television comedy—that resonates so powerfully.
I'll Be Seeing You: A Memoir
by Elizabeth BergThe beloved New York Times bestselling author tells the poignant love story of caring for her parents in their final years in this beautifully written memoir.&“I&’ll Be Seeing You moved me and broadened my understanding of the human condition.&”—Wally Lamb, author of I Know This Much Is TrueElizabeth Berg&’s father was an Army veteran who was a tough man in every way but one: He showed a great deal of love and tenderness to his wife. Berg describes her parents&’ marriage as a romance that lasted for nearly seventy years; she grew up watching her father kiss her mother upon leaving home, and kiss her again the instant he came back. His idea of when he should spend time away from her was never.But then Berg&’s father developed Alzheimer&’s disease, and her parents were forced to leave the home they loved and move into a facility that could offer them help. It was time for the couple&’s children to offer, to the best of their abilities, practical advice, emotional support, and direction—to, in effect, parent the people who had for so long parented them. It was a hard transition, mitigated at least by flashes of humor and joy. The mix of emotions on everyone&’s part could make every day feel like walking through a minefield. Then came redemption.I&’ll Be Seeing You charts the passage from the anguish of loss to the understanding that even in the most fractious times, love can heal, transform, and lead to graceful—and grateful—acceptance.
I'll Be Right Back: Parenting with Mental Illness
by Tova FeinmanAre we doomed to repeat the failings of our parents?After a whirlwind romance and marriage, Tova soon found herself pregnant. And she was determined to be the best mother she could be.But then she discovered uncomfortable secrets about her new husband. Tova was thrown out, and left to look after their daughter, Katie on her own.Wracked with memories of her unhappy childhood and suffering with postnatal depression, Tova struggled to be the mother she knew her daughter deserved.And then Katie lost her eyesight, and Tova had to fight the medical establishment and her own inner demons to secure a promising future for her daughter. Which would win, Tova's love for Katie or Tova's mental illness?
I'll Be OK, It's Just A Hole In My Head: A Memoir On Heartbeak And Head Trauma
by Mimi HayesI'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Head: A Memoir on Heartbreak and Head Trauma is a humorous and thoughtful cross between Jill Bolte Taylor's My Stroke of Insight and Jenny Lawson's Furiously Happy. Shocking and funny, Hayes' memoir shares the true story of a sudden brain hemorrhage at the age of twenty-two - and the heartache and strength that it took to overcome it. .
I'll Be OK, It's Just A Hole In My Head: A Memoir On Heartbeak And Head Trauma
by Mimi HayesI'll Be OK, It's Just a Hole in My Head: A Memoir on Heartbreak and Head Trauma is a humorous and thoughtful cross between Jill Bolte Taylor's My Stroke of Insight and Jenny Lawson's Furiously Happy. Shocking and funny, Hayes' memoir shares the true story of a sudden brain hemorrhage at the age of twenty-two - and the heartache and strength that it took to overcome it. .
I'll Be Home: The Writings of Jim McGrath (Excelsior Editions)
by Jim McGrathThe winner of more awards than any editorial writer in the Albany Times Union's history, Jim McGrath was both an Albany institution and a keen observer of the world beyond his beloved adopted city. When he died in 2013 at the age of fifty-six, the newspaper lost a writer who combined a passionate advocacy for society's most vulnerable people with a scathing disregard for the elite whose actions created an underclass in the United States. His writing was often elegiac, but his take on his adopted home state of New York and his beloved Albany was variously bemused, witty, irreverent, and indignant. He could relate to the plight of the minimum-wage worker as easily as he could talk to a US senator, and he feared no one. His editorials and commentaries charted many of the most critical issues in New York and the country: the death penalty, civil liberties, gay rights, historic presidential campaigns, the economy, terrorism, and more—all with an incisiveness that remains relevant, if not more so, in the present political era.In addition to his editorials and op-eds, I'll Be Home contains essays, critiques, and other writings that have never before been published, as well as appraisals of his work and life by former colleagues Rex Smith, Fred LeBrun, Dan Lynch, and others. The book is both a tribute to a memorable newspaperman and an insider's perspective on politics and life through the lens of an editorial writer, a position that Jim described as "a great seat at a really weird show."
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
by Gillian Flynn Patton Oswalt Michelle McNamara<P>A masterful true crime account of the Golden State Killer—the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California for over a decade—from Michelle McNamara, the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case. For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. <P>Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was. <P>At the time of the crimes, the Golden State Killer was between the ages of eighteen and thirty, Caucasian, and athletic—capable of vaulting tall fences. He always wore a mask. After choosing a victim—he favored suburban couples—he often entered their home when no one was there, studying family pictures, mastering the layout. He attacked while they slept, using a flashlight to awaken and blind them. Though they could not recognize him, his victims recalled his voice: a guttural whisper through clenched teeth, abrupt and threatening. <P>I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Framed by an introduction by Gillian Flynn and an afterword by her husband, Patton Oswalt, the book was completed by Michelle’s lead researcher and a close colleague. Utterly original and compelling, it is destined to become a true crime classic—and may at last unmask the Golden State Killer. <P><b> A New York Times Bestseller</b>
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
by Michelle McNamara<P><P>The haunting true story of the elusive serial rapist turned murderer who terrorized California during the 70s and 80s, and of the gifted journalist who died tragically while investigating the case—which was solved in April 2018. <br>Introduction by Gillian Flynn • Afterword by Patton Oswalt <P><P>For more than ten years, a mysterious and violent predator committed fifty sexual assaults in Northern California before moving south, where he perpetrated ten sadistic murders. Then he disappeared, eluding capture by multiple police forces and some of the best detectives in the area. <P><P>Three decades later, Michelle McNamara, a true crime journalist who created the popular website TrueCrimeDiary.com, was determined to find the violent psychopath she called "the Golden State Killer." Michelle pored over police reports, interviewed victims, and embedded herself in the online communities that were as obsessed with the case as she was. <P><P>I’ll Be Gone in the Dark—the masterpiece McNamara was writing at the time of her sudden death—offers an atmospheric snapshot of a moment in American history and a chilling account of a criminal mastermind and the wreckage he left behind. It is also a portrait of a woman’s obsession and her unflagging pursuit of the truth. Utterly original and compelling, it has been hailed as a modern true crime classic—one which fulfilled Michelle's dream: helping unmask the Golden State Killer.
I'll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America's #1 Daytime Drama
by Eric BraedenIn this startling candid and poignant memoir, the legendary Emmy Award-winning star of The Young and The Restless, America's #1 soap opera, chronicles his amazing life, from his birth in World War II Germany to his arrival in America to his rise to humanitarian and daytime superstar for the past thirty-five years.For nearly four decades, fans have welcomed the star of television’s number-one daytime show, The Young and the Restless, into their living rooms. While they’ve come to know and love the suave Victor Newman, few truly know the man behind the character, the supremely talented Eric Braeden. I'll Be Damned is his story—a startling and uplifting true tale of war, deprivation, determination, fame, and social commitment that spans from Nazi Germany to modern Hollywood. Braeden’s journey from a hospital basement in Kiel to the soundstages of Los Angeles has taught him more about joy, heartbreak, fear, dignity, loss, love, loneliness, exhilaration, courage, persecution, and profound responsibility to the global community than he could have hoped to learn in several lifetimes. Growing up in the years after Germany’s defeat, Braeden knew very little about the atrocities of his parents’ generation, until he arrived in America as a teenager—a discovery that horrified and transformed him. Trying to redress the wrongs of his homeland, he has dedicated his life to humanitarian work—even forming the German American Culture Society—working for decades to show the world that what we share as humans is far more important than what separates us from one another. Told with openness, candor, humor, heart, and occasional raw vulnerability, I’ll Be Damned reveals a man committed to making the world a better, more loving place. Filled with sixteen pages of photos from his decorated life and career, I’ll Be Damned will be a treasured keepsake for Y&R fans, and is an inspiring testament to the goodness within us all.
I'll Be Back Right After This: My Memoir
by Pat O'BrienA New York Times Best seller!Pat O'Brien was a skinny South Dakota kid with long hair, a rock and roll band, divorced parents and an alcoholic father. In all the familiar ways, he was on the road to nowhere until a professor, who envisioned his future as the household name he would soon become, dramatically changed his life.From that day forward Pat's life took turns that were both spectacular and destructive: from the Huntley-Brinkley Report and afternoons at Bobby Kennedy's living room with Muhammad Ali to conversations with six Presidents. He did acid with Timothy Leary, drank with Mickey Mantle, and over the course of a remarkable career up close and personal with the Beatles, The Stones, The Kennedy's, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and virtually every star in Hollywood. In I'LL BE BACK RIGHT AFTER THIS, Pat reveals the highs and lows of the life of a radio and TV broadcaster, spent sharing the mic with the world's rich and famous while battling an infamous public scandal and demons that nearly killed him. With laughter, tears and miracles he reveals how he learned to accept his mistakes, find redemption and become the father he never had, proving there really are second and even third acts in life.
Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist (Hopkins Studies in Modernism)
by Johanna DruckerA captivating portrait of futurist artist Iliazd infused with the reflections of his accidental biographer on the stickiness of the genre.The poet Ilia Zdanevich, known in his professional life as Iliazd, began his career in the pre-Revolutionary artistic circles of Russian futurism. By the end of his life, he was the publisher of deluxe limited edition books in Paris. The recent subject of major exhibitions in Moscow, his native Tbilisi, New York, and other venues, the work of Iliazd has been prized by bibliophiles and collectors for its exquisite book design and innovative typography. Iliazd collaborated with many major figures of modern art—Pablo Picasso, Sonia Delaunay, Max Ernst, Joán Miro, Natalia Goncharova, and Mikhail Larionov, among others. His 1949 anthology, The Poetry of Unknown Words, was the first international anthology of experimental visual and sound poetry ever published. The list of contributors is a veritable "Who's Who" of avant-garde writing and visual art. And Iliazd's unique hands-on engagement with book production and design makes him the ideal case study for considering the book as a modern art form. Iliazd is the first full-length biography of the poet-publisher, as well as the first comprehensive English-language study of his life and work. Johanna Drucker weaves two stories together: the history of Iliazd's work as a modern artist and poet, and the narrative of the author's encounter with his widow and other figures in the process of researching his biography. Drucker's reflection on what a biographical project entails addresses questions about the relationship between documentary evidence and narrative, between contemporary witnesses and retrospective accounts. Ultimately, Drucker asks how we should understand the connection between the life of an artist and their work. Enriched with photographs from the Iliazd archive and a wealth of primary documents, the book is a vivid account of a unique contributor to modernism—and to the way we continue to reevaluate the history of twentieth-century culture. Accounts of Drucker's research during the mid-1980s in the personal archive of Madame Hélène Zdanevich, the poet's widow, lend the narrative an incredible intimacy. Drucker recounts how, sitting in the studio that Iliazd occupied from the late 1930s until his death in 1975, she was drawn into the circle of scholars who had made him their focus and were doing foundational work on his significance. She also coped with the difference between the widow's view of the artist as a man she loved and Drucker's own perception of Iliazd's significance within a critical approach to history. Iliazd is at once a rich study of a significant figure and a thoughtful reflection on the way a biography creates an encounter with its always absent subject.
Ilango Adigal
by M. VaradarajanThe book about Ilango Adigal a great Tamil poet, who was instrumental in the creation of silappathikaram, one of the five great epics of South India.
Ilan Ramon: Israel's First Astronaut
by Tanya Lee StoneStone tells of the first Israeli, Ilan Ramon, to travel to space.
Il Volo del Rondone (Italian translation of "Flight of the Rondone"): La lotta per salvare la vita di mio figlio: autobiografia di un neanche diplomato in lotta contro le multinazionali del farmaco
by Patrick GirondiIl volo del Rondone racconta una storia caratterizzata dall&’ascesa &“dalle stalle alle stelle&” che il New York Times ha indicato come &“merita gli schermi televisivi&”. L&’autore, che non si è neanche diplomato, è soprannominato &“U carnveil&” (il circo camminante) per il suo spirito e la sua natura bizzarra. Patrick Girondi inizia la sua carriera lucidando scarpe per strada, rubando pezzi d&’auto e fuggendo da situazioni pericolose ingannando anche la polizia di Chicago. La sua storia vincente diventa così famosa da essere raccontata al &“The Oprah Winfrey Show&”. Il suo destino si trasforma velocemente quando suo figlio, Santino, venne diagnosticato con una malattia del sangue. Girondi, alla ricerca di una cura, attraversa tragedie e sconfinate implicazioni nel mondo della terapia genica. Girondi scrive: &“Sono stato strangolato, sparato, fuggito da più di venti arresti e dileguato da tre cacce alle streghe dell&’FBI; sono passato dal lavorare ai porti, alla Borsa di Chicago. Vedrò mio figlio curato. Quanto può essere difficile?&” Dopo decenni di lotte, è riuscito a portare alla luce il primo lotto commerciale di un vettore impiegato nel campo della terapia genica con alte potenzialità di curare l&’anemia falciforme e la talassemia. Ancora, la riuscita della cura – edel destino del figlio – èin pericolo a causa dei camici bianchi, morti misteriose e banchieri di Wall Street spietati. Questa è una storia di amore, una sfida contro le probabilità o, come dice Girondi, pura fortuna. È un racconto crudo e reale con una piccola considerazione del bon ton.
Il Salotto Della Contessa Maffei
by Raffello BarbieraPortrait of Countess Clara Maffei, Milanese noblewoman during the Italian 'Risorgimento' and of the historical figures who surrounded her remarkable life. (Text in Italian)
Il salone degli artisti esiliati in California
by Núria AñóIl salone degli artisti esiliati in California è una biografia di Salka Viertel, un’attrice ebrea che emigrò a Hollywood e fu popolarmente conosciuta come la sceneggiatrice dell’attrice svedese Greta Garbo. Inoltre, era proprietaria di un salone a Santa Monica (California), frequentato da molti intellettuali europei in esilio. Salka Viertel fu una donna molto moderna e singolare che si merita un riconoscimento. Nel libro affiorano temi come la presunta bisessualità di Salka Viertel e la quantità di amici rinomati che aveva, per citarne qualcuno Albert Einstein, Charles Chaplin, Sergei Eisenstein, F. W. Murnau, Max Reinhardt, Arnold Schönberg, Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Greta Garbo, Montgomery Clift... Come Gertrude Stein e altre donne celebri, possedeva un salone letterario per il quale passarono molti scrittori, tra cui Truman Capote, Christopher Isherwood, Gore Vidal e molti altri. Altri temi che troviamo sono la Berlino degli anni’20; il passaggio dal cinema muto a quello parlato visto dalla mecca di Hollywood; l’ascesa di Hitler e le conseguenze che ebbe per il popolo ebraico; l’esilio di intellettuali che non potevano tornare ai loro paesi a causa della Seconda guerra mondiale; la Guerra fredda e la caccia alle streghe contro il comunismo. Lo sfondo della vita di Salka Viertel e della sua cerchia di amici comprende i grandi eventi del XX secolo. Grazie a questo progetto, l’autrice ha ottenuto le borse di soggiorno SWP (Cina, 2016) e BCWT (Svezia, 2017). "Lo considero un racconto molto interessante e ancora molto attuale ai giorni nostri, dato che ai miei occhi non abbiamo fatto molti progressi nella questione di accettazione dei “sentimenti interpersonali” in generale. Un grande libro, estremamente interessante, sull’Hollywood degli anni’30 e’40 e l’influenza di artisti da paesi europei come Germania, Aust
Il Romanzo dei Rimpianti
by Leroy VincentIl Romanzo dei Rimpianti è un libro pieno di storie vere di racconti di persone reali che hanno perso delle opportunità nelle loro storie d'amore. è un'ottima lettura per tutti coloro che volessero ricordare i loro rimpianti.
Il mio viaggio attraverso l'occidente (Autobiografia)
by Wael El-Manzalawy Mattia BarattoEro molto interessato alla politica ed alle notizie. Ed il risultato fu che sentivo che tutte le persone occidentali ci odiavano. Dato che generalizzare è un errore molto comune, ne fui vittima: ascoltavo le notizie e generalizzavo il mio sentire che tutti gli occidentali ci odiassero e volessero distruggere i nostri paesi. Fin dal 2003, ho cominciato ad usare Internet. Ho avuto a che fare con tante persone occidentali. E gradualmente i miei sentimenti sono cambiati. Vi invito a leggere questo libro e scoprire il mio viaggio attraverso il mondo occidentale.
Il mio nazista preferito: Il mito di Albert Speer, il nazista buono.
by Lazaro DroznesIl mio nazista preferito. Il mito di Albert Speer, il nazista buono. La storia del gerarca nazista che si salvò dalla forca al processo di Norimberga. Albert Speer, uno dei principali gerarchi nazisti, fu architetto di Hitler e Ministro della Produzione di Armamenti. Fu responsabile della deportazione e della morte di milioni di lavoratori schiavi che furono obbligati a lavorare in condizioni degradanti nelle industrie belliche. Si stima che furono usati 14 milioni di lavoratori contro la loro volontà per aumentare di 4 volte la produzione di armamenti durante la gestione di Albert Speer. Grazie a questo enorme incremento della produzione la Germania fu in grado di sostenere il conflitto per altri due anni. Questa estensione del conflitto comportò, come conseguenza, vari milioni di vittime che avrebbero potuto essere evitate. Nonostante la sua responsabilità diretta per la morte di milioni di lavoratori schiavi e di prigionieri di guerra, Albert Speer evitò miracolosamente la condanna alla forca, che invece ricevettero i suoi compagni nazisti sottoposti al processo a Norimberga. Albert Speer fu l'unico nazista a mostrare un qualche tipo di pentimento e ad accettare la responsabilità condivisa per le atrocità commesse durante il regime nazista. Speer fu condannato solo a 20 anni di detenzione nel carcere di Spandau, pena che scontò pienamente fino all'ultimo giorno. All'uscita di prigione pubblicò un libro di memorie che divenne un best seller mondiale, ebbe una grande ripercussione mediatica e lo fece diventare un uomo ricco. Alla luce del suo pentimento e della sua accettazione delle responsabilità è spesso definito in modo ironico come "il nazista buono". Acquista questo libro per scoprire le strategie che Albert Speer utilizzò per salvarsi dalla forca e per diventare il nazista preferito di tutto il mondo!
Il lento fluire della Garonna
by J. L. F. Lambert Jessica LioneNel'imperturbabile periferia di Bordeaux vive una vedova pensionata, una signora qualunque, tranquilla e solitaria come i suoi vicini. La sua mente perfettamente lucida, ma incapace di oltrepassare le porte dell'eternità, è rivolta prevalentemente al passato che la porta inevitabilmente a porsi delle domande. È in questo modo che un dilemma di più di sessant'anni ritorna a popolare le notti della signora Hébert al punto di renderla prigioniera di un labirinto di ricordi agrodolci. Stanca di ripercorrere gli incidenti di un percorso del quale non è possibile cambiare nulla, ex insegnante, decide di tramandare, attraverso gli avvenimenti della sua gioventù, la sua biografia a scopo esemplificativo. Dopo un primo tentativo di biografia non riuscito, proverà ancora una volta ad aprirsi a un estraneo, il narratore. Al di là dei suoi amori appena sfiorati, la signora Hébert ripercorrerà ancora una volta quell'anno, il 1943, momento cardine della sua posizione sociale, alla base del suo malessere, vale a dire una decisone affrontata nella maniera sbagliata, basandosi su valori che promettevano "L'Infinito", una scelta esistenziale condizionata dalla sua infanzia. Finirà per rifugiarsi in ricordi misurati, anche se la natura, a modo suo, continuerà a custodire quello che è stato e quello che avrebbe potuto essere, pur lasciandole la possibilita di dare un ultimo contributo, simbolo della sua situazione.
Il Lamento dell'immigrato
by Martina Fattore Mois Benarroch"Il lamento dell'immigrato" è stato pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1994 in ebraico. La poesia di Benarroch è stata tradotta in una dozzina di lingue, incluse l'urdu e il cinese. Julia Uceda considera la sua poesia detentrice della memoria del mondo, mentre Jose Luis Garcia Martin ritiene che i suoi versi vadano ben oltre la poesia e che siano dei veri e propri documenti. ""Se dovessi scegliere qualcuno da nominare per il Premio Nobel, sicuramente concorrerebbe anche lui." Klaus Gerken, editore di Ygdrasil. La sua fama cresce constantemente e i suoi libri sono stati pubblicati in Spagna, Israele e Stati Uniti d'America. Benarroch è stato insignito del Prime Minister Literary Prize nel 2008 e del Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize nel 2012.
Il Dottore: The Double Life of a Mafia Doctor
by Ron FelberIl Dottore is based on the true story of a Jewish kid from the Bronx, who, through a series of circumstances, became a mafia insider and physician to top New York Mafia Dons such as John Gotti, Carlo Gambino, Paul Castellano, and Joe Bonanno. As a result, the doctor began leading a double life: a well respected surgeon (then working at Manhattan's Mount Sinai Hospital) and socialite by day, and Il Dottore, a gambling and sex addict by night. As a result of his relationship to the mafia, the doctor was welcomed into an exciting and often glamorous underworld, which included disco, drugs, high-stakes gambling, and, of course, beautiful women.