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Querido Noah: Una historia real de amor y lucha en el corazón de África
by Conchín FernándezYo me enamoré en África. He estado allí, en esos mismos bosques, en ese mismo río, bajo ese mismo sol, empapándome bajo esa misma lluvia cálida torrencial que acompaña la caída del sol. Por eso te escribo, hijo mío, para que conozcas tu historia, que comienza con la mía. Cuando el Padre Amable propone a una joven presentadora de TVE viajar al Congo para rodar un documental sobre su misión, ella no puede imaginar que su vida va a dar un giro radical. En aquel poblado conoce el sufrimiento de una sociedad ancestral condenada al olvido, pero también comienza su particular romance con un río, una selva y una tierra: África. A su vuelta a Madrid, el reportaje se emite en el Canal 24 Horas y provoca una oleada de donativos. Pero ella ya no es la misma persona. Las aguas del inmenso y misterioso río Congo se han adentrado en sus venas y siente que no puede seguir con su vida acomodada. Decide abandonar los focos de la actualidad diaria y regresa de nuevo al África negra, aunque esta vez a la orilla opuesta, a Kinshasa, donde lo último que espera es encontrar al amor de su vida. Basada en la experiencia real de la autora, Querido Noah es un relato cautivador que nos sumerge en un mundo desconocido y apasionante, con una conmovedora historia de amor que tiene a las orillas del río Congo como testigos de excepción.
Querido Scott, querida Zelda: Las cartas de amor entre Zelda y F. Scott Fitzgerald
by Zelda Fitzgerald Francis Scott FitzgeraldLa correspondencia «excepcionalmente conmovedora» (Booklist) de una pareja literaria icónica «Zelda escribe con una prosa directa y apasionada; Francis, con un estilo poético que recuerda a su ficción. El resultado es un relato fascinante de su historia de amor, lleno de anhelo y pasión, angustia y traición. [...] Estas cartas retratan una conexión singular y enigmática.»Paul Alexander, The Washington Post En 1918, en una fiesta en el club de campo de Montgomery (Alabama), se conocieron Francis Scott Fitzgerald, el joven escritor, y Zelda Sayre, una belleza sureña muy alejada de la imagen apocada de las mujeres de su época: audaz, original e inteligente, llegaría a convertirse en un icono de los años veinte. La pareja se casó en Nueva York en 1920, una semana después de la publicación de la primera novela de Scott, A este lado del paraíso, que se agotó en tres días. Con este rotundo éxito iniciaron una relación marcada por la celebridad, los excesos, la adicción de él al alcohol y el periplo de ella por distintas instituciones psiquiátricas. Excéntricos y hedonistas, llevaron al límite un amor errático y salvaje. Su correspondencia, que en buena parte se mantuvo inédita hasta la publicación de este libro, es la historia de una pasión enfermiza entre dos seres vulnerables que eran incapaces, muy a su pesar, de vivir el uno sin el otro. La crítica ha dicho:«Si leéis este libro que sea por Zelda: [...] una observadora divertida y dura de su propia vida cuyas cartas se leen como si fuesen pequeños monólogos. [...] No tiene opiniones convencionales ni usa expresiones hechas. Todo lo que escribe y piensa es original, mordaz y ligeramente inquietante.»Parul Sehgal, The New York Times «Una delicia literaria.»Silvia López, El País «Puro y hermoso. Leyendo las cartas de Zelda te enamoras de ella.»The Washington Post «Un retrato conmovedor de una historia de amor compleja y profunda.»Publishers Weekly «Una bendición para cualquier lector.»Kirkus Reviews «Esta correspondencia excepcionalmente conmovedora muestra a dos almas apasionadas y creativas que lucharon contra las despiadadas exigencias del imperativo artístico.»Booklist «Un retrato valioso y emotivo de su compleja relación.»The Baltimore Sun «Zelda escribe con una prosa directa y apasionada; Francis, con un estilo poético que recuerda a su ficción. El resultado es un relato fascinante de su historia de amor, lleno de anhelo y pasión, angustia y traición. [...] Estas cartas retratan una conexión singular y enigmática.»Paul Alexander, The Washington Post
Querido Scott, querida Zelda: Las cartas de amor entre Zelda y F. Scott Fitzgerald
by J. BryerPocas parejas hay tan famosas y escandalosas en la historia de la literatura como Zelda Sayre y Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Jackson R. Bryer y Cathy W. Barks han llevado a cabo una selección de las cartas, buena parte de ellas inéditas hasta ahora, que el autor de El gran Gatsby y su esposa se cruzaron a lo largo de los años. Desde el inocente y feliz noviazgo, pasando por los claroscuros de su matrimonio en los años veinte y el periplo de Zelda por distintas instituciones psiquiátricas, esta correspondencia es la historia de una pasión enfermiza entre dos seres vulnerables que no podían vivir el uno sin el otro, a pesar de sí mismos. Por estas páginas desfilan además todos los personajes de la época, los que conformaron la llamada «generación perdida», y nos permiten explorar la intimidad de uno de los grandes escritores norteamericanos del siglo XX.
Querido diario. Una historia real
by Luis CorbachoLuis conoció a Patricio en una red social. Antes de siquiera encontrarse, Patricio le aclaró que estaba casado con una mujer y que con varones sólo tenía sexo ocasional. Luego de la primera cita se enamoraron. Y eso termina siendo un problema. Expectativas, promesas y desilusiones son la antesala a un despecho que se convierte en venganza. Casi como una catarsis, Luis Corbacho cuenta una de sus últimas historias de amor con la frescura y la desfachatez que lo caracterizan. No disimula nada. Solo cambió el nombre de uno de los protagonistas. Y logra, de manera magistral, mostrar lo complejo, lo intenso y lo efímero de los vínculos gay, que no por eso dejan de ser verdaderos.
Queridos camaradas: Una vida
by Javier ReverteUn libro imprescindible para recordar a un escritor inolvidable. Javier Reverte, el gran viajero y escritor, ponía rumbo a su última travesía el 31 de octubre de 2020. Tan solo unos días antes entregaba a sus editores estas páginas en las que había trabajado los últimos quince años, reuniendo en ellas recuerdos y reflexiones sobre la vida, los viajes y la escritura, sus grandes pasiones. Una memoria feliz y luminosa que arranca en la infancia, «verdadera patria del hombre» en palabras de su admirado Rilke; recorre sus años de juventud, en los que nació su compromiso con la política y el periodismo; su etapa como corresponsal, en la que cubrió conflictos como el irlandés o la guerra de Bosnia y su descubrimiento de África, el continente que le abrió para siempre el camino de la literatura y la aventura. Volvía a mirarlo todo con los ojos del niño y sentía que llenaba la vida con «el sentido infantil del juego», como pedía John DosPassos. Percibía que mi existencia estaba siendo trazada por lo que anhelé cuando era un crío que soñaba con aventuras, al tiempo que alentaba la conciencia de que, si me inclinaba hacia otra manera de ser, en la vejez lo lamentaría. Quería que el pequeño Javier se sintiera orgulloso del anciano Reverte. La crítica ha dicho...«Fue nuestro hombre en África, el que nos llevó a muchos por primera vez al continente negro de la mano de los grandes clásicos, y nunca se lo agradeceremos bastante. [...] Fundía como nadie viaje e historia, la experiencia personal y la de los grandes exploradores y escritores.»Jacinto Antón, El País «Instauró en España la literatura de viajes como género habitual de un profesional del periodismo con un dominio impecable del lenguaje y con el rigor de una formación humanista severa.»Joaquín Bardavío, ABC «Su nombre es sinónimo del tipo de viaje concebido como un producto de artesanía emocional, donde cada detalle adquiere una dimensión íntima y el tiempo se dilata casi hasta detenerse, deslumbrando al viajero con el espejismo de esa inmortalidad perdida de la niñez.»TVE «Infatigable viajero, sagaz cronista y embajador por derecho del apasionamiento literario.»La Razón
Quest
by Stephen L. Carman Bob OwenSteve Carman was a firm believer--but not in God. He believed instead in the reality of scientific facts. As a member of the engineering team that had worked on the ill-fated Apollo I space project, Steve Carman knew all too well the years of dreams and work--and the lives of three men--going up in flames. Yet his faith in empirical facts remained solid, as did his assertion that God existed only in the minds of the uneducated. But Steve and his wife, Joan, felt that their lives lacked something. Together they attended a church and read parts of the Bible. All they found was a list of seemingly unanswerable questions--"Pastor Stumpers," they called them. They found it difficult to accept religion when none of it seemed to make any logical sense! If God was real, they thought, he was just going to have to prove himself....
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 11–15
by Deborah Cowley Lian Goodall Marguerite Paulin Francine Legaré Gary EvansPresenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: longtime Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King; Quebec premier and separatist René Lévesque; the explorer of Quebec, Samuel de Champlain; National Film Board founder John Grierson; and medical humanitarian Lucille Teasdale. Includes William Lyon Mackenzie King Réne Lévesque Samuel de Champlain John Grierson Lucille Teasdale
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 11–20
by Heather Kirk Deborah Cowley Lian Goodall Marguerite Paulin Francine Legaré Gary Evans Tom Shardlow Anne Cimon André VanassePresenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. <P><P>The important Canadian lives detailed here are: influential politicians Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and Premiers René Lévesque and Maurice Duplessis; intrepid explorers Samuel de Champlain and David Thompson; National Film Board founder John Grierson; medical humanitarian Lucille Teasdale; and renowned writers Mazo de la Roche, Susanna Moodie, and Gabrielle Roy. Includes Willam Lyon Mackenzie King René Lévesque Maurice Duplessis Samuel de Champlain David Thompson John Grierson Lucille Teasdale Susanna Moodie Gabrielle Roy Mazo de la Roche
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 16–20
by Heather Kirk Marguerite Paulin Tom Shardlow Anne Cimon André VanassePresenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: influential Quebec Premier Maurice Duplessis; intrepid explorer of Western Canada, David Thompson; the author of the Jalna novels, Mazo de la Roche; wilderness chronicler Susanna Moodie; and award-winning novelist Gabrielle Roy. Includes Maurice Duplessis David Thompson Mazo de la Roche Susanna Moodie Gabrielle Roy
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–10: Emma Albani / Emily Carr / George Grant / Jacques Plante / John Diefenbaker / John Franklin / Marshall McLuhan / Phyllis Munday / Wilfrid Laurier / Nellie McClung
by John Wilson Arthur Slade Kathryn Bridge Roderick Stewart T. F. Rigelhof Vladimir Konieczny Darcy Dunton Michelle Labrèche-Larouche Raymond Plante Kate Braid Judith Fitzgerald Margaret MacphersonPresenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; influential Prime Ministers John Diefenbaker and Sir Wilfrid Laurier; John Franklin, while not a Canadian, an explorer whose demise in the Arctic is an important part of Canada’s historical identity; Marshall McLuhan, the academic who predicted so much of the modern media world we live in today; mountaineer and explorer Phyllis Munday; and early feminist icon Nellie McClung. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Marshall McLuhan Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier Nellie McClung
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 1–5
by Arthur Slade T. F. Rigelhof Vladimir Konieczny Darcy Dunton Michelle Labrèche-Larouche Raymond Plante Kate BraidPresenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. <P><P>The important Canadian lives detailed here are: Emma Albani, a nineteenth century opera singer from Quebec who became a diva of the musical world; Emily Carr, the artist famous for capturing the essence in her paintings of the Native cultures of the coast of British Columbia; George Grant, a prescient political philosopher and author of Lament for a Nation; star NHL goalie Jacques Plante, the first netminder to don a protective mask; and honest Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, who led Canada in the late fifties and early sixties. <P><P> Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–25
by Sharon Stewart Tom Henighan Nicholas Maes Julie H. Ferguson Wayne LarsenPresenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. <P><P>The important Canadian lives detailed here are: firebrand Metis leader Louis Riel; landscape painter James Wilson Morrice; Arctic explorer and ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson; revered novelist Robertson Davies; and the “Father of British Columbia,” James Douglas. <P><P> Includes Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 21–30
by Edward Butts Sharon Stewart Tom Henighan Peggy Dymond Leavey Nicholas Maes Julie H. Ferguson Valerie Knowles Wayne Larsen D. T. LaheyPresenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson Morrice; explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; frontiersman Simon Girty; railway baron William C. Van Horne; early politicians George Simpson and James Douglas; revolutionary Metis leader Louis Riel; writer Robertson Davies; and early movie star Mary Pickford. Includes Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 26–30
by Edward Butts Peggy Dymond Leavey Valerie Knowles Wayne Larsen D. T. LaheyPresenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: nineteenth century railway builder William C. Van Horne; early nineteenth century governor and fur baron George Simpson; legendary Group of Seven-associated landscape painter Tom Thomson; intrepid early frontiersman Simon Girty; and Canada’s first world-famous movie star, Mary Pickford. Includes William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford
Quest Biographies Bundle — Books 31–35: Harriet Tubman / Laura Secord / Joey Smallwood / Prince Edward, Duke of Kent / John A. Macdonald
by Ged Martin Peggy Dymond Leavey Nathan Tidridge Rosemary Sadlier Ray Argyle Brigadier-General, The Hon. J.J. GrantPresenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: legendary Underground Railroad leader Harriet Tubman; Laura Secord, heroine of the War of 1812; Newfoundland politician Joey Smallwood, the final Father of Confederation; Prime Minister John A. Macdonald, the primary founder of Canada; and onetime governor general Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, an important figure in Canada’s early development. Includes Harriet Tubman Laura Secord Joey Smallwood Prince Edward, Duke of Kent John A. Macdonald
Quest Biography 35-Book Bundle: Marshall McLuhan, Nellie McClung, René Lévesque and many more
by Edward Butts John Wilson Arthur Slade Kathryn Bridge Sharon Stewart Roderick Stewart Heather Kirk Ged Martin T. F. Rigelhof Tom Henighan Peggy Dymond Leavey Nathan Tidridge Rosemary Sadlier Nicholas Maes Ray Argyle Julie H. Ferguson Valerie Knowles Deborah Cowley Wayne Larsen Michelle Labrèche-Larouche Raymond Plante Kate Braid Judith Fitzgerald Margaret Macpherson Lian Goodall Marguerite Paulin Francine Legaré Gary Evans Tom Shardlow Anne Cimon André Vanasse D. T. LaheyThis special bundle contains the first thirty-five books in the Quest Biography series, which profiles the lives of Canadians who have had a profound effect on their country and the world. Some of these figures are truly famous, while others were quietly influential. Among the wide variety of people we meet are: prime ministers (Mackenzie King, Macdonald, Laurier, and more); artists (Emily Carr, Tom Thomson); explorers (David Thompson, Samuel de Champlain), politicians (René Lévesque, Joey Smallwood), writers (Robertson Davies, Gabrielle Roy), entertainers (Emma Albani, Mary Pickford), activists (Nellie McClung, Louis Riel, Harriet Tubman), and many, many more. Let this series be your primer on the greatest figures in Canadian history. Includes Emma Albani Emily Carr George Grant Jacques Plante John Diefenbaker John Franklin Phyllis Munday Wilfrid Laurier William Lyon Mackenzie King René Lévesque Samuel de Champlain John Grierson Lucille Teasdale Maurice Duplessis David Thompson Mazo de la Roche Susanna Moodie Gabrielle Roy Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford Harriet Tubman Laura Secord Joey Smallwood Prince Edward, Duke of Kent John A. Macdonald Marshall McLuhan
Quest for Eternal Sunshine: A Holocaust Survivor's Journey from Darkness to Light
by Myra Goodman Mendek RubinQuest for Eternal Sunshine chronicles the triumphant, true story of Mendek Rubin, a brilliant inventor who overcame both the trauma of the Holocaust and decades of unrelenting depression to live a life of deep peace and boundless joy.Born into a Hassidic Jewish family in Poland in 1924, Mendek grew up surrounded by extreme anti-Semitism. Armed with an ingenious mind, he survived three horrific years in Nazi slave-labor concentration camps while virtually his entire family was murdered in Auschwitz. After arriving in America in 1946—despite having no money or professional skills—his inventions helped revolutionize both the jewelry and packaged-salad industries. Remarkably, Mendek also applied his ingenuity to his own psyche, developing innovative ways to heal his heart and end his emotional suffering.After Mendek died in 2012, his daughter, Myra Goodman, found an unfinished manuscript in which he&’d revealed the intimate details of his healing journey. Quest for Eternal Sunshine—the extraordinary result of a posthumous father-daughter collaboration—tells Mendek&’s whole story and is filled with eye-opening revelations, effective self-healing techniques, and profound wisdom that have the power to transform the way we live our lives.An inspirational biography of a Holocaust survivor overcoming depression and PTSD. An essential new addition to Jewish Holocaust history.
Question 7
by Richard FlanaganAn exquisite, genre-defying new book from the Booker Prize–winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a reckoning with the author&’s life and family, and the role of fiction in our times"A spectacular mixture of fierce energy and then control, care. It is a kind of reckoning, Richard Flanagan with his father and his mother, Tasmania with its past, Japan with its past, the author with himself. It seems to me a book that will have an overwhelming effect on readers.&” —Colm Tóibín, author of Long IslandSometimes I wonder why we keep returning to beginnings—why we seek the single thread we might pull to unravel the tapestry we call our life...By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West&’s affair through 1930s nuclear physics to Flanagan's father working as a slave laborer near Hiroshima when the atom bomb is dropped, this daisy chain of events reaches fission when Flanagan as a young man finds himself trapped in a rapid on a wild river not knowing if he is to live or to die.At once a love song to his island home and to his parents, this hypnotic melding of dream, history, place and memory is about how our lives so often arise out of the stories of others and the stories we invent about ourselves.
Questions for My Father: Finding the Man Behind Your Dad
by Vincent StaniforthI had ample opportunity to ask Dad these questions when he was alive, but it seemed that a million reasons not to do so could always be found. It was a waste of everything Dad had ever seen, done, and thought about not to hear his answers, and I regret not finding out more about him when I had the chance. Questions for My Father was borne of that regret and has one underlying objective: to develop a blueprint for discovery so that children of any age can start to build a clearer, deeper picture of the man behind the word. -- Vincent Staniforth
Questions of Travel: William Morris in Iceland
by Lavinia GreenlawPoet and novelist Lavinia Greenlaw's poetic reflections on William Morris's Icelandic Journal, one of the overlooked masterpieces of travel literatureThe great Victorian designer and decorative artist William Morris was fascinated by Iceland and wrote a book documenting his travels there. He gets caught up with questions of travel, noting his reaction to the idea of leaving or arriving, to hurry and delay, what it means to dread a place you’ve never been to or to encounter the actuality of a long-held vision. He is sensitive to the emotional landscape of his band of travelers and, above all, continuously analyzing and fixing this “most romantic of all deserts.”Lavinia Greenlaw follows in his footsteps, and interposes his prose with her own “questions of travel.” The result is a new and composite work that brilliantly explores our conflicted reasons for not staying at home.
Qui toca aquesta nit?: Una història del rock en 64 concerts
by Ricky Gil GinerViure la música en directe és una experiència brutal. Sortir de casa, travessar la ciutat, arribar al local i saludar els amics. Barrejar-se entre la gent, els llums que s'apaguen, esperar la primera nota, compartir l'excitació. Aquell moment indescriptible en què toquen la teva cançó. Ricky Gil ha viscut molts concerts en primera persona, a dalt de l'escenari amb les seves bandes o com a espectador d'algunes de les figures més monumentals del rock, del blues, del soul, del punk i d'altres gèneres. I a Qui toca aquesta nit? ens convida a reviure'ls amb un gran talent narratiu. Sisa i Melodrama, Ramones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Curtis Mayfield, Gato Pérez, Elvis Costello, PJ Harvey, Toots and the Maytals, Sex Pistols, Els Surfing Sirles, Neil Young o The Pretenders són alguns dels grans noms que protagonitzen aquestes pàgines. Seixanta-quatre concerts des del 1977 fins avui, a sales mítiques barcelonines (del Zeleste a l'Apolo, de la Monumental al Palau d'Esports, del Bikini a l'Studio 54) i també a Londres o a Nova York.«La música que vam estimar s'esvaneix a cada moment, escriu Ricky Gil, però queden per sempre a la memòria aquells instants en què "després de sortir de casa i just abans d'arrancar la Lambretta, tornàvem a preguntar: Qui toca aquesta nit?».
Qui té la voluntat té la força
by Laia SanzDe l’única dona que ha entrat al top 10 del Dakar. Un relat apassionant del ral·li més exigent del món. Laia Sanz basteix un relat apassionant de l'edició del 2015 del Dakar, i l'entrellaça amb mà mestra amb els seus inicis en el món del motor abans i tot de caminar, els anys de formació i d'èxits, i els fets o suports d'on treu la seva inesgotable fortalesa. El lector s'emocionarà en descobrir, en paral·lel al relat de cada una de les tretze etapes del Ral·li, els grans obstacles i les dificultats que la pilot ha trobat al llarg dels anys, així com l'esforç i els moments de superació que l'han portat on és. Com diu un dels lemes que l'han guiat en la seva trajectòria vital, «qui té la voluntat té la força».
Quick, Before the Music Stops: How Ballroom Dancing Saved My Life
by Janet Carlson"I've been dancing steadily since that Valentine's Day. I have taken countless lessons and classes, passed a professional certification exam, done several shows and a competition--yes, dressed in those outrageous gowns and false eyelashes--and then gone back home to the kids, the soccer, the housework, and to work the next day. It hasn't been easy to make room in the schedule for my passion, but I have done it, because I'm certain now that it is necessary for life. This new period is rich--as rich in some ways as having my two children because it has been a kind of birth--but it has also been extraordinarily painful thanks to the self-examination that dancing has provoked in me. And so, because of dance, I can say, unequivocally and gratefully, that I am alive at last." - From Quick, Before the Music Stops"There is no time for regret in dance. You have only now, this moment, for your performance, your glorious movement. Whatever you're going to do, do it now, quick, before the music stops." - Janet CarlsonIn her twenties, Janet Carlson was a successful competitive ballroom dancer, but she abandoned dancing to raise a family and pursue a more conventional profession as an editor for a luxury lifestyle magazine. Twenty years later, she seemed to have it all: two beautiful daughters, a glamorous job, and a handsome, talented husband. Despite all of her successes, she felt a terrible void - her marriage was deeply troubled, and she was somehow withdrawn in the very midst of her own life and the lives of her children. Then, one Valentine's Day, her husband gave her ballroom dancing lessons as a gift, and everything changed. She discovered the joy, passion, and confidence she hadn't realized had gone missing for so long. Over time, Janet discovers that ballroom dancing also contains the secrets to life and love: the give-and-take of dance, two bodies in rhythm and harmony, mirrors the reciprocity of human relationships. Total trust between partners is as vital on the dance floor as it is within a marriage. And yet, both partners - in dance and in life - must stand on their own two feet. The unadulterated joy Janet feels as she intuitively moves to the music speaks to the kind of absolute, whole-body happiness we were born to have. On the dance floor, she finds resolve in the waltz, self-confidence in the tango, and passion in nearly everything. Embracing dance once more allows her to let go of a marriage that was completely out of sync; put more heart and emotion into her work; find more time to truly be with her children; and ultimately rejoice in her intrinsic balance and poise.Told with precision, grace, and painstaking honesty, Quick, Before the Music Stops is the tale of one woman's midlife renewal through dance, and how her newfound empowerment transcends the dance floor and becomes immediate and relevant in every aspect of her life. It shows us how to recognize and celebrate both our strengths and our flaws, reignite passion for the everyday, and how to step from the periphery into the light and surrender to the music.
Quicksand: HIV/AIDS in Our Lives
by Anonymous<P>What is it like to be affected by HIV/AIDS? <P>A moving first-person account offers insight- and basic facts. <P>One day I found out that someone I know- my brother-in-law, Jay- had HIV/AIDS. <P>At the moment I heard his diagnosis, I realized that I had stepped into the quicksand of a new and terrible world -- and I was sinking fast. <P>Weaving together her own story with straightforward questions and answers, the author explains the real ways that HIV/AIDS can be transmitted and explores the common experiences and emotions that might be encountered by friends and family members of someone who has the virus. <P>She also discusses why HIV/AIDS is often still kept a secret and the importance of treating this condition like any other. <P>With up-to-date medical information that has been thoroughly vetted by experts, this first-person narrative offers an invaluable look at what it is like to watch someone you know battle HIV/AIDS.
Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being
by Henning MankellA stunning and poignant autobiographical look at the myriad experiences that shape a meaningful life, by the bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries. In January 2014, Henning Mankell received a diagnosis of lung cancer. Quicksand is a response to this shattering news—but it is not a memoir of destruction. Instead, it is a testament to a life fully lived, a tribute to the extraordinary but fleeting human journey that delivers both boundless opportunity and crucial responsibility. In a series of intimate vignettes, Mankell ranges over rich and varied reflections: of growing up in a small Swedish town, where he experiences a startling revelation on a winter morning as a young boy; of living hand-to-mouth during a summer in Paris as an ambitious young writer; of his work at a theater in Mozambique, where Lysistrata is staged in the midst of civil war; of chance encounters with men and women who changed his understanding of the world. Along the way, Mankell ponders the meaning of a good life, and the critically important ways we can shape the future of humanity if we are fortunate enough to have the choice. Vivid, clear-eyed, and breathtakingly beautiful, Quicksand is an invaluable parting gift from a great man.