Biographies & Memoirs
The Accidental President of Brazil: A Memoir
Friday, June 3rd, 2011The Accidental President of Brazil: A Memoir Description Fernando Henrique Cardoso received a phone call in the middle of the night and asked him to be the new Minister of Finance of Brazil. When he hung up and stared into the darkness of his hotel, he feared he had been condemned to political death. The [...]
LAFD FF/PM: Memoirs of an “Outside Dog.”
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011LAFD FF/PM: Memoirs of an “Outside Dog.” Description Non-fiction. My life in the city of Los Angeles Fire as a firefighter / paramedic and is now captain. It is not as glamorous as you may well believe. At times it can be really crazy and surreal, and however when the bell rings, we walk toward [...]
Deshonrada/ In the Name of Honor: A Memoir (Actualidad) (Spanish Edition)
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Deshonrada/ In the Name of Honor: A Memoir (Actualidad) (Spanish Edition) Description Thought for the period of 100 most influential men and women in the world. Testimony cooling deepest levels of human cruelty, the testimony of Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani woman, 28 years. In 2002 she was sentenced to a tribal council Meerwala to endure [...]
Adios, Havana: A Memoir
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011Adios, Havana: A Memoir Description Havana. . . rumba melodious, cafe con leche, the sultry sea breezes. Sparkling white sand beaches in the day, the nightclubs after dark flashing. This sophisticated and international capital has been the crown jewel of an island paradise, until the idealism that fueled the Cuban revolution has resulted in a [...]
Hollywood: A Third Memoir
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011Hollywood: A Third Memoir Description “One thing I always liked about Hollywood is its zip, or speed. The entire industry depends partly on the skill of observation. The hundreds of agents, managers, studios and producers roaming the streets of Los Angeles supplies small in the way of talent go “In the last part of the [...]
Born to Lose: Memoirs of a Compulsive Gambler
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011Born to Lose: Memoirs of a Compulsive Gambler Description “My game’s story actually began just before my birth.” Therefore, the bill opens Lee himself told the story of gambling addiction, which is situated in San Francisco’s Chinatown and steeped in a culture where it is not unusual for players to lose their children intervention. To [...]
Jackals’ Wedding: A Memoir of a Childhood in British India
Wednesday, June 1st, 2011Jackals’ Wedding: A Memoir of a Childhood in British India Description Jackals marriage, my story of a family history in India, the country of my birth, tells the story of a history of confusing contradictions. “Tigers and oil, and tea is all I don’t forget,” Once I happily answered an Indian professor who took me [...]
Memoirs: Hans Jonas (Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry)
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Memoirs: Hans Jonas (Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry) Description As Hans Jonas died in 1993 at age 89, he was revered among American scholars specializing in European philosophy, but his thoughts had not yet made substantial inroads into a wider audience. In Germany, however, in the 1980s, when Jonathan was himself [...]
Like Family: Growing Up in Other People’s Houses, a Memoir
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011Like Family: Growing Up in Other People’s Houses, a Memoir Description The very first book of the author of the bestselling Paris New York Times wife is a potent and haunting memory of the year, she and her two sisters spent as foster young children. At the beginning of the 70th, following being abandoned by [...]
Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet (A Biography)
Monday, May 30th, 2011Joseph Smith: The Generating of a Prophet (A Biography) Description If the first vision of Joseph did not get any attention from his father, was the reason. Contrary to the vision of Jesus as utilised in the visionary heritage of his mother, became Joseph 1823 tale of symbols discovered in Joseph Sr. World – seeing [...]