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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"While many know of the great Christian bishop St. Augustine of Hippo, few consider the deeply influential women in his life. Drawing upon their depictions in his startlingly intimate memoir, the Confessions, it becomes clear that Augustine's canonical Western text goes beyond autobiography to reveal a history of the Classical World as seen through the eyes of women. More than an iconic figurehead, Augustine was also a young man torn between the pangs...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Originally published in 2015, this definitive biography, now released in its entirety after the great novelist’s death in 2020, reveals a hitherto-hidden perspective on the life and work of the spy-turned-author and a masterful meditation on the complex relationship between biography and subject.
Publisher
Momentum Pictures
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
It's 1891, Gauguin has exiled himself to Tahiti in order to rediscover his painting, far from the moral, political, and visual codes of civilized Europe. He goes deep into the jungle, managing solitude, poverty, and sickness. He meets Tehura, who will become his wife, and the theme of his greatest paintings.
10) Биография любви. Нина Шацкая. Актерская книга = Biografiia liubvi. Nina Shatskaia. Akterskaia kniga
Author
Publisher
AST
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Russian
Description
Late Leonid Filatov was one of the most popular and beloved actors of our times. In this remarkable and richly illustrated book, his wife, Nina Shatskaia, remembers his great talent, their immense love, and the horribleness of losing him.
Эта книга — своего рода хранилище, где собрано все самое дорогое, и это прежде всего Ленины записки, телеграммы, письма,...
Author
Series
Sally Hemings series volume 1
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2009, c1979
Language
English
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"An intimate look at the life of Steve Jobs by the mother of his first child and a complement to Walter Isaacson's biography, providing rare insight into Jobs's formative, lesser-known years. Steve Jobs was a remarkable man who wanted to unify the world through technology. For him, the point was to set people free with tools to explore their own unique creativity. Chrisann Brennan knows this better than anyone. She met him in high school, at a time...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
A study of the life and reign of King Louis XIV from the perspective of his intimate relationships with the women in his life, from his mother, Anne of Austria, and his official queen, Marie-Thérèse, to his many mistresses.
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