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Muhammad of Mecca: Prophet of Islam
by Elsa MarstonChildren's biography of the famous religious leader who changed his culture and the world.
Hildegarda
by Anne Lise Marstrand-JørgensenGANADORA DEL PREMIO WEEKENDAVISEN(«Una novela histórica genuinamente original»), fenómeno de ventas en Dinamarca e Italia: «Una obra monumental sobre la mujer más famosa de la Europa del siglo XII» (Adresseavisen). «Un libro excepcional e intenso: una desgarradora experiencia de lectura. Una gran novela.»Vårt Land (Noruega) Hildegarda de Bingen nace en Bermersheim, en el sur de Alemania, en 1098. Frágil y enferma, los asistentes al parto vaticinan que no pasará de la noche. Pero sobrevivirá, y este no será más que uno de los hitos de su prodigiosa existencia. Desde pequeña tuvo visiones, y a los diez años la recluyeron en un convento. Además de ser poeta, compositora, bióloga y mística, inventó la medicina natural y la cerveza tal como se fabrica hoy, y fue la primera persona en escribir sobre el orgasmo femenino. Esta monja de alta cuna a la que sus miles de seguidores apodarían la Sibila del Rin estuvo al frente del monasterio de Bingen; creó una orden de religiosas vestidas de blanco y sin velo, que durante las oraciones bailaban en círculos con flores en el pelo; se codeó con la nobleza, y arriesgó su vida desafiando a la Iglesia y hasta al emperador Barbarroja. Anne Lise Marstrand-Jørgensen ha escrito una premiada novela biográfica, monumental y conmovedora, sobre una mujer que los historiadores equiparan a san Agustín o Leonardo da Vinci, «una de las grandes heroínas de la Historia, cuyo legado iniciaría la expresión feminista más prematura. [...] Fue un fenómeno irrepetible, de los casi inexistentes que no terminaron en la hoguera» (Eugenia Miras, ABC). La crítica ha dicho...«Una novela histórica genuinamente original, algo completamente nuevo.»Jurado del Premio de Literatura Weekendavisen «Hermosa. Una novela de la Edad Media extravagante como pocas y unretrato psicológico en estado puro.»Dagbladet (Noruega) «Un retrato vibrante, conmovedor, apasionante y atemporal.»Adresseavisen (Noruega) «Magnífica. Nos arrastra de un lado a otro hasta que nos preguntamos adónde se fue el tiempo.»Vårt Land (Noruega) «Una superestrella de la teología. Una obra monumental sobre la mujer más famosa de la Europa del siglo XII.»Maria Årolilja Rø, Adresseavisen (Noruega) «Fue no solo inteligente, sino astuta y manipuladora cuando le convino. Y al igual que otras muchas mujeres a lo largo de la historia, disimuló su talento y su sabiduría detrás de un discurso aplacador de las posibles iras masculinas.»Ángeles Caso
Assault at West Point, The Court Martial of Johnson Whittaker
by John MarszalekIn "Assault at West Point", John F. Marszalek, the highly acclaimed author of "Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order", has written a dramatic account of one of the most momentous trials in American history. Set in the 1880s, this riveting story focuses on Whittaker, a former slave who became the third black to enter West Point. Like his two predecessors, he was ostracized for the entire three years of his training. One morning Whittaker didn't show up for drill. He was found in his room, unconscious, tied tightly to the bed, with blood streaming from his head. In a trial that received major attention from the press, Whittaker was accused of faking the crime to get sympathy from the public and from his professors. Author Marszalek weaves his rich narrative from historical records to tell how Whittaker sought justice against all odds. Now the basis if the Showtime original movie "Assault at West Point", this compelling work brings to life a case that rocked the country and involved the highest reaches of power-- and vividly demonstrates the impact of racism on the fabric of American society.
Hold On with a Bulldog Grip: A Short Study of Ulysses S. Grant
by John F. Marszalek David Nolen Louie Gallo Frank WilliamsIn this new short biography of Ulysses S. Grant, leading scholars provide an accessible introduction to Grant and his legacy. Grant led Federal forces to victory in the Civil War, was the first modern American president, and authored his memoirs, which would eventually become one of the greatest books of nonfiction by an American author. The authors present a thematic exploration of Grant, providing the necessary insight to appreciate Grant and correct the myths that for too long clouded his true importance. They highlight specific moments or relationships in Grant’s life—including his connection to such key figures as Abraham Lincoln and Mark Twain—and elaborate on the more controversial elements of Grant’s legacy, such as accusations about his drinking and corruption during the Grant presidency. Not to overlook his military accomplishments, they devote time to the study of Grant’s war strategy and military career, beginning as early as his reluctant enrollment into West Point. From humble birth to tragic death, this new take on Ulysses S. Grant instills readers with a deeper understanding of the military legend’s nuanced personal history and an appreciation for the late president’s tragic and triumphant story.
Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words (In Their Own Words)
by Marta Evans and Hannah MastersGet inside the head of Michelle Obama: author, lawyer, humanitarian, and the trailblazing first Black woman to serve as the First Lady of the United States. This collection of quotes has been carefully curated from Michelle Obama’s numerous public statements—interviews, books, social media posts, television appearances, and more. It’s a comprehensive picture of her legacy as one of America’s most recognizable and influential women. Now, for the first time, you can find Michelle Obama’s most inspirational, thought-provoking quotes in one place, providing an intimate and direct look into the mind of this beloved first lady.
ConBody: The Revolutionary Bodyweight Prison Boot Camp—Born from an Extraordinary Story of Hope
by Coss Marte Brandon Sneed“When Coss Marte went to prison 10 years ago, he was faced with not one, but two big challenges: lose weight and discover a legitimate career upon release. Luckily for him, overcoming the first obstacle helped him find the answer to the other.”—NPRAs a teenager, Coss Marte was flying high on New York’s Lower East Side as a drug dealer, making money hand over fist. But after watching his life and those of his loved ones fall apart, he realized things had to change. That change occurred when he was sentenced to prison.Within the space of his own cell and without workout equipment, Coss took the initiative to improve his circumstances and created ConBody, a bodyweight-only approach to fitness. This plan helped him drop 70 pounds from his dangerously obese frame, reversing a negative health prognosis of surviving the next five years. Once he saw that his workout plan was not only effective, but accessible, he knew he’d found a pathway to health and ultimately to a new life—and designed a regimen to train his fellow inmates.When he left prison, he returned to the Lower East Side, but not to his criminal career. Instead he worked out in his old hangouts and gained a small following that turned into an acclaimed business, winning entrepreneurial awards and the support of Shark Tank’s Barbara Corcoran.Coss’s method works. These exercises are for anyone, anywhere. All you need is yourself and the space of a jail cell to get started. It’s perfect for busy lifestyles on the go and can be done in hotel rooms, small apartments, and in your backyard.With fun, engaging exercises, ConBody: The Revolutionary Bodyweight Boot Camp will help give you the extraordinary hope and resilience to improve your health and life.
One And Only Law: Walter Benjamin And The Second Commandment
by James MartelWalter Benjamin's "Critique of Violence," widely considered his final word on law, proposes that all manifestations of law are false stand-ins for divine principles of truth and justice that are no longer available to human beings. However, he also suggests that we must have law--we are held under a divine sanction that does not allow us to escape our responsibilities. James R. Martel argues that this paradox is resolved by considering that, for Benjamin, there is only one law that we must obey absolutely--the Second Commandment against idolatry. What remains of law when its false bases of authority are undermined would be a form of legal and political anarchism, quite unlike the current system of law based on consistency and precedent. Martel engages with the ideas of key authors including Alain Badiou, Immanuel Kant, and H. L. A. Hart in order to revisit common contemporary assumptions about law. He reveals how, when treated in constellation with these authors, Benjamin offers a way for human beings to become responsible for their own law, thereby avoiding the false appearance of a secular legal practice that remains bound by occult theologies and fetishisms.
Tales from the Nashville Predators Locker Room: A Collection of the Greatest Predators Stories Ever Told (Tales from the Team #1)
by Kristopher MartelIn 1998, the Predators joined the NHL as an expansion team, marking the start of what’s been a wild ride ever since! Tales from the Nashville Predators Locker Room covers all the stories, from the adventures around the inaugural season, to Nashville’s storied rivalry against the Detroit Red Wings, road reports from players competing abroad during the 2004 lockout, the heartbreak of the 2010 playoff loss to the Chicago Blackhawks, the jubilation of winning a playoff series in 2011, the Matt Duchene offside goal controversy in 2013 that in turn helped to prompt official reviews, the art of the trade and how General Manager David Poile has helped land some of the biggest superstars on the roster, and of course the 2017 Stanley Cup Finals. In this insider’s account, the Predators’ greatest players and coaches—past and present—come to life. From P.K. Subban and Shea Weber, to Jason Arnott, Pekka Rinne, Filip Forsberg, Mike Fisher, and everyone in between, Fox Sports Tennessee correspondent Kristopher Martel covers it all. The perfect gift for any fan of Nashville hockey!
Intermission
by Owen MartellCaptivating and hypnotic writing from a prize-winning novelist, whose prose is reminiscent of Marilynne Robinson's and Paul Harding's.New York, June 1961. The Bill Evans Trio, featuring twenty-five year old Scott LaFaro on bass, play a series of concerts at the Village Vanguard that will go down in musical history. Shortly afterwards, LaFaro is killed in a car accident, and Evans disappears. Intermission tells the story of what happens next.In measured, evocative prose, Intermission takes a period from the life of one of America’s great artists and fashions it into a fiction of extraordinary imaginative skill and ambition. The novel inhabits the lives of four people in orbit around a tragedy, presenting an intense and moving portrait of the burden of grief, and of a man lost to his family and to himself. It is also a conjuring of a pivotal moment in American music and culture, and a unique representation of the jazz scene in the early 1960s. Intermission is a novel of pure control and power, certain to establish Owen Martell as one of the most promising young writers in Britain today.
1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America
by Scott MartelleA fascinating behind-the-scenes look at a year in American history that still resonates today, 1932: FDR, Hoover, and the Dawn of a New America tells the story of a battered nation fighting for its own future amid the depths of the Great Depression. At the start of 1932, the nation&’s worst economic crisis has left one-in-four workers without a job, countless families facing eviction, banks shutting down as desperate depositors withdraw their savings, and growing social and political unrest from urban centers to the traditionally conservative rural heart of the country. Amid this turmoil, a political decision looms that will determine the course of the nation. It is a choice between two men with very diferent visions of America: Incumbent Republican Herbert Hoover with his dogmatic embrace of small government and a largely unfettered free market, and New York&’s Democratic Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his belief that the path out of the economic crisis requires government intervention in the economy and a national sense of shared purpose. Now veteran journalist Scott Martelle provides a gripping narrative retelling of that vitally significant year as social and political systems struggled under the weight of the devastating Dust Bowl, economic woes, rising political protests, and growing demand for the repeal of Prohibition. That November, voters overwhelmingly rejected decades of Republican rule and backed Roosevelt and his promise to redefine the role of the federal government while putting the needs of the people ahead of the wishes of the wealthy. Deftly told, this illuminating work spotlights parallel events from that pivotal year and brings to life figures who made headlines in their time but have been largly forgotten today. Ultimately, it is the story of a nation that, with the help of a leader determined to unite and inspire, took giant steps toward a new America.
Alessandro Magno e il suo tempo
by Marcella Martelli Borja Loma BarrieRomanzo storico. Biografia. La vita di Alessandro Magno. Il rapporto con Aristotele, il grande filosofo, suo tutore, e con il re Filippo, suo padre, odiato dai greci. Come schiacciò la sedizione promossa dal meditatore Callistene, pronipote di Aristotele, che ordinò di crocifiggere. Il suo amore folle per Calquetón, ballerino persiano. La conquista dell'Asia. La sua morte in un baccanale
Socrate nella tempesta. Il filosofo e il suo tempo.
by Marcella Martelli Borja Loma BarrieRomanzo storico. Racconto biografico di Socrate, il filosofo maestro di Platone. La sua giovinezza e arruolamento nell'esercito. L'orrore della vita militare. I suoi inizi come un filosofo di Atene. La minaccia di Sparta e dei demagoghi Spartani. La sua abitudine nel domandare. L'odio degli ateniesi verso i filosofi. Il suo rapporto con il sofista Protagora. Il matrimonio male assortito con Santippe. Il suo arresto nella repressione ai filosofi. Il suo processo. Le accuse specifiche contro di lui. Le calunnie. La sorprendente decisione di morire.
On the Devil's Tail: In Combat with the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1945, and with the French in Indochina 1951–54
by Paul Martelli Vittorino dal CengioA collaborationist who fought for Germany during WWII and later for the French in Vietnam tells his eventful life story in this military memoir. This is the riveting true story of Paul Martelli who fought on the Eastern Front in 1945 as a fifteen-year-old member of the 33rd Waffen-Grenadier-Division of the SS Charlemagne, and later, as a soldier with French forces in the Tonkin area of Vietnam. Paul recounts his time at the Sennheim military training base; his experience of the German invasion of France when he was still a boy in Lorraine; and his motivations for enlisting with the Waffen SS a few years later. He reveals his escapades at Greifenberg, his first love with a German girl helping refugees, and his experiences of combat. After the German defeat, Martelli ends up delivering a group of female camp prisoners to a Russian officer, then living in disguise among enemy soldiers until he escapes and surrenders to the Americans. After a prison sentence and military service in Morocco, Paul is sent to fight in defense of French bases north of Hanoi, Vietnam. Though he survives three years of fierce combat, he compares his service in the Waffen SS with the inefficiency of the French Expeditionary Force and comes out deeply frustrated. At almost twenty-six, Martelli has fought and lost in two wars, both against the communists. Unemployed, and with the ideals of a &‘Nouvelle Europe&’ in pieces, he briefly joins the French Foreign Legion before choosing another path
Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American Enterprise (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
by Robert MartelloPaul Revere's ride to warn the colonial militia of the British march on Lexington and Concord is a legendary contribution to the American Revolution. Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn reveals another side of this American hero's life, that of a transformational entrepreneur instrumental in the industrial revolution.Robert Martello combines a biographical examination of Revere with a probing study of the new nation’s business and technological climate. A silversmith prior to the Revolution and heralded for his patriotism during the war, Revere aspired to higher social status within the fledgling United States. To that end, he shifted away from artisan silversmithing toward larger, more involved manufacturing ventures such as ironworking, bronze casting, and copper sheet rolling. Drawing extensively on the Revere Family Papers, Martello explores Revere’s vibrant career successes and failures, social networks, business practices, and the groundbreaking metallurgical technologies he developed and employed. Revere’s commercial ventures epitomized what Martello terms proto-industrialization, a transitional state between craft work and mass manufacture that characterizes the broader, fast-changing landscape of the American economy. Martello uses Revere as a lens to view the social, economic, and technological milieu of early America while demonstrating Revere’s pivotal role in both the American Revolution and the rise of industrial America.Original and well told, this account argues that the greatest patriotic contribution of America's Midnight Rider was his work in helping the nation develop from a craft to an industrial economy.
Midnight Ride Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American Enterprise (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)
by Robert MartelloAn in-depth look at Revere’s great contribution to American history: his work in helping the nation develop from a craft to an industrial economy.Paul Revere’s ride to warn the colonial militia of the British march on Lexington and Concord is a legendary contribution to the American Revolution. Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn reveals another side of this American hero’s life: that of a transformational entrepreneur instrumental in the industrial revolution.Robert Martello combines a biographical examination of Revere with a probing study of the new nation’s business and technological climate. A silversmith prior to the Revolution and heralded for his patriotism during the war, Revere aspired to higher social status within the fledgling United States. To that end, he shifted away from artisan silversmithing toward larger, more involved manufacturing ventures such as ironworking, bronze casting, and copper sheet rolling. Drawing extensively on the Revere Family Papers, Martello explores Revere’s vibrant career successes and failures, social networks, business practices, and the groundbreaking metallurgical technologies he developed and employed. Revere’s commercial ventures epitomized what Martello terms proto-industrialization, a transitional state between craft work and mass manufacture that characterizes the broader, fast-changing landscape of the American economy. Martello uses Revere as a lens to view the social, economic, and technological milieu of early America while demonstrating Revere’s pivotal role in both the American Revolution and the rise of industrial America.“Martello succeeds superbly in using Paul Revere as a lens to view the social, economic, and technological landscape of early America . . . Revere’s adept transitions are matched only by Martello’s adept retelling of them. Highly recommended.” —Choice
Layman's Report
by Eugene MartenFred. An ordinary man. Repairs office copiers by day, works on his own inventions by night. Fred. Builds a better electric chair, patents a lethal injection machine, corners the capital punishment market. Fred. Looks for love, finds it in the arms of the Holocaust-denial movement-for better or for worse.Inspired by the life of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., subject of the Errol Morris documentary, Mr. Death, Layman's Report starts with the truth and takes it where only great fiction can.Eugene Marten is the author of Waste, In the Blind, and Firework. He resides in South Dakota.
Canción de amor definitiva: La vida, como un disco, tiene dos caras
by Jorge Martí AguasLa autobiografía de Jorge Martí, líder de la icónica banda La habitación roja, revela que la vida real es la que uno tiene que mirar de frente cuando baja del escenario. «Cambio de ánimo, de país y de profesión según las circunstancias. Un día estoy cantando sobre el escenario de un festival abarrotado de gente y al siguiente ejerciendo de enfermero en una residencia para pacientes con demencia y alzhéimer en Noruega. Esta doble vida, entre la música y la enfermedad, me obliga a ir y venir constantemente. Vivo entre dos mundos pero no encajo en ninguno, y todo parece estar siempre a punto de resquebrajarse. El escenario y el amor son una tregua, una burbuja a salvo de todo lo que me asfixia. Me he pasado la vida tratando de ser alguien más allá de mi casa para al final llegar a la conclusión de que lo que me importa es ser alguien en ella. Aquí es donde residen el gran amor de mi vida y mis hijas, y es donde sigo manteniendo intacta la esperanza de escribir algún día la canción de amor definitiva». Jorge Martí es líder y cantante de una de las bandas más importantes del indie español: La habitación roja. Pero su vida no es la que se podría esperar del líder de una banda de rock, tiene una cara A: la que muestra en el escenario cuando canta junto a sus fans a pleno pulmón Ayer o Indestructibles, concede entrevistas y viaja promocionando sus discos. Y una cara B, desconocida para sus miles de fans, la del fracaso, las expectativas no cumplidas, la decepción, la enfermedad, y también el amor y la música, que tal vez sean la misma cosa.
La paloma de Ravensbrück: La vida de Neus Català convertida en novela
by Carme MartíEl amor, la alegría, la barbarie. La vida de Neus Català, explicada por ella misma y revisada a través de una ambiciosa novela magistralmente construida por Carme Martí. Su infancia en un pequeño pueblo rural; la juventud interrumpida por la Guerra Civil española y la rápida toma de conciencia social; Barcelona, Premià de Mar y, finalmente, la retirada a pie por la frontera hasta llegar al sur de Francia; la resistencia, los maquis y el primer gran amor.Pasión y rebelión hasta el día que las SS llaman a la puerta. Prisión. Un largo viaje en tren hasta Ravensbrück, Hollschein y el comienzo del infierno. La historia de una vida extraordinaria. Una novela ideal para los lectores de El tatuador de Auschwitz y La casa alemana. Los lectores han dicho...«Es una vacuna imprescindible contra el olvido y la ignorancia. Y, por lo tanto, contra la banalización de algunos conceptos tan repetidos últimamente.»Julia Otero «Català dedicó la vida a conservar la memoria de las prisioneras de la Segunda Guerra Mundial a las que se ha olvidado.»Álvaro Colomer, Yo Dona«Gracias, Neus, por tanto. El compromiso pasa ahora por perpetuar vuestro recuerdo. Que nadie lo banalice.» Olga Merino, El Periódico de Cataluña «Neus Català, superviviente de la barbarie nazi y los campos de la muerte, vió muchas cosas extraordinarias en su vida.»Jacinto Antón, El País«El libro, estremecedor, no deja de interrogarnos sobre la necesidad de la ética en nuestro proceder y de la coherencia en cualquier proyecto vital.»Jordi Llavina «En sus páginas están también representadas las voces de cientos de miles de españoles cuyas historias han sido silenciadas durante demasiado tiempo.»La opinión de Málaga «La Paloma de Ravensbruck refleja los altibajos de una vida épica, esperanzadora por momentos, sombría por otros, pero que nunca pierde el ritmo narrativo y que no dejará a ningún lector indiferente.»7 Dies Actualitat «Me ha llegado directa al corazón y me ha arrancado más de una lágrima. A pesar de haber leído muchas historias conmovedoras sobre la barbarie nazi en Europa, esta en concreto me ha emocionado mucho, quizás porque la protagonista era una joven española a la que quisieron borrar sus sueños, su identidad y su vida, con el resultado de que la Neus que sobrevivió y volvió al mundo, y lo hizo siendo una mujer más fuerte, valiente y comprometida.»Qué bello es leer
Wicked Milwaukee (Wicked)
by Yance MartiThe Cream City of yesteryear was a dingy haven for scofflaws and villains. Red-light districts peppered downtown's landscape, but none had the enduring allure of River Street, where Kitty Williams and Mary Kingsley operated high-class brothels. Chinese opium dens flourished in the backrooms of laundries. The demise of the Whiskey Ring brought down local distillers in a nationwide scandal that nearly reached the Oval Office. As a result, Police Chief John Janssen and the Committee to Investigate White Slavery and Kindred Vice waged a protracted battle to contain the most brazen offenses. Local historian and founder of OldMilwaukee.net Yance Marti uncovers the rough and rowdy blackguards who once made Milwaukee infamous.
Lady Parts
by Andrea MartinWhether lighting up the small screen, stealing scenes on the big screen or starring on the stage, Andrea Martin has long entertained Canadians with her hilarious characterizations and heartwarming performances. An important player in SCTV, the funniest show ever to come out of Canada, Martin helped change the face of television by introducing us to a host of characters, including the indomitable Edith Prickley. Martin has worked stages, sets and even trapezes across North America, playing to houses packed with adoring fans, all of whom instantly recognize the star who has entertained us for nearly forty years.In Lady Parts, Martin, for the first time, shares her fondest remembrances of a life in show business, motherhood, relationships, no relationships, family, chimps in tutus, squirrels, and why she flies to Atlanta to get her hair cut. Martin opens up her heart in a series of eclectic, human, always entertaining and often moving essays. Lady Parts will make you giggle and may make you cry--a powerful collection of stories by a woman with a truly storied life.
Baseball's Greatest Players: 10 Baseball Biographies for New Readers
by Andrew MartinIntroduce kids ages 6 to 9 to a century of baseball's biggest stars From legendary sluggers to civil rights heroes, the game of baseball has seen a lot of amazing players—and this book features 10 of the very best. Perfect for new fans or those who already know a thing or two about baseball, this kid-friendly guide is packed full of fun facts and essential stats that will teach them all about the incredible careers of these sports superstars.What sets this collection of baseball biographies apart:10 decades, 10 players—Starting in the 1920s, this book shows the ways players like Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson, and Mike Trout have made history.Runners up—Each decade also includes a brief look at some of the other greats, including Bob Gibson, Ken Griffey Jr., and Ichiro Suzuki.A helpful glossary—All of the terms kids need to know are highlighted and defined in the back of the book.Super stats—Kids will see exactly how outstanding each player was with a quick breakdown of their career stats.Delight young fans and get them interested in the history of the game with this standout among baseball books.
The Boxer and the Goalkeeper: Sartre vs. Camus
by Andy MartinJean-Paul Sartre is the author of possibly the most notorious one-liner of twentieth-century philosophy: 'Hell is other people'. Albert Camus was The Outsider. The two men first came together in Occupied Paris in the middle of the Second World War, and quickly became friends, comrades, and mutual admirers.
Roger Martin du Gard and Maumort: The Nobel Laureate and His Unfinished Creation
by Benjamin Franklin MartinIn the late 1930s and early 1940s, Roger Martin du Gard was one of the most famous writers in the Western world. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1937, and his works, especially Les Thibault, a multivolume novel, were translated into English and read widely. Today, this close friend of André Gide, Albert Camus, and André Malraux is almost unknown, largely because he left unfinished the long project he began in the 1940s, Lieutenant Colonel de Maumort. Initially, the novel is an account of the French experience during World War II and the German occupation as seen through the eyes of a retired army officer. Yet, through Maumort's series of recollections, it becomes a morality tale that questions the values of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century European civilization. A fragmentary version of the novel was published in 1983, twenty-five years after its author's death, and an English translation appeared in 1999. Even incomplete, it is a work of haunting brilliance. In this groundbreaking study, Benjamin Franklin Martin recovers the life and times of Roger Martin du Gard and those closest to him. He describes the genius of Martin du Gard's literature and the causes of his decline by analyzing thousands of pages from journals and correspondence. To the outside world, the writer and his family were staid representatives of the French bourgeoisie. Behind this veil of secrecy, however, they were passionate and combative, tearing each other apart through words and deeds in clashes over life, love, and faith. Martin interweaves their accounts with the expert narration that distinguishes all of his books, creating a blend of intellectual history, family drama, and biography that will appeal to scholars, students, and general readers alike.
¿Qué haría Vicky?: Una guía para vivir con pasión y estilo
by Vicky Martín BerrocalUna obra íntima y personal en la que Vicky Martín Berrocal desnuda su corazón y nos cuenta sus secretos. Hay personas a quienes creemos conocer por su fama, otras a quienes admiramos por su trayectoria profesional, o bien aquellas a quienes simplemente quisiéramos tener como amigas. Vicky Martín Berrocal es una de ellas. Su carácter, su personalidad y su manera de afrontar la vida conquistan a cualquiera. Como mujer luchadora que es ha tenido que enfrentarse sola a muchos obstáculos, ha amado, ha sufrido, ha compartido, es madre, empresaria de éxito y ha seguido siendo fiel a ella misma. Vicky intenta transformar las dificultades, las heridas, en cicatrices que enseñan, en experiencias de vida positivas que guardar en la maleta y con las que poder reinventarse y seguir su camino. Con la afabilidad, la honestidad y el carácter que la definen Vicky Martín Berrocal nos transmite en ¿Qué haría Vicky? la emoción y laintensidad con las que afronta la vida y nos habla de amor, amistad, familia, metas, entre otras muchas cosas. ¿Qué actitud hemos de mostrar frente a la vida? ¿Es posible compaginar la maternidad con el desarrollo profesional? ¿Qué hemos de plantearnos a la hora de afrontar un proyecto y prosperar? Un recorrido cómplice por aquello que nos define y los logros que nos impulsan, o el hombre como compañero de viaje. Un libro sincero. «Victoria es demasiado mujer para llamarla Vicky. Es exuberante en todo, en físico, en sonrisa, en gestos y en palabras, en energía. Vive entre tres ciudades, cuida a su hija con total entrega, diseña trajes, lee continuamente [...] Es divertida, culta, a veces hechizada también. Y siempre tan femenina. Capaz de apasionarse de la misma manera por un hombre que por un par de zapatos. Se manifiesta en mil campos a la vez y eso me encanta».Boris Izaguirre
¿Qué haría Vicky? (Edición enriquecida con audio)
by Vicky Martín BerrocalUna obra íntima y personal en la que Vicky Martín Berrocal desnuda su corazón y nos cuenta sus secretos. Hay personas a quienes creemos conocer por su fama, otras a quienes admiramos por su trayectoria profesional, o bien aquellas a quienes simplemente quisiéramos tener como amigas. Vicky Martín Berrocal es una de ellas. Su carácter, su personalidad y su manera de afrontar la vida conquistan a cualquiera. Como mujer luchadora que es ha tenido que enfrentarse sola a muchos obstáculos, ha amado, ha sufrido, ha compartido, es madre, empresaria de éxito y ha seguido siendo fiel a ella misma. Vicky intenta transformar las dificultades, las heridas, en cicatrices que enseñan, en experiencias de vida positivas que guardar en la maleta y con las que poder reinventarse y seguir su camino. Con la afabilidad, la honestidad y el carácter que la definen Vicky Martín Berrocal nos transmite en ¿Qué haría Vicky? la emoción y laintensidad con las que afronta la vida y nos habla de amor, amistad, familia, metas, entre otras muchas cosas. ¿Qué actitud hemos de mostrar frente a la vida? ¿Es posible compaginar la maternidad con el desarrollo profesional? ¿Qué hemos de plantearnos a la hora de afrontar un proyecto y prosperar? Un recorrido cómplice por aquello que nos define y los logros que nos impulsan, o el hombre como compañero de viaje. Un libro sincero. «Victoria es demasiado mujer para llamarla Vicky. Es exuberante en todo, en físico, en sonrisa, en gestos y en palabras, en energía. Vive entre tres ciudades, cuida a su hija con total entrega, diseña trajes, lee continuamente [...] Es divertida, culta, a veces hechizada también. Y siempre tan femenina. Capaz de apasionarse de la misma manera por un hombre que por un par de zapatos. Se manifiesta en mil campos a la vez y eso me encanta».Boris Izaguirre