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Gabo no contado
by Darío ArizmendiLa paciencia y precisión de un reportero experimentado como DaríoArizmendi hicieron posible guardar durante décadas un testimonio inéditosobre un García Márquez desconocido. Gabo no contado es la suma decrónicas, recuerdos, notas personales y fotografías jamás publicadas, yque hoy se cruzan para revelar la vida de Gabo escritor, del Gabocrítico, del Gabo parrander. Un libro que se construyo por una amistadde más de 30 años, con revelaciones dignas de contar.Al final es un relato que nos trae a la memoria el Gabo más íntimo quenunca nadie imaginó poder conocer.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Last Interview
by David Streitfeld Gabriel Garcia MarquezAn intimate and lively collection of interviews with a giant of twentieth century literature--the only collection of interviews with Marquez available Hailed by the New York Times as a "conjurer of literary magic," Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is known to millions of readers worldwide as the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Beloved by readers of nearly all ages, he is surely the most popular literary novelist in translation--and he remains so today, a decade after the publication of his final novel. In addition to the first-ever English translation of Marquez's last interview, this unprecedented volume includes his first interview, conducted while he was in the throes of writing One Hundred Years of Solitude, which reveals the young writer years before the extraordinary onslaught of success that would make him a household name around the world. Also featured is a series of unusually wide-ranging conversations with Marquez's friend Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza--surely the only interview with Marquez that includes the writer's insights into both the meaning of true love and the validity of superstitions. Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Last Interview also contains two interviews with Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Streitfeld. A wide-ranging and revealing book, Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The Last Interview is an essential book for lifelong fans of Marquez--and readers who are just getting encountering the master's work for the first time.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Gabriel García Márquez
by Gerald MartinIn this exhaustive and enlightening biography--nearly two decades in the making--Gerald Martin dexterously traces the life and times of one of the twentieth century's greatest literary titans, Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel García Márquez. Martin chronicles the particulars of an extraordinary life, from his upbringing in backwater Columbia and early journalism career, to the publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude at age forty, and the wealth and fame that followed. Based on interviews with more than three hundred of Garcia Marquez's closest friends, family members, fellow authors, and detractors--as well as the many hours Martin spent with 'Gabo' himself--the result is a revelation of both the writer and the man. It is as gripping as any of Gabriel García Márquez's powerful journalism, as enthralling as any of his acclaimed and beloved fiction.
Gabriel García Márquez
by Ruben PelayoMaster of "magic realism," distinguished journalist and film critic, friend of world leaders ranging from Fidel Castro to Pres. Bill Clinton, Gabriel Garcia Marquez improbably emerged from obscure beginnings to become an author more beloved of readers worldwide than any other living writer. His plots and protean characters plunge readers into the world of fable, yet their universal appeal, as this biography shows, is deeply rooted in the particularity of Garcia Marquez's own idiosyncratic early life and his later wide travels, all undertaken with the restless curiosity and zest for life that he manages to evoke in his readers.
Gabriel García Márquez: Una vida
by Gerald MartinLa biografía definitiva de García Márquez, una obra extraordinaria fruto de 17 años de trabajo. «Todo escritor con principios debería tener un biógrafo inglés», dijo Gabriel García Márquez sobre este libro en una ocasión. Tras diecisiete años de trabajo, más de trescientas entrevistas y un primer borrador con más de tres mil páginas, Gerald Martin ha logrado estar a la altura de esa frase al escribir una biografía magistral, «tolerada» más que autorizada, y saludada por la crítica como la obra definitiva sobre el gran escritor colombiano, quizá el más influyente en lengua española de los últimos cincuenta años. Un libro que recorre la vida y la obra del escritor más fascinante del siglo XX. Desde los inicios en Aracataca y la fundamental relación con su abuelo, Nicolás Márquez, su infancia y juventud, los inicios como periodista entre Cartagena y Barranquilla, el descubrimiento de Europa, el regreso a América y el impacto dela revolución cubana, su consagración como escritor tras la publicación en 1967 de Cien años de soledad y el Nobel de Literatura en 1982, hasta la actualidad. Por sus páginas desfilan sus amistades políticas y literarias: Castro, González, Clinton, Cortázar, Mutis, Vargas Llosa, Balcells, y sus trayectos vitales: Colombia, Barcelona, México. En resumen, un acontecimiento editorial internacional. Reseñas:«Una obra monumental, precisa, atenta a los datos, pero también muy atmosférica y literaria.»Marta Caballero, El Cultural «Una biografía brillante.»Kirkus Reviews «Una crónica magistral y sensible, equilibrada y juiciosa pero también un emocionante tributo.»Times Literary Supplement
Gabriel García Márquez: años de formación
by Ilan StavansEsta aproximación biográ?ca, escrita con un estilo diáfano,informado y apasionante, tiene un objetivo principal: explicarcómo Gabriel García Márquez, con destreza casi mágica, creóCien años de soledad. Ilan Stavans examina las fuerzas sociales,políticas, económicas e intelectuales que lo de?nieron, yla manera en que Macondo #y la familia Buendía como eje derotación# se con?guró como una realidad propia.La familia, los maestros, las lecturas infantiles, sus búsquedasadolescentes, el paso por la universidad, su formación comoperiodista, el matrimonio, los amigos, la vocación ideológica,e in?uencias como Juan Rulfo y Jorge Luis Borges, fueronelementos que, sumados, llevaron a este colombiano universala construir lo que según Stavans es, al lado del Quijote deCervantes, la obra que contiene, #en sí misma, el ADN de todanuestra civilización#.
Gabriel Ochoa Uribe: El técnico más grande de todos los tiempos
by César Polanía Hugo Mario Cárdenas Jorge Enrique RojasLa historia del técnico más importante de la historia del fútbol colombiano. Gabriel Ochoa Uribe es la leyenda viva más importante del fútbol colombiano. 'El Médico', como se le conoció y se le recuerda, transformó la manera de jugar en el país. A punto de cumplir 90 años, sigue siendo el director técnico con el mayor número de campeonatos ganados en la historia de Colombia, y el único en disputar tres finales seguidas de la Copa Libertadores. César Polanía, Hugo Mario Cárdenas y Jorge Enrique Rojas, periodistas consagrados, buscaron al médico Ochoa para recordar sus días como arquero y D.T. Además, convocaron 11 titulares, entre los que se cuentan Carlos #el Pibe# Valderrama, Julio César Falcioni, Francisco #Pacho# Maturana, Ricardo Gareca y Willington Ortiz, para reconstruir con sus voces y memoria la vida, los triunfos y las anécdotas personales y deportivas del técnico de técnicos, el hombre al que el fútbol colombiano le debe sus momentos más preciados. Un magnífico relato periodístico que, por primera vez en un libro, rinde homenaje a uno de los hombres más sabios del fútbol latinoamericano, y que repasa medio siglo de historia del balompié en Colombia. #Siempre fui admirador del profesor Ochoa. Todos los equipos que él dirigió fueron ganadores. Fueron muchas las enseñanzas que dejó en el fútbol#. - Carlos #el Pibe# Valderrama (Tomado del libro) #Gabriel Ochoa Uribe fue mi ídolo, mi inspiración, el hombre que me enseñó el camino#. - Francisco Maturana (Tomado del libro)
Gabriela: Historia íntima de la mujer detrás de la política
by Fernando Amato María Del PeraltaEsta investigación de tres años plantea las contradicciones de unamujer sin dudas famosa, pero poco conocida. Un relato con la calidadnarrativa y la pasión de una novela y la rigurosidad informativa de losmejores trabajos periodísticos. En la historia de Gabriela Michetti se entrecruzan en forma permanentesu carrera profesional y su vida personal. Entró a la política yprogresó en forma vertiginosa, gracias a una virtud de su personalidad:su carisma. Gabriela indaga en el pasado de una chica de pueblo criadaen una familia cuyos valores morales y su reclamo de excelencia nopermitían distracciones. Quiso ser monja, pero no dudó en mudarse a lagran ciudad para transformarse en una profesional exitosa.El libro recorre la trayectoria de una dirigente que pagó con suaccidente el vértigo en el que se movía. Y que, cuando se rehabilitó,continuó su carrera en el Estado como especialista en comerciointernacional, hasta que el destino la cruzó con Mauricio Macri. Enpocos meses se convirtió en presidenta del principal bloque de laLegislatura porteña y, siempre dentro del PRO, llegó a ser la primeravicejefa de gobierno. Una persona a quien sus propios compañerosllamaron «Madre Teresa de Calcuta» por su excesivo principismo, aunque,en su costado más oscuro, debió soportar sospechas de hacer lobby paraimpulsar negocios de su hermana y de pareja.
Gabriele D'Annunzio: Poet, Seducer, and Preacher of War
by Lucy Hughes-HallettDaring night flight missions, dropping bombs and propaganda out of early airplanes. Bloodthirsty orations, inciting a people to war. Trysts with countless women, including the great actress Eleonora Duse. Writing books and plays that moved thousands of young men to begin to dress, smoke, speak, and walk like fictional characters. The creation of a Dionysian paradise, with pleasure and literature at its heart. Here is Lucy Hughes-Hallett's volatile and fascinating life of Gabriele d'Annunzio, the poet, bon vivant, and virulent nationalist who prefigured Mussolini and the rise of Italian fascism. Gabriele d'Annunzio was Italy's premier poet at a time when poetry mattered enough to trigger riots. A brilliant self-publicist in the first age of mass media, he used his fame to sell his work, seduce women, and promote his extreme nationalism. In 1915 d'Annunzio's incendiary oratory helped drive Italy to enter the First World War, in which he achieved heroic status as an aviator. In 1919 he led a troop of mutineers into the Croatian port of Fiume and there a delinquent city-state. Futurists, anarchists, communists, and proto-fascists descended on the city. So did literati and thrill seekers, drug dealers, and prostitutes. After fifteen months an Italian gunship brought the regime to an end, but the adventure had its sequel: three years later, the fascists marched on Rome, belting out anthems they'd learned in Fiume, as Mussolini consciously modeled himself after the great poet. At once an aesthete and a militarist, d'Annunzio wrote with equal enthusiasm about Fortuny gowns and torpedoes, and enjoyed making love on beds strewn with rose petals as much as risking death as an aviator. Lucy Hughes-Hallett's stunning biography vividly re-creates his flamboyant life and dramatic times, tracing the early twentieth century's trajectory from Romantic idealism to world war and fascist aggression.
Gabrielle Bauer 2-Book Bundle: Waltzing the Tango / Tokyo, My Everest
by Gabrielle Bauer"Canada's Bridget Jones" Gabrielle Bauer shares her journey of self-recognition in her memoirs of a life as a square peg in a round hole. Includes: Waltzing the Tango: A Late Boomer Dances to the Wrong Tune Bauer's hilarious memoir tells the story of her life as a square peg in a round hole. It’s a tale most women will not only identify with, but will also laugh along with - occasionally with the painful pangs of self-recognition. Tokyo, My Everest: A Canadian Woman in Japan By either folly or design, Gabrielle Bauer finds herself on a plane bound for Tokyo, leaving her career, home, and husband behind.
Gabrielle Roy
by André VanasseIn 1945, Gabrielle Roy skyrocketed to fame and fortune when her first novel, The Tin Flute, was an instant hit. Over 700,000 copies sold in the United States, and the book was awarded the prestigious Prix Fémina in France. In Canada, The Tin Flute received a Governor General’s Award. Gabrielle Roy dedicated herself to her vocation as a writer.
Gaby Brimmer: An Autobiography in Three Voices (HBI Series On Jewish Women)
by Elena Poniatowska Gaby BrimmerGabriela Brimmer (1947-2000), born with cerebral palsy, communicated largely by typing with her left foot on an electric typewriter, and by using that foot to point at letters and numbers on an "alphabet board" at the base of her wheelchair. Raised by her mother, Sari, and Mexican caregiver Florencia Morales Sánchez, Gaby gained admission to Mexico City public schools, attended the prestigious National Autonomous University of Mexico, and became a key figure in launching Mexico's disability rights movement. <p><p>With the text structured by renowned writer Elena Poniatowska to alternate Gaby's voice with those of her mother and Florencia, this volume is both the memoir of an extraordinary woman and a unique and imaginative form of autobiographical writing.
Gacelas que comen leones
by Agathe Cortes¿Hasta dónde estás dispuesta a llegar por tu sueño? Alicia sueña con ser actriz. Hace las maletas y se traslada a París.En la ciudad del Sena conoce a Lisa y a Aurore.Y lo que empieza como un sueño se convierte en una auténtica pesadilla. Haciendo gala de un estilo lleno de frescura y brillantez, Agathe Cortés parte de una situación real de acoso en el mundo del teatro para recrear el descenso de Alicia a los infiernos. Gacelas que comen leones es una lección magistral de empoderamiento femenino y de resiliencia. Una historia de amistad, de celos, de superación, de trastornos de conducta alimentaria, de convencionalismos y de etiquetas. Una novela emotiva sobre el poder de la amistad entre mujeres y el amor en el sentido amplio de la palabra. «El piso había quedado precioso. Mi madre me regaló una gran sonrisa. Paris, c’est Paris, me susurró. Solo faltaba el toque final y el más importante: el teatro. Me despedí de ella delante del taxi y contuvimos alguna que otra lágrima. Me quedé en la calle hasta que el vehículo desapareció a lo lejos. [...] Estaba sola, con la chaqueta de cuero, los labios rojos y en medio de la capital francesa a dos días de empezar lo que más anhelaba, hasta ahora la parte más excitante y dolorosa de mi existencia».
Gadfly in Russia: A Story of Travel, History, People, and Places
by Alan SillitoeThis memoir and literary travelogue from one of the UK&’s most esteemed novelists offers rare insight into Cold War–era Russia. In 1967, seeking an escape from his writing life, bestselling British novelist Alan Sillitoe embarks on a road trip from England to Russia via Harwich and Finland in his sturdy Peugeot. During his teens, the author had a cartographic fascination with the Battle of Stalingrad, and decades later he is still armed with intricate maps of the country based on British military intelligence, including one of the road from Leningrad to Moscow to Kiev, which he drew himself. Also in tow are a prismatic compass, binoculars, and a shortwave radio receiver. However, despite being so well prepared, Sillitoe embarks with naiveté about the political precariousness of an Englishman in the eyes of the Soviet regime. After passing through the endless days of a Scandinavian summer and a prolonged stop at a border control checkpoint—with his maps hidden in a secret compartment of the car—Sillitoe arrives in Leningrad. There, he meets George Andjaparidze, a worldly and candid English student who has been assigned by the Writers&’ Union to serve as the author&’s guide and keep him out of trouble. Though Sillitoe would rather continue his journey solo, Andjaparidze grows on him, and they begin what will become a lasting friendship. As soon as the duo leaves Leningrad, adventures and misadventures ensue. En route to Moscow, Sillitoe and Andjaparidze end up racing a pack of middle-age men in German sports cars partaking in a Berlin-to-Moscow rally. Sillitoe and Andjaparidze&’s time in the capital is equally fast-paced, consisting of late nights fueled by vodka, impounded rubles, caviar breakfasts, erudite parties, and a pat on the back from a traffic cop for writing about the working class. A winding drive across western Russia and into Yugoslavia follows, replete with rebellious literature students, a speech on freedom, a visit to Tolstoy&’s estate, accusations of espionage, and a near-fatal run-in with a brigade of Red Army tanks. At last the writer and guide reach their destination: Kursk, that fateful place where a Soviet victory in 1943 turned back the Nazi tide. But the story continues long after the road trip ends. Back in England, Andjaparidze visits Sillitoe and the two are caught up in a controversy surrounding the defection of the Soviet writer Anatoly Kuznetsov. Written from the perspective of another trip to Russia forty years later (Sillitoe was invited in 2005 by the British Council to return to Moscow), this travelogue provides a rare and intimate look at the country&’s history, a compassionate understanding of its troubled ideology, and a frank portrayal of its undeniable lure.
Gainesville Punk: A History of Bands & Music
by Matt WalkerKnown for The Fest, Less Than Jake and Hot Water Music, Gainesville became a creative hub in the 1980s and '90s for many of punk rock's greats. Whether playing at the Hardback or wild house parties, earnest acts like Against Me!, Spoke and Roach Motel all emerged and thrived in the small northern Florida city. Radon burst onto the scene with chaotic energy while Mutley Chix helped inspire local torchbearers No Idea Records. Through this succinct history, author Matt Walker traces each successive generation's contributions and amplifies the fidelity of the Gainesville scene.
Gaining Daylight: Life on Two Islands (The Alaska Literary Series)
by Sara LoewenFor many the idea of living off the land is a romantic notion left to stories of olden days or wistful dreams at the office. But for Sara Loewen it becomes her way of life each summer as her family settles into their remote cabin on Uyak Bay for the height of salmon season. With this connection to thousands of years of fishing and gathering at its core, Gaining Daylight explores what it means to balance lives on two islands, living within both an ancient way of life and the modern world. Her personal essays integrate natural and island history with her experiences of fishing and family life, as well as the challenges of living at the northern edge of the Pacific. Loewen’s writing is richly descriptive; readers can almost feel heat from wood stoves, smell smoking salmon, and spot the ways the ocean blues change with the season. With honesty and humor, Loewen easily draws readers into her world, sharing the rewards of subsistence living and the peace brought by miles of crisp solitude.
Gaining Vision Upon Losing My Sight
by Rhea Althea T. GuntalilibThis is a story that unveils the colorful life behind the dark hues of blindness. It is journeying and transitioning from being perfectly sighted to becoming totally blind at the prime of one’s youth. This narrates how a dreadful auto-immune disease, Lupus, robbed away the author’s eyesight, but in the end became victorious against this illness by walking a healthier path. This book also talks about how blind people sees the world through computers and technology through digital accessibility. This is a story of hope, of health and healing, and a story of inclusion in this world of computers and smart phones. Wrap it all up, it’s a story of God’s wonderful masterpiece.
Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders
by Aimee LiuAimee Liu, who wrote Solitaire, the first-ever memoir of anorexia, in 1979, returns to the subject nearly three decades later and shares her story and those of the many women in her age group of life beyond this life-altering ailment. She has extensively researched the origins and effects of both anorexia and bulimia, and dispels many commonly held myths about these diseases with the persuasive conclusion that anorexia is a result of personality. Key revelations include: the temperament required for eating disorders,the long-term effects of eating disorders on health, brain function, relationships and career,why some individuals recover while others relapse, and why many relapse in mid-life,Which treatment approaches are most successful long-term and how parents can tell if a child will be vulnerable to eating disorders. Using her own experience and the stories of many recovering anorexics she's interviewed, Liu weaves together a narrative that is both persuasive in argument and compelling in personal details.
Gainsborough: A Portrait
by James Hamilton** Selected as a Book of the Year in The Times, Sunday Times and Observer **'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday Times 'Brings one of the very greatest [artists] vividly to life' Literary Review Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88) lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends. He was a gentle and empathetic family man, but had a shockingly loose, libidinous manner and a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings. James Hamilton reveals the artist in his many contexts: the talented Suffolk lad, transported to the heights of fashion; the rake-on-the-make in London, learning his craft in the shadow of Hogarth; the society-portrait painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums by charming the right people into his studio. With fresh insights into original sources, Gainsborough: A Portrait transforms our understanding of this fascinating man, and enlightens the century that bore him.
Gainsborough: A Portrait
by James Hamilton'Compulsively readable - the pages seem to turn themselves' John Carey, Sunday TimesThomas Gainsborough (1727-88) lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends. He was a gentle and empathetic family man, but had a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings, and a loose libidinous way of speaking, writing and behaving that shocked many deeply. He would be dynamite in polite society today.In this exhilarating new biography - the first in decades - James Hamilton reveals Gainsborough in his many contexts: the easy-going Suffolk lad, transported to the heights of fashion by a natural talent; the rake-on-the-make in London, learning his art in the shadow of Hogarth; falling on his feet when he married a duke's daughter with a handsome private income; the top society-portrait painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums by bringing the right people into his studio; the charming and amusing friend of George III and Queen Charlotte who nevertheless kept clear of the aristocratic embrace.There has been much art history written about this chameleon of art, but with fresh insights into original sources, Gainsborough: A Portrait transforms our understanding of this fascinating man, and enlightens the century that bore him.
Gaius Marius: The Rise and Fall of Rome's Saviour
by Marc HydenGaius Marius was one of the most remarkable and significant figures of the late Roman Republic. At a time when power tended to be restricted to a clique of influential families, he rose from relatively humble origins to attain the top office of consul. He even went on to hold the post an unprecedented seven times. His political career flourished but was primarily built on military success. First serving in the Numantine War in Spain, he later rose to high command and brought a long-running war in North Africa to a successful conclusion, bringing the Numidian King Jurgurtha back in chains. His return was timely as northern barbarian tribes threatened Italy and had previously defeated several Roman armies. Marius reformed and retrained the Republic's forces and decisively defeated the invaders that had easily overpowered his predecessors. Marius' subsequent career was primarily that of an elder statesman, but it was dominated by his rivalry with his erstwhile subordinate, Sulla, which ultimately led to the latter's bloody coup. Marius, once hailed as the savior of Rome, eventually became a desperate fugitive, literally fleeing for his life from his pursuers. However, after several harrowing brushes with death, Marius seized an opportunity to return to Rome and mete out justice to his enemies, which tarnished his once-enviable reputation.
Galeazzo Ciano: The Fascist Pretender (Toronto Italian Studies)
by Tobias HofBuilding on extensive archival research and important scholarly analysis, Galeazzo Ciano: The Fascist Pretender examines the life of Galeazzo Ciano, foreign minister of fascist Italy from 1936 to 1943 and Benito Mussolini’s son-in-law. Ciano’s life serves as a lens through which to gain a better understanding of crucial issues of Italian and European fascism, including the fascistization of society and politics, foreign relations, and the problem of succession. The biography follows an innovative thematic structure that focuses on major aspects of Ciano’s life, including his family, his political career, his diplomacy, and his desire to succeed Mussolini. Filling a substantial gap in the existing literature on the history of fascism, this book is the first comprehensive analysis of a key player of Italian fascism other than Mussolini; it also offers a long overdue critical assessment of Ciano’s famous diary, one of the most important texts from the period. Using visual materials such as photographs and films as sources and not just as illustrative material, Tobias Hof allows us to rethink our understanding of fascism and offers a new perspective on the history of fascist Italy.
Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing
by Susan P. MatternGalen is the most important physician of the Roman imperial era. Many of his theories and practices were the basis for medical knowledge for centuries after his death and some practices—like checking a patient’s pulse—are still used today. He also left a vast corpus of writings which makes up a full one-eighth of all surviving ancient Greek literature. Through her readings of hundreds of Galen’s case histories, Susan P. Mattern presents the first systematic investigation of Galen’s clinical practice. Galen’s patient narratives illuminate fascinating interplay among the craft of healing, social class, professional competition, ethnicity, and gender. Mattern describes the public, competitive, and masculine nature of medicine among the urban elite and analyzes the relationship between clinical practice and power in the Roman household. She also finds that although Galen is usually perceived as self-absorbed and self-promoting, his writings reveal him as sensitive to the patient’s history, symptoms, perceptions, and even words. Examining his professional interactions in the context of the world in which he lived and practiced, Galen and the Rhetoric of Healing provides a fresh perspective on a foundational figure in medicine and valuable insight into how doctors thought about their patients and their practice in the ancient world.
Galerius and the Will of Diocletian (Roman Imperial Biographies)
by William Lewis LeadbetterDrawing from a variety of sources - literary, visual, archaeological; papyri, inscriptions and coins – the author studies the nature of Diocletian’s imperial strategy, his wars, his religious views and his abdication. The author also examines Galerius’ endeavour to take control of Diocletian’s empire, his failures and successes, against the backdrop of Constantine’s remorseless drive to power. The first comprehensive study of the Emperor Galerius, this book offers an innovative analysis of his reign as both Caesar and Augustus, using his changing relationship with Diocletian as the principal key to unlock the complex imperial politics of the period.
Galileo Galilei (SparkNotes Biography Guide)
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