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Sandringham Days: The Domestic Life of the Royal Family in Norfolk, 1862-1952
by John MatsonThis is a fascinating portrait of royal life at Sandringham, from the early life of Albert Edward to the modern day. Drawing on letters, diaries and contemporary reports, it is a rich exploration of the private lives of Britain’s royal family. From family life at the estate to the first visit of Queen Victoria, the glittering parties of the early twentieth century and all the way up to the death of King George V, the reigns of his sons and the Sandringham of today, it will delight anyone with an interest in the lives of the British royal family.
Sandro. El fuego eterno
by Mariano Del MazoToda la verdad del ícono de la música y el cine argentinos, su varón más sensual y enigmático. ¿Qué singular parábola ocurrió para que un chico de un inquilinato de Valentín Alsina tuviera a los 22 años a América bajo la suela de sus zapatos? ¿Qué clase de invención es la de ese galán crepuscular que seducía en un escenario hasta conectado a tubos de oxígeno? ¿Qué tipo de epopeya encarna? ¿Qué extraño coraje tuvo para decidir someterse a un trasplante que fue, al fin, su último gesto de dignidad? ¿Cuál fue la máscara, la de Sandro o la de Roberto Sánchez? La historia de Sandro es una de las más fascinantes y genuinas de la cultura pop argentina. Atravesada de paradojas, de rock and roll y canción, de mujeres enigmáticas y pasiones inverosímiles, en la construcción de la leyenda conviven una madre postrada y el tango, Elvis y Charly, Aznavour y Moustache, milanesas a la napolitana y cordero ahumado, Bach y Radiolandia, lunfardo y castellano neutro, la bandera argentina y la bata roja. Los contrastes definen los artificios de un hechicero formidable. No llegan a revelar los misterios de un artista total. Este libro es un acercamiento a esos misterios.
Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go
by Laurie JamesLaurie James spent most of her life wondering what it means to belong; loneliness dictated the choices she made. She rarely shared this secret with others, however; it was always hidden behind a carefree and can-do attitude. When she&’s in her mid-forties, Laurie&’s mother has a heart attack and her husband&’s lawyer delivers some shocking news. She suddenly finds herself sandwiched between caring for her parents, managing unruly caregivers, raising four teenage daughters, and trying to understand the choices of the husband she thought she knew. Laurie&’s story is about one woman&’s struggle to &“do it all&” while facing the reality that the &“ideal life&” and &“perfect family&” she believed could save her was slowly crumbling beneath her. Laurie tries everything to keep her family together—seeks therapy, practices yoga, rediscovers nature, develops strong female friends, and begins writing—but as she explores the layers of her life and heals her past, she realizes that she&’s the only one who can create the life she wants and deserves. Sandwiched is a memoir about what it means to let go of the life you planned in order to find the life you belong to.
Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy
by Jane LeavyIn an era when too many heroes have been toppled from too many pedestals, Sandy Koufax stands apart and alone, a legend who declined his own celebrity.
Sandy's Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder
by Tanya Lee Stone Boris KulikovAs a boy, Alexander ?Sandy? Calder was always fiddling with odds and ends, making objects for friends. When he got older and became an artist, his fiddling led him to create wire sculptures. One day, Sandy made a lion. Next came a lion cage. Before he knew it, he had an entire circus and was traveling between Paris and New York performing a brand-new kind of art for amazed audiences. This is the story of Sandy?s Circus, as told by Tanya Lee Stone with Boris Kulikov?s spectacular and innovative illustrations. Calder?s original circus is on permanent display at the Whitney Museum in New York City.
Sandy: A Heart for God
by Leighton FordLeighton Ford tells a story of uncertainty, hope, sorrow and joy as his oldest son, Sandy, faced a rare and life-threatening heart disease.
Sangre y champán: La vida y época de Robert Capa
by Alex KershawUna biografía absolutamente veraz que puede leerse como una novela histórica de aventuras. El extraordinario fotógrafo Robert Capa fue testigo de excepción de los grandes acontecimientos históricos y bélicos del siglo XX: la Guerra Civil española, el desembarco de Normandía o la fundación del Estado de Israel. Incansable viajero, jugador, bebedor y mujeriego, murió a los 41 años al pisar una mina en la guerra de Indochina, después de una vida intensa y apasionante. A partir de entrevistas con personajes que le conocieron bien y de material de archivo, Alex Kershaw ha escrito una biografía absolutamente veraz que puede leerse como una novela histórica de aventuras.
Sanity and Grace
by Judy CollinsRenowned singer/songwriter Judy Collins's deeply moving memoir chronicles her journey from pain to survival following the suicide of her son, and offers comfort to those who struggle in suicide's aftermath. In Sanity and Grace, Collins reveals with unflinching honesty the events leading up to and following the death of her only child, culminating when she picks up the pieces of her shattered heart and gathers the strength to move forward. An elegantly written testimony of a survivor, Collins strives at first just to exist, and then to find solace in the face of grief and untimely loss. With this book, she breaks down the barriers of helplessness and secrecy to openly discuss the aftereffects of suicide, and explains how she found a path to hope and clarity. Sanity and Grace speaks to all who have endured the sorrow of losing a loved one before their time. In the depths of her suffering Collins found relief by reaching out to others for help and support. Now, she extends her hand to comfort other survivors whose lives have been affected by similar tragedy. This inspirational book will serve as a balm to help soothe and heal those wounded by suicide.
Sani‘ ol-Molk’s The Thousand and One Nights: A Study of Image Content and Visual Adaptation
by Elham EtemadiThis book examines The Thousand and One Nights by Abol-Hassan Khan Sani‘ ol-Molk Ghaffari (1813/1814-1867), of the content of the illustrations of the main story, the story of Shahrzad and Shahrbaz, as well as a codicological study of the manuscript. It intends to explain how Sani‘ ol-Molk complicates the visual frame by adaptive strategies that build on the relationship between presented objects inside an illustration and the meanings that could be conventionally attributed to them from outside of the image. Examining the illustrations of the manuscript shows how Sani‘ ol-Molk’s visualization of the main story of The Thousand and One Nights adds to the narrative and adapts it to convey meaning(s) that transcend the story the illustrations refer to.
Sanjuana
by Anabella GiraccaEn la Guatemala del final de la Colonia una serie de personajes se van perfilando alrededor de Sanjuana. Desde sus encierros "voluntarios" esta mujer, terrena a la fuerza, incidirá en la vida privada y pública de una sociedad supersticiosa.
Sankshipt Atmakatha Gandhiji
by Mahatma Gandhiગાંધીજીની આત્મકથા ‘સત્ય ના પ્રયોગો' એ વિશ્વમાં સૌથી વધુ વેચાયેલ અને વંચાયેલ આત્મકથાઓમાંની એક છે. નવજીવન ટ્રસ્ટ દ્વારા પ્રકાશિત આ પુસ્તકની અત્યાર સુધીમાં છ લાખ થી વધુ નકલો વેચાઇ ચુકી છે. તદુપરાંત અંગ્રેજી અને હિન્દી સહિત તેર ભારતીય ભાષાઓમાં પ્રકાશિત આ પુસ્તક ગાંધી-વિચાર સમજવામાં પાયાના પત્થર જેવું કામ કરે છે. નવજીવન ટ્રસ્ટ દ્વારા તેની ઇ-બુક ડિસ્કાઉંટ સાથે ઇ-શબ્દ પર...
Sankshipta Smaran Yatra
by Kakasaheb Kalelkarઆ ચોપડી વાંચીને મારા બાળમિત્રોને આનંદ થાય તો મને પૂરતો સંતોષ છે. પણ મારી અપેક્ષા એ છે કે બાળવાચકો જેમ જેમ આ પ્રકરણો વાંચતાં જાય તેમ તેમ પોતાના જીવનમાંના આવા જ અથવા બીજા રસિક પ્રસંગો યાદ કરીને લખતા જાય અને શિક્ષકોની સહેજસાજ મદદ લઈને માસિકોમાં છાપવા માટે મોકલતા જાય. આપણે ત્યાં બાળકો માટે લખેલું સાહિત્ય વધતું જાય છે, બાળકોએ જાતે લખેલું સાહિત્ય હજી પ્રગટ થતું નથી.
Sans masque
by Truda RosenbergSans masque fait la chronique des expériences exceptionnelles de Truda Rosenberg, une jeune Juive qui a vécu pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. La seule survivante de sa famille, Rosenberg témoigne l’adversité et la cruauté humaine endurée par des millions de Juifs à travers l’Europe. De sa fuite de Belzec, un camp de concentration où 500 000 juifs ont été abattus, aux multiples confrontations avec les autorités Nazis, durant lesquelles elle a dû déployer de nombreuses fausses identités, au ghetto de Varsovie, où elle contribua à une insurrection, l’auteure raconte une série d’épisodes qui altéra sa vie pour toujours. Les épisodes qui regroupent le volume illustrent combien il est difficile de retrouver son identité lorsque celle-ci fut brutalement piétinée. Le récit est une attestation à la résilience de la dignité humaine, à sa capacité d’adaptation aux pires circonstances et surtout à sa soif de triomphe. Au travers de cet ouvrage, l’auteur entend contribuer aux archives collectives qui témoignent du génocide systématique de son peuple pendant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale et célébrer la décision la plus importante de sa vie – celle de ressaisir ses racines et sa culture.
Sant Janabai: संत जनाबाई
by Dr Suhasini Yashwant Irlekarनामदेवांची दासी आणि ज्ञानेश्वरांची सखी असणाऱ्या ‘संत जनाबाई’ या जनमानसांत आजही लोकप्रिय आहेत. खेड्यापाड्यातील स्त्रिया आजही दळताना, कांडताना ज्या ओव्या म्हणतात, त्या या जनाईच्याच! आपल्या दिनचर्येतून विठूची भक्ती करण्याचा जनाबाईंचा हा भाव सर्वसामान्यांना मोहित करतो. जनाबाईंच्या ठायी एक अभिजात प्रतिभा, तरल संवेदनशीलता होती हे त्यांच्या अभंगातून समोर येते. एका दासीपासून ते संत पदापर्यंत त्यांनी प्रवास केला तो स्वयंप्रेरणेने. मध्ययुगीन कवयित्रींमध्ये संत जनाबाई या आपल्या आध्यात्मिक अधिकाराने आणि कार्यकर्तृत्वाने उजव्या ठरल्या. समग्र संतमंडळातही त्यांचे स्थान विशेष आहे. मात्र, तरीही संत जनाबाई या त्यांच्या समकालीन संतांपेक्षा दुर्लक्षित राहिल्या. त्यांचे जीवनचरित्र, त्यांचे कार्य, त्यांच्या अभंगांतील गोडवा नव्या पिढीला चाखता यावा यादृष्टीने संत साहित्याचे अभ्यासक असणार्या विविध लेखकांच्या लेखणीतून ‘संत जनाबाई’ हा वाचनीय ग्रंथ आकारास आला आहे. या ग्रंथातून जनाबाईंचे व्यक्तित्व तर उलगडतेच परंतु त्यांच्या अभंगांचे समग्र संकलन वाचकांस जनाबाईंच्या आध्यात्मिक व्यक्तिमत्त्वाची अनुभूतीही देतो!
Sant Singh Sekhon
by Tejwant Singh GillThe volume includes selected writings of Sant Singh Sekhon, the most innovative writer of Punjabi in the 20th century. Starting his career as a poet of English, albeit of great promise, he shifted to Punjabi out of deep alignment with Punjab.
Santa Catalina de Siena
by María Luz GómezMística consejera de reyes y papas, escritora, «milagrera»... Caterina Benincasa, analfabeta, admirada y criticada, aprendió a leer y a escribir milagrosamente y tuvo en su época una gran influencia social. Logró la vuelta del papa Gregorio XI de Avignon a Roma, e iniciar la resolución del Cisma de Occidente.
Santa Cecilia, patrona de la música
by María Luz GómezCecilia, a quien la vida sonreía, la entregó por su fe. En Roma, capital del Imperio, vivió Cecilia, noble dama cristiana y amante de la música. Imperaba Marco Aurelio, filósofo estoico que odiaba el cristianismo, y lo perseguía hasta el punto de considerar reo de muerte a todo aquel que lo profesara. Cecilia murió en defensa de su fe, junto con otros muchos mártires.
Santa Claus Is for Real: A True Christmas Fable About the Magic of Believing
by Bret Witter Charles Edward HallA heartwarming and inspirational fable from the Radio City Christmas Spectacular Santa based on his own personal journey of discovering the magic of Christmas.Every year, over a million people attend the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, where they have the pleasure of seeing Charles Edward Hall don a red suit and become the world&’s most famous Santa Claus—a role he has played for over thirty-five years. But Hall wasn&’t always such a jolly old soul. Believe it or not, this Santa was once a Scrooge—literally. For the first time, Charles tells the inspiring story of his own transformation, from a wide-eyed child who once caught a glimpse of Santa through a frosty windowpane, to a young man who lost his faith in jolly old Saint Nick. It wasn&’t until fate intervened, in the form of an unexpected role, a stage malfunction, and hundreds of letters from children, that Charles rediscovered his Christmas spirit. Ultimately, he discovered two life-changing lessons: this was his life&’s work, and that Santa is real. When Charles needed him most, Santa was there, with kind words and a special gift. As this delightful true-life fable proves, he is there for everyone. All it takes is a good heart, an honest joy, and a belief in the magic of Christmas.
Santa Claus: A Biography
by Gerry BowlerAn entertaining, often surprising look at the life of the world’s most influential fictional character. He is the embodiment of charity and generosity, a creation of mythology, a tool of clever capitalists. The very idea of him is enduring and powerful. Santa Claus was born in early-nineteenth-century America, but his family tree goes back seven hundred years to Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children. Intervening generations were shaggy and strange — whip-wielding menaces to naughty boys and girls. Yet as the raucous, outdoor, alcohol-fuelled holiday gave way to a more domestic, sentimental model, a new kind of gift-bringer was called for — a loveable elf, still judgmental but far less threatening. In this engaging social and cultural history, Gerry Bowler examines the place of Santa Claus in history, literature, advertising, and art. He traces his metamorphosis from a beardless youth into a red-suited peddler. He reveals the lesser-known aspects of the gift-bringer’s life — Santa’s involvement with social and political causes of all stripes (he enlisted on the Union side in the American Civil War), his starring role in the movies and as adman for gun-makers and insurance companies. And he demolishes the myths surrounding Santa Claus and Coca-Cola. Santa Claus: A Biographywill stand as the classic work on the long-lived and multifarious Mr. Claus. From the Hardcover edition.
Santa Evita
by Tomás Eloy MartínezUn clásico de la gran literatura latinoamericana y una referencia insoslayable para entender las contradicciones y desencuentros de la Argentina. Diosa, reina, señora, madre, benefactora, árbitro de la moda y modelo nacional de comportamiento. Santa Evita para unos y para otros una analfabeta resentida, trepadora, loca y ordinaria, presidenta de una dictadura de mendigos. El protagonista de esta novela es el cuerpo de Eva Duarte de Perón, una belleza en vida y una hermosura etérea de 1,25 m después del trabajo del embalsamador español Pedro Ara. Un cuerpo del que se hicieron varias copias y que, en su enloquecedor viaje por el mundo durante dieciséis años, trastorna a cuantos se le acercan y se confunde con un pueblo a la deriva que no ha perdido la esperanza de su regreso.
Santa Isabel de Hungría
by María Luz GómezGrande en la prosperidad. Mayor en la adversidad. La vida de la princesa Isabel de Hungría se asemeja, en su primera parte, a un cuento de hadas. En la segunda deberá enfrentarse a la adversidad. Pero, en una y en otra, dio muestras de su bondad, nobleza y generosidad. Nunca se conformó con dar a Dios y a los demás un pedazo de su esencia, sino que se entregó ella misma por entero.
Santa Isabel de Portugal
by María Luz GómezLogró poner paz en la dura batalla entre padre e hijo. Isabel, reina de Portugal, fue nombrada por la Iglesia abogada de la paz, porque su amor logró dicha paz entre su marido Dionís Iy su hijo, el futuro Alfonso IV, el Bravo. Entre Portugal y Castilla-León, con la firma del Tratado de Alcañices por Dionís y D.ª M.ª de Molina. Y, posteriormente, entre su hijo Alfonso IV y su nieto Alfonso XI.
Santa Maradona (Flash Ensayo)
by Juan José SebreliUn intenso repaso a la vida pública y privada de uno de los grandes iconos del siglo XX. Maradona ha sido, es y será, una figura que trasciende los límites del deporte para convertirse en un mito y una leyenda para el pueblo. A pesar de sus excesos, la figura del 10 se ha colocado en el altar de las grandes celebridades, para algunos incluso a la altura de Miguel Ángel, Gaudí o Jesucristo. En este apasionante ensayo conoceremos al deportista, al drogodependiente, al amigo de dictadores y narcotraficantes, a la figura pública que se enfrentó a políticos, periodistas e incluso al mismo Papa, al revolucionario de izquierdas que conducía Ferraris, y al rey de la noche que promovía campañas antidroga. Pocas veces una persona ha sido tanto para tantos.
Santa Rita de Casia
by María Luz GómezPara un amor auténtico, no existe ningún imposible. En un agitado periodo de la historia italiana del siglo IV, marcado por las luchas entre güelfos y gibelinos, y las que mantenían por el poder en Cascia las familias rivales de la nobleza, el amor de Rita logró auténticos «imposibles». El primero: la paz entre las dos familias «pioneras» que se odiaban a muerte.