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In an idyllic Los Angeles neighborhood, where generations enjoy deep roots in old homes, the O’Rourke family fits right in. Miriam and Craig are both artists and their four children carry on the legacy. When their teenage son, Nick, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, a tumultuous decade ensues in which the family careens off the conventional course. Like the 10 Biblical plagues, they are hit by one catastrophe after another: violence, evictions, arrests, a suicide attempt, a near-drowning - even cancer and a brain tumor - play against the backdrop of a wild teenage bacchanal.

Barton Rubenstein had a picture-perfect childhood—a loving family, idyllic summers at the beach, and a particularly close kinship with his progressive, charismatic, and devoted mom. When she died after a brutal five-year battle with cancer, Barton, just 18, found himself confronted by unbearable heartbreak. He was also saddened that his mother had not realized many of her dreams, and felt terrified that he could meet the same fate. This fear sent him headlong into a life of unexpected adventures and achievements, feeling that tomorrow could be too late.

His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but after John Roebling's sudden death, Washington Roebling built what has become one of American's most iconic structures - as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet, as recognizable as the bridge is, its builder is too often forgotten - and his life is of interest far beyond his chosen field. It is the story of immigrants, of the frontier, of the greatest crisis in American history, and of the making of the modern world.

Chi è stato realmente Leonardo Da Vinci? E qual è stata la rilevanza del suo pensiero, delle sue scoperte, delle sue opere...

No Limits Beyond a Genius tells the true life story of a young man by the name of Andrew Magdy Kamal. Throughout his life, Andrew accomplished becoming a semi-professional boxer, an inventor, a published author, a poet, a comedian, and a marathon runner...all by the ripe young age of 16!

Le età della vita di Leonardo furono marcate da ricerche e spostamenti, sia attraverso luoghi fisici sia - soprattutto - attraverso le discipline che egli studiò e intrecciò in un continuo avanzamento. La sua fu una vita affascinante, tanto che da secoli viene studiata, catturando la curiosità di tutti, dagli storici dell'arte ai critici, dai filosofi agli psicologi, fino a ciascuno di noi.

Before there was Steve Jobs, there was Norman Bel Geddes. A ninth-grade dropout who found himself at the center of the worlds of industry, advertising, theater, and even gaming, Bel Geddes designed everything from the first all-weather stadium to Manhattan's most exclusive nightclub to Futurama, the prescient 1939 exhibit that envisioned how America would look in the not-too-distant 1960s.

Esta autobiografía, La Bazuca de Madera, es una historia de múltiples dramas demasiado vívida, improbable e intensamente personal para haber sido conjurada por un novelista. Desde el orfanato hasta el frente de batalla, desde el campo de prisioneros hasta la sala de juntas y más allá, Karl Heinz Johannsmeier teje una narrativa vertiginosa de una duración y una trayectoria increíbles, un testimonio del poder del optimismo y la tenacidad para burlar a la muerte, superar la derrota e ingeniar el triunfo.

Cette autobiographie, Bazooka en Bois, est une histoire de drames multiples trop vivants, improbables et intensément personnels pour avoir été évoqués par un romancier. De l'orphelinat au front de bataille en passant par le camp de prisonniers, la salle de conférence et au-delà, Karl Heinz Johannsmeier raconte un récit au rythme effréné d'une envergure et d'une trajectoire incroyables, un témoignage du pouvoir de l'optimisme et de la ténacité pour déjouer la mort, surmonter la défaite et triompher.

Diese Autobiographie ist eine Geschichte vielfältiger Dramen, die zu lebendig, unwahrscheinlich und zutiefst persönlich sind, um von einem Romanautor heraufbeschworen zu werden. Vom Waisenhaus zur Front, zu politischem Knast, zu Hightech-Unternehmer und darüber hinaus—Karl Heinz Johannsmeier erzählt eine rasante Geschichte von unglaublicher Spannweite und Flugbahn, ein Zeugnis der Kraft des Optimismus und der Hartnäckigkeit, den Tod zu überlisten, Niederlagen zu überwinden und Triumphe zu konstruieren.

On Zulema's fourth date with the man who is now her husband, they created a "Life List" of adventures they would share together, from skydiving to luxurious trips around the world, and as wine collectors, traveling the wine regions to meet their favorite producers. Wildly successful and in love, Zulema was living a fairy tale. But, two years into their marriage, the Life List took on a shocking urgency when she was diagnosed with sarcoma, an exceedingly rare and incurable form of cancer, along with a host of other complex and mysterious medical conditions.

Biographical profile of Walter Elias Disney, the man who built an empire on the back of a mouse. Imbued with an iron-like drive to succeed, Disney pushed, prodded, and pressed those around him, as he did himself, to succeed. He was always on the edge of vision and technology. An unmitigated risk taker, Disney constantly flirted with financial ruin, seemingly bent on a mission to remain in debt while his brother Roy's ambition was to harness Walt's financial excesses.

Discover the lessons from Walt Disney that can transform your business and your life! He was a visionary, a legend, and a folk hero of the 20th century who revolutionized the entertainment industry in a way that that nobody thought possible. He transformed animation into an art form and built a synergistic empire which combined television, music and theme parks. He was Walt Disney.

In this candid memoir, featuring a foreword by Barbra Streisand, renowned designer Donna Karan shares intimate details about her lonely childhood, her four-plus decades in the fashion industry, her two marriages, motherhood, and her ongoing quest for self-acceptance and spiritual peace.