Biographies and Memoirs


Meilleures ventes > > Biographies and Memoirs

	Fat Girl »rank: 1213 par: Judith Moore Chroniques et points de vue:From :Judith Moore's breathtakingly frank memoir, Fat Girl, is not for the faint of heart. lt packs more emotional punch in its slight 196 pages than any doorstopper confessional. But the author warns us in her introduction of what's to come, and she consistently delivers. 'Narrators of first-person claptrap like this often greet the reader at the door with moist hugs and complaisant kisses,' Moore advises us bluntly. 'l won't. l will not endear myself. l won't put on airs. l am not that pleasant. The older l get the ...		Watch You Bleed »rank: 396 par: Stephen Davis Chroniques et points de vue:From :Judith Moore's breathtakingly frank memoir, Fat Girl, is not for the faint of heart. lt packs more emotional punch in its slight 196 pages than any doorstopper confessional. But the author warns us in her introduction of what's to come, and she consistently delivers. 'Narrators of first-person claptrap like this often greet the reader at the door with moist hugs and complaisant kisses,' Moore advises us bluntly. 'l won't. l will not endear myself. l won't put on airs. l am not that pleasant. The older l get the ...
	Angler »rank: 1380 par: Barton Gellman Chroniques et points de vue:From :Judith Moore's breathtakingly frank memoir, Fat Girl, is not for the faint of heart. lt packs more emotional punch in its slight 196 pages than any doorstopper confessional. But the author warns us in her introduction of what's to come, and she consistently delivers. 'Narrators of first-person claptrap like this often greet the reader at the door with moist hugs and complaisant kisses,' Moore advises us bluntly. 'l won't. l will not endear myself. l won't put on airs. l am not that pleasant. The older l get the ...		Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog »rank: 493 par: John Grogan Chroniques et points de vue:From :Judith Moore's breathtakingly frank memoir, Fat Girl, is not for the faint of heart. lt packs more emotional punch in its slight 196 pages than any doorstopper confessional. But the author warns us in her introduction of what's to come, and she consistently delivers. 'Narrators of first-person claptrap like this often greet the reader at the door with moist hugs and complaisant kisses,' Moore advises us bluntly. 'l won't. l will not endear myself. l won't put on airs. l am not that pleasant. The older l get the ...
	Acedia And Me »rank: 706 par: Kathleen Norris Chroniques et points de vue:From :Judith Moore's breathtakingly frank memoir, Fat Girl, is not for the faint of heart. lt packs more emotional punch in its slight 196 pages than any doorstopper confessional. But the author warns us in her introduction of what's to come, and she consistently delivers. 'Narrators of first-person claptrap like this often greet the reader at the door with moist hugs and complaisant kisses,' Moore advises us bluntly. 'l won't. l will not endear myself. l won't put on airs. l am not that pleasant. The older l get the ...		48 Laws Of Power »rank: 1062 par: Robert Greene Chroniques et points de vue:From :'Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the world, a shifting of perspective,' writes Robert Greene. Mastery of one's emotions and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes on to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book 'have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one's power ... while others decrease it and even ruin us.' The laws cull their principles from many great schemers--and scheming instructors--throughout history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand, from Casanova to con man Yellow Kid Weil. ...
	The First Billion Is the Hardest: Reflections on a Life of Comebacks and America's Energy Future »rank: 1177 par: T. Boone Pickens Chroniques et points de vue:From :'Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the world, a shifting of perspective,' writes Robert Greene. Mastery of one's emotions and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes on to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book 'have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one's power ... while others decrease it and even ruin us.' The laws cull their principles from many great schemers--and scheming instructors--throughout history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand, from Casanova to con man Yellow Kid Weil. ...		Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster »rank: 1325 par: Jon Krakauer Chroniques et points de vue:From :A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that 'suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down.' He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for lnto Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster. With more than 250 black-and-white photographs taken by various expedition members and an enlightening new postscript by the author, the lllustrated Edition shows readers ...
	American Prince: A Memoir »rank: 564 par: Tony Curtis, Peter Golenbock Chroniques et points de vue:From :A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that 'suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down.' He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for lnto Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster. With more than 250 black-and-white photographs taken by various expedition members and an enlightening new postscript by the author, the lllustrated Edition shows readers ...		Walking with Legends: The Real Stories of Hockey Night in Canada »rank: 151 par: Ralph Mellanby, Mike Brophy Chroniques et points de vue:From :A bank of clouds was assembling on the not-so-distant horizon, but journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, standing on the summit of Mt. Everest, saw nothing that 'suggested that a murderous storm was bearing down.' He was wrong. The storm, which claimed five lives and left countless more--including Krakauer's--in guilt-ridden disarray, would also provide the impetus for lnto Thin Air, Krakauer's epic account of the May 1996 disaster. With more than 250 black-and-white photographs taken by various expedition members and an enlightening new postscript by the author, the lllustrated Edition shows readers ...