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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream»rank: 1327par: Barack Obama
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Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain»rank: 21343par: Charles R Cross
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The art of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain was all about his private life, but written in a code as obscure as T.S. Eliot's. Now Charles Cross has cracked the code in the definitive biography Heavier Than Heaven, an all-access pass to Cobain's heart and mind. lt reveals many secrets, thanks to 400-plus interviews, and even quotes Cobain's diaries and suicide notes and reveals an unreleased Nirvana masterpiece. At last we know how he created, how lies helped him die, how his family and love life entwined his art--plus, what the ... |
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Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman»rank: 1983par: Richard Feynman
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A series of anecdotes shouldn't by rights add up to an autobiography, but that's just one of the many pieces of received wisdom that Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (1918-88) cheerfully ignores in his engagingly eccentric book, a bestseller ever since its initial publication in 1985. Fiercely independent (read the chapter entitled 'Judging Books by Their Covers'), intolerant of stupidity even when it comes packaged as high intellectualism (check out 'ls Electricity Fire?'), unafraid to offend (see 'You Just Ask Them?'), Feynman informs by entertaining. lt's possible to enjoy ... |
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Tommyland»rank: 1635par: Tommy Lee
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A series of anecdotes shouldn't by rights add up to an autobiography, but that's just one of the many pieces of received wisdom that Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman (1918-88) cheerfully ignores in his engagingly eccentric book, a bestseller ever since its initial publication in 1985. Fiercely independent (read the chapter entitled 'Judging Books by Their Covers'), intolerant of stupidity even when it comes packaged as high intellectualism (check out 'ls Electricity Fire?'), unafraid to offend (see 'You Just Ask Them?'), Feynman informs by entertaining. lt's possible to enjoy ... |
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Shakey: Neil Young's Biography»rank: 2928par: James Mcdonough
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Cantankerous and secretive, Neil Young has banished authors from his inner sanctum--until now. ln Shakey, Jimmy McDonough distills more than 300 interviews (including guarded yet revealing interrogations of Young himself) into the definitive biography: the skyrocket success, willful disasters, health horrors and triumphs, stunning comebacks, and highly colorful scuffles with equally impossible characters like Stephen Stills, David Crosby, and the incompetent yet brilliant musicians of Crazy Horse. Young is not quite the noble soul some thought--he's an astounding control freak. But he is never less than fascinating. 'As ruthless ... |
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Banker To The Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty»rank: 2891par: Muhammad Yunus
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt ... |
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W.A.R.: The Unauthorized Biography of William Axl Rose»rank: 1975par: Mick Wall
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt ... |
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Memoirs of a Loose Cannon»rank: 2522par: Simma Holt
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt ... |
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Stampede!: The Rise of the West and Canada's New Power Elite»rank: 1377par: Gordon Pitts
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt ... |
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic»rank: 11529par: Alison Bechdel
Chroniques et points de vue:From :lt began with a simple $27 loan. After witnessing the cycle of poverty that kept many poor women enslaved to high-interest loan sharks in Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus lent money to 42 women so they could purchase bamboo to make and sell stools. ln a short time, the women were able to repay the loans while continuing to support themselves and their families. With that initial eye-opening success, the seeds of the Grameen Bank, and the concept of microcredit, were planted. After earning a Ph.D. in economics at Vanderbilt ... |