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When he was nine years old, Paul Polson lay on his bed in his family home, burning up with fever. He experienced a "vision" during that fever that repeated itself several times throughout his life. The message was clear during the vision, but Paul couldn't describe it when he woke. What it did do was give him confidence that he could do anything he wanted and succeed.
In The Vision, he shares his story: A lifelong passion for the arts and a quest...
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An extraordinary memoir of fortune, fraud, and the master of modern art.
Art dealer Stan Lauryssens made millions in modern art, but he sold only one name: Salvador Dalí. The surrealist painter's work was a hot commodity for the newly rich, investors, and shady businessmen looking to launder their black-market cash. Stan didn't mind looking the other way; he just hoped the buyers would look the other way as well. The artworks he sold came from some...
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Actrice, chanteuse, animatrice, professeur d'art dramatique et communicatrice hors pair, Ghislaine Paradis, dans cette autobiographie captivante, nous entraîne avec enthousiasme au coeur de sa vie et de sa passion d'artiste. 1ier prix de Conservatoire , elle est d'abord connue pour son rle de Nicole dans la populaire émission de télévision " Quelle Famille " à Radio-Canada. Elle sera aussi Hélène dans " À Coeur Battant " qui l'emmènera au...
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Este libro es una biografía elegíaca del poeta, en el que Rilke habla a través de sus cartas, enlazadas artesanalmente por la autora. Se trata de un poeta que parte en busca de su propia voz, su sí mismo, en una enconada lucha con su propia naturaleza. Lou Andreas-Salomé muestra el revés de la trama de la creación, el riesgo vital que supone encontrar al poeta en cada uno de nosotros y, a la vez, el poder salvador que entraña. En un mundo...
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En esta novela gráfica, Danielle de Picciotto relata e ilustra el viaje sin retorno que inició en 2010 junto a su pareja Alexander Hacke, miembro fundador de la mítica banda post-punk Einstürzende Neubauten, en búsqueda de una ciudad que les entusiasmara tanto como ese Berlín de finales de los ochenta en el que ella co-fundó la Love Parade.
Entre diario y crónica de viaje, este libro explora el nomadismo como una opción de vida frente a la...
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Effie Gray, a beautiful and intelligent young socialite, rattled the foundations of England's Victorian age. Married at nineteen to John Ruskin, the leading art critic of the time, she found herself trapped in a loveless, unconsummated union after Ruskin rejected her on their wedding night. On a trip to Scotland she met John Everett Millais, Ruskin's protégé, and fell passionately in love with him. In a daring act, Effie left Ruskin, had their marriage...
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The first major life of the outstanding British painter - and Jack the Ripper suspect - Walter Sickert (1860-1942), by the highly acclaimed biographer of Aubrey Beardsley.
Walter Richard Sickert is perhaps the outstanding figure of British art during the last hundred years. Many contemporary painters, from Hodgkin and Bacon to Auerbach and Kossof, acknowledge a debt to his influence. His career spanned...
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#1 I went to the House to speak to Gerry a few days after receiving his voicemail.
#2 I went to the House to speak to Gerry, and met a boy named Leon, who was Black. He was a bit shorter than me, but I didn't say anything.
#3 I went to visit Gerry and met a boy named Leon, who told me that people didn't cook. I decided that if Leon agreed to help, cooking could work....
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Behind the famous painting by Diego Velázquez lies a rich story of the artist's life in art
What began as propaganda art to celebrate a rare Spanish victory in the Eighty Years' War with Holland, The Surrender at Breda is today recognized as Velázquez's narrative masterpiece.
Breda is packed with vivid military detail-whole armies are suggested on the huge canvas, twelve feet high and eleven feet wide. Unlike typical surrender scenes, there is...
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An intimate depiction of the visionary who revolutionized the art world A man who created portraits of the rich and powerful, Andy Warhol was one of the most incendiary figures in American culture, a celebrity whose star shone as brightly as those of the Marilyns and Jackies whose likenesses brought him renown. Images of his silvery wig and glasses are as famous as his renderings of soup cans and Brillo boxes-controversial works that elevated commerce...
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A medio siglo de su fallecimiento, la obra de Carlos A. Madrazo mantiene su vigencia tanto por su extraordinaria carrera política como por sus sorprendentes logros a contrapelo del anquilosamiento del sistema político de sus tiempos. Dotado de las habilidades necesarias para transitar por circunstancias particularmente difíciles, dio muestras de ellas desde temprana edad. Temerario, dueño de una fogosa oratoria, trabajador infatigable, honrado...
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This is a short classic autography from a gifted writer, the dog he had as a child; his marriage, the dogs he and his wife had together, and the sudden death of his wife; his second marriage and the long slow death of his second wife from cancer. The dogs they had together and the dogs he had as companions after the deaths of his wives, eight and one-years apart.
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Here are the significant events that have shaped my life. I feel that the time is right to document these stories and secure them in history. The first chapter details how candidate Eisenhower fails to shake my hand after we had walked a long way late at night as a young boy. Although I was disappointed at the moment this still had a significant and lasting impact on my early life. And gave me a great idea of who are Presidents are. Although just...
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Book Preview: #1 The advertising industry is based on giving people false expectations. It's a perfect career for me because it's based on giving people false expectations.
#2 I am not used to rules and structure, and so I have a hard time keeping the phone connected and the electricity turned on. I place all my bills in a box, which I keep next to the stove.
#3 I was waltzing around...
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#1 I would like to thank my wife, Catherine, for her many careful readings of this book. I would also like to thank Rosemary Hutchins, Geoffrey Wolff, Gary Fisketjon, and Amanda Urban for their help and support.
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Thirty-five years of hard work in entertainment has culminated in a fulfilling life. When I made it to performing arts high school I made a promise to myself to write everything down. I began my journal when I was 15 years old. Now I am 54 years old. Lugo an autobiography is a record of creative real life stories of growing up in the industry where I was not supposed to excel. The fulfilled life comes with many challenges. My most difficult challenge...
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THIS IS A TRANSCRIPTION OF THE AUDIOBOOK "MORE CUTE STORIES, VOL.1: DISNEYLAND HISTORY". Join Disney Legend and former Imagineer Rolly Crump as he reminisces about the early days of Disneyland! From illuminating insights about Walt Disney himself to bawdy tales of Guest hijinks, these stories are entertaining from beginning to end, and are all told with Rolly's unique wit and flair.
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Mis memorias las escribió mi hijo. Son muchas voces distintas las que recuerdo. Son muchos los pensamientos. Con él intenté encausar mi memoria, modularla, que las transformara en un relato, casi como una ficción más, rodeada por un mundo de otras ficciones. Es un relato a dos voces. La voz de mi hijo y la voz de este personaje que ahora soy yo a ratos desdoblada en las voces de otros personajes. Él tenía en mí afán casi religioso de encontrar...
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In lucid prose George Thomas Clark recalls the challenges of growing up in a family beset by divorce, depression, and alcoholism, and the compensatory joys of playing basketball and other sports. Though academically promising, Clark loses discipline as his drinking and substance abuse worsen and he drops out of college to write and support himself by menial labor and other unpromising endeavors.
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#1 I was born in Brooklyn, New York, and spent my youth traveling with my family, trying to find a place for myself in the world. I had piano and ballet lessons, but I hated both. I spent most of my time reading. When we moved to a big house in Forest Hills, I was seven years old.
#2 At the tender age of eight, I was a child prodigy who hated music and ballet, and I...
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