«Depeche Mode» — одна из самых культовых в мире групп. Книга рассказывает о начале ее создания, о нелегком пути к ошеломляющей славе четырех бэзилдонских подростков, о мировом признании, о любви, таланте и еще о многих очень важных вещах.
Laura Bennett is not a soccer mom or a PTA mom or a helicopter mom—and she’s certainly not mother of the year. Another breed of mother entirely, Laura is surely more Auntie Mame than June Cleaver. As a busy mother of six, Laura is on an impossible mission: raising a brood of fast-moving, messy, wild sons in the jungles of Manhattan. So what other choice does she have than to sit back, grab a martini, and let the boys be, er, boys?In Laura gives her irreverent take on modern motherhood and proves that a strong ...
Corinne Hofmann, 1960 als Tochter einer franz?sischen Mutter und eines deutschen Vaters im Schweizer Kanton Thurgau geboren, gelang mit ihrem Lebensbericht „Die wei?e Massai“ ?ber ihre Zeit in Kenia ein internationaler Bestseller, der bereits in 19 Sprachen ?bersetzt wurde. 2003 erschien ihr zweites Buch „Zur?ck aus Afrika“, in dem sie von ihrem Neuanfang in der Schweiz erz?hlt.Seit einigen Jahren lebt sie mit ihrer Tochter am Luganer See.
William Gibson is known primarily as a novelist, with his work ranging from his groundbreaking first novel, Neuromancer, to his more recent contemporary bestsellers Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, and Zero History. During those nearly thirty years, though, Gibson has been sought out by widely varying publications for his insights into contemporary culture. Wired magazine sent him to Singapore to report on one of the world's most buttoned-up states. The New York Times Magazine asked him to describe what was wrong with the Internet. Rolling Stone published his essay on the ways our lives are all "soundtracked" by the music ...
“One of my favorite ideas is, never to keep an unnecessary soldier,” Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1792. Neither Jefferson nor the other Founders could ever have envisioned the modern national security state, with its tens of thousands of “privateers”; its bloated Department of Homeland Security; its rusting nuclear weapons, ill-maintained and difficult to dismantle; and its strange fascination with an unproven counterinsurgency doctrine. Written with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow’s argues that we’ve drifted away from America’s original ideals and become a nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war, with all the financial ...
This beautifully written, heartfelt memoir touched a nerve among both readers and reviewers. Elizabeth Gilbert tells how she made the difficult choice to leave behind all the trappings of modern American success (marriage, house in the country, career) and find, instead, what she truly wanted from life. Setting out for a year to study three different aspects of her nature amid three different cultures, Gilbert explored the art of pleasure in Italy and the art of devotion in India, and then a balance between the two on the Indonesian island of Bali. By turns rapturous and rueful, this wise and funny author (whom Booklist calls "Anne Lamott's hip, yoga- practicing, footloose younger sister") is poised to garner yet more adoring fans.
Durante m?s de cuarenta a?os, Richard Kuklinski, «el Hombre de Hielo», vivi? una doble vida que super? con creces lo que se puede ver en Los Soprano. Aunque se hab?a convertido en uno de los asesinos profesionales m?s temibles de la historia de los Estados Unidos, no dejaba de invitar a sus vecinos a alegres barbacoas en un barrio residencial de Nueva Jersey. Richard Kuklinski particip?, bajo las ?rdenes de Sammy Gravano, «el Toro», en la ejecuci?n de Paul Castellano en el restaurante Sparks. John Gotti lo contrat? para que matara a un vecino ...
North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It is also armed with nuclear weapons. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people are being held in its political prison camps, which have existed twice as long as Stalin’s Soviet gulags and twelve times as long as the Nazi concentration camps. Very few born and raised in these camps have escaped. But Shin Dong-hyuk did.In , acclaimed journalist Blaine Harden tells the story of Shin Dong-hyuk and through the lens of Shin’s life unlocks the secrets of the world’s most repressive totalitarian state. Shin knew nothing of civilized existence-he saw his mother as a competitor for food, guards raised him to be a snitch, and he witnessed the execution of his own family. Through Harden’s harrowing narrative of Shin’s life and remarkable escape, he offers an unequaled inside account of one of the world’s darkest nations and a riveting tale of endurance, courage, and survival.
Перед вами – новая книга Игоря Рабинера, посвященная Euro-2008. Весь месяц автор провел в Австрии и Швейцарии рядом с сенсационной российской командой, от которой почти ничего не ждали на этом чемпионате. Но российские футболисты завоевали бронзовые медали и заставили о себе говорить в восторженных тонах не только отечественную, но и мировую спортивную общественность.Три очень подробных и откровенных интервью Гуса Хиддинка, беседы с капитаном команды Сергеем Семаком и ее лучшим бомбардиром Романом Павлюченко, мнения знаменитых болельщиков сборной России, таких, к примеру, как Александр Розенбаум, эмоциональные репортажи «с колес» и аналитические материалы…Прочитав написанную в форме дневника книгу одного из самых ярких спортивных журналистов России, вы вновь окунетесь в волшебный мир первенства Европы и заново переживете незабываемый июнь 2008-го. Июнь, после которого наш футбол и наш взгляд на него уже никогда не будут такими, как прежде.Читайте и гордитесь сборной России!
In this groundbreaking biography of Eva Braun, German historian Heike B. G?rtemaker delves into the startlingly neglected historical truth about Adolf Hitler’s mistress. More than just the vapid blonde of popular clich?, Eva Braun was a capricious but uncompromising, fiercely loyal companion to Hitler; theirs was a relationship that flew in the face of the F?hrer’s proclamations that Germany was his only bride. G?rtemaker paints a portrait of Hitler and Braun’s life together with unnerving quotidian detail—Braun chose the movies screened at their mountaintop retreat (propaganda, of course); he dreamed of retiring ...
Just when you thought you’d accepted your own mortality… is bringing panic back. Twenty illustrated, hilariously fear-inducing essays reveal the chilling and experiments, dangerous emerging technologies, and terrifying natural disasters that soon could——bring about the end of humanity. In short, everything in here will kill you and everyone you love. At any moment. And nobody’s told you about it—• Experiments in green energy like the HiPER, which uses massive lasers to create a tiny “contained” sun; it’s an idea that could save the world if it doesn’t consume us all in a fiery fusion reaction first.• Global disasters like the hypercane—a hurricane so large it could cover all of North America and shoot trailer parks into space!• Terrifying new developments in robotics like the EATR, which powers itself on meat—an invention in the running for “Worst Decision Made by Anybody.”
Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America’s manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA’s Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race. He helped to launch Alan Shepard and John Glenn, then assumed the flight ...
In October 2002, Susan Polk, a housewife and mother of three, was arrested for the murder of her husband, Felix. The arrest in her sleepy northern California town kicked off what would become one of the most captivating murder trials in recent memory, as police, local attorneys, and the national media sought to unravel the complex web of events that sent this seemingly devoted housewife over the edge.Now, with the exclusive access and in-depth reporting that made a number one bestseller, Catherine Crier turns an analytical eye to the story of Susan Polk, delving into her past and ...
A riveting collection of literary journalism by the bestselling author of capped off brilliantly by a new Afterword and a timely essay about war-torn Afghanistan—a superb eyewitness report about the Taliban’s defeat in Kabul—new to book form. Sebastian Junger has made a specialty of bringing to life the drama of nature and human nature. Few writers have been to so many disparate and desperate corners of the globe. Fewer still have met the standard of great journalism more consistently. None has provided more starkly memorable evocations of extreme events. From the murderous mechanics of the ...
The best-selling author describes his teenage son's valiant but unsuccessful battle against bone cancer and relates the mystical and miraculous events that led the author to an understanding of the undying quality of the human spirit.
