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Monuments Men Rose Valland By Patrick Bunker Rose Valland was an ordinary French citizen whose actions made an extraordinary impact during World War 2. Rose was a member of The French Resistance, but her acts of fearless bravery made a positive effect on countries all over the...

Alan Rickman, the great British actor and beloved Professor Snape passed away at the age of 69. Rickman with his undeniable charm and a hypnotic charisma stole millions of hearts across the world. Rickman's words, with his remarkable voice, will always resonate in our hearts. Here are some of his most memorable quotes which he left for us to cherish him by.  

Né au Congo belge, Patrick Beauduin a grandi dans un monde où le petit blanc faisait ce qu’il voulait du petit noir. C’est le début d’une vie construite pour faire de lui un gamin aux poings frustrés, un ado au mot méchant, un publicitaire au verbe vendeur… et éventuellement, un patron...

Auch nach 20 Alben und einer Legion begeisterter Fans hört der unbeirrbare Waits nicht auf, immer wieder neue, mal zärtlich poetische, mal raue wüste Songs voll magischer Faszination zu produzieren, die andere Pop-Artisten wie Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, The Eagles, Elvis Costello, Meat Loaf,...

Oscar Micheaux was the Jackie Robinson of film, the black D. W. Griffith: a bigger-than-life American folk hero whose important life story is nearly forgotten today. Now, in a feat of historical investigation and vivid storytelling, one of our greatest film biographers takes on one of the most talented...

Hannibal is “an exciting biography of one of history’s greatest commanders…a thrilling page-turner” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees, and who is still regarded today as one of...

For 123 days in the summer of 1940, 3,000 youthful airmen in the Royal Air Force fought back against Hitler’s advancing forces with a  heroism that astonished the world. Drawing on interviews with scores of surviving pilots as well as diaries and letters never before seen, military historian and...

One of the most daring feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor’s daring life was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in Crete, on April 26, 1944. Abducting a General, now published for the first time in the United States, is Leigh Fermor’s own account of the kidnapping. Written...

Die Karriere des Fußballprofis Dante ist eine Geschichte vom Glauben an sich selbst - und vom Vertrauen auf Gott und die eigene Familie. Erst mit 17 Jahren wurde der Brasilianer von dem hochklassigen Verein Juventude in Caxias do Sul, 3000 Kilometer von seiner Heimatstadt Salvador de Bahia entfernt,...

The name of Fritz Lang—the visionary director of Metropolis, M, Fury, The Big Heat, and thirty other unforgettable films—is hallowed the world over. But what lurks behind his greatest legends and his genius as a filmmaker? Patrick McGilligan, placed among “the front rank of film biographers”...

An intimate biography of the gay icon whose Tales of the City changed America’s understanding of LGBT culture during the 1970s and ’80s. Step into Armistead Maupin’s house, and you will be greeted by a strapping young gardener, a wave of marijuana smoke, and the most gracious host in...

The first major biography of V.S. Naipaul, the controversial and enigmatic Nobel laureate: a stunning writer whose only stated ambition was greatness, in pursuit of which goal nothing else was sacred. Beginning in rich detail in Trinidad, where Naipaul was born into an Indian family, Patrick...

In this rare glimpse into the life of Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano, the author takes up his pen to tell his personal story. He addresses his early years—shadowy times in postwar Paris that haunt his memory and have inspired his world-cherished body of fiction. In the spare, absorbing, and sometimes...

Cela fait maintenant 36 ans que je vis et respire l’Asie. Si l’on me demande où j’habite, j’hésite… d’où je suis, j’hésite encore… blanc jauni ou jaune blanchi ? OEuf, c’est-à-dire, blanc à l’extérieur et jaune à l’intérieur (d’où le titre de cet ouvrage), où…....