Resultados para "Anna" en Mujeres

A partir de centenares de entrevistas con amigos, colaboradores y empleados próximos a Anna, Amy Odell despliega una inspiradora historia de poder y ambición en un universo, el de las revistas de moda, tan fértil en glamour como en mezquindades. De niña, Anna Wintour carecía de cualquier interés por la ropa, pero cuando en la adolescencia descubrió las minifaldas y los cortes de pelo bob, se obsesionó. Su padre, un influyente periodista británico y figura clave en su vida, vaticinó que terminaría siendo directora de Vogue. Ella no cejó en su empeño hasta lograrlo.

Tan salvajemente divertido y conmovedor como la vida de cualquier veinteañero que crece navegando entre desengaños amorosos y relaciones desastrosas. La periodista Dolly Alderton se propuso dar cuenta de sus locos veinte años en este divertido libro trufado de amores y desamores, relaciones...

The English Governess at the Siamese Court, written in 1870, vividly recounts the experiences of one Anna Harriette Leonowens as governess for the sixty-plus children of King Mongkut of Siam, and translator and scribe for the King himself. Bright, young, and energetic, Leonowens was well-suited to her role and her writings convey a heartfelt interest in the lives, legends, and languages of Siam's rich and poor.

Relegated during her lifetime to the pulpy genre of mystery, Patricia Highsmith has emerged since her death in 1995 as one of “our greatest modernist writers” (Gore Vidal). Presented for the first time, this one-volume assemblage of her diaries and notebooks posthumously discovered behind Highsmith’s linens and culled from more than 8,000 pages by her devoted editor, Anna von Planta—traces the mesmerizing double-life of an artist who “[worked] like mad to be something”.

These captivating, all-new anonymous accounts, compiled by Alyssa Shelasky, in the style of her New York magazine column, pull back the curtain on non-monogamy, answering questions like: How does it really work? Who’s taking care of the kids? And who’s making breakfast? Featuring an...

Tres amigas, mujeres en sus cincuenta, se proponen recorrer «el sendero de larga distancia más hermoso del mundo»: el sendero John Muir. Desde el principio, su aventura se complica por accidentes autoinfligidos y un clima feroz, para luego enriquecerse cuando «adoptan» a una joven excursionista abandonada por su grupo en el camino.

Anna May Wong remains one of Hollywood’s best-known Chinese American actors. Between 1919 and 1960, Anna May Wong starred in over fifty movies, sharing billing with stars such as Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Ramon Novarro, and Warner Oland. Her life, though, is the prototypical story of an immigrant’s difficult path through the prejudices of American culture. In a narrative that recalls the pathos of life in LA's Chinese neighborhoods and the glamour of Hollywood’s pleasure palaces, Graham Russell Gao Hodges recovers the life of a Hollywood legend.

Jackie. One name was all you needed. A paragon of femininity, fashion, ideal American wifeliness and motherhood, she was also fiercely independent, the first of the modern First Ladies. Then her husband was murdered, changing her world and ours. Traumatized and exposed, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy nonetheless built a new life for herself in an America similarly haunted by upheaval. But the story of Jackie’s reinvention has been culturally erased. In Finding Jackie, author Oline Eaton pieces it back together.

Held against her will and raped by her 38-year-old boss, 19-year-old Anna tries to make sense of her unbelievable situation. How did an innocent friendship with her boss turn into weeks of forced sex and the inability to leave her oppressor's side? Furthermore, what happens when weeks of rape result in a pregnancy? This true-life novel depicts a graphic and raw recounting of the unimaginable horrors of the Summer of 2010.

Love Turned Criminal is a raw memoir about the warning signs of abuse as well as a beacon of hope to all people in similar situations, letting them know they are not alone and there is a way out.

Warned not to write—and certainly not to bite—these women put pen to paper anyway and wrote themselves into history. From the fourteenth century through to the present day, women who write have been understood as mad, undisciplined, or dangerous. Female writers have always had to find ways to overcome or challenge these beliefs. Some were cautious and discreet, some didn’t give a damn, but all lived complex, eventful, and often controversial lives.

Anna Grau cuenta una sensacional historia de amor, la suya, que contiene a su vez muchas historias más y que entrelaza recuerdos y testimonios, vivencias y presencias, leyendas urbanas por aclarar y secretos por descubrir. Es un homenaje a un hombre mucho más famoso que conocido —Fernando Sánchez Dragó— y un tributo a toda una generación de mujeres que se creían que ya tenían la libertad hecha y luego han tenido que ponerse el mundo por montera para seguir el camino del corazón sin renunciar al de la cabeza.

Den danske skagensmaler Anna Ancher deler ud af sine barndomsminder fra Skagen. I modsætning til resten af første generation af skagensmalere var Anna Ancher født og opvokset i Skagen, og hendes fortælling byder blandt andet på historien om, da selveste H.C. Andersen kom på uanmeldt besøg i hendes barndomshjem.

La storia di 5 imprenditrici, della loro vita tra famiglia e lavoro e del loro coraggio di non arrendersi mai. Le donne danneggiate sono felici perché hanno scoperto di essere vive. Eccoci qui: siamo cinque donne, cinque amiche, cinque imprenditrici e professioniste. Ci conosciamo da così tanti anni che abbiamo perso il conto e dobbiamo andare così indietro con la memoria, per ricordare il nostro primo incontro, che finiremmo col non riconoscerci.

Ci sono vite che per loro natura sono fatte di percorsi imprevedibili, di sconfitte dolorose a cui seguono vittorie sorprendenti, di inattese battute d’arresto e di ripartenze costanti. La forma di queste vite, costellate di colpi di scena, le rende simili a romanzi appassionanti e indimenticabili. Ed è così la vita di Anna Prouse. Cresciuta in una buona famiglia milanese, da una madre feroce e un padre gentile, ha sedici anni ed è felice solo sul campo da tennis, dove le viene pronosticato un futuro da campionessa.

Un albero disegnato da Marcello Mastroianni, la rabbia e l'orgoglio di Oriana Fallaci dietro le quinte, le lunghe camminate per Roma con Ennio Flaiano. Nella sua carriera Anna Maria Mori ha incrociato nomi altisonanti che hanno sconvolto culturalmente l'ultima metà del Novecento e di cui racconta con sensibilità e acume. Nessuno di loro però è riuscito a farle dimenticare le sue umili origini, la lontananza dalla città natale, gli anni di studio in collegio, la gavetta, il sogno femminista, la maternità.

Att ha katt - för Anna-Lena är det lika självklart som lakan i sängen. Inte nödvändigt, men bättre med än utan. Och många katter har hon hunnit frottera sig med genom åren, både egna och andras. I trettiosju berättelser får vi här följa hennes vilda kattäventyr från barndomen och framåt. Möten med hämndlystna katter. Katter som liftar. Katter som förälskar sig i hundar och katter som jobbar i filmbranschen.

In Polish: A rascal with teenage beauty and the voice of Jan Himilsbach. She didn't really have to act. She appeared in the Polish cinema out of nowhere and became an instant phenomenon. At times, as told by her relatives in the book, she hurried as if she knew that everything wouldn't last very long, that she had to quickly start a relationship, start a family, and have kids in order to have time to enjoy all of that. It's the first biography of Anna Przybylska authorised by her family.

U.S. Army Captain Kimberly N. Hampton was living her dream: flying armed helicopters in combat and commanding D Troop, 1st Squadron, 17th Cavalry, the armed reconnaissance aviation squadron of the 82nd Airborne Division. On January 2, 2004, Captain Hampton was flying an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter above Fallujah, Iraq, in support of a raid on an illicit weapons marketplace, searching for an illusive sniper on the rooftops of the city. A little past noon her helicopter was wracked by an explosion....

Kim naprawdę była Kleopatra VII – kobieta, która zafascynowała Szekspira, Bernarda Shawa i pokolenia filmowców? Czy rzeczywiście była wyłącznie piękną uwodzicielką, jak chce legenda, czy może nieprzeciętną władczynią, która z pasją broniła niezależności Egiptu? Ta książka rzuca nowe światło na postać ostatniej królowej z dynastii Ptolemeuszy – od walki o tron z własnym bratem, przez burzliwe związki z Juliuszem Cezarem i Markiem Antoniuszem, aż po dramatyczny finał jej życia.