Resultados para "Hagen" en Biografías y memorias

En un ventoso día de febrero, la autora de Nunca te hagas librero, editora y escritora, negoció la compra de una librería en el ensanche coruñés creyendo que con su nueva adquisición completaba una trilogía de deseos. El asunto es sencillo: se equivocó. Y una vida de relativa tranquilidad se convirtió de la noche a la mañana en una estancia de larga duración en celda compartida con el conde de Montecristo.

"Hágase tu voluntad" es el dramático testimonio de Patricia Aguilar, una joven española de dieciocho años que fue esclavizada en la selva de Perú por el gurú Feliz Steven Manrique. Lo que empezó con una inocente búsqueda en internet, acabó convirtiéndose en la mayor pesadilla de Patricia y su familia, que lucharon incansablemente para encontrar el paradero de su hija desaparecida.

As the Nazi war machine caused death and destruction throughout Europe, one man in the Fatherland began his own reign of terror. This is the true story of the pursuit and capture of a serial killer in the heart of the Third Reich. For all appearances, Paul Ogorzow was a model German. An employed family man, party member, and sergeant in the infamous Brownshirts, he had worked his way up in the Berlin railroad from a manual laborer laying track to assistant signalman. But he also had a secret need to harass and frighten women.

When Truman asked Stalin in 1945 whether Hitler was dead, Stalin replied bluntly, "No." As late as 1952, Eisenhower declared: "We have been unable to unearth one bit of tangible evidence of Hitler's death." What really happened? Simon Dunstan and Gerrard Williams have compiled extensive evidence - some recently declassified - that Hitler actually fled Berlin and took refuge in a remote Nazi enclave in Argentina.

A los mandos de un microscopio ultrapotente y un catéter de alta precisión, el doctor Marsh se abre camino por los intersticios del cerebro. Con frecuencia, de su pericia y de su pulso dependen que un paciente recupere la visión o acabe en una silla de ruedas. Hay días en los que salva vidas, pero también hay jornadas nefastas en las que un pequeño error o una cadena de infortunios lo hacen sentirse el ser más desdichado sobre la faz de la Tierra.

In his lively, unprecedented close-up portrait of Ferran Adrià, award-winning food writer Colman Andrews traces this groundbreaking chef’s rise from resort hotel dishwasher to culinary deity, and the evolution of El Bulli from a German-owned beach bar into the establishment voted annually by an international jury to be “the world’s best restaurant”.

René Koch ist Zeitzeuge und Protagonist der wilden West-Berliner Jahrzehnte. Aufgewachsen in der prüden Adenauerära, zieht er 1963 nach West-Berlin und erlebt dort die sexuelle Revolution der 60er und 70er Jahre. Er macht sich einen Namen als schriller Travestie-Künstler, ehe ihn seine internationale Karriere als Chefvisagist von „Charles of the Ritz" und „Yves Saint Laurent Beauté" in die Zentren der Modewelt führt. Koch wird zu einem Star hinter den Kulissen, der selbst im Rampenlicht der Öffentlichkeit steht.

Activists and change agents, restorative justice practitioners, faith leaders, and anybody engaged in social progress and shifting society will find this mindful approach to nonviolent action indispensable.

The definitive biography of country legend Merle Haggard by the New York Times bestselling biographer of Clint Eastwood, Cary Grant, The Eagles, and more. Merle Haggard was one of the most important country music musicians who ever lived. His astonishing musical career stretched across the...

When she was a young girl, Jadie (and her missionary family) experienced a brutal attack while on the island of Palau in the South Pacific. That one hellish night left her physically, emotionally, and spiritually damaged. Jadie had the choice to live the life of a victim or to walk the hard road of healing that leads to wholeness in Christ. Though she faced physical injury, emotional scarring (including avoidance, memory loss, and regression), and spiritual attacks, Echoes of Darkness is a story of hope.

Historian Mark Hager builds on hundreds of hours of interviews with Harold Frank, sharing the intimate and heart-pounding account of Frank’s journey as a child of the Great Depression to the bloody shores of the D-Day invasion, into the bowels of Nazi Germany, and back to the U.S. where as a young man Harold would spend years resolutely dealing with the lingering effects of starvation rations while determinedly building a new life—a life always mindful of the legacy of his POW experience and his faithful service in America’s hard-fought war against Nazi aggression.

Uta Hagen, one of the great ladies of the American theatre wrote a deeply personal memoir of her life, from her childhood in Germany to the present. Sources is Miss Hagen’s lyrical account of the special ways love of nature is intertwined with love of art in her life, providing a rare glimpse of the off-stage life of an actress.

PRE-ORDER RISE OF THE VILLANS, GUILLEM BALAGUE'S NEW BOOK, NOW. OUT 25 SEPTEMBER ______________________________ The definitive award-winning biography of Cristiano Ronaldo - fully updated to include the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo's explosive exit from Manchester United and his record-breaking...

Becoming a father can be one of the most profoundly terrifying, exhilarating, life-changing occasions in a man’s life. Now 22 of today’s masterful writers get straight to the heart of modern fatherhood in this incomparable collection of thought-provoking essays.

Former Ethiopian refugee Yonas Hagos shares his amazing story about his plight in Ethiopia, his emigration to the US, and the business journey he took to become the owner of dozens of restaurant franchises. From Scrappy to Self-Made describes how Hagos beat all the odds to become the owner of more than four dozen restaurant franchises that have earned him $10 million, and counting.

Zwei Jahrzehnte Motorsport-Geschichte: Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen von Red Bull Racing "No Risk, No Fun" lautet einer der Leitsätze von Teamchef Christian Horner für das Red Bull Racing Team. Das beschreibt sehr gut die Motivation und den Weg zum Erfolg der Rennfahrer aus diesem Stall.

Mit Herzschmerz und einer sich anbahnenden Sinnkrise schmeißt sich Sebastian in ein Abenteuer. 12 Rollen in 12 Monaten. Er lebt unter anderem anonym, frutarisch, nackt, pilgernd und autark. In den unterhaltsamen Selbstversuchen ermutigt Sebastian, festgefahrene Gewohnheiten zu hinterfragen, den Autopiloten auszuschalten und sich großzügig am unendlichen Buffet des Lebens zu bedienen. Ein Jahr lang sucht er in 12 verrückten Selbstversuchen Ablenkung und neue Perspektiven. Was er findet, ist viel wichtiger: sich Selbst. Aus kleinen Veränderungen wurden Lawinen.

Bob Hanning ist der starke Mann im deutschen Handball - und einer der wenigen Sportfunktionäre mit Kultstatus. Seit Jahren bestimmt der charismatische Manager den Herzschlag seines Sports und hat dabei alle Höhen und Tiefen des zweitliebsten Mannschaftssports der Deutschen miterlebt. Mit seinem Mut zur Meinung und Konfrontation wird der Wahlberliner von Publikum und Fachwelt gleichermaßen geliebt wie gehasst.

Unter dem Namen "Waisenvater von Bristol" ist Georg Müller (1805-1898) in die Geschichte der Erweckungsbewegung eingegangen. Dieses Hörspielbuch erzählt seine unnachahmliche Glaubensgeschichte und inspiriert den Hörer, auch den eigenen Glauben mutiger und erfüllter zu leben.

Billionaire entrepreneur, distinguished public servant, and father of a former governor and presidential candidate, Jon M. Huntsman, Sr., has been very fortunate in life. The company he founded in 1970, the Huntsman Corporation, is now one of the largest petrochemical manufacturers in the world, employing more than 12,000 people and generating over $10 billion in revenue each year. Success in business, though, has always been a means to an end - never an end in itself.