Resultados para "Simone" en Biografías y memorias

SIMONE WEIL (1909-1943) suscitó en vida tanta admiración como feroces antipatías, y después de muerta empezó a ser leída y estudiada con fascinación por un público cada vez más numeroso. Escritora y polemista ecléctica e incansable, crítica ferviente del estalinismo desde la izquierda, dispuesta a experimentar en primera persona el trabajo en la fábrica e incluso la realidad del frente en la Guerra Civil española, participante activa en la resistencia francesa desde el exilio… hasta su muerte con apenas treinta y cuatro años, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Intelectual precoz, fervorosa política, comprometida con el sufrimiento ajeno, atada a la realidad de su época no solo por sus ideas, sino también por sus manos y su corazón, Simone Weil era, además, una buscadora de la belleza. O, más bien, una admiradora de ese misterio, como ella misma la definió, aunque ello no le impidió tratar de comprenderla y registrarla en sus escritos.

Simon Scarrow joins Laurence Howell at the Audible Studios in London to discuss his latest book.

Este libro reúne los mejores y más celebrados escritos de Simón Elías: piezas breves y bravas, escritas, en muchos casos, a veinte grados bajo cero, y que dan cuenta de sus pareceres sobre la vida en general y de sus andanzas por los caminos en particular. A medio camino entre la crónica de viaje, la reflexión sobre la escalada, el golferío nocturno, la filosofía básica y la épica del deporte de nulo rendimiento estos textos harán las delicias no solo de aficionados a la montaña, sino de cualquier aficionado a pasar un buen rato con un libro.

María Magdalena es probablemente la figura más célebre del cristianismo popular, una mujer de nuestro tiempo, la que los medios de comunicación y las sensibilidades modernas pueden abrazar con mayor convicción.

Simone Moro ripercorre vent'anni di spedizioni in Himalaya senza nascondere nulla, né le grandi soddisfazioni né le difficoltà e le rinunce. Il suo è un lungo viaggio di avvicinamento, dalle Alpi bergamasche fino in cima al sogno di raggiungere la vetta più alta della Terra. L'Everest per Simone non è solo una vetta da raggiungere, è la ragione per cui vale la pena di crescere, di camminare dal campo base alla cima, attraverso crepacci, successi, bufere improvvise, momenti di sconforto, incontri con amici veri e persone di cui è meglio non fidarsi.

"In this shocking exposé, Bowers finally reveals his sexual liaisons with the rich and famous, sparing no details along the way. . . . Bowers has no regrets—having led a life of pleasure, satisfaction and joy that the rest of us can only envy.” —The New York Post Profiled on the front...

La biografía de un ser de una vida que parece haber sido sacada de la ficción. Gran investigador judío, tras haber estado prisionero en el campo de concentración de Mauthausen-Gusen durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, dedicó la mayor parte de su vida a localizar e identificar criminales de guerra nazis que se encontraban fugitivos, para así llevarlos a la justicia.

Il filosofo, retore e letterato Luciano di Samosata (120-180 d.C.) è una delle figure più enigmatiche dell’antichità. Considerato da molti il vero inventore della fantascienza, ha reso la sua immaginazione protagonista della sua stessa vita. Questa non è una biografia. Questa è l'unica, vera, possibile autobiografia (ovviamente scritta da un altro) di colui la cui identità si è disciolta nell'immaginazione, l'antidoto all'oblio della dimenticanza – l'abisso di oggi, l'oblio di sé nel simultaneo, cieco, immemore presente.

La Carta de Jamaica es un documento esencial para comprender el desarrollo histórico de América Latina. Escrito por Simón Bolívar en 1815, durante su exilio en Kingston, Jamaica, este texto es una respuesta detallada a un caballero inglés que había mostrado interés en conocer los motivos de la lucha por la independencia de las colonias españolas en América.

The Sober Survival Guide is a unique quit-alcohol book and is split into two parts. The first is designed to set you up for success and put you in a place where you can find freedom from alcohol. The first part of the book contains essential information for when you're in the early stages of controlling your drinking. The second part serves as a handbook as you move forward into an alcohol-free life.

Simon Kernick joins Claire O'Neill in the Audible Studios to talk about his latest book, The Bone Field. Simon is one of the UK's most popular thriller writers who, in his many pulse-raising books, takes the audience on a journey into London's murky criminal underworld. He's the best-selling author of Stay Alive, The Final Minute and The Witness.

Tchaikovsky is famous for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed as a hopeless romantic, a suffering melancholic, or a morbid obsessive, the Tchaikovsky we think we know is a shadow of the fascinating reality. It is all too easy to forget that he composed an empire's worth of music, and navigated the imperial Russian court to great advantage. In this iconoclastic biography, celebrated author Simon Morrison recreates Tchaikovsky's complex world.

El pensamiento vivo del Libertador. Simon Bolivar, el Libertador de America por antonomasia es justamente admirado, pero hay que decir que mucha gente lo considera un gran guerrero, un habil militar, pero olvidan las ideas que inspiraron a Bolivar, para convertirse en estadista guia de nuestro continente.

Author, journalist and TV producer Dr Simon Singh joins Robin Morgan to discuss his book, Fermat's Last Theorem, which is now available for the first time on Audible. In Fermat's Last Theorem: The Story of a Riddle That Confounded the World's Greatest Minds for 358 Years, Singh tells the story of Andrew Wiles, who, in 1993, claimed that he had solved a mathematical puzzle that had been confounding intellectuals for centuries.

On October 6, 1973, Ted Simon knew there was no going back. He loaded up his 500cc Triumph Tiger in the pouring rain and said good-bye to London. Over four years he rode 64,000 miles round the world. Breakdowns, revolutions, war, a spell in prison, and a Californian commune were all part of his experience, which was colored variously by utter despair and unimaginable joy. He was treated as a spy, a god, a welcome stranger and a curiosity

Although he is unquestionably one of the most studied leaders of the 19th century, Simón Bolívar remains today as enigmatic as he was two centuries ago, when his vision and presence largely inspired the overthrow of the Spanish Empire in the New World.

En 2014, Elizabeth Holmes, fundadora de Theranos, parecía destinada a tomar el relevo de Steve Jobs. Su empresa, que llegó a valorarse en nueve mil millones de dólares, prometía revolucionar la industria médica a partir de una gota de sangre, lo único que, junto a la máquina de Theranos, haría falta para poner la sanidad al alcance de todos. El problema era uno solo: la tecnología no funcionaba. Cuando John Carreyrou, periodista del Wall Street Journal, empezó a hacer preguntas, lo que recibió fueron amenazas judiciales. Aun así, el diario publicó el primero de numerosos artículos sobre Theranos.

When her mother was in the hospital with terminal cancer, Simone had time to reminisce about her mother's early life, as Simone and her sister, Poupette, prepared to face the decision of whether to prolong a life when it is full of suffering. Like most people,they believed it would be better to die than to continue to suffer, but their mother had a very different view of the matter. Françoise de Beauvoir had finally found happiness in her life, and she truly believed she could find happiness in her own suffering.

This acclaimed best seller from popular historian Alison Weir is a fascinating look at the Tudor family dynasty and its most infamous ruler. The Six Wives of Henry VIII brings to life England’s oft-married monarch and the six wildly different but equally fascinating women who married him. Gripping from the first sentence to the last and loaded with fascinating details, Weir’s rich history is a perfect blend of scholarship and entertainment.