Resultados para "Tin" en Biografías y memorias

¿Quién no es capaz de imaginar la contagiosa sonrisa de Tina Turner cada vez que oye su nombre? Anna Mae Bullock, más conocida como Tina Turner, nació en Nutbush, Tennessee, el 26 de noviembre de 1939. Iba camino de convertirse en enfermera cuando una noche de 1957 el batería de los Kings of the Rythm le tendió el micrófono y todo el mundo quedó impresionado por su voz. Desde entonces no se bajó del escenario.

Tina si chiamava Assunta Adelaide Luigia Modotti. Era nata a Udine nel 1896, da un'umile famiglia. Il padre era un muratore di idee socialiste, lei dovette ben presto lasciare la scuola e lavorare per aiutare la famiglia, poi emigrò negli Stati Uniti dove stavano crescendo i grandi movimenti sindacali. La vita culturale e artistica in fermento a San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hollywood e a Città del Messico le dischiusero la via prima del teatro e del cinema, poi della fotografia.

The life and death of the legendary lead singer of INXS, as remembered by his sister Tina. He died at only 37, but his fans are legion. INXS singer/songwriter Michael Hutchence was the celebrated front man of a band that was the biggest in the world. Michael's big sister, Tina, adored him from the start. From a 12-year-old holding him in her arms as a newborn, to being his teenage nanny, Tina remained Michael's trusted confidante until his sudden death.

The Tin Ticket takes us to the dawn of the nineteenth century and into the lives of Agnes McMillan, whose defiance and resilience carried her to a far more dramatic rebellion; Agnes's best friend Janet Houston, who rescued her from the Glasgow wynds and was also transported to Van Diemen's Land; Ludlow Tedder, forced to choose just one of her four children to accompany her to the other side of the world; Bridget Mulligan, who gave birth to a line of powerful women stretching to the present day. It also tells the tale of Elizabeth Gurney Fry, a Quaker reformer who touched all their lives.

E. J. Jernigan's memoir offers listeners a fascinating glimpse of life as an enlisted man aboard the USS Saufley, one of the most highly decorated destroyers of World War II. It is a rarely told story of the sailors who fought the war from boiler rooms, after-steering spaces, radio shacks, and other gritty places that keep a warship going. For the author, it was a world of strong emotions and quick reactions, where men had to adapt and grow if they were to survive.

One August day, months after her marriage abruptly ended, a heart-shaped baking tin fell at Bee Wilson’s feet: the same one she had used to bake her wedding cake twenty-three years prior. This discovery struck a wave of emotions that propelled her search for others who have attached magical and personal properties to the objects in their kitchens.

Tina Cole has been a performer since she was old enough to walk and talk. She was brought up in the limelight of her famous parents: musician, Buddy Cole and Yvonne King of the singing King Sisters. Tina made her mark on the television world starring on the series Hawaiian Eye at the age of 19 and continued to perform on television with her famous family, The King Family on ABC. Tina became a national sensation when she joined the cast of “My Three Sons” as Katie Douglas and fans of the show fell In love with her.

PIGELIL er en personlig og sårbar autofiktiv fortælling om en lang årrække som ufrivilligt barnløs. Om fertilitetsbehandling og ufrivillige aborter. Men det er også en fortælling om den mirakuløse forløsning, det er endelig at skabe et nyt menneske. Det er en bog til alle, der kæmper med ufrivillig barnløshed, og deres pårørende.

As much music history as biography, Awop Bop Aloo Mop celebrates "Little" Richard Wayne Penniman, who burst onto the American scene in 1955 with his mega-hit "Tutti Frutti." Almost by himself, Little Richard wrote the anti-rules and poured the concrete for the foundation of a new musical art...

Raised in the suburb of Riverside, California, 20-year-old college student Jason Bautista endured for years his emotionally disturbed mother's verbal and psychological abuse. She even locked him out of the house, tied him up with electrical cord, and on one occasion, gave him a beating that sent him to the emergency room. On the night of January 14, 2003, Jason strangled his mother. To keep authorities from identifying her body, he chopped off her head and hands, an idea he claimed he got from watching an episode of the hit TV series The Sopranos.

This book is about Tina’s journey; about never losing sight of the bigger picture. It is about a self-taught passage to ‘code-switch’ between the way the world sees her as an Aboriginal woman, and the way she wants to be seen, and what her place is in this world. This account is also about her fight through the adversity of poverty, domestic violence, alcohol abuse, and racism, to a successful career in the Australian Defence Force.

While still a young boy, Robb White built his first boat, hewn from the tin roof of an abandoned chicken coop in the backyard, stamping and primping it into shape, then testing it out in the back creek.

En este relato íntimo y emotivo, Tina Pardo recuerda sus vivencias de su vida en Monastir previa a la invasión nazi. La autora que hoy vive en Santiago de Chile nació en un hogar judío y rodeada de una familia extensa, pero todo eso cambió cuando los nazis invadieron su ciudad. Gracias a la iniciativa de Memoria Viva la autora ve hoy un sueño de larga dato que no había podido concretar. Ella al comienzo del relato esgrime sus motivos para escribir sus vivencias: Quiero relatar mi historia para que mi vida entre en el reino de un libro que esté dirigido a todos los que amo.

"Weisst du was ich einfach so faszinierend daran finde, dass du bei der Bundeswehr gelandet bist? Wir waren irgendwann mal, als wir in der Schule waren, auf einer Jobmesse […] und da hast du dich für die Bundeswehr interessiert. Und ich meine, dass da nur Männer waren – so "White-CIS-Male", wie das halt so ist – und die haben darüber gelacht, dass du zur Bundeswehr möchtest. Und du warst so frustriert, meine ich in Erinnerung zu haben und letzten Endes bist du halt doch bei der Bundeswehr gelandet!" schreibt mir eine ehemalige Klassenkameradin vor einigen Wochen bei Instagram.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND IRISH TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. _ Hope taught me the meaning of life, Tina taught me the meaning of love. It's not everyday you meet a golden retriever in Thailand. When Niall came across a dog shackled to a short chain and in a poor...

Artista genuina, espíritu indomable, fervorosa militante: todo en la vida de Tina Modotti contribuyó a que se convirtiera en leyenda. Apasionada e impetuosa, la personalidad de Tina fue única. Nacida en Italia a finales del siglo xix, y tras un breve paso por Hollywood, donde trabajó como actriz, llegó a México en plena efervescencia cultural de los años veinte.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A glorious chronicle of a life like none other—enlightening, entertaining, surprising, empowering—and a testament to the world-changing power of Black motherhood “A beautiful and brave story of strong women, fierce mothering, and the power of...

Tina Amalie Christoffersen var kun 16 år, da hun begyndte at få smertefulde sår og bylder rundt omkring på kroppen. Men der gik tre år, før lægerne opdagede, at hun led af kræft. I mellemtiden fik hun den besked, at hun var psykisk ude af balance, og at hun bare kunne tage sig sammen. I den personlige beretning "Mellem liv og død" fortæller hun om sit sygdomsforløb, om lægesjusk og om, hvordan man holder livsmodet oppe, når man er ramt af en sygdom, som rigtig mange mennesker dør af. Tina Amalie Christoffersen er forfatter til bogen "Mellem liv og død".

If I could make it to the bridge, the pain would stop. I just had to make it to the bridge, and the hopelessness would end. It became a refrain, running over and over in my head as I raced down the highway. Make it to the bridge, and the pain will end. It's hopeless. Just wanna die. Make it to the bridge.

Tina Packer was an internationally renowned expert on Shakespeare and whose influence on actors worldwide reshaped how the Bard's work is performed and understood. Recorded just three weeks before she died, this final, fascinating interview is candid, far reaching and often deliciously funny, revealing Packer at her unfiltered best.