Títulos en Artistas, arquitectos y fotógrafos

"How could I have known then with no maps acquired and my bags not yet packed that my journey had already begun? ...The tools of a traveler are compass and map. They calculate distances covered and destinations sought but cannot measure the consequences of experiences on a human heart," writes...

“I had experienced absolute freedom—I had felt that my body was without boundaries, limitless; that pain didn’t matter, that nothing mattered at all—and it intoxicated me.” In 2010, more than 750,000 people stood in line at Marina Abramović’s MoMA retrospective for the chance to sit...

A trenchant yet sympathetic portrait of Lee Miller, one of the iconic faces and careers of the twentieth century. Carolyn Burke reveals Miller as a multifaceted woman: both model and photographer, muse and reporter, sexual adventurer and mother, and, in later years, gourmet cook—the last of...

A National Book Critics Circle finalist One of Vogue's Best Books of the Year A dazzling biography of one of the twentieth century's most respected painters, Helen Frankenthaler, as she came of age as an artist in postwar New York “The magic of Alexander Nemerov's portrait of Helen...

A rollicking account of a celebrated artist’s coming of age, full of outrageously bad behavior, naked ambition, fantastically good music, and evaporating barriers of taste and decorum, and featuring cameos from David Bowie, Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, and many more. “A phantasmagoria of...

From The New York Times best-selling author of Paris to the Moon and beloved New Yorker writer, a memoir that captures the romance of New York City in the 1980s. When Adam Gopnik and his soon-to-be-wife, Martha, left the comforts of home in Montreal for New York, the city then, much like today...

From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, a riveting true life/true crime narrative of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads. One hundred and thirty years ago Eadweard Muybridge invented stop-motion...

Penguin presents the complete unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Gone by Min Kym, read by Rebecca Yeo. 'The hours fell away as I read this spellbinding tale of love, loss, and above all devotion to art. You probably don't know what it feels like to be a child prodigy or a world class...

Featuring an introduction by Neil Gaiman! “J. Michael Straczynski is, without question, one of the greatest science fiction minds of our time.” -- Max Brooks (World War Z) For four decades, J. Michael Straczynski has been one of the most successful writers in Hollywood, one of the few to...

Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. This was a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers, ground zero of drag and performance art. Still...

“One of the great cartoonists of our time.” –New Yorker cartoonist Arnold Roth The remarkable story of one of America’s most prolific and beloved cartoonists, Al Jaffee, with dozens of original color illustrations. Jaffe’s career in cartooning stretches back to 1941—with early humor...

Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us an in-depth biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts. It is the most American of...

An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender’s extraordinary life written by Matthew Spender, shifting between memoir and biography, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and his father’s copious unpublished archives. Stephen Spender’s life was a vivid prism on the twentieth...

There's more to Banksy than the painting on the wall: the first in-depth investigation into the mysteries of the world's most famous living artist. Banksy is the world's most famous living artist, yet no one knows who he is. For more than twenty years, his wryly political and darkly humorous spray paintings have appeared mysteriously on urban walls around the globe, generating headlines and controversy.

Kære Lise er en varm og vedkommende hyldest til hele Danmarks Matador-mor Lise Nørgaard i forbindelse med hendes 80-års jubilæum i 1997. Festskriftet er et både nærgående og venskabeligt portræt skrevet til og om Lise Nørgaard, forfatteren og journalisten, som efterhånden er blevet et nationalt klenodie. Helle Virkner, Malene Schwartz, Karen Thisted og Lone Kühlmann er blandt de nære venner og bekendtskaber, som beretter om fælles minder og oplevelser. Med hver deres unikke vinkel og relation til hovedpersonen portrætterer de moderen, veninden, hunde-elskeren og ord-mennesket Lise Nørgaard.

This is an audiobook for those who strive to build careers without losing themselves, for those who want to excel professionally while cherishing relationships, nurturing passions, and living fully. CA Sanjivv Shiv Kapoor’s journey proves that you don’t have to choose between ambition and balance—you can have both.

Everyone knows the bike. No one knows the man. The stars-and-stripes chopper from Easy Rider became the most recognizable motorcycle in history, thundering across movie screens and into the hearts of a generation. But while Captain America's bike achieved immortality, its creator remained anonymous—a humble craftsman whose genius was overshadowed by his own masterpiece. Ben Hardy was the forgotten architect of the American dream on two wheels. Working from his small Los Angeles shop, Hardy didn't just build motorcycles—he forged symbols of freedom that would define an entire era.

The richly illustrated story of a woman who, late in life, copes with the buried trauma of her childhood as a Holocaust survivor by becoming a master needlework artist like her mother, who saved both their lives in the camps with her seamstress skills.

FATHER AND SON ISSUES: The Secret History of Spider-Man is the true story of someone with a great power, and a great responsibility. That man, artist John Romita, was the best comics artist no one had ever heard of. After Spider-Man's creators had a falling out, Jazzy John (as Stan Lee called him) had to become the new tale-spinner for the web-spinner.

Jan a dix-neuf ans lorsqu'à l'automne 1976, il fuit la maison paternelle en Allemagne et cherche refuge en Belgique. Il entame des études de philologie à l'Université de Bruxelles tout en s'adonnant à sa passion pour la musique. En 1987, la rencontre avec la chanteuse transexuelle Lydie va tout bouleverser : elle lui fait comprendre que les bonnes décisions ne dépendent pas de l'opinion d'autrui. Grâce à cette amitié, Jan se sent enfin libre d'aimer qui il veut.