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Автор: Celine Claire

The e-book is a biography of Obama's life as a child and his works before, during, and after being the 44th president of the USA. Barack Hussein Obama was born on 4th August 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president for two terms from 2009 to 2017. He is the son of parents from Kenya and Kansas. Barack Obama's father, Barack Obama Senior., was born of Luo ethnicity in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Obama's dad grew up herding goats in Africa. Eventually, he received a scholarship that allowed him to leave Kenya and follow his dreams of going to college in Hawaii. During World War II, Obama's mum, Ann Dunham, was born on an Army base in Wichita, Kansas. As he studied at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Obama's dad met fellow student Ann Dunham. The two got married on 2nd February 1961, and Obama Junior was born six months later. Obama Senior left soon after Obama Junior's birth, and the couple divorced two years later. In 1965, Ann Dunham was re-married to Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian student from the University of Hawaii. Twelve months later, the new family transferred to Jakarta, Indonesia, where Obama Junior's half-sister, Maya Soetoro Ng, was born in 1970. A series of incidents in Indonesia left Ann Dunham uncertain of Obama Junior's safety and education. So, when he was 10, Obama Junior was sent back to Hawaii to live with his maternal grandparents. Ann Dunham and Obama Junior's step-sister, Maya Soetoro Ng, later joined them. Barack Obama Junior Growing Up As a child, Barack Obama Junior did not have a relationship with his father. While Obama Junior was still an infant, his father relocated to Massachusetts to attend Harvard University and pursue a Ph.D. Obama Junior's parents officially separated after some time and eventually divorced in March 1964, when Obama Junior was two years old. After a while, Obama Senior returned to Kenya. Barack Obama struggled with his dad's absence during his childhood, who he saw just once more after his parents had divorced. This was when Obama Senior visited Hawaii for a short while in 1971. “[My father] had left paradise, and nothing that my mother or grandparents told me could obviate that single, unassailable fact,” Obama Junior later reflected. “They couldn’t describe what it might have been like had he stayed.” While living with his grandparents, Obama Junior enrolled in the esteemed Punahou Academy. He excelled in basketball and graduated with academic honors in 1979. Since he was among the only three Black learners at the school, Obama Junior became conscious of racism and what it truly meant to be an African American. Obama Junior later described how he struggled to reconcile social perceptions of his multiracial heritage with his sense of self: “I noticed that there was nobody like me in the Sears, Roebuck Christmas catalog….and that Santa was a white man. Obama Junior wrote: “I went into the bathroom and stood in front of the mirror with all my senses and limbs seemingly intact, looking as I had always looked, and wondered if something was wrong with me.” Translator: SADAQAT ALI NANNY K

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Автор: Celine Claire

L'e-book ? una biografia della vita di Obama da bambino e delle sue attivit? prima, durante e dopo essere stato il 44° presidente degli Stati Uniti. Barack Hussein Obama ? nato il 4 agosto 1961 a Honolulu, Hawaii. ? un politico e avvocato americano che ha servito come 44° presidente per due mandati dal 2009 al 2017. ? figlio di genitori del Kenya e del Kansas. Il padre di Barack Obama, Barack Obama Senior, ? nato di etnia Luo nella provincia di Nyanza, in Kenya. Il padre di Obama ? cresciuto allevando capre in Africa. Alla fine, ricevette una borsa di studio che gli permise di lasciare il Kenya e seguire il suo sogno di andare al college alle Hawaii. Durante la seconda guerra mondiale, la mamma di Obama, Ann Dunham, nacque in una base militare a Wichita, Kansas. Mentre studiava all'Universit? delle Hawaii a Manoa, il padre di Obama incontr? la compagna di studi Ann Dunham. I due si sposarono il 2 febbraio 1961, e Obama Junior nacque sei mesi dopo. Obama Senior se ne and? poco dopo la nascita di Obama Junior, e la coppia divorzi? due anni dopo. Nel 1965, Ann Dunham si rispos? con Lolo Soetoro, uno studente indonesiano dell'Universit? delle Hawaii. Dodici mesi dopo, la nuova famiglia si trasfer? a Giacarta, in Indonesia, dove la sorellastra di Obama Junior, Maya Soetoro Ng, nacque nel 1970. Una serie di incidenti in Indonesia lasciarono Ann Dunham incerta sulla sicurezza e l'educazione di Obama Junior. Cos?, quando aveva 10 anni, Obama Junior fu rimandato alle Hawaii per vivere con i suoi nonni materni. Ann Dunham e la sorellastra di Obama Junior, Maya Soetoro Ng, li raggiunsero pi? tardi. Barack Obama Junior crescendo non ha avuto alcun rapporto con suo padre. Mentre Obama Junior era ancora un bambino, suo padre si trasfer? nel Massachusetts per frequentare l'Universit? di Harvard e conseguire un dottorato di ricerca. I genitori di Obama Junior si separarono ufficialmente dopo qualche tempo e alla fine divorziarono nel marzo 1964, quando Obama Junior aveva due anni. Dopo un po' di tempo, Obama Senior torn? in Kenya. Barack Obama ha dovuto fare i conti con l'assenza del padre durante la sua infanzia, che ha visto solo una volta dopo il divorzio dei suoi genitori. Ci? avvenne quando Obama Senior visit? le Hawaii per un breve periodo nel 1971. ”[Mio padre] ci aveva lasciato, e niente di quello che mia madre o i miei nonni mi dicevano poteva ovviare a questo singolo, inattaccabile fatto”, rifletteva pi? tardi Obama Junior. ”Non erano in grado di dire come sarebbe stato se fosse rimasto”. Mentre viveva con i suoi nonni, Obama Junior si ? iscritto alla stimata Punahou Academy. Eccelleva nella pallacanestro e si ? laureato con lode accademica nel 1979. Poich? era tra gli unici tre studenti neri della scuola, Obama Junior divenne consapevole del razzismo e di ci? che significava veramente essere un afroamericano. Obama Junior ha poi descritto come ha lottato per conciliare le percezioni sociali della sua eredit? multirazziale con il suo senso di s?: ”Ho notato che non c'era nessuno come me nel catalogo natalizio di Sears, Roebuck....e che Babbo Natale era un uomo bianco. Obama Junior scrisse: ”Andai in bagno e rimasi di fronte allo specchio con tutti i miei sensi e arti apparentemente intatti, con l'aspetto che avevo sempre avuto, e mi chiesi se c'era qualcosa di sbagliato in me”. Translator: Caterina Pellegrino

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Автор: Celine Claire

Ce livre ?lectronique est une biographie de la vie d'Obama depuis son enfance, et de ses oeuvres lors de la p?riode avant, pendant et apr?s ?tre le 44?me pr?sident des Etats Unis. Barack Hussein Obama est n? le 4 ao?t 1961 ? Honolulu en Hawa?. Il est un homme politique et avocat, qui fut le 44?me pr?sident des Etats Unis, de 2009 ? 2017. Il est le fils d'un p?re kenyan et d'une m?re de Kansas. Son p?re Barack Obama senior appartenait au groupe ethnique luo de la province de Nyanza au Kenya. Le p?re d'Obama passa sa jeunesse ? garder des ch?vres en Afrique. Plus tard il obtint une bourse et partit ? la poursuite de ses r?ves au coll?ge ? Hawa?. Sa m?re, Ann Dunham, fut n?e pendant la 2?me guerre mondiale dans une base de l'arm?e ? Wichita, Kansas. Les deux jeunes ?tudiants se rencontr?rent ? l'Universit? d'Hawa? ? Manoa. Ils se mari?rent le 2 f?vrier 1961, et six mois plus tard, Obama junior fut n?. Pourtant, Obama senior partit aussit?t apr?s la naissance de son fils, et le couple divor?a 2 ans apr?s. Ann Dunham se maria de nouveau en 1965 ? Lolo Soetoro, un ?tudiant qu'elle rencontra ? l'Universit? d'Hawa?. La jeune famille partit s'installer ? Jakarta, en Indon?sie, o? la demi-soeur d'Obama, Maya Soetoro Ng, fut n?e en 1970. Pourtant, ? l'?ge de 10 ans, Obama rentra vivre avec ses grands-parents ? Hawa?, car sa m?re craignait pour sa s?curit? et ses ?tudes en Indon?sie. Sa m?re Ann Dunham et sa demi-soeur Maya retourn?rent elles aussi aux Etats Unis un peu plus tard. Barack Obama junior grandit dans l'absence de son p?re. Celui-ci ?tait parti poursuive ses ?tudes de doctorat ? l'Universit? de Massachusetts quand Obama junior n'?tait qu'un petit enfant. En plus, au moment du divorce de ses parents au mois de mars 1964, le jeune Obama n'avait que deux ans. Obama senior regagn?t son pays natal, le Kenya, quelques ann?es plus tard. La jeunesse de Barack Obama fut une p?riode difficile dans l'absence de son p?re, qu'il ne vit qu'une seule fois apr?s leur divorce. Ce fut lors d'une courte visite d'Obama senior ? Hawa? en 1971. ”Mon p?re avait abandonn? le paradis, et rien au monde ne pourrait nier cette simple et indiscutable r?alit?”, fit remarquer plus tard Obama junior. ”Ni ma m?re, ni mes grands-parents n'?taient capables de m'expliquer comment la situation aurait ?t? diff?rente si mon p?re ?tait rest?”. Translator: Barrack Onyango

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Автор: Barbara Erskine

A story spanning centuries. A long awaited revenge.In London, journalist Jo Clifford plans to debunk the belief in past-lives in a hard-hitting magazine piece. But her scepticism is shaken when a hypnotist forces her to relive the experiences of Matilda, Lady of Hay, a noblewoman during the reign of King John.She learns of Matilda's unhappy marriage, her love for the handsome Richard de Clare, and the brutal death threats handed out by King John, before it becomes clear that Jo’s past and present are inevitably entwined. She realises that eight hundred years on, Matilda’s story of secret passion and unspeakable treachery is about to repeat itself…Barbara Erskine’s iconic debut novel still delights generations of readers thirty years after its first publication.

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Автор: Alice Walker

Abducted from Africa, sold in America.“A deeply affecting record of an extraordinary life”– Daily TelegraphA major literary event: a newly published work from the author of the American classic Their Eyes Were Watching God, with a foreword from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker.This account illuminates the horror and injustices of slavery as it tells the true story of one of the last-known survivors of the Atlantic slave trade.In 1927, Zora Neale Hurston went to Plateau, Alabama, just outside Mobile, to interview eighty-six-year-old Cudjo Lewis, who was abducted from Africa on the last «Black Cargo» ship to arrive in the United States. Of the millions of men, women, and children transported from Africa to America as slaves, Cudjo was then the only person alive to tell the story of this integral part of the nation’s history. Hurston was there to record Cudjo’s firsthand account of the raid that led to his capture and bondage fifty years after the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in the United States.In 1931, Hurston returned to Plateau, the African-centric community three miles from Mobile founded by Cudjo and other former slaves from his ship. Spending more than three months there, she talked in depth with Cudjo about the details of his life. During those weeks, the young writer and the elderly formerly enslaved man ate peaches and watermelon that grew in the backyard and talked about Cudjo’s past—memories from his childhood in Africa, the horrors of being captured and held in a barracoon for selection by American slavers, the harrowing experience of the Middle Passage packed with more than 100 other souls aboard the Clotilda, and the years he spent in slavery until the end of the Civil War.Based on those interviews, featuring Cudjo’s unique vernacular, and written from Hurston’s perspective with the compassion and singular style that have made her one of the preeminent American authors of the twentieth-century, Barracoon masterfully illustrates the tragedy of slavery and of one life forever defined by it. Offering insight into the pernicious legacy that continues to haunt us all, black and white, this poignant and powerful work is an invaluable contribution to our shared history and culture.

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Автор: William Makepeace Thackeray

Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray
libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

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Автор: Stuart Barker

The definitive life story of the seventies world 500cc motorcycle champion Barry Sheene – the Brit whose death-defying crashes and playboy lifestyle made him the most famous bike racer on the planet. Written by the only journalist to have ridden on the roads with him, and featuring interviews with closest friends, team mates and former rivals.Born in London's East End in 1950, Sheene was introduced to motor sport at the age of five, with his father Frank building him his first ever motorbike.His story traces his humble beginnings as a maverick opposed to every educational influence, through an apprenticeship as a part-time rider and full-time mechanic, to a works team racer, with a host of diversions in pursuit of the opposite sex.It charts his success between 1975 and 1982, a golden period during which Sheene won more international 500cc and 750cc Grand Prix titles than anyone, including the world 500cc title in 1976 and 1977. This despite the horrendous carnage from a series of near-fatal crashes from which Sheene miraculously survived and overcame, against all odds.Outside the sport, Sheene discovered an acting talent, appearing in the ITV show Just Amazing and in numerous TV commercials, making him a household name. On his retirement, he found fulfilment (and a friendlier climate for his battered body) in Brisbane as an expert motor sport commentator and an accomplished businessman. After being diagnosed with cancer in 2002 he shunned conventional treatments, preferring natural remedies, but died early in 2003.This is the complete portrait of perhaps the greatest circuit racer of them all.

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Автор: Sara Douglass

Epic fantasy in the tradition of Trudi Canavan, Fiona McIntosh and Robert Jordan.A thousand years ago, the people of Achar drove the Forbidden from their lands.But now the northern tribes of the Ravensbund are fleeing south again, with nightmarish tales of creatures who feed upon the terror of their prey. Winter has come early, and with it the promise of war.Axis, bastard son of the dead Princess Rivkah, is sent north to the battlefront at Gorkenfort with his elite Axe-Wielders. Once there, he must hand over command to his hated half-brother, Borneheld, Duke of Ichar and heir to the throne. But during the long journey Axis falls in love with Faraday – Borneheld's betrothed – and finds himself reassessing the very essence of his beliefs.With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, Axis must unite the feuding lands under one banner before it is too late and the evil rising in the north engulfs them all for good.

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Автор: Martina Devlin

From the author of THREE WISE MEN, a wise, funny and uplifiting novel of women, men, love and friendship.Have you ever had a secret you couldn't even tell your very best friend?Molly and Helen have been friends for ever – well, since university in Dublin. Now in their thirties, they have successful careers, go everywhere together, share everything – or so it seems.Outgoing Molly is wistfully thinking it would be nice to meet a man who'd make her want to bolt to the altar at breakneck speed, when she finds herself juggling two. There's Fionn, her renegade ex, returned from a failed marriage to woo her (to Helen's disapproval), and gorgeous Georgie who runs the local off-licence.Helen, meanwhile, is steadfastly against long term relationships. So Molly is astonished when Helen confides that she's fallen in love with someone she shouldn't have, so head-over-heels that resistance is futile – but she won't tell Molly who it is.

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Автор: Робин Шарма

Do you want to find the inspiration, passion and enthusiasm to become extraordinary? Robin Sharma, author of no.1 international bestseller The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, will excite, energize and elevate you to world class greatness with his remarkable insights and powerful tools.Are you ready to take your work and personal life to a whole new level of greatness?Part manifesto for excellence, part business mastery manual and part inspirational companion, The Greatness Guide: Book 2 distils Robin Sharma's latest thinking into 101 simple yet powerful lessons to help you work brilliantly and live beautifully. You’ll discover:• the personal practices of spectacularly successful people• potent ideas to propel you to greatness• revolutionary tactics for peak performance• practical strategies to turn setbacks into opportunities• time management techniques that really work• breakthrough ideas to generate energy and health• tool kits for practical work–life balance

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Автор: Alistair MacLean

The classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arctic island, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense.A converted fishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making crew across the Barents Sea to isolated Bear Island, well above the Arctic Circle, for some on-location filming, but the script is a secret known only to the producer and screenwriter.En route, members of the movie crew and ship's company begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The crew's doctor, Marlowe, finds himself enmeshed in a violent, multi-layered plot in which very few of the persons aboard are whom they claim to be.Marlowe's efforts to unravel the plot become even more complicated once the movie crew is deposited ashore on Bear Island, beyond the reach of the law or outside help. The murders continue ashore, and Marlowe, who is not what he seems to be either, discovers they may be related to some forgotten events of the Second World War.

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Автор: Michelle Obama

Исполнители: Michelle Obama

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Автор: Johnny Vegas

‘My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. I’m often mistaken for one though. You might know him by another name. Johnny Vegas.’From BBC Dickens adaptations to Benidorm and Ideal to the PG Tips ads, Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain's best-loved comic actors.But before he'd ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey or made himself the exception that proves the rule in terms of the predictability of TV panel game regulars, Johnny Vegas was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.How did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become the North West of England’s answer to Lenny Bruce? That’s just one of the many questions answered by this eye-poppingly frank memoir.Becoming Johnny Vegas establishes its author as the poet laureate of the Pimblett's pie.Once you've finished this darkly hilarious tale of family, faith and the creative application of alcohol dependency, you'll never look at a copy of the Catholic men's society newsletter the same way again.

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Автор: Мишель Обама

Искренние и вдохновляющие мемуары бывшей первой леди США. Мишель Обама делится сокровенными моментами своего брака – когда она пыталась балансировать между работой и личной жизнью, а также стремительно развивающейся политической карьерой мужа. Мы становимся свидетелями приватных бесед супругов, идем плечом к плечу с автором по великолепным залам Белого дома и сопровождаем Мишель Обаму в поездках по всей стране. «Перед первой леди Америка предстает без прикрас. Я бывала на аукционах в частных домах, больше похожих на музеи, где стояли ванны из драгоценных камней. Видела семьи, которые потеряли все в урагане Катрина и были до слез благодарны получить в дар хотя бы работающие холодильник и плиту. Я встречала лицемеров и лгунов. Но также встречала и учителей, жен военнослужащих и многих других людей, настолько сильных духом, что я с трудом верила своим глазам». Рассказывая свою историю честно и смело, автор заставляет каждого из нас задуматься: кто я и какова моя история? В формате a4.pdf сохранен издательский макет книги.

Серия: Клуб легендарных женщин. Они изменили ход истории

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Автор: Мишель Обама

Искренние и вдохновляющие мемуары бывшей первой леди США в аудиоформате. В своей книге Мишель Обама делится сокровенными моментами своего брака – когда она пыталась балансировать между работой и личной жизнью, а также стремительно развивающейся политической карьерой мужа. Мы становимся свидетелями приватных бесед супругов, идем плечом к плечу с автором по великолепным залам Белого дома и сопровождаем Мишель Обаму в поездках по всей стране. Книгу озвучила заслуженная артистка России Вера Бабичева.

Серия: Клуб легендарных женщин. Они изменили ход истории

Исполнители: Вера Бабичева

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Автор: Alexx Andria

How do you resist the perfect guy?You don'tJournalist Lauren Hughes needs her job. And if that means writing a feature on Nico Donato—billionaire playboy and primo fantasy material for every straight woman with a pulse—so be it. All she has to do is not be charmed by him. Or tempted. Or invite this sexy, too-hot-to-be-true man into her real world… especially when he has the power to destroy it.

Серия: Dirty Sexy Rich

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Автор: Sherrie Hewson

Join Loose Women's Sherrie Hewson on her rollercoaster ride through the laughter, tears and tantrums of an extraordinary life lived on and off the screen.Sherrie Hewson is one of Britain's best loved telly stars. From her dazzling performances in the Carry On films to Russ Abbott's Madhouse, to her favourite character Maureen Holdsworth in Coronation Street to the green hills of Emmerdale, Sherrie's warmth and good humour won her a place in the heart of the nation. And now an adored presenter on Loose Women, which she joined eight years ago, Sherrie has become a friend and confidante to the millions who tune in for her naughty sense of fun, openness and quick wit.But behind the laughter Sherrie has been hiding a secret heartache. After 30 years of marriage, she is finally divorcing the man who cheated on her and squandered all her money, leaving her bankrupt, on the brink of an alcohol problem and suicidal. It has taken her nine years to reach this point; but Sherrie is now ready to share her story – and it's one that at times seems more fitting to a soap opera than real life.From living in a brothel to being ditched at the altar, to living in fear of her stalker to nearly murdering her Corrie co-star (by accident, of course!), to the on- and off-screen lovers, friends and foe, to struggling to conceive her much-loved daughter,Sherrie – a natural storyteller – always manages to see the funny side and tells it like it is with warmth and a cheeky smile.Brimming with brilliantly funny anecdotes and larger-than-life characters, Sherrie’s story will delight, entertain and, above all, make you laugh.

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Автор: Amanda James

‘Without a doubt one of the best books I have read this year.’ – Amazon ReaderWho can you trust, when you can’t trust yourself?Holly West has turned her life around. She’s found a successful and loving husband in Simon and is expecting twins. She is definitely a woman who has taken back control of her future.Until she gives birth, only for one twin to survive. Holly can’t let it go.Holly’s world is in a tailspin and suddenly she can’t trust herself or anyone else. No one believes her, not her husband or her best friend. Because she thinks she knows the truth…her son is still alive and she won’t stop until she finds him.What readers are saying about BEHIND THE LIE:‘One of the best books of it's genre so far this year.’ – Julia (Netgalley)‘Will keep you turning the pages and racing towards the dramatic finale.’ – OneWorld‘Great edge of your seat read’ – Taurus Girl‘A story that will reel you in and keep you hooked until the end. I loved it!’ – KellyF‘Gripped from beginning to end’ – Amazon Reader‘Fast-paced and deeply emotional’ – Celia (Amazon)‘Fast paced and tense!’ – Shaz (Goodreads)‘A deep and cleverly written thriller. – Amazon Customer‘a very exciting psychological thriller.’ – Andrew (Netgalley)

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Автор: Helmut Nier

Hier erh?ltlich sind die Noten von – Beim Polkaschritt – f?r Klavier, Gesang und Akkordinstrumente.

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Автор: Simon Callow

Simon Callow plunges headlong into Wagner’s world to discover what it was like to be Wagner, and to be around one of music’s most influential figures.A hundred and thirty-five years after his death, Richard Wagner’s music dramas stand at the centre of the culture of classical music. They have never been more popular, nor so violently controversial and divisive. His music is still banned in Israel – the only classical composer whose music is banned in the western world. His ten great mature masterpieces constitute an unmatched body of work, created against a backdrop of poverty, revolution, violent controversy, critical contempt and hysterical hero-worship.As a man, he was a walking contradiction, aggressive, flirtatious, disciplined, capricious, heroic, visionary and poisonously anti-Semitic. At one point, he had four lengthy operas written with no hope of being performed when, as if in a fairy-tale, he was rescued by a beautiful young king with limitless wealth which he bestowed on the composer. When one of those works, Tristan and Isolde, was at last performed, it revolutionised classical music at a stroke. Finally he fulfilled his lifelong dream of creating a vast epic to rival the work of the great Greek playwrights, a music drama in four massive segments, ushering gods and dwarves, heroes and thugs, dragons and rainbows onto the stage, the apotheosis of German art as he saw it, so extreme in its demands that he had to train a generation of singers and players to perform it, and erect a custom-built theatre to house it. Wagner died, exhausted, after creating one final piece – Parsifal – that seems to point to an even more radical new future for music.Simon Callow recalls the intellectual and artistic climate in which Wagner worked, recording the almost superhuman effort required to create his work, and evoking the extraordinary effect he had on people – this composer like no other who ever lived, extreme in everything, creator of the most sublime and most troubling body of work ever known.

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Автор: Азиз Несин

Təqdim etdiyimiz Əziz Nesinin “Belə gəlmiş, belə getməz” kitabı “Xatirə ədəbiyyatı” seriyasından 20-ci kitabdır. Bioqrafiya Əli Nesinin “Basdırılmışı axtaran adam” (“Nesin Nəşr”, 2012) adlı kitabından g?t?r?l?b. Kitabda bu maraqlı t?rk yazı?ısının həyat tarix?əsi ilə yaxından tanış olacaq, yaradıcılığı ilə bağlı əhəmiyyətli faktları ?yrənə biləcəksiniz.

Серия: Xatirə ədəbiyyatı

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Автор: Екатерина Колосова

Венеция – это намного больше, чем каналы и острова. Это красота и эстетика в каждом здании, улочки, которые как шкатулка хранят свои непередаваемые истории. Это невероятное переплетение людей и судеб. Автор книги Екатерина Колосова (@katya_tesoro) с 2014 года живет в Италии и нежно любит город на воде. В течение многих лет она пыталась понять феномен венецианской культуры, для чего много общалась с людьми, в жизни которых Венеция занимает особое место. Кто-то здесь живет и занимается любимым делом, кто-то переехал по зову сердца, а кто-то нежно любит город издалека. В результате этих интервью сложилась книга – калейдоскоп ярких сюжетов, среди которых: • Известная оперная певица Любовь Казарновская и история про гений Антонио Вивальди. • Искусствовед-философ Глеб Смирнов – автор книг «Artodoxia» и «Метафизика Венеции». • Анастасия Козаченко-Стравинская – праправнучатая племянница легендарного Игоря Стравинского, который похоронен в городе мостов и каналов. • Популярный итальянский писатель Альберто Тозо Фей. • Потомственные виноделы семьи Бизоль в 21-м поколении, сумевшие возродить древнее венецианское вино «Венисса». • Марино Менегации – последний золотильщик Венеции, чья мастерская расположена в доме Тициана. • Семья Галассо, которые создают невероятные маски, считающиеся произведениями искусства. И многие другие истории, которые позволяют прикоснуться к настоящей Венеции и ощутить восторг от этой встречи! Вы узнаете многочисленные тайны, которыми наполнен город, а самое главное – проникнетесь непередаваемой итальянской атмосферой. «Венеция… Это пристань мистических душ, „„Набережная неисцелимых““ (Бродский) любовью к ее каналам, дворцам, карнавалам, мелодиям, мостам и загадкам, коих не счесть… Город из другого измерения, город влюбленных, город, звучащий всплесками весел на гондолах под зычные голоса и мандолиновые переборы струн виртуозных гондольеров… И, конечно, этот город – усыпальница гениев, воспевших это чудо света со всей силой своих талантов и божественного мастерства. Обо всём этом слушайте в этой удивительной книге Екатерины Колосовой». – Любовь Казарновская, оперная певица, героиня 20-й главы

Серия: Великие города (Эксмо)

Исполнители: Екатерина Пермякова

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Автор: Yvette Cowles

When 32-year-old Yvette Cowles contracted breast cancer she was determined it would not get in the way of her belly dancing dreams. Spirited and light-hearted, “Belly Dancing and Beating the Odds” is the true story of one woman’s quest to be the best breastless belly dancer in the business…Whilst most people see little to smile about when they hear the word “cancer”, for Yvette it was just another opportunity to find the silver lining. From realising the positives in a breast-free existence (think Audrey Hepburn physique and the uses of aero-dynamism when sales shopping), transforming her hospital cubicle into a sequinned boudoir and entertaining the nurses with her inflatable male companion, Yvette is determined not to let it get her down.Told with warmth and lively good humour, Yvette’s short story will move and inspire you – and might even persuade you to dig out your dancing shoes.www.harpertrue.co.uk

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Автор: Бенджамин Франклин

100-l?k ABŞ dollarını və ya onun surətini əlinə g?-t?rm?ş hər bir adam onun şəklini g?r?b. Bu şərəfə hansı keyfiyyətlərinə g?rə layiq olduğunu isə bu kitabdan ?yrənə bilərsiniz.

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Автор: Klaus-P. Weigand

Исполнители: Gunter Scho?

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Автор: Ulf Thiem

Исполнители: Otto Mellies

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Автор: Wharton Hood

Der englische Arzt Wharton P. Hood begleitete um 1865 Mr. Hutton, einen der ber?hmtesten „Knocheneinrenker“ (bonesetter) seiner Zeit, um dessen Methoden besser zu erforschen. Fasziniert von Huttons klinischer Arbeit entschloss sich Hood seine Beobachtungen in mehreren Artikeln im Lancet zu ver?ffentlichen. Die Sammlungen dieser Artikel ergaben schlie?lich das vorliegende Buch von h?chstem historischem Wert.
Insbesondere manualtherapeutisch t?tige Behandler werden staunen, denn die Knocheneinrenker des 19. Jahrhunderts mobilisierten bereits weit intellegenter und differenzierter Gelenke, als die damaligen Vertreter der etablierten Medizin. A.T.Still (1828-1917) und D.D. Palmer ( 1845-1913), die Begr?nder der Osteopathie bzw. Chiropraktik erkannten dies und errichteten auf dem Fundament der bonesetter-Techniken ihre Konzepte, die bis heute die Grundlage der modernen Manualmedizin darstellen.

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Автор: Barbara Kohout

Das Wort »?berleben« hat f?r die Autorin eine bittere Bedeutung. Sie verbindet es mit der Illusion einer Wirklichkeit, die sich f?r sie als Marathonlauf in Richtung Endzeit entpuppte und niemals endete. Mit dem Versprechen, eine noch viel gr??ere Katastrophe als die soeben durchlebte des Zweiten Weltkrieges zu ?berstehen, die gepr?gt war von Gefangenschaft, Flucht und lebensbedrohendem Hunger, lie?en sich die Eltern der Autorin in die Gemeinschaft der Zeugen Jehovas locken. Diese prophezeiten einen Krieg Gottes, der unmittelbar bevorst?nde. Nur wer nach ihrer Auslegung der Bibel leben wollte, k?nne gerettet werden. Das Ergebnis der Indoktrinierung war die absolute Selbstaufgabe und Unterwerfung durch kritiklosen Gehorsam. Nach mehr als sechs Jahrzehnten begann f?r die Autorin eine m?hsame Suche nach ihrer eigenen, verlorenen Identit?t. Sie fand sie w?hrend der spannenden Reise in die Vergangenheit ihrer Familie und die Geschichte der Donauschwaben. In diesem Zusammenhang steht das Wort »?berleben« f?r sie ebenso als bewundernswerter Beweis der Willensst?rke, mit Flei?, Besonnenheit und Gottvertrauen um die eigene Zukunft zu k?mpfen. Diese Lebenseinstellung ist f?r die Autorin das Mittel gegen Resignation und die Motivation, noch einmal einen ganz neuen Lebensabschnitt zu wagen.

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Автор: Gerd Natschinski

Hier erh?ltlich sind die Noten von – Berlin an diesem Abend – f?r Klavier, Gesang und Akkordinstrumente.

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Автор: Bernadette Bohan

Inspirational cancer survivor and seminar speaker, Bernadette Bohan, whose memoir, The Choice, was a Top 5 bestseller in Ireland, introduces her long-awaited recipe book and 4-point plan to help you turn around your health and fight disease the natural way.Bernadette Bohan, an ordinary wife and mother, decided to take her health into her own hands after twice getting cancer. Her bestselling memoir, The Choice, is now followed by this invaluable cookbook and lifestyle plan.Bernadette explains her 4 point plan simply:• Point One: Juicing• Point Two: Clean water• Point Three: Power foods including the B17 foods, essential fats, enzymes, probiotics and sprouted seeds• Point Four: Safe personal care products such as non-toxic toiletriesThe book also includes inspiring case stories and 75 delicious recipes, written in conjunction with chefs from Cornucopia (Dublin’s No 1 vegetarian restaurant):– juices, smoothies and soups- raw salads and stir-fries- sprouting your own green foods- other whole food recipes, organic and meat/dairy free

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Автор: Judith Merril

Исполнители: Vanessa Warne

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Автор: Victoria Pendleton

The Golden Girl of British cycling opens up, for the first time, in searingly honest detail about what drives her to compete in a sport she no longer loves. Written with Donald McRae, 2 time winner of the William Hill Award, “Between the Lines” is THE Olympic autobiography.Victoria Pendleton MBE is not your typical female athlete.Admired as much by the weekly glossies as she is the newspaper back pages, she transcends her sport.In 2005 she became first British female to win Gold at the cycling World Championships in 40 years. She followed it up with gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in 2006 and another World Championship in 2007.Arriving in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games, Pendleton was on top of the world. She didn’t disappoint.In an enthralling example of track cycling, Pendleton took Gold and joined the ranks of British Olympic heroes.And then it started to go wrong.Feted by the press and the public alike, behind the scenes the cracks and strains started to show. Despite retaining her World Champion status in 2009, it was a close run thing and her shield of invincibility started to drop. Victoria was falling out of love with her sport.The sport that had made her was starting to tear her apart.“Between the Lines” documents the considerable lows as well as the well-known highs and reveals why Victoria almost turned her back on cycling before rediscovering her Championship winning form in 2011, the day after suffering one of her most humiliating days on the track.Hitting the shelves within a matter of weeks from the end of her Olympic programme and written with Donald McRae, two time winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, “Between the Lines” promises to be the most honest and emotional book from an Olympian to date.

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Автор: Luigi Giannachi

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Автор: Isabel George

A second collection of incredible and heart-warming canine stories from around the world, from the bestselling author of The Dog That Saved My Life.Animals have accompanied man into battle since war first waged. Since those times, many stories have been told of the bears, camels, cats, dolphins, monkeys, mules, rats and other creatures that have served with the Armed Forces during both world wars and beyond. The four stories in this book represent the devotion and unquestioning loyalty of the canine companion in the darkest days of war.From the stub-tailed Bull Terrier that became a hero of the First World War, and the most decorated dog in history, after his bravery in the trenches of Flanders, to the remarkable loyalty of an Iraqi stray dog who attached himself to British troops in North Port and then patrolled their camp every night, protecting them from being attacked by the vicious packs of dogs living in the desert, each is an incredible tale of wartime bravery as well as an example of inspiring commitment and courage.

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Автор: Rem Word

We live in the era of the Mesozoic era, Antiquity and the Middle Ages. We dance the minuet, listen to the clash of swords and the sighs of the first steam engines. We ride through the empire of Genghis Khan, compose poems with the warriors of the Inca Empire, plunge into the world of the social experiment of Red Russia. We participate in the Second World War. Let’s explore big and small wars after War.We are looking for truths.We are the World

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Автор: Delia Ephron

Second novel by the author of HANGING UP about a woman’s attempt to deal with passion, guilt, murder and motherhood when she moves herself and her teenage son out of Manhattan to what she assumes will be a safer life on Long Island.In a state of near panic because of the night-time activities of her teenage son Sam, Lily Davis decides to uproot him and herself from Manhattan to a small town on the coast of Long Island. She becomes a reporter for the weekly paper, Sam enrolls in high school, and for a while life proceeds as expected. But then through unexpected and unnerving circumstances, with a cop, in a house where she’s not supposed to be, Lily spies a naked woman asleep on a bed. This is a murder. Or is it? And the cop is married, and Lily is guilt-ridden about her own divorce. Friendship and love relationships unravel or threaten to. But are people and events really as they seem, or is Lily just perceiving her small town through big city eyes?

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Автор: Phil Rostron

This edition does not include images.Barry Fry was one of the most colourful characters in English football. His journeyman career took him to Old Trafford, where as a player he was one of the original Busby Babes, through to football management at Barnet, Southend, Birmingham and Peterborough, among other clubs.Wherever he went, ‘Bazza’ had a knack of making the headlines. His days as a youth apprentice for Manchester United saw plenty of action on the pitch as he came under the tutelage of Matt Busby – but even more off it as he joined the likes of George Best on ‘a binge of birds, booze and betting’.He quickly gained the reputation of ‘the has-been that never was’. Playing stints at Luton, Bedford and Stevenage failed to inspire a reckless Fry, and it wasn’t long before injury forced him to hang up his boots. His first managerial role was at Dunstable, where Fry recalls with sharp humour how the chairman had suitcases full of currency in his office with hitmen protecting them.He followed this with spells at Maidstone and Barnet, – where he joined forces with the notorious Stan Flashman and proved his pedigree by gaining the club promotion into the League – and Southend, where he was responsible for bringing on a young Stan Collymore. It wasn’t long before he was poached by Birmingham under owner and ex-pornographer David Sullevan and his glamorous sidekick, Karren Brady – about whom Fry revels in some marvellous stories concerning their love-hate relationship.Whether it’s tax evasion, fraud, transfer bribes or chicanery in the dressing room, Barry Fry experienced it all as a player, manager and club owner. He is ready to tell everything in his autobiography – ‘Enough to make your eyes water’.

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Автор: Группа авторов

Примечание: Берлинские ученые: портреты и автобиографии. Полный вариант заголовка: «Bildnisse jetztlebender Berliner Gelehrten mit ihren Selbstbiographien. Samml. 1 : enth?lt J. E. Bode, J. P. Erman, C. W. Hufeland / hrsg. von M. S. Lowe».

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Автор: Bill Beaumont

First published in 2003 and now available as an ebook.One of the best lock forwards in the history of English and Lions’ game, and a successful captain to boot. Bill Beaumont’s popularity on the field and his appearances on A Question of Sport made him a household name.This is the light-hearted and amusing life story of a larger-than-life character.A serious head injury forced Bill Beaumont to retire from rugby prematurely at the age of 29, after leading his country 21 times in 34 appearances – including a memorable Grand Slam in 1980 – and captaining the Lions to South Africa in 1980.Since then he has been honoured with an OBE and turned effortlessly to a career in broadcasting as a BBC and Sky Sports summariser and, more famously, as captain on the sports quiz show A Question of Sport.He is also a brilliant after-dinner speaker, and recently became chairman of the RFU's National Playing Committee.Beaumont reflects back on a wonderful career, reliving the dramatic events on the field as well as the off-the-field scrapes and humorous escapades that characterised the game in its amateur era. And now as an elder statesman, he is perfectly positioned to talk knowledgeably about the game he so loves.

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Автор: Kevin Booth

Written by Bill Hick's lifelong friend, producer, and co-creator, Kevin Booth offers the inside story into the man who was only along for the ride for a tragically short time, yet left an indelible mark on comedy enthusiasts and freethinkers everywhere.Bill Hicks: Agent of Evolution offers a rare fly-on-the-wall insight into the life of one of Britain's most loved US comedians. Adored in the UK for his unique style of savage, hilarious comedy, the one person who knew him inside and out tells of a man whose life was just as impassioned and off-the-wall as his comedy.Even back at High School, in Houston, Texas, Kevin was Bill's co-conspirator, as they sneaked out of Bill's strict Baptist home at night, and headed for the Comedy Workshop, where at the age of fourteen, Bill was going down a storm.They virtually shared every experience – from magic mushrooms to girls, but it was their music and their vision of comedy, which bound them so closely together. Kevin produced, engineered and performed on many of Bill's recordings, and it is largely due to him, that so much of Bill's comedy is readily available on CD and video.Michael Bertin, a hugely talented author from Austin, Texas, is co-writing Kevin's fly-on-the-wall biography of Bill Hicks.

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Автор: Салли Морган

Если ты заболел лихорадкой по имени «Билли Айлиш», то эта книга – для тебя! Мегазвезда современной поп-музыки уже доказала всем, что возраст – это всего лишь цифры, что старшие братья могут быть поддержкой и опорой, что фанаты – это тоже люди, и самое главное – что она пришла всерьез и надолго и в ближайшие десятилетия никто не сможет затмить ее на музыкальном небосклоне. Есть сотня причин влюбиться в Билли Айлиш и она наверняка покорит твое сердце после того, как ты прочтешь эту книгу!

Серия: Билли Айлиш. Все о мегазвезде

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Автор: David Walliams

A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from David Walliams, number one bestseller and one of the fastest growing children’s author across the globe.Joe has a lot of reasons to be happy. About a billion of them, in fact. You see, Joe's rich. Really, really rich. Joe's got his own bowling alley, his own cinema, even his own butler who is also an orangutan. He's the wealthiest twelve-year-old in the land.But Joe isn't happy. Why not? Because he's got a billion pounds… and not a single friend. But then someone comes along, someone who likes Joe for Joe, not for his money. The problem is, Joe's about to learn that when money is involved, nothing is what it seems.The best things in life are free, they say – and if Joe's not careful, he's going to lose them all…

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Автор: Coleridge Samuel Taylor

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Автор: Вальтер Скотт

Полный вариант заголовка: «Biographical mеmoirs : Vol. 1 : in 2 volumes / by Sir Walter Scott».

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Автор: Группа авторов

Полный вариант заголовка: «Biographie des prefets : depuis l'organisation des prefectures (3 Mars 1800) jusqu'a ce jour».

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Автор: Allen Grant

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Автор: Юсиф Везир Чеменземинли

“XAN” nəşriyyatının “Xatirə ədəbiyyatı” silsiləsindən təqdim etdiyi d?rd?nc? kitab Yusif Vəzir ?əmənzəminlinin xatirələrini əhatə edir. Kitabda onun “Bir cavanın dəftəri” və “Həyatımın iyirmi ili” xatirələri dərc olunub. ?əmənzəminli birinci əsəri hekayə kimi qələmə alsa da, əsərin qəhrəmanı ?z?d?r. Bu kitabda siz Azərbaycan ədəbiyyatının g?rkəmli n?mayəndəsi olan Yusif Vəzirin Kiyevdə oxumağa gedənə qədər həyatının bir ?ox d?nəmləri haqqında m?fəssəl məlumatlar əldə edə biləcəksiniz.

Серия: Xatirə ədəbiyyatı

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Автор: Nadir İsrafilov

Kitabda Təhsil Nazirliyi yanında İctimai Şuranın sədr m?avini, tanınmış pedaqoq Nadir İsrafilovun ta uşaqlıqdan indiyə kimi xatirələri, ke?diyi həyat yolu işıqlandırılıb. M?əllif əsərdə Azərbaycanda, eləcə də SSRİ-də baş verənləri, vacib hadisələri, təhsilimizin ke?diyi inkişaf yolunu nəql edir, tətbiq olunan yenilikləri, o c?mlədən m?vcud ?atışmazlıqları ?z?nəməxsus ?slubda oxucuya ?atdırır. Kitab, həm?inin təhsil sahəsində gedən proseslərə işıq tutmaq baxımından vacib mənbə rolunu oynayır.

Серия: Xatirə ədəbiyyatı

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Автор: Əziz Yaqubzadə

Əziz oxucu… Əgər “Ona”nı oxumusansa ?n s?zdə ?z?m haqqında məlumatlar yazmaq, tərc?meyi-halımı, şəxsi uğurlarımı və s. qeyd etməyi sevmədiyimi bilirsən. Bir oxucu kimi g?zəl bilirəm ki, hər zaman oxucu m?əllifdən ?ox onun kitabı haqqında maraqlanır, kitabın ilk səhifələrində də uzun, yorucu uğurları, m?kafatları g?rməkdənsə, bir an ?ncə kitabın i?ində nələr olduğunu g?rməyə səbrsizlənir. Doğrusu, bu sahədə hansısa uğurlarımdan və m?kafatlarımdan danışmağım da g?lməli olardı. Ona g?rə ki, mən bir yazı?ı olmadığımı da, həddimi də ?ox g?zəl bilirəm. Əgər yazı?ı olmaq ???n on addım varsa, mən hələ birinci yol ilə ikinci yol arasında yerləşən o k?rp?də yeriyirəm və ?mid edirəm ki, he? olmasa illər sonra o on addımlıq yolun yarısını qət edə biləcəyəm.

Серия: ?ağdaş ədəbiyyat

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Автор: Азиз Несин

Kitabda beynəlxlaq m?kafatlar laureatı, ?tən əsrin m?qtədir satirik ədibi Əziz Nesinin m?xtəlif illərdə yaratdığı mətbu əsərləri toplanmışdır. “Bir s?rg?n xatirələri” silsiləsi m?əllifin şəxsən başına gələn m?sibətlərin və məşəqqətlərin bədii-yumoristik ifadəsidir. Oxucular bu kitabda b?y?k yazı?ının ?oxşaxəli yeni yaradıcılıq məziyyətləri ilə tanış olacaqlar.

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Автор: Кио Маклир

‘Now when I hear birdsong, I feel an entry to that understory. When I am feeling too squeezed on the ground, exhausted by everything in my care, I look for a little sky. There are always birds flying back and forth, city birds flitting around our human edges, singing their songs.’One winter, Kyo Maclear became unmoored. Her father had recently fallen ill and she suddenly found herself lost for words. As a writer, she could no longer bring herself to create; her work wasn’t providing the comfort and meaning that it had before.But then Kyo met a musician who loved birds. The musician felt he could not always cope with the pressures and disappointments of being an artist in a big city. When he watched birds and began to photograph them, his worries dissipated. Intrigued, Kyo found herself following the musician for a year, accompanying him on his birdwatching expeditions; the sounds of birds in the city reminded them both to look outwards at the world.Intricate and delicate as birdsong, Birds Art Life Death asks how our passions shape and nurture us, and how we might gain perspective, overcome our anxieties and begin to cherish the urban wild spaces where so many of us live.

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