Biography genre books (522)
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My Mother Laughs by Chantal Akerman EN
BelgiumDescription:
First published in France in 2013, My Mother Laughs is the final book written by the legendary and beloved Belgian artist and director Chantal Akerman (1950-2015) before her death. A moving and unforgettable memoir, the book delves deeply into one of the central themes and focuses of Akerman's often autobiographical films: her mother, who was the direct subject of her final film No Home Movie (2015). With a particular focus on the difficulties Akerman faced in conjunction with the end of her mother's life, the book combines a matter-of-fact writing style with family photographs and stills from... continue
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My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst EN
EnglandDescription:
Emmeline Pankhurst was raised in a world that valued men over women. At fourteen she attended her first suffrage meeting and returned home a confirmed suffragist. Throughout her career she endured humiliation, prison, hunger strikes and the repeated frustration of her aims by men in power but she rose to become the guiding light of the Suffragette movement. This is Pankhurst's story, in her own words, of her struggle for equality.
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Na minha pele by Lázaro Ramos PT
Country: South America / 
Brazil
Brazil
Description:
Movido pelo desejo de viver num mundo em que a pluralidade cultural, racial, étnica e social seja vista como um valor positivo, e não uma ameaça, Lázaro Ramos divide com o leitor suas reflexões sobre temas como ações afirmativas, gênero, família, empoderamento, afetividade e discriminação. Ainda que não seja uma biografia, em "Na minha pele" Lázaro compartilha episódios íntimos de sua vida e também suas dúvidas, descobertas e conquistas. Ao rejeitar qualquer tipo de segregação ou radicalismos, Lázaro nos fala da importância do diálogo. Não se pode abraçar a diferença pela diferença, mas lutar ... continue
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Nascido do crime: histórias da minha infância na África do Sul by Trevor Noah PT
Country: Africa / 
South Africa
South Africa
Description:
A jornada extraordinária de Trevor Noah ― da infância sob o apartheid, na África do Sul, à bancada de um dos mais importantes talk shows dos Estados Unidos ― começou com um ato criminoso: seu nascimento. Trevor nasceu de pai branco e mãe negra, numa época em que essa união era punível com cinco anos de prisão. Prova viva de um crime, ele era mantido em segredo, uma das medidas extremas que sua mãe era obrigada a tomar para escondê-lo do governo, que a qualquer momento poderia levá-lo. Finalmente livres com... continue
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Nisa erzählt : das Leben einer Nomadenfrau in Afrika by Nisa (Nomadenfrau), Marjorie Shostak DE
BotswanaDescription:
Die Kung-Frau Nisa erzählt von ihrem Leben bei ihrem Nomadenstamm: von der glücklichen Kindheit, der frühen Verheiratung und anderen Erlebnissen.
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No Picnic on Mount Kenya by Felice Benuzzi EN
AustriaDescription:
A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a pict... continue
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No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley by Rita Marley EN
Country: North America / 
Cuba
Cuba
Description:
Bob Marley is the unchallenged king of reggae and one of music's great iconic figures. Rita Marley was not just his wife and the mother of four of his children but his backing singer and friend, life-long companion and soul mate. They met in Trenchtown when he was 19 and she was 18, and she was very much part of his musical career, selling his early recordings from their house in the days before Island Records signed up the Wailers. She shared the hard times and the dangers - when Bob was wounded in a gunfight before the Peace Concert, Rita was shot in the head and left for dead. Their marriag... continue
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Noi, i ragazzi dello zoo di Berlino by Christiane F. IT
GermanyDescription:
Milioni di copie vendute negli anni Settanta. E questo libro di Christiane F. resta attuale nella sua forza di denuncia. Frutto di due mesi di interviste e colloqui con ricercatori nell'ambito del sociale, è un libro-cult, una testimonianza lucida e impietosa sul mondo della droga e dei giovani tossicodipendenti.
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SomaliaDescription:
The author's emotional journey to freedom to build a new life following her flight from a tribal world that limits women's every thought and action.