But the best celebrity autobiographies provide raw, unfiltered narratives that look beyond the red carpet façade and into the real lives of their authors. From Elton John to Louis Theroux, here are our favourites.
Books shelved as comedian-autobiography: All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business by Mel Brooks, The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Id.
This book, first published in , helped launch, and continues to inspire, a spiritual revolution in the West. Only rarely does a sage of Paramhansa Yogananda's stature write a firsthand account of his life experiences.
Born in Wuhan, China, in 1964, Zeng grew up during Mao’s Cultural Revolution. He attended Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, where he developed an interest in the German Expressionist painters; their influence is evident in the unflinching corporeality of Zeng’s early Hospital and Meat series.
They were typically brave British leaders who were first over the top with their revolvers ready and apart from carrying their own lives in their hands had also the lives of their troops to worry about as well as the great responsibility of carrying out Army Orders from above.
Pandita Ramabai Saraswati was an Indian social reformer who championed the cause of emancipation of women. She was the first woman to be awarded the titles of Pandita and Saraswati, as a Sanskrit scholar, after being examined by University of Calcutta.
In this passionate, poignant, and deeply personal memoir and call to arms, Erin Gruwell, the dynamic teacher who nurtured an extraordinary group of high school students from Long Beach, California, who called themselves the Freedom Writers, picks up where The Freedom Writers Diary —and the hit movie Freedom Writers —left off and brings the reade.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not only the dynamic prime minister of India but also a man of high integrity. The simplicity of nature was the main attraction of his personality. He was also the most reputed leader of the history of Indian politics. Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee contributed to Indian politics in multiple ways.
Jesús "Batikuling" Balmori was a Filipino Spanish language journalist, playwright, and poet. Biography. Jesús Balmori was born in Ermita, Manila on 10 January He studied at the Collegio de San Juan de Letrán and the University of Santo Tomás, where he excelled in Literature. He was married to Dolores Rodríguez.
Abdellatif Laâbi, né à Fès en [1], est un poète, écrivain et traducteur marocain. Il a fondé en la revue Souffles qui jouera un rôle considérable dans le renouvellement culturel au Maghreb. Son combat lui vaut d'être emprisonné de à Il s'est exilé en France en
Atul Gawande explores the imperfect science of surgery in these 14 essays. As a surgeon himself, he tells the stories of his personal experience, but more than that, he states that nearly always, doctors are presented as either heroes or villains.
What Makes a Good MBA Personal Statement? A perfect MBA essay shares some common elements. A True Narrative. All good MBA essays accurately depict who you are – not what you think the admissions committee will like. So be genuine and communicate that clearly to the reader.
Bones Brigade: An Autobiography: Directed by Stacy Peralta. With Tony Alva, Steve Caballero, Fred Durst, Shepard Fairey. When six teenage boys came together as a skateboarding team in the s, they reinvented not only their chosen sport but themselves too - as they evolved from insecure outsiders to the most influential athletes in the field.
Explore our curated selection of Dr. Ambedkar’s images, each a testament to his unwavering commitment to social reform and his pivotal role in shaping modern India. From historic photographs to candid moments, these images offer a glimpse into the life and legacy of this extraordinary leader.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was a scholar and statesman who was president of India from 1962 to 1967. He served as professor of philosophy at Mysore (1918–21) and Calcutta (1921–31; 1937–41) universities and as vice chancellor of Andhra University (1931–36).
Ferdinand Magellan [a] (c. 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese [3] explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies. During this expedition, he also discovered the Strait of Magellan, allowing his fleet to pass from the Atlantic into the Pacific Ocean and perform the first European.
Terence Tao is an Australian-American mathematician who won a Fields Medal in for his contributions to partial differential equations, combinatorics, harmonic analysis and additive number theory.
Now in paperback, the intimate and highly revealing life story of the world's longest-serving, most charismatic, and controversial head of state in modern times. Numerous attempts have been made to get Fidel Castro to tell his own story.
Bhagat Singh was a zealous revolutionary of the Indian freedom struggle who made the ultimate sacrifice trying to deliver his motherland from the chains of slavery. He was martyred at a very young age of 23, along with two of his fellow revolutionaries and convicted by the British government of assassinating John Saunders – a British police.
Leslie Knighton was Arsenal’s first manager at Highbury, and the first manager in the current 1st division run which has lasted over years. He stayed for six years in which Arsenal came 10th, 9th, 17th, 11th, 19th and 20th.
In all of about 10 minutes, Sweet Dreams – a short film by American animator Kirsten Lepore, transports you to a world completely fabricated and populated by food, making you laugh, cry and crave sweets all at once.
One of Félix Vallotton’s most famous paintings Bathing on a Summer Evening (Le Bain au soir d’été) (1892-93) holds again a quality similar to that of Japanese prints for its simple lines, and yet there is one lady on the back right whose detailed hair seems out of place with the rest of the painting. It’s too detailed.
Durant was born on Septem, in Washington, D.C., [9] to Wanda (née Durant) and Wayne Pratt. When Durant was an infant, his father deserted the family; Wanda and Wayne eventually divorced, and Durant's grandmother, Barbara Davis, helped raise him.