Bookshelf - Biografie
Bookshelf - Biografie
 | Antonio Ritacca. Il corsaro nero che sfidò la strada e la vitaFlora Maria RitaccaPellegrini-01-01-20269791220505222C1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieFormat: Paperback Language: it |
 | Careless PeopleSarah Wynn-WilliamsFlatiron Books-11-03-2025400 pagesDescription: An explosive memoir charting one woman’s career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. From trips on private jets and encounters with world leaders to shocking accounts of misogyny and double standards behind the scenes, this searing memoir exposes both the personal and the political fallout when unfettered power and a rotten company culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative where a few people carelessly hold the world in their hands, this eye-opening memoir reveals what really goes on among the global elite. Sarah Wynn-Williams tells the wrenching but fun story of Facebook, mapping its rise from stumbling encounters with juntas to Mark Zuckerberg’s reaction when he learned of Facebook’s role in Trump’s election. She experiences the challenges and humiliations of working motherhood within a pressure cooker of a workplace, all while Sheryl Sandberg urges her and others to “lean in.” Careless People is a deeply personal account of why and how things have gone so horribly wrong in the past decade—told in a sharp, candid, and utterly disarming voice. A deep, unflinching look at the role that social media has assumed in our lives, Careless People reveals the truth about the leaders of Facebook: how the more power they grasp, the less responsible they become and the consequences thi...9781250391230C1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Non FictionCategories: Women's Biographies,Scientist Biographies,High-Tech Industry Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 207 |
 | F1 Backstage. Storie di uomini in corsaRiccardo PatreseRizzoli-17-09-2024240 pages9788817189699C1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biografie e autobiografie,Automobilismo,Rizzoli Libri Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 240 Note: QUANDO PENSO ALLA MIA CARRIERA, RITROVO UN'INFINIT DI IMMAGINI IMPRESSIONANTI CHE MI FANNO DIRE: SONO UN SOPRAVVISSUTO.> |
 | Reparto Esperienze Vol.2Storie inedite di collaudi e sviluppoLuca Picco,Angelo TazioliDrive Experience389 pagesDescription: Mentre contavo i secondi e sudavo, vidi che la 550 di Scheckter stava lentamente per muoversi verso il muretto retrostante dove, tra l'altro, se ne stava l' Avvocato Luca Cordero di Montezemolo. Ebbi un quizzo felino, andai dietro la vettura cercando di fermare la sua retromarcia con un ginocchio ma percepivo di non farcela. A quel punto infilai il piede, vestito da una scarpa rigorosamente antinfortunistica, dietro la ruota posteriore destra. Miracolosamente la vettura si fermò. Non tolsi lo sguardo dalla Maranello blu e quando lo starter diede il via, i piloti presero a correre e il più lento sembrò essere proprio Jody che si sedette in auto un secondo dopo gli altri ma, per incanto, chiuse la porta e partì, lasciando Schumacher ad annusare il fumo delle sue gomme. La sgommata fu fantastica, a favore di pubblico, e scatenò un autentico tripudio. In sequenza partirono anche le altre vetture mentre io mi ritrovai con una scarpa in mano senza ricordare quando me l'ero tolta.9788894280357L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memoriePages Read: 389 |
 | The BoyStirling Moss: a Life in 60 LapsRichard WilliamsSimon & Schuster Ltd-12-05-2022320 pagesDescription: A biography of motor racing legend Stirling Moss, told in 50 brief chapters, by the writer who knew him best9781471198472C1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Biography: Sport,Formula 1 & Grand Prix Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 320 |
 | Stormy LifeMemories of a Pioneer of the Air AgeErnst HeinkelE.P.Dutton & CO-01-01-1956256 pagesDescription: The eventful, personal story of a man who, for almost fifty years, has been one of the world's foremost aircraft designers and builders, having to his credit not only the best of the early monoplanes but also the first fully operative jet. Heinkel first realized that the future of flight lay in the heavier-than-air plane when, at twenty, he saw the German dirigible LZ4 crash and burn before his eves. Soon after he became a profes- sional designer, and the victory of one of his seaplanes in an international race brought him into prominence even be- fore World War I. That war brought out his abilities in full measure. His Heinkel monoplane, the W29, wrested from England her air superiority over the Channel; his multi-engined Hansa-Bran- denburg ZM bomber was the first war plane to be armed with a cannon. And even though postwar Germany was forbidden to build aircraft, he went right on, working under cover and sell- ing military planes to foreign buyers, in- cluding Japan and even the U.S., as well as his own government. Secretly work- ing with him were such famous men as Kesselring, Student, Udet and Jeschon- nek, who used to visit his plant in plain clothes, using aliases. Heinkel developed the Night Hawk (an early American mail plane), the first catapult plane, and in 1935, began to work with Werner von Braun on rocket propelled and jet planes. He was the first to use rocket power in flight, and produced the world's first jet plane to fly in 1939. When the Nazis came to power, Heinkel, financed by the Luftwaffe, did much to build up Germany's air strength. But he had little respect for the Nazi High Command, and tells how their obsession with dive bombers and short-range de- fensive fighters, and consequent neglect of the long-range bomber, contributed to Germany's downfall in World War Il, As one of the most dynamic of the Ger- man industrialists, as well as a great airplane designer, Heinkel knew person- ally the top political figures from the Kaiser WilhelmL1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memoriePages Read: 256 |
 | The Power to Fly : From De Havilland Apprentice to Chairman of General Electric EnginesBrian & Ducheny Martin RowePen & Sword / Leo Cooper-01-01-2005240 pages9781844152001L1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Rowe, Brian H , 1931-,HistoryGE Aircraft Engines (Firm),Aerospace engineers Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 240 |
 | The Forgotten SoldierWar on the Russian Front, a True StoryGuy SajerCassell & Co. Ltd.-15-07-1999560 pagesDescription: This book recounts the horror of World War II on the eastern front, as seen through the eyes of a teenaged German soldier. At first an exciting adventure, young Guy Sajer’s war becomes, as the German invasion falters in the icy vastness of the Ukraine, a simple, desperate struggle for survival against cold, hunger, and above all the terrifying Soviet artillery. As a member of the elite Gross Deutschland Division, he fought in all the great battles from Kursk to Kharkov. His German footsoldier’s perspective makes The Forgotten Soldier a unique war memoir, the book that the Christian Science Monitor said "may well be the book about World War II which has been so long awaited." Now it has been handsomely republished as a hardcover containing fifty rare German combat photos of life and death at the eastern front. The photos of troops battling through snow, mud, burned villages, and rubble-strewn cities depict the hardships and destructiveness of war. Many are originally from the private collections of German soldiers and have never been published before. This volume is a deluxe edition of a true classic.9780304352401L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,European History,20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 560 |
 | Il pilota di ferroHans U. RudelAlenia - VolareDescription: Non troverete Hans Ulrich Rudel nelle classifiche dei maggiori assi tedeschi della Seconda guerra mondiale: in 2.530 missioni non ha abbattuto neppure un aereo. Però ha fatto saltare in aria oltre 500 carri armati sovietici, è stato abbattuto una trentina di volte, ha perso una gamba (portata via da una granata durante un attacco) e ha comunque continuato a volare e combattere per tutta la durata del conflitto, diventando così un esempio di coraggio e di resistenza fisica alle avversità. Rudel nasce il 2 luglio 1916 a Seiferdau, nella Slesia, da una famiglia severa che lo educa al rispetto delle virtù belliche e all’obbedienza alle regole. Bambino apparentemente fragile e insicuro, a dodici anni rimane profondamente colpito dal racconto delle due sorelle che avevano assistito a una manifestazione aerea, tanto da decidere di diventare aviatore a qualunque costo. I suoi studi classici danno esiti alterni, ma con l’esercizio fisico cresce anche la sua audacia, fino a manifestare una radicata passione per le attività pericolose, tipo saltare dai trampolini con la moto. Nel 1936 entra in aeronautica grazie a un concorso e viene inviato alla scuola di guerra aerea di Wilpark-Werder e poi a quella di volo di Werdere. Inizialmente deluso per l’assegnazione agli Stuka come ricognitore, nel 1941, con l’inizio dell’Operazione Barbarossa, comincia la sua carriera di bombardiere in picchiata: tra incidenti di volo, avventure e missioni al limite, diventa l’incubo delle truppe corazzate russe. Non lo fermano le malattie, né i tentativi dello Stato maggiore di dargli incarichi più quieti: studia le caratteristiche dei carri sovietici e mette a punto tecniche per attaccarli usando gli JU 87 riequipaggiati con cannoni da 37 mm. Rudel porta il suo squadrone di cannoniere volanti contro i T 34 russi fino all’ultimo giorno di guerra. Si consegna agli alleati tirando un pugno in faccia a un soldato americano che tentava di strappargli le decorazioni dalla divisa. Dopo la guerra si trasfL1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Aeronautica ,Storia |
 | Einstein. La sua vita, il suo universola sua vita, il suo universoWalter IsaacsonMondadori-02-03-2010645 pagesDescription: Quando, nel 1900, Lord Kelvin dichiarò che la fisica non aveva ormai "nulla di nuovo da scoprire", il mondo scientifico non sospettava che, di lì a pochi anni, gli articoli di un giovane impiegato dell'Ufficio brevetti di Berna, basati su esperimenti mentali, avrebbero rivoluzionato la scienza. Albert Einstein, il mite rifugiato in fuga dall'oppressione, con la sua aureola di capelli arruffati, gli occhi pensosi, la sua accattivante umanità e il suo limpido genio spicca come icona suprema del Novecento. Gli impulsi ribelli, la curiosità, le passioni e l'elegante distacco che permeano la sua produzione scientifica hanno dominato anche la vita affettiva e la dimensione politica dell'uomo Einstein. A un secolo di distanza dalle sue straordinarie scoperte risulta ancora stupefacente che un giovane studioso sia riuscito da solo a ridisegnare l'universo. Come funzionava la sua mente? Quanto influiva l'intuizione e quanto la logica nel suo modo di pensare? Che cosa fece di lui un genio? Walter Isaacson ci offre una biografia completa di Einstein, probabilmente lo scienziato più famoso e più amato di tutti i tempi, cercando di indagare lo stretto legame tra creatività e libertà che fece di un fisico teorico capace delle più complicate astrazioni un personaggio pubblico di grande carisma, impegnato a difendere la causa della pace e della giustizia sociale.9788804595731L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Scienza e TecnologiaCategories: Biography & Autobiography Translators: Tullio Cannillo Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 645 |
 | Non ti guiderò maiAntonio TomainiDrive Experience-01-01-2017Description: “Stava seduto per ore senza mai scendere, anche quando i meccanici stavano eseguendo lunghi interventi sulla sua macchina. Quello era il suo elemento naturale, come l’acqua per i pesci. La Ferrari era un estensione del suo corpo. Minutino, gracile persino, dall’aspetto quasi inadatto a quel mestiere. Non ci volle molto per ricrederci. Quanta furia era racchiusa in quel piccolo essere. Già dalle prime prove rimasi sconcertato, spaccava tutto. A ogni giro rientrava ai box con qualcosa di rotto. Quante le volte, quand’era ai primi posti sulla griglia di partenza, che gli raccomandavo di usare più testa e meno cuore. “Si Antonio“, non Tom, com’era uso chiamarmi, mi rassicurava con un malizioso sorrisetto. Abbassata la visiera però, il cuore prendeva sempre il sopravvento”.9788894280319L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | Ferrari. La realizzazione di un sogno. Progetti incredibili e aneddoti indimenticabiliFosco De SilvestriIncontri Editrice-01-07-2023190 pages9788899667719L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Automobilismo,Libri fisici,Trade (local) Editors: Leo Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 190 |
 | Inside the MachineAn Engineer's Tale of the Modern Automotive IndustryDavid TwohigVeloce Publishing Ltd-01-09-2023192 pagesDescription: Now in Paperback! Ever wondered what it takes to bring a successful modern car to market? This book gives a rare glimpse inside the automotive industry, through the development stories of three very different but highly significant vehicles - the Nissan Qashqai, the Renault ZOE, and the multi award-winning Alpine A110 sports car.9781787119390L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Home & Garden,Automotive,Transportation Format: Paperback Edition: New mono paperback edition Language: en Pages Read: 192 |
 | Account RenderedA Dossier on My Former SelfMelita MaschmannPlunkett Lake Press-24-05-2016296 pagesDescription: "Account Rendered" was first published in Germany in 1963 as "Fazit: Kein Rechtfertigungsversuch" or "Account Rendered: No attempt at justification." Maschmann wrote to Hannah Arendt that her intent in writing this memoir was to help her former Nazi colleagues think about their actions, and to help others "better understand" why people like her had been drawn to Hitler. Written as a letter to an unnamed Jewish girl, this memoir details the trajectory of a socially-conscious, well-educated, middle-class girl as she joins the Hitler Youth, supervises the eviction of Polish farmers from their land and works in the high echelons of Nazi press and propaganda. Arrested in 1945 at the age of 33, Maschmann completed mandatory de-Nazification and became a freelance journalist. This edition includes a new introduction explaining how the Publishers identified Maschmann's high school Jewish friend, Marianne Schweitzer Burkenroad, born in 1918 and located her in California. In an afterword, she recounts for the first time her friendship with Maschmann and her reactions to Account Rendered. "["Account Rendered" is an] important document of its time [...] I have the impression that you are totally sincere, otherwise I wouldn't have written back to you." - letter from Hannah Arendt to Melita Maschmann "[A] soul-searching record in which [Melita Maschmann] attempts to state and understand her guilt as a Nazi... her account here is intelligent and convincing." - Kirkus Reviews "There weren'...9780961469641L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General,Fascism & Nazism,Political Structures: Totalitarianism & Dictatorship Translators: Geoffrey Strachan Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 296 |
 | R.J. Mitchell: School Days to SpitfireGordon MITCHELLTempus Pub Ltd-01-01-2002288 pages9780752423227L1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Industrial / Commercial Art & Design,Biography: General,Biography: Literary Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 288 Note: Signed by author |
 | Willy Messerschmitt: First Full Biography of an Aeronautical GeniusFirst Full Biography of an Aeronautical GeniusFrank VannMotorbooks International-01-01-1993256 pagesDescription: Biografi over den tyske flykonstruktør Willy Messerschmitt, der fik så stor betydning og indflydelse før, under og efter 2. verdenskrig i f.m. Tysklands situation og opnåede resultater inden for navnlig militær flyvning.9781852604394L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AeronauticaCategories: Technology & Engineering Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 256 |
 | Fino all'ultima ora. Le memorie della segretaria di Hitler 1942-1945Traudl JungeMondadori-01-01-2004270 pagesDescription: Dal 1942 al 1945 Traudl Junge è stata, poco più che ventenne, la segretaria privata di Adolf Hitler. "Fino all'ultima ora" sono le memorie che scrisse immediatamente dopo la guerra, tra il 1947 e il 1948, quando ancora la giovane età non le consentiva di rendersi davvero conto della straordinaria esperienza da lei vissuta e della gravità di quanto era accaduto in quegli anni. L'immagine di Hitler che si ricava da queste pagine è quella di un capo piacevole e gentile, quasi una figura paterna. La giovane Traudl registra con occhio ingenuo e attento numerosi dettagli appartenenti alla vita privata del dittatore tedesco e ci apre le porte su piccoli e grandi eventi di cui non comprende l'importanza e la gravità.9788804532422C1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: History Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 270 |
 | Cella 2455 Braccio della morteCaryl ChessmanRizzoli-01-01-1962396 pagesDescription: "... Ho attualmente 38 anni. Ne avevo 26 quando fui arrestato. Alle mie spalle si snoda una lunga serie di arresti. Sono un veterano dei riformatori e delle prigioni californiane. Sono stato definito uno 'psicopatico criminale'. È indubbio che da giovane sono stato un violento, un ribelle, un insuperabile imbecille. Mi sono messo in contrasto con la società; ho resistito all autorità. Mi vergogno del mio passato, ma non posso cambiarlo. Nondimeno con i miei scritti ho tentato di salvare da questo spaventoso naufragio qualcosa che potesse avere un più vasto significato sociale. Pur senza volermi scaricare delle responsabilità che il mio comportamento mi ha imposto, nel mio primo libro mi sono sforzato di raccontare la storia della mia vita, spiegando in qual modo i giovani possano diventare come me. Ho compreso che i bracci della morte hanno un senso unicamente perché tipi come Caryl Chessman ne sono privi ..." ".. se l'isterismo e il furore popolare che circondano.. . (il caso Chessman) possono essere placati soltanto con la mia morte, e se in seguito Si deciderà che la pena capitale venga abolita, esorto allora caldamente i membri del parlamento a formulare il loro progetto di legge in modo che io ne sia escluso . . ." ". Dichiaro solennemente dinanzi 2 mondo che non invocherò mai tale legge nei tribunali e sconfesserò qualsiasi tentativo da parte di qualsiasi avvocato mirante ad agire in mio favore . . ." Questo brano è tratto dalla lettera inviata da Caryl Chessman al governatore della California il 26 febbraio 1960, sei giorni prima ch'egli venisse salvato per I ottava volta dalla camera a gas. La lettera è integralmente riprodotta nel presente volume.C1Biografie, lettere e memorieFormat: Hardcover Edition: 18 Pages Read: 396 |
 | Memorie di una interprete di guerraElena RzhevskayaVoland-09-07-2015461 pagesDescription: Mosca, ottobre 1941. Sono passati quattro mesi dall’attacco della Germania hitleriana all’URSS. Elena Rževskaja, ventiduenne, lascia la fabbrica di orologi dove lavora e si iscrive a un corso per interpreti militari. Inizia un’avventura che la porterà a diventare testimone attenta e partecipe della guerra, in un movimento continuo che attraverso cittadine e villaggi sconvolti dal conflitto la condurrà al fronte, e infine a Varsavia e a Berlino. Ed è qui, nel suo ruolo di interprete militare, che la giovane Elena si troverà nel maggio del ’45 al centro della misteriosa vicenda del riconoscimento del corpo carbonizzato di Hitler, di cui Stalin non informa neanche il maresciallo Žukov, comandante dell’Armata Rossa che entra vittoriosa in Berlino. E a questo punto il libro da avvincente narrazione diventa anche un ineludibile documento storico che contribuisce a chiarire una delle vicende più oscure della Seconda guerra mondiale. Il libro è arricchito da un inserto fotografico con immagini d’epoca di proprietà dell’autrice.9788862431200C1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaTranslators: Daniela Di Sora Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 461 |
 | Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!Adventures of a Curious CharacterRichard P FeynmanWW Norton-06-02-2018352 pagesDescription: One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that "buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist" (Science Digest). Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that “can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist” (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets—and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature. In his stories, Feynman’s life shines through in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. Included for this edition is a new introduction by Bill Gates.9780393355628C1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Scienza e TecnologiaCategories: Biography & Memoir,Science & Technology,Science Editors: Ralph Leighton Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 352 |
 | Enrico FermiL'ultimo uomo che sapeva tuttoDavid N. SchwartzSolferino579 pagesDescription: Poche figure nella storia della scienza moderna hanno il carisma di Enrico Fermi. E poche sono state altrettanto determinanti. Tuttavia, molti aspetti della sua biografia sono ancora poco indagati. ll libro di David N. Schwartz colma questo vuoto, anche grazie a fonti inedite ed esclusive, ricostruendo una vita che fu investita in pieno dalle drammatiche turbolenze della storia del Novecento. Una genialità precocissima, una carriera accademica folgorante, una lista di scoperte che hanno rivoluzionato la fisica corrispondono a una figura privata assai più controversa. Una biografia fatta di luci e di ombre, che vanno dall'ambiguo rapporto con il fascismo all'altrettanto discussa adesione al progetto della bomba atomica. Senza cedere alle opposte tentazioni dell'apologia e dell'ipercritica, Schwartz delinea un personaggio enigmatico dai sensazionali meriti scientifici, che più di ogni altro riflette le complessità del suo tempo.9782611962021L3Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Scienza e TecnologiaCategories: Biografie Language: italiani Pages Read: 579 |
 | Frederick the Great: King of PrussiaTim BlanningPenguin-06-10-2016648 pagesDescription: Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, dominated the 18th century in the same way that Napoleon dominated the start of the 19th - a force of nature, a caustic, ruthless, brilliant military commander, a monarch of exceptional energy and talent, and a knowledgeable patron of artists, architects and writers, most famously Voltaire. From early in his reign he was already a legendary figure - fascinating even to those who hated him. Tim Blanning's brilliant biography recreates a remarkable era, a world which would be swept away shortly after Frederick's death by the French Revolution. Equally at home on the battlefield or in the music room at Frederick's extraordinary miniature palace of Sanssouci, Blanning draws on a lifetime's obsession with the 18th century to create a work that is in many ways the summation of all that he has learned in his own rich and various career. Frederick's spectre has hung over Germany ever since: an inspiration, a threat, an impossible ideal - Blanning at last allows us to understand him in his own time.9780141039190C1Storia,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,Biography: Royalty,European History Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 28 |
 | I conti con me stessodiari, 1957-1978Indro MontanelliRizzoli-01-01-2009284 pagesDescription: I diari sono documenti segreti scritti per divenire pubblici. Nella maggior parte dei casi sono nelle intenzioni dell’autore la sua ultima opera, quella che gli permetterà di prendere ancora una volta la parola dopo la morte e di costringere gli altri ad ascoltare [...]. Credo che i diari di Montanelli non facciano eccezione alla regola e siano quindi, nelle intenzioni dell’autore, destinati alla pubblicazione. Per alcune ragioni. In primo luogo l’autore parla sempre e soprattutto di se stesso. Attenzione. Vi sono in queste pagine non meno di un centinaio di personaggi, da Leo Longanesi, a Giovanni Ansaldo, da Giuseppe Prezzolini a Eugenio Montale, da Ugo La Malfa a Leo Valiani, da Giovanni Agnelli a Bruno Visentini, da Mariano Rumor ad Amintore Fanfani, da Vittorio Cini a Guido Carli, da Wally Toscanini a Joséphine Baker, da Giovanni Spadolini a Silvio Berlusconi, da Henry Kissinger a Raymond Aron. Vi è la lunga galleria dei colleghi, alcuni ammirati e amati, altri infilzati con l’implicabile a fondo di un aggettivo: Eugenio Scalfari, Piero Ottone, Giorgio Bocca, Gaetano Afeltra, Michele Mottola, Enzo Bettiza, Dino Buzzati, Alberto Ronchey, Giovanni Russo. Ma entrano in scena, dicono qualche parola, talvolta un breve monologo, e lasciano il palcoscenico. Sono caratteristi e comparse che ruotano intorno al sole del protagonista. Il loro scopo è quello di porgere la battuta a Montanelli o di sollecitare il suo talento di ritrattista. Sono i modelli di cui il pittore o lo sc...9788817028202L3Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Editors: Sergio Romano Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 284 |
 | Reparto Esperienze Vol.1Ingegno e tecnica dal cuore di MaranelloFranco CimattiDrive Experience-01-01-2024Description: Nel tragitto verso la pizzeria, parlavamo di 4 ruote motrici e Rudi mi raccontò che nel progetto Panda 4X4 aveva notato come il giunto viscoso di ripartizione coppia funzionasse solo quando erano innestati i primi 3 rapporti, anche su neve. Rudi e Carlo si misero ad abbozzare uno schema. lo mi posi il problema dei motori posteriori. Portai la proposta in comitato prodotto. Felisa si interessò per ottenere un extra da Montezemolo, sempre interessato al concetto della vettura versatile. Un evento determinante per il prosieguo del progetto fu la prova di Schumacher sulla pista di Fiorano bagnata. Avrebbe potuto essere la fine definitiva del progetto. Furono 3 giri a fuoco, nonostante stesse piovendo. Michael si fermò a bordo pista e uscì dalla vettura col pollice alto, firmò una dedica con complimenti sulla cartellina gialla che avevo con me. Fu un altro passo importante e alla Ferrari l'atteggiamento cominciò a cambiare. Si era finalmente chiuso il cerchio iniziato nel '69 da Mauro Forghieri su impulso di Enzo Ferrari. Con la partecipazione di Maurizio Manfredini Prefazione di Leo Turrini9791298532908L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Memorie Series/Volume: Vol. 1 |
 | KafkaPietro CitatiRizzoli-01-09-1987301 pagesDescription: Fin dalle prime pagine di questo libro Kafka ci viene vicino,diventa nostro prossimo e famigliare,avvolto da una nube soavissima di dolcezza. Lo strano viandante che attraversò per pochi decenni le strade di Praga-camminava con passo veloce,lievemente curvo,il capo un po' inclinato,ondeggiando come se folate di vento lo portassero da una parte all'altra della strada,posando le mani incrociate sopra le spalle-ci appare come il nostro fratello maggiore,che si addossò tutte le nostre angosce e le nostre pene per salvarci dalla condanna.Stretti a lui,possiamo affacciarci sul suo mondo:un mondo dominato da una così drammatica tensione intellettuale e da una così sublime tensione spirituale,che le anime più deboli trovano difficile viverci.Era un uomo posseduto dalla irrealtà:si sentiva un'assenza,una lacuna,qualcosa di assolutamente negativo,senza basi nè radici,senza patria nè famiglia,un giocoliere che camminava sul vuoto.Sapeva di essere lo Straniero,che viveva soltanto di se stesso,solo come un animale o un oggetto abbandonato in una soffitta;credeva di essere il grande colpevole,condannato a sacrificarsi per la salvezza di tutti.Viveva e scriveva chiuso nel carcere di se stesso,mentre la notte scivolava sopra il suo capo,obbedendo alla voce dell'ispirazione,alla voce dei demoni,alla voce della tenebra,alla voce dell'animale dentro di lui,lui che desiderava tanto la felicità,non sopportava la felicità,perchè credeva di dover ascoltar l'angoscia e di andare dove essa gli con...9788817662796L3Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaCategories: Austrian Authors,Authors, Austrian,Biography Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 108 |
 | Schrodinger: Life and ThoughtWalter J. MooreCambridge University Press-28-07-1989528 pagesDescription: The first comprehensive biography of Erwin Schrodinger--a brilliant and charming Austrian scientist--is drawn from the recollections of friends, family and colleagues, as well as contemporary records, letters and diaries.9780521354349L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Scienza e TecnologiaCategories: Biography: General,Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering,Physics Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 528 |
 | My boysBrenda VernorTerra Marique-19-06-202480 pages9791280254443L4Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Biografie e autobiografie,Automobilismo,Trade (local) Illustrators: Francesca Beltrami Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 80 |
 | Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War IIA Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War IIJennet ConantSimon Schuster-06-05-2003330 pagesDescription: The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar and the atomic bomb. Together they changed the course of history. Legendary financier, philanthropist, and society figure Alfred Lee Loomis gathered the most visionary scientific minds of the twentieth century—Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr, Enrico Fermi, and others—at his state-of-the-art laboratory in Tuxedo Park, New York, in the late 1930s. He established a top-secret defense laboratory at MIT and personally bankrolled pioneering research into new, high-powered radar detection systems that helped defeat the German Air Force and U-boats. With Ernest Lawrence, the Nobel Prize–winning physicist, he pushed Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fund research in nuclear fission, which led to the development of the atomic bomb. Jennet Conant, the granddaughter of James Bryant Conant, one of the leading scientific advisers of World War II, enjoyed unprecedented access to Loomis’ papers, as well as to people intimately involved in his life and work. She pierces through Loomis’ obsessive secrecy and illuminates his role in assuring the Allied victory.9780684872889L1Scienza e Tecnologia ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General,Biography: Business & Industry,Biography: Arts & Entertainment Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 330 |
 | I ricordiMarcus AureliusEinaudi-01-01-2015232 pagesDescription: I ricordi raccolgono dodici libri di meditazioni in forma di aforisma, che il grande imperatore filosofo scrisse durante le sanguinose campagne militari, lottando vanamente contro le invasioni dei barbari. I ricordi non sono dunque un diario, memoria di gesta passate; al contrario, con la loro natura di "schegge" scaturite dal piú profondo dell'anima di un uomo saggio, rappresentano un breviario spirituale che parla a ciascuno, in ogni tempo. A sorreggerne ogni riga è chiamata la lucidissima morale stoica ("arte di vivere", ricerca di sapienza e pratica di virtú) di Seneca ed Epitteto. Si compone cosí un'opera fra le piú alte, per intensità morale e intellettuale, della storia del pensiero: il cosiddetto "vangelo dei pagani", quello che Giacomo Leopardi definí "la filosofia in trono". Con una nota biobibliografica.9788806226312C1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Classics Translators: Francesco Cazzamini-Mussi Editors: Carlo Carena Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | How to Win a Grand PrixBernie CollinsQuercus-28-05-2024400 pages9781529437607L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Sports Biographies,Automotive Racing,Engineering Format: Paperback Edition: 1 Language: en Pages Read: 400 |
 | Design for FlightThe Kurt Tank storyHeinz ConradisMacdonald & Co-01-01-1960240 pagesDescription: Design for Flight is the story of German aviation during twenty-five eventful years, as reflected in the career of a remarkable man who is also one of the world's leading aero- nautical designers- Professor Kurt Tank, He rose to be head of the famous Focke-Wulf company, and with the coming of war turned his talents to producing military aircraft whose names were known the world over; notably, the Fw 190, the fastest and most highly mancuvrable operational fighter of its day. During these war years Tank crossed swords with many of the Nazi leaders, including Hitler and Goring, and the book embodies his views on why the Luftwaffe failed, together with a critical assessment of the parts played by the Russian and American air forces, as well as our own R.A.F. Yet despite an impressive and still increas- ing record of achievement, Tank as an indi- vidual has remained little known outside his own particular world. Dr. Heinz Conradis is exceptionally well qualified to write his bio- graphy, for not only was he closely associated with Tank at Focke-Wulf over a period of years, but as a practising engineer himself he is able to present the technical side of Tank's work in terms casily grasped by the layman. Design for Flight is a book that will fascinate both the expert and the amateur aviation enthusiast. There are numerous illustrations, including many photographs of great his- torical interest. JACKET DESIGN BY MUDGE MARRIOTL1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AeronauticaCategories: Biografie Language: english Pages Read: 240 |
 | Leonardo Da VinciWalter IsaacsonSimon & Schuster Ltd-18-10-2018624 pagesDescription: Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius9781471166785L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Arts & Entertainment,Biography: Historical, Political & Military,Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 624 |
 | L'oro e la patria. Storia di Niccolò Introna, eroe dimenticatoFederico FubiniMondadori-20-02-2024216 pagesDescription: Il 20 settembre 1943 alle quindici e trenta un manipolo di ufficiali nazisti varca la soglia di palazzo Koch, elegante sede della Banca d'Italia. Fra loro c'è il tenente colonnello delle SS Herbert Kappler, comandante dello spionaggio hitleriano. I tedeschi presentano le loro richieste al governatore Vincenzo Azzolini: vogliono l'oro della Banca d'Italia, tutto l'oro. In quel momento, nei suoi caveau, l'istituto di via Nazionale ne custodisce quasi 120 tonnellate. Un solo uomo, all'interno della banca centrale, decide di opporsi e organizza un sofisticato inganno per impedire ai nazisti di trafugare la ricchezza degli italiani. Si chiama Niccolò Introna, è un dirigente di settantacinque anni, un fervente valdese che tiene sermoni alle comunità di fedeli nei giorni di festa. Durante il fascismo, Introna aveva combattuto in segreto la corruzione e il sistema cleptocratico attorno a Mussolini, documentando le operazioni del duce per trafugare il denaro pubblico. Un servitore dello Stato. Eppure, il suo nome, per le vicende finora mai raccontate e portate alla luce in questo libro, verrà volutamente cancellato e dimenticato. Federico Fubini ha avuto accesso alle circa ottantamila pagine di documenti, in parte riservati, che il funzionario accumulò per tutta la vita, e ricostruisce per la prima volta, in modo inoppugnabile, l'appropriazione di denaro pubblico da parte di Mussolini e tutta la sofferta vicenda dell'oro della Banca d'Italia. La storia di Introna, le sue lotte antifasciste, la sorda e caparbia ostilità dei suoi molti nemici trasmettono un monito che arriva con forza all'Italia di oggi.9788804769194L1Storia,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biografie e autobiografie,Storia,Ideologie politiche Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 216 |
 | Doom GuyJohn RomeroHarry N Abrams Inc-08-11-2022288 pagesDescription: The inspiring, long-awaited autobiography of video game designer and DOOMcocreator John RomeroDOOM Guy: Life in First Personis the long-awaited autobiography of John Romero, gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history. Credited with the invention of the first-person shooter, a genre that continues to dominate the market today, he is gaming royalty. Told in remarkable detail, a byproduct of his hyperthymesia, Romero recounts his storied career—from his early days submitting Apple II code to computer magazines and sneaking computers out of the back door of his day job to do programming projects at night in his garage to a high-profile falling out with his id Software cofounder John Carmack, as well as his continued role in the gaming industry today as the managing director of Romero Games Ltd. His story is truly one of a self-made man, founding multiple companies after a childhood filled with violence and abuse drove him to video game design, where he could create new worlds and places to escape to. An alcoholic father, a racist grandfather who did not approve of Romero’s parents’ mixed-race coupling, and a grandmother who once ran a brothel in Mexico combine for an illuminating story his youth—a story that has never before been revealed. After years in the gaming spotlight, Romero is now telling his story—THE WHOLE STORY—in his own words.9781419758119L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Business & Industry,Biography: Arts & Entertainment,Games Strategy Guides Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 288 |
 | Commandant Of AuschwitzRudolf Höss,Primo LeviWeidenfeld & Nicolson-05-07-2000256 pagesDescription: An extraordinary and unique document: Hoess was in charge of the huge extermination camp in Poland where the Nazis murdered some three million Jews, from the time of its creation (he was responsible for building it) in 1940 until late in 1943, by which time the mass exterminations were half completed. Before this he had worked in other concentration camps, and afterwards he was at the Inspectorate in Berlin. He thus knew more, both at first-hand and as an administrator, about Nazi Germany's greatest crime than did any save two or three other men. Taken prisoner by the British, he was handed over to the Poles, tried, sentenced to death, and taken back to Auschwitz and there hanged. During the period between his trial and his execution, he was ordered to write his autobiography. This is it. Hoess repeatedly says he was glad to write the book. He enjoyed the work. And finally the most careful checking has shown that he took great pains to tell the truth. Here we have, painted by his own hand, a vivid and unforgettable self-portrait of one of the great monsters of all time. To this are added portraits of some of his more spectacular fellow-criminals. The royalties from this macabre but historically important book go to the fund set up to help the few survivors from the Auschwitz camps.9781842120248L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,Autobiography: Historical, Political & Military,European History Translators: Constantine Fitzgibbon Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 256 |
 | MR.MG a Biography of John William Yates Thornley O.B.E. (1909-1994)A Biography of John William Yates Thornley Obe (1909-1994)Peter J. H. ThornleyMagna Press-01-01-2003248 pagesDescription: This is a biography of John Thornley, written by his son Peter. It provides insight into the inner workings of The MG Car Company. John Thornley joined the company in 1931, working his way up to eventually become the General Manager in 1952.9780954312107L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General,Biography: Business & Industry,Industry & Industrial Studies Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 248 |
 | Ken Tyrrell. La biografia autorizzataMaurice HamiltonMare Verticale-18-07-2019342 pagesDescription: Ken Tyrrell è stato uno dei personaggi più rispettati della Formula 1 per quasi quattro decenni. Fu lui a scoprire Jackie Stewart e a vincere 33 Gran Premi e tre campionati del mondo come proprietario di una scuderia. Basandosi su approfondite ricerche e interviste a Tyrrell, il famoso giornalista sportivo Maurice Hamilton ha scritto la prima biografia autorizzata di «zio Ken», com’era affettuosamente chiamato nell’ambiente. Descrive l’avvento tardivo dell’ex commerciante di legname sulla scena dell’automobilismo all’età di ventotto anni. A un fugace successo come pilota negli anni ’50, quando corse accanto a Stirling Moss nella Formula 500, seguì la fortunata gestione di una squadra. Dagli umili inizi, lasciò il segno fin dalla seconda stagione in Formula 1, con la vittoria del titolo mondiale e ottenendo successi ancora maggiori con i suoi progetti all’avanguardia e le sue auto innovative. Il libro entra dietro le quinte del quartier generale della squadra nel Surrey, dove Tyrrell costruì il suo prototipo di F1 a sei ruote nella massima segretezza. Esamina i suoi rapporti con piloti del calibro di Jody Scheckter, Ronnie Peterson, Jackie Stewart e Martin Brundle. E traccia la controversa espulsione di Tyrrell dal campionato 1984, la sua necessità di vendere la squadra, e infine la sua commovente battaglia contro il cancro che alla fine se lo portò via. La storia di Ken Tyrrell offre una storia esemplare dei cambiamenti avvenuti nell’ambiente delle corse a partire dagli anni ’60. Prefazione di Jackie Stewart.9788897173878L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Translators: Alessandra Petrelli Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 342 |
 | The Invention of the Automobile - (Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler)St. John C. NixonEdizioni Savine-01-01-2017160 pagesDescription: “ . My excuse for writing this book is a desire to ventilate certain facts in relation to the early work of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler of which the public is largely ignorant. Among those who have taken the trouble to investigate the early days of the motor movement, there is a certain amount of controversy as to who invented the motor vehicle, although this question has not, at the moment, extended to the general public. Inevitably it will do so, if the prevailing interest increases, in which event, it is hoped that this book will prove useful, for all the dates and facts, etc., have been fully authenticated. There are, however, several to whom I must express my sincere gratitude for the assistance they have given me. Herr Rudolf Caracciola, the winner, during the 1935 season of motor racing, of the Grand Prix of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Spain, and Tripoli, to say nothing of other triumphs, and therefore the Champion of Europe, has most kindly written a preface after reading through the manuscript. The Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft of Germany has been indefatigable in providing me with material in regard to certain facts connected with the early experiments of both Benz and Daimler. Mr. Frederick R. Simms, too, has spared no effort to help me with some of the inner details of Daimler’s engineering career.” ( ST. John C. Nixon - September, 1936)9788899914097L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileFormat: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 160 |
 | Boeing's Ed WellsMary Wells GeerUniversity of Washington Press-01-01-1992179 pagesDescription: "In 1943, as Boeing chief engineer, Wells supervised construction and improvements of the even larger B-29 Superfortress, which carried the war to the Japanese homeland and eventually dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. With the advent of jet aviation, Ed led the team that designed the B-52 bomber and its commercial counterparts, the Boeing 707, 727, and 747. During his long career he educated generations of Boeing engineers in his standards. "It was the character of the man, that if you ever had been associated with him you always felt he was your mentor," said T. Wilson, longtime chairman of the board at Boeing. "Ed Wells never encouraged me to do anything for the short-term company gain."" "In a field full of flamboyant personalities, Wells was distinguished not only by his genius, but by his modesty and his unfailing calm. Although his achievements were widely known - Wells was posthumously inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame in 1991 - his many outside interests and his robust pleasure in life were until now familiar only to family and friends." "Boeing's Ed Wells draws on Wells's personal and business papers to give a complete portrait of what one of his colleagues called "this incredible man." His story, written by his sister is also the story of a remarkable American family."--BOOK JACKET.9780295972046L1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Technology & Engineering Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 179 |
 | Larry, a Biography of Lawrence D. BellDonald J. NortonRowman & Littlefield Publishers-01-01-1981260 pagesDescription: Larry Bell attended school in Mentone until 1907 when his family moved to Santa Monica, California. In 1912, a month before Larry was to graduate from Santa Monica Polytechnic, he joined with great stunt pilot Lincoln Beachey as a mechanic. Larry then went to work for the Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Company, where, by age 20, he was shop foreman. Within a few years he became vice president and general manager of the Martin Company. In 1928, he joined Consolidated Aircraft in Buffalo, New York, as general manager. In 1935, Larry Bell formed the Bell Aircraft Corporation that designed and produced a number of innovative military aircraft. Bell’s outstanding success is attributed to the many firsts that he achieved. In 1942 he produced the first U.S. jet-powered fighter aircraft, and his continued innovative design projects include the high-speed research aircraft X-1, which became the first aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound in 1947. The Bell Model 47, which initially flew in December 1945, was the first commercial helicopter to achieve U.S. approval. Bell also produced the first vertical take-off and landing jet airplane. Since then, thousands of Bell helicopters have been produced for civil and military operations throughout the world. During his career, Larry Bell has been honoured with the Daniel Guggenheim Medal (1944), the Collier trophy (1948), the French Legion of Honor (1950), a presidential citation, and honorary degrees. Illustrated with B&W photographs.9780882296159L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AeronauticaCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 260 |
 | Rudolf Diesel: Pioneer of the Age of PowerW. Robert NitskeUniversity of Oklahoma Press-08-02-1965348 pagesDescription: On February 17, 1894, the Diesel engine was operated successfully for the first time. Since then it has been a prime mover for civilization, and today much of the world depends on it as a source of power. Nowhere, perhaps, is it in more widespread use than in America, where the word “diesel” is a part of our language. Rudolf Diesel: Pioneer of the Age of Power is the first English-language publication of Rudolph Diesel’s biography. Authors W. Robert Nitske and Charles Morrow Wilson offer a warm and moving account of Diesel from the time of his birth in Paris in 1858 to his mysterious death in 1913. They present Diesel as he was—a man who lived, worked, and invented so far ahead of his time that the world is only now beginning to catch up to him.9780806111643L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Technology: General Issues Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 348 |
 | Il mio amico CélineRobert PouletElliot-01-01-2011160 pagesDescription: Tra il 1956 e il 1957, pochi anni prima della morte di Céline, Robert Poulet si reca più volte in visita al suo amico e annota tra i suoi appunti i momenti di vita familiare, le riflessioni, le sparate e il genio del padre di Bardamu, cui somiglia “fino a sembrarne il sosia, aggiungendovi forse una maggiore sciatteria, volgarità, pittoresca misantropia (e invincibile candore)”. Oltre al noto Céline, incarognito dai soldi, elargitore di sinistre profezie e maledizioni, Poulet rivela un Céline inedito, capace di allegria, che si sganascia per le sue stesse battute, che ricorda i suoi anni verdi da Don Giovanni: “Ero un grand’amatore, io, un Priapo terribile! C’ero proprio portato”. Durante questi incontri, l’anacoreta Céline, trincerato da anni dietro al filo spinato della sua villa a Meudon, non ancora beatificato e anzi ripudiato come un’oscena vergogna dal mondo letterario francese, si lascia andare ai ricordi di una vita, dalla nascita del Voyage – “Volevo guadagnare un po’ di soldi per comprarmi una casa. Il giovane Eugène Dabit aveva avuto successo con Hôtel du Nord. Mi son detto: adesso ci provo anch’io”, alle difficoltà per la sua pubblicazione – “Gallimard ha annusato ‘sta roba (imita Gallimard). Niente da fare! Manco a pensarci... Ci si è buttato il giovane Denoël”; ai discorsi sullo stile – “... quei cretini credono che io improvviso... Tutto calcolato al millimetro, miei cari!”. Limitandosi a brevi incisi, Poulet lo lascia parlare, dandoci un concentrato di Célin...9788861922372G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaCategories: Biography & Autobiography Editors: Massimo Raffaeli Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 160 |
 | J. Edgard Hoover. La vita e i segreti del primo capo dell'FBICurt GentryMondadori-01-01-2012569 pagesDescription: Per quasi cinquant'anni J. Edgar Hoover detenne negli Stati Uniti un potere pressoché illimitato, condizionando tutti i presidenti, da Roosvelt a Nixon. Si ergeva a campione della legalità e si proclamava strenuo difensore della giustizia, ma fece spesso uso di mezzi illegali per liquidare chiunque intendesse opporglisi. Ipocondriaco divenuto eroe nazionale, scapolo ossessionato dalle maldicenze sulle sue abitudini sessuali, con i suoi famigerati schedari Hoover cambiò letteralmente il corso della storia americana e mondiale. Appoggiò il maccartismo, ricattò i fratelli Kennedy, influenzò la corte suprema, ostacolò il movimento dei diritti civili... Come ci riuscì? Aveva connessioni con la malavita? Perché furono seriamente compromesse le indagini sui delitti Kennedy e Martin Luther King? A tutte queste domande risponde la biografia di Curt Gentry, con un approfondito lavoro di ricerca, una consistente mole documentaria e basandosi su testimonianze dirette.9788804620990G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 569 |
 | My Forty Years with FordCharles E. SorensenWayne State University Press-01-01-2006345 pagesDescription: In My Forty Years with Ford, Charles Sorensen-sometimes known as "Henry Ford's man," sometimes as "Cast-iron Charlie"-tells his own story, and it is as challenging as it is historic. He emerges as a man who was not only one of the great production geniuses of the world but also a man who called the plays as he saw them. He was the only man who was able to stay with Ford for almost the full history of his empire, yet he never hesitated to go against Ford when he felt the interests of the company demanded it. When labor difficulties mounted and Edsel's fatal illness was upon him, Sorensen sided with Edsel against Henry Ford and Harry Bennett, and he insisted that Henry Ford II be brought in to direct the company despite the aging founder's determination that no one but he hold the presidential reins. First published in 1956, My Forty Years with Ford has now been reissued in paperback for the first time. The Ford story has often been discussed in print but has rarely been articulated by someone who was there. Here Sorensen provides an eyewitness account of the birth of the Model T, the early conflicts with the Dodge brothers, the revolutionary announcement of the five-dollar day, and Sorensen's development of the moving assembly line-a concept that changed our world. Although Sorensen conceived, designed, and built the giant Willow Run plant in nineteen months and then proceeded to turn out eight thousand giant bombers, his life's major work was to make possible the vision o...9780814332795L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorie19-02-2014 - 02-03-2014Categories: Biography: Business & Industry,Memoirs,Road Vehicle Manufacturing Industry Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 345 |
 | The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz: The Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's VolkswagenPaul SchilperoordRvp Publishers-15-12-2011352 pagesDescription: The astonishing biography of Josef Ganz, a Jewish designer from Frankfurt, who in May 1931 created a revolutionary small car: the Maika�fer (German for May bug). Seven years later Hitler introduced the Volkswagen. He not only 'took' the concept of Ganz's family car, he even used the same nickname. To this day the VW Beetle or Bug is considered one of the most important of all automobile designs. It incorporated many of the features of Ganz's original Maika�fer, yet until recently Ganz received no recognition for his pioneering work. The Nazis did all they could to keep the Jewish godfather of the German compact car out of the history books. Now Paul Schilperoord sets the record straight. In a biography that reads like a spy thriller, he tells how Ganz was imprisoned by the Gestapo, until an influential friend with connections to Gaoring helped secure his release. Soon afterwards he was forced to flee Germany while Porsche created the Volkswagen for Hitler using many of his groundbreaking ideas. Ganz was hunted by the Nazis even beyond Germany's borders and narrowly escaped assassination. After the war he moved to Australia, where he died in 1967. This biography is a great read for anyone interested in World War II, Jewish history, the evolution of car design or simply the life stories of extraordinary individuals.9781614122012L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileFormat: Hardcover Pages Read: 352 |
 | Billy Durant: Creator of General MotorsLawrence R. GustinUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGIONAL-15-04-2008304 pagesDescription: Praise for the first edition: "A fascinating book [and] a sympathetic look at the man who glued General Motors together and in the process made Flint one of the great industrial centers of America." ---Detroit Free Press "It is refreshing to report that Billy Durant is one of the best researched books dealing with an automotive giant." ---Antique Automobile "Billy Durant fills in a masterly way the only important void remaining concerning the work of the motorcar pioneers." ---Richard Crabb, author of Birth of a Giant: The Men and Incidents That Gave America the Motorcar What explains Billy Durant's powerful influence on the auto industry during its early days? And why, given Durant's impact, has he been nearly forgotten for decades? In search of answers to these questions, Lawrence Gustin interviewed Durant's widow, who provided a wealth of previously unpublished autobiographical notes, letters, and personal papers. Gustin also interviewed two of Durant's personal secretaries and others who had known and worked with the man who created General Motors. The result is the amazing account of the mastermind behind what would become, as the twentieth century progressed, the world's largest company.9780472033027L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Automobile25-03-2014 - 12-04-2014Categories: Biography: Business & Industry,History Of The Americas,Entrepreneurship Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 304 |
 | IwozComputer Geek To Cult IconSteve Wozniak,Gina SmithWW Norton-25-09-2007304 pagesDescription: A New York Times Bestseller: "iWoz traces the life and times of a brilliant, gifted...individual whose contributions to the scientific, business and cultural realms are extensive." —Bookpage Before slim laptops that fit into briefcases, computers looked like strange, alien vending machines. But in "the most staggering burst of technical invention by a single person in high-tech history" (BusinessWeek) Steve Wozniak invented the first true personal computer. Wozniak teamed up with Steve Jobs, and Apple Computer was born, igniting the computer revolution and transforming the world. In iWoz the mischievous genius with the low profile treats readers to a rollicking, no-holds-barred account of his life—for once, in the voice of the wizard himself.9780393330434L1Biografie, lettere e memorie31-01-2014 - 07-02-2014Categories: Biography & Memoir,Business Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 304 |
 | I miei 40 anni di progettazione alla FiatDante GiacosaAutomobiliaDescription: I miei 40 anni di progettazione alla Fiat, pubblicata nel 1979, è la prima autobiografia di Dante Giacosa. Una seconda stesura, riveduta e ampliata, uscirà nel 1988. La storia professionale dell'autore si inserisce così strettamente con quella della Fiat, e a così alto livello, da diventare la storia stessa della progettazione della Casa di Torino, dal 1928 al 1975. Nelle pagine del libro - che si legge con grande curiosità e indubbio interesse - passano e sostano tutti i personaggi che in quegli anni cruciali per la storia dell'industria italiana hanno dato un contributo professionale e umano allo sviluppo dell'automobile. Erano anni difficili e appassionanti, nei quali il talento dei capi e dei disegnatori progettisti si fondeva armonicamente nel lavoro di gruppo, per produrre automobili più efficienti, più economiche, più peculiarmente italiane. Erano gli anni della Topolino, della Cisitalia e della 1100 Mille Miglia, poi delle 1400 e 1900, della Nuova 1100, della 600, della Nuova 500, della 8V, della 1300-1500, della 1800 e della 2300, della 124, della 128, della 127. Dante Giacosa è stato il progettista di tutti questi modelli ed il creatore di una vera e propria scuola di progettazione, frutto di due componenti: la genialità e l'applicazione. I giornali l'hanno spesso definito come "il papà della Topolino": ma la sua storia è stata assai più ricca, completa e interessante.B1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Automobile |
 | Sloan RulesAlfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General MotorsDavid FarberUniversity of Chicago Press-15-11-2002330 pagesDescription: Alfred P. Sloan Jr. became the president of General Motors in 1923 and stepped down as its CEO in 1946. During this time, he led GM past the Ford Motor Company and on to international business triumph by virtue of his brilliant managerial practices and his insights into the new consumer economy he and GM helped to produce. Bill Gates has said that Sloan's 1964 management tome, My Years with General Motors, "is probably the best book to read if you want to read only one book about business." And if you want to read only one book about Sloan, that book should be historian David Farber's Sloan Rules. Here, for the first time, is a study of both the difficult man and the pathbreaking executive. Sloan Rules reveals the GM genius as not only a driven manager of men, machines, money, and markets but also a passionate and not always wise participant in the great events of his day. Sloan, for example, reviled Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal; he firmly believed that politicians, government bureaucrats, and union leaders knew next to nothing about the workings of the new consumer economy, and he did his best to stop them from intervening in the private enterprise system. He was instrumental in transforming GM from the country's largest producer of cars into the mainstay of America's "Arsenal of Democracy" during World War II; after the war, he bet GM's future on renewed American prosperity and helped lead the country into a period of economic abundance. Through his business geniu...9780226238043B1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Language: en Pages Read: 330 |
 | Chrysler: The Life and Times of an Automotive GeniusVincent CurcioDescription: Walter P. Chrysler was a man who loved machines, an accomplished mechanic who also had highly developed managerial skills derived from half a lifetime on the railroads, and whose success came from his deep understanding of engineering and his total commitment to the quality of his vehicles. Here, Vincent Curcio presents a richly detailed account of one of the most important men in American automotive history, based on full access to both Chrysler Corporation and Chrysler family historical records. Curcio traces Chrysler's rise from a locomotive wiper in a Kansas roundhouse to his rescue of the Maxwell-Chalmers car company, which led to the successful development of the 1924 Chrysler--the world's first modern car--and the formation of Chrysler Corporation in 1925. Chrysler was quite different from the other auto giants--a colorful and expansive man deeply involved in the design of his cars, he established his headquarters in New York City and built the world's most famous art deco structure, the fabled Chrysler Building. Because of his emphasis on quality at popular prices, the company weathered the Great Depression with flying colors and remained profitable right up to Chrysler's death in 1940. The definitive portrait, Chrysler is a must read for all car enthusiasts and for everyone interested in the story of a giant of industry9780195078961B1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Automobile |
 | Automobile Design: Twelve Great Designers and Their WorkRonald BarkerSAE International-01-02-1992411 pagesDescription: A collection of long papers by authorities throughout the world on the world's auto pioneers. The new edition adds coverage of Dante Giacosa. Gives much biographical-personal detail as well as technical data. We may hope that this nostalgic book signals a decline in production and use of this belove9781560912101B1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General,Automotive Technology & Trades Editors: Anthony Harding Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 411 |
 | Edsel Ford And E. T. Gregorie: The Remarkable Design Team And Their Classic Fords Of The 1930s And 1940sThe Remarkable Design Team and Their Classic Fords of the 1930s and 1940sHenry L. DominguezSAE International-01-06-1999364 pagesDescription: Dominguez has spent the past 20 years studying and writing about the Ford Motor Company. Here he characterizes the relationship between Edsel Ford and the company's first design chief as that of patron and artist. He analyzes how each model of the early Fords, Mercuries, and Lincolns was designed, b9780768004007B1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Road Vehicle Manufacturing Industry,Automotive Technology & Trades,Motor Cars Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 364 |
 | My Years with General MotorsAlfred SloanCurrency-01-10-1990496 pagesDescription: My Years with General Motorsbecame an instant bestseller when it was first published in 1963. It has since been used as a manual for managers, offering personal glimpses into the practice of the "discipline of management" by the man who perfected it. This is the story no other businessman could tell—a distillation of half a century of intimate leadership experience with a giant industry and an inside look at dramatic events and creative business management. Only a handful of business books have reached the status of a classic, having withstood the test of over fifty years' time. Even today, Bill Gates praises My Years with General Motors as the best book to read on business, and Business Week has named it the number one choice for its "bookshelf of indispensable reading."9780385042352B1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Business,Infrastructure,Corporate & Business History Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 496 |
 | The Ricardo Story: The Autobiography of Sir Harry Ricardo, Pioneer of Engine ResearchThe Autobiography of Sir Harry Ricardo, Pioneer of Engine ResearchSir Harry RicardoSAE International-01-03-1992282 pagesDescription: First published in 1986 as Memories and machines, recounts Ricardo's (1885-1974) career, which included designing engineer for World War I tanks and World War II aircraft, and the combustion system for the automobile diesel engine. A friend and colleague brings the story up to 1990 in the second ed9781560912118B1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Autobiography: General,Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering,Engines & Power Transmission Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 282 |
 | Engine RevolutionsMax BenteleSAE International-01-02-1991312 pagesDescription: Readers will be fascinated by Bentele's stories of the setbacks and the successes he encountered over the course of his acclaimed career. The dawn of the jet age, developments at the end of World War II, the development of automotive and aircraft gas turbines, and the rotary engine era are just some of the historical events which are recounted in this book. A pioneer in the development of the internal combustion engine, Dr. Max Bentele provides a first-hand account of some of the major engineering achievements of the twentieth century. Throughout Engine Revolutions, Bentele discusses his participation in groundbreaking developments such as the jet engine/gas turbine (1941) and the rotary Wankel engine (1958). Both engineering students and the general reader will be fascinated by Bentele's stories. Chapters include: the quest for superior specific engine power the last hurrah of the high-performance aircraft engine the dawn of the jet age end of World War II the automotive gas turbine Stuttgart again aircraft gas turbines, revisited; the rotary engine era lightweight aircraft gas turbine engines AVCO Lycoming post-retirement pursuits and engineering history, collections, rights9781560910817B1Automobile,Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General,Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering,Technology: General Issues Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 312 |
 | Le lettere di Groucho MarxGroucho MarxAdelphi-01-01-1997373 pagesDescription: Il piu famoso dei Fratelli Marx alle prese con interlocutori di ogni genere: da celebri scrittori come T.S. Eliot, del quale fu grande amico, a colleghi del mondo del cinema, giornalisti, teatranti, agenti, amici.9788845913013L5Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 373 |
 | La vita in quattro giorniBeppe DonazzanL4Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Ayrton Senna |
 | ...però, Zanardi da Castel Maggiore!Alex Zanardi,Gianluca GasperiniBaldini Castoldi Dalai-15-07-2003399 pagesDescription: Con l'aiuto di Gianluca Gasparini, giornalista alla "Gazzetta dello Sport", Alessandro Zanardi ripercorre la sua storia singolare: l'infanzia a Castel Maggiore, la scoperta del mondo sconosciuto dei kart, le vittorie iniziali e la lunga scalata fino alla Formula 1, gli anni nei GP con il team della Lotus, il salto in America da emigrante al volante, l'amore, il figlio, gli amici, un'altra parentesi amara in F1 e poi il tragico incidente del Lausitzring in cui ha perso le gambe e ha rischiato di morire. Ma anche e soprattutto il recupero straordinario, la voglia di vivere e di tornare a una vita normale, senza mai perdere il sorriso.9788884903297L4Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Sports & Recreation Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 399 |
 | Shout! La vera storia dei BeatlesPhilip NormanMondadori-01-01-1981567 pages9788804323167L4Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Music Language: it Pages Read: 567 |
 | Rommell'ambiguità Di Un Soldatol'ambiguità di un soldatoDavid FraserMondadori-01-01-1996576 pagesDescription: Il mome di Erwin Rommel e le sue imprese militari sono circondati da un alone di leggenda. Ma chi era veramente la "volpe del deserto"? A tale quesito si propone di rispondere David Fraser, uno dei più importanti generali inglesi, con questa imponente biografia. Dotato di un prodigioso istinto tattico e di un innato "senso" della battaglia, Rommel credeva innanzitutto al primato dell'offensiva, nell'efficacia della sorpresa, nell'irrinunciabilità dell'intervento diretto nei momenti cruciali del combattimento. Alieno da ogni forma di arroganza e autoritarismo, rispettato, temuto e ammirato persino dagli avversari, si mostrò generoso con i suoi soldati e leale nei confronti del nemico, senza macchiarsi degli orrendi crimini compiuti dai nazisti. Nel deserto nordafricano il campo di battaglia a lui più congeniale, alla testa delle truppe corazzate dell'Afrika Korps, ebbe modo di dimostrare tutto il suo valore, pur dovendo fare i conti con una netta inferiorità di mezzi e con l'irrazionalità degli ordini che venivano dall'alto. Dopo il fallito attentato al Fuhrer la sorte di Rommel fu segnata.9788804418443L4Storia,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Translators: Andrea Buzzi Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 576 |
 | The First and the LastAdolf GallandDead Authors Society-01-01-2020162 pagesDescription: "Adolf "Dolfo" Joseph Ferdinand Gallnd (1912-1996) was a German Luftwaffe General and one of the greatest flying aces of World War II. He flew 705 combat missions, and fought on the Western and the defence of the Reich fronts. He survived being shot down four times and was credited with an astonishing 104 aerial victories, all of them against the Western Allies. He is a legend of aerial combat, and this is his heroic story."--Back cover.9781774640746L4Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: Autobiographies Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 162 |
 | L'altra veritàAlda MeriniBUR-02-04-2013158 pagesDescription: Un alternarsi di orrore e solitudine, di incapacità di comprendere e di essere compresi, in una narrazione che nonostante tutto è un inno alla vita e alla forza del "sentire". Alda Merini ripercorre il suo ricovero decennale in manicomio: il racconto della vita nella clinica psichiatrica, tra elettroshock e autentiche torture, libera lo sguardo della poetessa su questo inferno, come un'onda che alterna la lucidità all'incanto. Un diario senza traccia di sentimentalismo o di facili condanne, in cui emerge lo "sperdimento", ma anche la sicurezza di sé e delle proprie emozioni in una sorta di innocenza primaria che tutto osserva e trasforma, senza mai disconoscere la malattia, o la fatica del non sentire i ritmi e i bisogni altrui, in una riflessione che si fa poesia, negli interrogativi e nei dubbi che divengono rime a lacerare il torpore, l'abitudine, l'indifferenza e la paura del mondo che c'è "fuori".9788858644355L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 158 |
 | My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola TeslaMy Inventions: The Autobiography Of Nikola TeslaNikola TeslaMartino Fine Books-10-04-201872 pagesDescription: 2018 Reprint of 1919 Edition. Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was a prophet of the electronic age. His research laid much of the groundwork for modern electrical and communication systems, and his impressive accomplishments include development of the alternating-current electrical system, radio, the Tesla coil transformer, wireless transmission, and fluorescent lighting. Tesla's research was so groundbreaking that many of his contemporaries failed to understand it, and other scientists are unjustly credited for his innovations. The visionary scientist speaks for himself in this volume, originally published in 1919 as a six-part series in Electrical Experimenter magazine. Tesla recounts his boyhood in Croatia, his schooling and work in Europe, his collaboration with Thomas Edison, and his subsequent research. Written with wit and �lan, this memoir offers fascinating insights into one of the great minds of modern science. Chapters include: My Early Life; My First Efforts In Inventions; My Later Endeavors: The Discovery of the Rotating Magnetic Field and The Discovery of the Tesla Coil and Transformer; The Magnifying Transmitter; The Art of Telautomatics.9781684222063L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering,Autobiography: Science, Technology & Engineering,Electricity, Electromagnetism & Magnetism Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 72 |
 | Questi anni alla FiatCesare Romiti,Giampaolo PansaRizzoli386 pagesDescription: Cesare Romiti ; Intervista Di Giampolo Pansa. Includes Index.9788817536233L4Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Romiti, Cesare,HistoryFiat (Firm),Businessmen Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 386 |
 | L'uomo che amava solo i numeriPaul HoffmanMondadori-01-01-2000272 pagesDescription: Paul Erdo's era un eccentrico signore dall'aspetto trasandato, capace di presentarsi a ogni ora del giorno e della notte alla porta dei colleghi matematici per esporre le sue geniali intuizioni. Questo strano personaggio rivive ora nel libro del giornalista scientifico Paul Hoffman, che lo ha conosciuto personalmente e che ne ricostruisce l'esistenza senza trascurare gli aneddoti più curiosi e conducendoci nello stesso tempo alla scoperta della matematica.9788804484752L4Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Scienza e TecnologiaTranslators: Massimo Parizzi Format: Paperback Language: it |
 | John Fitzgerald KennedyMarilena GalaL4Biografie, lettere e memorie |
 | Confessioni di un artista di merdaPhilip K. DickFanucci-01-08-1996254 pagesDescription: Il romanzo è incentrato sulle figure di Fay Hume, una donna aggressiva e materialista che vuole la scalata sociale di suo marito Charles, un uomo rozzo e incolto che si è fatto da solo fino a possedere una casa da 40.000 dollari l'anno e una proprietà di dieci acri ma è totalmente incapace di rapportarsi con sua moglie, dell'amante di Fay, un giovane intellettuale, e soprattutto del fratello di Fay, Jack. Jack Isidore, l'artista del titolo, è il personaggio più affascinante del libro: Jack raccoglie vecchie riviste di SF, crede in Atlantide, negli UFO, nelle percezioni extrasensoriali, e nella vicina fine del mondo.9788834705032L3Biografie, lettere e memorieFormat: Paperback Pages Read: 254 |
 | Questa volta è la mia storiaNeil SimonExcelsior 1881-17-10-2007555 pagesDescription: Il grande commediografo ripercorre con ironia le tappe della sua sfolgorante carriera9788861580343L3Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 555 |
 | Amedeo. Vita, avventure e amori di Amedeo Guillet. Un eroe italiano in Africa orientaleSebastian O'Kelly01-01-2002391 pages9788817870290L3Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: Biography & Autobiography Language: it Pages Read: 391 |
 | Born Standing Up: A Comic's Lifea comic's lifeSteve MartinScribner Book Company-29-02-2008207 pagesDescription: In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forever. This book is, in his own words, the story of "why I did stand-up and why I walked away." Emmy and Grammy Award winner, author of the acclaimed New York Times bestsellers Shopgirl and The Pleasure of My Company, and a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Martin has always been a writer. His memoir of his years in stand-up is candid, spectacularly amusing, and beautifully written. At age ten Martin started his career at Disneyland, selling guidebooks in the newly opened theme park. In the decade that followed, he worked in the Disney magic shop and the Bird Cage Theatre at Knott's Berry Farm, performing his first magic/comedy act a dozen times a week. The story of these years, during which he practiced and honed his craft, is moving and revelatory. The dedication to excellence and innovation is formed at an astonishingly early age and never wavers or wanes. Martin illuminates the sacrifice, discipline, and originality that made him an icon and informs his work to this day. To be this good, to perform so frequently, was isolating and lonely. It took Martin decades to reconnect with his parents and sister, and he tells that story with great tenderness. Martin also paints a portrait of his times-the era of free love and protests against the war in Vietnam, the heady irreverence of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour...9781416553649L3Biografie, lettere e memorie18-12-2022 - 23-12-2022Categories: Autobiography: Arts & Entertainment Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 207 |
 | Il Grande Mago: Vita, Morte E Miracoli Del Conte Di Cagliostrovita, morte e miracoli del conte di CagliostroRoberto. GervasoRizzoli-01-01-2002278 pages9788817870276L3Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Cagliostro, Alessandro , 1743-1795,BF1598.C2 G47 2002,133 Language: it Pages Read: 278 |
 | My LifeBill ClintonL3Biografie, lettere e memorie |
 | Ernest HemingwayTra guerre e rivoluzioni il mito dello scrittore eroeMaria Teresa GallinaMondadoriL2Letteratura Narrativa e Poesia ,Biografie, lettere e memorie |
 | Hemingway e il suo mondo. Una vita per immaginiA. E. HotchnerIdeaLibri-01-01-1990208 pages9788870821727L2Letteratura Narrativa e Poesia ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Literary Criticism Language: it Pages Read: 208 |
 | Paris Without EndThe True Story of Hemingway's First WifeGioia DilibertoHarper Perennial-01-09-2011400 pagesDescription: Hadley Richardson and Ernest Hemingway were the golden couple of Paris in the twenties, the center of an expatriate community boasting the likes of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, and James and Nora Joyce. In this haunting account of the young Hemingways, Gioia Diliberto explores their passionate courtship, their family life in Paris with baby Bumby, and their thrilling, adventurous relationship—a literary love story scarred by Hadley’s loss of the only copy of Hemingway’s first novel and ultimately destroyed by a devastating ménage à trois on the French Riviera. Compelling, illuminating, poignant, and deeply insightful, Paris Without End provides a rare, intimate glimpse of the writer who so fully captured the American imagination and the remarkable woman who inspired his passion and his art—the only woman Hemingway never stopped loving.9780062108821L2Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaCategories: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Women,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Literary,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Historical Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 400 |
 | Hemingway in LoveHis Own StoryA.E. HotchnerPan MacMillan-01-01-2015Description: In June of 1961, A.E. Hotchner visited an old friend in the psychiatric ward of St. Mary's Hospital. It would be the last time they spoke: a few weeks later, Ernest Hemingway was released home, where he took his own life. Their final conversation was also the final installment in a story whose telling Hemingway had spread over nearly a decade. In characteristically pragmatic terms, Hemingway divulged to Hotchner the details of the affair that destroyed his first marriage: the truth of his romantic life in Paris and how he lost Hadley, the real part of each literary woman he'd later create and the great love he spent the rest of his life seeking. And he told of the mischief that made him a legend: of impotence cured in a house of God; of a plane crash in the African bush, from which he stumbled with a bunch of bananas and a bottle of gin in hand; of F. Scott Fitzgerald dispensing romantic advice; of midnight champagne with Josephine Baker; of adventure, human error, and life after lost love. This is Hemingway as few have known him: humble, thoughtful, and full of regret. To protect the feelings of Ernest's wife, Mary - also a close friend - Hotch kept the conversations to himself for decades. Now he tells the story as Hemingway told it to him. "Hemingway in Love "puts you in the room with the master as he remembers the definitive years that set the course for the rest of his life and dogged him until the end of his days.9781447299899L2Letteratura Narrativa e Poesia ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Literary,Memoirs Format: Hardcover Language: en |
 | Papa HemingwayA.E. HotchnerMercure de France-01-01-1966381 pagesDescription: Between 1948 and 1961, Earnest Hemingway and A. E. Hotchner traveled together from New York to Paris to Spain, fished the waters off Cuba, hunted in Idaho, and ran with the bulls in Pamplona. And everywhere they talked. For 14 years, Hotchner and Hemingway shared a conversation. Hemingway reminisced about his childhood, recalled the Paris literary scene in the twenties, remembered his early years as a writer, and recounted the real events that lay behind his fiction. And Hotchner took it all down. His notes on the many occasions he spent with his friend Papa - in Venice and Rome, in Key West, on the Riviera, in Ketchum, Idaho, where Hemingway died by his own hand in 1961 - provide the material for this utterly truthful, profoundly compassionate bestselling memoir of the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning author. What emerges is an extraordinary portrait of a great writer who had, and determined, the time of his life.L2Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaPages Read: 381 |
 | Hemingway: A Life Without ConsequencesA Life Without ConsequencesJames MellowDa Capo Press-21-09-1993736 pagesDescription: "This is a magisterial retelling of who did what with and to whom--Ezra Pound, the Fitzgeralds, the Murphys, Getrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, Sylvia Beach and James Joyce, Robert McAlmon, Bryher, H.D., and all the other major and minor players whose personal histories gave the era the aura of golden perfection."--The New York Times Book Review In this brilliant, elegantly written biography, award-winning author James R. Mellow offers a thorough reassessment of a man who was both a literary giant and an icon for his age. The final volume in Mellow's "Lost Generation" trilogy, Hemingway: A Life Without Consequences is also a homage to Paris in the 1920s and a tribute to the writers and artists who set the indelible standards for the modern age. "Without it, neither scholar nor layman can claim to have a full understanding of the forces that shaped and ultimately destroyed the talent of a man who is arguably the most influential writer of the twentieth century."--Los Angeles Times9780201626209L2Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaCategories: Biography: General,Biography: Historical, Political & Military,Biography: Literary Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 736 |
 | Hemingway: The Writer as ArtistCarlos BakerPrinceton University Press-21-11-1972438 pagesDescription: In this fourth edition of the best-known critical study of Hemingway's work Carlos Baker has completely revised the two opening chapters, which deal with the young Hemingway's career in Paris, and has incorporated material uncovered after the publication of his book Ernest Hemingway: A Life Story. Professor Baker has also written two new chapters in which he discusses Hemingway's two posthumously published books, A Movable Feast and Islands in the Stream. CONTENTS: Introduction. I. The Slopes of Montparnasse. II. The Making of Americans. III. The Way It Was. IV. The Wastelanders. V. The Mountain and the Plain. VI. The First Forty-Five Stories. VII. The Spanish Earth. VIII. The Green Hills of Africa. IX. Depression at Key West. X. The Spanish Tragedy. XI. The River and the Trees. XII. The Ancient Mariner. XIII. The Death of the Lion. XIV. Looking Backward. XV. Islands in the Stream.9780691013053L2Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaCategories: Literature: History & Criticism,Literary Studies: General,Literary Studies: From C 1900 - Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 438 |
 | Album HemingwayErnest HemingwayMondadori-01-01-1988265 pages9788804316763L2Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaCategories: Journalists,American Authors,Biography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 265 |
 | Educazione di una canagliaEducazione Di Una Canaglia (italian Edition)Edward BunkerEinaudi-04-06-2002524 pagesDescription: Le esperienze di Edward Bunker nelle prigioni peggiori della California, per le strade di Los Angeles e nel sottobosco di Hollywood lo hanno accreditato a scrivere alcuni dei più conturbanti ed efficaci romanzi moderni sul carcere. Basti pensare che Quentin Tarantino ha definito Little Boy Blue «il miglior romanzo del crimine in prima persona che io abbia mai letto», mentre il «New York Times» ha scritto, del suo romanzo Cane mangia cane, che Bunker si è spinto più avanti di quanto Chandler e Hammett avessero mai sognato. Ora finalmente, con questo libro, i lettori possono entrare, senza alcuna finzione narrativa, nel mondo duro e non edulcorato di Bunker. Sia che fumi uno spinello seduto sulla sedia della camera a gas, o che prenda in mano un coltello usato da un serial killer, o che nuoti tra i marmi della sfarzosa piscina Nettuno a San Simeon, California, Bunker si limita a esporre la sua mercanzia, nuda e cruda. Il risultato è agghiacciante, eppure non privo di una sua orgogliosa morale, perché è la pura verità. Un affresco potente, rude e antiromantico, dal primo ingresso nella prigione di San Quentin a diciassette anni alla Los Angeles di oggi. Salutato in America come un caso letterario senza precedenti.9788806156985L2Letteratura Narrativa e Poesia ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General Translators: Emanuela Turchetti Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 524 |
 | Full of Life: A Biography of John FanteStephen CooperAngel City Press-01-08-2005400 pagesDescription: In the definitive biography of John Fante, English and film studies professor Stephen Cooper explores the life of a man whose muse was Los Angeles. If ever a writer presented an enigma to the literary world, it was Fante—who grappled at once with brilliance and cruelty, yet presented a talent that has been equated with that of America’s finest writers. From his home near L.A.’s Bunker Hill and his days filled with frustration, rage and love, Fante’s life is at one with his characters’ lives, but Cooper pinpoints the parallels and the divergences. Fante had a mighty effect upon me . . . Fante was my god. —Charles Bukowski The best literary biographies always bring you back to the work, and Stephen Cooper’s Full of Life certainly does that. I read it all at once, on fire with its feeling for a man who lived as hard and full as he wrote. Cooper does justice to Fante. —Thom Jones, author of The Pugilist at Rest Fante lived and wrote first in this beautiful, taxing, still-being-born city. What he left us is invaluable. And Stephen Cooper has respectfully magnified this legacy by giving us this truly terrific biography. —Carolyn See Stephen Cooper received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of California, Irvine, and his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. Among his honors are an NEA Creative Writing Fellowship in Fiction and the Distinguished Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activities Award at California State University, Long Beach. He discovered ...9781883318581L2Biografie, lettere e memorieFormat: Paperback Pages Read: 400 |
 | Groucho e ioGroucho MarxAdelphi-01-11-1997316 pagesDescription: Come sappiamo dalle sue strepitose lettere, nonché dalla leggenda che circonda la sua carriera di attore, Groucho Marx era Groucho in ogni sua manifestazione, e la comicità che irradiava sullo schermo si nutriva delle ricche assurdità della sua vita. Così, un’autobiografia di Groucho non poteva certo somigliare alle tediose elencazioni di travolgenti successi che spesso costituiscono le vite delle star. E questo fin dall’inizio, fin dalla scelta del nome (Julius Henry Marx), destinato a conquistare le simpatie di uno zio il cui patrimonio, ahimè, «risultò consistere in una palla da biliardo numero nove (rubata), una scatola di pasticche per il fegato e uno sparato di celluloide». Cinquant’anni di epopea americana ci passano davanti attraverso lo sguardo ilare di Groucho: la giovinezza dei cinque fratelli trascorsa a Yorkville, nell’East Side di Manhattan, col padre sarto («Che papà fosse un sarto, era un’idea condivisa soltanto da lui») e la madre-agente («Mia madre alla fine giunse alla conclusione che il modo migliore di sfondare in teatro era non già di lanciare un figlio alla volta, ma fare un lancio all’ingrosso»); i primi numeri di varietà col nome di «I quattro usignoli» e i primi successi di botteghino con I’ll Say She Is! Nel 1931 «una numerosa parentela assortita di Marx di varia foggia, sesso e misura» si trasferisce in California. E lì continuano le avventure, intrecciandosi alla vita di Hollywood in anni gloriosi. Alla fine, usciremo da questo libro storditi e...9788845913402L2Biografie, lettere e memorieTranslators: Franco Salvatorelli Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 316 |
 | How to Build a CarThe Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 DesignerAdrian NeweyHCollinsUK-19-12-2017400 pagesDescription: 'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon Hill The world’s foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain’s greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian’s unrivalled 35-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in which he’s been involved. A true engineering genius, even in adolescence Adrian’s thoughts naturally emerged in shape and form – he began sketching his own car designs at the age of 12 and took a welding course in his school summer holidays. From his early career in IndyCar racing and on to his unparalleled success in Formula One, we learn in comprehensive, engaging and highly entertaining detail how a car actually works. Adrian has designed for the likes of Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Mika Hakkinen, Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, always with a shark-like purity of purpose: to make the car go faster. And while his career has been marked by unbelievable triumphs, there have also been deep tragedies; most notably Ayrton Senna’s death during his time at Williams in 1994. Beautifully illustrated with never-before-seen drawings, How to Build a Car encapsulates, through Adrian’s remarkable life story, precisely what makes ...9780008196806G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: SPORTS & RECREATION/Motor Sports,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Sports Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 400 |
 | The Name Above The TitleFrank CapraDa Capo Press-22-03-1997513 pagesDescription: Although Frank Capra (1897–1991) is best known as the director of It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Arsenic and Old Lace, and It's a Wonderful Life, he was also an award-winning documentary filmmaker as well as a behind-the-scene force in the Director's Guild, the Motion Picture Academy, and the Producer's Guild. He worked with or knew socially everyone in the movie business from Mack Sennett, Chaplin, and Keaton in the silent era through the illustrious names of the golden age. He directed Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Jean Harlow, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, and others. Reading his autobiography is like having Capra sitting in your living room, regaling you with his anecdotes. In The Name Above the Title he reveals the deeply personal story of how, despite winning six Academy Awards, he struggled throughout his life against the glamors, vagaries, and frustrations of Hollywood for the creative freedom to make some of the most memorable films of all time.9780306807718G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Film Theory & Criticism,Individual Film Directors, Film-makers,Biography: General Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 513 |
 | Walt DisneyThe Triumph of the American ImaginationNeal GablerVintage-09-10-2007912 pagesDescription: The definitive portrait of one of the most important cultural figures in American history: Walt Disney. Walt Disney was a true visionary whose desire for escape, iron determination and obsessive perfectionism transformed animation from a novelty to an art form, first with Mickey Mouse and then with his feature films–most notably Snow White, Fantasia, and Bambi. In his superb biography, Neal Gabler shows us how, over the course of two decades, Disney revolutionized the entertainment industry. In a way that was unprecedented and later widely imitated, he built a synergistic empire that combined film, television, theme parks, music, book publishing, and merchandise. Walt Disney is a revelation of both the work and the man–of both the remarkable accomplishment and the hidden life. Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography USA Today Biography of the Year9780679757474G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Film,Entertainment & Performing Arts,Performing Arts Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 912 |
 | Ferdinand Porsche and the Legacy of GeniusLaurence MeredithBank House Books-26-05-2010268 pagesDescription: When Ferdinand Porsche was born Europe was peaceful, developing, capitalist and largely feudal. Britain was the world's only true 'superpower', and America would not emerge as an economic giant for at least forty-five years. Motor cars, aircraft, television, computers, ballpoint pens and other modern conveniences didn't exist. Ninety-five years after Porsche's arrival in the world, cars bearing his name were in action at Le Mans, their 4.5-litre 12-cylinder air-cooled engines propelling them to speeds of 240mph. Conventional wisdom dictated that air-cooling was unsuited to high-speeds. Under the inspired leadership of three generations of the family, Porsche proved, and continues to prove, that traditional rules are there to be broken. With more than a score of books to his credit on the great German marques, Laurence Meredith brings a unique authority to this, his eighth Porsche-related work, and the first to examine the prime movers and master engineers behind this most hallowed of motoring icons.9781904408673G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General,Black & Asian Studies,Road & Motor Vehicles Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 268 |
 | Charles F. KetteringA BiographyThomas Alvin BoydBeard Books-01-05-2002284 pagesDescription: The engrossing story of the great inventor as a man and his philosophy.9781587981333G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 284 |
 | The Frame ManThe Frame ManKen SpraysonPanther Publications-01-03-2012229 pagesDescription: This is Ken Sprayson's personal account of his life from his early days through his long service with Reynolds to his time as a consultant on welding and fabricating in tubing. His life has been eventful, rich in detail and provides a fascinating flimpse into post-war manufacturing as well as motorcycle racing.9780956497567G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Motorcycle industry workers Language: en Pages Read: 229 |
 | Roy D. ChapinThe Man Behind the Hudson Motor Car CompanyJohn Cuthbert Long,Charles K. Hyde01-01-1945269 pagesDescription: "John Cuthbert Long’s Roy D. Chapin is a thorough and detailed biography of a remarkable, but little-known Detroit automobile industry pioneer. Historians should include Roy Dikeman Chapin (February 23, 1880–February 16, 1936) in any listing of significant American auto industry pioneers, along with the Duryea brothers, Ransom E. Olds, Henry Leland, Henry Ford, William C. Durant, and the Dodge brothers. Outside the cloister of automotive historians, Roy Chapin is an unknown. This is in part because no company or car bore his name. Unlike many contemporary auto pioneers, Roy Chapin was a modest man who did not promote himself. Even Long’s superb biography of Chapin is not well-known because it was privately printed in 1945 with a small press run. In reprinting this volume, Wayne State University Press is making an important contribution to automotive history." —From the introduction by Charles K. Hyde, Department of History, Wayne State University9780814331842G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Language: en Pages Read: 269 |
 | The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum GeniusThe Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Quantum GeniusGraham FarmeloFaber Faber-24-12-2009539 pagesDescription: 'A monumental achievement - one of the great scientific biographies.' Michael Frayn The Strangest Man is the Costa Biography Award-winning account of Paul Dirac, the famous physicist sometimes called the British Einstein. He was one of the leading pioneers of the greatest revolution in twentieth-century science: quantum mechanics. The youngest theoretician ever to win the Nobel Prize for Physics, he was also pathologically reticent, strangely literal-minded and legendarily unable to communicate or empathize. Through his greatest period of productivity, his postcards home contained only remarks about the weather. Based on a previously undiscovered archive of family papers, Graham Farmelo celebrates Dirac's massive scientific achievement while drawing a compassionate portrait of his life and work. Farmelo shows a man who, while hopelessly socially inept, could manage to love and sustain close friendship. The Strangest Man is an extraordinary and moving human story, as well as a study of one of the most exciting times in scientific history. 'A wonderful book . . . Moving, sometimes comic, sometimes infinitely sad, and goes to the roots of what we mean by truth in science.' Lord Waldegrave, Daily Telegraph9780571222865G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Scienza e TecnologiaCategories: Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 539 |
 | Alec IssigonisThe Man Who Made the MiniJonathan WoodDB-01-04-2012224 pagesDescription: Alec Issigonis, the brilliant British designer of the Morris Minor and the Mini, is one of the commanding figures in the history of automobile design and engineering. This book offers a rounded portrait of his life and work. Issigonis's ingenious and effe9781780910970G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Automobile engineers Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 224 |
 | Brabham Ralt Honda the Ron Tauranac StoryM. LawrenceVeloce Enterprises, Inc.-01-02-2011290 pagesDescription: 288 pages, 63 illustrations, size 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Until now, the man whose racing cars have won more victories than anyone else's, and whose design skills have brought fame to hundreds of drivers and made champions of a good many of them, has remained in the background.Ron Tauranac - British-born, but brought up in Australia - always preferred to let his cars sing his praises where it really mattered - on the race tracks of the world. They have never been known as Tauranacs, but the names Brabham and Ralt will be very familiar to anyone who has followed motor racing since the Sixties. And so, of course, is Honda, the company which supplied the engines for some of Tauranac's most successful Brabham and Ralt racing cars and with which he still retains close links as a design consultant, working behind the scenes on several of their motor racing activities.Sir Jack Brabham, in his foreword to this long overdue biography, pays generous tribute to his former business partner into whose hands he entrusted the design and construction of all his own racing cars from 1962 until his retirement from driving in 1970, plus all the production Brabhams which brought so much success to many other top drivers during their formative years. Many of Ron Tauranac's former colleagues and customers - amongst them the most powerful people in motor racing today - speak candidly about the man they have known and worked with, someone who has never courted popularity, but whose talents have been su...9781588501592G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Motor Cars Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 290 |
 | Colin Chapman, l'uomo e le sue autoGerard Jabby CrombacMare Verticale-18-05-2017480 pages9788897173847G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biografie e autobiografie,Industria manufatturiera Translators: Ilaria M. Linetti Editors: Emanuele Pirro Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 480 |
 | The Fast Times of Albert ChampionFrom Record-Setting Racer to Dashing Tycoon, an Untold Story of Speed, Success, and BetrayalPeter Joffre NyePrometheus Books-01-01-2014462 pagesDescription: This is the first biography of the short but exciting life of Albert Champion-record-setting bicyclist and motorcyclist, daredevil race car driver, early automobile innovator with thirty US patents, charismatic ladies' man, and celebrity of the Jazz Age. Though most Americans have heard of the two companies he founded-Champion Spark Plug and ACDelco-few know much about the flamboyant man behind the companies. The book's lively narrative describes the many adventures of the Frenchman who rose from poverty in Paris to great wealth and fame in both his native France and the United States. As a bicycle racer, Champion set more than a hundred world records. When the urban speed limit was 8 mph, he was the first ever to drive a motorcycle a mile under a minute. Then a car-racing crash in Brooklyn snapped a leg bone that kept him in traction for eleven weeks. Handicapped but undeterred, he hobbled out of the hospital on crutches and recovered to win the French national cycling championship. He subsequently invested his prize money to become a tycoon in the American auto industry, working closely with the leading players in this new revolutionary industry. Good looking and a natty dresser, he was an incorrigible ladies' man, whose many dalliances finally ended in a love triangle that resulted in his death under mysterious circumstances.9781616149642G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 462 |
 | First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth OBEThe Official Biography of Keith DuckworthNorman BurrVeloce Publishing-01-07-2015352 pagesDescription: The names 'Keith Duckworth' and 'DFV' are practically synonymous, such is the reputation of the famous F1 racing engine which he designed. Whilst there are books covering the technical aspects of the DFV engine, and other designs from Cosworth, the company which he founded with Mike Costin, there are many gaps in the story of Duckworth's career, before and after Cosworth. This book comprehensively fills those gaps, taking the reader into the world of Britain's finest 20th century engineers. It was a world consisting of far more than motorsport, embracing an astonishing variety of mechnical devices, including aircraft, boats, and motorcycles - particularly Triumph, for whom he was a consultant during his retirement. A man of strong convictions and high integrity, Keith Duckworth OBE cared passionately about his work, fitting almost every aspect of his life around it. His northern industrial roots, the ups and downs of his personal life, his health problems, and his generous support of charities and business start-ups, combine to create the story of one of motorsport's - and engineering's - most endearing and enduring characters. Foreword by Sir Jackie Stewart OBE.9781845845285G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Sport,Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering,Autobiography: Science, Technology & Engineering Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 352 |
 | The Living YearsMike RutherfordDescription: 'The Living Years' spans the entire history of Genesis, from the earliest days as a school band to the triumphant 2007 reunion tour when Genesis played to over 500,000 people in Rome. But this is not just another rock'n'roll memoir. This is also a book about two men whose lives and complex relationship reflect the seismic social and cultural shifts that took place during the 20th century.G1Biografie, lettere e memorie29-11-2014 - 04-12-2014 |
 | A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great BetrayalBen MacintyreBloomsbury-01-01-2015354 pagesDescription: From Sunday Times no. 1 bestselling author Ben Macintyre, the true untold story of history's most famous traitor. Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War. Philby’s two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and James Jesus Angleton, the CIA intelligence chief, thought they knew Philby better than anyone, and then discovered they had not known him at all. This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience; of an ideological battle waged by men with cut-glass accents and well-made suits in the comfortable clubs and restaurants of London and Washington; of male friendships forged, and then systematically betrayed. With access to newly released MI5 files and previously unseen family papers, and with the cooperation of former officers of MI6 and the CIA, this definitive biography unlocks what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War.9781408851784G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Storia12-05-2015 - 12-04-2018Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 354 |
 | Dante Giacosa, l'ingegno e il mito. Idee, progetti e vetture targate FIATLoredana DovaAraba Fenice-01-01-2008224 pages9788895853055G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 224 |
 | Hedy Lamarr la donna gatto. Le sette vite di una diva scienziatale sette vite di una diva scienziataEdoardo Segantini"ubbettino-02-05-2011260 pages9788849829174G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 260 |
 | KellyMore Than My Share of It AllClarence L. JohnsonSmithsonian Books-17-12-1989224 pagesDescription: Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed “Skunk Works” cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.9780874744910G1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Technology,History,20th Century Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 224 |
 | General Motors: Life Inside The Factory: One Blue-Collar Worker's JourneyRichard Thomas GallG1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Automobile15-03-2015 - 29-03-2015 |
 | Hell-rider to King of the AirGlenn Curtiss's Life of InnovationKirk W. HouseMcFarland-01-01-2003304 pagesDescription: There's no question that Glenn Curtiss was one of the most significant figures in the early development of motorcycles, aviation, and engine development. This book will take you on a journey through both his life and his innovative technological developments. And what a life it was. Descriptions of this man prove to be contradictory and controversial. He was quiet, yet dashing. Kind, yet stern. Uneducated, yet a technological and entrepreneurial pioneer. He began his inventing career by building and racing motorcycles, while creating new internal combustion engines, then moved on to work with dirigibles, airplanes (particularly seaplanes), community development, and travel trailers. In the end, Glenn Curtiss - a man respected by contemporaries for his character - went to his grave accused of fiduciary irresponsibility and patent theft. His bitter patent disputes with the Wright Brothers leave many wondering whether Curtiss should be seen as a hero or a villain when his place in history is considered. Hell-Rider to King of the Air examines Curtiss's life, career, and accomplishments in an engaging and accessible way, so that readers can answer that question for themselves.9780768008029G1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 304 |
 | David Buick's Marvelous Motor Car: The Men and the Automobile That Launched General Motors (Updated 2013)Lawrence R. GustinCreatespace Independent Publishing Platform-17-10-2011292 pagesDescription: UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION Praise for the first edition: "A meticulously researched book written in a popular style that's difficult to put down. By skillfully weaving together the careers of David Buick and his contemporaries and their car, Larry Gustin fills a gaping hole in automotive history." -David L. Lewis, professor of business history, University of Michigan "A good, succinct history of the early days of one of America's great mainstream automo- biles, and the men responsible for it." -Z. Taylor Vinson, The New York Times "If the question is Buick-related, Larry Gustin has the answer. He's also an entertaining story teller and accomplished wordsmith." -Don Sherman, technical editor, Automobile magazine "Gustin is an award-winning author and one of the world's leading Buick authorities...the ideal person to write this book. He skillfully weaves the eventful story of the man who launched a world-famous automobile marque that became the favorite of royalty, business leaders and movie stars." -Bill Vance, National Post [Canada] "The phrase, 'It's now or never, ' explains the drive behind this work on David Buick. Larry Gustin has studied the person, his work and the characters in the David Buick drama for decades. In this book, he has brought all that research material into sharp focus. The interests of automotive history are well served by this welcomed work." -Leroy Cole, past president, Society of Automotive Historians "When it comes to writing Buick history, Lar...9781466263673G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Business & Industry,Road Vehicle Manufacturing Industry,Road & Motor Vehicles Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 292 |
 | Life of an American WorkmanWalter Chrysler,Boyden SparkesOxford City Press-25-08-2011156 pagesDescription: Walter Chrysler established the Chrysler Corporation from the embers of the Maxwell-Chambers Auto Works; then founded the much larger Dodge Brothers Motor Co. In this book he tells his story simply and with many entertaining anecdotes. He talks about his childhood, his work on the railroads, his turn-around of American Locomotive, Buick and then Maxwell-Chambers. Chrysler writes in an easy style, in the book he explains his philosophy that R&D are vital to a company's success. The Chrysler Building was in the planning stage and that is discussed in the book along with his belief that his children must start at the bottom and worth their way up. This easy-to-read autobiography is a delight for anyone but a must-read for automotive enthusiasts.9781849023276G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Business & Industry,Biography: Arts & Entertainment,Road & Motor Vehicles Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 156 |
 | A Life in Car Design - Jaguar, Lotus, TVR: Oliver WinterbottomOliver WinterbottomOliver WinterbottomVeloce Publishing-19-09-2017176 pagesDescription: A Life in Car Design gives a unique insight into design and project work for a number of leading companies in the motor industry, including Jaguar, Lotus, TVR and General Motors. The book recounts the author's experiences from within the industry, tracing the changes in the design process over a period of nearly 50 years, and follows his career at home and around the world. It shows how the change from imperial to metric measurements and the growing use of computers revolutionized the quality and accuracy of modern vehicles. It also covers the issues and challenges of meeting project targets, and some of the issues that can deflect those efforts. It features previously untold stories, and is thoughtfully illustrated with historical engineering drawings and photographs. As well as informing automobile enthusiasts it is also hoped that this book will inspire upcoming generations to consider a career in the creative field.9781787110359G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Motor Cars Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 176 |
 | Avro One: Autobiography of a Chief Test PilotJ.A. Robby RobinsonDescription: Autobiography of a Chief Test Pilot. Robby Robinson's time as chief test pilot for Avro having joined British Aerospace in 1978, then chief test pilot in 19819780954450786G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Aeronautica |
 | Steve JobsWalter IsaacsonSimon & Schuster-24-10-2011627 pagesDescription: From the author of the bestselling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, this is the exclusive, New York Times bestselling biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for no control over what was written nor even the right to read it before it was published. He put nothing off-limits. He encouraged the people he knew to speak honestly. And Jobs speaks candidly, sometimes brutally so, about the people he worked with and competed against. His friends, foes, and colleagues provide an unvarnished v...9781451648539G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Technology: General Issues Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 627 |
 | Tupolev The Man And His AircraftThe Man and His AircraftAndrei Kandalov,Paul DuffyAirlife Publishing Ltd-01-01-1996233 pagesDescription: The international political scene has, for many decades, precluded attempts to create a serious historical evaluation of Russian aircraft and their manufacturers. In recent years the situation has become far more relaxed, and access to records has been opened to Western researchers - a development from which this book greatly benefits.9781853107283G1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: History Of Engineering & Technology,Aerospace & Aviation Technology,Aircraft Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 233 |
 | Virgil Exner: Visioneer: The official biography of Virgil M. Exner, designer extraordinairePeter GristVeloce Publishing-15-08-2007160 pagesDescription: The official biography the man who brought his own personal style to the world of industrial design, from automobiles to powerboats. Some 50 years after his design masterpieces wrested styling leadership away from General Motors' Harley Earl. Thirty four years after his untimely death, Virgil Exner's name still remains inexorably linked to the Chrysler Corporation in the minds of car enthusiasts worldwide. For an all too brief period, Exner's name epitomized all that was great and exciting in America. His thrilling automobile designs from the mid-fifties took the world by storm and put Chrysler at the top. His work was nothing less than a revolution. Exner introduced to Chrysler, first with his "idea cars" then with production models, vehicles that were wanted for their looks but at the same time, were soundly engineered; automobiles that carried classic proportions and gave the illusion of movement even while stationary. His design of the 1947 Studebaker established the design pattern for all modern cars and was a huge success. With many previously unseen works of art and family photos among the 150 color images throughout, this is a unique and fascinating insight into a pivotal player in the development of the modern automobile.9781845841188G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Road & Motor Vehicles Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 160 |
 | Tony Southgate From Drawing Board to Chequered Flag: The Autobiography of One of Motorsport's Most Prolific and Versatile Racing Car DesignersThe Autobiography of One of Motorsport's Most Prolific and Versatile Racing Car DesignersTony SouthgateMotor Racing Publications Ltd-15-09-2010Description: The author's 38-year career as a racecar designer brought him into contact with many of the most colorful personalities in the sport. He was solely responsible for almost 50 cars, contributed to the design of a further 25, and was able to claim the 'triple crown' of major victories: his cars won the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix. He writes about the challenges and stresses of designing and developing safe and race-winning cars, of periods of sadness after fatal accidents, and constantly pushing the boundaries of design technology. The wealth of color and black-and-white pictures and drawings are testament to the talent and versatility of this brilliantly successful designer.9781899870820G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Industrial / Commercial Art & Design,Biography: Sport,Autobiography: Sport Format: Hardcover Language: en |
 | Mauro Forghieri. 30 anni di Ferrari e oltre. Ediz. illustrataMauro Forghieri,Daniele BuzzonettiGiunti Editore-19-11-2008240 pages9788809062092G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Tempo libero,Automobilismo,Trasporti e meccanica Format: Hardcover Edition: Illustrated Language: it Pages Read: 240 |
 | La Ferrari secondo Forghieri. Dal 1947 a oggi. Ediz. illustratadal 1947 a oggiMauro Forghieri,Daniele BuzzonettiNada-04-04-2012304 pagesDescription: Molte delle Ferrari, monoposto e Sport, che possono vantare l'alloro iridato, sono uscite dalla sua fantasia e sono state tracciate dalla sua mano. Così è stato per la 158 F1 di Surtees del 1964, così per le imbattibili T dell'era Lauda-Regazzoni, ma altrettanto si potrebbe dire per le varie 250 P, 330 P3 e P4, oltre naturalmente alla 312 "PB", indiscusse protagoniste tra le Sport fra gli anni Sessanta e i Settanta. È finalmente un Forghieri a tutto tondo quello che si racconta in questo volume dove storie note, ma soprattutto inedite, si intrecciano in un appassionante racconto supportato da un ricchissimo apparato iconografico assolutamente inedito, per gran parte proveniente dall'archivio della casa editrice. Il volume è inoltre arricchito da una serie di disegni tecnici a firma di Giorgio Piola, relativi ad alcune delle Ferrari iridate, commentati e spiegati da Mauro Forghieri. Presentazione di Gian Paolo Dallara.9788879115377G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Tempo libero,Automobilismo,Trasporti e meccanica Illustrators: G. Piola Format: Hardcover Edition: Illustrated Language: it Pages Read: 304 |
 | Equations of Motion: Adventure, Risk and Innovation - an Engineering AutobiographyWilliam F. MillikenBentley Publishers-02-02-20099780837615707G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorie12-04-2014 - 23-05-2014Format: Paperback |
 | Lancia and De VirgilioAt the CentreGeoffrey GoldbergDavid Bull Publishing,U.S.-01-05-2014332 pagesDescription: Geoffrey Goldberg chronicles one of Italy's great marques through the life of designer-engineer Francesco De Virgilio. In addition to playing a central role in the creation of the first V-6 engine and Lancia's technically advanced Aurelia road car, De Virgilio was part of the company's inner circle through his marriage to the daughter of founder Vincenzo Lancia.9781935007258G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Lancia automobile Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 332 |
 | The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the LegacyThe Men, the Motor Cars, and the LegacyCharles K. HydeGreat Lakes Books Series-08-04-2005251 pagesDescription: At the start of the Ford Motor Company in 1903, the Dodge Brothers supplied nearly every car part needed by the up-and-coming auto giant. After fifteen years of operating a successful automotive supplier company, much to Ford's advantage, John and At the start of the Ford Motor Company in 1903, the Dodge Brothers supplied nearly every car part needed by the up-and-coming auto giant. After fifteen years of operating a successful automotive supplier company, much to Ford's advantage, John and Horace Dodge again changed the face of the automotive market in 1914 by introducing their own car. The Dodge Brothers automobile carried on their names even after their untimely deaths in 1920, with the company then remaining in the hands of their widows until its sale in 1925 to New York bankers and subsequent purchase in 1928 by Walter Chrysler. The Dodge nameplate has endured, but despite their achievements and their critical role in the early success of Henry Ford, John and Horace Dodge are usually overlooked in histories of the early automotive industry. Charles K. Hyde's book The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy is the first scholarly study of the Dodge brothers and their company, chronicling their lives--from their childhood in Niles, Michigan, to their long years of learning the machinist's trade in Battle Creek, Port Huron, Detroit, and Windsor, Ontario--and examining their influence on automotive manufacturing and marketing trends in the early part of t...9780814332467G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Business & Industry,Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering,Industrialisation & Industrial History Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 251 |
 | Not Much of an EngineerStanley HookerThe Crowood Press UK-04-01-1985255 pagesDescription: Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 and tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age, determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce. So successful was he that in 1966 Rolls-Royce decided the best thing to do was to spend 63.6 million pounds and buy its rival. By this time there was scarcely a single modern British aero-engine for which Hooker had not been responsible.9781853102851G1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General,British & Irish History,Military History Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 255 |
 | Bismarck: A LifeA LifeJonathan SteinbergOxford University Press, USA-06-04-2011592 pagesDescription: This riveting, New York Times bestselling biography illuminates the life of Otto von Bismarck, the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture. Jonathan Steinberg draws heavily on contemporary writings, allowing Bismarck's friends and foes to tell the story. What rises from these pages is a complex giant of a man: a hypochondriac with the constitution of an ox, a brutal tyrant who could easily shed tears, a convert to an extreme form of evangelical Protestantism who secularized schools and introduced civil divorce. Bismarck may have been in sheer ability the most intelligent man to direct a great state in modern times. His brilliance and insight dazzled his contemporaries. But all agreed there was also something demonic, diabolical, overwhelming, beyond human attributes, in Bismarck's personality. He was a kind of malign genius who, behind the various postures, concealed an ice-cold contempt for his fellow human beings and a drive to control and rule them. As one contemporary noted: the Bismarck regime was a constant orgy of scorn and abuse of mankind, collectively and individually. In this comprehensive and expansive biography--a brilliant study in power--Jonathan Steinberg brings Bismarck to life, revealing the stark contrast between the Iron Chancellor's unmatched political skills and his profoundly flawed human character.9780199782529G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,European History,20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 592 |
 | Master of Precision: Henry M. LelandOttilie M. LelandWayne State University Press-01-09-1996300 pagesDescription: Henry Martyn Leland (1843-1932) is one of the most outstanding figures in automotive history. Best known for developing the Cadillac and the Lincoln, Leland was among the pioneers who set Detroit on its course as the automobile capital of the world. Master of Precision is the fascinating firsthand account of Leland's life and work during the early days of the automobile industry. Trained in New England factories known for their precision manufacturing, Henry Leland was an expert machinist before he began to reshape automobile production. Affectionately called Uncle Henry and the Grand Old Man of Detroit, he was a demanding but highly-respected employer who set new standards of precision, quality, and performance. First published in 1966 by Wayne State University Press, Master of Precision was re-released in 1996 in celebration of the centennial of automobile manufacturing in North America.9780814326657G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Biography: Business & Industry,Biography: Sport,Regional Studies Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 300 |
 | My Commando Operations: The Memoirs of Hitler's Most Daring CommandoOtto SkorzenySchiffer Publishing Ltd.-01-01-1995468 pagesDescription: The memoirs of the legendary Skorzeny appear here in its first unabridged English edition. Skorzeny's fame began with the successful raid to free Benito Mussolini from the Gran Sasso, Italy in 1943. His elite commandos surprised Italian guards in a daring daytime raid. Hitler presented Skorzeny with the Knight's Cross for this operation. Not only is this raid explained in minute detail, many of Skorzeny's previously unknown operations in all European and Russian theatres of World War II are given in detailed accounts. Operation Griffin - the innovative use of German Kommandos dressed as American soldiers working behind enemy lines - during the Ardennes Offensive in 1944 is given in-depth coverage, as is Skorzeny's rememberances on the Malmedy massacre. Skorzeny also offers his insights into the mysterious Rudolf Hess mission to England in May 1941, and offers a behind the scenes look at German and Russian secret military intelligence, and the workings of Canaris and Gehlen., 16 pages of photographs, 6" x 9"9780887407185G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaFormat: Hardcover Pages Read: 468 |
 | Life at the LimitTriumph and Tragedy in Formula OneSid WatkinsPan Macmillan-01-01-1996258 pages9780333657744G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Automobile racing Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 258 |
 | Panhard Levassor: Pioneers in Automobile ExcellencePioneers in Automobile ExcellenceDavid BeareAmberley Publishing-15-12-2017128 pagesDescription: Panhard & Levassor was a ground-breaking company whose innovations set the standard for modern motoring. Not only was it the first company to produce a vehicle with an internal combustion engine mounted at the head of the chassis rather than under the driver's seat, the entire 'Panhard' layout of engine, gearbox, shaft drive to rigid rear axle, set the standard which is still used today. As the author reveals, Panhard & Levassor can also claim to be the first manufacturer to sell cars commercially.Author David Beare follows the fortunes of the company and its two founders, the affable and portly René Panhard complementing the intelligent and somewhat haughty Émile Levassor. From the late 1800s through the two world wars, they continued to produce revolutionary designs, including sleeve valves, monocoque chassis units and the new economy cars with air-cooled flat-twin engines and bodies and chassis made largely of aluminium. As an important contributor to the design and performance of their subsequent road cars, Panhard & Levassor’s pioneering competition successes in early road-racing in the period from 1894 to 1903 are also covered, when the company was at the forefront of motor-racing technology and won many races. The story ends with the take-over of the company by Citroën, which ultimately absorbed the Panhard & Levassor creative genius into their own designs.9781445665344G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Automobile engineers Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 128 |
 | Fate Is the HunterFate Is The HunterErnest K. GannPhoenix-01-09-2011416 pagesDescription: 'Fate is the Hunter' is a thrilling account of some of the more memorable experiences Ernest K. Gann had in the air. He flew in both peace and war and came close to death many times. Here he reveals the characters he's known and the dramas he's experienced, portraying fate as a hunter constantly in pursuit of pilots.9781908059024G1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorie30-07-2014 - 02-11-2014Categories: Second World War Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 416 |
 | Scarfiotti. Dalla Fiat a RossfeldPaola RivoltaLiberilibri-19-04-2018472 pages9788898094448G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biografie e autobiografie,Automobilismo Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 472 |
 | Michigan’s C. Harold WillsThe Genius Behind the Model T and the Wills Sainte Claire AutomobileAlan Naldrett and Lynn Lyon Naldrett for the Wills Sainte Claire MuseumArcadia Publishing-01-01-20171 pagesDescription: One of the unsung heroes of the auto world, C. Harold Wills designed the Model T when he worked as Henry Ford's right-hand man. Later, he founded his own company to produce the legendary Wills Sainte Claire. Every endeavor displayed his trademark inventiveness, from the development of the overhead cam engine to the toboggan run on the roof of his house. He used his money to create one of the first worker model cities at Marysville, Michigan. In this long-overdue biography, Alan and Lynn Lyon Naldrett preserve the legacy of an automotive icon.9781625859877G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Business & Economics Language: en Pages Read: 1 |
 | The Perfect Car: The Biography of John Barnard – Motorsport’s Most Creative DesignerThe Biography of John Barnard Motorsport s Most Creative DesignerNick SkeensEvro Publishing Limited-11-09-2018656 pagesDescription: John Barnard revolutionised Formula 1, and motorsport as a whole, through his unrelenting quest for perfection in racing car design. Written with Barnard's cooperation and with input from dozens of associates, drivers and rivals, this biography tells the entire story, both personal and professional, of a British design genius. Barnard's technical achievements are explored in detail--and in accessible language--with special emphasis on his brilliant initiatives while at McLaren (the first carbon-fiber composite chassis) and Ferrari (the first semi-automatic gearbox). The Perfect Car is also a human-interest story, telling a tale of innovation under intense pressure while Barnard endeavoured to maintain a stable family life. This is a landmark book that will be relished by anyone interested in motorsport and design.9781910505274G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Motor Sports Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 656 |
 | A proposito di nienteWoody AllenLa Nave di Teseo-09-04-2020398 pagesDescription: Nato a Brooklyn nel 1935, Woody Allen ha iniziato la sua carriera nello spettacolo a sedici anni, scrivendo battute per un giornale di Broadway, e ha continuato a scrivere per la radio, la televisione, il teatro, il cinema e il New Yorker. Ha lasciato la stanza dello scrittore decenni fa per diventare comico nei locali notturni e, da allora, un regista conosciuto in tutto il mondo. Durante sessant’anni di cinema, ha scritto e diretto cinquanta film, recitando in molti di essi. Ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti internazionali, diverse statue sono state erette in suo onore (qualcosa di cui non riuscirà mai a capacitarsi) e i suoi film sono stati studiati nelle scuole e nelle università di tutto il mondo. In A proposito di niente, Allen racconta dei suoi primi matrimoni, con una fiamma della giovinezza e poi con l’amata e divertente Louise Lasser, che evidentemente adora ancora. Racconta anche della sua storia e dell’amicizia eterna con Diane Keaton. Descrive la sua relazione personale e professionale con Mia Farrow, che ha dato vita a film divenuti classici fino alla loro burrascosa rottura, per la quale l’industria dei tabloid ancora li ringrazia. Afferma di essere stato il più sorpreso di tutti quando a 56 anni è iniziata una relazione romantica con la ventunenne Soon-Yi Previn, diventata una storia d’amore appassionata e un matrimonio felice che dura da oltre ventidue anni. Ironico, pienamente sincero, pieno di guizzi creativi e non poca confusione, un’icona della cultu...9788834603345G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Translators: Alberto Pezzotta Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 398 |
 | A Genesis in My Bed: The AutobiographySteve HackettWymer Publishing-24-07-2020224 pagesDescription: The long overdue autobiography from guitar great and former member of Genesis, Steve Hackett. As with his music, Steve has written a highly detailed, entertaining and embracing tome that charts his life in full, but with a firm emphasis on his years with Genesis that saw the band’s meteoric rise to become one of the most successful British bands of all time. Steve talks candidly about his early life, his time with Genesis, and his personal relationships with the other four band members, with great insight into the daily goings on of this major rock band. Naturally A Genesis In My Bed also regales stories of Steve’s career since leaving Genesis and the many different journeys that it has taken him on. With his flair for the creative, and a great deal of levity, A Genesis In My Bed is a riveting read. Indispensable for Genesis fans but also essential for general music lovers and avid readers of autobiographies full of heartfelt and emotive tales.9781912782383G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Arts & Entertainment Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 224 |
 | Una forza della naturaRichard ReevesCodice Edizioni-01-01-2010184 pagesDescription: All’inizio del XX secolo la fisica stava vivendo la sua età dell’oro. Nel primo decennio del Novecento, mentre Albert Einstein volgeva lo sguardo alle infinite distanze siderali e definiva la teoria della relatività, un energico e sanguigno fisico sperimentale giunto a Cambridge dai “confini dell’Impero”, e fresco di Nobel, stava studiando un universo altrettanto misterioso ma infinitamente più piccolo, che lo avrebbe portato a una scoperta epocale. Il neozelandese Ernest Rutherford, insieme ai suoi studenti (molti dei quali sarebbero stati i protagonisti della scienza del Novecento), riuscì per la prima volta a “spaccare” l’atomo, intuendo che da esso si sarebbe liberata un’energia fino ad allora inimmaginabile. Una forza della natura è il ritratto di uno straordinario genio e di un’epoca “di frontiera”, di limiti infranti e di scoperte che avrebbero cambiato per sempre il panorama mondiale.9788875781521G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Scienza e Tecnologia16-02-2015 - 20-02-2015Categories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 184 |
 | Dean and Me(A Love Story)James Kaplan,Jerry LewisThree Rivers Press-10-10-2006352 pagesDescription: In a memoir by turns moving, tragic, and hilarious, Jerry Lewis recounts with crystal clarity every step of his fifty-year friendship with Dean Martin. They were the unlikeliest of pairs—a handsome crooner and a skinny monkey, an Italian from Steubenville, Ohio, and a Jew from Newark, N.J.. Before they teamed up, Dean Martin seemed destined for a mediocre career as a nightclub singer, and Jerry Lewis was dressing up as Carmen Miranda and miming records on stage. But the moment they got together, something clicked—something miraculous—and audiences saw it at once. Before long, they were as big as Elvis or the Beatles would be after them, creating hysteria wherever they went and grabbing an unprecedented hold over every entertainment outlet of the era: radio, television, movies, stage shows, and nightclubs. Martin and Lewis were a national craze, an American institution. The millions flowed in, seemingly without end—and then, on July 24, 1956, ten years after it all started, it ended suddenly. After that traumatic day, the two wouldn’t speak again for twenty years. And while both went on to forge triumphant individual careers—Martin as a movie and television star, recording artist, and nightclub luminary (and charter member of the Rat Pack); Lewis as the groundbreaking writer, producer, director, and star of a series of hugely successful movie comedies—their parting left a hole in the national psyche, as well as in each man’s heart. In Dean & Me, Lewis makes a convincing...9780767920872G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Arts & Entertainment,Personal Memoirs,Performing Arts Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 352 |
 | Car Guys vs. Bean CountersThe Battle for the Soul of American BusinessBob LutzPortfolio-09-06-2011256 pagesDescription: A legend in the car industry reveals the philosophy that's starting to turn General Motors around. In 2001, General Motors hired Bob Lutz out of retirement with a mandate to save the company by making great cars again. He launched a war against penny pinching, office politics, turf wars, and risk avoidance. After declaring bankruptcy during the recession of 2008, GM is back on track thanks to its embrace of Lutz's philosophy. When Lutz got into the auto business in the early sixties, CEOs knew that if you captured the public's imagination with great cars, the money would follow. The car guys held sway, and GM dominated with bold, creative leadership and iconic brands like Cadillac, Buick, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, GMC, and Chevrolet. But then GM's leadership began to put their faith in analysis, determined to eliminate the "waste" and "personality worship" of the bygone creative leaders. Management got too smart for its own good. With the bean counters firmly in charge, carmakers (and much of American industry) lost their single-minded focus on product excellence. Decline followed. Lutz's commonsense lessons (with a generous helping of fascinating anecdotes) will inspire readers at any company facing the bean counter analysis-paralysis menace.9781591844006G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorienull - 19-05-2013Categories: Business,Automobile Industry,Biography & Memoir Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 256 |
 | Just One More ThingPeter FalkArrow Books-01-01-2008336 pagesDescription: Peter Falk came to prominence as an actor in 1956 in the highly successful off-Broadway revival of The Iceman Cometh with Jason Robards. Although he worked continuously for the next three years, bouncing from one off-Broadway theatre to the next, a theatrical agent advised him not to expect much work in motion pictures because of his glass eye. Later, a talent scout for Columbia Pictures described Falk as a second John Garfield, but Harry Cohn, the head of Columbia Pictures, unfortunately disagreed: 'For the same price, I can get an actor with two eyes.' But in 1958, Twentieth Century Fox came to New York to make a movie - Murder Inc - and Falk landed a juicy role for which he received rave reviews and, incredibly, was nominated for an Academy Award. He was then nominated again for his second film, Pocketful of Miracles starring Bette Davis. Falk went on to become a favourite among filmgoers, yet it was through television that he reached his widest audience as Lt. Columbo, winning four Emmys for the role. Interestingly, Columbo's raincoat came out of Falk's bedroom closet. He bought it years before he became an actor. He's been quoted as saying, 'I wanted to wear something people would remember. Bottom line, it's the world's most famous raincoat.' Just One More Thing is pure Peter Falk, and reads as if he were sitting next to you, chuckling as he recalls his remarkable past.9780099509554G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Individual Actors & Performers,Films, Cinema,Television Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 336 |
 | Mattei. Storia dell'italiano che sfidò i signori del petrolioCarlo Maria LomartireMondadori-31-01-2006360 pagesDescription: Il 27 ottobre 1962, a Bascapè, a una ventina di chilometri da Milano, cade l'aereo su cui viaggia il presidente dell'Eni Enrico Mattei, una delle figure più rappresentative e controverse del dopoguerra. La sua morte è uno dei "grandi misteri" dell'Italia contemporanea, ma, se spesso si è parlato della tragica scomparsa di Mattei, poco si è detto della sua vicenda personale e della sua parabola politica. In questo libro Carlo Maria Lomartire presenta un ritratto complessivo - al di là delle congetture sulla tragica fine e dello stereotipo del "grande boiardo di stato" - di una figura chiave del ventennio postbellico, uno dei principali artefici del passaggio dell'Italia da paese agricolo a potenza industriale.9788804551645G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 360 |
 | Ammazzate quel fascista!vita intrepida di Ettore MutiArrigo PetaccoArnoldo Mondadori Editore-01-01-2003214 pagesDescription: Il 24 agosto 1943 Ettore Muti, ex segretario del partito fascista, venne trovato cadavere con una pallottola alla nuca nella pineta di Fregene. Sulle ragioni di quel delitto eccellente si sollevò un gran polverone in cui convivevano le ipotesi più diverse e contraddittorie. Muti era in quel momento il fascista più popolare d'Italia. Votato all'avventura per l'avventura, non mancò a nessun appuntamento con la guerra, fin da quando, a quattordici anni, combatté con gli Arditi sul Piave. In questo libro Arrigo Petacco ricostruisce la biografia tumultuosa e avvincente di questo fascista anomalo, ribelle,leale e onesto.9788804523833G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 214 |
 | Viper PilotA Memoir of Air CombatDan HamptonWilliam Morrow Paperbacks-01-05-2013368 pagesDescription: 151 combat missions 21 hard kills on surface -to -air missile sites 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor 1 Purple Heart First into a war zone, flying behind enemy lines to purposely draw fire, the wild weasels are elite fighter squadrons with the most dangerous job in the Air Force One of the greatest aviation memoirs ever written, Viper Pilot is an Air Force legend's thrilling eyewitness account of modern air warfare. For twenty years, Lieutenant Colonel Dan Hampton was a leading member of the Wild Weasels, logging 608 combat hours in the world's most iconic fighter jet: the F-16 "Fighting Falcon," or "Viper." He spearheaded the 2003 invasion of Iraq, leading the first flight of fighters over the border en route to strike Baghdad. Earlier, on 9/11, Hampton's father was inside the Pentagon when it was attacked; with his dad's fate unknown, Hampton was scrambled into American skies and given the unprecedented orders to shoot down any unidentified aircraft. Viper Pilot is an unforgettable look into the closed world of fighter pilots and modern air combat.9780062130341G1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Personal Memoirs,HISTORY/Military / Aviation,HISTORY/Military / Iraq War (2003-2011) Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 368 |
 | Fins: Harley Earl, the Rise of General Motors, and the Glory Days of DetroitHarley Earl, the Rise of General Motors, and the Glory Days of DetroitWilliam KnoedelsederHarper Business-18-09-2018320 pagesDescription: The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile styling, thereby revolutionized the way cars were made, marketed, and even imagined. Harleys Earl’s story qualifies as a bona fide American family saga. It began in the Michigan pine forest in the years after the Civil War, traveled across the Great Plains on the wooden wheels of a covered wagon, and eventually settled in a dirt road village named Hollywood, California, where young Harley took the skills he learned working in his father’s carriage shop and applied them to designing sleek, racy-looking automobile bodies for the fast crowd in the burgeoning silent movie business. As the 1920s roared with the sound of mass manufacturing, Harley returned to Michigan, where, at GM’s invitation, he introduced art into the rigid mechanics of auto-making. Over the next thirty years, he functioned as a kind of combination Steve Jobs and Tom Ford of his time, redefining the form and function of the country’s premier product. His impact was profound. When he retired as GM’s VP of Styling in 1958, Detroit reigned as the manufacturing capitol of the world and General Motors ranked as the most successful company in the history of business. Knoedelseder tells the story in ways both large and s...9780062289070G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Industries / Automobile Industry,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Business,TRANSPORTATION/Automotive / History Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 320 |
 | Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of TomorrowSteve LehtoChicago Review Press-01-04-2018272 pagesDescription: A 2017 Michigan Notable Book After World War II, the American automobile industry was reeling. Having spent years building tanks and airplanes for the army, the car companies would need years more to retool their production to meet the demands of the American public, for whom they had not made any cars since 1942. And then in stepped Preston Tucker. This salesman extraordinaire from Ypsilanti, Michigan, had built race cars before the war, and had designed prototypes for the military during it. Now, gathering a group of brilliant automotive designers, engineers, and promoters, he announced the creation of a revolutionary new car: the Tucker '48, the first car in almost a decade to be built fresh from the ground up. Tucker's car would include ingenious advances in design and engineering that other car companies could not match. With a rear engine, rear-wheel drive, a safety-glass windshielf that would pop out in case of an accident, a padded dashboard, independent suspension, and automatic transmission, it would be more attractive and aerodynamic—and safer—than any other car on the road. But as the public eagerly awaited Tucker's car of tomorrow, powerful forces in Washington were trying to bring him down. An SEC commissioner with close ties to Detroit's Big Three automakers deliberately leaked information about an investigation the agency was conducting, suggesting that Tucker was bilking investors with a massive fraud scheme. Headlines accused him a perpetrating a hoax ...9780912777733G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 272 |
 | The Unknown Kimi RaikkonenKari HotakainenSimon & Schuster Ltd-18-10-2018336 pagesDescription: Kimi Räikkönen is the Finnish superstar Formula One driver with a reputation for being fast on the track and silent off it – until now! In this superb and authorised portrait of Räikkönen, Kari Hotakainen gets to reveal the side of the man that few beyond his close family and friends have ever seen. Enigmatic and private, Ferrari’s former world champion driver rarely opens up to outsiders, but he granted Hotakainen exclusive access to his world and to his way of thinking. It ensures that this will be a book that will delight all fans of motorsport, who have long revered the Finn. Including never-previously-seen photographs from his own collection, The Unknown Kimi Räikkönentakes the reader into the heart of the action at grands prix around the world, behind the scenes as race strategies are planned, and opens up the private side of his life that he normally guards so carefully. With all the cult appeal of I Am Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the raw excitement of Formula One and the insight of the best biographies, this is a book every sports fan will want to treasure.9781471177668G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Sport Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 336 |
 | The Brawn Story: The Man And The Team That Turned Formula 1 Upside DownChristopher HiltonNot Avail-01-12-2009320 pagesDescription: This is the story of Ross Brawn and his career in motorsport.9781844259373G1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Motor Sports,Formula 1 & Grand Prix Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 320 |
 | SpymasterThe Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice OldfieldMartin PearceCorgi-26-09-2017482 pagesDescription: 'I cannot think of a better biography of a spy chief' Richard Davenport-Hines, The SpectatorSir Maurice Oldfield was one of the most important British spies of the Cold War era. A farmer’s son from a provincial grammar school who found himself accidentally plunged into the world of espionage, Sir Maurice was the first Chief of MI6 who didn’t come to the role via the traditional public school and Oxbridge route. Oldfield was the voice of British Intelligence in Washington at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the assassination of JFK, and was largely responsible for keeping the UK out of the Vietnam War. Working his way to the top of the secret service, he took on the job of rebuilding confidence in the British Secret Service in the wake of the Philby, Burgess and Maclean spy scandals. This is the fascinating life story, told in detail for the first time, of a complex, likable character as well as a formidable intelligence chief.9780552171625G1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: Biography & Memoir,Military,Espionage Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 482 |
 | Small Fry: A memoirSmall FryLisa Brennan-JobsGrove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press-12-09-2018400 pagesDescription: A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents--artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs--Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in her, ushering her into a new world of mansions, vacations, and private schools. His attention was thrilling, but he could also be cold, critical and unpredictable. When her relationship with her mother grew strained in high school, Lisa decided to move in with her father, hoping he'd become the parent she'd always wanted him to be. Small Fry is Lisa Brennan-Jobs's poignant story of a childhood spent between two imperfect but extraordinary homes. Scrappy, wise, and funny, young Lisa is an unforgettable guide through her parents' fascinating and disparate worlds. Part portrait of a complex family, part love letter to California in the seventies and eighties, Small Fry is an enthralling book by an insightful new literary voice.9781611854923G1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General,Memoirs,History Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 400 |
 | GenesisGiampiero VigoritoGammalibriL1Biografie, lettere e memorie |
 | Death in Normandy: The Last Battles of Michael WittmannThe Last Battles of Michael WittmannJames Sidney LucasShelf Books-19-12-1998119 pagesDescription: Machine gun bullets could not harm the tiger, now arrogantly destroying the British vehicles as it cruised along the column... In the market square personnel carriers were driven into side streets to clear the area. On the road the vehicles were halted awaiting futher orders. Just below the crest of point 213 commanders were making frantic efforts to bring their vehicles out of the confusion all round them and to get them into action. Wittmann saw them and appreciated the threat which they might pose. He decided to switch targets...9781899765119L1Storia,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Literary Studies: General,Military Fiction,Second World War Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 119 |
 | Il genio dei numeri. Storia di John Nash, matematico e folleSylvia NasarRizzoli-01-01-1999441 pagesDescription: Stories of famously eccentric Princetonians abound—such as that of chemist Hubert Alyea, the model for The Absent-Minded Professor, or Ralph Nader, said to have had his own key to the library as an undergraduate. Or the "Phantom of Fine Hall," a figure many students had seen shuffling around the corridors of the math and physics building wearing purple sneakers and writing numerology treatises on the blackboards. The Phantom was John Nash, one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his generation, who had spiraled into schizophrenia in the 1950s. His most important work had been in game theory, which by the 1980s was underpinning a large part of economics. When the Nobel Prize committee began debating a prize for game theory, Nash's name inevitably came up—only to be dismissed, since the prize clearly could not go to a madman. But in 1994 Nash, in remission from schizophrenia, shared the Nobel Prize in economics for work done some 45 years previously. Economist and journalist Sylvia Nasar has written a biography of Nash that looks at all sides of his life. She gives an intelligent, understandable exposition of his mathematical ideas and a picture of schizophrenia that is evocative but decidedly unromantic. Her story of the machinations behind Nash's Nobel is fascinating and one of very few such accounts available in print (the CIA could learn a thing or two from the Nobel committees).9788817860321L1Scienza e Tecnologia ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Translators: Carlo Capararo,Roberta Zuppet,Sergio Mancini Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 441 |
 | JetThe Story of a PioneerFrank WhittleFrederick Muller Ltd-01-01-1953320 pagesDescription: On the evening of 15th May 1941, a small group gathered at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire to watch as the Gloster-Whittle E.28/39 made its maiden flight — Britain’s first jet-engined aeroplane. This book chronicles the story behind that historic event. Sir Frank Whittle, who eleven years earlier, at the age of 22, had applied for his patent for a turbo-jet engine, here sets on record his own pioneering work and that of the small company, Power Jets Ltd, which he helped to form in 1936 to develop the engine. The dreams of his youth were brought to fruition in an invention that not only revolutionised military aircraft but set Britain ahead of the world in civil aviation, bringing the inventor a knighthood at the age of 41. Written in non-technical language and drawing upon his own comprehensive diaries and correspondence, Sir Frank Whittle describes his hard and often bitter struggle with engineering problems, with financial difficulties and with the frustrations arising out of official policy, which came at great personal cost and which eventually led to the downfall of Power Jets. Jet: The Story of a Pioneer chronicles the pioneering work of Sir Frank Whittle and his determination to turn his idea into reality.L1Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieFormat: Hardcover Pages Read: 320 |
 | Zora Arkus-Duntov -The Legend Behind CorvetteJerry BurtonRobert Bentley, Inc-03-01-2003432 pagesDescription: Zora Arkus-Duntov: The Legend Behind Corvette tells the story of how a gifted engineer brought up by Russian Revolutionary parents became the guiding force behind the legendary American sports car, and in the process attained the elite status of American legend himself. Author Jerry Burton, founding editor and current editorial director of Corvette Quarterly, has worked with many of Zora's friends and colleagues, as well as his widow Elfi, to write the first major biography of Zora Arkus-Duntov. Burton has illustrated his book with hundreds of unpublished photos, blueprints, and archival documents.This book puts Duntov in the perspective needed to understand his achievements as a Russian-Jewish immigrant fighting to make his mark at General Motors.9780837608587L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorie29-11-2014 - 24-12-2014Format: Hardcover Pages Read: 432 |
 | Paul Roscheein genialer Motorenkonstrukteur ; Geschichten zur GeschichteKarl H. HufstadtEgmont VGS-01-01-2003126 pages9783802515200L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieFormat: Hardcover Language: de Pages Read: 126 |
 | Colin Chapman: Inside the InnovatorInside the InnovatorKarl LudvigsenEvro Publishing Limited-07-09-2021400 pagesDescription: Renowned as one of the greatest creative forces in the world of the automobile, Lotus’s Colin Chapman (1928–82) left a mixed legacy. Was he an unparalleled innovator or an uninhibited exploiter of the uncredited ideas of others? In this landmark book, celebrated author Karl Ludvigsen gets to grips with the legend, digging deep beneath the skin of Chapman and his cars to explore and expose the motivations that drove this mercurial and controversial genius. Interviews with key figures in the Chapman story mesh with information from the author’s extensive archives to make this book a unique and compelling encounter between the engineer-innovator and the historian-investigator. Conceiving concepts: assessment of the man whom Keith Duckworth described as ‘the most brilliant conceptual engineer I’ve known’. Engine enterprise: recognising that he was, in his words, ‘not an engine man’, Chapman made the best of engines available to him, whether Ford 1172 side-valve, BRM H-16, Cosworth DFV V8 or Pratt & Whitney gas turbine. Transmission topics: this chapter moves through Lotus-designed ‘Queerbox’ transaxles, four-wheel drive, automatic clutch actuation and much more. Suspension sagas: from makeshift suspension ingenuity on his first Austin-based special to espousal of active suspension just before his death, Chapman gained and exploited an advanced understanding of a car’s underpinnings. Structure stories: Chapman’s accomplishments in this field are numerous. Best-known among them ...9781910505649L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Motor Cars Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 400 |
 | The Cars of Harley EarlDavid W TempleCarTech Inc-16-05-2016193 pagesDescription: At 6-foot, 3-inches tall, Harley Earl was an imposing figure, but his true stature lies in his towering talent for automotive design and styling. Over his 50-year career, he created as well as collaborated on the most innovative, bold, technologically advanced cars made by General Motors. As a titan of American auto design, the cars he helped create are still celebrated today. And as an enduring legacy, he inspired a generation of engineers, designers, and stylists. Veteran automotive historian David W. Temple has researched and unearthed the complete story of Harley Earl’s cars, his notable design achievements, and many accolades. Working as a coachbuilder at his father's Earl Automotive Works in Hollywood, California, the young Earl learned his trade. After styling the 1927 LaSalle for GM president Alfred P. Sloan, Earl rose to prominence and ran the newly created department of Art and Color. Automobile design stagnated during the Depression and World War II, but the number of his contributions to the automotive world in the 1950s is staggering. When the jet age hit, he fully embraced aviation design and infused it into GM cars. The Buick Y-Job and GM Le Sabre featured many firsts in automotive design and hardware. The Y-Job's fender extensions trailing over the doors, disappearing headlamps, flush door handles, a metal cover over the convertible top were a few innovations. When General Motors needed to show off its cars and technology, Harley Earl-designed cars were the...9781613252345L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Transportation Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 193 |
 | Mauro Forghieri. Deus ex machinaMauro Forghieri,Pino Allievi,Paolo Barillà01-01-2019148 pages9788894414912L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Sports & Recreation Language: it Pages Read: 148 |
 | Inspired to Design: F1 cars, Indycars & racing tyres: the autobiography of Nigel Bennett– F1 cars, Indycars & racing tyres: the autobiography of Nigel BennettNigel BennettVeloce Publishing-01-12-2013176 pagesDescription: The differences between running an Indy car on a road circuit and an oval are covered, as is the struggle to get the best from a car for the Indy 500 - a task which is described with unusual clarity. Nigel also describes the story of the ‘Big Beast’ – the Mercedes pushrod engine that won the 1994 Indy 500. Sharing in detail his own view of the importance of suspension geometry, and how it deviates from present practices, this book also includes personal views on the Penske years from a number of motor sport figures, and those of a rival Indy car designer Bruce Ashmore. A fascinating first-hand behind-the-scenes insight. Included in the story is considerable detail of Nigel’s eight years spent with the Firestone European Racing Division, covering an area vital to racing car performance, plus the relationship between a tyre company and its leading contracted team. The 60s and 70s were rife with tyre wars, and many interesting stories unfolded during those decades. With descriptions of the importance of the Race Engineer to the driver, and to a team’s competitiveness, Nigel Bennett draws on his years of experience to offer detailed insight to how an engineer worked with a car and tuned its set-up in an era before computer readouts and telemetry came to dominate.9781845845360L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: General,Biography: Sport,Autobiography: Science, Technology & Engineering Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 176 |
 | DanteAlessandro BarberoLaterza-08-10-2020Description: Alessandro Barbero ricostruisce in quest'opera la vita di Dante, il poeta creatore di un capolavoro immortale, ma anche un uomo del suo tempo, il Medioevo, di cui queste pagine racconteranno il mondo e i valori. L'autore segue Dante nella sua adolescenza di figlio di un usuario che sogna di appartenere al mondo dei nobili e dei letterati; nei corridoi oscuri della politica, dove gli ideali si infrangono davanti alla realtà meschina degli odi di partito e della corruzione dilagante; nei vagabondaggi dell'esiliato che scopre l'incredibile varietà dell'Italia del Trecento, fra metropoli commerciali e corti cavalleresche. Di Dante, proprio per la fama che lo accompagnava già in vita, sappiamo forse più cose che di qualunque altro uomo dell'epoca: ci ha lasciato la sua testimonianza personale su cosa significava, allora, essere un teen-ager innamorato, o su cosa si provava quando si saliva a cavallo per andare in battaglia. Ma il libro affronta anche le lacrime i silenzi che rendono incerta la ricostruzione di interi periodi della sia vita, presentando gli argomenti pro e contro le diverse ipotesi, e permettendo a chi legge di farsi una propria idea, come quando il lettore di un giallo è invitato a seguire il filo degli eventi e ad arrivare per proprio conto a una conclusione. Un ritratto scritto da un grande storico, meticoloso nella ricerca e nell'interpretazione delle fonti, attento a dare piena giustificazione di ogni affermazione e di ogni ipotesi; ma anche un'opera di str...9788858141649L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaFormat: Hardcover Language: it |
 | Journey to the Edge of ReasonThe Life of Kurt GödelStephen BudianskyOxford University Press-11-05-2021368 pagesDescription: A remarkable account of the brilliant, troubled mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel. From his famous Incompleteness Theorem, which shook the foundations of mathematical truth, to his perilous escape from Nazi Vienna, this book weaves together his creative genius, mental illness, and idealism in the face of adversity.9780198866336L1Scienza e Tecnologia ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 368 |
 | The Twelve Lives of Alfred HitchcockAn Anatomy of the Master of SuspenseEdward WhiteWW Norton-13-04-2021336 pagesDescription: A fresh, innovative biography of the twentieth century’s most iconic filmmaker. In The Twelve Lives of Alfred Hitchcock, Edward White explores the Hitchcock phenomenon—what defines it, how it was invented, what it reveals about the man at its core, and how its legacy continues to shape our cultural world. The book’s twelve chapters illuminate different aspects of Hitchcock’s life and work: “The Boy Who Couldn’t Grow Up”; “The Murderer”; “The Auteur”; “The Womanizer”; “The Fat Man”; “The Dandy”; “The Family Man”; “The Voyeur”; “The Entertainer”; “The Pioneer”; “The Londoner”; “The Man of God.” Each of these angles reveals something fundamental about the man he was and the mythological creature he has become, presenting not just the life Hitchcock lived but also the various versions of himself that he projected, and those projected on his behalf. From Hitchcock’s early work in England to his most celebrated films, White astutely analyzes Hitchcock’s oeuvre and provides new interpretations. He also delves into Hitchcock’s ideas about gender; his complicated relationships with “his women”—not only Grace Kelly and Tippi Hedren but also his female audiences—as well as leading men such as Cary Grant, and writes movingly of Hitchcock’s devotion to his wife and lifelong companion, Alma, who made vital contributions to numerous classic Hitchcock films, and burnished his mythology. And White is trenchant in his assessment of the Hitchcock persona, so carefully created that Hitchcoc...9781324002390L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Arts & Entertainment,Entertainment & Performing Arts,Film Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 336 |
 | Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the RomanovsFaith, Power, and the Twilight of the RomanovsDouglas SmithFarrar, Straus and Giroux-22-11-2016848 pagesDescription: On the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically change our understanding of this fascinating figure A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his mysterious rise to power as Nicholas and Alexandra's confidant and the guardian of the sickly heir to the Russian throne. His debauchery and sinister political influence are the stuff of legend, and the downfall of the Romanov dynasty was laid at his feet. But as the prizewinning historian Douglas Smith shows, the true story of Rasputin's life and death has remained shrouded in myth. A major new work that combines probing scholarship and powerful storytelling, Rasputin separates fact from fiction to reveal the real life of one of history's most alluring figures. Drawing on a wealth of forgotten documents from archives in seven countries, Smith presents Rasputin in all his complexity--man of God, voice of peace, loyal subject, adulterer, drunkard. Rasputin is not just a definitive biography of an extraordinary and legendary man but a fascinating portrait of the twilight of imperial Russia as it lurched toward catastrophe.9780374240844L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,European History Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 848 |
 | Permanent RecordEdward SnowdenMacmillan USA-01-09-2019432 pagesDescription: Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first time the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down. In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the American intelligence establishment and revealed that the United States government was secretly pursuing the means to collect every single phone call, text message, and email. The result would be an unprecedented system of mass surveillance with the ability to pry into the private lives of every person on earth. Six years later, Snowden reveals for the very first time how he helped to build this system and why he was moved to expose it. Spanning the bucolic Beltway suburbs of his childhood and the clandestine CIA and NSA postings of his adulthood, Permanent Record is the extraordinary account of a bright young man who grew up online—a man who became a spy, a whistleblower, and, in exile, the Internet’s conscience.9781250756541L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Snowden, Edward J , 1983-,Officials and employeesUnited States. National Security Agency,Government information Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 432 |
 | Not Dead Yet: The AutobiographyPhil CollinsArrow-18-05-2017447 pagesDescription: Phil Collins gained fame as both the drummer and lead singer for Genesis and continues to enjoy worldwide success today. He’s one of only three recording artists who have sold over 100 million albums both as solo artists and separately as principal members of a band - the other two being Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. Revered as a drummer, he’s the only performer of distinction to have appeared at both the UK and US original Live Aid concerts, the creator of numerous worldwide hits, and is an Oscar winner for the song ‘You'll Be in My Heart', from the Disney film Tarzan. Phil Collins' life has also been rich with experience outside of music, starting with his career as a child actor, appearing aged 13 as the Artful Dodger in the stage production of Oliver! through Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Miami Vice and The Band Played On. In his memoir Phil talks honestly about his three failed marriages, his alcoholism and his ill health but also describes the highs and lows of his career, and what it is like to work with other rock legends from Eric Clapton to Robert Plant. Published to coincide with the release of a singles collection, Not Dead Yet will thrill fans and change minds.9781784753603L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Individual Actors & Performers,Rock & Pop Music,Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 447 |
 | Una vita per la FerrariPaolo ScaramelliIncontri Editrice-01-01-2018144 pages9788899667221L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Biografie e autobiografie,Tempo libero,Automobilismo Editors: Leo Turrini Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 144 |
 | Slide RuleNevil ShuteVintage Classics-19-10-2009264 pagesDescription: Nevil Shute was a power and a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist. This autobiography charts Shute's path from childhood to his career as a gifted aeronautical engineer working at the forefront of the technological experimentation of the 1920s and 30s. The inspiration for many of the themes and concerns of Shute's novels can be identified in this enjoyable and enlightening memoir.9780099530176L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AeronauticaCategories: Fiction,Fiction Classics Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 264 |
 | I Flew for the F�hrer: The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter PilotThe Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter PilotHeinz KnokeGreenhill Books-11-12-2020208 pagesDescription: Heinz Knoke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of the Second World War. This vivid first-hand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs and is a fascinating counterbalance to the numerous accounts written by Allied pilots. Knoke joined the Luftwaffe on the outbreak of war, and eventually became commanding officer of a fighter wing. An outstandingly brave and skillful fighter, he logged over two thousand flights and shot down fifty-two enemy aircraft. He had flown over four hundred operational missions before being wounded in an astonishing 'last stand' towards the end of the war. He was awarded the Knight's Cross for his achievements. In a text that reveals his intense patriotism and discipline, he describes being brought up in the strict Prussian tradition, the rise of the Nazi regime and his own wartime career set against a fascinating study of everyday life in the Luftwaffe. He also reveals the high morale of the force until its disintegration. His memoirs are both a valuable contribution to aviation literature and a moving human story.9781784386023L1Storia,Aeronautica ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,Memoirs,European History Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 208 |
 | Good Grief: Story of Charles M SchulzThe Story of Charles M. SchulzRheta Grimsley JohnsonAndrews McMeel Publishing-01-01-1995262 pagesDescription: An American icon, brilliant and notoriously private, Charles Schulz is a fascinating paradox. He owns an ice arena, a plane, and is a regular on Forbes' list of top money makers--yet his roots are firmly planted in the snows of St. Paul and the preachings of the church. This fully authorized portrait explores the Peanuts creator's extraordinary life.9780836280975L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Cartoonists Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 262 |
 | My Book of GenesisRichard MacphailWymer UK-09-02-2018238 pages9781908724939L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 238 |
 | Agent Sonya: The True Story of WW2’s Most Extraordinary SpyMoscow's Most Daring Wartime SpyBen MacintyrePenguin-27-05-2021400 pagesDescription: The incredible story of the greatest female spy in history, from one of Britain's most acclaimed historians - available for pre-order now In a quiet English village in 1942, an elegant housewife emerged from her cottage to go on her usual bike ride. A devoted wife and mother-of-three, the woman known to her neighbours as Mrs Burton seemed to epitomise rural British domesticity. However, rather than pedalling towards the shops with her ration book, she was racing through the Oxfordshire countryside to gather scientific intelligence from one of the country's most brilliant nuclear physicists. Secrets that she would transmit to Soviet intelligence headquarters via the radio transmitter she was hiding in her outdoor privy. Far from a British housewife, 'Mrs Burton' - born Ursula Kuczynski, and codenamed 'Sonya' - was a German Jew, a dedicated communist, a colonel in Russia's Red Army, and a highly-trained spy. From planning an assassination attempt on Hitler in Switzerland, to spying on the Japanese in Manchuria, and helping the Soviet Union build the atom bomb, Sonya conducted some of the most dangerous espionage operations of the twentieth century. Her story has never been told - until now. Agent Sonya is the exhilarating account of one woman's life; a life that encompasses the rise and fall of communism itself, and altered the course of history. 'Macintyre does true-life espionage better than anyone else' John Preston9780241986950L1Storia,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,True War & Combat Stories,20th Century History: C 1900 To C 2000 Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 400 |
 | The Wright BrothersDavid McCulloughSimon Schuster-03-05-2016336 pagesDescription: The #1 New York Times bestseller from David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize—the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly—Wilbur and Orville Wright. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two brothers—bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio—changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe that the age of flight had begun, with the first powered machine carrying a pilot. Orville and Wilbur Wright were men of exceptional courage and determination, and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity. When they worked together, no problem seemed to be insurmountable. Wilbur was unquestionably a genius. Orville had such mechanical ingenuity as few had ever seen. That they had no more than a public high school education and little money never stopped them in their mission to take to the air. Nothing did, not even the self-evident reality that every time they took off, they risked being killed. In this “enjoyable, fast-paced tale” (The Economist), master historian David McCullough “shows as never before how two Ohio boys from a remarkable family taught the world to fly” (The Washington Post) and “captures the marvel of what the Wrights accomplished” (The Wall Street Journal). He draws on the extensive Wright family papers to profile not only the brothers but their sister, Katharine, without whom things might well have gone differently for them. Essential rea...9781476728759L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AeronauticaCategories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military,Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering,History Of The Americas Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 336 |
 | The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von NeumannThe Visionary Life of John Von NeumannAnanyo BhattacharyaAllen Lane-07-10-2021272 pagesDescription: 'A sparkling book, with an intoxicating mix of pen-portraits and grand historical narrative. Above all it fizzes with a dizzying mix of deliciously vital ideas. . . A staggering achievement' Tim Harford An exhilarating new biography of John von Neumann: the lost genius who invented our world The smartphones in our pockets and computers like brains. The vagaries of game theory and evolutionary biology. Self-replicating moon bases and nuclear weapons. All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: John von Neumann. Born in Budapest at the turn of the century, von Neumann is one of the most influential scientists to have ever lived. His colleagues believed he had the fastest brain on the planet - bar none. He was instrumental in the Manhattan Project and helped formulate the bedrock of Cold War geopolitics and modern economic theory. He created the first ever programmable digital computer. He prophesied the potential of nanotechnology and, from his deathbed, expounded on the limits of brains and computers - and how they might be overcome. Taking us on an astonishing journey, Ananyo Bhattacharya explores how a combination of genius and unique historical circumstance allowed a single man to sweep through so many different fields of science, sparking revolutions wherever he went. Insightful and illuminating, The Man from the Future is a thrilling intellectual biography of the visionary thinker who shaped our century.9780241398852L1Scienza e Tecnologia ,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering,History Of Mathematics,History Of Science Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 272 |
 | Hands of Stone: The Life and Legend of Roberto DuranThe Life and Legend of Roberto DuranChristian GiudiceMilo Books-01-01-2006320 pagesDescription: Roberto Duran is a sporting legend. Often called the greatest boxer of all time, he held world titles at four different weights, is the only boxer in history to have fought in five different decades, and his bouts with fellow greats like Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, and Marvin Hagler have gone down in fistic folklore. He finally retired in January of 2002, at age fifty-two, with a professional record of 104 wins (69 by KO) in 120 fights. They called him Manos de Piedra: “Hands of Stone.” Now journalist Christian Giudice has written the first—and definitive—story of Duran’s incredible life both in and out of the ring. He has interviewed the fighter, his family, closest friends, and scores of his opponents to separate truth from myth. Duran was born in utter poverty in Panama and grew up in the streets, fighting to survive. His talent with his fists soon emerged, and he had his first professional fight in 1967. Duran grew into a fighter’s fighter. His hunger to destroy opponents and his willingness to take on anyone, anywhere, made him a huge favorite while his flamboyant lifestyle outside the ring made headline news. Duran was one of the first Latino fighters to become a mainstream sports star in the United States, and his natural talent, unprecedented achievements, and longevity made an indelible mark on the world of sport.9781903854556L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Boxers (Sports) Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 320 |
 | Al CaponeHis Life, Legacy, and LegendDeirdre BairNan A. Talese-25-10-2016416 pagesDescription: From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Capone to be produced with the cooperation of his family, who provided the author with exclusive access to personal testimony and archival documents. From his heyday to the present moment, Al Capone—Public Enemy Number One—has gripped popular imagination. Rising from humble Brooklyn roots, Capone went on to become the most infamous gangster in American history. At the height of Prohibition, his multimillion-dollar Chicago bootlegging, prostitution, and gambling operation dominated the organized-crime scene. His competition with rival gangs was brutally violent, a long-running war that crested with the shocking St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929. Law enforcement and the media elite seemed powerless to stop the growth of his empire. And then the fall: a legal noose tightened by the FBI, a conviction on tax evasion, Alcatraz. After his release he returned to his family in Miami a much diminished man, living quietly until the ravages of his neurosyphilis took their final toll. But the slick mobster persona endures, immortalized in countless novels and movies. The true flesh-and-blood man behind the legend has long remained a mystery. Unscrupulous newspaper accounts and Capone’s own tall tales perpetuated his mystique, but through dogged research Deirdre Bair debunks the most outrageous of these myths. With the help of Capone’s descendants, she discovers his essential humanity, u...9780385537155L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Historical,Criminals & Outlaws,20th Century Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 416 |
 | Total CompetitionLessons in Strategy from Formula OneRoss Brawn,Adam ParrSimon & Schuster-03-11-2016336 pagesDescription: Total Competition is the most compelling, comprehensive and revealing insight into what it takes to get to the top in Formula One that has ever been published. Across four decades, Ross Brawn was one of the most innovative and successful technical directors and then team principals in Formula One. Leading Benetton, Ferrari, Honda, Brawn and Mercedes, he worked with drivers such as Michael Schumacher, Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton to make them world champions. In 2017, he was appointed F1's managing director, motor sports, by the sport's new owners Liberty Media. Now, in this fascinating book written with Adam Parr (who was CEO and then chairman of Williams for five years), he looks back over his career and methods to assess how he did it, and where occasionally he got things wrong. Total Competition is a definitive portrait of modern motorsport. In the book, Brawn and Parr explore the unique pressures of Formula One, their battles with Bernie Ecclestone, and the cut-throat world they inhabited, where coming second is never good enough. This book will appeal not only to the millions of Formula One fans who want to understand how Brawn operates, it will also provide many lessons in how to achieve your own business goals. 'A must-have insight into the awe-inspiring career of a true motor racing great' Daily Express9781471162350L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Autobiography: Sport Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 336 |
 | Memorie di un irresistibile libertinoGroucho MarxBUR Biblioteca Univ. Rizzoli-01-01-1999256 pages9788817106283L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 256 |
 | Andre Lefebvre and the Cars He Created at Voisin and CitrodnGijsbert-Paul BerkVeloce Publishing-01-11-2009144 pagesDescription: Together with his colleagues at Citroën, Andre Lefebvre created the Traction Avant (1934), the TUB (1939) – Citroën's first front wheel drive utility van that was succeeded by the H and HY vans (1947) – the Deux Chevaux (1948), and, last but not least, the DS (1955). From 1923 to 1931 Lefebvre also designed several highly original and outstanding competition cars and record-breaking automobiles for Voisin. He even drove some these cars in races and record attempts. It is obvious that during his 16 years with Gabriel Voisin he was very much influenced by the ideas of this illustrious aviation pioneer and car manufacturer. The experience gained during that period gave him the self-confidence to persuade his successive bosses at Citroën that his unorthodox approach to automobile design was what the company needed; first he convinced André Citroën, later Pierre Michelin, then Pierre-Jules Boulanger, and finally Robert Puiseux and Pierre Bercot. His oeuvre for Citroën alone earns him a place of honour among the great automobile designers of the past century. The fact that most present-day cars still carry the DNA of his design philosophy makes him stand out above other automotive pioneers and innovators. That is why it is amazing that so little is known about this fascinating and brilliant engineer. Andre Lefebvre and the Cars He Created at Voisin and Citroën was written in order to remedy that, and to pay tribute to André Lefebvre: the passionate pioneer who left car enthu...9781845842444L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Transportation Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 144 |
 | The OutsiderA MemoirJimmy ConnorsHarper Paperbacks-01-05-2014416 pagesDescription: Jimmy Connors is a working-man's hero, a people's champion who tore the cover off the country-club gentility of his sport. A renegade from the wrong side of the tracks, he broke the rules with a radically aggressive style of play and bad-boy antics. Yet his enduring dedication to his craft kept him among the top ten best players in the world for sixteen years straight—five of those years at number one. Presiding over an era that saw tennis attract a new breed of passionate fans, from cops to tycoons, Connors transformed the game forever with his two-handed backhand, his two-fisted lifestyle, and his epic rivalries. The complete, uncensored story of his life and career, The Outsider is a grand slam of a memoir written by a man once again at the top of his game—as feisty, unvarnished, and defiant as ever.9780061243004L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Sports,BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/Personal Memoirs,SPORTS & RECREATION/Essays Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 416 |
 | Rocky Marciano. The kingGiuliano OrlandoLibreria dello Sport-12-12-2014320 pagesDescription: Siamo nell'America degli anni '50, l'epoca del boom e del nazionalismo esasperato. È finita da pochi anni la guerra in Europa, dove si sono immolati molti ragazzi americani dalle radici europee. Gli USA cercano figure esemplari per rafforzare il senso di appartenenza. L'esplosione di Rocky Marciano sul ring è lo specchio di ciò che vuole la gente. Un eroe invincibile. Rocky riesce a detenere il titolo del mondo e a ritirarsi imbattuto dopo 49 vittorie (e ben 43 ko) su 49 incontri da professionista. Molti critici della boxe gli rimproverano la sua grezza tecnica e i suoi difetti fisici, come lo scarso peso e la limitata statura. Ma Rocky possiede qualità che pochissimi pugili sono stati in grado vantare durante un secolo e mezzo di boxe moderna. La sua aggressività ai limiti del regolamento e una resistenza quasi sovraumana ai colpi degli avversari lo rendono presto il pugile-guerriero per antonomasia, disposto ad incassare tre pugni pur di metterne a segno uno. Rifiuta anche la semplice possibilità di poter essere sconfitto e, incontro dopo incontro, inizia a credergli anche il mondo. Un eroe apripista di una serie infinita di storie di pugilato.9788861270510L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 320 |
 | Charles Clifton of Pierce-ArrowA Sure Hand and a Fine AutomobileRoger J. ShermanMcFarland-12-03-2019289 pagesDescription: As head of Pierce-Arrow in its formative years, Colonel Charles Clifton played a significant role in the development of a venerated automobile manufacturer. Roundly respected in his time, Clifton was a force in automobile trade associations for nearly a quarter century but slipped into undeserved obscurity after his death in 1928. This biography covers Charles Clifton's role in the earliest conflicts and achievements of the American automobile industry and the growth of the Pierce-Arrow company, using industry publications and periodicals of the time as well as recollections of his associates and contemporaries. It details his wider importance in shaping the industry itself, especially his role in the controversies surrounding the Selden patent and the patent cross-licensing agreement between auto manufacturers. The impact of World War I on the industry and Clifton's activities responding to the vast operational changes the war brought about conclude the book.9781476675848L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Transportation Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 289 |
 | Genio. La vita e la scienza di Richard FeynmanJames GleickGarzanti Libri-01-01-1994664 pages9788811593553L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,Scienza e TecnologiaCategories: Biography & Autobiography Language: it Pages Read: 664 |
 | The Beatles. L'opera completaIan McDonaldMondadori-01-01-1997492 pagesDescription: 'No book has taken us closer to the music of the Beatles' Tony Parsons 'Consistently brilliant' SUNDAY TIMES 'Essential' Q The Beatles achievement was so dazzling, so extraordinary, that few have questioned it. Agreement that they were far and away the best pop group ever is all but universal. And nowhere is the spirit of the Sixties - both in its soaring optimism and its drug-spirited introspection - more perfectly expressed than in the Beatles' music. Taking all the elements which combined to create each song as it was captured on vinyl - the songwriting process, the stimuli of contemporary pop hits and events, the evolving input from each of the Four, the brilliant innovations pulled off in the studio and, ultimately, the twisting grip of psychedelic drugs - the Beatles are pinpointed, record by record, in precise and fascinating detail against the backdrop of that vibrant era.9788804423003L1Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Music Format: Paperback Language: it Pages Read: 492 |
 | Andre CitroenThe Man and the Motor CarsJohn ReynoldsSutton Publishing Limited-01-01-1999238 pagesDescription: The French automobile pioneer and entrepreneur Andre Citroen is one of the neglected founding figures of the industry. Although his name remains a familiar household word, his colourful personality and spectacular achievements are now largely unrecognized. This illustrated biography reviews Citroen's life and work and catalogues the cars he produced. It restores his reputation as one of the most progressive and imaginative characters in the history of the motor car.9780750923224L1Automobile,Biografie, lettere e memorieCategories: Automobile engineers Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 238 |
 | Marx's GeneralThe Revolutionary Life of Friedrich EngelsTristram HuntPicador-03-08-2010464 pagesDescription: "Written with brio, warmth, and historical understanding, this is the best biography of one of the most attractive inhabitants of Victorian England, Marx's friend, partner, and political heir."—Eric Hobsbawm Friedrich Engels is one of the most intriguing and contradictory figures of the nineteenth century. Born to a prosperous mercantile family, he spent his life enjoying the comfortable existence of a Victorian gentleman; yet he was at the same time the co-author of The Communist Manifesto, a ruthless political tactician, and the man who sacrificed his best years so that Karl Marx could have the freedom to write. Although his contributions are frequently overlooked, Engels's grasp of global capital provided an indispensable foundation for communist doctrine, and his account of the Industrial Revolution, The Condition of the Working Class in England, remains one of the most haunting and brutal indictments of capitalism's human cost. Drawing on a wealth of letters and archives, acclaimed historian Tristram Hunt plumbs Engels's intellectual legacy and shows us how one of the great bon viveurs of Victorian Britain reconciled his exuberant personal life with his radical political philosophy. This epic story of devoted friendship, class compromise, ideological struggle, and family betrayal at last brings Engels out from the shadow of his famous friend and collaborator.9780805092486L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,StoriaCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 464 |
 | Ferrari rex. Biografia di un grande italiano del NovecentoLuca Dal MonteNada-01-01-20161104 pagesDescription: Il volume, di oltre 1100 pagine, corredato da immagini del tutto inedite, è frutto di quattro anni di scrittura e di sette di ricerche condotte su quotidiani e riviste così come su documenti e carte private mai studiate in precedenza; il tutto arricchito dalla testimonianza di molti dei personaggi della cerchia più stretta dell'uomo di Maranello. Indiscusso protagonista del libro è soprattutto l'uomo Ferrari: dal ragazzino sognatore al pilota dei primi anni Venti, dal giovane imprenditore all'istrionico direttore sportivo della "Scuderia Ferrari" che, alla soglia dei cinquant'anni, realizza il proprio sogno diventando costruttore di automobili. Dopo il Secondo conflitto mondiale, il "Drake" si getta ancora una volta nella mischia e, a suon di vittorie e titoli iridati, consacra il suo nome e quello della sua fabbrica nell'Olimpo dall'automobilismo mondiale. Folgoranti successi si alternano ad incalcolabili perdite sino a quando Ferrari, come soltanto i grandi uomini sanno fare, esce di scena, in silenzio.9788879116329L1Biografie, lettere e memorie ,AutomobileCategories: Biography & Autobiography Format: Hardcover Language: it Pages Read: 1104 |
 | HemingwayFernanda PivanoRusconi-01-01-1985236 pages9788818230048da localizzareBiografie, lettere e memorienull - 24-08-2013Format: Hardcover Pages Read: 236 |
 | Hemingway: a Life Storyernest-hemingway-a-life-storyCarlos BakerScribner Book Company-01-07-1969697 pagesDescription: Now hailed as a classic, Carlos Baker's bestselling biography of Hemingway brings into sharp focus one of the titans of 20th-century American literature, a writer whose life itself was the stuff of legend.9780685458273da localizzareBiografie, lettere e memorie ,Letteratura Narrativa e PoesiaCategories: Biography: General Format: Hardcover Language: en Pages Read: 697 |
 | Alan Turing: The EnigmaAndrew HodgesWalker Books-01-03-2000608 pagesDescription: Alan Turing (1912-54) was a British mathematician who made history. His breaking of the German U-boat Enigma cipher in World War II ensured Allied-American control of the Atlantic. But Turing's vision went far beyond the desperate wartime struggle. Already in the 1930s he had defined the concept of the universal machine, which underpins the computer revolution. In 1945 he was a pioneer of electronic computer design. But Turing's true goal was the scientific understanding of the mind, brought out in the drama and wit of the famous "Turing test" for machine intelligence and in his prophecy for the twenty-first century. Drawn in to the cockpit of world events and the forefront of technological innovation, Alan Turing was also an innocent and unpretentious gay man trying to live in a society that criminalized him. In 1952 he revealed his homosexuality and was forced to participate in a humiliating treatment program, and was ever after regarded as a security risk. His suicide in 1954 remains one of the many enigmas in an astonishing life story.9780802775801da localizzareBiografie, lettere e memorie ,Scienza e TecnologiaCategories: Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering,Second World War,Mathematics Format: Paperback Language: en Pages Read: 608 |