Showing results for "Simone" in Biographies & Memoirs

Inspired by the Academy Award-nominated Netflix documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?, an intimate and vivid look at the legendary life of Nina Simone, the classically trained pianist who evolved into a chart-topping chanteuse and committed civil rights activist. From music journalist and...

On Thursday, 1st July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Dr Simone's piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for 20 years—a sacred totem, his creative muse, a conduit that would eventually take Ellis back to his childhood and his relationship with found objects, growing in significance with every passing year.

In Fantasies of Nina Simone, Jordan Alexander Stein examines the space between our collective and individual fantasies about Simone the performer, civil rights activist, and icon, and her own fantasies about herself. Stein outlines how Simone gave voice to personal fantasies through releasing dozens of covers of her white male contemporaries.

Raised on Charles Baudelaire, A Clockwork Orange, and fine Bordeaux in 1970s Lebanon, Darina Al-Joundi was encouraged by her unconventional father to defy all taboos. As the bombs fell, she lived an adolescence of excess and transgression, defying death in nightclubs. The more oppressive the country became, the more drugs and anonymous sex she had, fueling the resentment by day of the same men who would spend the night with her. As the war dies down, she begins to incur the consequences of her lifestyle. On his deathbed, her father's last wish is for his favorite song, "Sinnerman" by Nina Simone, to be played at his funeral.

Il 3 gennaio del 2021, in pieno lockdown, il corpo di un ragazzo di 28 anni viene trovato all'interno di una fabbrica in provincia di Varese. Impiccato con la sua cintura a un macchinario usato per riciclare il vetro. Per i magistrati che conducono le indagini, Simone Mattarelli si è tolto la vita sotto effetto di cocaina, dopo tre ore di inseguimento a folle velocità con sei gazzelle dei carabinieri. Ma per i suoi genitori le cose non sono andate così.È stato un suicidio o un omicidio?Grazie ad audio e documenti inediti, interviste con i protagonisti della storia ed esperti, il ...

The Balance is coach Aimee Boorman’s inside account of the growth of a transcendent athlete and the tumultuous events—from the dictatorial coaching of Martha Karolyi to the sexual abuse by Larry Nassar—that upended the lives of many girls, including Biles. Simone Biles is one of the greatest athletes of all time. She’s won six all-around world championships and eleven Olympic medals (seven gold).

Wer die Philosophien zur Moderne verstehen will, der sollte Leben und Werke der französischen Existenzialistin und Feministin kennen. Der erfahrene Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Bildungsreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zu Simone de Beauvoir. Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) gilt als wichtigste französische Intellektuelle des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ihr 1949 veröffentlichter Roman "Das andere Geschlecht" gilt als Meilenstein feministischer Literatur.

Simone Lucie Ernestine Marie Bertrand de Beauvoir (January 9, 1908 - April 14, 1986) was a French existentialist philosopher, writer and social theorist. Beauvoir wrote novels, essays, biographies, autobiographies, and monographs on philosophy, politics, and social issues. She was best known for her "trailblazing work in feminist philosophy," including The Second Sex, published in 1949, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism. The following is from a 1976 interview (in English).

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019 National Book Award-winning biographer Deirdre Bair explores her fifteen remarkable years in Paris with Samuel Beckett and Simone de Beauvoir, painting intimate new portraits of two literary giants and revealing secrets of the...

Una vita esemplare e un pensiero folgorante. Eugenio Borgna ha trascorso molto della sua vita in dialogo con gli scritti di Simone Weil, che hanno saputo offrirgli infinite suggestioni per il suo cammino di medico e psichiatra, impegnato nell'ascolto e nella condivisione della sofferenza e della speranza.

SIMONE WEIL (1909-1943) suscitó en vida tanta admiración como feroces antipatías, y después de muerta empezó a ser leída y estudiada con fascinación por un público cada vez más numeroso. Escritora y polemista ecléctica e incansable, crítica ferviente del estalinismo desde la izquierda, dispuesta a experimentar en primera persona el trabajo en la fábrica e incluso la realidad del frente en la Guerra Civil española, participante activa en la resistencia francesa desde el exilio… hasta su muerte con apenas treinta y cuatro años, en plena Segunda Guerra Mundial.

In the wickedly bittersweet and hilarious You Must Go and Win, the Ukrainian-born musician Alina Simone traces her bizarre journey through the indie rock world, from disastrous Craigslist auditions with sketchy producers to catching fleas in a Williamsburg sublet. But Simone offers more than down-and-out tales of her time as a struggling musician: she has a rapier wit, slashing and burning her way through the absurdities of life, while offering surprising and poignant insights.

The incomparable Simone Signoret (1921 - 1985), one of the grand actresses of the twentieth century and one of France's most notable stars, considered herself the "oldest discovery" in Hollywood. After years of blacklisting during the McCarthy era, she was 38 years old when she entered Hollywood through the back door in the 1959 British blockbuster Room at the Top. Her portrayal of the endearing Alice Aisgill earned her the Academy Award in 1960, the first French actor to win a coveted Oscar.

The Fate We Make: Heartbreak, is the first volume of a remarkable, occasionally tragic. but ultimately redemptive coming-of-age story. From an early age, Simone Warren recognized that she was caught between her family’s expectations and her need to find her own path and voice. Born into a Singaporean Chinese family and a life rooted in tradition, her story is a stunning tale of survival and an inspiring look at how we can learn to move beyond trauma to forge a path toward finding happiness.

You’ve been with us through our early twenties. Now join Simone, Elise, and Jordan as we step into our thirties. Welcome back to Kinda Adulting!

Do you love the fabulous decade of the 90s? Do you love True Crime? Well then you are going to love this brand new True Crime Podcast, 90s Crime Time! On this podcast you're going to hear about cases that you may or may not have heard about in the news. In the premiere season you're going to hear about cases from theft, to kidnapping, to murder all from the great decade of 1990 to 1999.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/90s-crime-time--6849554/support.

Le destin de Simone s’est écrit le jour de sa naissance. Son premier cri, elle le pousse en partie à cause d’un arrachement du plexus brachial qui paralyse son bras droit. Comme dans 80 % des situations, son handicap est invisible. Pourtant, à force de volonté et de courage elle embrasse une carrière de handballeuse, jusqu’à atteindre le très haut niveau.

Hey Guys! I’m B. Simone. Most of you know me as a stand-up comedian, actress, and entrepreneur. But now I want you to join me as I virtually document & take you on my healing journey. This podcast is to encourage others to be resilient and find joy in the midst of pain. I will highlight the importance of not letting pain and disappointment taint you or make you bitter, but instead, propel you forward into life’s beautiful second chances. LTTA is about resilience, finding purpose & healing. Growth is necessary, but don’t forget to enjoy life while doing it. We’ll talk about Reaching the...

In questo podcast parlerò della mia vita tra droga, spaccio, carcere e tanto altro.

Things may have started out bad, but God stepped in and turned things around.