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He Wanted the Moon

The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him

de Mimi Baird, Eve Claxton ...

**Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony KushnerA Washington Post Best Book of 2015A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.**Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career, ... Leer más

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**Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony KushnerA Washington Post Best Book of 2015A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.**Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career,
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The Bridesmaid's Daughter

From Grace Kelly's wedding to a homeless shelter - searching for the truth about my mother

de Nyna Giles ...

The dual story of Carolyn and her child; one strand evoking a beautiful woman's success and film star friendship with Grace Kelly in '50s new York - the other a child's-eye account of a mother's descent into psychosis and a childhood of deprivation and captivity. Nyna, the youngest child of Carolyn Scott Reybolds, became the victim of her untreated mental illness. Yet through it all, like a ... Leer más

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The dual story of Carolyn and her child; one strand evoking a beautiful woman's success and film star friendship with Grace Kelly in '50s new York - the other a child's-eye account of a mother's descent into psychosis and a childhood of deprivation and captivity. Nyna, the youngest child of Carolyn Scott Reybolds, became the victim of her untreated mental illness. Yet through it all, like a
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The World's Best Memoir Writing

The Literature of Life from St. Augustine to Gandhi, and from Pablo Picasso to Nelson Mandela

de Eve Claxton ...

Eve Claxton has taken the most intriguing portions of the world's most famous memoirs and compiled them in this volume. The reader experiences world history as the authors lived it and gains rare insight into the lives and personalities of some of the world's most important writers, thinkers, athletes and artists.From Charlie Chaplin's childhood walks through Victorian London and Alan Bennett's ... Leer más

$12.99 USD

Eve Claxton has taken the most intriguing portions of the world's most famous memoirs and compiled them in this volume. The reader experiences world history as the authors lived it and gains rare insight into the lives and personalities of some of the world's most important writers, thinkers, athletes and artists.From Charlie Chaplin's childhood walks through Victorian London and Alan Bennett's
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The Bridesmaid's Daughter

From Grace Kelly's Wedding to a Women's Shelter—Searching for the Truth About My Mother

de Nyna Giles, Eve Claxton ...

A daughter's moving search to understand her mother, Carolyn Scott—once a bridesmaid to Princess Grace and one of the first Ford models—who later in life spent years living in a homeless shelter.Nyna Giles was picking up groceries at the supermarket one day when she looked down and saw the headline on the cover of a tabloid: "Former Bridesmaid of Princess Grace Lives in Homeless Shelter." Nyna was ... Leer más

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A daughter's moving search to understand her mother, Carolyn Scott—once a bridesmaid to Princess Grace and one of the first Ford models—who later in life spent years living in a homeless shelter.Nyna Giles was picking up groceries at the supermarket one day when she looked down and saw the headline on the cover of a tabloid: "Former Bridesmaid of Princess Grace Lives in Homeless Shelter." Nyna was
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Il voulait croquer la Lune - Le journal du médecin qui a découvert la bipolarité

de Mimi Baird, Eve Claxton, Christophe André ...

Traducido por Anna Souillac ...

À la suite d'une nouvelle crise de maniacodépression, l'éminent Dr Perry Baird, diplômé de Harvard avec les plus hautes distinctions, est interné en hôpital psychiatrique.À 40 ans, il perd dans la foulée femme et enfants, ainsi que son droit d'exercer la médecine.C'est une chute libre dans les abysses de la maladie, avec, pour seul filin, une obsession : prouver, avant que le mal l'anéantisse tout ... Leer más

$15.99 USD

À la suite d'une nouvelle crise de maniacodépression, l'éminent Dr Perry Baird, diplômé de Harvard avec les plus hautes distinctions, est interné en hôpital psychiatrique.À 40 ans, il perd dans la foulée femme et enfants, ainsi que son droit d'exercer la médecine.C'est une chute libre dans les abysses de la maladie, avec, pour seul filin, une obsession : prouver, avant que le mal l'anéantisse tout
... Leer más
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He Wanted the Moon

The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him

de Mimi Baird, Eve Claxton ...

Narrado por Jane Alexander, Paul Boehmer, John Bedford Lloyd ...

Completo

6 hora 36 minutos

**Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony KushnerA Washington Post Best Book of 2015A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.**Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career, ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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**Soon to be a major motion picture, from Brad Pitt and Tony KushnerA Washington Post Best Book of 2015A mid-century doctor's raw, unvarnished account of his own descent into madness, and his daughter's attempt to piece his life back together and make sense of her own.**Texas-born and Harvard-educated, Dr. Perry Baird was a rising medical star in the late 1920s and 1930s. Early in his career,
... Leer más

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The Bridesmaid's Daughter

From Grace Kelly's Wedding to a Women's Shelter - Searching for the Truth About My Mother

de Nyna Giles, Eve Claxton ...

Narrado por Nyna Giles ...

Completo

7 hora 3 minutos

**"A fascinating true story." — Good HousekeepingA daughter’s moving search to understand her mother, Carolyn Scott—once a bridesmaid to Princess Grace and one of the first Ford models—who later in life spent years living in a homeless shelter.**Nyna Giles was picking up groceries at the supermarket one day when she looked down and saw the headline on the cover of a tabloid: “Former Bridesmaid of ... Leer más

$22.99 USD

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**"A fascinating true story." — Good HousekeepingA daughter’s moving search to understand her mother, Carolyn Scott—once a bridesmaid to Princess Grace and one of the first Ford models—who later in life spent years living in a homeless shelter.**Nyna Giles was picking up groceries at the supermarket one day when she looked down and saw the headline on the cover of a tabloid: “Former Bridesmaid of
... Leer más

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The World Is Bigger Now

An American Journalist's Release from Captivity in North Korea . . . A Remarkable Story of Faith, Family, and Forgiveness

de Euna Lee, Lisa Dickey ...

Narrado por Janet Song ...

Completo

7 hora 27 minutos

For the first time, Euna Lee—the young wife, mother, and film editor detained in North Korea—tells a harrowing, but ultimately inspiring, story of survival and faith in one of the most isolated parts of the world.On March 17, 2009, Lee and her Current TV colleague Laura Ling were working on a documentary about the desperate lives of North Koreans fleeing their homeland for a chance at freedom when ... Leer más

$20.99 USD

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For the first time, Euna Lee—the young wife, mother, and film editor detained in North Korea—tells a harrowing, but ultimately inspiring, story of survival and faith in one of the most isolated parts of the world.On March 17, 2009, Lee and her Current TV colleague Laura Ling were working on a documentary about the desperate lives of North Koreans fleeing their homeland for a chance at freedom when
... Leer más

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Edge of Innocence, The

The Trial of Casper Bennett

de David Miraldi ...

Narrado por Steve Wannall ...

Completo

12 hora 3 minutos

Named 2018 Book of the Year by International Rubery Book AwardThe Edge of Innocence is a work of narrative nonfiction based on the 1964 murder trial of Casper Bennett, a man accused of drowning his wife in a bathtub of scalding water in Lorain, Ohio. Bennett's sensational trial pitted an aggressive, mercurial county prosecutor against the author's father, a civil trial attorney who had never ... Leer más

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Named 2018 Book of the Year by International Rubery Book AwardThe Edge of Innocence is a work of narrative nonfiction based on the 1964 murder trial of Casper Bennett, a man accused of drowning his wife in a bathtub of scalding water in Lorain, Ohio. Bennett's sensational trial pitted an aggressive, mercurial county prosecutor against the author's father, a civil trial attorney who had never
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June

A Novel

de Miranda Beverly-Whittemore ...

Narrado por Sofia Willingham ...

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14 hora 27 minutos

From the New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet comes a novel of suspense and passion about a terrible mistake made sixty years ago that threatens to change a modern family forever.Twenty-five-year-old Cassie Danvers is holed up in her family’s crumbling mansion in rural St. Jude, Ohio, mourning the loss of the woman who raised her—her grandmother, June. But a knock on the door forces ... Leer más

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Bittersweet comes a novel of suspense and passion about a terrible mistake made sixty years ago that threatens to change a modern family forever.Twenty-five-year-old Cassie Danvers is holed up in her family’s crumbling mansion in rural St. Jude, Ohio, mourning the loss of the woman who raised her—her grandmother, June. But a knock on the door forces
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Beautiful Affliction

A Memoir

de Lene Fogelberg ...

Narrado por Henrietta Meire ...

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9 hora 27 minutos

Lene Fogelberg is dying—she is sure of it—but no doctor in Sweden, her home country, believes her. Love stories enfold her, with her husband, her two precious daughters, her enchanting surroundings, but the question she has carried in her heart since childhood—Will I die young?—is threatening all she holds dear, even her sanity. When her young family moves to the U.S., an answer, a diagnosis, is ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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Lene Fogelberg is dying—she is sure of it—but no doctor in Sweden, her home country, believes her. Love stories enfold her, with her husband, her two precious daughters, her enchanting surroundings, but the question she has carried in her heart since childhood—Will I die young?—is threatening all she holds dear, even her sanity. When her young family moves to the U.S., an answer, a diagnosis, is
... Leer más

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Two Small Footprints in Wet Sand

The Uplifting True Story of a Mother's Brave Quest to Save Her Daughter

de Anne-Dauphine Julliand ...

Narrado por Tanya Eby ...

Completo

5 hora 18 minutos

Thaïs is almost two. Like most well-loved children, she is happy. She laughs as she runs on the beach. But her footprints in the sand, with toes turned out, tell a different story. Two Small Footprints in Wet Sand relates the overwhelming tragedy experienced by a family as a result of a genetic disorder.A true tale told by a mother, it’s the story of a little girl, of how family, friends, and the ... Leer más

$14.99 USD

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Thaïs is almost two. Like most well-loved children, she is happy. She laughs as she runs on the beach. But her footprints in the sand, with toes turned out, tell a different story. Two Small Footprints in Wet Sand relates the overwhelming tragedy experienced by a family as a result of a genetic disorder.A true tale told by a mother, it’s the story of a little girl, of how family, friends, and the
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