The New York Times bestseller from prizewinning author David Michaelis presents a “stunning” (The Wall Street Journal) breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America’s longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world’s most widely admired and influential women.In the first single-volume cradle-to-grave portrait in six decades, acclaimed biographer ...

Tocalivros Apresenta a segunda parte da biografia SCHULZ & PEANUTS - A BIOGRAFIA DO CRIADOR DO SNOOPY de David Michaels Editora Seoman, grupo Pensamento. Vamos acompanhar mais uma parte da história do pai de amendoim e seu cachorro excêntrico. Suas primeiras ideias para turma mais amada das tirinhas. Seus primeiros amores, seu trabalho no ramo das tiras e o momento em que o personagem Charlie Brown se tornou um símbolo um homem comum que ganha força ao admitir em suas confrontações consigo...

Acompanhe agora a terceira parte da biografia de Charles M. Schulz.Seguimos a vida do Pai do Snoopy e sua turma. A passagem dos anos, frustrações e conquistas. Divorcio da primeira esposa e causos conturbados com a familia. O Segundo Casamento com Jean. A Saude debilidata.Como todas essas passagens influenciou diretamente suas tiras.O fim da trajetoria do artista que influenciou toda uma geração, como Jim Davis(Garfield), Bill Watterson (Calvin e Haroldo). Além de A...

Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us an in-depth biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts.It is the most American of stories: How a barber's son grew up from modest beginnings to realize his dream of creating a newspaper comic strip. How he daringly chose themes never before attempted in mainstream cartoons—lone...

When I first read Bishop Marsh’s Translation of the Introduction to the New Testament by Michaelis, I regretted that so much learning and such genuine criticism should not be more accessible to the generality of readers; and remembering what Pascal says in his Provincial Letters, that his first object was to make them easy and popular, reserving the more abstruse parts for the end of his works, I have endeavoured to give to a subject, in which every one is equally and eternally interested,...

What defines Boston? Its history? Its landmarks? Its sports teams and shrines?Perhaps the question should be, who defines Boston? From Henry David Thoreau to Dennis Lehane, Boston has been beloved by many of America's greatest writers, and there is no better group of men and women to capture the heart and soul of the Hub. In Our Boston, editor Andrew Blauner has collected both original and reprinted essays from Boston-area writers past and present, all celebrating the city...

Do our lives have meaning? Should we create more people? Is death bad? Should we commit suicide? Would it be better to be immortal? Should we be optimistic or pessimistic? Since Life, Death, and Meaning: Key Philosophical Readings on the Big Questions first appeared, David Benatar's distinctive anthology designed to introduce students to the key existential questions of philosophy has won a devoted following among users in a variety of upper-level and even introductory courses.

Presents theoretical, computational, and practical aspects of collision-induced phenomena with emphasis on the treatment of physical and chemical kinetics using quantum molecular dynamicsQuantum Molecular Dynamics provides a state-of-the-art overview of molecular collisions for energy-transfer and reactivity phenomena in gases. Grounded in the quantal theory of scattering and its semiclassical limits, this comprehensive volume covers key concepts and theor...

A modern, comprehensive text and reference describing intermolecular forces, this book begins with coverage of the concepts and methods for simpler systems, then moves on to more advanced subjects for complex systems – emphasizing concepts and methods used in calculations with realistic models and compared with empirical data.Contains applications to many physical systems and worked examplesProceeds from introductory material to advanced modern treatmentsH...

Die deutschsprachige Poetry-Slam-Szene feiert im Jahr 2014 ihr 20-jähriges Jubiläum. Diesen historischen Moment nimmt der Lektora Verlag als größter deutschsprachiger Poetry-Slam-Buchverlag sehr gerne zum Anlass, um eine Anthologie vorzulegen, die einen Querschnitt deutschsprachiger Slam-Texte aus den vergangenen 10 Jahren bietet. In der Anthologie sind insgesamt 24 Texte von 23 Autoren und einer Autorin versammelt. Sie beinhaltet zahlreiche "Klassiker“-Texte renommierter Slam-Poeten wie z...

Gerade erst hat die junge Eunice Weldon ihre Stellung als Sekretärin von Jane Groat angetreten, als jemand nachts in ihr Zimmer schleicht. Zurück bleibt eine Karte mit einem blauen Handabdruck und einer geheimnisvollen Warnung: Jemand, der Dich liebt, bittet Dich dringend, dieses Haus so schnell als möglich zu verlassen! Welche Gefahr droht Eunice im Haus der Groats?

Nantucket Island, off coastal New England, has always been a cherished vacation destination. On a given summer day the population swells to more than forty thousand people. The summer months bring a steady stream of visitors who flock to the extraordinary beauty and history of Nantucket’s shores, its clear skies, and its southwest breezes. Just as important is the year-round community of people who choose to stay through the winter months. The off-season brings Nantucket to its essence—the...