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「余命宣告」を受けた大人気声優が語るあの日のこと「明日、朝から仕事なんですけど、何時頃に帰れそうですか？」「帰れないと思いますよ」2012年春、検査で訪れた病院での看護師さんとの会話。

This is the story of Joseph Pilates, a gifted man who immigrated to the United States at forty-three with no assets or credentials. He not only invented an exercise regimen—which today is practiced by more than ten million people—but in the process, reinvented himself. John Howard Steel brings Joseph Pilates and his eponymous exercise regime to life from his unique perspective as a student, friend, and confidant. Joe’s influence profoundly changed Steel’s life; in turn, Steel was crucial for the survival of the Pilates Method and Joe’s legacy.

Se per te l’amore è quello che manca e non quello che resta; se sei capace di mangiare otto gelati Cucciolone così velocemente da non riuscire nemmeno a leggere le barzellette disegnate sopra il biscotto; se nella vita non sei un fuoriclasse ma un fuoricoda; se per staccare dal mondo hai bisogno di ipnotizzarti davanti alla Prova del Cuoco; se tra tutto quello che hai nel tuo armadio scegli sempre lo stesso pantalone da almeno cinque anni; se sei un maniaco dell’igiene specialmente di quella del bagno. Se dentro di te c’è Lei; se trovi che Elettra sia un bel nome a cui dare la colpa di tutto.

At nine, Sean Connery saved him from drowning. At thirteen, desperate to hook up with Janis Joplin, he attended his aunt Joan Didion's legendary L.A. party for the publication of Tom Wolfe's The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. In his early 20s, he shared an apartment in Manhattan's Hotel Des Artistes with his best friend and soulmate Carrie Fisher, while she was filming some sci-fi movie called Star Wars and he was a struggling actor working as a popcorn seller at Radio City Music Hall.

El libro más personal, íntimo y revelador de Jorge Ramos en casi cien columnas y tres puentes. "Jorge Ramos [...] es una persona íntegra y de esas hay muy pocas en este mundo. A leer estas páginas de su memoria me entero de algunos secretos, me entretengo, me conmuevo y me reencuentro con el amigo de siempre, con el periodista que me pone al día sobre el acontecer y me recuerda los valores morales que suelen perderse en el ruido de la existencia cotidiana." Isabel Allende

Zehn kurze Biografien berühmter Menschen werden präsentiert, das Wichtigste kurz und knapp auf den Punkt gebracht. Unterhaltung und Wissen in einem! Mit dabei: Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Carl Perkins, Ritchie Valens.