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Television commentator and former congressional investigator Barbara Olson has conducted countless interviews and tapped sources of Washington insiders to reveal the real Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Out of Line describes Lynch's remarkable process of self-invention, including her encounters with colorful characters of the food world, and vividly evokes the magic of creation in the kitchen. It is also a love letter to South Boston and its vanishing culture, governed by Irish Catholic mothers and its own code of honor. Through her story, Lynch explores how the past - both what we strive to escape from and what we remain true to - can strengthen and expand who we are.

EDGAR AWARD FINALIST “A true-crime masterpiece written by a cold-case-cracking master.”—John Douglas, New York Times bestselling co-author of Mindhunter “Barbara Rae-Venter isn’t just the genealogy expert who helped capture the Golden State Killer—she’s an unsung hero who has...

For fifty years, Barbara McLean has tended a flock of Border Leicester sheep on her small Ontario farm, Lambsquarters. In Shepherd's Sight she shares the crises, pleasures, and challenges of farm life over the course of a year. Now in her seventies, McLean faces a new problem: how much longer she can continue with the physically taxing work that is her central source of meaning and satisfaction.

Del 11 av 11: Barbara Bergström. I ’Svenska miljardärer’ får du möta elva svenskar som alla byggt en egen förmögenhet om minst en miljard kronor - i flera fall betydligt mer. Men färden dit har sällan varit rak. Vissa har spelat högt genom att låna stora summor och ta svindlande risker. Några har tidvis balanserat på ruinens brant. Deras liv är därför inte bara en berättelse om framgång utan också om prövningar och misslyckanden och - inte minst - om vad som kan åstadkommas genom hårt arbete, envishet och lite tur. Miljardärerna berättar själva om bakgrunden till sina framgångar.

L'autrice racconta nel suo libro autobiografico i sei anni vissuti tra alti e bassi dopo l'intervento demolitivo per un tumore alla laringe ed altri che seguirono e delle riprese descrivendoli in maniera lineare. Narra la sua esperienza, con una buona dose di autoironia e positività, pur non tralasciando la descrizione degli aspetti più critici. Un testo liberatorio, che esprime la sua voglia di vivere nella "normalità", anche se dove affrontare situazioni difficili.

In this wildly funny and charming memoir, Patricia Volk entertains with a unique perspective of New York in the mid- to late-twentieth century and of a bigger-than-life family that owned fourteen restaurants, including Morgen's in the garment district....

What makes a wine distinctive is the goût du terroir, or the taste of the land - plus the personality and passion of the wine maker who lovingly adds his own liqueur de dosage or secret ingredient to each bottle. Here is a vintner's month-by-month account of one vintage at the Iron Horse vineyard located in the hills of Sonoma County in California. Author and wife of Iron Horse's wine-maker, Joy Sterling, fascinates with her account of the commitment involved in producing a premium wine.

Die ersten promovierten Ärztinnen Deutschlands gründeten in Berlin eine diagnostische Klinik für Frauen. Die einzigartigen Biografien laden dazu ein, sich mit der Geschichte der Frauen zu befassen, die den Mut hatten, ihren Traum zu verwirklichen und schließlich ihr Ziel erreichten, die Erste zu sein!

Die US–amerikanische Informatikerin und Wirtschaftsmanagerin ist seit Anfang 2012 Vorstandsvorsitzende von IBM. Die einzigartigen Biografien laden dazu ein, sich mit der Geschichte der Frauen zu befassen, die den Mut hatten, ihren Traum zu verwirklichen und schließlich ihr Ziel erreichten, die Erste zu sein!