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What is love? Relationships, Personal Stories, Love Life…Notable Creatives & Real People discuss love in all its forms. We hear from filmmakers, artists, musicians, environmentalists, NGOs, and explorers about what they love. This season, we’ll also be sharing your reflections on LOVE. Tell us about what you love, as well as your reflections on what love is, why we need it, why it escapes us, and how we can hold onto it. Publish your story alongside our interviews with Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Nobel, Pulitzer Award-winning Artists, Museums & International Organizations on ...

Dive into the intriguing world of notorious figures with Remarkable Rogues. This captivating collection features twenty biographical sketches of individuals youd certainly think twice about bringing home to meet the family. Join us as we explore their fascinating lives, filled with daring escapades and remarkable choices. (Summary by David Wales)

Have you ever set your sights on a goal that seemed utterly out of reach? Welcome to Notable Peeps, the podcast where "impossible" is just another word for "not done yet." I'm Steph Shoell, inviting you to be inspired by the incredible individuals I feature. Press play to dive into stories of people who've laced up their shoes, given their all, and turned the impossible into reality. Embark on a journey where dreams are pursued and achieved, proving that the only absolute limits are the ones we place on ourselves. Let's break through these barriers and turn the impossible into our reality.

Joan Crawford's remarkable forty-five-year motion picture career is one of the industry's longest. Signing her first contract in 1925, she was crowned an MGM star four years later and by the mid-1930s was the most popular actress in America. In the early 1940s, Crawford's risky decision to move to Warner Bros. was rewarded with an Oscar for Mildred Pierce. This triumph launched a series of film noir classics. She teamed with rival Bette Davis in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?, proving that Crawford, whose career had begun by defining big-screen glamor, had matured into a dramatic actress.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "[The] rare biography of a public figure that's not only beautifully written, but also shockingly revelatory." -- The Atlantic A vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and under-appreciated women in American political...

I pochi scritti di Santa Chiara consistono nella regola del suo ordine, nel suo Testamento spirituale, e in alcune lettere da lei scritte. Completano i testi la bolla della sua canonizzazione effettuata nel 1255 da Papa Alessandro IV, la bolla di Papa Gregorio IX in cui le conferisce il privilegio della povertà, e la bolla con cui Papa Innocenzo V ratifica la regola del suo ordine nel 1253, conforto giuntole lo stesso anno della sua morte.

Marc-Boris St-Maurice est le fondateur du Bloc Pot, du Parti marijuana et du Centre compassion, un dispensaire de marijuana médicale. Retraçant le parcours de la lutte des vingt dernières années pour la légalisation de la marijuana, le récit de la vie de ce militant sans regret s’impose comme le révélateur d’importants changements sociaux.