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Biografier giver dig adgang til ægte livsfortællinger og skæbner, der har sat deres præg på verden. Her finder du bøger om både nulevende og historiske personer - fra de magtfulde til de misforståede, fra kendte navne til hverdagens helte. Vores udvalg rummer inspirerende historier om mod, passion og vilje, hvor virkelighedens stemmer får plads. Uanset om du søger en biografi med indhold til samlingen, en rørende gave eller blot ønsker at læse om mennesker, der har ændret verden, er der masser at vælge imellem. Find din næste biografi hos WilliamDam.dk og oplev fortællinger, der berører og sætter sig fast.
Joe Louis: Sports and Race in Twentieth Century America is both a succinct introduction to a larger-than-life figure and an essential case study of the intersection of popular culture and race in the mid-century United States.
An experienced musician and analyst, Knoblauch brings to the clinical encounter a trained ear sensitive to the communicative subtleties of rhythm and tone, pitch and accent. Drawing on detailed clinical vignettes, he explores the shifts in musical
Carolina Maria de Jesus (1914-1977), nicknamed Bitita, was a destitute black Brazilian woman born... Læs mere
This autobiography of Bennett, which includes her experiences in the Chinese revolution and the Spanish Civil War, contributes details of a period of great instability, while exploring the sensitive topic of the involvement of foreigners in the internal politics of China
The special focus of this book is the lives and experiences of women in China in the first half of the 20th century. It looks at the historical role of women in a time... Læs mere
Defiant to the end (she hanged herself in prison on July 23, 1926), Kaneko Fumiko wrote this memoir as an indictment of the society that oppressed her, the family that abused and neglected her, and the imperial system that drove her to her death.
A full, detailed and global portrait of a life lived in service.
This is the first volume in a set covering the writings of Mao-Tse-tung and charting his... Læs mere
Growing Up Before Stonewall tells the stories of 11 American gay men who tried to make sense of their identities in the years before the modern gay movement began. The editors situate these lifestories in US culture before Stonewall.
Southeast Asia: A Testament gives a personal account of the US involvement in Indochina and covers the tragic history of post war Indonesia from its successful struggle against the Dutch to Suharto's bloody overthrow of Sukarno in 1965.
In 1944 Skultans left Latvia as a refugee. In 1990 she returned for the first time. This book is both a personal account of a homecoming, and an anthropology of a nation trying to come to terms with its past and facing an uncertain future.
G.E. Moore, more than either Bertrand Russell or Ludwig Wittgenstein, was chiefly responsible for the rise of the analytic method in twentieth- century philosophy. This selection of his writings shows Moore at his very best.