Häftad, Engelska, 2008
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- E-bokEngelska, 2009
89 kr
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Emma Brockes didn''t always love musicals. In fact, she hated them. One of her earliest (and most painful) memories is of her mother singing "The Hills Are Alive" while young Emma crossed the street to go to her babysitting gig. According to her mother, the music would keep muggers at bay. According to Emma, it warded off friends, a social life, and any chance of being normal. As she grew older, however, these same songs continued to resonate in her head, first like a broken record and then as a fond reminder of her mother''s love.
Some people would slice off their arm with a plastic knife before they''d sit through Fiddler on the Roof or The Sound of Music. But musicals are everywhere, and it''s about time someone asked why. From An American in Paris to Oklahoma!, Brockes explores the history, art, and politics of musicals, and how they have become an indelible part of our popular culture. Smartly written and incredibly witty, this is a book for people who understand that there are few situations in which the question "What would Barbra do?" doesn''t have relevance, in a world much better lived to a soundtrack of show tunes. At the heart of What Would Barbra Do? is a touching story about a daughter, a mother, and how musicals kept them together. Part memoir, part musical history tour, it will keep you laughing and singing all at once.
- E-bokEngelska, 2013
15 kr
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When Emma Brockes was ten years old, her mother said 'One day I will tell you the story of my life and you will be amazed.' Growing up in a tranquil English village, Emma knew very little of her mother's life before her. She knew Paula had grown up in South Africa and had seven siblings. She had been told stories about deadly snakes and hailstones the size of golf balls. There was mention, once, of a trial. But most of the past was a mystery. When her mother dies of cancer, Emma - by then a successful journalist at the Guardian - is free to investigate the untold story. Her search begins in the Colindale library but then takes her to South Africa, to the extended family she has never met and their accounts of a childhood so different to her own.She encounters versions of the life her mother chose to leave behind - and realises what a gift her mother gave her.Part investigation, part travelogue, part elegy, She Left Me the Gun is a gripping, funny and clear-eyed account of a writer's search for her mother's story. - Häftad, Engelska, 2014
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"A beautiful, wise book. It deals with the some of the grimmest aspects of human experience, but it is also one of the most genuinely up-lifting works I have read in years. Emma Brockes' superb, clear-eyed narration is an object lesson for any aspiring memoir-writer. She Left Me the Gun deserves to become a classic." Zoe HellerWhen Emma Brockes was ten years old, her mother said 'One day I will tell you the story of my life and you will be amazed.' Growing up in a tranquil English village, Emma knew very little of her mother's life before her. She knew Paula had grown up in South Africa and had seven siblings. She had been told stories about deadly snakes and hailstones the size of golf balls. There was mention, once, of a trial. But most of the past was a mystery. When her mother dies of cancer, Emma - by then a successful journalist at the Guardian - is free to investigate the untold story. Her search begins in the Colindale library but then takes her to South Africa, to the extended family she has never met and their accounts of a childhood so different to her own. She encounters versions of the life her mother chose to leave behind - and realises what a gift her mother gave her.Part investigation, part travelogue, part elegy, She Left Me the Gun is a gripping, funny and clear-eyed account of a writer's search for her mother's story. - E-bokEngelska, 2018
134 kr
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When British journalist, memoirist, and New York-transplant Emma Brockes decides to become pregnant, she quickly realises that, being single, 37, and in the early stages of a same-sex relationship, she's going to have to be untraditional about it. From the moment she decides to stop "futzing" around, have her eggs counted, and "get cracking"; through multiple trials of IUI, which she is intrigued to learn can be purchased in bulk packages, just like Costco; to the births of her twins, which her girlfriend gamely documents with her iPhone and selfie-stick, Brockes is never any less than bluntly honest about her extraordinary journey to motherhood.She quizzes her friends on the pros and cons of personally knowing one's sperm donor, grapples with esoteric medical jargon and the existential brain-melt of flipping through donor catalogues and conjures with the politics of her Libertarian OB/GYN-all the while exploring the cultural circumstances and choices that have brought her to this point. Brockes writes with charming self-effacing humour about being a British woman undergoing fertility treatment in the US, poking fun at the starkly different attitude of Americans. Anxious that biological children might not be possible, she wonders, should she resent society for how it regards and treats women who try and fail to have children?Brockes deftly uses her own story to examine how and why an increasing number of women are using fertility treatments in order to become parents-and are doing it solo. Bringing the reader every step of the way with mordant wit and remarkable candour, Brockes shares the frustrations, embarrassments, surprises, and, finally, joys of her momentous and excellent choice. - Häftad, Engelska, 2019
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Emma Brockes is thirty-seven, lives alone, and wants children. She is in a relationship (good!) but they aren't doing the parenting together (weird!). Emma needs sperm, a doctor, and not to bankrupt herself. And that's just the beginning - there are a million choices to make when taking the untraditional route to motherhood. Then there's the uninvited opinions, scolding and general hysteria that always accompanies a woman's decision to have (or not to have) children. With generous heart and humour, Panic & Joy examines essential questions about motherhood and the modern family. - E-bokEngelska, 2019
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Emma Brockes is thirty-seven, lives alone, and wants children. She is in a relationship (good!) but they aren't doing the parenting together (weird!). Emma needs sperm, a doctor, and not to bankrupt herself. And that's just the beginning - there are a million choices to make when taking the untraditional route to motherhood. Then there's the uninvited opinions, scolding and general hysteria that always accompanies a woman's decision to have (or not to have) children. With generous heart and humour, Panic & Joy examines essential questions about motherhood and the modern family. - E-bokEngelska, 2020
114 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2021
171 kr
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“Dominique Crenn is a hero to so many of us, both inside and out of the restaurant industry. She has unlimited courage to always follow her own path, to carve her own way in the world. This book, and Dominique’s whole life, show that everything and anything is possible if you believe in yourself and you keep pushing forward, always forward.” —José AndrésThe inspiring and deeply personal memoir from highly acclaimed chef Dominique CrennWhen Dominique Crenn decided to become a chef, she knew it was a near impossible dream in France where almost all restaurant kitchens were run by men. She left her home and everything she knew to move to San Francisco, and almost thirty years later was awarded three Michelin stars in 2018 for her influential restaurant Atelier Crenn, the first female chef in the United States to receive this honor—no small feat for someone who hadn’t been formally trained.In Rebel Chef, Crenn tells of her untraditional coming-of-age as a chef. Adopted as a toddler, she didn’t resemble her parents, and was haunted by a past she knew nothing about. But after years of working to fill this blank space, Crenn embraced the power her history gave her to be whoever she wants to be. In this disarmingly honest look at one woman’s evolution from a daring young chef to a respected activist, Crenn reflects on the years she spent working in the male-centric world of professional kitchens and tracks her career from struggling cook to running one of the world’s most celebrated restaurants. At once a tale of personal discovery and a tribute to unrelenting determination, Rebel Chef is the story of one woman making a place for herself in the kitchen, and in the world. - E-bokEngelska, 2010
144 kr
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Film musicals: you either love them or they make you want to kill yourself slowly with plastic cutlery. Nothing has the power to lift your heart or turn your stomach like Howard Keel in fake sideburns singing Bless Your Beautiful Hide or Julie Andrews singing...well, just about anything.There are few situations where the question What would Barbra do? doesn't have relevance in a world which is much better lived to a soundtrack of show-tunes.This is a book for people who know that* People don't tend to die in musicals, but those who do deserve it* True love waits long enough for an element of mistaken identity to be introduced (especially if one of the couple is a Nazi)* Women carry the show.* Talented women wind up alone...* ...But they have the consolation of the torch song, which in Hollywood musicals is more fulfilling than a husband. - E-bokEngelska, 2020
130 kr
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- Inbunden, Tyska, 2020
239 kr
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- LjudbokFinska, 2021
203 kr
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“Riko rajasi. Ole enemmän."
Inspiroiva kertomus huippu-urheilijasta, joka on uskaltanut olla oma itsensä ja puhua ääneen silloinkin, kun olisi ollut turvallisinta pysyä hiljaa.
Megan Rapinoe on maailman tunnetuimpia urheilijoita. Hän on johtanut kahdesti Yhdysvaltain naisten jalkapallomaajoukkueen maailmanmestaruuteen. Elämäkerrassaan Rapinoe kertoo paitsi kasvustaan maailman parhaaksi naisjalkapalloilijaksi myös sinnikkäästä työstään tasa-arvon puolestapuhujana.
Rapinoe kasvoi kuusilapsisen perheen kuopuksena konservatiivisessa pikkukaupungissa, joka ei ollut helpoin ympäristö avoimesti homoseksuaaliselle ja omapäiselle nuorelle naiselle. Hän kertoo, miten löysi oman tiensä ja päätyi lopulta suuren yleisön ikoniksi haastettuaan Yhdysvaltain jalkapalloliiton oikeuteen naispelaajien syrjinnästä ja kieltäydyttyään presidentti Donald Trumpin kutsusta Valkoiseen taloon.
Megan Rapinoe (s. 1985) on Yhdysvaltain jalkapallomaajoukkueen kapteeni, joka on valittu maailman parhaaksi naisjalkapalloilijaksi
Emma Brockes on tietokirjailija ja toimittaja, joka kirjoittaa muun muassa The Guardianiin, The New York Timesiin, Vogueen ja Elleen.
- E-bokFinska, 2021
191 kr
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“Riko rajasi. Ole enemmän."
Inspiroiva kertomus huippu-urheilijasta, joka on uskaltanut olla oma itsensä ja puhua ääneen silloinkin, kun olisi ollut turvallisinta pysyä hiljaa.
Megan Rapinoe on maailman tunnetuimpia urheilijoita. Hän on johtanut kahdesti Yhdysvaltain naisten jalkapallomaajoukkueen maailmanmestaruuteen. Elämäkerrassaan Rapinoe kertoo paitsi kasvustaan maailman parhaaksi naisjalkapalloilijaksi myös sinnikkäästä työstään tasa-arvon puolestapuhujana.
Rapinoe kasvoi kuusilapsisen perheen kuopuksena konservatiivisessa pikkukaupungissa, joka ei ollut helpoin ympäristö avoimesti homoseksuaaliselle ja omapäiselle nuorelle naiselle. Hän kertoo, miten löysi oman tiensä ja päätyi lopulta suuren yleisön ikoniksi haastettuaan Yhdysvaltain jalkapalloliiton oikeuteen naispelaajien syrjinnästä ja kieltäydyttyään presidentti Donald Trumpin kutsusta Valkoiseen taloon.
Megan Rapinoe (s. 1985) on Yhdysvaltain jalkapallomaajoukkueen kapteeni, joka on valittu maailman parhaaksi naisjalkapalloilijaksi
Emma Brockes on tietokirjailija ja toimittaja, joka kirjoittaa muun muassa The Guardianiin, The New York Timesiin, Vogueen ja Elleen.
