An Autobiography
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Something Like An Autobiography
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Author : Akira Kurosawa
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-07-27
Something Like An Autobiography written by Akira Kurosawa and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-27 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Translated by Audie E. Bock. "A first rate book and a joy to read.... It's doubtful that a complete understanding of the director's artistry can be obtained without reading this book.... Also indispensable for budding directors are the addenda, in which Kurosawa lays out his beliefs on the primacy of a good script, on scriptwriting as an essential tool for directors, on directing actors, on camera placement, and on the value of steeping oneself in literature, from great novels to detective fiction." --Variety "For the lover of Kurosawa's movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments." --Washington Post Book World
An Autobiography
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Author : R. G. Collingwood
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2014-07-07
An Autobiography written by R. G. Collingwood and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-07 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This early work by Robin G. Collingwood was originally published in 1939 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'An Autobiography' is the story of Collingwood's personal and academic life. Robin George Collingwood was born on 22nd February 1889, in Cartmel, England. He was the son of author, artist, and academic, W. G. Collingwood. He was greatly influenced by the Italian Idealists Croce, Gentile, and Guido de Ruggiero. Another important influence was his father, a professor of fine art and a student of Ruskin. He published many works of philosophy, such as Speculum Mentis (1924), An Essay on Philosophic Method (1933), and An Essay on Metaphysics (1940).
An Autobiography
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Author : Anthony Trollope
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-25
An Autobiography written by Anthony Trollope and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Excerpt from An Autobiography It may be well that I should put a short preface to this book. In the summer of 1878 my father told me that he had written a memoir of his own life. He did not speak about it at length, but said that he had written me a letter, not to be opened until after his death, containing instructions for publication. This letter was dated 30th April 1876. I will give here as much of it as concerns the public: "I wish you to accept as a gift from me, given you now, the accompanying pages which contain a memoir of my life. My intention is that they shall be published after my death, and be edited by you. But I leave it altogether to your discretion whether to publish or to suppress the work; - and also to your discretion whether any part or what part shall be omitted. But I would not wish that anything should be added to the memoir. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Story Of A Varied Life
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Author : W. S. Rainsford
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2015-06-11
The Story Of A Varied Life written by W. S. Rainsford and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Excerpt from The Story of a Varied Life: An Autobiography I am not writing the story of my life for scholars. I can make no claims to scholarship myself. I am writing for my friends, for those I lived among, worked for, and learned to love - and who loved me. I write now for I shall soon be an old man. I do not feel it; on the contrary, I can truly say I feel more in sympathy with all people round me, I understand them better, I can more readily put myself in their places, than I did when I, too, marched with the Column in the strenuous years that are past. Still the young fellows now call me Sir! and that very plainly indicates they think I am growing old. So I shall take the hint and begin to write my biography before I grow any older. I write it because I have a story to tell. I have been a very fortunate man. I have lived in great times. I have had a very interesting life. I have seen more of the world than have most men. I have done things I am sorry for and things I am proud of. I can say, I think with truth, that I have tried to serve my fellow men; and the older I grow, and the more I have seen of all sorts and conditions of men, the more profoundly I believe that they are worth serving. That is another reason. Then for a third reason, I want to write. I have a profound dislike for biographies as they are poured forth on us to-day. Most of them have little value and some of them have no excuse. They are poor, sloppy stuff, and mislead those who take the trouble to wade through them. They say too much and too little. They are not true pictures of life. The men whose life stories they profess to tell would have repudiated them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
My Story
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Author : Mary Astor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-08-20
My Story written by Mary Astor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-20 with categories.
My Story: an Autobiography By Mary Astor Prologue People have often said to me, "You haven t changed a bit!" They meant it as a compliment, but I could hear it only as an accusation, a statement of brutal fact. And I have thought bitterly, "You are so right!" For I knew that if I had not changed I had not grown. To be a perennial child, an ethereal Peter Pan playing with pirates and Indians throughout all eternity, can be a lovely thing in the never-never land of fantasy, but it is an unhappy thing in life, The child is born so that he may become a man. It is his destiny to grow to learn, to understand, to assume responsibilities. Growth can be painful, I know; but I have found that a stunted and retarded growth can be a pain beyond belief. My father often used to rebuke me by saying, "You are almost nine years old" (and then "ten," and then "eleven," and "twelve") "and you haven t learned a thing!" Well, here I was, fifty years old, and 1 still hadn't learned a thing! My father s rebuke had always seemed to imply a promise that years, the very accumulation of years, would bring experience and understanding, So, at whatever age I was, I wished I were older. At seventeen I longed to be twenty-five. At twenty I wanted to be a woman of the world of thirty. At thirty I read that the French thought a woman did not reach a full maturity of beauty and attractiveness until she was forty. Finally, at forty-five, I decided that the whole thing was a pack of lies. Where was the "serenity" that the years were to bring? Where was "the cooling of passion s blood?" I realized that I, who leaned on so many people and things, had been leaning even on the abstraction of time. I was still refusing to grow up, to face the oppressive fact that I should long since have become a responsible, mature adult. I continued to seek people and things I could lean on, to escape the need for making my own decisions and assuming responsibility for my own acts. One event above all others should have brought me to a full realization of my responsibility and dignity as an individual, but even in that I failed. My conversion to the Catholic Church was almost purely emotional. I felt, instinctively, that I had finally found something substantial to lean on, never realizing that it is the Church above all else that demands a stern and courageous individuality. So my conversion did not turn out to be the conventional "conversion story" where the sinner is baptized and lives happily ever after. I leaned, and I fell. It is true, the Church would repeatedly pick me up and dust me off after each fall. She would dry my tears and heal my wounds and comfort me. Then she would gently say, "Go! Walk alone, with God." But I couldn't walk alone. So I... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Windham Press is committed to bringing the lost cultural heritage of ages past into the 21st century through high-quality reproductions of original, classic printed works at affordable prices. This book has been carefully crafted to utilize the original images of antique books rather than error-prone OCR text. This also preserves the work of the original typesetters of these classics, unknown craftsmen who laid out the text, often by hand, of each and every page you will read. Their subtle art involving judgment and interaction with the text is in many ways superior and more human than the mechanical methods utilized today, and gave each book a unique, hand-crafted feel in its text that connected the reader organically to the art of bindery and book-making. We think these benefits are worth the occasional imperfection resulting from the age of these books at the time of scanning, and their vintage feel provides a connection to the past that goes beyond the mere words of the text.
The Story Of My Heart An Autobiography
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Author : Richard Jefferies
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2022-11-20
The Story Of My Heart An Autobiography written by Richard Jefferies and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-20 with Fiction categories.
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An Autobiography
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Author : Agatha Christie
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2010-10-14
An Autobiography written by Agatha Christie and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Agatha Christie’s ‘most absorbing mystery’ – her own autobiography.
My Way
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Author : Paul Anka
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2013-04-09
My Way written by Paul Anka and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the singer/songwriter/heartthrob combination that still tops pop music today, Paul Anka rocketed to fame with a slew of hits-from "Diana" to "Put Your Head on my Shoulder"-that earned him a place touring with the major stars of his era, including Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Buddy Holly. He wrote Holly's last hit, and just missed joining the rocker on his final, fatal plane flight. Anka also stepped in front of the camera in the teen beach-party movie era, scoring the movies and romancing their starlets, including Annette Funicello. When the British invasion made his fans swoon for a new style of music-and musician--Anka made sure he wasn't conquered. A rapier-canny businessman and image-builder who took his career into his own hands-just as he had from the very beginning, swiping his mother's car at fourteen to drive himself, underage, to his first gigs in Quebec-Anka toured the world until he could return home in triumph. A charter member of the Rat Pack, he wrote the theme music for The Tonight Show as well as his friend Frank Sinatra's anthem "My Way". By the 1970s, a multi-decade string of pop chart-toppers, including "Puppy Love" and "(You're) Having My Baby", cemented his status as an icon. My Way is bursting with rich, rollicking stories of the business and the people in Anka's life: Elizabeth Taylor, Dodi Fayed, Tom Jones, Michael Jackson, Adnan Khashoggi, Little Richard, Brooke Shields, Johnny Roselli, Sammy Davis, Jr., Brigitte Bardot, Barnum & Bailey Circus acrobats, and many more. Anka is forthcoming, funny and smart as a whip about the business he's been in for almost six decades. My Way moves from New York to Vegas, from the casino stage to backstages all over the world. It's the most entertaining autobiography of the year.
Efforts At Truth An Autobiography
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Author : Nicholas Mosley
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-11-19
Efforts At Truth An Autobiography written by Nicholas Mosley and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
As a novelist, biographer, editor, and screenwriter, Nicholas Mosley has always been concerned with the central paradox of writing: if by definition fiction is untrue, and biography never complete, is there a form that will enable a writer to get at the truth of a life? In Efforts at Truth Mosley scrutinizes his own life and work, but examines them as a curious observer, fascinated by the constant interaction of reality and the written word. As a life, it has been colorful, in settings ranging from the West Indies to a remote Welsh hill farm, from war action in Italy to battles with Hollywood moguls, from the Colony Room to the House of Lords. In print, the range has been as wide: editor of a controversial religious magazine, author of the acclaimed novel series Catastrophe Practice, screenwriter of his own work with Joe Losey and John Frankenheimer, biographer of his notorious father Oswald Mosley, and in 1990, winner of the Whitbread Award for his novel Hopeful Monsters.
The Name Above The Title
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Author : Frank Capra
language : en
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Release Date : 1997-03-22
The Name Above The Title written by Frank Capra and has been published by Da Capo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-22 with Psychology categories.
Although Frank Capra (1897–1991) is best known as the director of It Happened One Night, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Arsenic and Old Lace, and It's a Wonderful Life, he was also an award-winning documentary filmmaker as well as a behind-the-scene force in the Director's Guild, the Motion Picture Academy, and the Producer's Guild. He worked with or knew socially everyone in the movie business from Mack Sennett, Chaplin, and Keaton in the silent era through the illustrious names of the golden age. He directed Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Jean Harlow, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, and others. Reading his autobiography is like having Capra sitting in your living room, regaling you with his anecdotes. In The Name Above the Title he reveals the deeply personal story of how, despite winning six Academy Awards, he struggled throughout his life against the glamors, vagaries, and frustrations of Hollywood for the creative freedom to make some of the most memorable films of all time.