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Vera Brittain and the First World War tells the remarkable story of the author behind Testament of Youth while charting the book's ascent to become one of the most loved memoirs of the First World War period. Such interest is set to expand even more in this centenary year of the war's outbreak.

Born Vera Welch on 20 March, 1917 in the East End of London, Dame Vera Lynn's career was set from an early age - along with her father, who also did a 'turn', she sang in Working Men's Clubs from just seven years old. She had a successful radio career with Joe Loss and Charlie Kunz in the 1920s and '30s, but it was with World War II that she became the iconic figure that captured the imagination of the national public.

"சிவாஜி கணேசன்" இவரின் வாழ்க்கையில் நடந்த திருப்புமுனையைப் பற்றி விறுவிறுப்பாக விவரிக்கும் ஒலிநூல் இது. திரைப்படங்களில் மட்டும் அல்ல நிஜ வாழ்க்கையிலும் எதிர்பாராத "டர்னிங் பாயிண்ட்" களால் தான் சுவாரசியம் சேர்கிறது. இந்த திருப்புமுனைகளை அப்போது அவர்கள் உடனடியாக அடையாளம் கண்டிருக்க வாய்ப்பில்லை ஆனால் பின்னர் சரித்திரம் அவருடைய சாதனை கதையை திருப்பிப் பார்க்கும் பொழுதுதான் திருப்புமுனைகளின் முக்கியத்துவம் புரிய வருகிறது.

Episodes from the life and work of the great ballerina Anna Pavlova.

Lisa Marie Presley, Tochter der amerikanischen Musiklegende Elvis und aufgewachsen in Graceland, erzählt erstmals ihre ganze Lebensgeschichte. Eine einzigartige und ungeschönte Autobiografie, die von ihrer Tochter Riley Keough aufgeschrieben wurde Ende 2022 bat Lisa Marie Presley ihre Tochter Riley Keough, ihr bei der Fertigstellung ihre lang erwarteten Memoiren zu helfen. Nur einen Monat später verstarb Lisa Marie überraschend - und konnte ihre Geschichte, die sie in ihren eigenen Worten erzählen wollte, nicht mehr vollenden.

In the year of her 100th birthday, Dame Vera Lynn's fascinating and life-affirming wartime memoir from the forces' sweetheart of her adventures entertaining the troops in far-flung Burma. "I was just 27 years old when I went to Burma. It was an experience that changed my life for ever. Up until that time I had not really travelled anywhere at all, apart from one touring visit to Holland with a band I was singing with before the war, and I had certainly never been in an aeroplane. But I wanted to make a difference, to do my bit." And she did.

This is the extraordinary story of singer/songwriter/actor/music historian Billy Vera, suburban child of a showbiz family who fell in love with black music at an early age. We follow his journey as he plays the Times Square mafia-owned clubs by night and works as a staff songwriter by day, penning tunes for the likes of Ricky Nelson, Fats Domino, and the Shirelles, before finally writing one for himself and gospel singer Judy Clay.

La conosciamo tutti. Ma la conosciamo davvero? Il suo marchio è su piatti, tazze, teiere, capi dabbigliamento, macaron e perfino bottiglie di gin. I francobolli con la sua effigie sono gli unici a non aver bisogno del paese dorigine stampato sopra. Il suo stile, borsetta al gomito e completi pastello, l'ha resa un'icona globale. Ogni suo gesto, sguardo o movimento è osservato, studiato, analizzato.

Chi accetterebbe mai di ospitare per diciotto anni nel giardino di casa propria una anziana barbona e il furgone debordante di rifiuti che ne costituisce il domicilio? Oltretutto Miss Shepherd non è una vecchina che susciti tenerezza: è grande e grossa, scontrosa, bislacca, poco incline alla gratitudine. Porta una sottana fatta di stracci per la polvere, occhiali da sole verdi e, a mo’ di cappello, un cestino di paglia ottagonale. Si fa scarrozzare per la città su una sedia a rotelle ed emana un insopportabile fetore. Chi mai accetterebbe una così perturbante prossimità?

Das Hörbuch zur Autobiografie. Gelesen und gesungen von Rolf Zuckowski - mit vielen Musikbeispielen. "Du brauchst ein Lied, das dich begleitet, und ein Herz, das für dich schlägt." Rolf Zuckowski ist einer der erfolgreichsten Künstler in Deutschland, mit zahlreichen Hits, die nicht nur in Kinderzimmern gesungen werden. In seiner bewegenden Autobiografie erzählt er mit vielen Musikbeispielen von seiner Kindheit und Jugend im Nachkriegs-Hamburg, von den ersten Gehversuchen als Musiker mit Beat-Bands und wie er das Songschreiben für sich entdeckte.