Showing results by publisher "Saga Egmont" in Biographies & Memoirs

Seriemördaren som kallas BTK terroriserade Wichita i Kansas i 30 år. Han skrev till polis och media för att ge dem detaljer om brotten. Don Granger hade ansvaret för tipstelefonen för tidningarna Wichita Eagle och Beacon i oktober 1974. Staden Wichita var skadad efter att en hel familj mördats. En man på ett mentalsjukhus erkände brottet och menade att även hans bror och en annan man var involverad. Alla tre männen led dock av mental ohälsa, och polisen kunde snart visa att erkännandet var falskt.

Louise flytter hjem til sin mor og lillesøster i Kolding. Ved siden af jobbet som opvasker på et stort hotel tjener hun penge ved at sælge sex til de mandlige gæster. Da en tysk kvinde tilbyder hende at komme til Hamborg og indspille pornofilm, ser hun det som en oplagt mulighed for at slippe væk hjemmefra, og hendes karriere i sexbranchen er for alvor begyndt. Efter et halvt år i Tyskland vender Louise hjem og flytter tilbage til København, hvor hun tager arbejde på skiftende bordeller.

Viisikymppinen Paulus on tyytymätön elämäänsä Latviassa ja päättää matkustaa länteen matkakohteenaan Suomi. Pian hänelle kuitenkin selviää, että Suomessa on heikot työllistymismahdollisuudet. Paulus päättää suorittaa rikoksen, jonka avulla hän voi takuulla jäädä maahan. Mukaan suunnitelmaansa hän houkuttelee juuri tapaamansa Eliaksen. Kun marjastaja löytää syyskuussa 1994 jo pitkään kadoksissa olleen Erja Santasen ruumiin, poliisilla on jo epäilty tiedossaan: Erjan entinen poikaystävä Pasi ja tämän naisystävä Raija.

La vita di una delle figure più centrali e controverse del Novecento. Josip Broz, detto Tito, è stato per decenni a capo della Jugoslavia. Partendo dalla resistenza partigiana durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale, passando per l'unione della penisola balcanica, fino alla Guerra Fredda, Tito è stato protagonista di molti tra i più importanti eventi della storia recente. Questa biografia, però, attraverserà anche e soprattutto gli aspetti oscuri della vita del dittatore - i crimini di guerra, il pugno di ferro, il regime di terrore.

Annakarin Svedberg har under nästan ett decennium besökt och levt i Indien. Hon finner en stark vänskap i Indiens premiärminister Indira Gandhi. Detta är skildringen om kvinnan som benämnts som världens mäktigaste, sedd genom författarens ögon. En rakt igenom intensiv och fängslande berättelse. Annakarin Svedberg, född 1934 i Halmstad, är känd för sina ovanliga kvinnoskildringar. De är ofta sensuella och lustfyllda. Svedberg anses vara en av de som först skrev om kärlek kvinnor emellan.

Lisa Nowak, högt ansedd astronaut, sätter sig i sin bil, spänner upp ögonen och kör sträckan Houston till Orlando. Fjorton timmar senare, knappt utan mat eller toalettstopp, är hon framme, beredd att göra upp med kvinnan som i hennes ögon står i vägen för hennes och kollegan Bill Oefeleins eviga kärlek. En snabb titt ner i hennes bagage ger sken om illabådande intentioner: förutom kontanter kan man hitta en hammare, en fällkniv, latexhandskar och Colleen Shipmans, den romantiska rivalen, adress nedklottrat.

Gene Stratton-Porter was a naturalist and fierce conservationist as well as an author, and one of the areas she held dearest was the Limberlost swamp. Indeed, she spent her income and life endeavouring to protect it.

120 million records sold. The world’s biggest selling album of the twenty-first century. Countless awards and accolades. Adele has captured the hearts of millions and this intimate biography tells the astonishing journey of the Queen of Pop. The trademark authenticity of Adele’s songs has been hard-earned: she was raised by a single mother and has been tested by bereavements and a string of break-ups. Just when she seemed to have left the pain behind, a harrowing divorce and a career-threatening throat injury brought new darkness and doubt to her doorstep.

Der SPIEGEL-Bestseller, von dem die chinesische Regierung nicht will, dass wir ihn hören: Money, Macht und Willkür in China Wann ist man wirklich mächtig? Wenn auf dem Konto eine Milliarde liegt? Wenn die Ehefrau mit der Frau des Premiers beim Shoppen große Geschäfte macht?Desmond Shum wächst in Shanghai und Hongkong auf. Nach dem Studium in den USA stürzt er sich ins Beijinger Businessleben mit dem Blickwinkel eines Outsiders und den richtigen Connections. Er scheffelt mit Immobilientransaktionen Geld. Ehefrau Whitney pflegt Beziehungen zu Ehefrauen wichtiger politischer Akteure.

Hernán Cortés queda en la historia como el líder de la conquista militar que terminó con el Imperio Mexica. Se embarcó de joven rumbo al continente americano, al que los españoles apenas habían arribado. En conflicto con sus superiores, decidió emprender una campaña militar que lo llevó de Cuba a México. Durante su avance, jalonado por alianzas astutas con otros pueblos que estaban enemistados con los aztecas, Cortés se abrió paso hasta Tenochtitlan.

Neuroloog Gert Cypers dook in zijn rijke persoonlijke archief en vertelt de meest bizarre, waargebeurde verhalen van uitzonderlijke ziekten die hij, als een ware Dr. House, op het spoor kwam. Over een man wiens urine kleurde als Coca-Cola. Over een vrouw die tijdens haar slaap augurken at. Over een man die soms niet kon stoppen met lachen. Over een vrouw met een varkenslintworm in haar hersenen.

Les années 1933 à 1943 marquent le chapitre le plus noir de la modernité européenne. Face à la catastrophe, quatre femmes philosophes, à l'orée de leur 30 ans, Simone de Beauvoir, Simone Weil, Ayn Rand et Hannah Arendt, développent leurs idées visionnaires : sur la relation entre l'individu et la société, l'homme et la femme, le sexe et le genre, la liberté et le totalitarisme, Dieu et l'homme.

Der Letzte wischt das Blut auf... Thomas Kundt ist Tatortreiniger. Wie es dazu kam? Reiner Zufall! Podcaster und Autor Tarkan Bagci erzählt Thomas Kundts inspirierende Geschichte: Gerade noch mit Schlips und Kragen im 9-to-5-Job, findet er sich plötzlich mit Eimer und Lappen zwischen Blut und Leichenresten wieder. Er hatte sich schon länger ein aufregenderes Leben gewünscht... Aber das hier? Kundt ergreift die Chance und beginnt ein neues Kapitel. Hier erzählt er von Tatorten, an denen er noch Körperteile fand und Schicksalen, die man nie wieder vergisst.

Au lendemain des attentats du 13 novembre 2015, une certaine "Flo Kitty" se rapproche des rescapés. Elle leur parle de son meilleur ami Greg, blessé au Bataclan. Appréciée de tous, Flo devient salariée de la principale association de victimes, Life for Paris. Elle pose pour Paris Match, rencontre des élus et organise le retour à Paris des Eagles of Death Metal.

"100 Quotes by Adam Smith" is a selection of thoughts and observations from one of the finest philosophical minds of the 18th century. Smith’s views on religion, morality, and human nature are presented front and centre. However, he wasn’t short of a few witticisms, and there are plenty of one-liners worth committing to memory. A superb book for leisurely browsing, this is a welcome addition to any book collection. Born in Kirkcaldy, Adam Smith (1723–1790) became known as one of the most important philosophers and political economists of the 18th century.

Mungo Park was an explorer of the real kind. In 1795, only aged 24, he left Gambia for the uncharted interior of Africa, in a journey that would be filled with tragedy, heroism, and adventure. Park was the first European to ever reach the river Niger and the legendary city of Timbuctoo, thus resolving, once and for all, a century-old geographic debate. He travelled with local guides and later entirely alone, through warring kingdoms, robberies, imprisonment, and extreme duress. By the time he returned to Gambia, he had long been given up for dead.

600 Quotations from the Great Writers of the 20th Century features the wit and wisdom of some of the 20th Century’s greatest writers and minds. A cherry-picked selection, the collection includes quotes from the likes of famous Irish poet and playwright, Oscar Wilde, American-Lebanese writer and poet Khalil Gibran, Winston Churchill, Britain’s celebrated prime minister, and many more.

David Livingstone was a Scottish missionary and one of the greatest European explorers who ever lived. He fought all his life against slavery, and is remembered as a national hero for opening up the interior of the so-called "Dark Continent"; his expeditions had a tremendous influence on the colonization of Africa and the relation between Europeans and Africans. The son of a Christian missionary himself, Livingstone felt a spiritual calling to reach people in the interior of Africa in order to find new commercial routes and thus free the Africans from the plague of slavery.

The emperor Nero's reign is one weird tale of sexual depravity and extravagant sadism. He was a gifted musician, and is said to have given great concerts of which attendance was compulsory; women were said to have given birth during the performance, and men were driven to fake death to escape. Nero kicked his pregnant wife to death and then had a young boy castrated to replace her as his spouse; then, during the great fire of Rome, he is said to have played the lyre to emphasize the beauty of the destruction. His eccentricities are a continuation of the tradition of his predecessors, only more perverted; Suetonius' account portray a strange man in strange times.

Un viaggio nella follia dei diari di Angelo Izzo e del massacro del Circeo. L'opera di Ilaria Amenta indaga le memorie di un uomo capace di oltrepassare ogni limite del male, tra crimini efferati e la prigione vissuta come luogo di autocelebrazione. Un viaggio dentro la mente di un "uomo nero" per provare a capire come si possa compiere e ripetere l'inenarrabile senza provare rimorso.