LeniLeni by Steven Bach. An exceptional work of historical investigation, "Leni" is the definitive biography of one of the most fascinating and controversial personalities of the 20th century: Leni Riefenstahl, the woman best known as Hitler's filmmaker.
Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness (mp3)
In The Center Cannot Hold, Elyn Saks discusses frankly and movingly the paranoia, the inability to tell imaginary fears from real ones, and the voices in her head insisting she do terrible things, as well as the many obstacles she overcame to become the woman she is today. It is destined to become a classic in the genre.
Even the least sensible woman knew, upon meeting his gaze, that here was a man who was more than he might at first appear, who might steal the heart of even the most resistant woman. But oh, what a lovely theft!
Boris Teaches you English by Using Songs - Song 5: Michael Bolton - When a Man Loves a woman
Sometimes it is difficult to make an accurate translation because we do not understand certain expresion that are very informal, or some phrasal verbs, etc. With this work Boris tries to explain to you, in a more standard English, those expresions and phrasal verbs so that you all can get better the main ideas of the songs. It is not only a song with its lyrics. It has Grammar, phrasal verb, and idiom explanations; and some pronunciation.
Written by the son of Alexandre Dumas, The Lady of the Camellias is the story of Marguerite Gautier, a young courtesan, or kept woman, in Paris in the mid 1800's, and how she falls in love with a young man, Armand Duval, and then tries to escape from her questionable past. Unfortunately, it comes back to haunt her and she ends up returning to that life and dies painfully and alone, but with the knowledge that she was a good woman at heart.
