A compilation of inspirational stories, songs and poems that celebrate individuality and challenge stereotypes
Marlo Thomas Bücher
Margaret Julia "Marlo" Thomas ist eine amerikanische Schauspielerin, Produzentin, Autorin und soziale Aktivistin. Sie ist am besten bekannt für ihre Hauptrolle in der Sitcom *That Girl* und für ihre preisgekrönte Kinderreihe *Free to Be... You and Me*. Thomas fungiert auch als nationale Outreach-Direktorin für das St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, eine von ihrem Vater gegründete Einrichtung.
Featuring reflections on how different people found wisdom and hope in the inspirational words of loved ones, a collection of thoughtful advice includes contributions by Tom Brokaw, Jimmy Carter, Steven Spielberg, Amy Tan, and many others.
A second collection of inspiring stories by the actress-author of Thanks and Giving . . . All Year Long features ninety essays by Americans from all walks of life and includes the stories of a Gulf War veteran whose perspective was changed by a chance encounter at a fast-food restaurant and a prison inmate who remembers advice he did not take. 175,000 first printing.
With the ending of the Second World War in 1945, there ended also the great alliance of nations that had defeated Germany and Japan. Within a year relationships between Russia and the West were being described in terms of The Cold War and The Iron Curtain. Aformer Soviet Foreign Minister was using the expression 'Armed Truce' to explain the best that could now be hoped for. But how and why did this happen? Hugh Thomas, combining the historian's overall view with a novelist's eye for the telling detail, describes the personalities, the ideology and geography, the military and economic factors that interacted to produce the Cold War. Scholarship, vision and sheer readability combine in this superb work of history.