Resultaten voor 'virginia cowles'

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  1. In cerca di guai. Avventure di una reporter di guerra
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    In cerca di guai. Avventure di una reporter di guerra

    Nel 1938 Virginia Cowles, inesperta ventiseienne di Boston, sbarca in Spagna in piena guerra civile con cappello, abito su misura, giacca di pelliccia e tacchi alti, portando con sé una macchina per scrivere e una valigia con tre abiti di lana. Non ha alcuna esperienza come corrispondente di guerra, avendo scritto prevalentemente di cronaca mondana. Ha dalla sua, però, una curiosità e una determinazione tali da trasformarla in breve tempo in uno dei pochissimi reporter in grado di coprire la guerra civile da entrambi i fronti. Dimostrando una grande abilità nello scucire informazioni a chiunque, e una buona dose di quel tipico dono del giornalista di trovarsi nel posto giusto al momento giusto, Virginia Cowles incontra tutti i personaggi chiave dell'epoca: a Norimberga partecipa a un tè in onore di Hitler, dove assiste alla bizzarra amicizia di lui con l'ereditiera Unity Mitford; a Roma intervista Mussolini a pochi giorni dall'invasione dell'Abissinia, sorbendosi la predica del duce sul diritto dell'Italia a possedere un impero; a Madrid pranza con Hemingway e diventa amica intima di Martha Gellhorn; con Churchill va a caccia di pesci rossi, viene invitata a vedere i suoi dipinti e accoglie le sue lamentele su Chamberlain. Cowles girerà in lungo e in largo in un'Europa sull'orlo della guerra, vedendo le luci oscurarsi in un paese dopo l'altro: dalla Polonia alla Romania, dalla Finlandia alla Francia, fino all'Inghilterra. Coraggiosa con leggerezza, pur correndo rischi pesantissimi, lascia dietro di sé una considerevole eredità: se oggi a corrispondere dalle zone di guerra ci sono tante donne quanti uomini, lo si deve proprio a figure come Virginia Cowles, che hanno aperto la strada. Pubblicato nel 1941, "In cerca di guai" divenne immediatamente un bestseller, ispirando intere generazioni. Con una stupefacente capacità di dipingere uno scenario e trascinarvi dentro il lettore, questo memoir restituisce l'indimenticabile ritratto di una donna disposta a correre qualsiasi tipo di rischio per raccontare la verità. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

    € 44,50
  2. Op oorlogspad
    1. Virginia Cowles

    Op oorlogspad

    Virginia Cowles (1910-1983) groeide op in de VS en was correspondent voor The Sunday Times, BBC en NBC. Op oorlogspad was een bestseller in 1941. Later schreef ze biografieën over o.a. Churchill en over de Rothschilds. Ze kwam om het leven bij een auto-ongeluk in Frankrijk.

    € 34,99
  3. Looking for Trouble
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    Looking for Trouble

    Vom Hotel Florida in Madrid über den Fall Frankreichs bis zum finnischen Winterkrieg: Virginia Cowles hat es alles mit eigenen Augen gesehen. Mit 26 Jahren kommt die junge US-Amerikanerin nach Spanien, um vom Bürgerkrieg zu berichten. Schnell verkehrt sie in den Kreisen berühmter Kriegsreporter und -reporterinnen wie Ernest Hemingway und Martha Gellhorn. Von Madrid aus folgt sie der Spur des Faschismus über den ganzen Kontinent, trifft Churchill zum Lunch und Hitler zum Tee. Vor allem aber gelingt es ihr auf einmalige Weise, immer dann vor Ort zu sein, wenn Geschichte geschrieben wird: Cowles nimmt uns mit in die Straßen Berlins in der Nacht vor dem deutschen Überfall auf Polen, in ein geisterhaftes Paris nur Stunden vor der Invasion der Nazis, nach London am ersten Tag des Blitzkriegs. Um das ganz große Bild des Zweiten Weltkriegs zu zeichnen, tritt sie keinen Schritt zurück, sondern geht immer wieder ganz nah dran. In eindringlicher Sprache und unvergesslichen Bildern schildert Virginia Cowles die Tragödie dieses Krieges so unmittelbar, wie wir es noch nie gesehen haben.Ein wiederentdeckter Klassiker und eine Tour de Force durchs düsterste Kapitel des 20. Jahrhunderts.

    € 28,00
  4. Looking for Trouble
    1. Virginia Cowles

    Looking for Trouble

    'One of the truly great war correspondents: magnificent.' (Antony Beevor)

    This sensational 1941 memoir of life on wartime Europe's frontline by a trailblazing female reporter is an 'unforgettable' (The Times) rediscovered classic, introduced by Christina Lamb (who calls her 'the Forrest Gump of journalism').

    € 17,95
  5. Looking for Trouble
    1. Virginia Cowles

    Looking for Trouble

    The Classic Memoir of a Trailblazing War Correspondent
    € 20,95
  6. Looking for Trouble
    1. Virginia , Cowles

    Looking for Trouble

    This sensational 1941 memoir of life on wartime Europe''s frontline by a trailblazing female reporter is an ''unforgettable'' (The Times) rediscovered classic, introduced by Christina Lamb (who calls her ''the Forrest Gump of journalism'').Paris as it fell to the NazisLondon on the first day of the BlitzBerlin the day Germany invaded PolandMadrid in the Spanish Civil War Prague during the Munich crisis Lapland as the Russians attacked Moscow betrayed by the Germans Virginia Cowles has seen it all.As a pioneering female correspondent, she reported from the frontline of 1930s Europe into the Second World War, always in the right place at the right time. Flinging off her heels under shellfire; meeting Hitler (''an inconspicuous little man''); gossiping with Churchill by his goldfish pond; dancing in the bomb-blasted Ritz ... Introduced by Christina Lamb, Cowles'' incredible dispatches make you an eyewitness to the twentieth century as you have never experienced it before.''An amazingly brilliant reporter ... One of the most engrossing [books] the war has produced.'' New York Times Book ReviewWhat readers are saying:The queen of historical name-droppingHoly cow! What a wonderful find!!Most unexpectedly great book that I have read in years. Reads like a novel [but] this is real life.The best book I''ve read this year ... Exquisitely written [day-to-day] drama of history ... Breathtakingly fresh.I can''t recommend this book enough. Cowles'' voice and humanity are her greatest assets, but her willingness to be where the action was - and always find trouble - paid off.A marvel. Her ability to capture anecdotes and dialogue that offer surprising insights into historic personages and events is a frequent source of wonder. It was difficult for me not to drive my family crazy wanting to read them quotes.The intrepid Virginia Cowles was in the right places at the right times and connected to the right people. What a life she led!

    € 21,50
  7. Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and the Sas Regiment
    1. Virginia Cowles

    Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and the Sas Regiment

    In the dark and uncertain days of 1941 and 1942, when Rommel's Afrika Korps was sweeping towards Egypt and the Suez Canal, a small group of daring raiders made history for the Allies. They operated deep behind the German lines, driving hundreds of miles through the deserts of North Africa. They hid by day and struck by night, destroying aircraft, blowing up ammunition dumps, derailing trains and killing many times their own number. The men were the Special Air Service, the SAS, the brainchild of David Stirling, a deceptively mild-mannered man with a brilliant idea. Under his command, small teams of resourceful, highly trained men penetrated beyond the front lines of the opposing armies and wreaked havoc where the Germans least expected it. Virginia Cowles's The Phantom Major is a classic account of these raids, an amazing tale of courage, impudence and daring, packed with action and high adventure. Her narrative, based on the eyewitness testimony of the men who took part, gives a fascinating insight into the early years of the SAS.Virginia Cowles was an American war correspondent and historian. Her book about her own experiences as a journalist from 1936-42, Looking for Trouble, has recently been re-issued by Faber Finds. Her play, written with Martha Gellhorn, Love Goes to Press!, will have a revival on Broadway in 2011. Among her biographies are: Winston Churchill: The Era and the Man, The Astors: Story of a Transatlantic Family, The Romanovs, The Rothschilds: A Family of Fortune and Great Marlborough and His Duchess.

    € 20,95
  8. Love Goes to Press
    1. Martha Gellhorn
    2. Virginia Cowles

    Love Goes to Press

    A Comedy in Three Acts, Second Edition

    Written in the aftermath of World War II, Love Goes to Press opened in London in 1946 and on Broadway in 1947. At the time a relief for the survivors of Blitzkrieg and ration cards, today it is a devilishly entertaining portrayal of the Battle of the Sexes.

    € 20,95
  9. Winston Churchill
    1. Virginia Cowles

    Winston Churchill

    € 28,95
  10. Los últimos zares
    1. Virginia , Cowles

    Los últimos zares

    En 1917, El zar de Rusia, Nicolás II, se vio forzado a abdicar. Este acontecimiento marcó el fin de varios siglos de gobierno imperial autocrático, y la monarquía desapareció cuando el zar y su familia fueron asesinados en misteriosas circunstancias por l

    € 10,50
  11. Op oorlogspad
    1. Virginia Cowles

    Op oorlogspad
    E-book

    Virginia Cowles deed verslag van Europese brandhaarden tijdens de Spaanse burgeroorlog en de eerste jaren van WO II – altijd op de juiste plaats op het juiste moment. Ze vertelt over vluchten onder granaatvuur in de Spaanse loopgraven; een ontmoeting met Hitler (‘een onopvallend mannetje’) in Berlijn; roddelen met Churchill bij zijn goudvisvijver; dansen in het gebombardeerde Ritz; het lezen van The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism in een Sovjettrein; rendieren eten met Finse guerrilla-skiërs, doodsangsten uitstaan in de glazen geschutskoepel van een Britse bommenwerper. De reportages van Cowles maken de lezer tot ooggetuige.

    € 13,99
  12. The Phantom Major
    1. Virginia Cowles

    The Phantom Major

    The Story of David Stirling and His Desert Command
    € 32,95