My First Two Hundred Years - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook My First Two Hundred Years write by Pal Kiralyhegyi. This book was released on 2017-12-21. My First Two Hundred Years available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "If I feel a bit blue, this is the book I take off the shelf. I absorb love of life, indestructible cheeriness, optimism, good mood from it. It does good to everyone!" -Istvan J. Bedo/// My First Two Hundred Years is the autobiography of the Hungarian humorist and writer Pal Kiralyhegyi (1900-1981). It was first published in Hungary in 1979, and re- published in 2015. /// When asked why he entitled his memoir My First Two Hundred Years, Kiralyhegyi replied, "If it's true that war years count twice, when I say I that am two hundred, I am actually pretending to be younger than my age, since I had as bosses Franz Joseph I, Horthy, Szalasi, and even Hitler, because I worked in Auschwitz, as a simple deportee, and it is common knowledge that time there passed quite slowly, as long as one was still alive, anyway."/// In the early years of the twentieth century, Kiralyhegyi, a young Hungarian, stowed away on a ship bound for America. He by turns worked as a busboy, elevator operator, and banker until he boarded a train for Hollywood. There, he realized his American dream and wrote films, hobnobbing with the likes of Charlie Chaplin. But while at the height of his success, the restless Kiralyhegyi, known in America as Paul King, decided to return to Europe. As a Jew, the writer was "just in time" to be deported to a string of concentration camps in World War II Germany. Ultimately, Kiralyhegyi was liberated by the US Armed Forces and returned to Hungary to withstand the Soviet occupation and flourish in Budapest as a playwright and novelist. Certainly no other writer has experienced the golden era of Hollywood, the ghastliness of the Holocaust, and the absurdity of Communism first-hand, and chronicled them with such a breezy wit uncorrupted by cynicism or bitterness. Heart-rending and inspirational, a rare life-story that is also a page-turner, it's the type of book young and old will be able to enjoy and learn from. This volume stands alone in Holocaust literature due to Kiralyhegyi's voice, which, while unflinching, is that of a natural born humorist./// We read My First Two Hundred Years again and again. His stories reflect a way of thinking most important to us all. Love of life. The ability to deal with life. Self-irony, which often helps in life.
My First Two Thousand Years
My First Two Thousand Years - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook My First Two Thousand Years write by George Sylvester Viereck. This book was released on 1928. My First Two Thousand Years available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
My First Two Thousand Years
My First Two Thousand Years - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook My First Two Thousand Years write by George Sylvester Viereck. This book was released on 2001. My First Two Thousand Years available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Wandering Jew is a cosmic symbol--he is man, he is woman, he is sex, he is history, he is life itself.
My First Hundred Years in Hollywood
My First Hundred Years in Hollywood - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook My First Hundred Years in Hollywood write by Jack L. Warner. This book was released on 2017-04-20. My First Hundred Years in Hollywood available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. On August 5, 1958, Jack Warner spent six hours playing baccarat, taking $4,000 from the tables at Cannes before stepping out into the night. He drove home along a winding road in a sporty little Alfa-Romeo, and was negotiating a tricky turn when a truck leapt in front of him. The Alfa was destroyed, but Warner was saved—thrown out the door to land forty feet from the burning car. Around the world, the newspapers told of the death of the king of Hollywood. But Warner wasn’t finished yet. One of the true legends of the movie business, Warner had wielded absolute power over his studio since the silent era. He produced Casablanca and The Jazz Singer; he feuded with Errol Flynn, and gave the green light to What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? starring Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. As the studio system crumbled, Warner’s control remained unquestioned, and in this engaging autobiography, he shows the man behind the crown. Jack L. Warner is portrayed by Stanley Tucci in the Ryan Murphy TV series Feud.
On Paper
On Paper - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook On Paper write by Nicholas A. Basbanes. This book was released on 2014-07-01. On Paper available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Best Book of the Year: Mother Jones • Bloomberg News • National Post • Kirkus In these pages, Nicholas Basbanes—the consummate bibliophile’s bibliophile—shows how paper has been civilization’s constant companion. It preserves our history and gives record to our very finest literary, cultural, and scientific accomplishments. Since its invention in China nearly two millennia ago, the technology of paper has spread throughout the inhabited world. With deep knowledge and care, Basbanes traces paper’s trail from the earliest handmade sheets to the modern-day mills. Paper, yoked to politics, has played a crucial role in the unfolding of landmark events, from the American Revolution to Daniel Ellsberg’s Pentagon Papers to the aftermath of 9/11. Without paper, modern hygienic practice would be unimaginable; as currency, people will do almost anything to possess it; and, as a tool of expression, it is inextricable from human culture. Lavishly researched, compellingly written, this masterful guide illuminates paper’s endless possibilities.
