What to read: 6 motivating and engaging biographies of famous people

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

The path of a person to the heights of fame and success is of undoubted interest, and if the biography of a celebrity is also written in living language, then the value of such a book increases many times over. Our today's review presents fascinating biographies of people who confidently walked towards their dreams, fell, suffered, rose and went forward again, overcoming difficulties in order to achieve their goals.

Bruce Lee, The Path of Excellence

Interest in the personality of the legendary actor Bruce Lee has not waned over the years. 45 years have passed since his departure, but the book "The Path of Perfection" has been published in Russian for the first time.

Contrary to the screen image of the actor, on the pages of the book the reader will be able to meet another Bruce: an ordinary person, husband and father. The same book gives an idea of Bruce Lee's own philosophy of life, introduces him to his poetic work and thoughts about the meaning of life, his attitude to the world at the junction of two cultures. The book contains many rare photographs of Bruce Lee, collected his notes and letters. Bruce Lee seems to be confessing, opening up to the reader from an unfamiliar side.

Brian J. Jones, George Lucas. The Jedi Path"

In the book, the famous filmmaker and producer is not at all shown in the best possible light. On the contrary, his revelations are sometimes shocking and sometimes thought-provoking. The author of the biography, Brian Jay Jones, tells how hard it was for George Lucas to script "Star Wars", how painfully he sometimes sat at his desk for eight hours in a row, without a single sensible thought in his head and stupidly staring at a pristine blank page.

From an eternal debtor he turned into a billionaire, learned to replace routine with unusual technical solutions. The reader has a unique opportunity to get acquainted with the secrets of a successful personality, and perhaps even adopt some of George Lucas's techniques.

Tom Sean, Woody Allen. A comedian with a sad soul"

Tom Sean's book will be of great interest to fans of Woody Allen's work, his unique style and his amazing films. The author of the book brought together a wealth of material about the life and work of the director and writer, paying tribute to the great master of cinema.

The book contains many interviews from different years, memories of friends and family, their impressions of Woody Allen, first of all, as a person. The rarest photographs from the set and from the master's personal archive are generously flavored with comments from the hero himself. Woody Allen. A comedian with a sad soul. Illustrated Biography”simply cannot leave the reader indifferent at the moment of contact with the personality of a talented person, a master of his craft.

Ndaba Mandela, “Climbing the mountains. Life lessons from my grandfather, Nelson Mandela"

In the book, the grandson of a linear politician shares his impressions of his grandfather, Nelson Mandela, and the life lessons he managed to teach. In the book, you can get acquainted not with a political leader and reformer, but with an ordinary person who has his own weaknesses and his own dreams. And also a passionate desire to pass on to his beloved grandson all his experience, his own wisdom and the age-old wisdom of the Kosa tribe.

The great Nelson Mandela is presented in the book as his family members saw him. And his grandson, whom the great grandfather helped to gain faith in himself and undergo the ancient rite of initiation into men.

Jean Philippe, Patrick Fort, Zinedine Zidane. Biography"

The life story of one of the greatest footballers of our time is described in detail, with a description of the difficulties that stood in the way of Zenedine Zidane. The boy, born in one of the poorest areas of Marseille, has managed to achieve truly brilliant success thanks to his own hard work and undeniable talent.

A climbing story that began with torn boots and ended with the incredible success and worldwide popularity of the great player. Today he does not know the need, but he does not consider it possible to forget what he began his path to fame and popularity with.

Tommy Hilfiger, My Way to Dream

The great American fashion designer, founder of the brand that bears his name, tells in his autobiography how he walked towards his dream. He was an unloved child in a large family, was sick with dyslexia, but at the same time knew how to dream productively.

He refused to obey the will of his parents and, instead of receiving an engineering education, decided to study business in practice. Already in the year of his majority, he became the owner of his first store, and by the age of 30, the turnover of his company was estimated in billions.

Tommy Hilfiger very sincerely and frankly shares his success story with readers, talks about his ups and downs, intrigues and betrayals, true friendship and loyalty to a dream.

Despite the fact that there are many good books on the Internet, “living” paper books are invariably popular. Moreover, the market offers such a variety of assortments that it is often extremely difficult to make a choice. Recently, there has been an increase in demand for intellectual literature, which is designed not only to entertain, but also to teach. Our review presents novelties of intellectual prose, worthy of the attention of the most discerning readers.