Bono

"Bono, artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2, has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him. 'When I started to write this book, I was hoping to draw in detail what I'd previously only sketched in songs. The people, places, and possibilities in my life. Surrender...

Bono - Künstler, Aktivist und Sänger der irischen Rock-Band U2 - legt seine umfassende Autobiografie mit dem Titel SURRENDER vor. Bono ist einer der international bekanntesten Musiker. In SURRENDER schreibt Bono zum ersten Mal selbst über sein Leben und über die Menschen, die ihm nahestehen. Er berichtet von seiner Kindheit in Dublin, vom plötzlichen Tod seiner Mutter, die er mit 14 verlor, von U2s unglaublichem Aufstieg zu einer der einflussreichsten...

"Hymmnn" and "Hum Bom" by Allen Ginsberg, featuring Bono, Juan Felipe Herrera, and a chorus of religious chant practitioners

El núcleo del presente volumen lo constituye la tesis doctoral defendida por Emérit Bono en la Universitat de Valencia en 1974, inédita hasta ahora. El cultivo del naranjo en enormes zonas del territorio valenciano cambió para siempre la economía y la sociedad valencianas. Durante toda una época enriqueció a importantes sectores sociales y desempeñó una función clave, estratégica, como fuente de divisas para el Estado español. ¿Qué papel...

Are you as authentically happy as your social media profiles make it seem? When a group of researchers asked young adults around the globe what their number one priority was in life, the top answer was "happiness." Not success, fame, money, looks, or love...but happiness. For a rising generation of young adults raised as digital natives in a fast-paced, ultra-connected world, authentic happiness still seems just out of reach. While social media...

Death will not part them, nor will it silence them. It is 1880 and women are meant to be seen and not heard. When a damaged daughter is born of a vicious marital assault, Pauline Kite and her child are condemned to a life of sequestration and silence in rural Oxfordshire until Elinor Budden, a young nurse herself in need of healing, urges resilience and an audacious plan to bring about justice. When an unforeseen catastrophe strikes and they are caught...

From humble beginnings to magnificent gains, there are few cities that can boast as much growth as Chelsea, Alabama. Where Creek Indians once hunted and roamed, successful businesses, neighborhoods, schools, recreation parks, and churches now stand. In the mid-1800s, pioneer families settled in the hills of what was first called Melrose. The railroad played a vital role in the advancement of the area by offering passenger and commercial transportation,...

"A practical handbook for parents to use in training their children (ages nine and up) in effective thinking, although adults will surely benefit from the concepts as well."—Library Journal.

A cliche start: 4 teenage boys form a rock band in the drummer’s kitchen. 45 years, 14 albums, 24 concert tours, 22 Grammies. U2 raises millions to fight hunger, disease and poverty. Music transcends melody. It means mission.