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World Champion boxer, national treasure, pantomime star, sidekick to Harry Carpenter, mental health campaigner. Frank Bruno is many different things to many different people. Now, in his own words, as he turns 60, Frank delivers the full, explosive story of his remarkable life so far. At times harrowing, at times hilarious, but always 100 percent honest, Frank Bruno: 60 Years a Fighter is the sporting memoir of the year which pulls no punches. In it, Frank opens up on his journey to becoming a World Champion and the fight which has come after retirement with mental ill health.

1934 erschien mit "Cervantes" im Querido Verlag in Amsterdam einer der großen Romane der deutschsprachigen Exilliteratur. Der heute in Vergessenheit geratene Schriftsteller Bruno Frank erzählt darin die Geschichte von Miguel de Cervantes, dem Verfasser von "Don Quijote". In Cervantes, der einem von Armut und Unglück gezeichneten Leben einen der unvergänglichen Romane der Menschheit abrang, fand Frank einen zeitlosen und kämpferischen Helden, der auch ihm als Vorbild dienen konnte. Ulrich Noethen liest die Biografie des Großmeisters Cervantes ungekürzt.

Frank Bruni grew up in a big, loud Italian family in White Plains, New York, where meals were epic, outsize affairs. At those meals, he demonstrated one of his foremost qualifications for his future career: an epic, outsize love of food. But Bruni's relationship with eating was tricky, and his difficulties with managing it began early. When Bruni was named the restaurant critic for The New York Times in 2004, he knew enough to be nervous.

The twists and turns of American politics are unpredictable, but the tone is a troubling given. It’s one of grievance. More and more Americans are convinced that they’re losing because somebody else is winning. More and more tally their slights, measure their misfortune, and assign particular people responsibility for it. The blame game has become the country’s most popular sport and victimhood its most fashionable garb.

Over the last few decades, Americans have turned college admissions into a terrifying and occasionally devastating process, preceded by test prep, tutors, all sorts of stratagems, all kinds of rankings, and a conviction among too many young people that their futures will be determined and their worth established by which schools say yes and which say no.

One morning in late 2017, New York Times columnist Frank Bruni woke up with strangely blurred vision. He wondered at first if some goo or gunk had worked its way into his right eye. But this was no fleeting annoyance, no fixable inconvenience.

Bereits als 17-Jähriger tritt Friedrich Freiherr von Trenck in die Leibwache von Friedrich II. ein. Dem preußischen König imponieren die Begabungen und der Ehrgeiz Trencks. So dauert es nicht lange, bis er ihn zu seinem Adjutanten macht. Doch dann verliebt sich der junge Adelige ausgerechnet in Amalie, die Lieblingsschwester des Königs. Amalie erwidert Trencks Liebe, aber leider durchkreuzt diese Beziehung Friedrichs Pläne. Dieser hat bereits einen anderen Gemahl für seine Schwester ausgewählt: den Kronprinz von Schweden.

Let Me Be Frank is the new book from one of the world's sporting greats. A deeply personal story, Bruno talks about his battle with mental illness, his time inside a mental facility, the impact his illness has had on his family and his career - and his long road back to stability. Now ready to talk about the condition that devastated his world, Frank's story offers his own unique perspective on living with bipolar disorder. His fears, his triumphs and the great affection he feels for the legion of fans he has to this day. His aim is to give others hope and inspiration.