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Elizabeth Gilbert

    18 luglio 1969

    Elizabeth Gilbert è una scrittrice acclamata le cui opere approfondiscono le complessità dello spirito umano e la ricerca di significato. La sua scrittura è celebrata per la sua capacità di catturare emozioni profonde ed esperienze universali con empatia e acuta perspicacia. Gilbert esplora spesso temi come l'amore, la perdita, la scoperta di sé e la ricerca del proprio posto nel mondo, intrecciando queste narrazioni sia nella sua narrativa che nella saggistica. La sua voce distintiva e il suo stile avvincente risuonano profondamente nei lettori, offrendo loro ispirazione e un senso di umanità condivisa.

    Elizabeth Gilbert
    At home on the range
    Город женщин
    Giuro che non mi sposo
    Mangia, prega, ama. Una donna cerca la felicità
    Mangia, prega, ama
    Big Magic
    • Big Magic

      Vinci la paura e scopri il miracolo di una vita creativa

      • 230pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Gilbert offers insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the “strange jewels” that are hidden within each of us. Whether we are looking to write a book, make art, find new ways to address challenges in our work, embark on a dream long deferred, or simply infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.

      Big Magic
      4,0
    • Mangia, prega, ama

      • 376pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      Marito, soldi, carriera. A trent’anni Elizabeth Gilbert ha tutto quanto una donna possa desiderare. Ma una notte si ritrova in ginocchio sul pavimento del bagno, con la faccia inondata di lacrime e una domanda semplice e terribile a morderle il cuore - 'Che cosa hai veramente voglia di fare, Elizabeth?'. La risposta trascinerà Liz molto lontano. Attraverso tre continenti, oltre un divorzio, un conto in rosso e un nuovo amore sbagliato. Lontano dalla famiglia e dagli amici, dal suo lavoro e dalle sue certezze ogni giorno un po’ più incerte. Verso l’aria dolce e dorata di un autunno romano, poi verso l’India, e ancora a Bali, alla ricerca di nuove occasioni e di desideri ancora più nuovi.

      Mangia, prega, ama
      3,7
    • Liz è bella, bionda e ha una vita apparentemente perfetta: una grande casa a New York, un matrimonio invidiabile e un lavoro gratificante. Tuttavia, una notte autunnale la trova in lacrime sul pavimento del bagno, desiderando di essere lontana da tutto ciò. In quel momento, Liz realizza di non volere nulla di ciò che ha e compie un gesto inaspettato: prega. Come reagireste se Dio o qualcosa di simile vi dicesse che avete ragione, che quella vita non è per voi? Liz, dopo una riflessione, decide di raccogliere le forze per il futuro. Affronta un doloroso divorzio e una tumultuosa storia d'amore, ma intravede anche un'opportunità: un anno di viaggio alla scoperta di sé. In questo diario-confessione, l'autrice racconta il suo percorso verso la felicità: in Italia scopre il piacere e stringe amicizie preziose; in India trova la grazia attraverso la meditazione; in Indonesia un misterioso sciamano le insegna a superare la tristezza e a riaprirsi all'amore. "Mangia, prega, ama" è la storia di un'anima irrequieta, con cui è facile identificarsi.

      Mangia, prega, ama. Una donna cerca la felicità
      3,4
    • At home on the range

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Recently, while moving into a new house, Elizabeth Gilbert unpacked some boxes of family books that had been sitting in her mother's attic for decades. Among the old, dusty hardbacks was a book called At Home on the Range (or, How To Make Friends with Your Stove) by Gilbert's great-grandmother, Margaret Yardley Potter

      At home on the range
      4,3
    • All the Way to the River

      Love, Loss and Liberation

      What if your most beautiful love story turned into your biggest nightmare? What if the dear friend who taught you so much about your self-destructive tendencies became the unstable partner with whom you disastrously reenacted every one of them? And what if your most devastating heartbreak opened a pathway to your greatest awakening?

      All the Way to the River
      4,1
    • The Way of Integrity

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      In The Way of Integrity, Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, and with it, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us-people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits-all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole. Inspired by The Divine Comedy, Beck uses Dante's classic hero's journey as a framework to break down the process of attaining personal integrity into small, manageable steps. She shows how to read our internal signals that lead us towards our true path, and to recognize what we actually yearn for versus what our culture sells us. With techniques tested on hundreds of her clients, Beck brings her expertise as a social scientist, life coach and human being to help readers to uncover what integrity looks like in their own lives. She takes us on a spiritual adventure that not only will change the direction of our lives, but bring us to a place of genuine happiness

      The Way of Integrity
      4,2
    • Beloved author Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction with a unique love story set in the New York City theater world of the 1940s. Through the perspective of an older woman reflecting on her youth, the narrative explores themes of female sexuality, promiscuity, and the nuances of true love. Nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris is sent to Manhattan after being expelled from Vassar College due to her lackluster performance. She moves in with her Aunt Peg, who owns the flamboyant, crumbling Lily Playhouse. There, Vivian encounters a vibrant array of characters, including fun-loving showgirls, a charming male actor, a grand-dame actress, a seductive writer, and a pragmatic stage manager. A personal misstep leads to a professional scandal, turning her world upside down and prompting years of introspection. Ultimately, this tumultuous journey guides her toward a deeper understanding of her desires and the freedom needed to pursue them. It also leads her to the love of her life, a relationship that stands apart from all others. Now eighty-nine, Vivian reflects on how these formative experiences shaped her life, revealing a powerful truth: at some point, a woman can shed the burden of shame and embrace her true self. Written with profound insight into human desire and connection, this is a love story like no other.

      City of Girls
      4,0
    • Kid Me Not

      An Anthology by Child-Free Women of the '60s Now in Their 60s

      • 126pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      Women who choose to have children often cannot understand those of us who have chosen not to. Kid Me Not, a collection of essays by everyday women, was written with the hope that all women, regardless of their inclinations, will be encouraged to listen to the voice within, and follow it, wherever it leads. With luck, our stories will sow seeds of respect between women who choose paths exclusive of children and those who have chosen the daunting task of being mothers

      Kid Me Not
      3,9
    • LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE From the moment Alma Whittaker steps into the world, everything about life intrigues her. Instilled with an unquenchable sense of wonder by her father, a botanical explorer and the richest man in the New World, Alma is raised in a house of luxury and curiosity. It is not long before she becomes a gifted botanist in her own right. But as she flourishes and her research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, the man she comes to love draws her in the opposite direction ₆ into the realm of the spiritual, the divine and the magical. The Signature of All Things soars across the globe of the nineteenth century, from London and Peru, to Philadelphia, Tahiti and beyond. Peopled with extraordinary characters along the way, most of all it has an unforgettable heroine in Alma Whittaker

      The Signature of All Things
      3,9
    • At the age of seventeen, Eustace Conway left his suburban existence to live in the wild--thirty years later, he's still there... The Last American Man is the true story of Eustace Conway, an unforgettable American original. For more than thirty years, Conway has made his home in the Appalachian Mountains, mastering the art of self-sufficient living. Over decades, he has evolved from an idealistic nature-lover (who made fire with sticks and wore animal skins) into a seasoned and wary environmentalist/businessman (who must hammer out a reluctant truce with contemporary American reality). In exploring Conway's life, acclaimed novelist and memoirist Elizabeth Gilbert weaves a fascinating adventure story about a truly epic, but thoroughly modern, American hero. As she thoughtfully examines Conway and all he embodies, the iconography of American manhood comes alive in all its conflicting elements of inventiveness, charisma, narcissism, and intimacy. "A vigorous, engaging book...Without compromising her obvious admiration, Ms. Gilbert presents a warts-and-all portrait of Mr. Conway and a sophisticated understanding of why those warts are only natural." - The New York Times "Gilbert artfully taps into this unique life to create a fascinating, deeply-thought-out and enthralling narrative." - Los Angeles Times "A vivid, nuanced portrait of an endlessly complicated man." - San Francisco Chronicle

      Last American Man by Gilbert E (2009) Hardcover
      3,8
    • Why I Write

      Thoughts on the Craft of Fiction (A Back Bay Book)

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      In this anthology, 26 writers illuminate the motivations at the heart of their creative lives in original essays that are as surprising and varied as their fiction. The contributors include Pat Conroy, Norman Mailor, Rick Moody and David Foster Wallace.

      Why I Write
      3,7
    • The debut novel from the bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love On two remote islands off the coast of Maine, the local lobstermen have fought savagely for generations over the fishing rights to the ocean waters between them. Young Ruth Thomas is born into this feud, the daughter of one of the greediest lobstermen in Maine. Eighteen years old, as smart as a whip, and irredeemably unromantic, Ruth returns home from boarding school determined to throw her education overboard and join the ‘stern-men’. As the feud escalates, she helps work the lobster boats, brushes up on her profanity, and eventually falls for a handsome young lobsterman. A funny, sparkling novel of unlikely friendships and family ties, Stern Men captures a feisty American spirit through this unforgettable heroine who is destined for greatness despite herself. Stern Men was a New York Times Notable Book.

      Stern Men
      3,5
    • Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It

      • 240pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      In the ten years since its electrifying debut, Elizabeth Gilbert's Eat Pray Love has become a worldwide phenomenon, empowering millions of readers to set out on paths they never thought possible. In this candid and captivating collection, nearly fifty of those readers - as diverse in their experiences as they are in age and background - share their stories.Eat Pray Love helped one woman to embrace motherhood, another to come to terms with the loss of her mother, and a third to find peace with not wanting to become a mother at all. One writer finds new love overseas; another embraces his sexual identity. The journeys they recount are transformative -sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, but always inspiring. Entertaining and enlightening, Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It is a celebration for fans old and new.

      Eat Pray Love Made Me Do It
      3,5
    • Committed

      A love story

      • 297pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      The author chronicles how the U.S. government gave her and her Brazilian-born lover, Felipe, an ultimatum--marry or he cannot enter the country again--and how she tackled her fears through research and reflection on the institution of marriage

      Committed
      3,5
    • Pilgrims

      • 224pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Elizabeth Gilbert's short stories roam from Wyoming to New York City, from Minnesota to Texas. With humor and dignity, Gilbert explores the revelations of diverse and memorable characters, each pursuing a singular American pilgrimage. A tough East Coast girl dares a western cowboy to run off into the Rocky Mountains with her. A family of Hungarian-immigrant magicians struggle for redemption in Pittsburgh. A dying old woman contentedly surveys her lifetime of promiscuity. On an impossible and tragic quest for honor, an ignorant laborer runs for president of his mafia-controlled union.

      Pilgrims
      3,2
    • Sudbonosno da

      skeptična žena miri se s brakom

      • 224pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura
      Sudbonosno da
    • Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome

      A Memoir of Humor and Healing

      • 368pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      Reba Riley's twenty-ninth birthday was not a good time to undertake a spiritual quest, but when chronic illness prompted her to focus on one thing she could fix - her whopping case of Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome - she undertook a challenge: Visit thirty religions before her thirtieth birthday. This was transformation by spiritual shock therapy. Reba would find peace and healing ... if the search didn't kill her first. During her spiritual sojourn without leaving home, Reba: Danced the disco in a Buddhist temple; Went to church in virtual reality, a movie theater, a drive-in bar, and a basement; Was interrogated about her sex life by Amish grandmothers; Got audited by Scientologists, mobbed by NPR junkies, and killed (almost); Fasted for thirty days without food - or wine, dammit!; Washed her lady parts in a mosque bathroom; Learned to meditate with an Urban Monk, sucked mud in a sweat lodge with a Suburban Shaman, and snuck into Yom Kippur with a fake grandpa; Discovered she didn't have to choose religion to choose God ... or good. For everyone who has ever needed healing of body or soul, this poignant, funny memoir reminds us all that transformation is possible, brokenness can be beautiful, and sometimes we have to get lost to get found.

      Post-Traumatic Church Syndrome
    • Jane Austen's Bookshelf

      The Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend

      • 455pagine
      • 16 ore di lettura

      Who were the women writers that inspired Jane Austen? Why have they all but disappeared from our bookshelves? Rare books dealer Rebecca Romney sheds a light on Austen's inspirations and contemporaries in this page-turning literary adventure, publishing to coincide with the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth.

      Jane Austen's Bookshelf
    • Writer's Workbook

      • 176pagine
      • 7 ore di lettura

      Writers often lack a structured system for honing their craft, unlike other disciplines with clear progression markers. This book explores methods and practices that can help writers develop their skills, maintain focus, and achieve their goals. By drawing parallels to the training regimens of other fields, it offers a framework for writers to stay "in shape" and continuously improve their writing abilities.

      Writer's Workbook
    • Oxford Bookw 4 Eat, Pray, Love+CDPk

      • 84pagine
      • 3 ore di lettura

      Published 2014. Intermediate to Upper Intermediate CEF level B1/B2 - 1,400 Headwords Oxford Bookworms enjoy a world-wide reputation for high-quality storytelling and a great reading experience. Research shows reading a lot improves all your language skills. Experts recognize Oxford Bookworms as the most consistent series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story - very important for fluent reading and extensive reading. There's a wide choice of titles too - something for everyone.

      Oxford Bookw 4 Eat, Pray, Love+CDPk
      3,2
    • Sanditon

      • 128pagine
      • 5 ore di lettura

      Per ricambiare la cortesia degli Heywood che l'hanno soccorso dopo l'incidente della carrozza, il sig. Parker con l'inseparabile sig. ra Parker invita la signorina Charlotte Heywood a beneficiare della corroborante aria marina di Sanditon. Charlotte farà presto la conoscenza dell'arcigna Lady Denham e di tutto il suo seguito ..

      Sanditon
      3,6
    • Большое волшебство - исследование на тему, какова его природа, какую роль оно играет в нашей повседневной жизни, откуда берутся идеи, как преодолеть страх и начать творить. По мнению автора, внутри каждого из нас таятся необычные сокровища, которыми нас наградила природа. Наша задача - вытащить их на свет. Эта практическая книга полна ярких примеров и удивительных открытий. Вдохновляйтесь и не бойтесь творить!

      Большое волшебство. Творчество без страха
    • Elizabeth Gilberts Debüt, ursprünglich als »Elchgeflüster« veröffentlicht, präsentiert beeindruckende Erzählungen über Charaktere wie die Zauberin Esther und den verliebten Denny Brown. Ihre Geschichten sind geprägt von vergeblicher Liebe, falschen Entscheidungen und kleinen Wundern, und zeigen die Schärfe und Komik ihres Erzählstils.

      Die vielen Dinge, die Denny Brown nicht wusste. Stories
    • Velika magija

      Živite bez straha život ispunjen kreativnošću

      • 256pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      Čitatelji već godinama pronalaze inspiraciju u knjigama Elizabeth Gilbert, a sada ova mnogima omiljena autorica razotkriva što sama prolazi u kreativnom procesu stvaranja i dijeli s nama dragocjena saznanja i jedinstven pogled na ulogu kreativnosti u našim životima. Pokazuje nam koliko je važno u životu posvetiti se onome što najviše volimo i pobijediti strah od toga da nismo dovoljno dobri i da nećemo uspjeti. Primjerima iz života govori nam koje bismo stavove, pristup i navike na tom putu trebali usvojiti. Balansirajući između duhovnosti i vedrog pragmatizma, u Velikoj magiji Gilbert nas potiče da otkrijemo „neobične dragulje“ koji su skriveni u svakom od nas. Bez obzira na to želite li pisati, slikati, pronaći nove načine za rješavanje izazova na poslu, ostvariti neki davni san ili jednostavno unijeti u svoj život više strasti i kreativnosti, Velika magija otvorit će vam čitav jedan svijet mogućnosti u koji ćete poželjeti uroniti. I možda tako promijeniti svoj život! „U ovoj knjizi Gilbert postaje savjetnica svakog čitatelja koji želi nešto više od života.“ Library Journal „Obavezna knjiga za sve koji žele živjeti sretnijim životom, ispunjenim s više ideja, više zadovoljstva, više ostvarenih osobnih težnji… Velika magija je uistinu moćna knjiga.“ Barnes & Noble Blog

      Velika magija
    • Eat, Pray, Love

      Ízek, imák, szerelmek

      Elizabeth Gilbert önéletrajzi regénye spirituális utazásra hívja olvasóit, vele együtt tanulhatjuk meg, mit jelent megismerni, megszeretni, és ha kell, elengedni az embereket. Elizabeth harmincas, sikeres nő volt. Gazdag férj, álomház, fényes karrier. Egyik pillanatról a másikra az élete mégis romokban hevert, látszólag ok nélkül. Egy szörnyű válás és az azt követő depresszió után, megmérgezett kapcsolatokkal a háta mögött nekivágott a nagyvilágnak, hogy végre rájöjjön, ki is ő, és mit akar az élettől. Zarándoklata Itáliába, Indiába és Indonéziába vezet, ahol olasz dzsigolók, indiai guruk, indonéz gyógyítók között bizonyítja, hogy mind a boldog pillanatokat keressük, akármelyik szegletében élünk is e világnak. Őszinte, humoros és mély érzelmű könyve mindannyiunknak szól, akik ébredtünk már úgy, hogy „ettől a naptól kezdve változtatok az életemen”. EGY NŐ, AKI NEM AKART TÖBBÉ MEGFELELNI. EGY NŐ, AKI ELENGEDTE A JELENÉT, ÉS MEGTALÁLTA A BOLDOGSÁGÁT. EGY NŐ, AKIBEN MAGUNKRA ISMERHETÜNK.

      Eat, Pray, Love
    • Sudbonosno da

      skeptična žena miri se s brakom

      • 224pagine
      • 8 ore di lettura

      Na kraju svojega bestselera, Elizabeth Gilbert zaljubi se u Felipea, Brazilca s australskim državljanstvom. Nakon preseljenja u Ameriku, oboje se zaklinju na vječnu vjernost, ali bez braka zbog teških razvoda koje su imali. Međutim, američka vlada im postavlja ultimatum: ili će se vjenčati ili Felipeu neće biti dopušten ulazak u zemlju. Suočena s ovom situacijom, Elizabeth odlučuje istražiti temu braka, nastojeći razumjeti tu staru instituciju koja opstaje kroz vrijeme. Rezultat je duhovito i inteligentno promišljanje braka, gdje autorica razotkriva mitove i raspliće strahove, sugerirajući da čak i najromantičnija duša ponekad mora zamijeniti ljubavne snove odgovornošću odrasle dobi. Ova knjiga predstavlja jasno veličanje ljubavi, uz sve složenosti i posljedice koje ona donosi. Elizabeth Gilbert je nagrađivana autorica fikcije i publicistike, poznata po autobiografskoj knjizi koja je postala međunarodni hit. Njezini radovi su bili u najužem izboru za brojne nagrade, a film temeljen na njenom najpoznatijem djelu premijerno je prikazan 2010. godine. Elizabeth trenutno živi u New Jerseyju.

      Sudbonosno da
    • Comer, rezar, amar - 7a edición

      • 352pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      Después de un divorcio traumático seguido de un desengaño amoroso y en plena crisis emocional y espiritual, Elizabeth Gilbert decide empezar de nuevo y emprende un largo viaje que la llevará sucesivamente a Italia, la India e Indonesia, tres escalas geográficas que se corresponden con otras tantas etapas de búsqueda interior. Lúcida y valiente novela autobiográfica que ha sido un gran éxito de ventas desde su publicación en Estados Unidos, Come, reza, ama trata de lo que ocurre cuando decidimos ser artífices de nuestra felicidad y dejamos de intentar vivir según los modelos que nos imponen.

      Comer, rezar, amar - 7a edición
    • Carry on heb lief

      • 272pagine
      • 10 ore di lettura

      Het leven van Glennon Doyle Melton is zoals het zou moeten zijn. Ze is gelukkig getrouwd, heeft drie prachtige kinderen, en er staat een New York Times-bestseller op haar naam. Maar dan bekent haar echtgenoot haar ontrouw te zijn geweest. Carry on, heb lief is het verhaal van een huwelijk, maar meer nog van Glennons persoonlijke gevecht om boven alles trouw te blijven aan zichzelf. Carry on, heb lief is, in de woorden van Elizabeth Gilbert zelf, 'het langverwachte antwoord op Eat, Pray, Love.' Oprah Winfrey selecteerde het voor Oprahs Book Club 2.0.

      Carry on heb lief
    • Последний романтик

      • 375pagine
      • 14 ore di lettura

      "Последний романтик" - это история об одном американском чудаке, который на целых двадцать лет поселился в Аппалачах и жил в диких условиях - сам выращивал себе еду, высекал огонь из двух палочек и носил шкуры убитых им животных

      Последний романтик
    • Самая лучшая женга

      • 354pagine
      • 13 ore di lettura

      Книга американской писательницы Элизабет Гилберт "Есть, молиться и любить" в одно мгновение покорила российских читателей. Она значится в списке бестселлеров более года и стала абсолютным хитом продаж. Ее новый сборник рассказов "Самая лучшая жена" стал победителем престижной американской литературной премии и получил самую высокую оценку на родине автора и в мире. Гилберт верна себе. Герои ее рассказов находятся в вечном путешествии и вечном поиске - поиске себя и своего места в мире. "В чем смысл нашего пребывания на этой земле?" - главный вопрос, на который со свойственной ей тонкостью, умом и талантом отвечает Элизабет Гилберт.

      Самая лучшая женга