Bücher von Elizabeth Gilbert

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration from Elizabeth Gilbert''s books for years. Now, this beloved author shares her wisdom and unique understanding of creativity, shattering the perceptions of mystery and suffering that surround the process - and showing us all just how easy it can be. By sharing stories from her own life, as well as those from her friends and the people that have inspired her, Elizabeth Gilbert challenges us to embrace our curiosity, tackle what we most love and face down what we most fear. Whether you long to write a book, create art, cope with challenges at work, embark on a long-held dream, or simply to make your everyday life more vivid and rewarding, Big Magic will take you on a journey of exploration filled with wonder and unexpected joys.

The instant #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller"e;A must read for anyone hoping to live a creative life... I dare you not to be inspired to be brave, to be free, and to be curious.' PopSugarFrom the worldwide bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls: the path to the vibrant, fulfilling life you've dreamed of. Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert's books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent 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.

A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and City of Girls In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker-a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction-into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist-but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, The Signature of All Things soars across the globe-from London to Peru to Philadelphia to Tahiti to Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who-born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution-bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas. Written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time, Gilbert's wise, deep, and spellbinding tale is certain to capture the hearts and minds of readers.

Elizabeth Gilbert is in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, and they're trying for a baby - she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance.

Das umwerfende Debüt von Elizabeth Gilbert, Autorin der Weltbestseller »Eat Pray Love« und »City of Girls« Als Elizabeth Gilberts Debüt erschien, war es der verblüffende Auftritt einer großen neuen Erzählerin. Ihr Erzählband (auf Deutsch ursprünglich unter dem Titel »Elchgeflüster« veröffentlicht) wurde mit dem Pushcart Prize ausgezeichnet, stand auf der Shortlist des PEN/Hemingway Awards und machte deutlich: Hier schreibt eine neue Stimme, von der noch viel zu erwarten sein wird. Mittlerweile ist Elizabeth Gilbert Autorin von Weltbestsellern wie »Eat Pray Love« und »City of Girls« - doch ihre frühen Erzählungen beeindrucken immer noch mit ihrer Pointiertheit, Schärfe und Komik. In ihnen geht es um Esther, die sich als Zauberin mit Wellensittich-Tricks versucht. Um Jean, die in den Bergen von Wyoming dem Flüstern der Elche lauscht. Und um Denny Brown, fünfzehn Jahre alt, der wirklich nicht viel weiß, außer dass er dabei ist, sich in seine Nachbarin zu verlieben. Sie alle lieben vergeblich, treffen die falschen Entscheidungen, werden enttäuscht. Und doch sind ihre Leben erfüllt von kleinen Geheimnissen, überraschenden Begegnungen und unerwarteten Wundern. »Diese Erzählungen haben die Leuchtkraft von Blitzen und sind schneidend wie Rasiermesser.« Annie Proulx

Number-one New York Times best-selling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed: A Love Story, Elizabeth Gilbert transports readers to far-flung locales with this collection of the year's lushest and most inspiring travel writing.

Eat, Pray, Love. «Jisti, molitisja, kohati» - nadzvichajno shhira rozpovid' zhinki pro duhovne pererodzhennja i pozitivni zmini u zhitti. Avtorka knigi na vlasnomu prikladi dovela, shho navit' pislja najbil'shih kriz mozhna ne lishe vidnovitisja, a j vidkriti v sobi novi grani, mozhlivosti ta rivni perezhivan'. Gerojija jiji romanu - pis'mennicja Liz - rozcharovana u simejnomu zhitti ta znevirena v osobistomu shhasti. Zhinka vtrachae golovne: sens ta smak do zhittja. Abi nabratisja sil ta povernutisja do zhittja, Liz virishue podorozhuvati. Na jiji shljahu tri krajini: italija, indonezija ta indija. Tam vona vchit'sja jiti zi smakom, molitisja z vidkritim sercem ta kohati, nache vpershe.

«Suvori choloviky» ? debjutnyj roman Elizabet G'ilbert, avtorky svitovyh bestseleriv «I'sty, molytysja, kohaty», «Pryroda vsih rechej» i «Misto divchat». Uzhe kil'ka pokolin' mizh zhyteljamy dvoh malen'kyh ostroviv tryvaje vorozhnecha za pravo lovyty omariv u spil'nyh vodah. Na cyh zemljah dijut' svoi' zakony i tradycii', ne pidvladni progresu chy vplyvu suchasnosti. Choloviky zarobljajut' na zhyttja, zhinky zajmajut'sja domom ta gospodarstvom. U kozhnogo z ostriv'jan ? svoja istorija, svoi' simejni problemy. Htos' mrije vyrvatysja na velyku zemlju, a kogos' ? jak golovnu geroi'nju ? navpaky, tjagne na ridnyj ostriv. Visimnadcjatyrichna Rut nehtuje poradamy ridnyh perei'haty na materyk i vstupyty do koledzhu. Vona mrije prodovzhyty spravu svoi'h prashhuriv i zajmatysja rybolovleju. Do togo zh zakohujet'sja u hlopcja z vorozhogo ostrova, ta spodivatysja na prymyrennja dvoh spil'not ? marna sprava. Ale Rut v osoblyvyj sposib vyborjuje pravo buty shhaslyvoju tam, de i'i' spravzhnij dim, i vstanovljuje svoi' pravyla gry u sviti, de spokonviku vse bulo skrojene za suvorymy cholovichymy pravylamy.

Women of the Valois court - Vol. 1 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1894.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The blazingly brilliant new novel from Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the international bestseller Eat Pray Love: a glittering coming-of-age epic stitched across the fabric of a lost New York ... It is the summer of 1940. Nineteen-year-old Vivian Morris arrives in New York with her suitcase and sewing machine, exiled by her despairing parents. Although her quicksilver talents with a needle and commitment to mastering the perfect hair roll have been deemed insufficient for her to pass into her sophomore year of Vassar, she soon finds gainful employment as the self-appointed seamstress at the Lily Playhouse, her unconventional Aunt Peg's charmingly disreputable Manhattan revue theatre. There, Vivian quickly becomes the toast of the showgirls, transforming the trash and tinsel only fit for the cheap seats into creations for goddesses. Exile in New York is no exile at all: here in this strange wartime city of girls, Vivian and her girlfriends mean to be free, to get up to no good, to drink the heady highball of life itself to the last drop. And when the legendary English actress Edna Watson comes to the Lily to star in the company's most ambitious show ever, Vivian is entranced by the magic that follows in the wake of this true, true star. But there are hard lessons to be learned, and bitterly regrettable mistakes to be made. Vivian learns that to live the life she wants, she must live many lives, ceaselessly and ingeniously making them new. `At some point in a woman's life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is,' she confides. And so Vivian sets forth her story, and that of the women around her - women who have lived as they truly are, out of step with a century that could never quite keep up with them.

Fitness and playing tennis is a way of life in sun-drenched Southern California. Some games are played on court while others are played on crisp satin sheets or on thick plush carpeting.Passion erupts, marriages unravel, and the steamier side of threesomes is explored as we follow the lives of three female athletes. There is always a price to be paid and a trophy to strive for. These women must risk all as they attempt to score goals and navigate the penalty boxes life offers.

Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1-C1 of the CEFR. This is the paperback version of Eat, Pray, Love.