Deze auteur benadert schrijven met een uniek perspectief, geboren uit een diepe betrokkenheid bij populaire cultuur en storytelling. Zijn werk verkent vaak de grenzen tussen realiteit en fictie, voortkomend uit vroege ervaringen met stripboeken. Met twee decennia ervaring in de uitgeverij, zowel in redactie als in schrijven, heeft hij een diepgaand begrip ontwikkeld voor het creëren van meeslepende verhalen. Zijn creatieve reis benadrukt een passie voor het verkennen van diverse thema's en personages.
A coming-of-age story of a troubled boy caught up in the horrors of drugs and crime, and a meditative study of human behavior, the nuances of cultural identity, and the effects of trauma and abuse on children in a callous society.
How did this shy, unassuming lawyer transform himself into the leader of India’s freedom movement? Renouncing wealth, ambition and comfort, Gandhi led by example, becoming one with the people he sought to free, facing imprisonment, hardship and humiliation while never raising his voice in anger. His strategy of nonviolent protest would become the model for the US civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King, Jr. and continues to change history throughout the world.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, better known as the Mahatma or Great Soul, took on the might of the British Empire armed only with a message of love and non-violence. In Gandhi: Apostle of Peace we discover the man behind the legend, following him from his birth in the Indian coastal town of Porbandar in 1869, to the moment of his tragic death at the hands of an assassin in January 1948, just months after the Independence of India.
iMac, iTunes, iPod, iPhone, iPad, iCon! Steve Jobs and his inventions changed the world we live in. His extraordinary life story is brimming with passion, innovation and creative genius. Share his triumphs and failures, as we journey from his birth and his adoption, through the advent of the computer age and on into the digital age. Forced out of the company he created, his indomitable vision allowed him to change the world of computers, movies, music and telecommunications. Prepare to be inspired, by a man who dared to think different...