Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter

Poitier, Sidney

ISBN 10: 006156849X ISBN 13: 9780061568497

Verlag: HARPERCOLLINS, 2008

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Book by Poitier Sidney

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Reseña del editor:

The Academy Award-winning actor and author of The Measure of a Man shares life lessons as imparted to his great-granddaughter, in an inspirational collection that touches on such topics as his boyhood memories of the Bahamas, the race barriers of pre-civil rights Hollywood, and his contributions as a diplomat and humanitarian. Simultaneous.

Biografía del autor:

Sidney Poitier was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for best actor for his outstanding performance in Lilies of the Field in 1963. His landmark films include The Defiant Ones, A Patch of Blue, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and To Sir, With Love. He has starred in over forty films, directed nine, and written four. He is the author of two autobiographies: This Life and the "Oprah's Book Club" pick and New York Times bestseller The Measure of a Man. Among many other accolades, Poitier has been awarded the Screen Actors Guild's highest honor, the Life Achievement Award, for an outstanding career and humanitarian accomplishment. He is married, has six daughters, four grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter.

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• Verlag: HARPERCOLLINS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
• ISBN 10: 006156849X
• ISBN 13: 9780061568497
• Einband: CD de audio
• Anzahl der Seiten: 9