Bøger af Shirley MacLaine

Seit tausenden von Jahren zieht der europäische Jakobsweg Glaubenssuchende aus aller Welt an. Auch die Hollywood-Legende Shirly MacLaine träumte lange davon, diese tief spirituelle Erfahrung zu machen bevor sie sich tatsächlich auf den Weg machte. Von ihren Beobachtungen und Erlebnissen auf dieser beschwerlichen und faszinierenden Reise handelt das Buch. Authentisch und ungeschönt berichtet MacLaine von harten Bedingungen und körperlichen Beschwerden, aber auch von spirituellen Erkenntnissen und prophetischen Träume, die sie ihr ganzes Leben in neuem Licht sehen ließen. Ein mutiges, überraschendes und erhellendes Buch für alle, die sich ebenfalls nach mehr Spiritualität und mystischer Erfahrung in ihrem Leben sehnen.Mit einer englischen Einleitung von Shirley McLaine Shirley MacLaine (geb. 25.4.1934) gehört zu den bekanntesten Hollywood Schauspielerinnen und machte sich auch als Model und Autorin einen Namen. Ihre Filmkarriere begann sie in den 50er Jahren mit so namhaften Regisseuren wie Alfred Hitchcock, in desser Film "Das Apartment" sie die Hauptrolle hatte. 1983 erhielt sie für ihre Rolle in dem Film "Zeit der Zärtlichkeit" im fünften Anlauf den Oscar für die beste Hauptdarstellerin. Seit den 1980er Jahren ist sie überdies als Autorin esoterischer Bücher erfolgreich, in denen sie auch autobiografische Erfahrungen verarbeitet.

From Academy Award–winning actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine, a collection of imaginative ruminations: “Fun and thoughtful by turns and told in MacLaine’s feisty, funny voice, this should appeal to fans and doubters alike” (Booklist).Beloved actress and bestselling author Shirley MacLaine contemplates everything from the everyday to the esoteric in this collection of ideas and observations, each of which begins with two simple, powerful words: What if? Taking this as her starting point, Shirley explores a wide range of matters—spiritual and secular, humorous and profound, earthbound and intergalactic, personal and universal. Along the way, she also reflects on joining the cast of Downton Abbey, receiving the prestigious American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award, and introducing a new puppy into her formerly one-dog home. From Shirley’s questions emerges a striking portrait of a constantly curious woman who thrills to new ideas and discoveries—all while enjoying one of the most extraordinary and enduring careers in Hollywood. What if . . . captures the one and only Shirley MacLaine at her witty, acerbic, imaginative, and irresistible best.

A funny, fierce, imaginative memoir chronicling New York Times bestselling author and Academy Award winner Shirley MacLaine’s remarkable experiences filming Wild Oats in the Canary Islands and the extraordinary memories her time there brought forth of a past life on the lost continent of Atlantis.Her agent advised her not to get on the plane. The male leads weren’t even cast. The financing was shaky at best. The script had been rewritten countless times. And yet something about Wild Oats lured Shirley MacLaine to the film’s location shoot in the far-off Canary Islands—and straight to the center of one of the most thrilling and paradigm-shifting adventures of her life. The making of the film reads like a screwball comedy, as the cast and crew face unpredictable daily obstacles with ingenuity, grit, and personal sacrifice. Yet the chaos leads Shirley to a revelatory new understanding of the demise of one of history’s most elusive yet endlessly intriguing places. Scholars have long theorized that Spain’s Canary Islands are the remnants of the mighty lost continent of Atlantis. As the movie set descends into pandemonium, Shirley finds fascinating corollaries between the island’s cataclysmic fate and our own dangerous trajectory. Can we learn the lessons the citizens of Atlantis failed to comprehend? The answer is borne out of recovered memories from Shirley’s past life on Atlantis and through a series of meditations that reveal the necessity of unfettered imagination when looking for bold new truths, rendering this evocative, irreverent, and honest memoir essential reading for anyone seeking a broader understanding of what it means to be human—both where we came from and where we are going.

Over the years, Shirley has firmly established herself as a fearless, iconoclastic thinker and seeker of truth. Now, as she confronts the realities and rewards of growing older, she reflects on the greater understanding of her own place in the universe that her experiences have brought to her. Increasingly concerned with the potential pitfalls of modern medicine, she shares personal insights into nutrition, acupuncture, homeopathy, and alternative medicine. Moving beyond the physical, Shirley explores what has always interested her most--those things that are unseen. What is consciousness? What is the purpose of our lives? Are we alone in the universe? And perhaps the greatest mystery of all, what happens to us after death?--From publisher description.

In her first spiritual book since DANCE WHILE YOU CAN and GOING WITHIN, the bestselling author and legendary actress recounts her pilgrimage along the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain.