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Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life describes his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years....

Au début des années soixante, Thompson, alors journaliste à San Francisco, est fasciné par les Hell's Angels. Son article sur ces seigneurs de...

In this fascinating audiobook, Alice Pung writes about one of her deep influences - the much-loved and hugely successful John Marsden....

Published in their entirety, Sylvia Plath's journals provide an intimate portrait of the writer who was to produce in the last seven months of her life some of the most extraordinary poems of the 20th century....

Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead....

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Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....

Deliberate Cruelty explores the intertwined fates of literary icon Truman Capote and infamous socialite Ann Woodward—sweeping us to the upper echelons of Manhattan’s high society, where falls from grace are all the more shocking.

A unique voice in fiction, and unforgettable in person, Beryl Bainbridge was famous for her gregarious drinking habits and her unconventional lifestyle....

Pulitzer Prize-winner David Halberstam's best seller takes you inside the football genius of Bill Belichick for an insightful profile in leadership. Bill Belichick's thirty-one years in the NFL have been marked by amazing success - most recently with the New England Patriots....

Still considered one of the best books ever written about bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon reflects Hemingway's belief that bullfighting was more than mere sport....

Rod Dreher found himself living in the small community of Starhill, Louisiana, where he grew up. But he discovered that fault lines within his family had deepened....

A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul’s profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India....

Stefan Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday, recalls the golden age of prewar Europe - its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating fall with the onset of two world wars....

Shirley Jackson is one of the most important American authors of the last hundred years and among our greatest chroniclers of the female experience. This extraordinary compilation of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Jackson’s beloved fiction....

From the bestselling author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere, comes a deeply personal memoir full of fascinating adventures as he travels everywhere....

The year 2010 marks the 100th anniversary of Twain’s death. In celebration of this important milestone, here, for the first time, is Mark Twain’s uncensored autobiography....

Ben Aitken wasn't getting enough. He knew it and so did everyone else. He was grumpy, increasingly boring, mostly joyless. So, he joined a lawn bowls club. A week later, he doubled down on the doldrums by learning to dance like they do in Bollywood....

Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works....

The Diary of Anaïs Nin is the published version of Anaïs Nin's own private manuscript diary, which she began at age 11 in 1914 during a trip from Europe to New York with her mother and two brothers....

In 1845 Henry David Thoreau, one of the principal New England Transcendentalists, left the small town of Concord for the country....

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, Lucy Worsley has written an Introduction to her Sunday Times Bestselling biography - the book that leads us into the rooms from which our best-loved novelist quietly changed the world.

A former US naval intelligence worker, Milton William Cooper published his manifesto Behold a Pale Horse in 1991. Since then it has gone on to sell hundreds of thousands of copies, becoming the number-one best seller in the American prison system....

Georgette Heyer remains an enduring international best seller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today's best-selling authors....

From best selling author Natalie Goldberg ( Writing Down the Bones), here is the story of her life as a spiritual seeker struggling to "free the writer within," a vividly told odyssey...

In this book, C.S. Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity....

Across six revealing lectures, Professor Jessica Hooten Wilson will introduce you to one of the 20th century’s most fascinating and divisive writers in Flannery O’Connor and the Scandal of Faith. Beginning with an overview of her brief but remarkable life, Professor Wilson will then take you through an exploration of themes in O’Connor’s work and the hallmarks of her literary style. You’ll get a clearer picture of O’Connor’s historical and geographical context while digging into how her stories can transcend time and place.

Roald Dahl (September 13, 1916 - November 23, 1990), born in Cardiff, Wales, was a novelist, poet, screenwriter, and short story author, as well as a fighter pilot and intelligent officer in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II. Considered one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century, Dahl's classic works include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, The Twits and Matilda. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide.

Non è solo il nuovo romanzo di Pennac, è tutto Pennac in un romanzo... Nonnino, che diventerà il formidabile malfattore di Capolinea Malaussène, ha solo quattordici anni quando prepara il primo colpo della sua magistrale carriera di ricattatore e criminale. Nel seguirne i primi passi, Pennac intreccia invenzioni letterarie e autobiografia rivelando il suo modo di lavorare e le sue fonti di ispirazione per creare un personaggio. “La maggior parte dei miei amici diventano personaggi dei miei romanzi. Ma questo assassino che immaginavo senza conoscerlo, il mio terribile assassino, da dove viene?

Die Straße im Kopf. "Für manche klingen zwanzig Quadratmeter klein. Für mich ist es unmöglich, diesen Raum zu füllen. Ich habe einen Tisch, an dem ich schreiben kann, und eine Matratze. Ich habe keinen Kleiderschrank. Alles, was ich habe, trage ich seit einem Jahrzehnt in meiner schwarzen Tasche. Ich habe eine Wohnung, aber kein Zuhause. Ich bin kein Straßenjunge mehr. Meine Geschichte ist weitergegangen. Mit meinem Aufbruch in eine neue Wohnung kam auch der Durchbruch. Plötzlich nicht mehr Straße, sondern Spiegel-Bestsellerautor.Für mich sind Türen aufgegangen, viele in eine ganz neue Welt.

Questa è la storia di un ragazzo che sentiva di non trovarsi nel posto giusto. E così è andato a cercarsene un altro. In famiglia c'erano pochi soldi: quando si andava in pizzeria si sceglieva il piatto che costava meno, non quello che piaceva davvero. Il suo destino sembrava già segnato. Non aveva un talento particolare a cui affidarsi né un grande sogno da inseguire, e ogni volta che cercava di esprimere un desiderio trovava qualcuno che gli diceva che non era per lui. Così si era convinto che certi pensieri non se li poteva permettere.

Welcome my attempt with peculiar words as a treasure for your future. My hands can’t hold them too much longer. I want to hand them your way.

Un viaggio appassionato e travolgente nella vita di ventuno personaggi straordinari, uomini e donne fuori dal comune per talento, fragilità, spregiudicatezza. Storie intense e incandescenti, raccontate con la maestria di chi sa andare oltre la superficie: storie che, se non facessero capo a eventi storici ben delineati, farebbero pensare al dominio del romanzo e della finzione, più che alla realtà. La tragica poesia di Marina Cvetaeva, la vita tormentata di Edgar Allan Poe, l'arte dirompente e oscura di Picasso, vampiro di anime.

Un legado invaluable que nos invita a seguir leyendo, escribiendo y soñando Este libro constituye un acto de gratitud intelectual, una muestra de deslumbramiento —producto de una fervorosa lectura de sus libros—, pero sobre todo es una invitación a acercarse al autor latinoamericano más universal. Escribió Jorge Luis Borges que él se sentía más orgulloso de las obras que había leído que de las que había escrito. Orgullo que comparte con uno de sus mejores lectores: José Emilio Pacheco.

Maria Rose shares her deeply personal journey of overcoming adversity, discovering inner strength, and reshaping her destiny. Her memoir explores how resilience and determination can transform even the most daunting circumstances into powerful catalysts for personal growth and success.

This audiobook contains the strange, raw, and epiphany-filled stories that led to Read’s dramatic nine-month conversion from atheism to Catholicism. Focusing not only on Read’s life but also on the lives of others who, knowingly or unknowingly, encountered the Virgin, this literary memoir is a testimony of how a Mother patiently brought one child home to her Son—and slowly revealed her own heart.