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In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley....

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

Gertrude Bell was leaning in 100 years before Sheryl Sandberg. One of the great woman adventurers of the 20th century, she turned her back on Victorian society to study at Oxford....

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.

Brilliantly compiled and edited, and filled with detail and anecdote, Daily Rituals is irresistible, addictive, magically inspiring....

In the underground tunnels below Grand Central Terminal, Lee Stringer - homeless and drug-addicted for 11 years - found a pencil to run through his crack pipe. One day he used it to write....

George Orwell was more than just a writer. He was a political and social sage who valued, above all else, individual freedom. His works aren’t just entertainment - they’re cautionary tales and red flags of warning....

In the late 1970s Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. He records his journey through the drug-like heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India"....

A collection of essays and memoir from two-time Booker Prize winner and international best seller Hilary Mantel....

Dante's vision, The Divine Comedy, has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early 14th century....

Thomas Keneally has been observing, reflecting on and writing about Australia and the human condition for well over 50 years. In this deeply personal, passionately drawn and richly tuned collection, he now turns inwards to reflect on what has been important to him....

Resisting the deadening silence of his family home in the elegant yet stiflingly safe neighborhood of Gramercy Park, nine-year-old Roger imagines himself a private eye in pursuit of criminals....

From the 1950s through the 1970s, downtown Manhattan was a hotbed of creative life where artists and writers were free to explore ideas and push boundaries. As a young man, celebrated author and playwright Joseph Caldwell arrived from Milwaukee....

In the 200 years since Blake's death, the visionary artist, poet, and writer has become a household name, often beloved. Yet many struggle to comprehend his kaleidoscopic ideas; how they speak to human longings and the challenges of living in anxious times.

Douglas Adams, the legendary author of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is one of the most beloved authors of all time.

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

What is the role of the writer? Prophet? High priest of art? Court jester? Or witness to the real world? Looking back on her own childhood and writing career, Margaret Atwood examines the metaphors which writers of fiction and poetry have used to explain - or excuse! - their activities....

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....

Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and now he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction....

In honor of the 50th anniversary of C. S. Lewis' death, celebrated Oxford don Dr. Alister McGrath presents us with a compelling and definitive portrait of the life of C. S. Lewis....

"La nostra lingua manca di parole per esprimere questa offesa, la demolizione di un uomo". Con ostinazione e pacatezza, Primo Levi non ha mai...

Susana M. Morris offers a magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work.

Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her two-year relationship with a married foreigner....

In A Girl's Story, Annie Ernaux revisits a night 50 years earlier when she found herself submerged and controlled by another person's desire and willpower. It was the summer of 1958, the year she turned 18, and the man she had given herself to had moved on....

Best known for her internationally, multi-million-copy bestselling novel Flowers in the Attic, Cleo Virginia Andrews lived a fascinating life. Born to modest means, she came of age in the American South during the Great Depression and faced a series of increasingly challenging health issues....

In the six lectures of The Life and Works of L. M. Montgomery, you’ll join Kate Scarth to delve into five key topics that illuminate the life, work, and legacy of the author sometimes called “the Jane Austen of Canada”: family, place, friendship, creativity, and literature.

Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands is the bold, witty memoir of Mary Seacole, a Jamaican nurse and businesswoman who defied racism and sexism to care for soldiers during the Crimean War in the 1850s. Writing in her own voice, Seacole recounts her travels across the Caribbean, Central America, and Europe, sharing vivid stories of healing, hardship, and independence.

Soon after Henk Pröpper moves from Amsterdam to Paris, both the world and his heart almost come to a full stop. He undergoes major surgery and awakes in an empty city in lockdown. Paris is transformed into an abandoned stage. To quicken his recovery, Pröpper begins walking. He combs his immediate surroundings, he hunts for the past, discovering countless commemorative plaques and monuments that honour well- and lesser-known Parisians and keep their histories alive. Pröpper also reflects on his own life and the literature that has shaped him.

Nearly a decade ago, infamous literary 'it' girl Caroline Calloway created the proposal for a book she called School Girl while cutting up lines of Adderall with her Cambridge student ID. She promised followers and publishers alike that her life was a perfect fairytale up until the day she went to rehab. As her 2015 book deal crumpled without a manuscript, Calloway was called a scammer, a fraud and a one-woman Fyre Fest, although during this time she managed to get and remain 'amphetamine-sober'. She also promised herself that she would never again sell a book without a finished manuscript.

What if the world’s most beloved children’s author was quietly teaching millions of kids to question everything? Behind the Hat isn’t a takedown. It’s a deep dive. Into the life, legacy, and low-key rebellion of Dr. Seuss — a man who went from drawing war propaganda to writing bedtime stories about revolution, empathy, and resistance. From Horton to Yertle, Sneetches to the Cat, this book explores the hidden messages, strange contradictions, and unexpected fire hiding in the stripes. If you grew up on Seuss, this might rewire how you see him. If you didn’t — buckle in.

Comment rendre compte de la vie et de l'œuvre de celui qui fut, pour reprendre les mots de Gérard Gengembre, un continent littéraire ? C'est à partir de ce défi que l'auteur entame un récit biographique et une critique littéraire de Victor Hugo. Écrivain national, cette figure incontournable du xixe siècle français, est à bien des égards une personnification du siècle. D'abord royaliste pour finalement embrasser la République, chef de file du courant romantique, opposant farouche à Napoléon III, Victor Hugo est tout cela et bien plus encore.

As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia Butler was a trailblazer. With her deft pen, she created stories speculating the devolution of the American empire, using it as an apt metaphor for the best and worst of humanity—our innovation and ingenuity, our naked greed and ambition, our propensity for violence and hierarchy. In this outstanding work, Susana M. Morris places Butler’s story firmly within the cultural, social, and historical context that shaped her life.

Ann Head was a celebrated Southern author whose nuanced portrayals of women’s lives captivated listeners in the mid-20th century. Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, she drew deeply from her Lowcountry roots to craft compelling fiction that appeared in major national publications such as Redbook, Cosmopolitan, and Ladies’ Home Journal. Her most famous work, Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones (1967), became a groundbreaking young adult novel and was adapted into a television movie.

Da Édouards bror dør, har han ikke set ham i ti år. Gennem interviews med storebrorens ekskærester og Édouards egne erindringer nærmer han sig broren og en forståelse af de erfaringer og sår, der har formet hans skæbne. Det er fortællingen om først en dreng, og siden en mand med store drømme, drømme som står i skærende kontrast med hans livsvilkår, drømme som andre lder ad, drømme som gør ham syg.

Andrea De Carlo parte da una rivelazione sconvolgente per inoltrarsi in un'indagine che lo porta ai primi decenni del secolo scorso e poi ancora più indietro, alla fine dell'Ottocento. Poco alla volta, grazie a vecchie fotografie ritrovate, scritti, incontri e un ostinato lavoro di osservazione e deduzione, l'autore ricostruisce le vicende avventurose e drammatiche della sua famiglia.

Step into a space where truth finds its voice and creativity becomes a force of healing. In this deeply personal and transformative collection, J.S. Nathaniel pulls back the curtain on the writing life—sharing raw, unguarded reflections on beauty, struggle, and the bold act of telling your own story.

Cinque bambini che reclamano attenzione. Un telefono che non smette di squillare. E in mezzo a tutto questo, la stesura di un romanzo. Nicholas Sparks è davvero esausto quando - con stupore - riceve un invito da parte di suo fratello Micah: un giro del mondo in tre settimane. Ma sarà il momento giusto per prendersi questa vacanza?

In this incredible second book in a series of autobiographies, the poet, still in her teens, gives birth to a son, tries to keep a job, falls in love, dances, falls out of love, chases after her kidnapped baby, and goes to work in a house of prostitution thinking she is helping the man she loves.

Столетняя Зоя Борисовна описывает лишь то, чему сама была свидетелем и в чем участвовала. Последнюю четверть века она ведет записи, хронику самых интересных событий и попутно вспоминает свою жизнь. Эти записи уникальны. То, о чем она рассказывает, нигде больше прочитать нельзя, и никто другой об этом не расскажет.

Manchmal gebären die widrigsten und unmöglichsten Umstände, die man schlicht nicht erfinden kann, einen Autoren, dessen Literatur den Menschen den Atem verschlägt. Der unmögliche Fall, der so absurd klingt, dass er nur wahr sein kann. Ständige Geldnöte, Verurteilung zum Tode, mehrjährige Gefängnisstrafe in angeketteter Einzelhaft, Verbot des Aufenthalts in Moskau und in Sankt Petersburg, Spielsucht, um ein paar der Schwierigkeiten zu erwähnen, welche das Schicksal letztendlich zu Voraussetzungen umwandelte, die Dostojewski in die Lage versetzten zu einem Titanen der Welt-Literatur zu werden.

Mit einem Flug nach Sri Lanka, wo ein Kind auf seine zukünftigen Eltern wartet, beginnt eine Reise ins Ungewisse. Sie handelt von Ängsten, Zärtlichkeit, von Identitäten zwischen den Kontinenten, von Missverständnissen und Gefahr. Wie wird man eine Familie? Was bedeutet Elternschaft in einer Gesellschaft im Umbruch, in der immer mehr Kinder in ungewohnten Familienkonstellationen aufwachsen?

Once again, the poet casts her spell as she resumes one of the greatest personal narratives of our time. In this continuation, Angelou relates how she joins a "colony" of Black American expatriates in Ghana—only to discover no one ever goes home again.

Una storia di amore e di tenebra è uno scavo profondo e doloroso, onesto e autenticamente commovente, che Oz conduce dentro la sua vita, la sua carriera, e dentro una nazione che nasce da un trauma insanabile, dal tragico addio a un passato irrecuperabile, in un contesto di scontro armato e conflitti. Al centro di tutto questo vorticare, grano di sabbia attorno a cui si stratifica la perla, sta un dolore lancinante: la perdita della madre che, quando Amos ha solo dodici anni, si suicida.

Maya Angelou has fascinated, moved, and inspired countless people with the first three volumes of her autobiography, one of the most remarkable personal narratives of our age. Now, in her fourth volume, The Heart of a Woman, her turbulent life breaks wide open with joy as the singer-dancer enters the razzle-dazzle of fabulous New York City. There, at the Harlem Writers Guild, her love for writing blazes anew.

Эта книга – первое серьёзное биографическое исследование о Леониде Губанове, с широкой панорамой культуры 60-70-х. Среди её персонажей – Иосиф Бродский, Эдуард Лимонов, Саша Соколов и другие звёзды той интереснейшей эпохи.