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Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, the British national psyche, and global politics has shifted over time, as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself was more mysterious and subtle than anything he wrote. Nicholas Shakespeare is one of the most gifted biographers working today and his unprecedented access to the Fleming archives and his nose for a story make this a fresh and eye-opening picture of a man who lived his life in the shadow of his famous creation.

Prieta is a term of endearment. When I tell people who don’t speak Spanish what prieta means—dark or the dark one—their eyes pop open and a small gasp escapes. I see the offense they feel for me sprinkled on their faces like the freckles I will never have. How do I tell them that when I heard Ita say Prieta, I felt the caress of her strong hands on the top of my head as she braided my hair?

Hvad er det, der gør os til dem, vi er? Er det lige dele biologisk arv og det miljø, vi vokser op i? Eller handler det om, hvordan vi forholder os til den bagage, vi har med os? I ALT DET VI BÆRER PÅ vil en række kendte danskere fortælle om den arv, som de bærer rundt på i livet. Du kan blandt andre høre Leonora Christina Skov, Khatarah Parwani, Frank Jensen, Peter Øvig, Mathilde Falck, Jan Hurtigkarl og mange flere fortælle om deres forhold til arv og familie.

Twelve Years a Slave, sub-title: Narrative of Solomon Northup, citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana, is a memoir by Solomon Northup as told to and edited by David Wilson. It is a slave narrative of a black man who was born free in New York state but kidnapped in Washington, D.C., sold into slavery, and kept in bondage for 12 years in Louisiana.

A revelatory look at the tumultuous life of a jazz legend and American cultural icon “A book written as only one artist could view another, with insight and sincere compassion.” —Sandra Cisneros, best-selling author of Woman Without Shame In the first biography of Billie Holiday in more...

My family are followers of the Baha'i Faith, a religion founded in Iran and practiced by millions of people worldwide today. Muslims in Iran consider it a blasphemous, illegitimate religion. For more than four decades, Baha'is in Iran have been stripped of all human rights. We are routinely arrested, detained, tortured, imprisoned, and executed without cause. This is my story about what life was like living under Islamic rule.

When Shane McCrae was eighteen months old, he was removed from his parents and taken to suburban Texas. His mom was white and his dad was Black, and to hide his Blackness from him, his maternal grandparents stole him. In the years that followed, they manipulated and controlled him, believing they were doing what was best for him. His grandmother loved Shane but hated people who looked like him. His grandfather policed any perceived signs of Blackness his grandson showed. In their house, Blackness would always be the worst thing about him.

What is home? It's a question that has troubled Marchelle Farrell for her entire life. A longed-for career in psychiatry saw her leave behind the pristine beaches and emerald hills of Trinidad. Until, disillusioned, she uprooted again, this time for the peaceful English countryside. The only Black woman in her village, Marchelle hopes to grow a new life. But when a worldwide pandemic and a global racial reckoning collide, the upheaval of colonialism that has led her to this place begins to be unearthed. Is this really home?

Dass Deutschland ein Land ist, das von Vielfalt geprägt wird, ist unbestreitbar. Und dennoch erleben Eingewanderte und ihre Nachkommen täglich Ablehnung und Benachteiligung, sei es auf der Suche nach einer Wohnung, bei Bewerbungsgesprächen oder bei der Fahrscheinkontrolle. Es ist schockierend, wie stark Rassismus immer noch den deutschen Alltag durchzieht. Gleichzeitig sind solche Erfahrungen schwer nachzuempfinden, wenn man sie nicht selbst erlebt hat. Umso wichtiger ist es, Geschichten Betroffener zu erzählen, um die Gesellschaft zu sensibilisieren und Veränderung möglich zu machen.

Long before it came to be known as Duluth, the land at the western tip of Lake Superior was known to the Ojibwe as Onigamiising, "the place of the small portage." There the Ojibwe lived in keeping with the seasons, moving among different camps for hunting and fishing, for cultivating and gathering, for harvesting wild rice and maple sugar. In Onigamiising Linda LeGarde Grover accompanies us through this cycle of the seasons, one year in a lifelong journey on the path to Mino Bimaadiziwin, the living of a good life.

Comedian Oliver Twist was four years old when he and his family fled the aftermath of genocide in Rwanda for Malawi, their exile for the next fourteen years. Twist has turned the turmoil he and his family endured into a thrilling adventure of a hero's journey. A natural born storyteller, propelled from the cold alleys of a Malawian refugee camp to the warm spotlight of the Australian stage, he vividly describes what it's like to leave your homeland behind and to have to wait your whole childhood for life to begin.

Mitreißend und ergreifend: Sueli Menezes erzählt die berührende Geschichte ihrer Kindheit. Nach ihrer Geburt wird sie im brasilianischen Dschungel von ihrer Mutter ausgesetzt. Fortan wächst sie als Findelkind bei einer fremden Familie auf. Die Misshandlung durch das Familienoberhaupt, aber auch die Liebe ihres Großvaters und die wilde Natur des Regenwalds prägen ihre Kindheit. Eine Fügung des Schicksals führt sie schließlich in die Großstadt und später nach Europa – doch auch hier hat es das Mädchen vom Amazonas nicht leicht.

Mor skal dø, for at Henning kan leve. En søn tynget af morens skam, en stikirenddreng i forældrenes stillingskrig og et forsømt barn, der suges tomt for selvværd. Morens ambitioner på sønnens vegne er så stærke, at hun nægter ham adgang til farens kærlighed.

Henning Jensen har efter GENNEM GLASVÆGGEN med samme unikke sproglige kraft og samme hudløse ærlighed skrevet et erindringsbind om en barndom, der bliver nøglen til at forstå det voksne sinds dybe huller.

In her new book, Dr. Ahmondra McClendon reveals how the legacy of silence and a generational pattern of behavior has tarnished Black women's identities, stolen their power, dimmed their voices, and impacted their well-being.

Now an Academy Award-nominated major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, this New York Times bestseller and #1 international best-seller tells the miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home...but an identity...

Thomas Fisher’s life was rocked by an unexpected family revelation that stripped away what he once believed about his cultural identity and community. Faced by this late-life catharsis, Fisher resigned from a senior executive position to seek his real origins - and understand why the shocking truth remained concealed for over a hundred years. This journey of discovery is chronicled in “Gifts from Prometheus,” Fisher’s debut book.

Finalist for the National Book Award Longlisted for a Carnegie Medal for Excellence Winner of the Southwest Book Award A Best Book of the Year: Washington Post, Esquire, Time, The Atlantic, NPR, and Publishers Weekly An Oprah Daily "Best New Book" and "Riveting Nonfiction and Memoir You Need to...

The first Black man to become sheriff of a major city in the Deep South after Reconstruction, STRIVING FOR JUSTICE is the story of how a poor Black boy grew up in segregated Jacksonville, Florida, survived a violent racist attack by the Ku Klux Klan, and advanced through a blatantly prejudiced police force in the 1960s to become a national leader of police reform in America, who, as President Clinton recognized, broke down barriers, and whose innovative policing reforms created greater respect between citizens and police, lower crime, and safer neighborhoods.

In this joyous essay collection edited by NPR's Ayesha Rascoe, celebrities and other alumni provide testimonials about their experience attending historically Black college universities–which shaped their lives and made them who they are today. With a diverse set of contributors, including...

Распространившееся по всему миру учение Сиддхартхи Гаутамы предлагает способы справиться со страданиями земной жизни и обрести душевное равновесие. Джоан Дункан Оливер, автор бестселлеров, посвященных философии буддизма, разъясняет его принципы в форме диалога, создавая полное впечатление мудрой беседы с самим Буддой. С предисловием Энни Леннокс, вокалистки легендарной британской группы Eurythmics.