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Everyone's in the pursuit of happiness, but few know how to attain it. Millions around the world have turned to Japan for advice on finding their Ikigai, or summoning The Courage to Be Disliked. Japan's spiritual traditions hide in plain sight, forming the basis of so much of what we love about the country's culture. Without Japan's spiritual sustenance, Jiro wouldn't dream of sushi; Hayao Miyazaki's films wouldn't spirit us away; and Marie Kondo wouldn't spark joy.

Com relatos marcantes, esta obra resgata memórias muitas vezes esquecidas, valorizando a trajetória de cidadãos de todas as classes sociais e profissões. Mais do que um simples livro, é um convite para fortalecer o orgulho de um povo, preservando o legado de quem construiu Pedro Afonso.

In this third volume of Andrey Kurkov's war diaries, Ukraine's greatest living writer chronicles the third year of the full-scale invasion from his home in Kyiv and from journeys all over the country – capturing moments of horror, resilience, absurdity and grace with unmatched clarity. From the home front to the trenches, Kurkov captures the rhythms of survival – the quiet rituals, unlikely joys, unexpected humour and appalling costs – in an intimate and deeply moving record of national endurance.

Born in Brooklyn in 1963, Patrick Dougher grew up in some of the most turbulent and culturally impactful periods of NYC's history. Often neglected as a child by his parents—a father who struggled with alcohol addiction and an overworked mother who struggled to make ends meet—he learned to fend for himself. Now a renowned visual artist, musician, actor and writer, Dougher brings to the page his memories, struggles, personal revelations, and a life intimately tied to the realities of growing up Black and disenfranchised on the streets of one of the most remarkable cities in the world.

On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali was not only the new world heavyweight boxing champion: He was "a new kind of black man" who would shortly transform America's racial politics, its popular culture, and its notions of heroism. No one has captured Ali—and the era that he exhilarated and sometimes infuriated—with greater vibrancy, drama, and astuteness than David Remnick.

Martin Frank lebt schon sein ganzes Leben lang auf dem Bauernhof seiner Familie, zusammen mit Hühnern, Ziegen, Katzen und Kühen – doch in diesem Jahr ist damit Schluss, der Vater wird den Hof aufgeben, und die letzte Kuh verlässt den Stall. Er zieht auf den Biohof seines Lebensgefährten, eines Landtierarztes – und ein ganz neues Kapitel beginnt.

Andrei Tarkovsky: A Life on the Cross by Lyudmila Boyadzhieva is an intimate portrayal of the renowned Soviet filmmaker’s life, struggles, and artistic legacy.

FLORIAN KIRNER, auch bekannt als PRINZ CHAOS II. , erzählt mit Charme und Finesse, wie er ohne Geld zur Rettung eines schwer sanierungsbedürftigen Schlosses in Südthüringen antrat: eine spektakuläre Geschichte über die Integration und Sturheit eines Bayern in Ostdeutschland - vollgestopft mit saukomischen und hochdramatischen Begebenheiten. Ein Buch über Denkmalpflege und Verwaltungslogik, zwischenmenschliche Schönheiten und Abgründe, wilde Schlossfeste, Wandergesellen, Neonazis, Paradiesvögel und die Absurditäten der Corona-Politik im ländlichen Raum.

Steve Grant was laid off in March of 2020. He was fifty and had cancer, so he needed health insurance, fast. Which is how he found himself a rural letter carrier in Appalachia, back in his old hometown. Suddenly, he was the guy with the goods, delivering dog food and respirators and lube and heirloom tomato seeds and Lord of the Rings replica swords. He transported chicken feed to grandmothers living alone in the mountains and forded a creek with a refrigerator on his back. But while he carried the mail, he also carried a whole lot more than just the mail.

Nautch Boy is Manish Gaekwad's account of being born and raised in a disrespected environment at odds with his privileged education. He finds his vocation as a reporter, screenwriter, and a novelist, and eventually replaces that flower vase of fake white daisies with colourful stories of love, laughter, and decay from the kothas.

Sarah Lutterodt’s inspirational memoir, Worlds Apart, traces her life from a sheltered post-war childhood in southern England through transformative years teaching university in Ghana to the hustle and bustle of the American business world and her return to Ghana in retirement.

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.

From Sicily to the South is a heartfelt and historically grounded family memoir that traces the journey of Giuseppe Murana, a young Sicilian boy who left everything he knew behind in 1904 to begin a new life in America. At just five years old, Giuseppe arrived at the port of New Orleans with his parents aboard the S.S. Liguria—unaware that his journey would one day shape generations to come.

Weeping Becomes a River, narrated by award-winning author and performer Siphokazi Jonas, weaves seemingly discordant worlds, rooted in her experiences of growing up in an Afrikaans dorpie, attending an English boarding school, and going on annual holidays to a village emaXhoseni during the transition years of South Africa’s democracy.

De l'annonce de la mort de son père, Kaddour, le 15 août 2020, à sa mise en terre six jours plus tard, le temps est en suspens tant la complexité de la situation liée au covid rend incertaine la possibilité que son corps puisse être rapatrié en Algérie comme il le souhaitait. Six jours durant lesquels Rachida Brakni convoque ce qu'elle sait de son enfance abîmée en Algérie, de son arrivée en France qu'il sillonnera au volant de son camion, jusqu'à la chute, corps meurtri.

Nederland presenteert zich graag als gastvrij en tolerant land, maar hoe wordt daar door nieuwkomers over gedacht? In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Je hoort hoe hun kennismaking met een nieuwe cultuur is verlopen en hoe zij terugzien op het land waar zij vandaan komen.

Elk jaar emigreren ongeveer 40.000 Nederlanders naar het buitenland. In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Niemand heeft een reden om terug te keren. Toch is het de vraag waar de mensen in deze serie 'thuis' zijn.

Nederland presenteert zich graag als gastvrij en tolerant land, maar hoe wordt daar door nieuwkomers over gedacht? In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Je hoort hoe hun kennismaking met een nieuwe cultuur is verlopen en hoe zij terugzien op het land waar zij vandaan komen.

Nederland presenteert zich graag als gastvrij en tolerant land, maar hoe wordt daar door nieuwkomers over gedacht? In deze reeks vertellen Nederlanders en niet-Nederlanders over hun ervaringen als migrant; over cultuurverschillen, integratie, misverstanden, geluk, familie en de liefde. Je hoort hoe hun kennismaking met een nieuwe cultuur is verlopen en hoe zij terugzien op het land waar zij vandaan komen.

For more than five decades, Tame Iti has stood at the heart of Aotearoa's struggle for indigenous rights. From land marches to performance art, police raids to prison cells, his voice has challenged New Zealand to reckon with its colonial legacy. Once branded as a dangerous and extreme activist, now hailed as a national treasure, Tame has lived the contradictions and realities of standing with mana motuhake in a modern world.