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A family memoir that traces the myths, legends, and secrets of seven generations of remarkable women All families have their myths and legends. For many years Juliet Nicolson accepted hers--the dangerous beauty of her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita, the flirty manipulation of...

Nun nimmt uns Ruth Shaw erneut mit auf eine Reise durch ihr erfülltes, aber nicht immer einfaches Leben – und in ihre winzige Bücherwelt ganz weit im Süden Neuseelands. Aus dem kleinen Buchladen sind inzwischen drei geworden. Abwechselnd erzählt Ruth von den herzergreifenden Begegnungen in ihrer kleinen Bücherwelt und davon, wie es in ihrem Leben weiterging, nachdem sie ihren Sohn und ihre große Liebe Lance wiedergefunden hatte.

Thomas More is an enduringly fascinating and profoundly controversial figure. A brilliant scholar, his Utopia of 1516 dared to imagine how society might be completely reordered. At the same time, his hatred of the Reformation caused him to advocate, and seek to implement, the death penalty for heretics. A friend and advisor to Henry VIII, More's refusal to support Henry's break with Rome led to his execution in 1535, and the start of a long argument about his legacy.

Since the nation’s founding, Black Americans have had a unique perspective on the U.S. experience—a “second sight”—that reveals the truth about the nation to itself. As renowned media scholar Sarah J. Jackson charts in this bold and daring masterwork, at the center of this effort has...

Standing on the Derbyshire moors as a blizzard rages, a young reporter is about to cover the biggest story of his life—the infamous Pottery Cottage Murders. A newspaper editor comes face to face with a city's most notorious armed robber...who is offering to strike a deal that will blow two major court cases apart. A senior publishing executive flies to Pakistan to plead for the release of a terrified British reporter, who has been locked in a flea-ridden jail surrounded by murderers and thugs, on suspicion of being a spy.

William Shakespeare didn’t just write plays. He rewrote the code of English itself. This isn’t a textbook. It’s an autopsy. Of the man. The myth. The infection. From Stratford’s dirty streets to the echoing rafters of the Globe, Shakespeare: The Man Who Infected English unpacks how one playwright didn’t just survive history—he rewrote it.

Nuremberg, 1945. As the trials of Nazi war criminals begin, some of the world's most famous writers and reporters gather in the ruined German city. Crammed together in the press camp at Schloss Faber-Castell, where reporters sleep ten to a room, complain about the food and argue in the lively bar, they each try to find words for the unprecedented events they are witnessing.

What if chasing your dream didn’t lead to fame or fortune—but to something far more honest? At 36, Pat Treuer had the life people post about: six-figure job, corporate status, an apartment with a skyline view—and a quiet voice in his head screaming, “Is this it?” So he did what any rational person would do: he walked away from it all to tell jokes in bars for drink tickets and half-interested crowds. Then came the pandemic. Pat launched a comedy business that brought in a million dollars—then reinvested every penny into a YouTube series that made exactly zero. Not a typo. Zero.

A lo largo de sus páginas descubriremos a su familia, de la cual heredó el amor hacia el arte; su ciudad, Córdoba, cuya influencia marcó el gusto y la forma de ver el mundo del artista; su traslado a Madrid, que acrecentó la universalidad de su obra; su visión de la mujer, que se convierte en protagonista indiscutible de sus lienzos, y el papel secundario al que queda relegada su esposa; la muerte, que envuelve sus últimas obras y su funeral; y, por último, volviendo a fusionar todos estos enfoques en un brillante rayo de luz, su legado, con un recorrido por sus óleos y por su museo, contempla

A few days before Thanksgiving 1994, Jeffrey Eugenides’s father, Gus, was piloting a small plane when it crashed in Daytona Beach, Florida. The circumstances surrounding his death added to the mystery of a life that defied expectations, but left many questions unanswered. Now, more than 30 years later, Eugenides tells the story of how his father, a first-generation American, rose from Detroit’s east side to find financial success as a mortgage banker and real estate developer–only to lose it all.

Published in 1885, Dickens As I Knew Him recounts Dolby's time managing Dickens's reading tours across Britain and America from 1866 to 1870. Dolby's narrative offers a firsthand account of these tours, illustrating Dickens's dedication to both his craft and his readers. From the extensive travelling, logistical challenges of the events and the enthusiastic audiences Dickens received it paints a vivid portrait of the literary giant's career in his later years, providing valuable insights into the man behind some of the most popular works of the century.

A concise, affectionate recollection of one of the greatest literary giants of the nineteenth century, told by the person who knew him best: Mamie Dickens. Mamie paints a portrait of a kind and devoted family man, and fondly shares childhood memories of a loving father who was deeply involved in family life at home. Filled with charming anecdotes about Dickens's meticulousness, punctuality and particular love for Christmas celebrations and dancing, My Father As I Recall Him is an endearing and enlightening read for any fan of Dickens's work.

«Путешествие в Арзрум» Александра Пушкина — редкий для русской литературы опыт подлинных путевых заметок, написанных поэтом, чьё слово само дышит свободой и свежестью дороги. Перед читателем раскрывается Кавказ и Восток в ярких образах, где каждая гора и каждое лицо словно оживает под пером Пушкина. Здесь нет сухого отчёта — лишь живая речь, лёгкая насмешка, наблюдательность и прозрачная проза, в которой слышится музыка стиха.

Discover the extraordinary life of Frida Kahlo, one of the most iconic and influential artists of the 20th century. This captivating biography explores her turbulent childhood, her battle with lifelong pain after a devastating accident, and her rise as a trailblazing painter whose deeply personal self-portraits redefined art and identity. From her passionate relationship with Diego Rivera to her fearless political activism, Frida’s story is one of resilience, creativity, and unyielding individuality.

Si è sparsa, ieri, fulmineamente in città una notizia che ha portato in tutti una vera desolazione: Giovanni Verga, l’illustre letterato, era in condizioni gravissime. Ci siamo subito recati a casa dell’illustre scrittore, dove ci venne riferito dai famigliari che il maestro, dopo la consueta visita al Circolo Unione, rincasò senza che nessuno si accorgesse di un qualsiasi suo malore, nè egli lo accusò. Si ritirò in camera, rinchiudendovisi come il solito.

Copenaghen, anni '40. Tove ha solo vent'anni ma la sua vita è già un turbine di poesia, amori sbagliati e dipendenze. Dipendenza è il racconto crudo e toccante di una donna che cerca felicità e libertà, restando sempre in bilico tra luce e abisso. Con una scrittura diretta e intensa, Tove Ditlevsen ci porta dentro la sua vita senza filtri. Un ascolto che colpisce al cuore.

From a critically acclaimed biographer, an engrossing narrative of Robert Louis Stevenson’s life, a story as romantic and adventurous as his fiction.

Steventon, ein idyllischer Ort in Hampshire–hier wächst Jane Austen in einem Pfarrhaus zusammen mit sieben Geschwistern auf. Sie hat freien Zugang zur Bibliothek ihres Vaters und erhält eine für die damalige Zeit ungewöhnlich umfassende Bildung. Schon früh entwickelt sich Jane zu einer bemerkenswerten jungen Frau, die ihrer Zeit weit voraus ist. Sie beansprucht für sich das Recht, ihren Partner frei zu wählen, und ihr Leben ist geprägt von Romantik und Leidenschaft.

Nobel Prize winner Han Kang’s first work of nonfiction published in English—an intimate, inspiring collection of writings on the connections between her life and art. What is love? It is the gold thread connecting between our hearts. In this light-filled and multifaceted book, Han Kang draws...

Una certera radiografía de la cultura europa del siglo XX por Stefan Zweig, uno de los escritores más traducidos de los años 20 y 30 del siglo pasado. El mundo de ayer es el valioso testimonio y el testamento vital de uno de los intelectuales más importantes del siglo XX. Poco antes de morir, desde la desolación del exilio, Stefan Zweig describe, con una prosa magistral, el periodo de entreguerras, el auge del nazismo y el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.