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4 giugno 1944, gli americani entrano a Roma. Elsa de' Giorgi, grande attrice del cinema italiano di quegli anni, di famiglia antifascista e lei stessa antifascista, scende in via Quattro Fontane per porgere a un soldato una bandiera tricolore. La de' Giorgi è di una bellezza sfolgorante, ha appena sposato il nobile Sandrino Contini Bonaccossi ed è corteggiata da tanti. In casa sua passano Carlo Levi e Alberto Moravia, Renato Guttuso e Pietro Nenni. E nei suoi quaderni raccoglie i ritratti di quegli e degli altri uomini dell'antifascismo e della Resistenza romana.

Breve y consistente ensayo biográfico de la pluma del gran nerudiano Hernán Loyola, en donde aborda las polémicas póstumas en que se han visto envueltas la obra y figura de Neruda. En ocho capítulos, ocho pecados, Loyola aborda, enfrenta y encara cada una de estas polémicas: el poeta inútil, el poeta machista, el poeta fabulador, el poeta violador, el poeta mal marido, el poeta mal padre, el poeta plagiario, el poeta insolente y el poeta abandonador. 

Back when restaurant menus were still printed on paper, and wearing a mask—or not—was a decision made mostly on Halloween, David Sedaris spent his time doing normal things. As Happy-Go-Lucky opens, he is learning to shoot guns with his sister, visiting muddy flea markets in Serbia, buying gummy worms to feed to ants, and telling his nonagenarian father wheelchair jokes. But then the pandemic hits, and like so many others, he's stuck in lockdown, unable to tour and read for audiences, the part of his work he loves most. 

Told through the eyes of a child, the listener witnesses Ludmila’s growth and maturation as she starts from practically nothing, learns how to beg in the streets, loses all of what little she had, is left to the wolves, and then saved by grace—all before her fifteenth birthday.

Award-winning author Helen Humphreys tells a beautiful tale in this brilliant memoir of the writing life as told through the dogs Humphreys has lived with and loved over a lifetime.

Als der 62-jährige Goethe 1811 das erste Buch seiner Lebenserinnerungen "Aus meinem Leben. Dichtung und Wahrheit" veröffentlichte, legte er damit den Grundstein zu einer monumentalen Autobiografie. In Teil I und II erzählt der Dichterfürst über Kindheit und Studium – eine Zeit, die geprägt ist von inspirierenden Begegnungen, schwerer Krankheit, aber auch tiefen Gefühlen für seine erste große Liebe.

The glamorous extravagances and devastating lows of her time in Hollywood are revealed as never before in this fresh new biography of Dorothy Parker—from leaving New York City to work on numerous classic screenplays such as the 1937 A Star Is Born to the devastation of alcoholism, a miscarriage, and her husband’s suicide. Parker’s involvement with anti-fascist and anti-racist groups, which led to her ultimate blacklisting, and her early work in the civil rights movement that inspired her to leave her entire estate to the NAACP are also explored as never before.

How It Feels To Be Colored Me was first published in The World Tomorrow in May 1928. In this autobiographical piece that focuses on race and 1920s America, Hurston reflects on her early childhood in an all-black Florida town and her first experiences in life where she felt "different." Hurston focuses on the similarities we all share and on her own self-identity in the face of difference. "Through it all," she says, "I remain myself."

Erich Kästner, poet and novelist for grown-ups and children: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Dive into Tove Jansson's spellbinding memoir and be transported to early 20th-century Helsinki where you'll experience the magic and fears of a childhood infused with the freedom and natural beauty of Finland. Hailed by Ali Smith for its evocative prose, Jansson's memoir unveils the enchantments of a world where winter ice is a playground of mysteries, balalaika parties radiate warmth, and Christmas takes on epic proportions when viewed from a child's eyes.

In this passionate and revealing book about loving clothes but despairing of a broken global system Patrick Grant considers the crisis of consumption and quality in fashion, and how we might make ourselves happier by rediscovering the joy of living with fewer, better-quality things. Weaving in his personal journey through fashion, clothing and the other everyday objects in his life, this is a book that celebrates craftsmanship, making things with care, buying things with thought and valuing everything we own.

Ton Vosloo is one of South Africa’s most widely admired newspapermen and businessmen. Under his leadership, Naspers evolved from a print group into a media giant with investments across the world. In his memoir, Vosloo tells the story of his remarkable career, spanning fifty-nine fractious years – years that saw a great many changes in South Africa, in the media and politically.

Roger Deakin, author of the immortal Waterlog and Wildwood, was a man of unusually many parts. A born writer who nonetheless took decades to write his first book, Roger was also variously—and sometimes simultaneously—maverick ad-man, seller of stripped pine furniture on the Portobello Road, cider-maker, teacher, environmentalist, music promoter, and filmmaker. But above all he was the restorer of ancient Walnut Tree Farm in Suffolk.

Dieser eine Moment, in dem alles richtig zu sein scheint - es ist der Augenblick, als der kleine Kjell zum ersten Mal seinen Vater sieht, der zu seiner Familie nach Stockholm zurückkehrt: Die Mutter läuft ihm leichtfüßig entgegen, die Kinder werden fest in den Arm genommen. Alles könnte federleicht sein wie in einem Traum ... doch so ist es nicht. Die Johanssons leben in einem armseligen Haus an der Flutwiese des Vororts Midsommarkransen. Der Vater säuft, um seinen Dämonen zu entkommen, das Geld ist knapp.

Simon Russell Beale is one of Britain's most recognisable and well-loved actors. He has played many roles on stage, film, television and radio - ranging from Winston Churchill to Stalin, George Smiley to King Arthur. But ever since his appearance at school as a glamorous Desdemona, complete with false eyelashes that rendered him half-blind, he has been captivated by Shakespeare.

Not Less Than Everything: One Man’s Quest for Spiritual Enlightenment is the inspirational true story of how author, August Turak overcame depression and meaningless despair through a daring quest for life’s ultimate meaning and purpose.

Андрей Шляхов – российский писатель и журналист, выпустивший несколько книг о жизни Фаины Раневской. В книге Я - выкидыш Станиславского собраны не только лучшие афоризмы и цитат актрисы, которые складываются в полноценную историю ее жизни, но и воспоминания о самых известных людях той эпохи: Анне Ахматовой, с которой Раневская вместе пережила эвакуацию, Ростиславе Плятте, Ольге Аросевой и многих, многих других... Фишки книги: Лучшие афоризмы Раневской ; Ее воспоминания о современниках ; Подробная творческая биография.

Многие знают и любят Дениса Кораблёва из легендарных детских рассказов Виктора Драгунского. Но у Дениски был реальный прототип — сын писателя, Денис Викторович Драгунский, который тоже стал прозаиком, и очень известным, чьи остроумные рассказы и романы пользуются неизменным успехом у читателей. А теперь Денис Драгунский написал книгу о своей жизни, в которой он ищет ответ на вопрос: "Кто я? "Дениска из рассказов" или Денис Викторович Драгунский? Или оба сразу?" Подлинная жизнь Дениса Кораблёва — больше, чем автобиография.

Hermann Hesse, world star of literature and Nobel Prize laureate: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Michel de Montaigne, inventor of the essay and philosopher: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.