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Jorge Luis Borges was a distinguished Argentine writer, widely regarded as a key figure in both Spanish-language and world literature. His work is unified by recurring themes such as dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictitious authors, and Greek and Norse mythology, with plots that...

From the outside, everything looked polished. Inside, it was survival. Many people know Jennifer Walcott Archuleta as Playboy's Miss August 2001. They saw the photos and the glamour, the life behind the velvet ropes. They never saw the story. In this raw and honest memoir, Jennifer shares her...

هذا الكتاب يشرح ويوضح لنا سيرة شاعر ومسرحي وروائي عظيم حصل على جائزة نوبل للآداب عام 1915 وكان اول أديب شرقى نال هذه الجائزة. طاغور كإنسان عالمى كامل لا يؤمن بتقسيم...

A luminous essay collection about loneliness, contentment, and the books and cities that have shaped the experience of a Nobel Prize winner and the acclaimed author of My Name is Red. "One of the essential writers that both East and West can gratefully claim as their own.” —The New York...

昭和45年11月25日、三島由紀夫、自衛隊市ヶ谷駐屯地で割腹、介錯される――。一人の作家がクーデターに失敗し自決したにすぎないあの日、何故あれほど日本全体が動揺し、以後多くの人が事件を饒舌に語り記したか。

カナダのカフェで食べたふわふわのワッフル。モンゴルの青空の下、遊牧民と調理した羊のドラム缶蒸し。旅の最終日にバーテンダーが作ってくれたコーヒー味のオリジナルカクテル。

「死ぬことなんて考えてる暇がない」キース・リチャーズ、ホーキング博士、勝新太郎、村上春樹、北野武、坂本龍一、木村拓哉……数多の伝説を撮り続けた写真家・操上(くりがみ)和美(かずみ)。

The internationally bestselling author's meditation on memory and family. In this meditation on memory and what makes us who we are, Haruki Murakami recalls his relationship with his father – the son of a priest who might have become a priest himself had a clerical error not sent him to fight...

鎌倉に小さな古い家を借りて、久し振りの一人暮らし。朝は早起きしてお寺の座禅会に参加し、夜は屋上でビール片手に満天の星を観る。ペンギンと恋人のように待ち合わせして夕食を楽しんだり、近くの小川を

古いアパートを借りて、ベルリンに2カ月暮らしてみました。土曜日は青空マーケットで野菜を調達し、日曜日には蚤の市におでかけ。窓の外から聞こえるストリートの演奏をBGMに、読書をしながらお茶を

A moving reflection on the author's father—plus a cat!—this is a beautiful short work of family history from one of our most beloved, iconic writers. Originally published in the New Yorker in 2019, and now presented in a full, unabridged form, Abandoning a Cat is a poignant, self-reflective...

それでも、ありうべき未来へ! コロナ時代に顕在化した政治的無責任、社会基盤の崩壊、人心の動揺…。「時代の神経」である作家の感応力が、深く見つめる。リアルでありながら、理想を手放さない稀有な思考。危機の時代の羅針盤。

Following in the footsteps of Peter Mayle's A Year in Provence, Tout Sweet is now a classic of the French memoir genre, cataloguing the disasters–and triumphs–of a former newspaper fashion editor, who waves goodbye to her glamorous city lifestyle and extensive shoe collection, to renovate a run-down house in rural France. Acquiring a host of new friends and unsuitable suitors, she learns that true happiness can be found in the simplest of things–a bike ride through the countryside on a summer evening, or a kir or three in a neighbour's courtyard.

映画字幕翻訳の第一人者、戸田奈津子が語る自伝ノンフィクション。戦争体験、長い下積み、ハリウッドスターとの華やかな交友…。人生のほとんどを“映画＝夢”に捧げ、現在も走り続けるスーパーウーマン。

Former New York Times correspondent John N. Herbers (1923-2017), who covered the civil rights movement for more than a decade, has produced Deep South Dispatch: Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist, a compelling story of national and historical significance. Herbers' reporting began in 1951, when he covered the brutal execution of Willie McGee, a Black man convicted for the rape of a White housewife, and the 1955 trial for the murder of Emmett Till, a Black teenager killed for allegedly whistling at a White woman.

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is now generally recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of the last century. This Very Short Introduction explores his extraordinary life and thought. His complex system of criticism is difficult for many, but it is coherent in its combination of a Judaic...

'Propulsive … a taut thriller of high stakes' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'Beautiful writing … a phenomenal book' JON STEWART 'Offers a window onto Russia's wartime soul' ECONOMIST 'An intimate, unrestrained account … In between his jail-cell tales, he weaves in the story of modern Russia' THE...

The MacArthur Foundation awards the "Genius Grant" every year to the most compelling scientists, educators and artists in the country. But who are these "geniuses," really? Host Bob Garfield sits down with fellows, including writer and producer David Simon, radio producer Jad Abumrad, and inventor Amy Smith, to learn what events shaped their life, how they became leaders in their fields, and what they imagine our shared future looks like.

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF WRITING with fresh testimonials from fellow writers about why they love Stephen King and On Writing—and a few new words on the joy of writing from King himself. *ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S TOP 100 NONFICTION BOOKS OF ALL TIME* Immensely helpful and illuminating to any...

The classic study of alienation, creativity and the modern mind 'Excitingly written, with a sense of revelation' GUARDIAN THE OUTSIDER was an instant literary sensation when it was first published in 1956, thrusting its youthful author into the front rank of contemporary writers and thinkers...