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This is a memoir as wry, funny, moving and vivid as its inimitable subject himself. This audiobook, read by the author, will be a joy for both lifelong fans and for a whole new generation. John Cooper Clarke is a phenomenon: Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter...

A memoir-in-vignettes recalling a poet's early years and memories from a literary household. More than a consecutive memoir, The Fair Fields presents a set of linked vignettes about what it was like to grow up in a white, liberal, literary household in Connecticut in the 1950s and early 1960s...

A groundbreaking exploration of one of America's most iconic and misunderstood authors Edgar Allan Poe: A Life is the most comprehensive critical biography of Poe yet produced, exploring his fascinating life, his extraordinary work, and the vital relationship between the two. Best known for his...

En este libro, González Rodríguez narra cómo, a partir de una conversación con una compañera de trabajo, le fue posible corroborar la teoría del investigador Robert Wright, quien defiende el papel del impulso reproductivo en los distintos intereses amorosos de hombres y mujeres, pero también nos comparte sus memorias de un acercamiento infructuoso con una alumna de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras —en el tiempo en que él mismo cursó ahí la carrera de lenguas modernas— o nos cuenta su larga investigación para desentrañar el significado de la expresión 'güi-güí'.

"Pioneira" – adjetivo amplo que se aplica a muitas das facetas de Antonieta de Barros, escritora, jornalista e política brasileira nascida em 1901 em Florianópolis – então chamada "Desterro". A força de sua escrita segue firme nos dias de hoje, e o leitor pode senti-la nessa seleção de crônicas cuidadosamente selecionadas do livro "Farrapos de ideias", assinado sob o pseudônimo de "Maria da Ilha".

The follow-up to Hanif Kureishi’s extraordinary hospital memoir, Shattered, this is the story of what came next – a year of living at home in London after paralysis, told through scenes of carers, physio, insomnia, sex, money, football, film sets, festivals and family. The song ‘Are You...

'[A] page-turning story' - Laurie Maguire, Times Literary Supplement 'A terrific addition to the Shakespeare library ... eye-opening.' - Michael Billington, Country Life Now available in paperback, Richard's Schoch's compelling history of Shakespeare's birthplace reveals the value we place on...

Bloomsbury presents My Salinger Year, written and read by Joanna Rakoff. The much-loved, irresistibly funny memoir of literary New York which was an international bestseller and enchanted readers around the world – now a major film starring Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley, My New York...

Bloomsbury presents Publishing by Gail Godwin, read by Rosemary Benson Publishing is a personal story of a writer’s hunger to be published, the pursuit of that goal, and then the long haul--for Gail Godwin, forty-five years of being a published writer and all that goes with it. A student at...

Daphne du Maurier (May 13, 1907-April 19, 1989) was an English novelist, biographer and playwright. Many of du Maurier's novels have been successfully adapted into films, including the novels "Rebecca," "Frenchman's Creek," "My Cousin Rachel" and "Jamaica Inn," and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". Du Maurier spent much of her life in Cornwall, England, where most of her works are set. As her fame increased, she became more reclusive. The following audio is from a tv interview in 1971 and 1977.

Im Frühsommer 1940 trieb die Wehrmacht Flüchtlinge durch Westeuropa. Wer es nicht nach England schaffte, suchte Zuflucht in Lissabon: Tausende warteten im neutralen Portugal auf ein Schiff. Britische Spione und deutsche Agenten belauerten sich, Rohstoffeinkäufer suchten große Mengen an Sardinen für Hitlers Heer zu kaufen und wichtiger noch: das seltene und nicht zu ersetzende Wolfram für Panzerstahl.

‘Fiennes has exceptional gifts, and he has written a small masterpiece, a tribute to the power of place, family and memory’ Sunday Telegraph William Fiennes’ childhood was one of imagination and curiosity, bounded only by the horizon he saw from the roof-tiles of his ancient family home...

L'entusiasmo davanti al tabellone delle partenze alla stazione di Porta Nuova. Le fragole con panna ma senza fragole. Le barzellette sugli zombie. La scuola. I pomeriggi al parco. Paolo Nori rievoca episodi e momenti dell'infanzia di sua figlia (è lei la "piccola Battaglia"): teneri, esilaranti e pieni di saggezza come quelli che solo i bambini sanno regalare. Il flusso della memoria si dispiega ininterrotto in una serie di quadri scolpiti con l'inconfondibile stile di Nori, tra flusso di coscienza e humour, in questa edizione completamente rivista e aggiornata.

Tra il 2015 e il 2025, una voce femminile racconta il proprio itinerario tra relazioni amorose, amicizie, lavoro, impegno politico e ricerca di senso. La scrittura diventa spazio di resistenza: un luogo in cui il dolore può essere nominato, abitato, trasformato. Il racconto procede per frammenti. Non c'è una trama lineare, ma un mosaico emotivo che segue il ritmo dell'inevitabile cambiamento. Questo audiolibro esplora una domanda essenziale: può l'Altro colmare il vuoto interiore o è necessario riconoscersi protagonisti della propria vita?

This collection of 59 short poems consists of verses, some of them incomplete, which remained unpublished at the time of Shelley’s death. Some of them have become the best known of Shelley’s shorter works. The poems were collated and edited by Mary Shelley, who also wrote an introduction to...

Here for the first time is this controversial writer's real childhood and early adulthood. The mixed feelings of an intelligent, sensitive child – talented but tormented; the eventual separation from his family; violence, crime, borstal and finally prison in England. How he turned his life around to become, not only New Zealand's bestselling novelist, but also a spokesperson for a large number of underprivileged New Zealanders, a controversial columnist and the initiator of the brilliantly successful Books in Homes schemes is both moving and compelling reading.

A literary tour through the notable diaries of history, giving us a window into the private lives of the famous and infamous, with a new introduction by the author “Charming, diverting, and exceptionally intelligent.” —The New Yorker Before the age of social media, chronicling one’s life...

LA PATA DE MONO es un relato breve de terror escrito por W. W. Jacobs, en 1902. En esta historia, la pata de un mono muerto es un talismán que cumple a quien la posea tres deseos, pero los deseos vienen con un enorme precio. El cuento se basa en cuentos tradicionales en los que, de cualquier manera que se pidan los deseos, siempre se cumplen tres.

Sir Rabindranath Tagore nació en Calcuta, India, el 7 de mayo de 1861. Fue un poeta bengalí, filósofo, artista, dramaturgo, músico, novelista y autor de canciones que fue premiado con el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1913, convirtiéndose en el primer hindú laureado con este reconocimiento. La poesía domina la reputación literaria de Tagore, pero también escribió novelas, ensayos, historias cortas, diarios de viaje y teatro. Se le atribuye la introducción de este género en la literatura bengalí. Murió en Santiniketan, India, el 7 de agosto de 1941.

Consapevole di aver trascorso anni di bevute colossali - cantati e celebrati anche nei suoi libri - Mauro Corona sente che è arrivato il momento di mettere in guardia i giovani perché non prendano con leggerezza, e tantomeno con esaltazione, l'alcol, nemico subdolo e accattivante.