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Due interventi e una conversazione libera e amichevole con Susanna Tamaro su di sé, sul rapporto con la scrittura e sui suoi libri, fanno di "Verso casa" un prezioso piccolo compendio che avvicina i lettori ad un'autrice riservata eppure capace di parlare il linguaggio di tutti e soprattutto di illuminare aspetti spesso oscuri nella vita di ciascuno attraverso il semplice ma impegnativo esercizio del conoscere se stessi. Con una nuova introduzione dell'autrice.

Hoe belandt een doodgewoon meisje uit een nette buurt in Melbourne in de wereld van prostitutie en drugs? In de verbluffende autobiografie ‘Onder mijn huid’ vertelt Kate Holden openhartig over hoe ze veranderde van uitmuntende kunstgeschiedenis student tot een verloren meisje in de greep van heroïne, schimmige figuren en de seksindustrie. Ondanks alles wat Kate heeft meegemaakt, weet ze haar verhaal zonder enige schaamte en met een goede dosis humor en relativering te beschrijven. Hoe heeft de jonge, afgedwaalde Kate haar leven weer in het gareel gekregen?

Dorothy L Sayers was a woman of contrasts. A strong Christian, she had a baby by a man she did not love - out of wedlock. Possessing a fierce intellect, she translated Dante - and also created one of the most popular fictional detectives ever, in Lord Peter Wimsey. With no new biographies on Sayers having been published for some time, Colin Duriez reassesses her, her life, her writings, her studies and her faith. Drawing on previously unpublished material, particularly her collected letters, he brings to life a fascinating woman. 

Known for his deadpan humour and sarcasm, Jack Dee is a regular on our screens and airwaves. After his first ever stand-up, Jack Dee was encouraged to tour the circuit, and after winning the Best Stage Newcomer awards in 1991, Dee began to grace our screens with The Jack Dee Show. Since then, Dee has performed sell-out stand-up shows, written and starred in sitcoms such as Lead Balloon and hosted shows such as I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and Have I Got News for You.

With both clean essays and jagged diary entries, this memoir tells the story of one person's progress through disability and volunteering, self-exploration, and discovery, and snippets of growth in the contemplative writing process itself. Ultimately, the question "Can I work?" is answered with the passage of time. A challenging but uplifting piece of writing, spanning over a half a year of lyric prose with a touch of poetry. 

 Mark Scarbrough has been searching for something his entire life. Whether it’s his birth mother, true love, his purpose, or his sexual identity, Mark has been on a constant quest to find out who he really is, with the great Western texts as his steadfast companions. As a boy with his head constantly in a book, desperate to discover new worlds, he can hardly distinguish between their plots and his own reality. 

Das unglaubliche Leben des amerikanischen Psychiaters und Schriftstellers Irvin D. Yalom, Autor von "Und Nietzsche Weinte" und "Das Spinoza-Problem", erzählt von ihm selbst! "Und Nietzsche Weinte", "Das Spinoza-Problem", "Die Rote Couch", "Der Panama-Hut", "Der Schopenhauer-Kur". Bestimmt kennen Sie diese Bestseller. Aber was steht hinter diesen Werken? Wie ist Irvin Yalom auf die Ideen zu diesen Büchern gekommen? Und wie ist er überhaupt zu einem Schriftsteller geworden?

Javier Reverte, el gran viajero y escritor, ponía rumbo a su última travesía el 31 de octubre de 2020. Tan solo unos días antes entregaba a sus editores estas páginas en las que había trabajado los últimos quince años, reuniendo en ellas recuerdos y reflexiones sobre la vida, los viajes y la escritura, sus grandes pasiones.

Store Kongensgade 23 er Søren Ulrik Thomsens reflekterede erindringsessay fuldt af minder om hans pubertet og moderens depression og langvarige ophold på sindssygehospitaler, om klasselærer Bodil, morfar Henning og skønne Jane fra Sølvgade Skole, men også af tanker om, hvorfor man skriver, om frygten for alderdommens rædsler, om efteråret, hvor alting på én gang flammer op og dør ud. Og om en lejlighed i Store Kongensgade 23, hvor forfatteren kun boede et enkelt år, men alligevel er stedet, hvorfra fremtiden altid vil udstråle.

En række causerier, der har været bragt i Ugebladet Søndag, hvor Jane Aamund ironisk og kærligt reflekterer over mennesker og tiden – hele tiden i samspil med eksempler fra hendes eget liv.

Best known for her magical role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter series, Lynch has since branched into a stage career, including a role as Bess Houdini in Houdini, which toured the UK, and short films, such as 'My Name Is Emily'. Alongside her acting career, Lynch's activism has led her to campaign for animal rights and veganism. She has starred in short films to this end, launched a podcast titled Chickpeeps with the aim of educating others on being a vegan, and founded a cruelty-free cosmetics brand, Kinder Box. 

Newbery Medal winner Carol Ryrie Brink uses vignettes of people she knew during her childhood in Idaho to give a glimpse of everyday life in the early 20th century and to provide insight into her own tragic early years. 

Esta es la historia de una familia que amaba reunirse, comer, beber, reír, bailar y discutir. Que amaba el sol y el hedonismo de los días de verano. Este es el testimonio abrumador de una mujer que se atreve a revelar un secreto que guardó durante años. Un secreto que ahoga la memoria, que oprime, que anula el placer para siempre, que baila al ritmo del miedo y se alimenta de la vergüenza y de la culpa.

Von Zwanzig bis Dreißig, das waren die entscheidenden Lebensjahre für Fontanes künstlerische Entwicklung. In diesem Buch erinnert er sich an das Jahrzehnt zwischen 1840 und 1850, in dem er dem Brotberuf eines Apothekers nachgeht und dabei hofft, schon bald als freier Schriftsteller leben zu können. In seinem Rückblick lässt er nichts aus: Er erzählt von seinem literarischen Debüt im "Berliner Figaro", von seiner ersten Reise nach England, von der Märzrevolution und seiner Hochzeit mit Emilie Rouanet-Kummer, mit der er bis zum Tod zusammenbleibt.

Über seine Mutter Gertrud schrieb der Künstler Einar Schleef einen Roman. Er nannte ihn "Gertrud" und versuchte darin, ihre ostdeutsche Gedankenwelt nachzuempfinden, von der er seit seiner Flucht in den Westen getrennt war. Mit ihr schrieb er sich auch Briefe. Die Angst der Mutter, die Unbedenklichkeit des Sohnes, die Anhänglichkeit und die Unabhängigkeit - es sind Kräfte, die sich anziehen und gleichzeitig abstoßen.

The world is never done catching up with Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862), the author of Walden, “Civil Disobedience,” and other classics. A prophet of environmentalism and vegetarianism, an abolitionist, and a critic of materialism and technology, Thoreau even seems to have anticipated a world of social distancing in his famous experiment at Walden Pond. In Now Comes Good Sailing, 27 of today’s leading writers offer wide-ranging original pieces exploring how Thoreau has influenced and inspired them.

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was born in Paris during a time of great social and political upheaval, a ferment that is dealt with extensively in his monumental work In Search of Lost Time. He was a sickly child and spent the earlier part of his short life pursuing a variety of sometimes frivolous activities, which led to his not being taken seriously as a writer. It was not until 1909, when he was 38 years old, that he began work on the groundbreaking novel for which he is known, a task that consumed the rest of his life.

Joining us at Audible Studios is Katherine Ryan, Canadian comedian, actress, presenter and writer. Ryan moved to the UK in 2008 and began her career as a comedian with stand-up shows. Her debut television appearance was in 2012 on 8 Out of 10 Cats, and since then, she has been a regular on panel shows such as Mock the Week, Would I Lie To You and Have I Got News for You, as well as touring with her own stand-up routines. Ryan is also an actress, appearing in sitcoms such as Campus and Episodes. 

Quando, in punto di morte, Goethe mosse il suo indice dal basso verso l'alto, i testimoni che gli erano vicini rimasero sorpresi: per secoli questo gesto è rimasto emblematico e inspiegabile. Oggi, grazie alla suggestiva ricostruzione di Pietrangelo Buttafuoco e di Francesca Bocca-Aldaqre, possiamo coglierne il senso: si tratta di un gesto simbolico della shahada, la testimonianza di fede che ogni musulmano deve compiere in punto di morte per riaffermare di credere nel Dio unico.

Todos nosotros somos, en esencia, aquello que leemos. Este principio, difícilmente rebatible desde cualquier rincón de la cultura, es el presupuesto desde el que parte Luis García Montero en este libro que rastrea las huellas que dejaron en Federico García Lorca sus lecturas.