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Award-winning poet and performer Saul Williams explores how artists today must respond to systemic violence and injustice—in the words of Paul Robeson, by choosing sides. Songs My Mother Taught Me is Williams' clear-eyed exploration of the role of the artist in these times by answering the question: what radicalized you? He answers by examining how his role models—writers and artists, from Amiri Baraka to local musicians in Brazilian bars to Palestinian hip-hop heads—have responded to imperialist violence, oppression, and genocide.

#1 New York Timesbestselling author Harlan Coben offers a look behind the curtain at his own writing process in an inspiring, candid memoir filled with indispensable insights and techniques. “For aspiring writers, Harlan’s advice, stories, and anecdotes are wise, proven, and valuable. For...

From one of the foremost scholars on the subject, comes our most in-depth look at John Steinbeck as a writer deeply connected to the natural world. Among the many reasons that John Steinbeck has reached the highest tier of the American literary canon is what we have come to understand as his...

想像を絶するほどの貧困、高等小学校卒、40歳を過ぎて文壇デビュー、そして国民作家へ。逆境から運をつかみ取った生涯を描く、松本清張「初の本格評伝」が登場！

Die Hörbuchbox „Was uns begleitet" aus der „Bibliothek Europa" präsentiert Meisterwerke der Literatur und Philosophie, kuratiert und jeweils individuell eingeführt von Sven Görtz, in großer Vielfalt der Genres, Themen und Epochen. Franz Werfel gelang 1924 mit seinem Komponisten-Roman „Verdi" ein gleichermaßen spannendes wie profundes Werk über kreative Originalität, menschliche Größe und den Kampf um ein Leben im Einklang mit sich selbst.

In between the partying, the drugs, the love affairs, the 'squalid overboogie' of it all, Eve Babitz made time to chronicle the world as she saw it in works like Eve's Hollywood; Slow Days, Fast Company and Sex and Rage. But Babitz considered her letters 'the kind of writing I do best,' calling...

Read by the author, William Fiennes. ‘Fiennes has exceptional gifts, and he has written a small masterpiece, a tribute to the power of place, family and memory’ – The Sunday Telegraph William Fiennes’ childhood was one of imagination and curiosity, bounded only by the horizon he saw from...

'As compelling as any du Maurier mystery - an extraordinary family saga wonderfully told' GYLES BRANDRETH 'Packed to the rafters with delicious details' FRANCES WILSON, SPECTATOR 'Daphne du Maurier's many fans will eagerly lap [this book] up ... a warm and intimate tribute' THE TIMES 'An...

Tout commence, pour François Cheng, par le don d'un tableau que lui fait un jour Léopoldine Hugo, artiste et descendante directe de Victor Hugo. Un tableau et un prénom qui lui évoquent irrésistiblement cet endroit de la Seine à Villequier, en Normandie, où s'est noyée la fille du poète, également prénommée Léopoldine. Une perte qui a fracassé la vie de Hugo et lui a inspiré ses Contemplations.

Explorer, soldier, statesman, writer, key to the English Renaissance—Sir Walter Ralegh fashioned his life as a work of art. Exposing the tensions and contradictions of Renaissance England, Stephen Greenblatt presents Sir Walter Ralegh as a symbol of his age. The interplay between life and art...

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...

In the summer of 1936, twenty-three-year-old May Swenson boarded a bus heading east out of her Mormon hometown of Logan, Utah. Her destination was New York City, where she had a single goal: become a poet. Creature tells the story of how this small-town woman fought to achieve her dreams in the Depression-era big city, keeping a roof over her head and honing her craft as she pursued romantic relationships with both men and women. After decades of struggle, Swenson became one of mid-century America’s most beloved and prolific poets. What is it that makes her poetry so extraordinary?

Bob Spitz, acclaimed author of The Beatles: The Biography, discusses the extensive research behind his definitive account of the world's most influential band. In this revealing interview, he explores the myths surrounding The Beatles' early years, the importance of Hamburg and the Cavern Club, the band's unique internal relationships, and the roles of Brian Epstein and George Martin.

Bloomsbury presents The Man Who Invented Fiction by William Egginton, read by Matt Fletcher-Macdonald. In the early seventeenth century, a crippled, graying, almost toothless veteran of Spain’s wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. It was the story of a poor nobleman, his brain...

Bloomsbury presents The Man Who Invented Fiction by William Egginton, read by Matt Fletcher-Macdonald. ‘In 1605 a crippled, greying, almost toothless veteran of Spain’s wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. That book, Don Quixote, went on to sell more copies than any other book...

Mitten im kalten Winter, als es draußen Stein und Bein fror und sogar der kleine Teich im Garten so zugefroren war, dass man darauf Schlittschuh laufen konnte vorausgesetzt, man war gut im Kurven fahren mitten im Februar flog durch das für nur einen Moment zum Lüften geöffnete Flurfenster ein Schmetterling. Er hängte sich an den weißen, langen Baumwollvorhang und blieb einen halben Tag lang bewegungslos sitzen. Unsere Freundschaft begann, als ich ihm wiederholt Spinnweben vorsichtig aus den Flügeln zog...

Ian Brown, award-winning author of The Boy in the Moon and the memoir Sixty, now recounts his daily reckoning with the milestone age of seventy. Fearlessly candid, often funny and relentlessly real, Brown asks the terrifying questions we all have about growing old, even when he doesn’t want to...

Brought to you by Penguin. **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY** In this remarkable work of autobiography, the son of the great comic novelist Kingsley Amis explores his relationship with his father and writes about the various crises of Kingsley's life, including the...

“Una historia desgarradora sobre el otro lado de la experiencia del inmigrante a EEUU– la penuria y la desolación de los niños dejados atrás por sus padres.” —Sonia Nazario, ganadora del premio Pulitzer y autora de La travesía de Enrique Cuando el padre de Reyna Grande deja a su...

A tribute to a great man, an important and interesting writer, an inspiring teacher, and a friend some will not likely find again. Roger Lancelyn Green and Walter Hooper wrote a memorable biography about their pal, C.S. Lewis. "...We have sought to tell his story as best we could, to lay before...