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One Christmas, Cathy Rentzenbrink finds herself drained by life's upheavals. In need of comfort and escape, she turns to her first literary love: Agatha Christie. As Cathy delves into Agatha's novels and her mysterious disappearance in 1926, she discovers more than she expected. Beyond the hidden jewels, detectives and thrilling escapes on trains and automobiles, Cathy unearths an adventurer and innovator who hid - within the pages of her own books - the secrets of how she survived a personal crisis and started life again.

THE PERFECTLY OUTRAGEOUS BIOGRAPHY OF QUEEN OF ROMANCE BARBARA CARTLAND LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 'a comic gem of a biography' - Craig Brown 'Sweet writes with great wit and brio' - Observer 'Every page is a cliff-hanger' - The Spectator 'Fantastically enjoyable' - Literary Review...

Bloomsbury presents The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende, read by Blair Brown with a foreword read by Isabel Allende 'No amount of acrobatics can out do the absolute core of Allende's talent: her gift for writing' The Times In the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula, Isabel Allende...

To store lidenskaber dominerer Haruki Murakamis liv: at skrive og at løbe, og for ham kan det ene ikke tænkes uden det andet. Når han løber, henter han det overskud, den inspiration og frem for alt den vedholdenhed, der skal til for at kunne skrive. Erindringen om arbejdet med de romaner...

¿Es el suicidio un acto de desesperación… o la forma más radical de libertad? En este libro provocador y profundamente humano, Ismael Martí se adentra en las vidas —y sobre todo en las muertes— de algunas de las figuras más memorables que decidieron poner fin a su existencia. De Sócrates a Sylvia Plath, de Mishima a Virginia Woolf, de Demóstenes a Empédocles, esta antología traza una cartografía del suicidio como hecho biográfico, dilema ético, símbolo existencial y espejo de cada época.

LA VITA E L’EPOCA DI WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Del sommo poeta inglese, forse il più grande autore di ogni tempo e luogo, ci restano 884.647 parole (ma solo quattordici scritte di suo pugno). Molte meno sono le informazioni che abbiamo sulla sua vita, quasi nulla possiamo affermare con certezza...

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.

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...

#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...

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...

Vingt-cinq ans après En l'absence des hommes, son premier roman, Philippe Besson explore les années qui ont précédé l'acte fondateur d'écrire. Bien plus qu'une introspection, La Première Phrase du premier livre est une autobiographie collective, où le récit d'une vocation littéraire se mêle à l'évocation de toute une époque. Dans la vie de chaque écrivain, il existe un avant et un après le premier livre.

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...

An intimate, revelatory family biography of the iconic writer Daphne du Maurier and her famous ancestors, by her eldest grandson 'As compelling as any du Maurier mystery - an extraordinary family saga wonderfully told' GYLES BRANDRETH 'Packed to the rafters with delicious details' FRANCES WILSON...

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.

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...

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...

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?

Bloomsbury presents The Anthony Bourdain Reader by Anthony Bourdain, edited by Kimberly Witherspoon with a Foreword by Patrick Radden Keefe. Read by Anthony Bourdain, Kim Witherspoon, Dion Graham, Kaleo Griffith, David Colacci and Chris Patton. 'This compilation shows he was so much more than...