Anknüpfend an seine Kinderjahre berichtet Fontane hier von seinen Erfahrungen als junger Erwachsener, vom Einstieg ins Berufsleben bis hin zu seiner Hochzeit.
Hauptmann wagte 1930 einen mutigen Schritt und veröffentliche einen Roman in Form eines fesselnden Tagebuchs, welches sehr eindeutig ihm selbst zuzuordnen ist.
The first volume of the autobiography of Doris Lessing, author of 'The Grass is Singing' and 'The Golden Notebook', and Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.
What we have presented in this book is just a glimpse of many prophecies described centuries ago, meticulously detailing scientific truths unveiled only with modern advancements.
Applying various disciplinary perspectives with overlapping themes, contributors to this volume analyze the intersections of Disney studies and animal studies, demonstrating how common themes and issues transcend the context of Disney culture.
In her debut memoir, Confessions of a Chaos Whisperer, New York City's premier clutter-clearing connoisseur Sonya Weisshappel shares whimsical stories and hard-learned life lessons from three decades of moving homes, managing a business, and muddling through mistakes—all while trying to maintain her sanity.
The miraculous triumphs of modern medicine—antibiotics, insulin, cancer cures, longer and better lives—are the fruits of its firm grounding in science.
THE ONLY COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF THE WORLDS MOST FAMOUS AUTHORFeatures exclusive interview content with relatives of RowlingWith nearly 150 full-color photographs - many published here for the first timeContains 5 maps and a Family Tree specially created for this bookJoanne "e;Jo"e; Rowling is known to readers the world over as J.
«عائشة بنت أبي بكر» زوجُ النبيِّ وحلِيلَتُه، أم المؤمنين، بنت الأكرمين، بنت الصاحب الصديق، أجاد «العقاد» في عرض جوانب شخصيتها المتفرِّدة، فتجدها أنثى ككل النساء، يعتريها ما يعتريهنَّ من حُبٍّ ودَلال، وزوجة للنبي تَغارُ كمثيلاتها وتتشاكس مع زوجها، وتألفها أمًّا للمؤمنين، تعلمهم وترشدهم وتُبيِّن لهم ما خفي من سيرة الرسول الكريم، وتجدها الأديبة التي تُحسن الشِّعر، وتجدها المرأة التي يهمها شأن أمتها، فتشارك في الحياة العامة حين تقتضي الضرورة ذلك، ولا عجب في ذلك، فهذا شأن الإسلام في كل شيء؛ يصنع ويؤلف النماذج، فها هي زوج النبي تُقدم أروع الأمثلة للمرأة العربية ذات الحقوق المَصُونة، والآداب الرفيعة، والحياة الكريمة.
Jahson's Journey: The Boy Between Worlds is a deeply personal Jamaican memoir about identity, faith, survival, and the search for a more human way to live.
THE CARTOGRAPHER'S FRAMEWORKHow Engineered Belief Is Built—and How to See the BlueprintBy Rayford AquirreWhy do conspiracy theories spread faster than facts?
As members of a tiny ethnic minority in Indonesiathe world's largest Islamic nationChinese-Indonesian women face hurdles of race and gender that others would find insurmountable.
The solipsistiThe solipsistic nature of the Western worldview means that primitive individualism trumps all other considerations, and generosity and empathy are actively discouraged, if needs be, eliminated, so empathy, munificent to profusion and kindness, becomes ostracised.
Besides providing a wealth of contemporary factual information, diligently researched and presented in a remarkably lucid manner, this book is full of human interest: the braving of incredible dangers, the enduring of great hardships, and devastating storms; contacts with cannibals, beachcombers, and avaricious traders; polygamy, debauchery, and tribal wars, all portrayed with "e;you-were-there"e; vividness.
A History of Chinese Literature is THE classic introduction to Chinese literature, which has given to the world exquisite poetry and such classics as Monkey, The Analects of Confucius, the works of Chuang Tzu, and other writings over a time span of 2,500 or more years.
This memoir from a Japanese civilian placed with the army in World War II offers a rare glimpse of the Japanese experience and psychology during this desperate time.
Readers get a front-row seat to witness history, both before and after the enactment of the New Mexico Equal Rights Amendment, as told by the former executive director of the New Mexico Commission on the Status of Women.
