Autobiography: general

Ein Burnout weckte mich auf mein Leben genauer anzuschauen und zu überdenken.

Neue Übersetzung ins Deutsche:Confessions of an English Opium-Eater - hier in deutscher Übersetzung von 2022 - ist ein autobiografischer Bericht von Thomas De Quincey über seine Laudanumabhängigkeit und deren Auswirkungen auf sein Leben.

A ';captivating' (The Washington Post) true story of ';courage, resolve, and determination' (The Christian Science Monitor), author Ralph White's successful effort to save nearly the entire staff of the Saigon branch of Chase Manhattan bank and their families before the city fell to the North Vietnamese Army.

La autobiografía del escritor de ciencia ficción más importante de la Historia.

La Americana is the story of Melanie Bowden Simn, who, at the age of twenty-five, left her job at Tina Browns Talk magazine following the death of her mother and decided to take a vacation in Havana, Cuba, with a friend.

An adventure-filled romp through one of aviation's most notable, dangerous and entertaining pursuits: airshows!

A survivors true account of death, despair, and heroism in Death Valley in the heat of the California Gold Rush.

A Washington Post bestseller!

In the fall of 1978 Ray Ordorica packed everything he thought he would need into his Toyota LandCruiser and drove north to Alaska.

Charles Fletcher Lummis began his spectacular career in 1884 by walking from Ohio to start a new job at the three-year old Los Angeles Times.

Within this classic volume are the tales, tribulations, and ultimate triumphs behind some of the most spectacular and break-taking aerodynamic feats of early twentieth century aviation.

Craig Glazer was an ordinary college student when he planned and successfully executed his first fake sting to get back at some drug dealers who had robbed him.

Goodfellas meets Savages meets Catch Me If You Can in this true tale of high-stakes smuggling from pots outlaw years.

Throughout history, many people have escaped to nature either permanently or temporarily to rest and recharge.

Originally published in 1926, this biography tells the rousing tale of Billy the Kid, once of the most well known outlaws in the Old West.

The moment Diane Burke, an author and mother of two grown sons, received an unexpected certified letter in the mail, she had no idea her life would be shaken to its core.

Regula Eichenberger wollte fliegen.

Regula Eichenberger wollte fliegen.

Christian Ludwig, der sich 1966 den Namen Attersee gab, ist ein österreichischer Ausnahmekünstler.

The extraordinary life story of the celebrated naturalist who transformed our understanding of evolutionEnchanted by Daphne is legendary ecologist Peter Grant's personal account of his remarkable life and career.

The remarkable and inspirational story of Oksana Masters, who was born with radiation-induced birth defects and suffered appalling abuse as an orphan, before being adopted and moving to the US, where she went on to triumph over her challenges to win ten Paralympic medals in four different sports.

The new memoir from prize-winning writer and filmmaker Xiaolu Guo - playful, provocative and original, it's her deeply personal take on striving for a life of her own'When it comes to spinning light and shadow on the complexities of living, loving and language, Xiaolu Guo is one of the most valuable writers in the world' DEBORAH LEVYThe world can seem strange and lonely when you step away from your family and everything you have tried to call your own.

En los últimos años se ha desarrollado un creciente movimiento económico impulsado por el auge del comercio electrónico y la utilización de las nuevas tecnologías, basado en la realización de transacciones económicas a través de plataformas virtuales y aplicaciones para dispositivos inteligentes (apps).

A beautifully written personal account of the discovery of late antiquity by one of the world's most influential and distinguished historiansThe end of the ancient world was long regarded by historians as a time of decadence, decline, and fall.

¿Qué significa estar solo?

Emmeline Pankhurst creció muy consciente de la actitud predominante en su época: que los hombres eran considerados superiores a las mujeres.

Michele Audin construye en La senorita Haas una hermosa y potente novela coral con las vidas de trece mujeres, anonimas aunque con un mismo apellido, Haas, y un mismo espacio-tiempo: la Francia que, entre 1934 y 1941, se adentra en la radicalizacion y el ascenso del fascismo, la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la deportacion de judios a los campos de exterminio.

Dies ist die Geschichte einer zufälligen Entdeckung und wie sie nicht nur das Leben von Tony Rinaudo fundamental geändert, sondern auch das Klima und die Lebensverhältnisse von Millionen von Menschen verbessert hat.

"Wir müssen lernen, mit den Tieren und der Natur zusammen in Harmonie zu leben.

Das kleine Dorf Riace in Kalabrien und ihr Bürgermeister Mimmo Lucano (2004–2018) wurden während der humanitären Krise von Lampedusa im Jahr 2009 international bekannt, weil sie 200 Flüchtlingen und Asylbewerbern Unterkunft und Gastfreundschaft gewährten – im Gegensatz zu Mailand, das gerade mal 20 Plätze zur Verfügung stellte.

El Lama Yeshe no vio un coche hasta los quince años.

';When you hear thunder without rain–it is the buffalo approaching.

'Si no me definiera a mí misma por mí misma, me meterían en las fantasías de los demás para mí y me comerían viva' Una niña negra abre los ojos en el Harlem de los años treinta.

El protagonista se dispone a cumplir el encargo de pintar un mural en San Juan de la Peña, pero la realización de ese trabajo se convierte en la peregrinación hacia el interior de su corazón.

Una coleccion de recuerdos, contados con la sencillez de un nino y con la delicadeza de un poeta.

All the things I left unsaid.

You left the doctor's surgery before you could ask the things you really wanted to know.

On 11th May 2009, Ward left Kirkham prison in Lancashire, the one-time top-flight winger had spent four years at Her Majesty's pleasure for drugs offences.

Angelica Garnett may truly be called a child of Bloomsbury.

To cite an old Egyptian clich, Nasser (1918-1970) was the ';first Egyptian to rule Egypt since Cleopatra.

This book contains several introductory texts concerning the main directions in the theory of evolutionary partial differential equations.

This new collection of essays shares insights drawn from more than fifty years of traveling.

Christian Encounters, a series of biographies from Thomas Nelson Publishers, highlights important lives from all ages and areas of the Church.

In 1994, as his country descended into the madness of genocide, Anglican Bishop John Rucyahana underwent the mind-numbing pain of having members of his church and family butchered.

This text communicates the sense of Buddhism as a comprehensive whole, as it is a non-sectarian guide to the Buddha''s essential teachings.

Located where the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea converge, the Florida Keys are distinctive for their rich and varied marine fauna.

Volume Eight of the project documenting Thomas Jefferson's last years presents 591 documents dated from 1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815.

Focusing on the unique psychological needs of women who must deal with the pain and devastation of a mother's breast cancer while repressing their fears for their own health, Tarkan profiles a wide range of women who have witnessed the effects of breast cancer.

An Observer book of the year HAUNTED!

Victoria Woodhull, Mary Wollstonecraft, Aimee Semple McPherson, Edwina Mountbatten, Margaret Argyll and Chanel were all women who dared.