From the author of the critically-acclaimed Austerlitz and Across the Land and Water comes A Place in the Country, the much anticipated translation of one of W.
At long last, the first serious biography of entertainment legend Lena Horne -- the celebrated star of film, stage, and music who became one of the first African-American icons.
A Sunday Times Top 10 BestsellerIn this remarkable memoir of love, loss and literature, acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin turns her eye to another fascinating literary life: her own.
Homme de théâtre et figure familière du petit écran, Patrice Coquereau a souffert pendant de longues années de troubles anxieux, qui touchent environ 12% des Canadiens.
In 2007, Antje Jackelén adopted the motto "e;God is greater"e; from the First Letter of John 3:18-20 for her consecration as the bishop of the Diocese of Lund.
If you wanted a picture of the life of Elvis Presley, who better to paint it for you than someone who worked as his trusted cook and maid at Graceland?
If you grow up in a world where wrinkles are practically illegal, going bald is cause for a mental breakdown, and women over size zero are encouraged to shoot themselves (immediately), what the hell do you do if you re, gasp DISABLED?
THE WALK-ON is a story about a young man and how he experiences the game of college basketball through his eyes, telling people what it is like going through the rigorous routine of being a division 1 athlete for one of the best basketball programs arguably in the country and finding out what the journey is all about.
David Winters has produced and directed over 80 feature films and over 200 television shows and TV movies, and is recognized as nothing short of an icon in the entertainment industry.
All of us should condemn terrorism--whether the perpetrators are Muslim extremists, white supremacists, Marxist revolutionaries, or our own government.
'As brutal, withering and funny as you'd expect' Julian Clary'A rollicking read, packed with wit and old-school glamour' Sunday Telegraph'Fabulously entertaining, impossibly glamorous and utterly irresistible' Piers Morgan'Packed with insight and fun' Red***A keen diarist from the age of twelve, Joan Collins is finally spilling the beans - well, nearly all of them.
From the star of TLC's hit reality show Little People BIG World comes a revelatory memoir that will inspire those who have long followed the Roloff's and newcomers alike.
Extrait : "Le livre de la Vie de Bohème met en scène quatre personnages principaux ; mais il ne fait leur biographie que par à peu près ; et s'il donne leur portrait, c'est sans ressemblance garantie, car la main d'un romancier-poète les a transfigurés à plaisir.
There isn't a person who had anything to do with the gaming industry in Las Vegas-or the world for that matter-that doesn't recognize the company name of Paul-Son Dice.
Renowned Korean American modern-dance choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess shares his deeply personal hyphenated world and how his multifaceted background drives his prolific art-making in Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly.
'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times6 April 2007Writing income for the year so far: minus 300'I feel that this might just be the year in which something happens.
Extrait : "Il y a quelque trente ans un curieux de choses du théâtre, de Manne, mettait à exécution une idée assez ingénieuse et publiait sous ce titre : La Troupe de Voltaire, un livre dans lequel il remettait en lumière et, en les groupant, faisait connaître tous les acteurs qui avaient été, à la Comédie Française, les interprètes des œuvres de l'auteur de Zaïre, de Tancrède et de Mahomet, lequel, au point de vue de l'histoire de la tragédie, représentait à lui seul une époque.
My Animals and Other Family by Clare Balding is a funny, brave, tender story of self-discovery'I had spent most of my childhood thinking I was a dog, and suspect I had aged in dog years.
