Biography: writers

The American daughter of Egyptian Jewish immigrants journeys in search of belonging from Brazil to New Orleans and beyond-includes recipes and photos!

The author of Hawthorne in Concord "e;brings [Stowe] to life in all her glory, in a book at once so dramatic and so subtle that it rivals the best fiction"e; (Debby Applegate, author of The Most Famous Man in America).

"e;The hipster cultural economy of the dot-com boom is skewered in this hilarious coming-of-age memoir.

A richly textured account of the writer's three sojourns in New England "e;illuminates Hawthorne's art and the intellectual ferment originating in that small, bucolic town"e; (Publishers Weekly).

A New York Times Notable Book: A memoir of the writing life of Jim Harrison, from hardscrabble years to high-profile Hollywood friendships, "e;as engaging as it is eccentric"e; (The Washington Post Book World).

"Wer Lea Streisands Roman liest, will am liebsten sofort wieder Kind sein.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Voices From The Past Series)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

A Personal Record (1912) both documents and fictionalizes Joseph Conrad's early life and the opening stages of his careers as a writer and as a seaman.

International bestseller Le la Slimani's elegant meditation on life and death, art and beauty, translated by Sam Taylor 'A revelation - I have never felt more seen by a book, nor have I been so gripped' KATY HESSEL'An engaging meditation' DAILY TELEGRAPHIn 2019, Le la Slimani was commissioned by her editor to spend a sleepless night alone in a museum and to document the experience.

Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.

WITH A NEW FOREWORD AND REVISED INTRODUCTION'A superb biography .

'I wanted to climb inside this book and live there' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE'This witty, fascinating book is a delight.

'A smart and highly entertaining portrait of a literary powerhouse'- THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR'A riveting portrait'- GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEAR***'Worsley's sparkling biography brings a fresh eye to Christie's life and work, firmly busting the myth that she, or her novels, were cosy.

Why do dogs speak so profoundly to our inner lives?

'During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed.

DISCOVER the BESTSELLING GRAPHIC MEMOIR behind the Olivier Award nominated musical.

The long-awaited autobiography of one of the world's greatest children's writers, and an empowering and inspiring account of a life in books.

'One of my favourite living writers: intelligent, lucid and, most impressive of all, funny' - Jonathan CoeIf we're talking agoraphobia, we're talking books.

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford PrizeThe Top Ten BestsellerWaterstones Non-Fiction Book of the MonthA Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 'If you want to read a book that moves you both at the level of sentence and the quality of language and with the emotional depth of its subject matter, then A Fortunate Woman is definitely the book you should be reading' - Samanth Subramanian, Baillie Gifford judgeWhen Polly Morland is clearing out her mother's house she finds a book that will lead her to a remarkable figure living on her own doorstep: the country doctor who works in the same remote, wooded valley she has lived in for many years.

Two magnificent memoirs by Aleksandar Hemon, presented together in a glorious single edition: together they make a major work from one of our major writers.

Down and Out in Paris and London was George Orwell's first published book.

Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War.

'Dazzlingly and daringly written' Rachel Cooke, ObserverW-3 is a small psychiatric ward in a large university hospital, a world of pills and passes dispensed by an all-powerful staff, a world of veteran patients with grab-bags of tricks, a world of dishevelled, moment-to-moment existence on the edge of permanence.

'Brown Baby is a beautifully intimate and soul-searching memoir.

Erudite and entertaining in equal measure, Somewhere Becoming Rain is a love letter from the much-loved writer Clive James to one of the world's most cherished poets: Philip Larkin.

'One of the most eloquent thinkers about our life in language' The Sunday TimesTime Lived, Without Its Flow is a beautiful, unflinching essay on the nature of grief from critically acclaimed poet Denise Riley.

Explosive and unforgiving, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater describes in searing detail the pleasure, pain and mind-expanding powers of opium.

A joyful, playful celebration of Lewis Carroll's love of language combined with an introduction to his life and the origin of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, exquisitely illustrated by Julia Sarda.

A biography of the celebrated author of The Wind in the Willows.

From childhood, Charles Dickens was fascinated by tales from other countries and other cultures, and he longed to see the world.

Charlotte Bronte: legacies and afterlives is a timely reflection on the persistent fascination and creative engagement with Charlotte Bronte's life and work.

Charlotte Bronte: legacies and afterlives is a timely reflection on the persistent fascination and creative engagement with Charlotte Bronte's life and work.

Das wahre Leben Thomas MannsEr ist der literarische Magier des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts: Nobelpreisträger und gefeiertes Genie, Großbürger und Familienvater, mit seiner Frau Katia in jahrzehntelanger Ehe verbunden und zugleich so unglücklich, wie man nur sein kann.

This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The Historical Works of Washington Irving: Life of George Washington, The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, Astoria, Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, Life of Oliver Goldsmith (Illustrated)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.

One morning in August of 2007, Didier Pourquerys daughter, Agathe, only a few days away from her twenty-third birthday, stopped breathing.

In Ongoingness, Sarah Manguso continues to define the contours of the contemporary essay.

'They were not just reporters; they were also pioneers, and Judith Mackrell has done them proud.

Driving Home is a collection of Jonathan Raban's travel writing and essays, spanning two decades and charting its course through American history and world events.

An entrancing travelogue from celebrated writer, Jonathan Raban.

This is a memoir as wry, funny, moving and vivid as its inimitable subject himself.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love, Cathy Rentzenbrink's Dear Reader is the ultimate love letter to reading and to finding the comfort and joy in stories.

Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionLonglisted for the Orwell Prize for Political WritingThe Ministry of Truth charts the life of George Orwell's 1984, one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and a work that is ever more relevant in this tumultuous era of 'fake news' and 'alternative facts'.

'I love it!

'Evocative .

Winner of the 2019 Somerset Maugham Award'A great galloping joy of a book - funny, lyrical, fast paced, heart-warming - a delicious celebration of love and life' - Rebecca Stott, author of In the Days of RainIn 1857, Elizabeth Gaskell set sail for Rome, a city that would prove to be a place of inspiration and love: she would make enduring friendships, and meet a man - Charles Norton - who would become the love of her life.

'A most magnificent, beautifully written memoir' - Nina Stibbe'Deft, witty and profound .

Dieses eBook: "Die Welt von Gestern (Autobiografie)" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

The Dog at Clambercrown takes its name from a mysterious pub - seductive and frightening, never visited, only heard of - that fascinates Brooke's child narrator in this beautiful and utterly original work of autobiographical fiction.

Graham Robb has produced a masterpiece literary biography in which Balzac bursts into life on every page.