Magical prose stylist Michael Chabon (Michiko Kakutani,New York Times) delivers a collection of essaysheartfelt, humorous, insightful, wiseon the meaning of fatherhood.
A full-blooded, pacy biography of one of the most charismatic writers of the century, whose life and work were to inspire Hemingway, Steinbeck, Kerouac and Mailer.
Winner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes's seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of Britain's greatest poets.
In this beautiful reissue, the author of 'Footsteps' collects the biographical curiosities he discovered while researching the romantic poets, creating a captivating mixture of biography and memoir.
'The best poet in America' Jean Genet'He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels' Leonard CohenThe definitive collection from a writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, acutely observant writing has left an enduring markHere is Bukowski eating walnuts and scratching his back, rolling a cigarette while listening to Brahms, showering with Linda in the mid-afternoon.
The enhanced edition of the fully updated, number-one bestselling memoir of one of New Labour's three founding architects allows unprecedented access to video footage, audio commentary and primary source materials, from Mandelson's own diary entries to spirited exchanges between Labour's most powerful figures.
'It is the land of patriots, martyrs, sages, and bards, and if the ocean out of which it emerged should wash it away, it will be remembered as an island famous for immortal laws, for the announcements of original right which make the stone tables of liberty.
When Abraham Lincoln appointed William Dean Howells Consul to Venice, the young writer embarked on a journey that would leave an indelible impression on his life and work.
When Abraham Lincoln appointed William Dean Howells Consul to Venice, the young writer embarked on a journey that would leave an indelible impression on his life and work.
'It is the land of patriots, martyrs, sages, and bards, and if the ocean out of which it emerged should wash it away, it will be remembered as an island famous for immortal laws, for the announcements of original right which make the stone tables of liberty.
Vivian Gornick's Fierce Attachments-hailed by the New York Times for the renowned feminist author's "e;mesmerizing, thrilling"e; truths within its pages-has been selected by the publication's book critics as the #1 Best Memoir of the Past 50 Years.
Yet Being Someone Other is the most revealing book that Laurens van der Post wrote about his extraordinary and eventful life, and the most far-reaching; it is a distillation of the experiences that have moved him at the deepest level of the imagination and made him the exceptional person and writer he was.
La sociedad española, heredera del prejuicio que no admite disidencia o heterodoxia alguna en autores consagrados, sigue percibiendo a escritores como Josep Pla, Joan Oliver, Gaziel, José Ferrater Mora, Josep Maria Castellet, los hermanos Ferrater, Joan Margarit o Pere Gimferrer como si de veras hubiesen sido siempre canónicos: personas dóciles y obedientes, atadas a sus intereses egoístas o adaptados siempre al mejor postor o al interés más rentable.
New York Times bestselling author Hilary Mantel, two-time winner of the Man Booker Prize, is one of the world's most accomplished and acclaimed fiction writers.
The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship - and quarrel - between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism.
From the 11th-century, when one commentator claimed the capital was being overrun with Moors, to the garage MCs and street poets of today - this book tells the story of life in London for black and Asian people from the 17th-century until today.
Published to coincide with his major biography of Iris Murdoch, Peter Conradi's acclaimed critical appreciation of her work is reissued in a fully revised and updated edition, with a foreword by John Bayley.
Tagebücher 2002-2012 - Ein schonungsloser Blick auf die deutsche Gesellschaft und die amerikanische PolitikIn diesem zweiten Band seiner Tagebücher setzt Fritz J.
Die Biografie behandelt sachkundig, ausführlich und detailreich das Leben des großen Abenteuerschriftstellers, das so spannend und ungewöhnlich war wie seine besten Romane.
Goethe der Naturforscher – die große BiographieEinfühlsam und mit großer Erzählkunst zeichnet Stefan Bollmann ein überraschend neues Bild des Dichterfürsten und entdeckt den Naturforscher und Naturschriftsteller Goethe.
Die autorisierte Biographie über den größten Fantasieautor aller Zeiten, den Schöpfer von Mittelerde Wer ist der Mann, der hinter der Schöpfung des »Hobbit«, des »Herr der Ringe« und des »Silmarillion« steht?
En este relato, inspirado en los poemas que Bishop escribió durante los diecisiete años que vivió en Brasil, Michael Sledge recoge la esencia de aquello que la poeta norteamericana más amó: la naturaleza, la poesía, la vida y un amor que se despertará en ella tan pronto pise suelo brasileño.
Die Biografie behandelt sachkundig, ausführlich und detailreich das Leben des großen Abenteuerschriftstellers, das so spannend und ungewöhnlich war wie seine besten Romane.
