A brilliant, highly spirited memoir of Sidney Sheldon's early life that provides as compulsively readable and racy a narrative as any of his bestselling novels.
A lyrical, moving novel of the choices and confusions that face a married woman whose understanding of herself explodes on first contact with the energies of China and a Chinaman.
Informed by newly available diaries and correspondence, here is the first comprehensive biographical and critical study of this enigmatic writer whose tragic suicide at the age of thirty-one served to plunge her fascinating body of work into obscurity.
Black Milk is the affecting and beautifully written memoir on motherhood and writing by Turkey's bestselling female writer Elif Shafak, author of Honour, The Gaze and The Bastard of Istanbul which was long-listed for the Orange prize.
In this volume the greatest and best-loved woman of her time shares the experiences - private and public - of her thirteen years since the death of her husband, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
"e;My Brother Was an Only Child"e; was Jack Douglas' very first humour book, having written for famous radio and television celebrities such as Jack Paar, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Jimmy Durante, as well as TV shows such as "e;Adventures of Harriet and Ozzie"e;, "e;The George Gobel Show"e;, and "e;Laugh-In"e;.
Alles über den großen Literaten und sein einzigartiges Werk»Wenn wir wissen wollen, was Literatur wirklich ist und was sie wirklich kann, so gibt es kaum einen Autor wie Kafka, dessen Texte uns das so grandios vorführen: das Spiel, Sinnangebote zu machen und sie zugleich zu verweigern, und uns dabei beizubringen, dass dies eine Struktur der Welt ist, in der wir leben.
By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Closing Time recounts Joe Queenan's Irish Catholic upbringing in a family dominated by his erratic father, a violent yet oddly charming emotional terrorist whose alcoholism fuels a limitless torrent of self-pity, railing, destruction, and late-night chats with the Lord Himself.
It may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was unusual and remarkableJohn Stuart Mill (1806-73), philosopher, economist, and political thinker, was the most prominent figure of nineteenth century English intellectual life and his work has continuing significance for contemporary debates about ethics, politics and economics.
Emilio Becher (1882-1921) fue el primer pensador argentino que, ya en los años iniciales de este siglo, enjuició con dureza las bases mismas de la sociedad moderna, democrática y tecnificada, hacia la cual el país daba entonces pasos rápidos y seguros.
In her spirited, witty and vastly entertaining memoir, Helene Hanff recalls her ingenuous attempts to crash Broadway in the early forties as one of "e;the other 999.
Friedrich Schiller – Militärarzt und feuriger DramatikerDer erfahrene Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Literaturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zum wichtigsten deutschen Dramatiker des "Sturm und Drang" Friedrich Schiller: "Kunst ist nur dann schön, wenn sie der Vernunft entspricht.
In his touching and amusing memoir Chance Meetings, William Saroyan gives us a glimpse of the characters that have left an indelible impression on his mind for years to come.
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.
This winter, take the time to reflect on an extraordinary year with this perfectly distilled set of essays from one of our wisest and most humane thinkersFrom the critically acclaimed author of Feel Free, Swing Time, White Teeth and many more'There will be many books written about the year 2020: historical, analytic, political and comprehensive accounts.
