Bruce Chatwin's death in 1989 brought a meteoric career to an abrupt end, since he burst onto the literary scene in 1977 with his first book, In Patagonia.
The heartwarming letters from Giovanna to her husband Tom Fletcher, their three sons, and mothers everywhere - from the bestselling author and host of the No.
Full of sketches, doodles and journal entries, Travels with My Sketchbook gives a fascinating glimpse of the incredible journey of Chris Riddell's time as Children's Laureate.
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4'S BETWEEN OURSELVES, IN CONVERSATION WITH TARA FLYNNLaugh your socks off with this hilarious collection of tales, observations and flights of fancy from the No.
Tony Benn's final instalment of diaries centres on a decade which saw the disintegration of Eastern Europe, an unprecedented assault on the labour movement at home, the fall of Margaret Thatcher and the tragic war in the Gulf.
"e;Uno de los escritores europeos mas destacados de su generacion"e;, en palabras de Enrique Vila-MatasMiguel ngel Hernndez es un escritor melanclico que siempre ha escrito con mapa, pero que en esta ocasin aborda la redaccin de su nuevo diario con brjula.
Keiner in meinem Umfeld, am wenigsten ich selbst, hätte jemals vermutet, dass mein Leben zu einer Illusion und mein Traumjob zu einer Belastung werden würde.
Rudolph de Lisle RN entered Naval College in 1868 aged 13, and was only 31 when he died, ironically for a naval officer, in the Sudanese desert at the Battle of Abu Klea, 17 January 1885.
_____________________________ If you ve ever felt like you were out of your element, in over your head or working without a net, you will love this book.
ENCOUNTERS IN A NOISY WORLD - The finitude of eternityIf the view of things is different from the hitherto accustomed one, something is formed, which does that service to the well-worn life, the appearance of which does not become aware of its distinctness to everyone.
Los diarios de Raul Carlos Maicas -quien practica el raro vicio de pensar y escribir desdenando el imperio del mercado- son pequenas radiografias de un agridulce deterioro, especulaciones inciertas y disidentes sobre la casualidad o el destino.
**As read on BBC Radio Four**Uplifting, joyous, hopeful - a novel about late love and second chances, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and winner of the Paul Torday Memorial Prize'A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again' RACHEL JOYCE, author of Miss Benson's Beetle'Full of grace and humanity' Sunday Times________________________This story begins with a letterFrom a housewifeto the gentle curatorOf an extraordinary museumWhere lies peacefullyAn ancient exhibitThat holds the keyTo EverythingWe are.
At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds.
Readers as well as listeners can now embark on a journey through the cycling year with The Cycling Podcast, which has been entertaining and informing fans since 2013.
Rudolph de Lisle RN entered Naval College in 1868 aged 13, and was only 31 when he died, ironically for a naval officer, in the Sudanese desert at the Battle of Abu Klea, 17 January 1885.
A lieutenant writes of digging through bodies that have the consistency of Camembert cheese; a mother sends flower seeds to her son at the Front, hoping that one day someone may see them grow; a nurse tends a man back to health knowing he will be court-martialled and shot as soon as he is fit.
A perceptive introduction to the mind of one of German's greatest writers, in a new translation for the first time in 150 years'The best German book there is' Nietzsche By the turn of the nineteenth century, the poet, novelist and thinker Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was one of the most famous people in the world.
Joyce Nassar Huna Waharina ist Überlebende ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit, die gefüllt war mit Missbrauch, Gewalt, Süchten, Depressionen & Traumata, Ängsten und Burnouts.
When Ward Degler graduated from journalism school, his mother speculated he would become a world-famous war correspondent or, at the very least, editor-in-chief of an influential newspaper.
Was ich geschrieben habe, ist wohl der unmögliche Versuch, mein Leben so darzustellen, dass darin "alles" seinen Platz hat:Liebe und Tod, Familie und Beruf, Irrtümer und Erfolge, Freude und Leid, Höhepunkte und Niederlagen, spannende Projekte und stressige Alltagssorgen, Erfüllungen und Enttäuschungen, Glaube und Zweifel und das Wagnis, einer erfahrenen Berufung durch alle Berufsphasen eines Pastors zu folgen.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK IS 'A MONUMENT TO THE HUMAN SPIRIT'One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank.
