'A revealing account of the tricky reality behind TV's glamorous image' Daily MailIn the summer of 1992, Jason Salkey was cast in a role that would change his life forever.
Hitler was one of the few politicians who understood that persuasion was everything, deployed to anchor an entire regime in the confections of imagery, rhetoric and dramaturgy.
Hitler was one of the few politicians who understood that persuasion was everything, deployed to anchor an entire regime in the confections of imagery, rhetoric and dramaturgy.
Sara Allgood, Abbey Theatre actress, Hollywood contract player, Inghinidhe na hEireann member, and early film performer, wrote this autobiography, entitled Memories, towards the end of her life, encouraging readers to acknowledge the roles of performers and theatre-makers in the creation of the Abbey.
Previous scholarship on fascism in Slovakia has focused on either state actors operating from urban centres or the mechanisms of violence on a grassroots level - with the result being that the Holocaust is seen as primarily a top-down and state-centred process.
Remembering Tanizaki Jun'ichiro and Matsuko provides previously unpublished memories, anecdotes, and insights into the lives, opinions, personalities, and writings of the great novelist Tanizaki Jun'ichiro (1886-1965) and his wife Matsuko (1903-1991), gleaned from the diaries of Edward Seidensticker and two decades of Anthony Chambers's conversations with Mrs.
Complicity in American Literature after 1945 offers a literary and intellectual history of the idea of complicity in the United States, proposing a new frame for understanding American literature in the period.
Complicity in American Literature after 1945 offers a literary and intellectual history of the idea of complicity in the United States, proposing a new frame for understanding American literature in the period.
'Gripping' Vogue'Empowering' Cosmopolitan'Joyful' Financial Times'Eye-popping' Daily MailWhen her 22-year-marriage suddenly ended, 47-year-old mother of three Laura expected life as she knew it to be over.
Stolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government's White Australia Policy.
The highly anticipated memoir of Australian ballerina Mary Li - and the long-awaited sequel to her husband Li Cunxin's bestselling memoir, Mao's Last Dancer.
A moving account of one man's race to save a herd of elephants with unforgettable characters and exotic wildlife, The Elephant Whisperer is an enthralling book that will appeal to animal lovers and adventurous souls everywhere.
Boualem Sansal relata su experiencia como preso politico en una carcel argelina en un libro que se situa entre las memorias personales, la reflexion politica y la literatura testimonial.
Las voces desobedientes de hijos, hijas y familiares de genocidas que se agruparon hace una decada para reclamar Memoria, Verdad y Justicia y se convirtieron en un referente de los Derechos Humanos en Argentina y otros paises.
In einer burgerlichen Familie der Nachkriegszeit aufgewachsen, macht sich Barbara Klein auf die Suche nach deren verdrangter und verschwiegener judischer Herkunft und erzahlt von Flucht und Exil, von Vernichtung und vom Uberleben des Grovaters als letztem judischem Krankenbehandler im Nazi-Wien.
Schrankturen die plotzlich durch die Luft fliegen, nasse Fuabdrucke auf der Treppe, die kurz darauf spurlos verschwinden und herdplatten die sich wie von geisterhand von selbst auf die hochste Stufe 12 schalten Punktchen .
Que aprender y que no de los personajes que nos vieron crecerUn viaje emocional y practico para los que pasamos la infancia y la juventud entre casetes, comics y videojuegos, y que hoy convivimos con la ansiedad en la epoca de las notificaciones intrusivas.
** Now a major TV series on Channel 5 ** Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers.
'Dubs has been described as the conscience of the Labour movement' The Guardian'Principled, steely, wise and warm - as wonderful as the writer' Philippe Sands'A great story told by a great man' Alastair CampbellFrom the Kindertransport to the House of Lords, one of Britain's best-loved political figures reflects on the last eight decades.
The forerunner to this book, Fire Sail: The Miraculous Attainment of a Family's Dream– Part 1, described the seven years of trials, tribulations, and rewards involved in the Marin family's seemingly endless and impossible mission of building a 40-foot sailboat (Tribute) from an empty, bare hull in Maine.
