Exploring lives lived, written and narrated in and from the Global South, the far South and the ultimate South, Antarctica, this book asks how life writing from southerly compass points impact both how we understand and read life narratives, and ultimately how we perceive our planet.
The US and Europe have unraveled since World War II and radicalism has metastasized into every community, tearing away the decency, optimism, and security that shaped those robust democracies for more than eight decades.
In 1976, while studying at Queens University in Ontario, Les Short began to experience the first of five paranoid schizophrenic episodes that took place over a span of 19 years.
'Nadie Debería Morir Solo' ofrece un análisis detallado y reflexivo sobre la percepción del ser humano ante la muerte propia y ajena, y cómo esta percepción pudo cambiar durante los meses más duros de la pandemia de COVID-19.
In 1976, while studying at Queens University in Ontario, Les Short began to experience the first of five paranoid schizophrenic episodes that took place over a span of 19 years.
A fascinating glimpse of life in Japan in 1920 as experienced through the eyes of an observant and sensitive American missionary whose travels took him beyond Tokyo to the mountainous Tohoku region and to the cities of Sendai, Kobe, and Osaka.
En débarquant à l’île Bourbon le 4 août 1728, Pierre Dijou dit Pacquet, natif de Paris, ne se doutait pas qu’il allait épouser la fille du mulâtre et ex-pirate Gilles Fontaine et de la métisse Françoise Lauret.
"A Journey along the Waterline", tells the story of Fadel Ndaw, who, as a child, fetched water from the standpipe to help his mother and went on to become a hydraulic engineer, graduating from ENGEES (École nationale du génie de l'eau et de l'environnementde Strasbourg).
Plongez au cœur d’une histoire fascinante d’altruisme et de connexion humaine avec L’Ambassadeur sans frontières : hommage et témoignages des saisons d’une sœur aimante.
Celebrating the lives of the magnificent women, the ATA girls, who courageously flew Spitfires, Tiger Moths, Lancaster Bombers and many other aircraft during World War Two.
'Captivating, sharp and very funny' NEW YORK TIMES'A zippy, intimate account of low-level trickery' THE ATLANTIC'Emphatically audacious, hysterical and compelling.
Hope Is a Bright Star is the story of a mother's journey from shock and fear at her young daughter's cancer diagnosis to anguish and despair at her death just a year laterand, finally, to peace and acceptance of her new life.
