Letters, Diaries, Biographies kategória termékei

Amrita and Victor

Ashwini Bhatnagar's book explores the passion and intimacy between Amrita Sher-Gil and Victor Egan, their conflict with social mores, and...

Briefe an Milena: Ausgewählte Briefe an Kafkas große Liebe - Ausgewählte Briefe an Kafkas große Liebe

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) war ein deutschsprachiger Schriftsteller. Sein Hauptwerk bilden neben drei Romanfragmenten zahlreiche Erzählungen...

The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie and the Gospel of Wealth

The enlightening memoir of the industrialist as famous for his philanthropy as for his fortune. His good friend Mark Twain dubbed him "St...

The Young Man

In her latest work, Annie Ernaux recounts a relationship with a student thirty years her junior - an experience that transforms her, brie...

Notes on Grief

A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.

Liebe und Leben der Lady Hamilton

Liebe und Leben der Lady Hamilton ist eine romanhafte Biografie über Emma Lyon. Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815) war Mätresse des britisch...

Letters of Note: Love

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the long...

Tisha - The Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaska Wilderness

The beloved real-life story of a woman in the Alaskan wilderness, the children she taught, and the man she loved. "From the time I'd been...

Finding Chika - A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family

"Mitch Albom has done it again with this moving memoir of love and loss. You can't help but fall for Chika. A page-turner that will no do...

Happening

In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: understanding that her pregnancy w...

A Man's Place

Barely educated and valued since childhood strictly for his labour, Ernaux's father had grown into a hard, practical man who showed his f...

Mister God, This Is Anna - The True Story of a Very Special Friendship

THE TOUCHING TRUE STORY THAT WON THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS OF READERS AROUND THE WORLD! Anna was only four years old when Fynn found her on ...

Misfits - A Personal Manifesto - by the creator of 'I May Destroy You'

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A SUNDAY TIMES FILM & TV BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Razor-sharp and as funny as I May Destroy You ... A gift...

Boy - Tales of Childhood

A forthcoming Penguin Random House book publishing in 2023

Going Solo

A forthcoming Penguin Random House book publishing in 2023

Nell and the Girls

Nell and the Girls is a remarkable, dramatic and heartwarming true story. France, 1940. The British have evacuated their forces from Dunk...

Somebody's Daughter

'If family was everything, the source of all that was needed to complete the picture, I was a wilfully missing piece of the puzzle...' Th...

Between Them - Remembering my Parents

LONGLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE 2017 From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sportswriter comes a deeply personal account of h...

The Dog With The Head Transplant

A follow-up to the hilarious Cows In Trees, offering more entertaining, dramatic and often poignant tales from Julian Earl's experiences ...

A Child's Christmas in Wales

This gem of lyric prose has enchanted both young and old for over half a century and is now a modern classic. Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), o...

Letters of Note: Grief

The Proud Bastards - One Marine's Journey from Parris Island Through the Hell of Vietnam

The true story of a young marine's experiences in Vietnam, this memoir describes the day-to-day life of a combat infantryman in stunning ...

Have a Little Faith - A true story

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of For One More Day and The Five People You Meet in Heaven -- a new nonfiction book about p...

Kris Jenner... And All Things Kardashian

Paperback edition of the honest memoir from the savvy businesswoman behind the Kardashian empire. Jenner delves into the world of living ...

Make it Count - An extraordinary 100-year-old man's 9 lessons for living a life to be proud of

I don't know where to stop praising Benny and this amazing book...' - HEATHER MORRIS, The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'This book...is the stuf...

Filthy Rich - The Shocking True Story of Jeffrey Epstein - The Billionaire's Sex Scandal

A shocking true crime tale of money, power, and sex from the world's most popular thriller writer. Jeffrey Epstein rose from humble origi...

Sam Walton, Made in America - My Story

Meet a genuine American folk hero cut from the homespun cloth of America's heartland: Sam Walton, who parlayed a single dime store in a h...

Simple Passion

A New York Times Notable Book In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in ...

A Man's Place

A New York Times Notable Book Annie Ernaux's father died exactly two months after she passed her practical examination for a teaching cer...

Diana, William and Harry

'[A] pacy, frictionless read' Sunday Telegraph 'Cinematic. . . an entertaining and persuasive study of the royal family' Publisher's Week...

The Opposite of Loneliness - Essays and Stories

An inspiring, deeply affecting posthumous collection of award-winning essays and stories from a young author who has become an icon for h...

More Than a Woman

THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Exceptionally brilliant and powerful' Marina Hyde 'This book is a hilarious memoir, a passionate ...

Marie Antoinette. Bildnis eines mittleren Charakters: Die ebenso dramatische wie tragische Biographie von Marie Antoinette - Die ebenso dramatische wie tragische Biographie von Marie Antoinette

Mit dieser Biografie ist es Stefan Zweig gelungen, ein aufschlussreiches Bild von Marie Antoinette zu entwerfen. Sie war weder die ehrenw...

The Survivor - How I Survived Six Concentration Camps and Became a Nazi Hunter - The Sunday Times Bestseller

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'A riveting, compelling, mesmerizing journey. Josef Lewkowicz is a hero in every sense of the word. The S...

The Diary of a Young Girl - The Definitive Edition

A new and accessibly presented edition of Anne Frank's powerful and important act of teenage life-writing conducted as her family hid fro...

Gladys Aylward - The Little Woman

It tells of countless interventions of God in her daily life as she determined to do His will--at any cost.

Life After Loss

Dr. Skolnick has written a gripping account of her journey from loss back to life. The untimely death of her husband was a life-altering ...

Ghost Boy

Compelling memoir of a young man who emerged from the darkness of being locked into his body after doctors had given up on him

Heart Berries - A Memoir

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Winner of the Whiting Award for Non-Fiction Selected by Emma Watson as an Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick 'I ...

A Still Life - A Memoir

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BARBELLION PRIZE 2021 'A manifesto for recalibrating' DAILY MAIL 'I can't think of many books where the reader feels ...

A Mother's Reckoning - Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy

The acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Sue Klebold, mother of one of the Columbine shooters, about living in the aftermath of Columbi...

The Hungover Games

'Deftly explores expectations of modern womanhood . . . Full of adventure and awe' Dolly Alderton People always said I'd find love where ...

Penguin Bloom - The Odd Little Bird Who Saved a Family

Photographer Cameron Bloom began his career as a surf photographer at the age of 16. Since then Cameron's travel, editorial, commercial a...

My Own Story

Emmeline Pankhurst was born in 1858 in Manchester, into a politically active family. She became interested in politics at a young age and...

Jane Austen's Little Book of Wisdom - Words on Love, Life, Society and Literature

Jane Austen¿s Little Book of Wisdom offers more than 300 bite-size quotes of inspiration and wisdom from one of the greatest females writ...

I Love Joey Essex: Large Black Notebook/Journal for Writing 100 Pages, Joey Essex Gift for Girls, Boys, Women and Men

When Breath Becomes Air

**THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLER** 'Rattling. Heartbreaking. Beautiful.' Atul Gawande, bestselling author of Being Mortal What makes life wo...

Failosophy - A Handbook for When Things Go Wrong

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Fail and Magpie `Elizabeth Day has revolutionised the way we see failure¿ Stylist `A b...

When Breath Becomes Air

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and beauty in the face of...

Mortality

A Sunday Times Book of The Year A Mail on Sunday Book of The Year An Independent Book of The Year A The Times Book of The Year During the...

The Little Book of Bob - Everyday wisdom from Street Cat Bob

One thing I've known about Bob from the very beginning is that he possesses a wisdom that is unusual, even in cats. In the decade since w...

Stronger

When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and miss...

That Peckham Boy - Growing Up, Getting Out and Giving Back

'Kenny's story shows us that we all have the potential to achieve extraordinary things. What a hero.' Bear Grylls 'If you are compelled b...

Will's Red Coat - The story of one old dog who chose to live again

Tom Ryan touched the hearts of thousands when he wrote about his intrepid little dog Atticus and their quest to climb 48 mountains to rai...

How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart

An essay collection/memoir about a young woman moving to Kyoto and experiencing an intense friendship.

All the Living and the Dead - An Exploration of the People Who Make Death Their Life's Work

'A superlative piece of writing... provocative, loving and profound' THE TIMES 'Without exaggeration, an awe-inspiring achievement' NIGEL...

True Crime Stories - Shocking Tales of Real-Life Murderers, Thieves, Con Artists and Gangsters

Filled with terrifying tales of murders, theft and kidnappings, this compendium is guaranteed to chill the blood. Spanning criminal activ...

The Louder I Will Sing - A story of racism, riots and redemption: Winner of the 2020 Costa Biography Award

A snapshot of Britain's relationship with race and racism in recent history, THE LOUDER I WILL SING is the story of Lee Lawrence's fight ...

Specimen Days

Though well-known to many Whitman scholars, Specimen Days is an underrated 'late' prose work which chronicles the life of one of the worl...