Memoir Essays

Michelle Obama is unlike any other First Lady in American History. From her first moments on the public stage, she has challenged traditional American notions about what it means to be beautiful, to be strong, to be fashion-conscious, to be healthy, to be First Mom, to be a caretaker and hostess, and to be partner to the most powerful man in the world. What is remarkable is that, at 52, she is just getting started.

Begun in 1797, when William was at the height of his poetic powers, The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals provide invaluable insight into the daily lives of Dorothy and William Wordsworth, William’s friendship with Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the incidents that inspired some of his greatest poems. Richly immersive and intimately domestic, the Journals transport the listener to life in the Lake District 200 years ago as Dorothy describes the Lake District countryside, her garden and neighbours, keeping house, going on walks, and the people she meets along the way

В тайниках памяти — захватывающий рассказ о поисках таинственного автора романа "Лабиринт бесчеловечности", вызвавшего в Париже 1938 года бурю эмоций: одни называли его новым Артюром Рембо, другие обвиняли в плагиате. В наши дни книга производит неизгладимое впечатление на начинающего сенегальского писателя ДиеганаЛатираФайе, и он задается целью выяснить, что случилось с этим бесследно исчезнувшим человеком. Мысленное путешествие в прошлое и реальное — по следам автора — погружает Диегана в подробности давних драматических событий колониальной эпохи, Первой мировой войны, Холокоста.

In April 1915 Dorothea Crewdson, a newly trained Red Cross nurse, and her best friend, Christie, received instructions to leave for Le Treport in Northern France. Filled with excitement at the prospect of her first paid job, Dorothea began writing a diary. 'Who knows how long we shall really be out here? Seems a good chance from all reports of the campaigns being ended before winter, but all is uncertain.'

What would you get if the Seinfeld, Reiner, Crystal, and Kagan families got together for dinner? You’d get fatter, guiltier, and hoarser from trying to get a word in edgewise and suffer muscle cramps from laughing. When you get into My Shorts, you get all that and more. An uproarious collection of true stories featuring a chubby Cheetos-loving Jewish middle child with overactive sweat glands and an abundant imagination.

Raised in Manhattan by her overly protective sex-therapist mother who wore "seven layers of shoulder pads" and her two doting grandparents, life in Wendy Spero's world has never been dull. As a child, she passed the time organizing impromptu "garage sales" on city sidewalks, sniffing fruit-scented magic markers to intoxication, parenting dozens of high-maintenance stuffed animals, and seeking out other "microthrills", which she writes about in this hilarious audiobook of odd but true stories.

A true renaissance man, Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory was one of the pioneering satirists of his generation, a reformer and brilliant spokesperson for the downtrodden and forgotten who dedicated his life to speaking unadulterated truth—and to improving ordinary lives. A revered human rights and environmental activist, fearsome and uncompromising social critic, lauded bestselling author, and beloved nutrition guru, Gregory aimed not only to educate souls, but to liberate them.

Un uomo si ferma di fronte alla scuola che ha frequentato a sedici anni e vede uscire il ragazzo che è stato, quello che ancora ha un futuro tutto da immaginare. L'uomo sa che quel ragazzo è solo, e il suo cammino non sarà facile. Vorrebbe poterlo aiutare, ma non gli è concesso. Può però radunare intorno a lui dei compagni di viaggio che lo guidino, che lo facciano sentire meno solo, perché i nostri destini individuali compongono, insieme, l'unica grande avventura della storia umana.

A collection of magazine writer Jon Bradshaw’s essential writings, The Ocean Is Closed rediscovers a memorable talent, and offers us a shadow reality to the established literary canon of the mid-century. With droll wit and keen intelligence, Bradshaw’s cinematic prose brings the ’70s to vibrant life.

A few years ago, Erica Heller realized how universal the longing is for one more moment with a lost loved one. It could be a parent, a sibling, a mentor, or a friend, but who wouldn't love the opportunity to sit down, break bread, and just talk? Who wouldn't jump at the chance to ask those unasked questions, or share those unvoiced feelings?

Ever since he joined the sports department of the Boston Globe in 1968, sports enthusiasts have been blessed with the writing and reporting of Bob Ryan. Tony Kornheiser calls him the "quintessential American sportswriter". For the past 25 years, he has also been a regular on various ESPN shows, especially The Sports Reporters, spreading his knowledge and enthusiasm for sports of all kinds.

When Nina Sharma meets Quincy while hitching a ride to a friend’s Fourth of July barbecue, she spots a favorite book, Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior, in the back seat of his cramped car, and senses a sadness from him that’s all too familiar to her. She is immediately intrigued—who is this man? In The Way You Make Me Feel, Sharma chronicles her and Quincy’s love story, and in doing so, examines how their Black and Asian relationship becomes the lens through which she moves through and understands the world.

Born and raised in New York to a food-phobic mother and food-fanatical father, Elissa was trained early on that fancy is always best. After a childhood spent dining everywhere from Le Pavillion to La Grenouille, she devoted her life to all things gastronomical, from the rare game birds she served at elaborate dinner parties in an apartment so tiny that guests couldn’t turn around to the eight timbale molds she bought while working at Dean & DeLuca, just so she could make tall food.

自身の経験にもとづく問題提起を行ってきた著者が、閉塞状況の日本に一石を投じるエッセイ。　1997年から2000年に毎日新聞、産経新聞などに掲載したものをまとめて単行本化した書籍の改装版。

カナダのカフェで食べたふわふわのワッフル。モンゴルの青空の下、遊牧民と調理した羊のドラム缶蒸し。旅の最終日にバーテンダーが作ってくれたコーヒー味のオリジナルカクテル。

私の毎日はいたって平凡だ。仕事をして、料理を作る。市場で買った旬の苺でサラダを作ったり、暖房が壊れた寒い日には、キムチ鍋を囲んだり。眠れない夜には、茹でただけの栗を食べながら窓辺で夜空を見上

取材で訪れたラトビアに、恋してしまいました。手作りの黒パンや採れたての苺が並ぶ素朴だけれど洗練された食卓、代々受け継がれる色鮮やかなミトン、森と湖に囲まれて暮らす人々の底抜けに明るい笑顔。

古いアパートを借りて、ベルリンに2カ月暮らしてみました。土曜日は青空マーケットで野菜を調達し、日曜日には蚤の市におでかけ。窓の外から聞こえるストリートの演奏をBGMに、読書をしながらお茶を

天然水で作る地球味のかき氷(埼玉・長瀞)。ホームステイ先の羊肉たっぷり手作り餃子(モンゴル)。地元の山菜を使った一日一組の贅沢なレストラン(滋賀・米原)。

ベルリンで暮らし始めて一年。冬には友人と温泉で新年会をしたり、家で味噌を仕込んだり。春になったら青空市で見つけた白いアスパラガスに、薄切りハムとオリーブオイルを添えて。短い夏には美味しい味と