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"First appearing in print in 1979, this remarkable and intimate audiobook chronicles the implosion of the 1960s and reports on the people, mores, and trends that defined that turbulent time."—AudioFile First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and...

Gatsby: Death of an Irishman is a fresh and compelling insight into the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the genesis of his most iconic character. Underpinning Fitzgerald’s brilliant but turbulent life was his complex, evolving and surprising relationship with his Irish identity. From childhood shame at being ‘common’ to a patriotic immersion in Irish literature and revolutionary politics at Princeton.

Walt Disney never wrote his memoir, but this book could be considered his autobiography. In 1955, Walt gave a series of interviews to Pete Martin to be printed in multiple articles in the Saturday Evening Post. Much of that material formed the basis of this book, which was published in 1957. Walt's daughter Diane was present during those interview sessions. She acknowledged in a later edition of the book that she is not the author. "It is Pete Martin's book, and my dad's story," she wrote, further noting this book was "one of the first biographies of my dad.

Своего рода путевой дневник испанского журналиста, прожившего почти два десятилетия в Юго-Восточной Азии. Следуя по стопам легендарных писателей, Давид Хименес отправляется в собственную одиссею — чтобы понять, что же влекло знаменитостей на Восток.

«Grabar, rayar, esculpir, cavar en una piedra, en un papiro, en un papel, pero, en última instancia, escribir: es la única manera de eternizar la expresión.» Esta selección de los dieciséis volúmenes del Diario (1932-1993) de Miguel Torga constituye un testimonio conmovedor de una época en la que el novelista y poeta portugués reflexiona sobre los acontecimientos que marcaron un siglo, su experiencia como médico y sus primeros pasos como escritor: todo aquello que quiso salvar del olvido.

Murdoch vivió en Londres desde que tenía apenas unos meses, pero se definió siempre como irlandesa o anglo-irlandesa. Estudió en pleno auge de la filosofía analítica y quedó deslumbrada por el existencialismo sartreano. Fue tutora en Oxford durante más de catorce años y abandonó su puesto para dedicarse a escribir novelas de gran popularidad.

Stella non è una ragazza qualsiasi. È una cacciatrice di parole. Nata in Inghilterra in una famiglia aristocratica, a vent'anni desidera una vita fuori dai canoni. Frequenta Virginia Woolf e altri grandi scrittori. Pubblica romanzi, è un'abile disegnatrice, terrà un diario per tutta la vita. La sua storia, narrata a più voci, si muove tra Londra e la Cina, dalla fine dell'Ottocento agli anni Trenta. È una storia di fuga e rinascita. Racconta di emancipazione femminile, passioni, impegno, perdite, ritorni, del movimento delle suffragette e della Grande Guerra.

Scrittrice, attrice di teatro, giornalista, donna emancipata e femme fatale: la francese Colette fu una delle donne più seducenti della prima metà del XX secolo. Una biografia ne racconta il lato più intimo e segreto.

Intelectual precoz, fervorosa política, comprometida con el sufrimiento ajeno, atada a la realidad de su época no solo por sus ideas, sino también por sus manos y su corazón, Simone Weil era, además, una buscadora de la belleza. O, más bien, una admiradora de ese misterio, como ella misma la definió, aunque ello no le impidió tratar de comprenderla y registrarla en sus escritos.

Un ritratto inedito di Federico Fellini. Stefania Parmeggiani traccia un itinerario alla scoperta di Rimini, la città del regista entrata nella storia del cinema con Amarcord. Dal molo di levante con le note di Nino Rota in sottofondo, al cimitero monumentale dove un giorno di novembre i riminesi accompagnarono Fellini per l’ultima volta. In mezzo le viuzze del vecchio borgo di pescatori e quelle del centro storico, il tempietto dove le "baffone" andavano a benedire gli animali, il maestoso Grand Hotel, il cinema Fulgor e l’antico Castel Sismondo, oggi votato al culto felliniano.

De pequeño, el agudo Marcel se veía en la tesitura de pasear por el camino de Guermantes o por el que discurría delante de la casa de Swann, acepciones que encabezarán sendos libros de la monumental "A la búsqueda del tiempo perdido". Ahora bien, la decisión de elegir uno u otro itinerario no correspondía al chaval, sino a los adultos. El auténtico dilema se producirá durante uno de esos paseos y afectará directamente al niño Proust, por cuanto deberá despejar una disyuntiva. El pequeño rumia si seguir o no un camino muy particular: el de la escritura.

Read by the author. #1 New York Times Bestseller Guthrie persuasively renders the evolution of a hard-won religious belief that makes room for imperfection and "does not require us to ignore... the sorrows we experience or the unjustness we see but to believe past it." This openhearted...

When celebrated writer Joan Didion’s life was altered forever, she wrote a new chapter. In this adaptation of her iconic memoir, Didion transforms the story of the shattering loss of her husband and their daughter into a one-woman play performed by Tony Award winner Vanessa Redgrave, who originated the role on Broadway in 2007.

From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformational work of true stories and imagined history that will remake readers’ understanding of the land called North America. For decades, the singular and provocative paintings by Cree artist Kent...

A former paramedic’s "thrilling, captivating" (Booklist), and mordantly funny account of a decade spent as a first responder in Atlanta saving lives and connecting with the drama and occasional beauty that lies inside catastrophe. In the aftermath of 9/11 Kevin Hazzard felt that something was...

For a world of devoted fans, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with...

In this New York Times bestseller, Rolling Stone founder, co-editor, and publisher Jann Wenner offers a "touchingly honest" and "wonderfully deep" memoir from the beating heart of classic rock and roll (Bruce Springsteen). Jann Wenner has been called by his peers “the greatest editor of his...

In his poetry, Walt Whitman set out to encompass all of America, and in so doing, heal its deepening divisions. This magisterial biography demonstrates the epic scale of his achievement, as well as the dreams and anxieties that impelled it, for it places the poet securely within the political and cultural context of his age.

At a time when Vancouver Island was still an extremely remote and sparsely populated backwater, a young widow packed her five children into a 25-foot boat dubbed The Caprice and set off on an adventure. Summer after summer the brave young mother, who became known as "Capi," would set sail and explore the rugged coastline for months with her young crew. Although the hazards the family faced were numerous-tides, fog, storms, rapids, cougars, and even grizzlies-Capi brought them through it all.

Libre, passionnée, courageuse, dotée d'un franc-parler connu aussi bien au Canada qu'en France, Denise Bombardier n'est pas de ces journalistes et écrivains qui laissent indifférent. Femme de combats, d'engagements, parce qu'elle ne craint ni la polémique ni les débats d'idées, elle s'est tracé un sillon médiatique et littéraire où s'impose une ligne directrice rare : le refus des compromis et des compromissions. Une force de caractère qui lui vient de loin, comme ces mémoires le décrivent avec vigueur, chaleur, tendresse, colères et humour aussi.