Self & I - A Memoir of Literary Ambition (De Abaitua Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

Self & I - A Memoir of Literary Ambition (De Abaitua Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

A unique, remarkable and hilarious portrait of one of our most talked-about and controversial literary

The Big Hurt: A Memoir (Schickel Erika)(Pevná vazba)

A memoir of growing up in a fractured, literary family, of being seduced by a teacher and kicked out of boarding school, and then doing it all over again in middle age. In 1982, Erika Schickel was expelled from her East Coast prep school for sleeping with a teacher. She was that girl--rebellious,

Small - On motherhoods (Lynch Claire)(Pevná vazba)

A debut literary memoir on diverse

Because: A Lyric Memoir (Mensch Joshua)(Pevná vazba)

Joshua Mensch's devastating lyric memoir, Because, explores with extraordinary literary power and sophistication the toxic power of adults who prey on the children in their care. Its story begins when Mensch is ten years old and first meets Don, the charming director of a youth wilderness camp and

Greenlights (McConaughey Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Discover the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award(R)-winning actor's unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.'The No. 1 celebrity memoir of the

The Black Butterfly: Brazilian Slavery and the Literary Imagination (Wood Marcus)(Pevná vazba)

Focuses on the slavery writings of three of Brazil's literary giants - Machado de Assis, Castro Alves, and Euclides da Cunha. Wood finds that all three writers responded to the memory of slavery in ways that departed from their counterparts in Europe and North America, where emancipation has

In Pieces (Field Sally)(Pevná vazba)

In this intimate, haunting literary memoir and New York Times Notable Book of the year, an American icon tells her own story for the first time -- about a challenging and lonely childhood, the craft that helped her find her voice, and a powerful emotional legacy that shaped her journey as a

A Stinging Delight (Storey David)(Pevná vazba)

A powerful memoir by an extraordinary literary figure; rugby player, artist, acclaimed playwright and Booker Prize winning novelist. The third son of a coalminer, David Storey takes us from his tough upbringing in Wakefield, to being 'sold' to Leeds Rugby League Club, to his escape to the Slade

For Lord and Land, 8 (Harffy Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

AD 647. Anglo-Saxon Britain. Greed and ambition threaten to tear the north apart. The eighth installment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Greed and ambition threaten to tear the north apart. War rages between the two kingdoms of Northumbria. Kin is pitted against kin and friend becomes foe as ambitious

Survival Math - Notes on an All-American Family (Jackson Mitchell S.)(Pevná vazba)

The eagerly awaited memoir from Mitchell S. Jackson, winner of the Ernest Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence and Finalist of PEN/Hemingway

Naked Ambition - 100 Pictures of the Present Crisis (Mar Kaya)(Pevná vazba)

Knockout (Kang Mia)(Pevná vazba)

An intimate and unflinching memoir exploring Mia Kang's journey from self-loathing to self-love Mia Kang is many things: a sought-after model, an immigrant, an eating disorder survivor, and a Muay Thai fighter. Her first book, Knockout, is the story of how she eschewed normative body standards

My Godforsaken Life - Memoir of a Maverick(Pevná vazba)

Letters to Friends (Fonzio Bartolomeo)(Pevná vazba)

Bartolomeo Fonzio (1447-1513) was a leading literary figure in Florence during the time of Lorenzo de' Medici and Machiavelli. A professor of poetry and rhetoric at the University of Florence, he included among his friends and colleagues leading figures such as Marsilio Ficino, Angelo Poliziano,

Powers of Darkness: The Lost Version of Dracula (Roos Hans De)(Pevná vazba)

Powers of Darkness is an incredible literary discovery: In 1900, Icelandic publisher and writer Valdimar smundsson set out to translate Bram Stoker's world-famous 1897 novel Dracula. Called Makt Myrkranna (literally, 'Powers of Darkness'), this Icelandic edition included an original preface

Amor de Pelo (Cherry Matthew A.)(Pevná vazba)

Pap tiene que hacerle un peinado muy especial a su hija. En este libro escrito por Matthew A. Cherry--director ganador del Oscar y ex receptor abierto de la NFL--e ilustrado por Vashti Harrison, ilustradora bestseller en el New York Times, descubrimos una oda a la confianza en s mismo y al amor

Moments of Significance - A Memoir (O'Briain Shauna)(Pevná vazba)

Wing (Francis Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

Matthew Francis's latest collection celebrates the richness of nature and of our responses to it. And, in a moving elegy for a friend killed in a parachute accident, Francis shows us a vertiginous vision of a world where even the dead 'sleep on the

Through a Designer's Eye: A Focus on Interiors (Smyth Matthew Patrick)(Pevná vazba)

A sumptuous presentation of impeccably designed classic interiors by Matthew Patrick Smyth. Matthew Patrick Smyth is renowned for elegant, sophisticated rooms that combine sumptuous fabrics, well-selected antiques, and contemporary comfort. In Through a Designer's Eye, he reveals his design

Legacy of Light (Ward Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

Legacy of Light is the spectacular conclusion to Matthew Ward's acclaimed Legacy series - an unmissable tale of war and intrigue that combines the imagination of George R. R. Martin with the gritty realism of Bernard

White Boy Running (Hope Christopher)(Paperback)

The classic memoir of growing up in South Africa during the apartheid regime from literary tour de force, Christopher

Ginger Child - On Family, Loss and Adoption (Flanery Patrick (Author))(Pevná vazba)

A raw and heart-wrenching literary memoir about a queer couple's attempt to adopt a

Vicious (Schwab V. E.)(Pevná vazba)

A repackage of New York Times bestseller V.E. Schwab's Vicious, a masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, and superpowers which will include: *A new cover by Will Staehle, cover artist of the iconic Shades of Magic trilogy covers*Schwab's Tor.com short story set within the Vicious universe, 'Warm

Self-Knowledge (The School of Life)(Pevná vazba)

An examination of the importance of self-knowledge, providing practical exercises to aid self-discovery. In Ancient Greece, when the philosopher Socrates was asked to sum up what all philosophical commandments could be reduced to, he replied: 'Know yourself'. Self-knowledge matters so much because