When Memory Comes: The Classic Memoir (Friedlnder Saul)(Paperback)

When Memory Comes: The Classic Memoir (Friedlnder Saul)(Paperback)

A classic of Holocaust literature, the eloquent, acclaimed memoir of childhood by a Pulitzer-winning historian, now reissued with a new introduction by Claire Messud Four months before Hitler came to power, Saul Friedl nder was born in Prague to a middle-class Jewish family. In 1939,

Where Memory Leads: My Life (Friedlnder Saul)(Paperback)

In this sequel to the classic work of Holocaust literature When Memory Comes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian returns to memoir to recount this tale of intellectual coming-of-age on three continents. Forty years after his acclaimed, poignant first memoir, Friedl nder returns with Where Memory

Saul Bellow: Collected Stories (Bellow Saul)(Paperback)

A collection of treasured stories by the unchallenged master of American fiction A Penguin Classic Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow has deservedly been celebrated as one of America's greatest writers. For more than sixty years he stretched our minds, our imaginations, and our hearts with his

Katie and the Dinosaurs (Mayhew James)(Paperback)

Come on a magical dinosaur adventure with Katie in this classic picture book. When Katie visits the Natural History Museum with Grandma, she finds a mysterious door... and steps back in time to the world of the dinosaurs Katie helps a baby dinosaur find his family, rides on the back of a

When the River Ice Flows, I Will Come Home: A Memoir (Brodinsky Miller Elisa)(Paperback)

Leaving her family in Seattle traveling back and forth to Russia pursuing a career, Miller discovers she's writing her own chapter in a book of three generations--her grandparents' drives to escape the Jewish worlds of Tsarist Russia, her immigrant parents' hopes for their lives in America--and now

Widowish: A Memoir (Gould Melissa)(Paperback)

Melissa Gould's hopeful memoir of grieving outside the box and the surprising nature of love.When Melissa Gould's husband, Joel, was unexpectedly hospitalized, she could not imagine how her life was about to change. Overwhelmed with uncertainty as Joel's condition tragically worsened, she offered

Coma (Slattery Zara)(Paperback)

COMA is a graphic memoir documenting one family's encounter with sudden illness and the permeating power of universal stories. In May 2013 Zara Slattery's persistent sore throat turned into a deadly bacterial infection, after the paracetamol and ice pack prescribed by her GP failed to work. The

Unreliable Truth: On Memoir and Memory (Murdock Maureen)(Paperback)

Beginning with the idea that memory is nothing more than 'an angle of perception,' Murdock explores the recurrent question asked by writers and readers of memoir alike: what actually happened? Prompted by the loss of identity that accompanied her mother's struggle with Alzheimer's and subsequent

Memory: Remembering and Forgetting (Steiner Rudolf)(Paperback)

What is the meaning of memory in the information age? When all knowledge is seemingly digitized and available for reference at any time, do we really need human memory? One consequence of the proliferation of the digital age is the deterioration of our capacity to remember--a symptom that is

The Memory Palace: A Memoir (Bartok Mira)(Paperback)

In the tradition of The Glass Castle, two sisters confront schizophrenia in this poignant literary memoir about family and mental illness. Through stunning prose and original art, The Memory Palace captures the love between mother and daughter, the complex meaning of truth, and family's capacity

Victoria's Wars - The Rise of Empire (David Saul)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the early part of Queen Victoria's reign, when the British Empire was well on the way to becoming the greatest empire the world had ever seen. This title shows how Britain ruthlessly exploited her position as the world's only superpower to expand her

The Book of Memory (Carruthers Mary)(Paperback)

Mary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory for a variety of purposes in European cultures during the Middle Ages has fundamentally changed the way scholars understand medieval culture. This fully revised and updated second edition considers afresh all the material and

Wounds to Bind: A Memoir of the Folk-Rock Revolution (Burgan Jerry)(Paperback)

The dawn of folk rock comes to life in Jerry Burgan's unforgettable memoir of the pre-psychedelic 1960s and the summer that changed everything. As a naive folksinger from Pomona, California, Burgan was thrust to the forefront of the counterculture and its aftermath. The Byrds, the Rolling Stones,

Dangling Man (Bellow Saul)(Paperback / softback)

When his induction into the army is delayed, Joseph finds himself facing a year of idleness. This journal presents an account of his restless wanderings through Chicago's streets, his musings on the past, his psychological reaction to his inactivity while war rages around him, and his uneasy

Wherever We Are When We Come to the End (Barnett Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The Memory Tree (Teckentrup Britta)(Paperback)

A beautiful and heartfelt picture book to help children celebrate the memories left behind when a loved one dies. Fox has lived a long and happy life in the forest, but now he is tired. He lies down in his favourite clearing, and falls asleep for ever. Before long, Fox's friends begin to gather in

I Die Each Time I Hear the Sound: A Memoir (Doughty Mike)(Paperback)

A precise yet disorienting look at the exhilaration of music, the process of memory, and the moments when the world becomes new, by the acclaimed songwriter and author of The Book of Drugs '[Mike Doughty's writing is] astonishingly vital, energized, and natural. . . . acerbic and sometimes

Wounds: A Memoir of War and Love (Keane Fergal)(Paperback)

A family story of blood and memory and the haunting power of the past.2018 WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER EWART-BIGGS MEMORIAL PRIZE2017 WINNER OF THE NON-FICTION IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDA SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAfter nearly three decades reporting conflict from all over the world for the BBC,

Level 2: Five Famous Fairy Tales (Andersen Hans)(Paperback / softback)

Classic / British English When a fisherman opens an old jar, a giant comes out. When a donkey opens its mouth, gold falls out. There is magic in these five fairy tales. Good people are often very unhappy -- but in the end they have happy

Germs: A Memoir of Childhood (Wollheim Richard)(Paperback)

A brilliant, sinuous exploration of family and childhood memory by one of the most original British philosophers of the twentieth century. Germs is about first things, the seeds from which a life grows, as well as about the illnesses it incurs, the damage it sustains. Written at the end of his life

House to House: A Soldier's Memoir (Bellavia David)(Paperback)

THE CLASSIC SOLDIER'S MEMOIR FROM MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT STAFF SERGEANT DAVID BELLAVIA 'A rare and gripping account of frontline combat.'--LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty 'They used to say that

High School: A Memoir - The New York Times Bestseller (Quin Tegan)(Paperback / softback)

From iconic musicians Tegan and Sara comes a nostalgic memoir about high school, detailing their first loves and first songs in a compelling look back at their origin

Paul and Saul and the awful creepy-crawly(Paperback / softback)

Rust - One woman's story of finding hope across the divide (Goldbach Eliese Colette)(Paperback / softback)

True power doesn't come when we agree. It comes when we stand