This biography tells the story of Marlene Dietrich's life - the Berlin child, the young actress, the mother, lover and international star. The book describes personal details of Di...9999903133599Maria Riva
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
martes, 28 de mayo de 2024
The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)"As in life, the Carmichael in these pages is the definition of charisma and determination. In sharp prose full of Carmichael's candor, wit, irrepressible sense of irony, and undyi...9999903127512Stokely Carmichael Michae...
Charles Scribner's Sons
viernes, 17 de mayo de 2024
The Unequalled SelfSamuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten years he kept a private diary in ...9999903126713Claire Tomalin
Penguin Books Ltd
jueves, 16 de mayo de 2024
Late-life Adventures in Love, Sex, and Real EstateAs a result of what she calls 'the only stroke of genius I've ever had', Jane Juska placed a personal ad in a newspaper, that began- 'Before I turn 67 - next March - I would like t...9999903126188Jane Juska
Vintage
jueves, 16 de mayo de 2024
Confessions of a Junior DoctorFor two years, Michael Foxton wrote about his experiences as a junior doctor in the NHS for the Guardian. Vivid, hilarious, and often alarming, his book has gone on to find a cult ...9999903125648Michael Foxton
Atlantic Books
jueves, 16 de mayo de 2024
A True Tale of Intrigue and Innovation at the Dawn of Modern MedicineA mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country ??s most famous museum of medical oddities Im...9999903125242Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz
Gotham
jueves, 16 de mayo de 2024
Two enchanting memoirs from V. S. Pritchett, available for the first time in a single volume A Cab at the Door, originally published in 1968, recalls his childhood in turn-of-the...9999903116301V. S. Pritchett
Random House Trade Paperbacks
sábado, 4 de mayo de 2024
A MemoirMore than once, Carl Reiner has had friends say, ??Hey, Reiner, you ought to write those things down. ? And at eighty, he finally has. In this funny and engaging memoir, one of t...9999903113867Carl Reiner
Picador
sábado, 27 de abril de 2024
Memoirs of a Shopping AddictAs a child, Avis Cardella devoured the glamorous images in her mother's fashion magazines. She grew up to be one of the people in them, living a life that seemed to be filled with ...9999903110101Avis Cardella
Little, Brown and Company
miércoles, 17 de abril de 2024
A Memoir, 1964 to 2006"Celebrated novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his. From hi...9999903110064Gore Vidal
New York : Doubleday, c2006.
miércoles, 17 de abril de 2024
Desolation Angels is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road, told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and...9999903106814Kerouac, Jack
Penguin Books Ltd
viernes, 12 de abril de 2024
WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD AND THE LA TIMES BOOK AWARD 'Masterly. Brilliantly crafted, powerfully written and deftly reported' Guardian The urgent and unforgettable true sto...9999903104698Dave Eggers,
Hamish Hamilton
lunes, 8 de abril de 2024
A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English DictionaryThe creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language in...9999903104193Winchester, Simon
Penguin Books Ltd
lunes, 8 de abril de 2024
Born in 1979, Roxy Freeman grew up travelling around Ireland and England in a traditional horse-drawn wagon with her mother and father and six siblings. Life was harsh but it was a...9999903104186Roxy Freeman
Pocket Books
lunes, 8 de abril de 2024
The Python YearsMichael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter (for the Two Ronnies, David Frost etc). ...9999903103721Michael Palin
Weidenfeld and Nicolsen
sábado, 6 de abril de 2024
Fathers, Sons and the Land in BetweenWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN BIOGRAPHY WINNER OF THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDSHO...9999903101611Matar, Hisham
Penguin
sábado, 30 de marzo de 2024
Wheather tracing his ancestry-a wonderfully improblable melodrama-come-true involving perilous border crossings in search of missing relatives, societies in the throes of revololut...9999903097853Ustinov, Peter
Penguin Books Ltd
sábado, 23 de marzo de 2024
How I Went from Gang Member to Multimillionaire EntrepreneurLike many entrepreneurs, Ryan Blair had no formal business education. But he had great survival instincts, tenacity, and, above all, a "nothing to lose" mindset. His middle-class c...9999903096191Ryan Blair
Portfolio Hardcover
martes, 19 de marzo de 2024
This is a collection of three books. Very thin books. All three volumes--Brother-in-Law and Other Animals, Can I Come Down Now Dad?, and These Were Your Father's--share an interest...9999903093541John Hegley
Methuen Publishing Ltd
sábado, 9 de marzo de 2024
In these, the latest chronicles of triumph and disaster from the celebrated author of 'The Smoking Diaries', Simon Gray intertwines scenes from his adult and his child self to prod...9999903093527Simon Gray
Granta Books
sábado, 9 de marzo de 2024
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