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تناول الكاتب في كتابه هروبي إلى الحرية ماحل به في الفترة التي كان يقبع فيها في سجن فوتشا في الفترة ما بين (1983 - 1988)، وما تعرض له في عهد جوزيف بروز تيتو، حيث مكث في...

Those Boys on the Hill is a biographical coming-of-age story about three inner-city, African American brothers growing up in a group home in a farming community in Pennsylvania. Elliott Glover uses a mix of humor, sadness, and raw situational honesty to share the harrowing experiences that shaped the men he and his brothers Jacque and Iszel have become.

Le 31 août 1934, quatre jeunes savants - avec à leur tête le jeune Paul-Émile Victor - s'installent pour l'hiver à Tassiussak, minuscule bourgade qui sert de "capitale" aux Ammassalimiout, le peuple qu'ils ont décidé de rencontrer au Groenland. Grâce à sa liaison avec Doumidia, une jeune Esquimaude, Paul-Émile Victor apprend très vite la langue inuit et se fait raconter les histoires autochtones. Nourri de cette culture et marqué par le traumatisme constitutif de l'histoire des esquimaux que sont les grandes famines de 1882-1883, il collecte les récits qui composent "La Grande Faim" en hommage au peuple qu'il fut le premier et le seul à si bien connaître.

Standup comic, actor and fan favorite from HBO's Silicon Valley and the film Crazy Rich Asians shares his memoir of growing up as a Chinese immigrant in California and making it in Hollywood. "I turned down a job in finance to pursue a career in stand-up comedy. My dad thought I was crazy. But I...

Marty Cullen’s song and story-filled odyssey around Ulster Ireland’s northernmost province has a rich history of music and storytelling. From the towering mountains of the borderlands, to the barren hills of Donegal; tales of things human and mythical are told through poetry, recitation and...

"You will be a son, my daughter." With these stunning words Ukmina learned that she was to spend her childhood as a boy. In Afghanistan there is a widespread practice of girls dressing as boys to play the role of a son. These children are called bacha posh: literally "girls dressed as boys." This practice offers families the freedom to allow their child to shop and work - and in some cases, it saves them from the disgrace of not having a male heir. But in adolescence, religion restores the natural law.

Hancock discusses his musical influences, colorful behind-the-scenes stories, his long and happy marriage, and how Buddhism inspires him creatively and personally. Honest, enlightening, and as electrifyingly vital as the man who wrote it, Herbie Hancock promises to be an invaluable contribution to jazz literature and a must-read for fans and music lovers.

Andrei Tarkovsky: A Life on the Cross by Lyudmila Boyadzhieva is an intimate portrayal of the renowned Soviet filmmaker’s life, struggles, and artistic legacy.

»So beginnt meine Geschichte. Als Tochter einer weißen Frau und eines Schwarzen Mannes. Zwischen Sange, Südtansania, und Gera, Thüringen. Zwischen kolonialer Vergangenheit und DDR-Diktatur.«Tupoka Ogette erzählt von der Suche nach Zugehörigkeit, vom Leben in der Gleichzeitigkeit, im Widerspruch, im Dazwischen. Vom Aufwachsen als Schwarzes Kind in der DDR, von Flucht, Verlust, Sexismus und Gewalt – aber auch von Liebe, Mutterschaft, Resilienz und Selbstermächtigung. Von Freundschaften, die sie schließt, und solchen, die sie verliert. Vom Neuanfang in der BRD.

Lange Jahre hat die Bestsellerautorin Sabine Thiesler den italienischen Wahnsinn in der Toskana live erlebt – nun berichtet sie urkomisch und frappierend zugleich über die Absurditäten im deutschen Sehnsuchtsland Nummer 1.

While visiting his ailing father in Sydney, the author discovers an old suitcase thrown out on the street. Curiosity gets the better of him and he opens it. Inside are hundreds of photographs, newspaper clippings and letters, all addressed to Mr Blank. And so the process of discovery begins: Who is Mr Blank? A maverick entrepreneur with the Midas touch, a convicted criminal with impeccable tastes, a publican and theatre impresario, a gap-toothed lover of beautiful women from all over the world. Mr Blank flew above the law and mainly below the radar of twentieth century Australia.

In Reckon, artist Logan Phillips returns to the fabled town of Tombstone to face the history he was raised on as a boy—gunfights, outlaws, and Hollywood cowboys—for a new, personal confrontation with the West’s foundational mythology. This hybrid memoir also explores sexuality, whiteness, masculinity, parenting, and what it means to love a land rife with contradiction and “slathered in murder.”

"Unbound" is an inspirational memoir that traces the author’s journey from being a mixed-race immigrant daughter navigating the challenges of cultural dissonance to her becoming a mature woman who has embodied her worth with compelling honesty and grace. Serena Arora offers a deeply personal lens on the unique struggles of daughters of immigrants, exploring the impact of cultural conditioning on relationships, intimacy, and identity, from the longing for validation to the pain of playing small.

Após o sucesso da edição de 2017, a coletânea de crônicas, que marcou a estreia do autor nas publicações e se tornou um cult, volta a navegar pelos "intervalos" da vida entre o trabalho precarizado, a periferia e as andanças pela cidade de São Paulo. Nessas viagens, o narrador-autor, que se descreve como um "nerdão, lerdão de briga, bicho acuado", mostra uma perspectiva crua e bem-humorada do cotidiano e das experiências humanas.

A Universityのテーマは「複雑な世界で、より善く生きる」タイパ・コスパと言った、いかに効率よく生きるかを競うことばかりに注目が集まる時代。

С неизменной любовью, безупречной точностью и неподражаемым юмором Даррелл рассказывает о пятилетнем пребывании своей семьи (в том числе старшего брата Ларри, то есть Лоуренса Даррелла — будущего автора знаменитого Александрийского квартета) на греческом острове Корфу. И сам этот роман, и его продолжения разошлись по миру многомиллионными тиражами, стали настольными книгами уже у нескольких поколений читателей, а в Англии даже вошли в школьную программу.

Writer John Howard Griffin (1920-1980) decided to perform an experiment in order to learn from the inside out how one race could withstand the second class citizenship imposed on it by another race. Through medication, he dyed his skin dark and left his family and home in Texas to find out.

First class honours law degree. One hundred and two appearances for England women’s national football team. First female pundit on Match of the Day. UN Women UK ambassador. Guardian columnist. All of these achievements belong to Eni Aluko, who, with her memoir They Don't Teach This, is keen to share her experiences, aiming to inspire listeners to be the best possible versions of themselves.

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Autobiography/Memoir From Taraji P. Henson, Academy Award nominee, Golden Globe winner, and star of the award-winning film Hidden Figures and the 2023 film The Color Purple, comes an inspiring and funny memoir—“a bona fide hit” (Essence)—about family...

Bonn 1920: Der gelernte Bonbonkocher Hans Riegel liebt die bunte Welt der Süßwaren und träumt davon, eines Tages sein eigenes Unternehmen zu führen. Die junge Gertrud Vianden glaubt an seinen Traum und unterstützt ihn von Anfang an. Nach der Hochzeit beginnen Hans und Gertrud, in der heimischen Küche zu experimentieren und erste Süßigkeiten herzustellen, die Gertrud mit dem Fahrrad ausliefert. Das Geschäft ist hart, die Konkurrenz groß, und das junge Paar wird von vielen belächelt. Wie wollen Hans und Gertrud mit ein paar Bonbons eine Familie ernähren?