Literary 45

Two young Australians arrive unannounced on a remote Melanesian island and ask its residents if they can live with them for a year. Granted this request, cut off from the outside world, living witho……続きを見る

Biographical profile of Benjamin Franklin, the most famous and highly regarded American in Europe during colonial times and the Revolutionary War. One of the Founding Fathers, Franklin was instrumen……続きを見る

A classic book about the pleasures of wine by the editor of The Oxford Companion to Wine Even the French admit that Jancis Robinson is the "undisputed mistress of the kingdom of wine" (Le Figaro) an……続きを見る

First published in 1970, this is a detailed and balanced biography of one of the most controversial literary figures of the twentieth century. Ezra Pound, an American who left home for Venice and Lo……続きを見る

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An inspiring and riveting memoir from the most important woman in the history of television journalism. “A delightful tale of the golden age of television.... Juicy behind-t……続きを見る

American author John Horne Burns (1916–1953) led a brief and controversial life, and as a writer, transformed many of his darkest experiences into literature. Burns was born in Massachusetts, gradua……続きを見る

As a young woman in Montreal looking for an apartment, my mother encountered signs that read "No dogs, no cats, no Jews." This is the world I was raised in, where people stuck with their own kind an……続きを見る

Featuring a host of quotations displaying Austen’s sharp – and often wicked – social observation and satirical wit, this funny and wise book will strike a chord with fans of the author as well as re……続きを見る

From the acclaimed award-winning author Emmanuel Carrère, Lives Other Than My Own: A Memoir is an act of generous imagination that unflinchingly records devastating loss and, equally vividly, the we……続きを見る

Vom Millionär zum Glückspilz Man braucht keine Millionen, um ein vermögender Mann zu sein – diese Einsicht bringt den Unternehmer Karl Rabeder dazu, sich von seinem Besitz zu trennen und mit dem Erl……続きを見る

This is the first introduction I've ever written for a friend's book or ebook in this case and after having read it I'd like to say it's an honour and a privilege indeed to have my name associated w……続きを見る

For the first time, Euna Leeーthe young wife, mother, and film editor detained in North Koreaーtells a harrowing, but ultimately inspiring, story of survival and faith in one of the most isolated pa……続きを見る

Dr. Audry Lynch, a Steinbeck scholar, has gathered together twenty reminiscences from people who knew John Steinbeck personally. The interviews cover three periods in Steinbeck's life in California:……続きを見る

Chaucer lived through a period of extraordinary upheaval: a protracted war with France, devastating plague, the peasants' revolt, religious controversy, and the overthrow of the king. Compact and co……続きを見る

For more than a decade, Jacques Pauw has traversed his native continent in pursuit of warlords and drug traffickers, child soldiers and charlatans, adventure and anarchy. What he found was a rich ar……続きを見る

The letters of one of the world's greatest writers cover a wide range of subjects in a colorful life, including his visit to a prison colony, the failure of the first performance of "The Seagull", g……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Roman……続きを見る

I am a wanderer: one with a hoarder's love of houses and things... I am tracing here a memory map of all the places that have stayed with me and, since this is also a map of all the voyages of disco……続きを見る

The life of Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) is the quintessential writer’s biography – great works arising from a life of despair, poverty, alcoholism, and a mysterious solitary death. It may seem like ……続きを見る

In this beautifully written account, John Thomas details an intimate portrait of the intellectual friendship between two commanding figures of western letters and the early environmental movement--W……続きを見る

A delightful investigation of the art of letter writing, Yours Ever explores masterpieces dispatched through the ages by messenger, postal service, and BlackBerry. Here are Madame de Sévigné’s devas……続きを見る

First published in 1986, this is the translation from German to English by Albert Ernest Flemming, enabling the reader to fully appreciate Rilke's poems in their form, sensitivity and concentrated i……続きを見る

“Described by José Garcia Villa as America’s ‘greatest short story writer,’ by Alistair Cooke as the ‘the unrecognized genius of our time,’ and by his biographer as ‘one of the most remarkable, tale……続きを見る

From Muhammad Ali to Abe Lincoln, as well as the homeless, the poems of Neal Donohue critique American culture from past to its future showing that love and dedication conquers despair. 続きを見る

The Roaring of Butterfly Wings is a personal collection of poetry concerning my innermost thoughts; those regarding GOD, family, love, and life. I have the pleasure of fulfilling many wonderful role……続きを見る

The oldest boy among 9 children, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, was raised in the protective home of an Anglican churchman. He was then sent off to the notorious English pu……続きを見る

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“Dave Moore's work on this collection is simply awesome.... It should become and remain the definitive reference book for Beat scholars forever.” ーCarolyn Cassady Neal Cassady is best remembered to……続きを見る

**Finalist for the National Book Award!**In this beautifully wrought memoir, award-winning writer John Philip Santos weaves together dream fragments, family remembrances, and Chicano mythology, reac……続きを見る

Charles Dickens and Nelly Ternan met in 1857; she was 18, a hard-working actress performing in his production of The Frozen Deep, and he was 45, the most lionized writer in England. Out of their mee……続きを見る