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Conto memorialístico no qual o autor narra as aventuras e desventuras de Antônio Ramos, fugitivo da justiça, ex-morador de rua e então secretário do poeta e ex-pro……続きを見る

At the heart of ''And One Fine Morning'' lies the story of the heart attack, failed recovery and death of the author's father, in the mid-1950s, when he was at the height of his career as one of Min……続きを見る

The first ever biography of one of Canada’s best-known and most colourful personalities by an award-winning author. From his northern childhood on, it was clear that Pierre Berton (1920ー2004) was d……続きを見る

The acid, hilarious, confessional and provocative memoirs of the bestselling author of God is Not Great - a story of a life lived large. Over the last thirty years Christopher Hitchens has establish……続きを見る

Celebrated novelist Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters, eclipsed by her fame, are revealed in all their surprising complexity in this riveting new biography. The middle sister in a famous artistic dy……続きを見る

Part of the Jewish Encounters series The first general-interest biography of the legendary editor of the Jewish Daily Forward, the newspaper of Yiddish-speaking immigrants that inspired, educated, a……続きを見る

"Dramatic, graphic and wrenching...The reader is left to wonder--at the devastation of Carcaterra's youth, at his survival to adulthood, and at the grace that allowed him to craft this piercing memo……続きを見る

'I went & sat with W & walked backwards & forwards in the Orchard till dinner time - he read me his poem. I broiled Beefsteaks.' Dorothy Wordsworth's journals are a unique record of her life with he……続きを見る

This biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written with reference to Browning correspondence only recently available, argues that the poet was a strong and determined woman largely responsible fo……続きを見る

**Critic Ivan Felt and poet Harris Conklin are the Don Quixote and Sancho Panza of baseball fandom. Or, perhaps, the Felix and Oscar of baseball fandom. Or the Pollock and de Kooning. Or the Bugs an……続きを見る

Looking back now, I am more than ever aware of the part that [Satyajit] Ray played in shaping the imaginary universe of my childhood and youth. I see this even in such details as my interest in scie……続きを見る

________________ 'Absorbing... his gift for dialogue is exceptional' - The Observer ________________ First published in 1983, An Orderly Man is volume three of Dirk Bogarde's best-selling memoirs. A……続きを見る

Kate Jowell was the director of the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business - the first woman to hold such office in South Africa - when, at the age of 59, she was diagnosed with early……続きを見る

The eloquent and intimate biography of one of the most significant figures of the last century. Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic,……続きを見る

Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, The Confessions is an astonishing work of acute psychological insight. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) argued passionately against the inequality h……続きを見る

“Lo bueno que tiene la muerte, es que también se lleva a los hijos de puta. Y si no, para eso ya estamos nosotros…”. No es necesario apuntar, que ésta que tienen entre manos es una historia real. Sí……続きを見る

A comprehensive and authoritative collection of Thoreau quotations on more than 150 subjects, from beauty to wisdom Few writers are more quotable than Henry David Thoreau. His books, essays, journal……続きを見る

Widely considered to be one of Canada's most important authors, David Adams Richards has been honoured with a Giller Prize and two Governor General's Literary Awards. Despite this, there has been a ……続きを見る

From Ann Wroe, a biographer of the first rank, comes a startlingly original look at one of the greatest poets in the Western tradition. Being Shelley aims to turn the poet's life inside out: rather ……続きを見る

The fantastic new edition of the bestselling second novel from the author of ‘Miss Garnet’s Angel’. Bridget Hansome and Frances Slater have only one thing in common. And that's Peter Hansome, who ha……続きを見る

The "first lady of Argentine letters," Victoria Ocampo is best known as the architect of cultural bridges between the American and European continents and as the founder and director of Sur, an infl……続きを見る

William Wharton turns his microscopic gaze on his own life to narrate and scrutinize the untimely deaths of his daughter and her family. A moving story of one man’s rage against death, and spiritual……続きを見る

Brother Men is the first published collection of private letters of Edgar Rice Burroughs, the phenomenally successful author of adventure, fantasy, and science fiction tales, including the Tarzan se……続きを見る

As read on BBC Radio 4 Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Biography for A Strange Eventful History and winner of the Lifetime Services to Biography Award. Michael Holroyd is one of th……続きを見る

Richard Rushfield takes us on an unforgettable and hilarious trip through higher alternative education in the eighties. Don't Follow Me, I'm Lost is a strange and salacious memoir about life at the ……続きを見る

From the bestselling, award-winning author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Notes to John: In this "arresting amalgam of memoir and historical timeline” (The Baltimore Sun), Didionーa native Cali……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Maya Angelou shares her path to living well and with meaning in this absorbing book of personal essays. Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, L……続きを見る

SYNOPSIS Behind every face is a life and a story… The Japanese 5,000 yen note circulates round the world and changes hands every minute but has anyone really stopped to look at the face on this note……続きを見る

Slices of Life: The Art and Craft of Memoir Writing guides you with gentle steps towards capturing the heart of your life story. To start you on your journey, follow the chapters on getting started,……続きを見る

TO THE HAPPY PEOPLE Would you be happy if I closed my eyes and pretended to not be me would you be happy if I spent my life hiding my disfigurement and disease would you be happy if I was just like ……続きを見る