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A candid and thought-provoking set of twenty-six alphabetical essays (A–Z) brought to life by the typographic styling of an award-winning book designer, Off the Top of My Head explores how we t……続きを見る

The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse by Carl Djerassi (129,000 words; 26 illustrations) This unusually wide-ranging memoir, moving from Europe to America, academia to industry, science to art, ……続きを見る

Describing Tolstoy's crisis of depression and estrangement from the world, A Confession (1879) is an autobiographical work of exceptional emotional honesty. By the time he was fifty, Tolstoy had alr……続きを見る

The Telegraph’s obituaries pages are renowned for their quality of writing and capacity to distil the essence of a life from its most extraordinary moments. A unique mix of heroism, ingenuity, infam……続きを見る

Je naquis le 26 février 1786, dans la commune d’Estagel, ancienne province du Roussillon (département des Pyrénées-Orientales). Mon père, licencié en droit, avait de petites propriétés en terres ara……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes The Byron Controversy - Lady Byron Vindicated A History of the Byron Controversy from Its Beginning in 1816 to the Present Time CONTENT……続きを見る

Surfing in Far Rockaway, romantic obsession, and Moby-Dick converge in this winning and refreshing memoir Justin Hocking lands in New York hopeful but adriftーhe's jobless, unexpectedly overwhelmed ……続きを見る

The Dramatic Story that Capitvated a Generation With this new edition, the classic best-selling autobiography by the late playwright Moss Hart returns to print in the thirtieth anniversary of its or……続きを見る

From the author of the Orange New Writers shortlisted ‘The Book of Fires’, an extraordinary tale of love and science. When Henry Lyte brings his young bride Frances home to his Somerset estate, he h……続きを見る

“Memoir of Jane Austen” by Austen-Leigh recollects his fond memories of his famous aunt, Jane Austen. It also offers the reminiscences of Janes other nephews and nieces that add tenderness and profu……続きを見る

A Place in the Country is W. G. Sebald’s meditation on the six artists and writers who shaped his creative mindーand the last of this great writer’s major works to be translated into English. This e……続きを見る

Et si vous (re)découvriez Louis Scutenaire, auteur emblématique de la littérature belge, au travers d'un roman ? Louis Scutenaire est un de nos grands écrivains surréalistes belges. Ses amis, René M……続きを見る

Pour écrire l’histoire de sa vie, il faut d’abord avoir vécu ; aussi n’est-ce pas la mienne que j’écris. Mais de même qu’un blessé atteint de la gangrène s’en va dans un amphithéâtre se faire couper……続きを見る

Jane Eyre /ˈɛər/ (originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London, England, un……続きを見る

Ce jour-là, comme chaque matin à l’heure du travail, l’avenue du Maine s’encombrait de gens qui marchaient à pasprécipités et de tramways surchargés qui rou……続きを見る

"Moi je n'ai pas de papa". "Mais tout le monde a un papa !" Ben non, Madeleine n'a pas de papa. Elle n'est pas "fille de divorcée", ni orpheline, ni abandonnée. Tout simplement, sa maman le lui a di……続きを見る

Quelque part dans l’État de Nevada, il existe une femme à qui j’ai menti sans vergogne pendant deux heures d’affilée. Je ne cherche point ici à faire mes excuses, loin de là ! Je désire seulement m’……続きを見る

Una vita è il primo romanzo di Italo Svevo, pubblicato nel 1892. Alfonso Nitti, giovane intellettuale con aspirazioni letterarie, lascia il paese natale, dove vive con la madre, e si trasferisce a T……続きを見る

A foreign correspondent's memoir like no other ... Zoe Daniel is the ABC's fifteenth South East Asia Correspondent, and one of only a handful of women to combine one of the most dangerous jobs in th……続きを見る

A 100,000 word descent into the mind of Bram Stoker Award nominee Wayne Allen Sallee, his meta-memoir examines Wayne's life as a survivor of cerebral palsy as well as a hit-and-run crash. "I confess……続きを見る

It would appear that for inquirers into Foreign Literature, for all men anxious to see and understand the European world as it lies around them, a great problem is presented in this Goethe; a singul……続きを見る

To Live on Anyway documents one mother's struggle after losing her child in the catastrophic 2004 Tsunami. While having an ideal vacation in Singapore, Ann and her Swedish family were separated and ……続きを見る

First published in 1995. This volume focuses on the life and influence of Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and forms part of the Critical Studies in Black Life and Culture series. The series is devoted t……続きを見る

Questa storia nasce da alcuni episodi di quando ero nell' Arma dei carabinieri. Ho avuto il grande onore di conoscere persone eccezionali. Dal Generale dalla Chiesa, al Generale Niglio, al Capitano……続きを見る

Experience the adventures that unfold when evolution kicks you in the balls. From going to jail, to putting up with an insufferable boss, to battling a beetle, you’ll agree, real life fucking sucks.……続きを見る

What if you were locked in a confinement cell and forced to live with a psychopathic rapist and murderer because the guards wanted to teach you a lesson, or forced to live with a sick, perverted chi……続きを見る

Alexandra Harris's hugely acclaimed Romantic Moderns (winner of the 2010 Guardian First Book Award) overturned our picture of modernist culture during the interwar years. In her second book, she bri……続きを見る

~~A unique autobiography of a young man’s past. His black cloud that follows over his head no matter where he goes, who he was with and how it travels with him. From outrageous trips, sexual desires……続きを見る

According to Wikipedia: "Richard Harding Davis (18 April 1864ー11 April 1916) was a popular writer of fiction and drama, and a journalist famous for his coverage of the Spanish-American War, the Sec……続きを見る

In 1964, Lenny Bruce was riding high. His underdog, idealistic humor took on every American icon and sacred cow, from capitalism to organized religion to sexual mores. College kids adored him. Audie……続きを見る