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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A powerful memoir from Katalin Karikó, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, whose decades-long research led to the COVID-19 vaccines “Katalin Karikó’s stor……続きを見る

For all the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few - it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he ……続きを見る

A "sweet, touching" memoir about animals, loss, and finding a home in the world by the author of Shizuko's Daughter and Yarn ( Kirkus Reviews). Cat and Bird, a "memoir in animals," is anchored aroun……続きを見る

This book summarizes the NGO Master Plan that provides a comprehensive program to rehabilitate the Lower Jordan River and its tributaries in Jordan, Israel and Palestine. It is a regional and civil ……続きを見る

Nikola Tesla's 'My Inventions' is an enlightening collection of Tesla's personal writings where he recounts his life story and details his groundbreaking inventions. This autobiographical work provi……続きを見る

Hierdie boek is geskryf deur die groep klasmaats wat in 1969 skool toe is en in 1980 matriek geskryf het. Alhoewel almal nie noodwendig vir die volle tyd saam in die skool was nie, was almal een of ……続きを見る

Was der Westen nicht wissen wollte: die brisante Analyse des »Außenministers der russischen Opposition« Unter Putin hat sich Russland zu einer imperialistischen Diktatur verwandelt, die die Werte un……続きを見る

What counts as 'indigenous religion' in today´s world? Who claims this category? What are the processes through which local entities become recognisable as 'religious' and 'indigenous'? How is all o……続きを見る

Kodo Nishimura rose to fame following his appearance in Queer Eye: We're in Japan. Now this celebrity make-up artist and ordained Buddhist monk shares his unique and practical guide to positivity an……続きを見る

**“A book about a rare life, profound love, profound grief, anxiety, self-assurance, empowerment, aging, loss, and joy. It is nuanced, complex, insightful, helpful, and constantly surprising.” ーAnn……続きを見る

Tsenhor was born about 550 BCE in the city of Thebes (Karnak). She died some sixty years later, having lived through the reigns of Amasis II, Psamtik III, Cambyses II, Darius I and perhaps even Psam……続きを見る

Ray is a real life supervillain. He acts exactly like characters like Ozymandias and Lex Luthor, at least when it comes to their speech patterns and belief sets. Not their catlike agility and billio……続きを見る

“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”ーJoyce Carol Oates, bestselling author “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”ーLeonard Cohen, songwriter There is not a wasted word in Dangling in ……続きを見る

"Hungry Minds" is a very short autobiographical tale about bullying, reading, and what lies in the heart of a writer: especially a very young one. In the brief essay, the writer discusses awkward an……続きを見る

Marietta Chudakova is an expert on Soviet literature and on the works of Mikhail Bulgakov in particular. Her biography of Bulgakov was first published in 1988 and remains the most authoritative and ……続きを見る

In "The Loves of Great Composers," Gustav Kobb√© delves into the intricate personal lives of the most celebrated composers of Western music, offering an enthralling exploration of their romantic ent……続きを見る

Мемуары выдающегося украинского хирурга Виктора Степановича Карпенко (1923 – 2003) вышли в двух томах: «55 лет в хирургии» и «60 лет в хирургии» к 75-летию и 80-летию соответственно. Настоящая книга……続きを見る

This book is about a mothers journey as she learns to deal with and finally accept the illness and death of her ten year old daughter. It’s a sharing of the impact the messages she received from her……続きを見る

The couples who have loved the hardest, longest and most publicly over the last 50 years are revealed in probing, wide-ranging and provocative interviews that first appeared in Playboy magazine. Fro……続きを見る

The second volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon. Taken together, Arthur Koestler's volumes of autobiography constitute an unrivalled study of a twent……続きを見る

A pseudo autobiographical account of my Atlantic circumnavigation written in third person. It was where I found redemption and peace, coming to terms with the death of my father, injustices I endure……続きを見る

A short, humorous essay describing the author's acceptance as an art student in post-war Austria to a foreign exchange program in the United States. 続きを見る

Waarom zit een student op zijn kamer, maar niet op de kantine? Als je slasaus over de sla doet, waarom dan geen pindasaus over pinda's? En wat is de reden dat een positief woord als 'kut' als scheld……続きを見る

微物之美，小事之愛， 正是這些，成就日子的可愛。 生活許多時候，都不過尋找有光的地方。 ＊ 　　 ★新生代作家ーー柯采岑Audrey Ko首部散文集 　　★藝文界重磅人士：許菁芳、陳珊妮、李律，專文作序 　　★寫20-30……続きを見る

A haunting and often hilarious memoir of growing up in 80s Miami as the son of Big Tony, a flawless model of the great American pot baron. To his fellow smugglers, Anthony Edward Dokoupil was the Ol……続きを見る

Original edition is out of stock and no longer in print. Please see the Second Edition: TO RUN WITH HORSES. From a Stolen Childhood to a Life of Joy: The Untold Story of Courage, Hope, and Triumph W……続きを見る

The book is about the history of five hundred years old epidemic of syphilis which began after Christopher Columbus reached the New World. From the very beginning, this disease caused fear and const……続きを見る

In Frankfurt und Leipzig erlebt der junge Goethe das erste Scheitern von Liebesbeziehungen: Er wird verlassen und rettet sich in sein dichterisches Talent. Die Verquickung von Liebe und Dichtung set……続きを見る

„Vannak, akik gyűlölnek, de tudom, hogy sokan szeretnek. Ezt elfogadtam, nincs ezzel semmi gond. Még 1971-ben kerültem a televízióhoz, és olyan szerencsé……続きを見る

Hofi: „Én vagyok a magyar gazdaság. Azért vagyok felakasztva, mert így úgy nézek ki, mintha állnék. Mondja Kovács úr, kapott mun……続きを見る