pha - Biography & Memoir 15

Raphael Fellmer lebt komplett ohne Geld - er verdient nichts, er bezahlt nichts. Sein Essen holt er sich von diversen Biosupermärkten, wo er es vor dem Wurf in die Tonne rettet. Er lebt von dem, was……続きを見る

Author and musician Skip Haynes began his musical and writing career in Chicago in the Nineteen Sixties. What's A Nice Guy Like Me Doing In A Band Like This? was written about his real life experien……続きを見る

A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author……続きを見る

A riveting memoir about one woman's journey into Syria under the Baathist regime and an unexpected love story between two strangers searching for meaning. When Stephanie Saldaña arrives in Damascus,……続きを見る

The idea for this book came when Stephanie began making a list of things that annoy her about her husband, and found how hard it was, once she had started, to stop. Here are the first Ten Things, ju……続きを見る

Es’kia Mphahlele’s seminal memoir of life in apartheid South Africaーavailable for the first time in Penguin Classics Nominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es’kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean o……続きを見る

How can a lone female of “a certain age” take her last stand on a stony wedge of land in the mountains of Northern New Mexico? Will she find a job, learn to chop wood, be eaten by a bear or give it ……続きを見る

One time is ending, but another is just beginning, an entirely new era in the history of the Earth: the noosphere. This is the message of José Argüelles. In this authorized Biography, Stephanie Sout……続きを見る

It's a roller coaster ride of a travelogue.There is an inverse relationship between angst and diversion-seeking behavior which takes the reader through packs of cigarettes and bottles of good South ……続きを見る

From the acclaimed biographer, screenwriter, and novelist Frederic Raphael, here is an audacious history of Josephus (37–c.100), the Jewish general turned Roman historian, whose emblematic betrayal ……続きを見る

?National Book Award nominee Beth Kephart’s new book is an enchanting midlife meditation on aging, identity, and memory set against the backdrop of Chanticleer garden in Pennsylvania. On the morning……続きを見る

What does it take to become “successful” in America? What does it take to overcome the constant collision of being told, "you're not American enough" by some, yet ridiculed for being "too white wash……続きを見る

The story of Storm is the true story of a journey of shattered dreams and empty relationships to the victory of a new dawn and new beginnings. It is the story of a child whose life was destroyed by ……続きを見る

Lead your business to survival and success by following the example of legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Shackleton has been called "the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, ……続きを見る

We all know the name Nostradamus, but who was he really? Why did his predictions become so influential in Renaissance Europe and then keep resurfacing for nearly five centuries? And what does Nostra……続きを見る

PhatPhat Memoirs the Series debuts with the first installment Rent to Own, one of many colorful real life experiences and adventures in the life of up and coming author PhatPhat. This read will leav……続きを見る

The book is based on the life of Jim Mahon, who was an outstanding hockey prospect, killed in a farm accident at age 19. His death broke the heart of a whole community. Jim was generally considered ……続きを見る

« Profite bien de cette journée… Profite bien aussi de ta journée de demain. Ce sera ta seule journée d’insouciance à ce poste… » C’est l’unique conseil que ……続きを見る

"Fascinating . . . laugh-aloud funny." - The Los Angeles Times In December of 1968, Phyllis Raphael landed in London as the restless wife of a Hollywood movie producer. With their three young childr……続きを見る

What happens when an individual becomes the subject of many and divergent portraits? “Biography,” says Stephanie Kirkwood Walker, “is a deceptive genre. Positioned between fact and fiction and elusi……続きを見る

Among the greatest intellectual heroes of modern times, Raphael Lemkin lived an extraordinary life of struggle and hardship, yet altered international law and redefined the world’s understanding of ……続きを見る

The remarkable true story of the miraculous journey that made the Dalai Lama into the man he is today and sparked the fight for Tibetan freedom “A hair-raising tale of daring and escape.”ーThe Washi……続きを見る

As a young girl PhatPhat was determined to be different. Defiant, rebellious, and carefree.She soon learned that these straits come with a price, you may not want to pay. Engulfed in a whirlwind of ……続きを見る

A fascinating biography of Jeanne d’Arc, better known as Joan of Arc, the heroine of France. Said to have been guided by Divine providence, she led the French army to victory during the Hundred Year……続きを見る

Stephanie Calman moves on from bad motherhood, failed grown-upness to the ultimate in tricky relationships: that of mother and daughter. In typically candid Calman style she serves up a painfully ac……続きを見る

IF LOVE IS WAR, MAY THE BEST WOMAN WIN! There's a battle brewing for love, the good life and the hearts of black men. Who will win? The answers are broken down between the pages of this how-to guide……続きを見る

In this revelatory career-length biography, produced through many hours of interviews with Danny Boyle, he talks frankly about the secrets behind the opening ceremony of the London Olympic Games as ……続きを見る

Certainement subsiste une présence de Minuit. L’heure n’a pas disparu par un miroir, ne s’est pas enfouie en tentures, évoquant un ameublement par sa vacante sonorité. Je me rap……続きを見る

Scottish history writer Margaret Oliphant offers up a gripping account of the French martyr (and eventual saint) Joan of Arc, who led large armies to important battlefield victories while only a tee……続きを見る

The Maine dogfish are goneーfished to the brink of extinction. Gone too is Linda Jane, and with her the love and the subjunctive Maine that they might have shared. And what of that fabled “Old Maine……続きを見る