ａｓａ - Biography & Memoir 17

Reinas, plebeyas, audaces, inteligentes, bravas…; todas y cada una de estas mujeres demostraron su intrepidez, su valentía a la hora de luchar por su propia supervivencia y la de los suyos, en ocasi……続きを見る

Mowafa Said Househ’s family fled Palestine in 1948 and arrived in Canada in the 1970s. He spent his childhood in Edmonton, Alberta, where he grew up as a visible minority and a Muslim whose family h……続きを見る

Tener un padre hostigado por sus ideales durante un gobierno dictatorial puede resultar traumático para una familia. En algunos casos, la situación emocional incluso puede llegar al extremo. Es así ……続きを見る

Olympe de Gouges non è solo un classico misconosciuto o da riscoprire, da leggere, studiare e discutere, ma anche un’autrice che con i suoi scritti e la sua stessa esistenza offre ancora oggi straor……続きを見る

«Yo era la desesperación de nuestra madre. Pero cuando papá me dio las llaves de su biblioteca, mi corazón se llenó de alegría. ¡En medio de todos esos libros! ¡No podía esperar a leerlos todos! » A……続きを見る

Democratico cristiano attratto dal nazionalismo. Militante nazionalista assertore dell’imperialismo. Esponente futurista pioniere della sciencefiction italiana, autore di componimenti paroliberi e d……続きを見る

Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during……続きを見る

Casanova was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, is regarded as one of the most authentic sources of the customs and norms of European social life during……続きを見る

The two saints whose lives Vita Sackville-West contrasts in this double biography were recorded by very different epithets: 'the great' and 'the little'. Both women were Carmelites, both canonised a……続きを見る

The strange story of Joan of Arc, the obscure peasant girl who became the national saint of France, is retold in this celebrated, classic biography. Saint Joan lives for the reader on every page, as……続きを見る

Thomas Macaulay always inspired both admiration and hostility. He introduced English education to India, creating a class of westernised Indians often reviled as ‘Macaulay’s children’, but today man……続きを見る

Of all the extraordinary individual accounts that have come out of the Second World War and its aftermath, few can compare with that of Eric Pleasants, a member of the 'bastard' British wing of Hitl……続きを見る

Das ebenso offene wie bewegende Gefängnistagebuch einer mutigen Frau, die keine Kompromisse eingehen wollte und ihren Träumen gefolgt ist. Um ihren Jahrhundertroman "Die Kunst der Freude" zu schreib……続きを見る

La storia del ministro della Guerra Enver Pascià è il racconto di un uomo che tentò con ogni mezzo, persino i più efferati ed esecrabili, di impedire la caduta e la disgregazione dell’Impero ottoman……続きを見る

Fishing for Chickens is a well-seasoned blend of memoir and cookbook. It offers the perspective of a Bryson City, North Carolina, native on a particular portion of southern Appalachiaーthe Smokies. ……続きを見る

A arte da sabedoria. Título intrigante esse. Não acham? Caso você não tenha encontrado nessa tal “arte da sabedoria” nenhum motivo para estranhamento, sinto-me obrigado desde já a justificar o meu. ……続きを見る

In the early 1930s, approximately 6,500 Finns from Canada and the United States moved to Soviet Karelia, on the border of Finland, to build a Finnish workers’ society. They were recruited by the Sov……続きを見る

Although the scope of the series seems small at first, it actually has swollen into a very large and encompassing project, including not only the twenty-three homegrown Thunderbird artists, but many……続きを見る

O primeiro relato franco e corajoso de uma vida em desafio à heteronormatividade. Obra seminal na afirmação LGBTQIA+. "Este livro não é ficção. Estou escrevendo sobre minha vida, minhas experiências……続きを見る

**An NPR Best Book of 2022 An incredible, deeply reported story of identical twins Isabella and Hà, born in Viêt Nam and raised on opposite sides of the world, each knowing little about the other’s ……続きを見る

"Nós não oferecemos nada que o mercado não possua, mas os nossos diferenciais estão nas pessoas e no atendimento, nas condições e na confiança" Fundado por Mário Gazin, que se autodefine como "o men……続きを見る

Martha Salcudean is ten years old when her childhood comes to an abrupt end. The war has been raging around her for years, but in Northern Transylvania, now a part of Hungary, the atrocities intensi……続きを見る

Diplômé des Universités (Université libre de Bruxelles et Université d’Anvers), auteur des plusieurs écrits sur l’analyse de la politique en RDC et secrétaire national adjoint honoraire aux relation……続きを見る

Benson narrated multi generational epic tales about his family and close friends to Lionel, his son. He lived in an extended family, each family member, each friend made a mark in his life in differ……続きを見る

A cantora lírica e o magnata: o casal que moldou a vida social do Rio de Janeiro, em um dos maiores cartões postais da cidade. Em Vozes de batalha, Marina Colasanti traz um delicioso retrato da soci……続きを見る

"Brahmopadesha, A must read book by every one. This samskara of brahmopadesha/upanayana/gayatri /guru is an essential integral part of the rich indian culture and heritage. But unfortunately, this h……続きを見る

Feel like you are there with me as I fly, sail and walk around the world learning and experiencing other cultures in some of the most amazing and remote places on earth. Explore the wonder of it all……続きを見る

Sharp Ink presents to you this unique carefully edited collection of biographies of the most influential explorers of North America: Eric the Red, Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci,……続きを見る

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from C……続きを見る

Volume five of Casanova’s six-volume Memoirs, “In London and Moscow,” recounts more of his many exciting love affairs (which lead to disease), and his time in England among the “eccentric”ーattempti……続きを見る