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This is an account of Casanovas travels that take him back to France. He vividly captures the landscapes through picturesque imagery. Narrated in the most unique style this is a work that brilliantl……続きを見る

The extraordinary journey of an ordinary man. In this enjoyable autobiography the Jamaican born Errol Samuels looks back on the first 27 years of his life during which he travelled between the Carib……続きを見る

This book traces the history of one of the quixotic figures who had occupied the Mughal throne in Hindustan. His character is to be gleaned from his actions, which have been described at full length……続きを見る

Saša Ž Mihajlović, večiti putnik u traganju za sobom, za ljubavlju, za morem, pretače svoj život u stihove, nadahnut morem, talasima, pučinom, hridima, panonskom ravnicom – panonskim morem. Motivi n……続きを見る

Before Climbing Maya, author Ken La Salle had to face A Grand Canyon, a wasteland of depression, doubt, loss, and misery. In September 2002, Ken left his home and drove to the Grand Canyon to kill h……続きを見る

A Venetian adventurer, author, and lifelong womanizer, the name of Casanova has become interchangeable with the art of seduction since the 18th century. In his most notable book, "Story of My Life,"……続きを見る

Chasing dreams of their own photographic business, Ghillie Basan and her husband Jonathan swap the comfort of their Edinburgh home for Corrunich - a remote cottage at the foot of the Cairngorms. Wit……続きを見る

In this engrossing piece Casanova narrates the tale of his spectacular escape. During 1775 he was sentenced by the Venetian inquisition and was confounded in prison called The Leads. The work elucid……続きを見る

Benjamin Franklin wrote his posthumously published memoirーa model of the genreーin several pieces and in different temporal and physical places. Douglas Anderson’s study of this work reveals the fa……続きを見る

The work revolves around the many travel expeditions undertaken by Casanova. Here he critically analyzes the attitudes and life-styles of the elite of France. With great insights and thoughtful refl……続きを見る

Celtic Woman explores with open honesty and engaging irony how cycles of personal discovery have connected international performing artist Treasa O’Driscoll to heaven and earthbut not the way you’d ……続きを見る

"You see, the problem was that in a few years of life in banking, I was beginning to understand the difference between existing and living." Banking on Burlesque is the incredible true story of one ……続きを見る

Talented historian Maya Jasonoff offers an alternative history of the British Empire. It is not about conquest – but rather a collection of startling and fascinating personal accounts of cross-cultu……続きを見る

Giacomo Girolamo Casanova (2 April 1725 – 4 June 1798) was an Italian adventurer and author from the Republic of Venice. His autobiography, Histoire de ma vie (Story of My Life), is regarded as one ……続きを見る

Thou shalt not kill. Is that what the Bible really says? Moses gave God’s Law to the people in Exodus 20:13 which says “You must not murder” (TLB). The Amplified Bible says “You shall not commit mur……続きを見る

The year was 1994 Somewhere in Bokeo, a tiny province in Laos, a seven-year old boy and his family were about to start building their new lives after being stateless for years, displaced by the civi……続きを見る

L’application et le génie. Personne ne saurait être éminent, s’il n’a l’un et l’autre. Lorsque ces deux parties concourrent ensemble, elles font un grand homme. Un esprit médiocre qui s’applique va ……続きを見る

The first autobiography in Bengali was written by an upper-caste rural housewife called Rashundari Debi (18091899). Published when she was 88 years old, Amar Jiban (My Life) is a fascinating first-h……続きを見る

You think you know my story, but you do not. It starts out as your typical love story. However, things change in a blink of an eye. That relationship, along with life itself, has knocked me down. I ……続きを見る

Cristina Saralegui, la reina de los medios hispanos, ha logrado tenerlo todo: una carrera exitosa, un matrimonio sólido y una familia unida. Pero, ¿cómo lo hizo? Esta es la pregunta clave que la may……続きを見る

Mémoires d’une contemporaine - Volume VII Ida Saint-Elme, aventurière, courtisane et écrivaine néerlandaise (1776-1845) Ce livre numérique présente «……続きを見る

Mémoires d’une contemporaine - Volume II Ida Saint-Elme, aventurière, courtisane et écrivaine néerlandaise (1776-1845) Ce livre numérique présente «Mémoires d’une contemporaine - Volume II», de Ida ……続きを見る

Mémoires d’une contemporaine - Volume V Ida Saint-Elme, aventurière, courtisane et écrivaine néerlandaise (1776-1845) Ce livre numérique présente «M&……続きを見る

Mémoires d’une contemporaine - Volume VI Ida Saint-Elme, aventurière, courtisane et écrivaine néerlandaise (1776-1845) Ce livre numérique présente «M……続きを見る

Biographies of artists of the Italian Renaissance. All ten volumes. Over 500 illustrations, many in color. VOLUME 1 - CIMABUE TO AGNOLO GADDI, VOLUME 2 - BERNA TO MICHELOZZO MICHELOZZI, VOLUME 3 - F……続きを見る

2013 Pulitzer Prize Finalist New York Times Ten Best Books of 2012 “Riveting…The Patriarch is a book hard to put down.” – Christopher Buckley, The New York Times Book Review In this magisterial new ……続きを見る

Las hijas de Juan shatters the silence surrounding experiences of incest within a working-class Mexican American family. Both a feminist memoir and a hopeful meditation on healing, it is Josie Ménde……続きを見る

Science entwines with matters of the human heart as a whale researcher chronicles the lives of an endangered family of orcas Ever since Eva Saulitis began her whale research in Alaska in the 1980s, ……続きを見る

“ . . . notable for its depiction of young Churchill, warts and all, as a very human character . . . .”ーNew York Times “A bestseller in the UK, this portrait of Winston Churchill, written by his gr……続きを見る

A delightful and illuminating journey through the early years of Winston Churchill, From Winston with Love and Kisses: The Young Churchill weaves together strands of Churchill’s early writing, matur……続きを見る