Azar - Biography & Memoir 1

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 ye……続きを見る

The foundational text for the acclaimed international best seller Reading Lolita in Tehran **“Empathetic, incisive. . . . A sweeping overview of Nabokov's major works. . . . Graceful [and] discernin……続きを見る

Nel ricordo di Azar Nafisi, rientrata in patria proprio nel 1979, l’anno della rivoluzione di Khomeini, la parola che più di frequente ricorreva nelle riflessioni sul nuovo destino che incombeva su ……続きを見る

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • We all have dreamsーthings we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. This is the story of Azar Nafisi’s dream and of the nightmare that made it come ……続きを見る

Since the Raha Series began, it blossomed into something incredible. Raha had created such intense sensations in Alborz, it became impossible for him to imagine living without the love of his life. ……続きを見る

CASEY Award Finalist for Best Baseball Book of the Year The untold story of the unique fifty-year friendship between two American icons: John Glenn, the unassailable pioneer of space exploration and……続きを見る

Actualizada con un nuevo epílogo, reflexiones finales, fotos de Enrique y su familia, una entrevista con la autora y mucho más, esta es la versión definitiva de un clásico contemporáneo de los Estad……続きを見る

An Enlarged Heart, the exquisitely written prose debut from prize-winning poet Cynthia Zarin, is a poignantly understated exploration of the author’s experiences with love, work, and the surprise of……続きを見る

An astonishing story that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration reform in the United States, now updated with a new Epilogue and Afterword, photos of Enrique and his family, an a……続きを見る

Nei due decenni successivi alla rivoluzione di Khomeini, mentre le strade e i campus di Teheran erano teatro di violenze tremende, Azar Nafisi ha dovuto cimentarsi in un’impresa fra le più ardue, e ……続きを見る

«Figlia di un raffinato intellettuale, sindaco di Teheran ai tempi dello scià, poi caduto in disgrazia e imprigionato per quattro anni senza processo, e di una bellissima donna dal difficile caratte……続きを見る

**A New York Times bestseller The author of the beloved #1 New York Times bestseller Reading Lolita in Tehran returns with the next chapter of her life in booksーa passionate and deeply moving hymn ……続きを見る

Discovering Cyrus: The Persian Conqueror Astride the Ancient World Some of the most fascinating human epochs lie in the borderlands between history and mystery. So it is with the life of Cyrus the G……続きを見る

Overlooked by historians for over half a century following her death, Ernestine L. Rose (1810ー1892) was one of the foremost orators and social reformers of her era. A fearless human rights activist……続きを見る

Creating the world you want to live in takes guts and grace and everything you've got. To heal the world, though, you've also got to find healing yourself. You've got to get in touch with your inner……続きを見る

"Absorbing . . . a testament to the ways in which narrative truth-tellingーfrom the greatest works of literature to the most intimate family storiesーsustains and strengthens us.”ーO: The Oprah Maga……続きを見る

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Este no es un diario del fin del mundo. Estas no son crónicas de hospitales, morgues o crematorios. Aquí hay una variedad de experiencias vitales narradas por cronistas latinoamericanos tras la apar……続きを見る

El panteón de los hombres y mujeres ilustres de nuestra historia cobra vida. Un espacio en positivo donde solo caben aquellos que hicieron una aportación relevante a España. Desde Augusto y Séneca h……続きを見る

Fernando García de Cortázar nos devuelve el placer de conocer España a través de su gran legado, un interminable río de vidas mayúsculas, ideas, formas artísticas y fantasías literarias, paisajes y ……続きを見る

A remarkable journey of a young man struggling with a life-threatening disease, family conflicts, discovering his life's purpose, and fighting a war with his own fate where his free-will keeps falli……続きを見る

Third Man Out is a suspense mystery filled with action. The plot revolves around Destiny Morgan and Nolan Chapman who meet and fall in love not knowing that they had met 15 years earlier. That night……続きを見る

Sein Vater, der als Soldat im Golfkrieg fiel; der Vorwurf des Raubüberfalls, der wieder fallengelassen wurde; ein heftiger öffentlicher Konflikt mit FPÖ-Obmann Heinz-Christian Strache, der ihn als ……続きを見る

Zarpazo, otra cara de la violencia es la extraordinaria narración de las memorias de guerra del sargento segundo del ejército colombiano Evelio Buitrago Salazar, quien con heroísmo, disciplina, inte……続きを見る

A Guru to Many Loved Ones Memoire This book, Untold Stories of an Unforgotten Soul, is a daughter’s remembrance of her late Father and I hope this depicts to you the stature of An Incredible Human B……続きを見る

We call the reader's attention to a scene, that, if not romantic, is at least attractive and interesting; a wagon-train of emigrants, as is attested by the quantity of driven stockーhorses, cattle a……続きを見る

Excerpt: ""IndiosーIndios bravos!" yelled Manuel Navaja, as he discharged his escopette full at the glowing disk of old Sol; then dropping it, he rushed through the outer gates, sounding the terribl……続きを見る

Un pacto con el placer narra el temprano nacimiento a la sexualidad en Castilleja del Campo, un pequeño pueblo de la provincia de Sevilla, con apenas quinientos vecinos, de un niño endeble y enfermi……続きを見る

Padre Pio: His Words and My Adventures is a spiritual life manual on the teachings of Padre Pio. This is not just about the beauty of his words, but we shall go deep into their profound meaning ー w……続きを見る

De Boris Cyrulnik à Agnès b. en passant par Robert Badinter, Claude Chirac, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Amin Maalouf, Franz Olivier Giesbert, Abd Al Malik, Sempé, Erik Orsenna, Sophie Calle ou encore Mi……続きを見る