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As Eileen Rudnick drove home after a long day at work in October 2000, her life became unexpectedly and forever altered - she was in a near fatal head-on collision. A rush to Shock Trauma saved her ……続きを見る

Bud Navero’s insider view gives rise to this Pssst! Don’t-Tell-Anybody-You-Read-It-Here book. Ranging from tales about Captain Tony to snippets about Jimmy Buffet, yarns about the Green Parrot Saloo……続きを見る

Forfatteren og salmedigteren Jakob Knudsen døde i 1917. Han var samtidig med det moderne gennembrud, som han tog livtag med, men aldrig blev en del af. Tværtimod modsagde han det på afgørende punkte……続きを見る

A true story of a woman's journey from multiple traumas and medicating with food to self-love. Born in 1950 in Portland, Oregon, this book details recovery from feelings of unworthiness and disconne……続きを見る

BY THE WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY | Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “A powerful mix of science and ethics . . . This book is required reading for every concerned citiz……続きを見る

La luz de un día de enero empezaba a desvanecerse. Ana Stepney había visto cómo el sol se ponía tras los tejados de las casas de enfrente, dejando un apagado resplandor amarillo sobre las chimeneas.……続きを見る

Eminent political figure Colin Powell was a model for our time. In addition to chronicling Powell's humble beginnings, this biography recounts his inspiring rise to become one of the most revered fi……続きを見る

Hacia la revolución reúne un conjunto de textos de escritores, intelectuales y periodistas argentinos que viajaron, a lo largo del siglo XX, a los tres destinos emblemáticos de la revolución: la Un……続きを見る

The definitive account of Australia's most notorious criminal case When bodies were discovered in barrels in 1999, hidden within a bank vault in Snowtown in South Australia, Jeremy Pudney was one of……続きを見る

Winner of the 1996 Gaspar Perez de Villegra Award from the Historical Society of New Mexico Mabel Dodge Luhan, hostess and visionary, made Taos, New Mexico, a center for artists and utopians when sh……続きを見る

She was "the most peculiar common denominator that society, literature, art and radical revolutionaries ever found in New York and Europe." So claimed a Chicago newspaper reporter in the 1920s of Ma……続きを見る

Can a cry of praise arise from a place of UTTER BROKENNESS? Author Rachel Vrudny has traveled throughout the United States and around the world. In December 2011, she suffered an acute ischemic stro……続きを見る

Laufen ist mehr als nur eine Abfolge von Schritten, viel mehr! Es ist eine der größten Bereicherungen für unser Leben. Denn der "Geist des Laufens", wie ihn Ultraläufer Gary Dudney beschreibt, eröff……続きを見る

Cuando los boxeadores fueron llamados al ring, Johann Trollmann, alias "Rukeli", apareció con el pelo teñido de un rubio chillón. Iba cubierto de la cabeza a los pies con polvo blanco. No solo se ha……続きを見る

Hailed by many as the world's greatest harmonica player, John Popper has redefined the instrument. As the lead singer and principal songwriter of Blues Traveler, Popper has performed for more than 3……続きを見る

When they were young, Susan and Edna, children of Holocaust refugee parents, were inseparable; Edna was Susan’s first love and constant companion. But as they grew up and Edna’s physical, and mental……続きを見る

Varje år lämnar över tusen iranska familjer och förhoppningsfulla unga män och kvinnor sitt land, sin stad, sina släktingar och vänner för att bege sig till något land i Europa eller övriga världen.……続きを見る

Vladimír Boudník never wanted to live as a successor to what had already occurred. He preferred instead to play the imbecile whose only wish was to initiate a new era, a new epos, a new life brought……続きを見る

Den 7. oktober 1943 gik Bent Blüdnikows far, Benjamin, sammen med ni andre jøder om bord i en robåd, der skulle fragte dem fra det besatte Danmark til sikkerhed i Sverige. Et par kilometer ude kæntr……続きを見る

I år er det 70 år siden, at nazisterne jagede jøder i Danmark. I oktoberdagene i 1943 flygtede jøderne, og 7.000 slap til Sverige, mens 500 blev fanget og deporteret til koncentrationslejren Theresi……続きを見る

She was "the most peculiar common denominator that society, literature, art and radical revolutionaries ever found in New York and Europe." So claimed a Chicago newspaper reporter in the 1920s of Ma……続きを見る

Winner of the 1996 Gaspar Perez de Villegra Award from the Historical Society of New Mexico Mabel Dodge Luhan, hostess and visionary, made Taos, New Mexico, a center for artists and utopians when sh……続きを見る

“Extraordinary and wide-ranging . . . a literary feat that simultaneously builds and excavates identity.”ーThe New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) Roxane Gay’s Audacious Book Club Pick • Fi……続きを見る

It takes a village to raise a child, and in the case of youth suicide, it takes an entire community to save one. As a high school principal, Dr. Gregory A. Hudnall dealt with dozens of student suici……続きを見る

This true story took place in 1982. At the time, Dean was a W1 and stationed in Korea. He had only been graduated from the army's flight program ten months and did not yet possess the flight experie……続きを見る

Varje år lämnar över tusen iranska familjer och förhoppningsfulla unga män och kvinnor sitt land, sin stad, sina släktingar och vänner för att bege sig till något land i Europa eller övriga världen.……続きを見る

Analyzed by Lacan brings together the first English translations of Why Lacan, Betty Milan's memoir of her analysis with Lacan in the 1970s, and her play, Goodbye Doctor, inspired by her experience.……続きを見る

Comic essays from the author of Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style: “There’s no book wiser or half as funny as I Shudder.” ーDavid Sedaris I Shudder is a side-splittingly funny collection of ……続きを見る