Cowboy & Wills ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 (12) Christened 'charming' and 'winning' by the Washington Post and 'touching' by Publishers Weekly, celebrated author Monica Holloway's deeply moving memoir shares the unfo... Verifica stoc
Camera Girl ♡ 24 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 A moving and inspiring memoir of Doreen Spooner. Struggling to hold her head high through the disintegration of her family through alcoholism, she began a
A book of secrets ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 The author shares the stories of unknown women who played significant roles in the lives of prominent figures, including a mistress shared by the second
Mistress and Maid (Jiaohong ji)by Meng Chengshun ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 In 1993, an astonishing discovery was made at a tomb in Guodian in Hubei province (east central China). Written on strips of bamboo that have
Aaronsohn's Maps ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Aaron Aaronsohn was one of the most extraordinary figures in the early struggle to create a homeland for the Jewish people. Brought to Palestine at
Nothing Else to Fear ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 David Ellis and his family were missionaries in Indonesia, where they were frequently the target of anti-Western violence. In the many terrifying - and sometimes
Invisible ♡ 17 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 'She was brilliant, ambitious, and unafraid to break barriers. As the only member of a squad of twenty high-powered lawyers who was not a white
Brief Lives: Gustave Flaubert ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Serving as a perfect introduction to this well-known French writer, Flaubert scholar Meryl Tyers’ work covers the remarkable life of the renowned author of Madame
Touch and Go ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian author of The Good War recounts his hard-working early childhood in Chicago, his beginnings as a disc jockey after World War
Raoul Wallenberg ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 An Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A., and designated as one of the Righteous among the Nations by Israel, Raoul Wallenberg's heroism in Budapest at the
The Murray Edwards Duse Collection ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The Murray Edwards Duse Collection is the best record of the literary background of Eleonora Duse, one of the foremost Italian aesthetes. It proves that
Living Modern: A Biography of Greenwood Common ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Architect William Wurster envisioned Greenwood Common as a development that combined an idealistic sense of community with a modernist aesthetic and an awareness of regi...
Gentleman George Hunt Pendleton ♡ 17 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The first modern biography of this notable politician 'Mach's detailed and thoughtful examination of Ohio lawyer-politician-diplomat George Hunt Pendleton is an impressiv...
Literary Reminiscences and Autobiographical Fragments ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Toward the end of his career as a brilliant novelist, Turgenev turned his pen to the essays that comprise these Literary Reminiscences. Here he discusses
The late child and other animals ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Hetty survives the bombing of Portsmouth by the Nazis in World War II, only to learn that her soldier husband has been killed on the
Why I Left America And Other Essays ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 An African-American artist, self-exiled behind the Iron Curtain, gives his unique perspective on his homeland and on the culture that produced him
My Friend, Julia Lathrop ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 As one of the four members of the inner circle at Hull-House, Julia Lathrop played an instrumental role in the field of social reform for
Langston Hughes ♡ 24 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 A collection of twelve critical essays on Hughes and his work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication.
The Rat That Got Away : A Bronx Memoir ♡ 17 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The Rat That Got Away is an inspiring story of one man's odyssey from the streets of the Bronx to a life as a professional
Lenin's Laureate Zhores Alferov's Life in Communist Science ♡ 17 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Drawing on extensive archival research and the author's own discussions with Alferov, Lenin's Laureate offers a unique account of Soviet science, presented against the ba...
The Poet and the King ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The Poet and the King, described by the New York Review of Books as 'the finest and most perceptive of all the innumerable accounts of
The Kremlin's Geordie Spy ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Born a 'geordie,” a native of Britain’s Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Willie Fisher became one of the KGB’s most celebrated agents. Sent to spy in New York, where
Alger Hiss ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Documents the story of a State Department official charged with spying for the Soviets, arguing the case was shaped by missed chances and poor judgments,
Labyrinths ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Emma Jung era inteligentă, ambițioasă și extrem de bogată, una dintre cele mai bogate moștenitoare din Elveția când, la vârsta de șaptesprezece ani, l-a cunoscut
The Brother ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'The Brother now discloses new information revealed since the original publication in 2003?including an admission by his sons that Julius Rosenberg was indeed a Soviet
The Hidden Life of Otto Frank ♡ 6 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 În această nouă biografie definitivă, Carol Ann Lee oferă răspunsul la una dintre cele mai sfâșietoare întrebări ale timpurilor moderne: cine a trădat-o pe Anne
The Poisoner ♡ 17 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Taking a fresh look at the infamous doctor's life and disputed crimes, and drawing on previously undiscovered letters and new forensic evidence, this first major
Life ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 From bestselling biographer Sean Smith comes the fascinating and tumultuous true story behind Sir Tom Jones, the nation s treasure, sage of The Voice and
O the clear moment ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The tale begins in 1950, the year he turned 17 and, from there, McClanahan is off and running, describing characters from his eventful life with
Forget About Today ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Forget About Today shows a side of Bob Dylan that most people - from fans to skeptics - have never seen. Rather than another gossipy
A Daughter of the Middle Border ♡ 27 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, this is the sequel to Garland's autobiography A Son of the Middle Border.
Edward Albee ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 In 1960, Edward Albee electrified the theater world with the American premiere of The Zoo Story, and followed it two years later with his extraordinary
Wildflower ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Wildflower is a portrait of Drew's life in stories as she looks back on the adventures, challenges, and incredible experiences she’s had throughout her life.
Poetics of Old Age in Greek Epic, Lyric and Tragedy ♡ 3 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 A striking feature of ancient Greek literature is its preoccupation with old age. Yet scholars have been slow to explore the subject, a possible reflection
Dickens and Thackeray ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Attitudes toward punishment and forgiveness in English society of the nineteenth century came, for the most part, out of Christianity. In actual experience the ideal
The Sixth Man ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 **The Instant National Bestseller** The standout memoir from NBA powerhouse Andre Iguodala, the indomitable sixth man of the Golden State Warriors. Andre Iguodala is one
Looking for Chengdu ♡ 10 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Memoir of the author's trips to the Sichuan Province of China during the late 1980s. Her intention was to gain a deeper understanding of Chinese
A Numerate Life ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Employing intuitive ideas from mathematics, this quirky 'meta-memoir' raises questions about our lives that most of us don't think to ask, but arguably should: What
Whiskey breakfast ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Whiskey Breakfast is Lindberg’s captivating tale of life as a first-generation baby-boomer Swedish American, caught between the customs of a land he had never been
All Man! ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Hemingway as viewed through the lens of men's pulp magazines During the 1950s, Hemingway was in two plane crashes, won a Nobel Prize, published a
Bear Island ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'Weaving together strands of myth, memory, legend, and history, Bear Island lyrically conveys a historical event that has been forgotten not only by the majority
Fortune's Spear ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Gerard Lee Bevan was the model of an Edwardian swell arrogant, smooth, wellconnected and highly cultured. He married money and influence his wife Sophie Kenrick
Jacob Adler ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 (Applause Books). Jacob Adler, with his performances in the Yiddish King Lear , Uriel Acosta and Shylock in The Merchant of Venice , became first
Pearl ♡ 11 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Pearl describes a bereft father mourning the loss of his precious 'Perle.' Returning to the garden where she first disappeared, he observes the verdant shades
Heart Songs and Other Stories ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Before she wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller The Shipping News, E. Annie Proulx was already producing some of the finest short fiction in the country.
Midnight's gate = ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Twenty essays about Bei Dao's life in exile since Tiananmen Square.'Knowledge of death is the only key that can open midnight's gate.'Bei Dao Bei Dao
Rose Kennedy ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'An insightful portrait of this paradoxical woman.' —People In this definitive biography—the first to draw on an invaluable cache of newly released diaries and letters—pr...
Translation and the Transmission of Culture Between 1300 and 1600 ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Translation and the Transmission of Culture between 1300 and 1600 is a companion volume to Medieval Translators and their Craft (1989) and, like Medieval Translators,
Queen of bebop ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 'Queen of Bebop brilliantly chronicles the life of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan, one of the most influential and innovative musicians of the twentieth century and
Molly's Game ♡ 15 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Molly Bloom reveals how she built one of the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world – an insider’s story of excess and
Max Perkins ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A thirtieth anniversary edition of the National Book Award-winning biography traces the life of the influential book editor who nurtured the literary talents of such
Nazi Thug To British Mayor Brunos Story ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 This powerful account of one man's transformation from fanatical Hitler Youth member to respected British mayor provides a fascinating portrayal of German civil and milit...
Extraordinary Life of Rebecca West ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Rebecca West was a leading figure in the twentieth century literary scene. A passionate suffragist, socialist, fiercely intelligent, Rebecca West began her career as a
America's Reluctant Prince ♡ 16 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Through the lens of their decades-long friendship, the noted historian and New York Times-bestselling author examines John F. Kennedy Jr.'s life and legacy from before
Arm the Spirit ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 In June 1985, Diana Block, her two-week-old son and five fellow revolutionaries fled LA after finding a surveillance device in their car. So began a
Me and Bobby D. ♡ 13 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 (Book). Me and Bobby D. is the exciting coming-of-age story of two teenage boys from the Bronx Steve Karmen and Walden Robert Cassotto who meet
My organic life ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'A wonderfully engaging memoir from the woman who founded Restaurant Nora, America's first certified organic restaurant--the natural foods pioneer who, earlier than anyon...
The night Casey was born ♡ 12 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Presents the story behind the legendary baseball ballad, offering a portrait of the poet, the performer who brought it to the stage, 1880s New York,
Copper, Iron, and Clay ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'A gorgeously photographed love letter to copper pots, cast-iron skillets, and classic stoneware and the hard-won artistry that goes into them, by perhaps the only
Jack Toffey's War ♡ 14 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 An account of one man's journey to know a father who went to war in 1942 and never came back weaves together memory, history, and