Education of an Idealist ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 (5) An intimate and powerful memoir by Pulitzer Prize–winner and former U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power. Verifica stoc
Monsieur Mediocre ♡ 13 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 'John von Sothen fell in love with Paris through the stories his mother told of her year spent there as a student. After falling for
Targeter ♡ 17 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 A revealing and utterly engrossing account' (Joby Warrick) of the world of high-stakes foreign intelligence and her role within the campaign to stop top-tier targets
Beautiful Stranger ♡ 20 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 In a quest to boost her low self esteem, Hope Donahue turned to altering her appearance through cosmetic surgery. By the age of 27 she
Trump on Trump ♡ 14 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Un lucru nu poate fi negat despre Donald Trump, faptul că spune ce gândește... și rezultatele sunt fascinante! Aflați cum funcționează această minte citindu-i cuvintele....
Scratched ♡ 19 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 'Reading Scratched gave me the feeling of standing very close to a blazing fire. It is that brilliant, that intense, and one of the finest
Here We Are: To Migrate to America ♡ 18 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The Shahanis came to Queens--from India, by way of Casablanca--in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few unsteady years and then, with the arrival
Maya Lin : Thinking with Her Hands ♡ 17 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is one of the most famous pieces of civic architecture in the world. But most people are not
Everyday Madness ♡ 19 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 'The small translucent bottle of shampoo outlived him. It was the kind you take home from hotels in distant places. For over a year it
Of Me and Others ♡ 21 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 The essential essay collection by one of Britain's most fascinating and acclaimed writers and artists, Alasdair Gray In this frank, playful and typically unorthodox co...
Charles: Our Future King ♡ 20 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Exploring beyond the banal newspaper headlines that have caricatured our future king over the years, Robert Jobson's biography provides a fresh insight into the extraord...
Undivided ♡ 17 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Vicky Beeching, called 'arguably the most influential Christian of her generation' in The Guardian, began writing songs for the church in her teens. By the
The New Boy ♡ 16 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The animals always win in the Tovey household and this time is no exception. It is with the interests of Solomon's (very audibly) grieving sister
MY MAM SHIRLEY ♡ 18 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Behind the notorious Hudson men who dominated the Canterbury Estate for over 30 years were the girls, and my mam Shirley. Whether marrying into or
I Carried a Watermelon ♡ 16 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 'Massively enjoyable.' Dawn French I Carried a Watermelon is a love story to Dirty Dancing. A warm, witty and accessible look at how Katy Brand's
When I Had a Little Sister ♡ 17 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 When I had a Little Sister, de Catherine Simpson, este o relatare extrem de sinceră și sfâșietoare a creșterii într-o familie de fermieri și a
When I Had a Little Sister ♡ 15 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 'If you loved Tara Westover's Educated, get yourself a copy of When I Had a Little Sister as soon as humanly possible...beautifully under-stated...a startling, elegiac
Hero's Body ♡ 19 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Un memoriu despre motociclete și mușchi, despre obsesie și durere și despre un tânăr care a învățat să rămână în viață prin literatură. La doar
Love in the Blitz ♡ 21 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 Eileen Alexander fell in love amidst the falling of bombs, finding a quotation from poetry at every turn. Graduating from Cambridge in 1939, she had
White Boy Running ♡ 21 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 In the run up to the 1987 election, Christopher Hope returned to his native South Africa after a 12-year absence. The nature of that year's
Street to Recovery ♡ 18 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Curly Watts is a TV icon - for twenty years appearing on millions of TV screens around the country in Coronation Street. Kevin Kennedy is
A Letter from Paris ♡ 16 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 When Louisa Deasey receives a message from a Frenchwoman called Coralie, who has found a cache of letters in an attic, written about Louisa's father,
Dad's Maybe Book ♡ 17 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The bestselling author of The Things They Carried and If I Die in a Combat Zone shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned
Falling Palace: A Romance of Naples ♡ 16 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Weaving the intrigue of a romance with the haunting evocation of a legendary Mediterranean city, Dan Hofstadter reveals Naples to us. He is our guide
Idiot Wind ♡ 15 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 The memoir of one man's journey from addiction back to sobriety and sanity via the road
Foot ♡ 18 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 In FOOT, Kathy Vanderlinden has collected a closetful of fascinating information about the physical foot, foot fashion, foot fetishism and other aspects of that part
The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot ♡ 16 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 The spirited and measured memoir of Walter Bagehot, had he left one Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) was a prominent English journalist, banker, and man of letters.
Charlotte ♡ 19 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 Born into the famous, sometimes scandalous, theatrical clan of Colley Cibber, Charlotte was an actress destined for greatness. But she rebelled, and started dressing as
No Storm Lasts Forever ♡ 14 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 As a cardiologist, Dr Terry Gordon dealt with life-and-death circumstances on a daily basis. Helearned that life is precious and tenuous it can change in
Carlos Acosta ♡ 20 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.00/5 Carlos Acosta grew up in a shantytown in Fidel Castro's politically isolated Cuba. Like many boys, he'd skip school to play football or breakdance with
Bowland Beth ♡ 15 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 The story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth - an English Hen Harrier - which dramatically highlights the major issues in
An Ancient Air ♡ 17 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.99/5 An Ancient Air portrays the life of John Stringfellow of Chard, the first man in the world to demonstrate that engine-powered winged flight was practicable.
Bad Machine ♡ 15 7 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.98/5 Winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize The body is the `bad machine' of George Szirtes' latest book of poems. The sudden death of his elderly
Listen ♡ 21 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 'Powerful, humane and wise' JULIA SAMUEL 'Everyone should read it' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Beautiful ... This is a book for everyone. You feel held by it'
The Girl with the Self-Esteem Issues : A Memoir ♡ 18 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Rosie Mercado, vedetă latină și prezentatoare de televiziune, spune povestea vieții sale incredibile. Când Rosie Mercado avea doar 19 ani, tatăl nou-născutului ei a ple...
Brothers and Keepers ♡ 20 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Brothers and Keepers is John Edgar Wideman's seminal memoir about two brothers - one an award-winning novelist, the other a fugitive. Wideman recalls the capture
You're on an Airplane ♡ 16 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Have you ever wondered what it would be like talk to Parker Posey? On an airplane, with Posey as your seat companion, perhaps? In this
A fish supper and a chippy smile ♡ 24 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 As Hilda works in the chippy six days a week - cutting the potatoes and frying the fish, yesterday's rag becoming today's dinner plate -
Unconquerable: The Invictus Spirit ♡ 20 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 'You are all Invictus, you are now ambassadors for the spirit of these games. Never stop fighting and do all you can to lift up
That Good Night ♡ 17 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 As the American born daughter of immigrants, Dr. Sunita Puri knew from a young age that the gulf between her parents' experiences and her own
Varina ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Sooner or later, history asks, which side were you on? In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold
Grace's Day ♡ 19 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Grace and her mother and sisters live on an island off the west coast of Ireland. Their father is a successful writer of travel books
The World According to Razor ♡ 17 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 The new book from England's 'hardest footballer' Packed full of anecdotes from life on and off the pitch, The World According to Razor is, by
Lee Rigby: A Mother's Story ♡ 19 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Lyn Rigby's story charts the unfathomably difficult time she has endured since May 2013 when her son, 25-year-old Fusilier Lee Rigby, was butchered on a
Bud and Bill ♡ 25 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Grace from the Rubble by Jeanne Bishop tells the riveting true story of how tragedy destined two men to become enemies - the father of
Judas: How a Sister's Testimony Brought Down a Criminal ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Astrid Holleeder is in hiding because she had the courage to write this book. Her brother Willem Holleeder, best known for his involvement in the
Love in the Blitz ♡ 24 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 With the intimacy and wit of a Second World War Bridget Jones, Eileen Alexander offers a portal into life during the Blitz: - The sex,
On the road ♡ 17 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 TOP GEAR presenter Richard Hammond tells the story of his early life through a series of significant driving episodes. He's a child in the back
September 1 1939 ♡ 16 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 This a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work
Shine on ♡ 23 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Though she had written poetry for many years, it was only in her last year that professional record producers expressed interest in setting some to
The Fragments of my Father ♡ 17 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 My life had been suspended, as though I had inhaled and was still waiting to let out that gasp of breath. I set aside my
The Soundtrack to My Life ♡ 16 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 The Soundtrack to My Life is Dermot's personal memoir of a life in music told through the songs that were playing at key moments in
What Can I Do? ♡ 21 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 A call to action from Jane Fonda, one of the most inspiring activists of our time, urging us to wake up to the looming disaster
John Cranch : Uncommon Genius ♡ 18 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 John Cranch was born in a small Devonshire town in the same year that Gray's Elegy was published and he might so easily have been
Breaking the Silence ♡ 18 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 Jo Milne trăise deja o viață înconjurată de tăcere, fiind surdă profund din naștere, când a început să-și piardă vederea. Cu puțin timp înainte de
Lessons from a Sheep Dog ♡ 22 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Follows the story of Lass, who is transformed from a believed-worthless and untrainable animal into a valuable sheepdog by a man's love, explaining how Lass's