Florence Foster Jenkins ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 (5) She had no pitch, no rhythm, and no tone. Still, Florence Foster Jenkins (Streep) became one of America’s best-known sopranos. Born in 1868, Florence was a talented youn... Verifica stoc
Nothing Else to Fear ♡ 14 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 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 ♡ 14 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 '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
The Kremlin's Geordie Spy ♡ 9 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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
The Sixth Man ♡ 13 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 **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
Queen of bebop ♡ 15 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 '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
America's Reluctant Prince ♡ 11 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 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
Copper, Iron, and Clay ♡ 11 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 '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
William Burges ♡ 13 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 William Burges was one of the most imaginative designers of the nineteenth century. Regarded by many as an eccentric, Burges had a passion for Gothic
Monsieur Mediocre ♡ 9 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 '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
The Panic Years ♡ 9 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 What happens when a woman begins to ask herself: Should I have a baby?Women go through adolescence, menopause, some have a mid-life crisis, some might
Keith Moon Stole My Lipstick ♡ 13 10 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 A star-struck, naïve 17-year-old country bumpkin leaves home catches a coach to a near-mythical land—London and the Swinging ’60s. Days later, mascara running, itching i...
Raoul Wallenberg ♡ 12 9 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 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
Fortune's Spear ♡ 11 9 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 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
Dreams from My Father ♡ 3 9 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 'Dreams from My Father: O poveste despre rasă și moștenire' este o memoriu scrisă de Barack Obama, al 44-lea președinte al Statelor Unite. În această
For The Sender ♡ 10 9 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 Sometimes a letter is like a prayer it’s more for the sender than the receiver. Singer-songwriter Alex Woodard was letting go of his best friend,
A Book of Untruths ♡ 14 9 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 A Book of Untruths is a family story told through a series of lies. Each short chapter features one of these lies and each lie
Run with your heart ♡ 13 9 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.96/5 'Mr Bean meets Red Rum'. Owning Adelphi Warrior, whose 'uncle' won the Grand National, is a childhood dream come true for Steve Wright, rebuilding his
The Girl with the Self-Esteem Issues : A Memoir ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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 ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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 ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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 book of secrets ♡ 17 14 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
A fish supper and a chippy smile ♡ 17 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 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 -
Mistress and Maid (Jiaohong ji)by Meng Chengshun ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 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
Unconquerable: The Invictus Spirit ♡ 14 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 '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 ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 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
Aaronsohn's Maps ♡ 17 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 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
Before Scarlett ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Originally published: Athens, Ga.: Hill Street Press, c2000.
Varina ♡ 9 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 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
Brief Lives: Gustave Flaubert ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 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
The Cure for Good Intentions : A Doctor's Story ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 The Cure for Good Intentions is about a life-changing decision. Sophie gave up her job as an editor at a prestigious literary magazine and put
James Monroe ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 James Monroe served as the centre of abolition and reform in the American West when he attended Oberlin College, Ohio, in the 19th century. This
The World According to Razor ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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
Inside a Pearl ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The celebrated author of The Flâneur traces his relocation to 1983 Paris in spite of his unfamiliarity with the language and culture, tracing how he
Lee Rigby: A Mother's Story ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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
Touch and Go ♡ 16 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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
Bud and Bill ♡ 18 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 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 ♡ 8 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 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
The Murray Edwards Duse Collection ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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
John Steinbeck ♡ 14 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Examines Steinbeck's life and work and analyzes his 'The Grapes of Wrath.'
Love in the Blitz ♡ 18 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 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 ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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
The Old Man and the Swamp ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 I have nothing against snakes, provided that they’re hundreds of miles away from me. And I have nothing against my dad, given the same set
September 1 1939 ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 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
Living Modern: A Biography of Greenwood Common ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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 ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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...
Shine on ♡ 19 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 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
An Army of Ex-lovers : My Life at the 'Gay Community News' ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 This is a vivid, funny portrait of the four tumultuous years a young editor spent working in the gay press. Boston's weekly 'Gay Community News'
Literary Reminiscences and Autobiographical Fragments ♡ 17 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 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 ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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 ♡ 13 14 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
The Soundtrack to My Life ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 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? ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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
My Friend, Julia Lathrop ♡ 11 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 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 ♡ 22 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 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 ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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 ♡ 15 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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...
John Cranch : Uncommon Genius ♡ 12 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 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 ♡ 13 14 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 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