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When Susan Barry first wrote to Oliver Sacks, she never expected a response, let alone the deep friendship that blossomed over ten years of letters. Sue, herself a neuroscientist, wrote to share an extraordinary development in her own medical history. Born with problems with her vision, Sue had been told she would never acquire the ability to see in 3D - and yet she did, a development at odds with decades of research. Within days, Oliver replied, "Your letter fills me with amazement and admiration."

Sie war so kompliziert wie ein Puzzle, das aus Tausenden Stücken zusammengesetzt ist - und ich mußte diese Teile finden und ineinanderfügen", schreibt Angelika Schrobsdorff über ihre Mutter. Die Teile, die sie benutzt, sind Briefe, Fotoalben, Erinnerungen von Freunden und für die spätere Zeit gemeinsam gelebtes Leben. Begonnen hat alles voller Harmonie in einem begüterten jüdischen Geschäftshaus im Berlin des Jahrhundertbeginns.

Who Will Tell My Story? presents an ordinary existence interrupted by unfathomably seismic and unjust events. On the ground during the first months of the assault on Gaza following the events of 7 October, the author of this diary - first published in The Guardian - maps out the physical and psychological terrain of a life under siege.

Questo audiolibro è la prima tappa di un pellegrinaggio di pace. Un pellegrinaggio compiuto da un uomo che, nel corso della sua vita, è stato un cronista coinvolto in prima persona nella realtà che descriveva; un giornalista capace d'individuare per istinto i segni che un determinato avvenimento lascia sul territorio sconfinato della Storia; un narratore con una voce unica, spesso fuori del coro, sempre autentica e piena di comprensione.

Seleccion de sus grandes escritos. A pesar de que el manifestaba, que soy un hombre sencillo, la estatura de Jose Marti como adalid de la libertad es unica.

Окаянные дни - это по сути дневниковые записи Ивана Алексеевича Бунина сделанные им на фоне событий, разворачивавшихся в России во время революции и последовавшей за ней гражданской войны. Книгу условно можно разделить на три части: наблюдений автора за происходящим в Москве в 1918 году, в Одессе в 1919 году и выдержки из последующих заметок, имеющих отношение к теме революции. Первые части книги показывают нам положение постоянной неопределенности, с которой сталкивалось большинство людей: угрозы голода, погромов.

What happens in a relationship when your partner only has eyes for their new phone? What happens when you lose a treasured possession - a hoard of love letters documenting a relationship that never really ended - and this loss becomes an obsession? Speak to Me is the story of a woman's quest, in a world ruled by screens and devices, for a conversation that will unlock who she once was, and what she really wants now. Keenly observed, tender and sharply funny, this is an audiobook about all the ways we say, and don't say, the things in our hearts.

In diesem detailliert beschriebenen Tagebuch des Jagdfliegers Rüdiger von Kirchmayr wird der Luftkrieg über Europa in eine neue Dimension gehoben. Wir begleiten den Soldaten durch seine Ausbildung hin zum Jagdflieger, seine ersten Einsätze an der Front und auch die ersten Verluste unter den Kameraden. Die Ritterlichkeit im Luftkampf unter Jagdfliegern wird ebenes beschrieben wie die unschöne Bombardierung von Zielen als Schlachtflieger Ersatz im Erdkampf.

From the critically acclaimed Colum McCann, author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin, comes a paean to the power of language, and a direct address to the artistic, professional and philosophical concerns that challenge and sometimes torment an author. Comprising fifty-two short prose pieces, Letters to a Young Writer ranges from practical matters of authorship, such as finding an agent, the pros and cons of creative writing degrees and handling bad reviews

Bringing together a collection of Harold Bloom’s letters to and from eight of his favorite contemporary writers, Heather Cass White provides an intimate view of one of the most famous literary critics of the last century. In correspondence with Alvin Feinman, Northrop Frye, A. R. Ammons, John Hollander, James Merrill, John Ashbery, Henri Cole, and Ursula K. Le Guin, we see Bloom developing his groundbreaking theory of poetic influence, transforming himself into a public intellectual, and reckoning with the meaning of his own legacy.

During his two terms as the 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan kept a daily diary in which he recorded, by hand, his innermost thoughts and observations on the extraordinary, the historic, and the routine day-to-day occurrences of his presidency. Now, nearly two decades after he...

Esta carta es un documento histórico que ilumina la psique de uno de los artistas más fascinantes y complicados en el mundo del arte. Nos ofrece una ventana a la complejidad de su pensamiento y a la intensidad de su pasión, casi religiosa, por el arte y la vida, elementos que definirían su legado.

The Storm of Steel is a first-hand account of World War I trench combat lifted from the diaries of Ernst Junger, a German infantryman who would become one of Europe's most renowned writers. The book was first translated into English in 1929 by Basil Creighton, the acclaimed translator of many other classic works of German literature, and was widely hailed as a masterpiece. To many, The Storm of Steel remains the definitive account of World War I, following Junger through several major battles as he develops from an eager young soldier into a battle-hardened officer.

‘A love story told in exquisitely poetic letters’ DAILY MAIL ‘A powerful and tender tale of love and war.’ SUNDAY MIRROR Torn apart by war, their letters meant everything… ‘My love. I am writing to you without knowing where you are but I will find you after all these long...

കുമയൂണിലെ നരഭോജികൾ എന്ന ഈ പുസ്തകം ജിം കോർബെറ്റ് എന്നയാൾ നടത്തിയ മികച്ച പത്തു കാനന ഏറ്റുമുട്ടലുകളുടെ...

Le chemin vers un soi plus fort, est un récit sincère et profondément émouvant du combat et de la transformation personnelle de l’auteur. Lorsque son rêve de devenir footballeur professionnel s’est évanoui et que sa vie a pris un tournant inattendu, il a entrepris un voyage intérieur vers la connaissance de soi, l’acceptation et la force. Avec courage et le cœur ouvert, Georgios Gultidis partage ses expériences face à l’obésité, aux maladies mentales et au doute de soi, ainsi que les victoires et les enseignements qui l’ont façonné en la personne qu’il est aujourd’hui.

Intimate and illuminating, this is the story of American icon Ernest Hemingway's life, compiled by the steward of the Hemingway estate and featuring contributions by his son and grandson. For many people, Ernest Hemingway remains more a compilation of myths than a person: soldier, sportsman...

The funny, sad and compelling diary kept by an overweight teenage girl that became the basis for the British television sensation of the same name available to stream on HULU. It's 1989 and Rae Earl is a fat, boy-mad 17-year-old girl, living in Stamford, Lincolnshire with her mum and their deaf...

De 1985 à 1992, j'ai transcrit des scènes, des paroles, saisies dans le R.E.R., les hypermarchés, le centre commercial de la Ville Nouvelle, où je vis. Il me semble que je voulais ainsi retenir quelque chose de l'époque et des gens qu'on croise juste une fois, dont l'existence nous traverse en déclenchant du trouble, de la colère ou de la douleur. Annie Ernaux. Marianne Denicourt s'empare avec grâce de cette série d'instantanés urbains habilement saisis par Annie Ernaux.

This is an audiobook about joy and love: Love of self, of life, and of still being here to tell your stories. 'To read Sophy Burnham is to marvel at her eloquence, her erudition, her wisdom and her daring.' – Julia Cameron, bestselling author of The Artist's Way The Wonder and Happiness of...