A captivating journey blending memoir, history, and biography that takes the reader on one of the worlds most famous trains and tells of carving the dramatic route it follows, while pondering other international railways through the eyes of travell...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Chicago Press, ISBN-13: 9780226849171)
The first biography of a visionary biologist whose groundbreaking ideas regarding wildlife and science revolutionized national parks. When twenty-three-year-old George Meléndez Wright arrived in Yosemite National Park in 1927 to work as a ranger n...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Seagull Books London Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781803096285)
A genre-defying book about survival, transformation, and the human ability to rise from the ashes. Hélène Cixouss powerful new book, masterfully translated by Peggy Kamuf, is a vivid journey through fire. From the ashes of wars, wildfires...Loe edasi...
Five Pounds For A Room Of Ones Own describes how, aged 20, Sarah Hosking resolved one day to give reality to Virginia Woolfs famous dictum that a woman needs a room of her own and money if she is to write. This book describes how her parental ba...Loe edasi...
From the New York Times bestselling author comes the untold story of the fugitive, muse, lover and pioneer at the heart of the psychedelic revolution - until her audacious exploits forced her into the shadows...Loe edasi...
A beautiful 10th-anniversary hardback edition of the dazzling, taboo-breaking work that helped define contemporary hybrid non-fiction and established Olivia Laing as one of its essential voices...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Haus Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781913368777)
This book explores the life of Patrice Lumumba (1926-61), the iconic leader of the Congos independence movement and a symbol of anti-imperialist struggle. Revised with new intelligence archives, it traces his transition from nationalist to revolutio...Loe edasi...
Hidden Figures meets The Imitation Game in this never-before-told true story of the segregated Black code breakers who helped America win the Cold War, set amid the civil rights movement....Loe edasi...
SOON TO BE A TV SERIES WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY ANDREW HAIGHNew York Times Book Critics Favorite Book of the Year · Washington Post Notable Book of the Year“It’s all here: th...Loe edasi...
A candid, no-holds-barred memoir in which Hollywood icon Mamie Van Doren busts myths, settles old scores, and unveils untold stories from a life lived at the glittering and gritty edges of the Golden Age.You Thought I Was Dead i...Loe edasi...
Logical Family is a sweet, filthy peach of a memoir from a cultural explosion of a man Caitlin Moran A beautiful memoir so tender and funny and dignified and kind that it left me a little weepy Alan Cumming I read Logical Family as slowly as I coul...Loe edasi...
As with many early women writers who have been ignored by historians – mostly because they were women – and because of her reputation for female affection, Katherine Philips slipped into obscurity a few decades after her dea...Loe edasi...
A pioneering biography of George Orwell told through moments of everyday life A clever, offbeat history of mid-century Britain through George Orwell’s eyes. Helen Lewis When we think about Orwell, we imagine an angular...Loe edasi...
Frida Kahlo at Home explores the influence of Mexican culture and tradition, La Casa Azul and other places Frida Kahlo called home, on her life and work....Loe edasi...
This is a book that crosses the globe from Britain to Germany and from India to Indonesia...it is ambitious, deeply thought-provoking and, as with all the very best history, compellingly told -JAMES HOLLAND...Loe edasi...
A powerful examination of changing attitudes towards people with learning disabilities, and a communitys fight for human rights and dignities....Loe edasi...
A coming-of-age tale that follows its quintessential musical enthusiast narrator from his stormy, blue-collar childhood in Michigan to his striving twenties in 1990s New York and the making of Rent, his first astronomical triumph, and later on the B...Loe edasi...
Harness the power of adaptability to embrace change, overcome obstacles and achieve success. Women are facing more pressure and stress than ever before. Between work, childcare, caregiving responsibilities, maint...Loe edasi...
From a mud-walled home in rural China to boardrooms in New Jersey, In Through the Window traces Lintao Lu’s extraordinary rise. A journey of grit, growth, and global transformation.From a mud-walled...Loe edasi...
A call for a restoration of professionalism in American government, as illustrated by the life of President George H. W. BushGeorge H. W. Bush is often regarded as the most well-prepared president ever to occupy the Oval Office. Though...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Omnibus Press, ISBN-13: 9781917274135)
The most authentic memoir of Freddie Mercury—now in the Remastered Series from Omnibus Press.Peter Freestone was Freddie Mercury’s personal assistant for the last 12 years of his life. He lived with Mercury in London, Munich,...Loe edasi...
This is the first biography to explore in detail the life of Dark Age historian, The Venerable Bede. Based on the most up-to-date research and historical and archaeological evidence, this book pieces together Bedes life and those of the monks and nu...Loe edasi...
A riveting chronicle of the battle for chess supremacy and the brilliant, eccentric, extremely online grandmasters changing an ancient game.Every elite chess player dreams of becoming world champion, of wearing the wreath and going dow...Loe edasi...
Named a best book of the year by Kirkus ReviewsNamed a Notable Book of 2025 by the Washington PostA personal and cultural exploration of the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood,...Loe edasi...
Tracing the stages of Taylor Swifts musical career, from her close-knit family and the early songwriting of her teen years to the magnificent showmanship and maturity of the 2023–24 Eras Tour, the book sees the phenomenal talent evolve from th...Loe edasi...
The Hollywood screen legend brings his wit, insight, entertaining stories and wisdom to answer questions about every aspect of his long life - inspiring us all to Be More Michael Caine....Loe edasi...
“Inspiring and joyous.”—PeopleHeartwarming . . . infectious . . . Morillos The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is every bit the inspiration he means it to be.—Kirkus Reviews...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Omnibus Press, ISBN-13: 9781913172367)
Electric Dreams is the definitive history of the hugely influential bands The Human League and Heaven 17, from Sheffield beginnings to world-renowned synth-pop pioneers. The book draws on first-hand interviews with band members, ex-band mem...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: AK Press, ISBN-13: 9781849356374)
The first biography of the revolutionary political prisoner who laid the foundation for contemporary abolitionist struggles and Black anarchism.A Continuous Struggle is a political biography of one of the most important—if...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Third State Books Inc., ISBN-13: 9798890130396)
SPIT is the raw and electrifying memoir of Jonnie Park—better known by his rap moniker, Dumbfoundead—whose rise from an unruly childhood in Los Angeles’s iconic Koreatown kid to international rap star is as unlikely as it is exhilaratin...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781837051731)
The unbelievable true story of a boy who went to sea at 13, became a war hero in both world wars, and survived four shipwrecks, including Titanic...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: John Murray Publishers Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781399811811)
In 2025, the Vatican put Gaudí on the path to sainthood, in recognition not only of his architectural work but of the way he lived. Now, 100 years since his death, this biography rediscovers his incredible life, work and faith....Loe edasi...
From the prize-winning author of Fire in Babylon, a timely reappraisal of Frank Worrells life and legacy, published in time for the centenary of his birth in 2024. ...Loe edasi...
In this moving biography and memoir, Blair Underwood, acclaimed star of film, stage, and television, pays homage to his mother, sharing her well-lived life, and key lessons learned as a fashion designer, mother, and soldier’s wife.Bo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Pan Books, ISBN-13: 9781035074495)
An inspirational and uplifting account of Bobby Boltons epic trucking adventure across the globe, journeying through continents and finding love along the way....Loe edasi...
Discover one of the Scottish Enlightenments brightest stars.Among the giants of the Scottish Enlightenment, the name of James Hutton is overlooked. Yet his Theory of the Earth revolutionised the way we think about how our planet was formed and laid...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: William Collins, ISBN-13: 9780008699987)
A rollicking narrative history set during the extraordinary summer of 1726 when Jonathan Swift arrived in London from Dublin, with a draft of Gullivers Travels in his bag....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: White Rabbit, ISBN-13: 9781399638715)
William Burroughs life and art, situated in the context of the most radical and influential rock n roll stars of the late twentieth century...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Grand Central Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781538774328)
Malcolm in the Desert is a roadmap for people navigating the crossroads of a confusing, fast-moving and uncivil world. Based on the teachings and the example of Malcolm X, as understood by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz, Malcolm in the Des...Loe edasi...
