»Eine hellwache Beobachterin unserer Gegenwart.« Jury des Else-Lasker-Schüler-Preises 2022 Beim »Reichsbürger«-Prozess in Frankfurt sitzen die Verfassungsfeinde längst überall im Publikum. An die Wände von Universitäten werden mitten in De...More info...
Von honigsüßen Schmeicheleien über emotionale Erpressung bis kurz vor der finstren Höllendrohung: Es gibt kaum ein Register, das der Erzähler und seine alternde Mutter nicht ziehen, bis sie endlich das erreichen, was ihnen guttut …»Kennen Sie...More info...
(Pub. Date: 11-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: Simon & Schuster, ISBN-13: 9781451656114)
An epic, decade-long reported history of National Public Radio that reveals the unlikely story of one of Americas most celebrated but least understood media empires.Founded in 1970, NPR is Americas most powerful broadcast news network. Despite bein...More info...
Michael Maar verfolgt eine bis dahin unbeachtete Spur in Thomas Manns Leben und Werk − und zeigt beides in völlig neuem Licht. In einem Zustand größter Verzweiflung notiert Thomas Mann im April 1933: «Meine Befürchtungen gelten jetzt in erste...More info...
(Pub. Date: 06-Mar-2025, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: Ohio State University Press, ISBN-13: 9780814284032)
How do you survive when your world explodes? By the time she was seven, Amy Lee Scott had seen her world end twice: first as an infant, when adoption brought her from Korea to Ohio, and again when her adoptive mother died of cancer. Orphaned twice ov...More info...
A must-read memoir... Her laugh-out-loud writing has guided a generation of readers towards body confidence SUNDAY TIMES STYLECharming, radical, funny and intimate BETHANY RUTTERSavvy, hilarious and straight to the point ALICE SLATERGreedy Gut...More info...
This is a book that is surely about killers, but they dont take the spotlight. That belongs to the detectives who work the case, whose eyes are not jaundiced and who steadily, methodically close in. In them you find humanity and hope in a city wher...More info...
Exploring drawing, fate, and the mysterious human body, Boruch embarks on a journey of dark wonder in The Figure Going Imaginary.Marianne Boruch embarks on a journey of dark wonder in The Figure Going Imaginary. A gathering of journal entries, lyrica...More info...
Witty, tender and daring essays from the British David SedarisA lovely writer: supple, stylish and almost effortlessly witty. Daily MailMade me laugh out loud and then properly cry. Jennie GodfreyWhen it comes to the challenge of being a man, Ada...More info...
Hazel Arnett Ervin, E. Ethelbert Miller, Phillip M. Richards, Emily Ruth Rutter
Series: Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
(Pub. Date: 26-Feb-2025, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781496855107)
Committed to developing frameworks for defining and evaluating Black poetry, literary scholar Stephen E. Henderson (1925-1997) examined the question: What makes a poem Black? In his critical approach, Henderson prioritized form but not at the expense...More info...
Hazel Arnett Ervin, E. Ethelbert Miller, Phillip M. Richards, Emily Ruth Rutter
Series: Margaret Walker Alexander Series in African American Studies
(Pub. Date: 26-Feb-2025, PDF+DRM, Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781496855121)
Committed to developing frameworks for defining and evaluating Black poetry, literary scholar Stephen E. Henderson (1925-1997) examined the question: What makes a poem Black? In his critical approach, Henderson prioritized form but not at the expense...More info...
Michel de Montaigne was one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance, singlehandedly responsible for popularising the essay as a literary form. In 1572, Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and r...More info...
(Pub. Date: 20-Feb-2025, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: Melville House UK, ISBN-13: 9781911545767)
Were used to the novel being declared dead, dying, or endangered. Seemingly every few years, a critic will read it the last rites - yet the form remains more popular than ever with readers. In The Future of the Novel, author Simon Okotie presents...More info...
(Pub. Date: 18-Feb-2025, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, ISBN-13: 9780826367655)
In these new and selected essays, Mark Sundeen recounts two decades of political activism, outdoor exploration, and empathetic curiosity. He was both witness to and active participant in pivotal cultural and political events of the new millennium, fr...More info...
(Pub. Date: 18-Feb-2025, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: Verso Books, ISBN-13: 9781804295809)
Stealing Horses presents arguably the finest considerations yet of the origins of the First World War. Breaking with accounts which focus on the actions of a single state or the final countdown to hostilities, Paul W. Schroeder describes the systemic...More info...
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.My own sex, I hope, will excuse me, if I treat them like rational creatures, instead of flattering their fascinating graces, and viewing them as if they were in a state of...More info...
The book every single woman needs Rebecca ReidI wish Single existed when I was single Natasha Lunn, author of Conversations on LoveA warm, joyful book full of solidarity and lots of new ways of looking at single life Radhika Sanghani, author of...More info...
Beyond / Tu Hwnt is a communities-uniting collection of contemporary Welsh Deaf and Disabled voices. By celebrating the diversity and uniqueness of our voices, we aim to fill the void where our stories and experiences always should have existed....More info...
Featuring a host of quotations displaying Austens sharp and often wicked social observation and satirical wit, this funny and wise book will strike a chord with fans of the author as well as readers new to her writing.&l...More info...
(Pub. Date: 11-Feb-2025, EPUB+DRM, Publisher: University of Texas Press, ISBN-13: 9781477330630)
An expansive volume on Tejana identity and Tejanidad told through personal narratives, poetry, and essays.Being Tejanx is different than just being from Texas. Being Tejanx means you are a border subject. Being Tejanx means living in and from a certa...More info...
A pleasure and an invigoration GuardianA moving, witty and seductive anthology Financial TimesEvery piece feels beautifully sewn together and complete BERNARDINE EVARISTOCrafted over twenty-five years, I Want to Talk to You invites you into a c...More info...
Brought to you by Penguin.Now with an introduction from Dolly Alderton, author of Everything I Know About Love, revealing how a new generation of women can take inspiration from Noras sharp wit and wisdom about life.* Never marry a man you wouldnt...More info...
(Pub. Date: 06-Feb-2025, MP3, Publisher: Random House, ISBN-13: 9781529937732)
Brought to you by Penguin.Crafted over twenty-five years, I Want to Talk to You invites you into a conversation about literature, art and music, identity, grief and everything in betweenAs a young journalist, Diana Evans was catapulted overnight into...More info...
Najaarsbeschouwingen voorbij de koffie is een literaire bundel die het alledaagse verrassend maakt. Roger Ambroos combineert persoonlijke observaties, luchtige columns en een vleugje fictie om het pendelaarsleven en menselijke ervaringen te verkennen...More info...
