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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What secrets lie beneath the waters of a river that never stops changing? In Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain takes listeners aboard the legendary steamboats that once ruled America's greatest river, revealing a vanished world of adventure, ambition...

'A quite extraordinary story, quite beautifully told' GYLES BRANDRETH 'Exquisite . . . A vivid and elegant record of a lost world' PHILIP HOARE 'Wise, witty and wry - the biography that Saki, and all devoted Sakiphants, deserve' BEN SCHOTT There has been perhaps no more mischievous influence on...

Bekenntnisse eines englischen Opiumessers ist ein autobiografisches Buch des englischen Autors Thomas De Quincey. Das Buch ist De Quinceys Erstlingswerk, es gilt als die erste literarische Darstellung selbst erlebter Rauschzustände und machte seinen Autor mit einem Schlag bekannt. Das Buch ist in drei Teile untergliedert. Nach einer kurzen biografischen Einleitung schildert De Quincey die Freuden des Opiums, es folgt ein Bericht über die Leiden des Opiumkonsumenten und schließlich das Kapitel „Schrecken des Opiums“.

C.S. Lewis, um dos maiores intelectuais do século XX e autor de clássicos como As Crônicas de Nárnia, Cartas de um diabo a seu aprendiz e Trilogia Cósmica, compartilha suas reflexões sobre literatura e responde a perguntas como "Por que lemos?" e "como saber se você é um verdadeiro...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the road to fortune led not to riches, but to the making of one of America's greatest storytellers? In Roughing It, Mark Twain invites listeners aboard a rattling stagecoach bound for the American West, where ambition, bad luck, astonishing...

Beautifully read by the author Tim Winton. How do we keep going in a burning world? Songs from the Firefront is a vital and moving memoir in essays from Tim Winton, twice Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Cloudstreet and The Riders. A memoir in essays, Songs from the Firefront portrays the...

A new reissue of Philip Hoare's singular biography of Stephen Tennant. ‘Witty and amazing … both scholarly and hilarious at the same time’ John Waters, New York Times Stephen Tennant was barely a being of his time. A fixture of London’s high society during the 1920s, he was once driven...

The follow-up to Hanif Kureishi’s extraordinary hospital memoir, Shattered, this is the story of what came next – a year of living at home in London after paralysis, told through scenes of carers, physio, insomnia, sex, money, football, film sets, festivals and family. The song ‘Are You...

Bei seinen Tagebüchern herrscht durchaus ebenfalls diese ganz eigene Stimmung, allerdings überwiegend in einer starken Reduzierung der Gedankengänge auf ziemlich kurze, nicht ausgearbeitete spontane Sätze und unmittelbare Eindrücke, was dem Tagebuch-Genre geschuldet ist. Dennoch interessant aufgrund der Persönlichkeit Manns und seinem Austausch mit prominenten Literatur-Größen wie Hermann Hesse, Peter Suhrkamp, Franz Werfel u. a. und seiner privaten Situation unmittelbar vor der Übernahme Deutschlands bzw. der Machtergreifung durch die Nazis.

Discover An AGRICULTURISTS Well Lived Life: Influenced by The Transcendental Power of Flowers, an inspiring American farming memoir by Dale Heinzman, narrated by Gary Middleton and published by Panda Publishing Agency. Spanning more than seven decades, this heartfelt life story explores the...

Trinta e cinco anos depois de Feliz ano velho, Marcelo Rubens Paiva traça uma história dramática da luta de sua família pela verdade. O livro que deu origem ao filme estrelado pela vencedora do Globo de Ouro Fernanda Torres e indicado a 3 categorias do Oscar 2025, incluindo Melhor filme...

An illuminating critical biography of one of our most influential nonfiction authors, New Yorker journalist Janet Malcolm. A titan of American letters, Janet Malcolm was a writer with a far-reaching impact and cultlike following, even as she actively opposed being a literary celebrity. For The...