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“2500 nautical miles to go, plenty of time to tell the story,” says Christian Williams as he begins his inspiring and entertaining tale of evolution from a distracted schoolboy to Washington Post journalist, Hollywood writer-producer and long-distance singlehanded sailor with more than 10 million views on YouTube. With an infectious curiosity that ranges from bilge pump mechanics to issues of philosophy of identity, the author never flags in his quest to learn what makes every life distinctive and yet defined by its intersection with others.

Edward Van Halen was a rock guitar legend who left an indelible mark on the music world with his innovative playing style and iconic riffs. This book, written by rock journalist veteran Steve Rosen, offers a personal and heartfelt account of their 26-year journey together, from Edward's early days as a struggling musician to his meteoric rise to fame with Van Halen. Steve shares intimate details about their relationship, Edward's creative process, and what it was like hanging out with the greatest guitarist on the planet.

These short, vivid biographies offer quick insights, big ideas, and timeless inspiration. Color, form, and vision: explore the lives of the world's most celebrated painters, sculptors, and creators. From Da Vinci to Frida Kahlo, Michelangelo to Dürer, de Goya to Pollock, Turner to Lichtenstein, Basquiat to Banksy – short stories that open new ways of seeing.

En Hitch 22, sus esperadas memorias, Christopher Hitchens, el escritor político por excelencia, repasa su vida hasta la actualidad, desde su infancia en Portsmouth, con una madre, de destino trágico, que le adoraba, y un padre reservado y distante, hasta su vida en Washington DC. En el camino recuerda los amigos, las batallas y las botellas, las grandes luchas y las causas perdidas, y los errores y las dudas que han definido su vida.

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio introduces Evelyn Ryan, an enterprising woman who kept poverty at bay with wit, poetry, and perfect prose during the “contest era” of the 1950s and 1960s. Stepping back into a time when fledgling advertising agencies were active partners with consumers, and...

These short, vivid biographies offer quick insights, big ideas, and timeless inspiration. Explore the stories behind the storytellers: from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Hemingway, Emily Dickinson to Franz Kafka, Goethe to Jack Kerouac, William Shakespeare to Arthur Miller, Charles Dickens to Toni Morrison. Short and sharp audio biographies for lovers of words and worlds.

When best-selling mystery writer David Rosenfelt and his family moved from Southern California to Maine, he thought he had prepared for everything. They had mapped the route, brought three GPSs for backup, as well as refrigerators full of food, and stoves and microwaves on which to cook them. But traveling with 25 dogs turned out to be a bigger ordeal than he anticipated, despite RVs, the extra kibble, volunteers (including a few readers), and camping equipment.

Soon after Henk Pröpper moves from Amsterdam to Paris, both the world and his heart almost come to a full stop. He undergoes major surgery and awakes in an empty city in lockdown. Paris is transformed into an abandoned stage. To quicken his recovery, Pröpper begins walking. He combs his immediate surroundings, he hunts for the past, discovering countless commemorative plaques and monuments that honour well- and lesser-known Parisians and keep their histories alive. Pröpper also reflects on his own life and the literature that has shaped him.

ربما كان الحديث عن أمين الريحاني هو الأصعب في تناول ما أنتجه النهضيون التنويريون لأن محيطه واسع ومتلاطم، فتحار من أين تتناوله، وهو الشاعر والروائي والقاصّ...

البهاء زهير هو شاعرٌ من العصر الأيوبي، خالف شعراء عصره في أساليبهم وألفاظهم وأوزان أشعارهم، فآثر البساطة وعدم التكلف و اختيار الألفاظ السهلة والأوزان الشعرية...

كتابنا اليوم عن الشريف الرضي والمعروف أيضًا بـالسيد الرضي، من كبار علماء الشيعة، ومن أكبر شعراء الطالبيين في عصره، بل هو أكبر شعراء عصره على الإطلاق، وقد اشتهرت...

كتابنا اليوم عن صاحب المقامات الأشهر، بديع الزمان الهمذاني الذي ولد وعاش في القرن الرابع الهجري، وهو عصر بلغت فيه الكتابة العربية درجة لا مزيد عليها من علو الصنعة...

Si hay un escritor que con su literatura, en una metáfora de guerreros, magos, elfos, gigantes y bestias inverosímiles, haya logrado retratar los horrores de dos guerras mundiales, el desenfreno de la industrialización, la ambición desmedida del poder y el deterioro ambiental del presente...

شكونا إلى أحبابنا طول ليلنا *** فقالوا لنا ما أقصر الليل عندنا. و ذاك لأن النوم يغشى عيونهم *** سراعاً و لا يغشى لنا النوم أعينا. بمجرد سماع اسم "صفي الدين الحلي" يتبادر...

محمود سامي البارودي، هو الشاعر المصري وأحد زعماء الثورة العرابية وأشعر الشعراء المصريين، فقد أباه وهو في السابعة من عمره، واهتم بعض ذويه بتعليمه فوجهوه بعد...

يعدُّ تقي الدين بن حجة الحموي إمام أهل الأدب في عصره...وكان شاعرا جيد الإنشاء. من أهل حماة (بسورية) ولد ونشأ ومات فيها، زار القاهرة والتقى بعلمائها واتصل بملوكها،...

昭和45年11月25日、三島由紀夫、自衛隊市ヶ谷駐屯地で割腹、介錯される――。一人の作家がクーデターに失敗し自決したにすぎないあの日、何故あれほど日本全体が動揺し、以後多くの人が事件を饒舌に語り記したか。

Marking the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth, What Matters in Jane Austen? solves the mysteries of Austen’s fictional world. Jane Austen’s novels have been a staple of the English canon since the nineteenth century. Yet critics of the time did not appreciate the true complexity of her work. Nothing, John Mullan argues, is accidental or coincidental in Austen. As Austen herself said, she wrote for readers who have "a great deal of ingenuity themselves."

لما أنشئت بغداد وأصبحت حاضرة الخلافة ومقر الحكم، أقبل الناس على سكناها، وامتد إليها العمران، فغدت في سنوات قليلة واسعة الأرجاء، جميلة البناء، زاهرة بقصورها...

The Amputee’s Guide to Jules Verne is a listener's guide to every novel Jules Verne wrote; in that respect alone, there is no other book like it on the market. But it’s more than that. Nick DiMartino has included several essays evaluating Verne’s overall approach as a writer and the values embodied in his work. He has included as well a number of deeply personal essays about his struggles with the loneliness, pain, and lack of mobility that came with being an amputee.