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This book was brilliant in written form and it’s even better in audio, with a cast of famous voices elevating hilarious, horrifying and moving historical epistles – Guardian, Audiobook of the Week Letters of Note, the book based on the beloved website of the same name, became an instant...

Por primera vez un volumen reúne la historia de España escrita por Arturo Pérez-Reverte durante más de cuatro años en su columna «Patente de corso» del XL Semanal. Un relato ameno, personal, a ratos irónico, pero siempre único, de nuestra accidentada historia a través de los siglos. Una obra concebida por el autor para, en palabras suyas, «divertirme, releer y disfrutar; un pretexto para mirar atrás desde los tiempos remotos hasta el presente, reflexionar un poco sobre ello y contarlo por escrito de una manera poco ortodoxa.»

Sally Urwin and her husband, Steve, own High House Farm in Northumberland, which they share with Mavis the sheepdog, one very fat pony and many, many sheep. Set in beautiful, wild landscape, and in use for generations, it's the perfect setting for Sally's (sometimes brutally) honest and charming account of farming life. From stock sales to lambing sheds, and out in the fields in snow and on hot summer days, A Farmer's Diary reveals the highs, lows and hard work involved in making a living from the land.

Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the establishment for over 70 years. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft. His impeccable social placement located him within the beating heart of the national elite for decades. He was capable of writing substantial history, such as his priceless material on the abdication crisis from conversations with both the Duke of Windsor and the Queen Mother.

A radio broadcaster and journalist for Edward R. Murrow at CBS, William L. Shirer was new to the world of broadcast journalism when he began keeping a diary while on assignment in Europe during the 1930s. Shirer’s Berlin Diary, which is considered the first full record of what was happening in Germany during the rise of the Third Reich, appeared in 1941. Shirer returned to the European front in 1944 to cover the end of the war. End of a Berlin Diary chronicles this year-long study of Germany after Hitler.

Johnny Madsen er en af Danmarks mest originale kunstnere, og hans veje er uransagelige. 'Tilværelsen blev min skæbne' er fuld af indfald og udfald fra den populære rockmusiker og billedkunstner. Madsen lægger ikke fingre imellem, når han giver sit besyv med om udviklingen i Danmark de...

उस महिला का जीवन, जिसे दुनिया एक महान कवियित्री के तौर पर जानती है. उसकी कविताओं की गूंज दुनिया की तमाम भाषाओं में...

'কবি জয়া মিত্র সত্তরের দশকে পশ্চিমবঙ্গের বিভিন্ন জেলে বন্দি হয়ে সাড়ে চার বছর কাটিয়েছেন। কিন্তু বর্তমান...

আত্মকথা অথবা সত্যের সন্ধানে - মোহনদাস করমচাঁদ গান্ধী, অর্থাৎ গান্ধীজির জীবনী। তিনি তাঁর জন্ম, বংশপরিচয়, তার...

একটি বাঙালি সাপ্তাহিক ম্যাগাজিনে 'রোববার'-এ ২০০৬ থেকে সম্পাদকীয় লিখতে শুরু করেছিলেন ঋতুপর্ণ ঘোষ. তার লেখা সেই...

শুরু ভালো যার, শেষ ভালো তার। রানী হতে পারেন অনেকেই। কিন্তু রানীমা হতে পারেন ক'জন? উত্তরাধিকারসূত্রে অপুত্রক...

Este livro reúne depoimentos exclusivos e intimistas de grandes personalidades respondendo à seguinte pergunta: Se a viagem no tempo fosse uma possibilidade, o que você diria ao seu jovem eu? Elas refletem sobre o que teria sido bom saber antes e lembram aqueles momentos...

Imagine que um amigo seu é músico e escritor conhecido mundialmente – como Neil Peart, baterista e letrista da lendária banda de rock Rush. A cada dois ou três meses, ele envia para você uma carta cheia de grandes sacadas, ricamente ilustrada com fotos, falando...

Travel back in time and witness both everyday life and great moments in history in this fascinating compilation of diaries through the ages. Remarkable Diaries traces the history of the diary in all its forms, from ancient times to the present day. It brings together historical and literary...

President Barack Obama received ten thousand letters a day from his constituents. This is the story of the private and profound relationship with letter writers that shaped his presidency. Their voices combine to reveal a diary of a nation. Every evening for eight years, at his request...

"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?" Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland. With more than a mile of shelving, real log fires in the shop and the sea lapping nearby, the shop should be an idyll for bookworms. Unfortunately, Shaun also...

John le Carré was one of the greatest novelists of his generation but also had an extraordinary life, from his childhood with a con man father to his inimitable career as a writer. From his involvement in the Cold War, time in Berlin, travels to Vietnam and engagement with world leaders, his experiences were truly remarkable. This collection of letters reveals John le Carré—the man, the writer and his world—for the first time and most intimately.

It's the biggest sporting competition on Earth. A four-yearly chance for our greatest footballers to realise their ultimate dream. A month-long spectacle that's watched by billions. But the inaugural World Cup, held in Uruguay in 1930, was semi-professional, poorly attended and haphazardly organized—so how did it become a bonanza of multinational sponsorship, dubious ethics and shadowy characters, and the ultimate stage for football's greatest drama? Simon Kuper is one of very few people to have attended every World Cup since 1990.

Meet Liz: all she wants is some peace and quiet so she can read a book with her cat Henry, love of her life, by her side. But trampling all over this dream is a group of wild things also known as Liz's family. Namely: Richard - a man, a husband, no serious rival to Henry. Thomas - their...

The definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol. Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer’s best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed...