Art & Literature

Rain in the Mountains brings together some of Ruskin Bond’s most beautiful works from his years spent in the foothills of the Himalayas in Mussoorie. Through vivid images and lucid writing, Bond evokes the everyday sights and sounds, and captures the essence of mountain life....

In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known - and controversial - writers created what might be termed a new literary form. It is new because it combines elements of many existing types of writing, yet in the end, fits into none of them....

Journal of a Solitude is a moving and profound meditation on creativity, oneness with nature, and the courage it takes to be alone. Both uplifting and cathartic, it sweeps us along on Sarton's pilgrimage inward....

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Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....

Thoreau's classic account of the solitary life describes his attempts to simplify his life and sort out his priorities by living alone in a cabin beside Walden Pond for nearly two years....

My Story is an autobiographical book written by Indian author and poet Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Surayya or Madhavikutty). The book was originally published in Malayalam, titled Ente Katha. The book evoked violent reactions of admiration and criticism....

Brilliantly compiled and edited, and filled with detail and anecdote, Daily Rituals is irresistible, addictive, magically inspiring....

Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of essays on the experience of lockdown, by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time....

Ruskin Bond emerges again, with a delightful set of sketches set in and on the way to his beloved Mussoorie....

This biography may come to serve as a capstone for a comedian who has wielded incredible power in American politics....

CBS radio broadcaster William L. Shirer was virtually unknown in 1940 when he decided there might be a book in the diary he had kept in Europe during the 1930s...

Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times's most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this wondrous and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals....

Der Ausnahmejournalist Stefan Aust erzählt sein Leben - Zeitzeugnis und Hintergrundbericht. Stefan Aust ist einer der bekanntesten Journalisten Deutschlands. Er begann bei der Zeitschrift konkret und arbeitete dann viele Jahre bei "Panorama", wo sein Bericht über die Tätigkeit des Marinerichters Filbinger im 2. Weltkrieg zu dessen Rücktritt als Ministerpräsident führte. Er gründete "SPIEGEL TV" und war 12 Jahre lang Chefredakteur des SPIEGEL. Sein Buch Der Baader Meinhof Komplex gilt bis heute als Standardwerk über die RAF.

"Blå timer" er en fritstående fortsættelse af "Et år med magisk tænkning" og om muligt en endnu stærkere bog. Den handler især om Joan Didions datters død. Om det frygteligt forkerte i at skulle begrave sin voksne datter kort tid efter hendes bryllup. Om at stå magtesløs tilbage. Og mærke alderdommen snige sig ind på en og forstærke denne magtesløshed, hvordan den rent fysisk nærmest tager over.

"Let gang på jorden" er den første i rækken af Agnes Henningsens erindringsbøger. I "Let gang på jorden" fortæller hun med en forførende blanding af boblende lethed og litterær kraft om sin barndom og ungdom.

Salvador Dalí - Meister des Surrealismus. Die Welt der Träume und das Unterbewusste inspirierten Salvador Dalí zu fantastischen Gemälden, die unangefochten als Ikonen des Surrealismus gelten. Der erfahrene Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen. Ameisen, brennende Giraffen, schmelzende Uhren - viele solcher verschlüsselten Motive kennzeichnen die Bilderwelt des Salvador Dalí (1904­ - 1989).

"Jeg er levemand" er den sjette i rækken af Agnes Henningsens erindringsbøger. I "Jeg er levemand" indledes fortællingen med Holger Drachmanns sagnomspundne 60-årsfest i 1906 og fortsætter med en lang række portrætter af datidens teaterfolk og forfattere.

“I don’t want to be remembered for One Hundred Years of Solitude or for the Nobel Prize, but rather for my journalism,” Gabriel García Márquez said in the final years of his life. And while some of his journalistic writings have been made available over the years, this is the first volume to gather a representative selection from across the first four decades of his career - years during which he worked as a full-time, often muckraking, and controversial journalist, even as he penned the fiction that would bring him the Nobel Prize in 1982.