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In The World of J.R.R. Tolkien, you will join Dr. Dimitra Fimi to delve into Tolkien’s complex and multilayered mythology, examining all these ingredients and more. In these 10 lectures, you will explore and appreciate Middle-earth as medieval, mythological, and modern, a literary creation that was shaped by forces old and new. And you may be surprised to discover just how much of Tolkien’s legendarium was constructed posthumously, with his son Christopher compiling and publishing many of Tolkien’s later works after his death.

A few days before Thanksgiving 1994, Jeffrey Eugenides’s father, Gus, was piloting a small plane when it crashed in Daytona Beach, Florida. The circumstances surrounding his death added to the mystery of a life that defied expectations, but left many questions unanswered. Now, more than 30 years later, Eugenides tells the story of how his father, a first-generation American, rose from Detroit’s east side to find financial success as a mortgage banker and real estate developer–only to lose it all.

If F. Scott Fitzgerald was the hero of the Jazz Age, Edna St. Vincent Millay, as flamboyant in her love affairs as she was in her art, was its heroine. A winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Millay was dazzling in the performance of herself. Her voice was likened to an instrument of seduction, and her impact on crowds and on men was legendary. Yet beneath her studied act, all was not well.

Rüdiger Safranski's Goethe: Life as a Work of Art is the first definitive biography in a generation to tell the larger-than-life story of the writer considered to be the Shakespeare of German literature. Drawing upon the trove of letters, diaries, and notebooks Goethe left behind, as well as correspondence and criticism from Goethe's contemporaries, Safranski weaves a rich tale of Europe in the throes of revolution and of the man whose ideas heralded a new era. 

A quasi-memoir written from the perspective of Gertrude Stein's lifelong partner, The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas is a lively, playful account of the literary giant's vibrant life in the early twentieth century. Captivating and characteristically self-assured, this glittering memoir recounts Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas's artistically rich life in Paris.

Presenter, writer, certified counsellor and sex and relationships expert Annabelle Knight talks to Audible about the release of her debut adult fiction title, The Endless Autumn, and tells us how she goes about writing a sex scene! Hailed by critics as an accomplished erotic tale which lies somewhere between Fifty Shades of Grey and Bridget Jones, Annabelle shares her insight into this highly sought after literary genre and the journey which led her to become a best-selling author.

Brought to you by Penguin. A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies...

Johann Wolfang von Goethe - Dichterfürst und Freigeist. Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold nimmt uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutert verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen zum wichtigsten deutschen Schriftsteller und Universalgelehrten Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) ist in Frankfurt am Main geboren und gilt als bedeutendster deutscher Dichter und vielseitiges Genie, seine Werke gehören zur Weltliteratur.

In George Orwell: The Man and the Mind Behind 1984, Professor Michael Shelden will show you how 1984 presents a plausible reality of thought control and totalitarian power that feels contemporary even as it reflects its own time.

Gita al fiume è un omaggio, un tributo, un’esperienza. È il viaggio di una scrittrice sulle orme di un’altra. Con la prosa poetica a cui si sono affezionati lettori in tutto il mondo, Olivia Laing ci conduce sulle rive dell’Ouse, il fiume dove nel 1941 Virginia Woolf si suicidò, per seguire gli ultimi passi della grande scrittrice ed esplorare quel luogo che aveva deciso di rendere teatro della propria morte.

Artist. Public intellectual. Political activist. James Baldwin was all of these and more. Raised in the slums of Depression-era Harlem in New York City, Baldwin would become an author and activist of international renown—one whose legacy has continued long beyond his death in 1987. Who was James Baldwin? How did he become the master of multiple literary genres and a champion for some of the era’s most notable political and social causes? And how is his influence still being felt today?

Thomas Mann - Meister der Gesellschaftsromane. Seine bis heute geschätzten, grandiosen Romane ließen Thomas Mann in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts zu einem der bedeutendsten deutschen Erzähler aufsteigen. Die erfahrenen Autoren Richard Braun und Bert Alexander Petzold (Hg.) nehmen uns mit auf eine faktenreiche Kulturreise und erläutern verständlich, unterhaltsam und strukturiert Basiswissen. Bereits sein Debütroman "Buddenbrooks" von 1901 wird ein großer Erfolg und verschafft Thomas Mann (1875-1955) fast 30 Jahre später den Nobelpreis für Literatur.

El París de Hemingway era una fiesta... y el de Zoé Valdés una rumba. Numerosos personajes célebres de la farándula literaria y artística de los años ochenta —Julio Cortázar, Samuel Beckett, Alberto Moravia, Cioran, Dora Maar— se dan cita en este libro bullicioso, turbador y revelador, donde se suceden episodios de toda índole. En las páginas de «París era una rumba», Zoé Valdés habla de la capital francesa que descubrió en 1983, cuando tenía tan solo 23 años.

«الزّير سالم»، يتناول الكتاب سيرة عدي بن ربيعة التغلبي، الملقّب ب الزّير، أبو ليلى المهلهل. هو أحد فرسان قبيلة تغلب، التي كانت شمال شرق الجزيرة العربيّة، أطراف العراق والشّام. شاعرٌ، وأحد أبطال العرب في الجاهليّة.

Dedicated to the memory of two wrestling coaches and two writer friends, The Imaginary Girlfriend is John Irving's candid memoir of his twin careers in writing and wrestling. The award-winning author of best-selling novels from The World According to Garp to In One Person, Irving began writing when he was 14, the same age at which he began to wrestle at Exeter. He competed as a wrestler for 20 years, was certified as a referee at 24, and coached the sport until he was 47.

Seleccion de sus grandes escritos. A pesar de que el manifestaba, que soy un hombre sencillo, la estatura de Jose Marti como adalid de la libertad es unica.

Kolchoz è la vera storia di una famiglia che abbraccia quattro generazioni, ripercorrendo oltre un secolo di storia russa e francese, fino alla guerra in Ucraina. Emmanuel Carrère la affronta personalmente, con una consumata abilità narrativa che rende la loro storia la nostra storia. Ci rapisce con il suo immenso talento in questa straordinaria saga familiare, dove l'intimo si intreccia brillantemente con l'universale.

Living with a powerfully ambitious writer who is consumed by his work, and trying to find a place for her own spirit to thrive, she rails against the confines. At the same time, she is desperate to find the truth in their relationship—and the truth of her own self.

Maud Steiner, fille d'un père architecte Prix de Rome et d'une mère sculpteur, a grandi dans les années 60, à Saint-Germain-des-Prés dans la toute haute bourgeoisie et aristocratie française. Après le suicide de son frère Fabien, elle cherche durant quinze ans une explication à son geste et à sa propre incapacité de trouver le sommeil. Au cours d'un travail thérapeutique, des images surgissent et l'amnésie se dissipe.

Legendary musician Johnny Marr joins David Darlington in the Audible Studios to discuss his autobiography, Set the Boy Free.