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Look for The Land of Sweet Forever, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces by Harper Lee, coming October 21, 2025. Voted America's Best-Loved Novel in PBS's The Great American Read Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Look for The Land of Sweet Forever, a posthumous collection of newly discovered short stories and previously published essays and magazine pieces by Harper Lee, coming October 21, 2025. Performed by Reese Witherspoon #1 New York Times Bestseller “Go Set a Watchman is such an important book...

Imagine sitting with an esteemed writer on his or her front porch somewhere in the world and swapping life stories. Dr. Wayne Flynt got the opportunity to do just this with Nelle Harper Lee. In a friendship that blossomed over a dozen years starting when Lee relocated back to Alabama after having had a stroke, Flynt and his wife Dartie became regular visitors at the assisted living facility that was Lee's new home. And there the conversation began, with an invitation to "Come in, sit down, and stay a while."

In the 1970s, a mysterious man captivated and terrorized a small Alabama town. He was elegant and handsome, a charismatic pastor and leader in the African American community. But rumors swirled. "Preaching on Sunday," people would say, "killing on Monday." Far away in New York City, one of America’s most beloved writers was about to get caught up in the strange and violent tale of Reverend Willie J. Maxwell. Harper Lee, author of the modern-day classic To Kill a Mockingbird, was searching for her next book when the perfect story came her way.

“Masterly. . . . Roberts’s portrait of the relationship between the four men who made Allied strategy through the war years is a triumph of vivid description, telling anecdotes, and informed analysis."" —Max Hastings, The New York Review of Books An epic joint biography, Masters and...

La pubblicazione di Il buio oltre la siepe di Harper Lee nel 1960 fu un evento memorabile: il romanzo vinse il premio Pulitzer, fu tradotto in quaranta Paesi, vendette quaranta milioni di copie, fu adattato in un film che vinse tre Oscar e diventò un classico della letteratura americana. I suoi protagonisti, Scout, Jem e Atticus, sono tra i personaggi più amati dai lettori di tutto il mondo.

Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, has been hailed by Time magazine as one of the 100 greatest minds of this century.His creation has already changed the way people do business, entertain themselves, exchange ideas, and socialize with one another. With new online businesses and...

New York Times Bestseller The greatest Southern storyteller of our time, New York Times bestselling author Rick Bragg, tracks down the greatest rock and roller of all time, Jerry Lee Lewis—and gets his own story, from the source, for the very first time. A monumental figure on the American...

An indelible portrait of one of the most famous and beloved authors in the canon of American literature—a collection of letters between Harper Lee and one of her closest friends that reveals the famously private writer as never before, in her own words. The violent racism of the American South...

In una cittadina del profondo Sud degli Stati Uniti, l'onesto avvocato Atticus Finch è incaricato della difesa d'ufficio di un "negro" accusato di violenza carnale; riuscirà a dimostrarne l'innocenza, ma l'uomo sarà ugualmente condannato a morte. La vicenda è raccontata dalla piccola Scout, la figlia di Atticus, testimone e protagonista di fatti che nella loro atrocità e violenza non riescono mai a essere più grandi di lei. "Il buio oltre la siepe" è il romanzo consigliato da Barack Obama contro ogni razzismo e discriminazione.

Harper Lee beschwört den Zauber und die Poesie einer Kindheit im tiefen Süden der Vereinigten Staaten: Die Geschwister Scout und Jem wachsen im Alabama der 1930er Jahre auf. Jäh bricht die Wirklichkeit in ihre behütete Welt ein, als ihr Vater, der Anwalt Atticus Finch, einen wegen Vergewaltigung angeklagten Schwarzen verteidigt. Finch lehrt seine Kinder Verständnis und Toleranz, allen Anfeindungen und Angriffen ihrer "ehrbaren" Mitbürger zum Trotz.

La ventiseienne Jean Louise Finch - "Scout" - torna a Maycomb, in Alabama, da New York per visitare l'anziano padre, Atticus. Riaffiorano ricordi dell'infanzia felice passata a giocare con il fratello Jem e con l'amico Dill, sotto lo sguardo protettivo di Calpurnia, la cuoca nera. Ma nella cittadina molte cose sono cambiate. La grande casa dell'infanzia non esiste più, l'anziana Calpurnia è tornata a vivere con i suoi e Atticus sembra essere diventato un'altra persona e contraddire tutto quello che le aveva insegnato con il suo esempio.

Harper Lee hat bisher nur einen Roman veröffentlicht, doch dieser hat der US-amerikanischen Schriftstellerin Weltruhm eingebracht: "Wer die Nachtigall stört", erschienen 1960 und ein Jahr später mit dem renommierten Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnet, ist mit 40 Millionen verkauften Exemplaren und Übersetzungen in mehr als 40 Sprachen eines der meist gelesenen Bücher weltweit. Mit "Gehe hin, stelle einen Wächter" - zeitlich vor "Wer die Nachtigall stört" entstanden - erscheint nun das Erstlingswerk.

"Skyd alle de skovskader, I vil, hvis I kan ramme dem, men husk, at det er en synd at dræbe en sangfugl." Den lille sydstatsby Maycomb er fyldt med fordomme, vold og hykleri. Så da byens respekterede sagfører, Atticus Finch, påtager sig forsvaret af en sort mand, der er anklaget for at have voldtaget en hvid kvinde, får det store konsekvenser for den lille by. Set gennem øjnene på den niårige Scout Finch udforsker Harper Lee med hjertevarm humor de voksnes irrationelle holdning til race og samfundsklasse i 1930'ernes Alabama.

Femoghalvtreds år efter at Harper Lees eneste roman og udødelige klassiker "Draeb ikke en sangfugl" udkom, kommer der nu endelig en toer. "Saet en vagtpost ud" foregår i midten af 1950'erne og 20 år efter "Draeb ikke en sangfugl". Den nu 26 år gamle Scout (Jean Louise Finch) er vendt hjem fra New York, for at besøge faren Atticus i den lille by Maycomb, Alabama, hvor hun voksede op.

"Harper Lee, Author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ Dies at 89" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by William Grimes and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"Judge Seals Harper Lee's Will from Public's Scrutiny" is from the Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Jennifer Crossley Howard and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Harper Lee (1926-2016), Verfasserin des berühmten Romans Wer die Nachtigall stört, ist eine der größten und wichtigsten amerikanischen Autorinnen, dennoch ist über ihre schriftstellerischen Anfänge bisher nur wenig bekannt. In The Land of Sweet Forever (Originaltitel) werden nun acht bisher unveröffentlichte Erzählungen der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht, die aus den frühen Jahren ihrer Schriftstellerkarriere stammen und nach Lees Tod in ihrer New Yorker Wohnung gefunden wurden.

The long-awaited memoir from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass. Includes two new songs by Geddy Lee, available exclusively in the My Effin’ Life audiobook. Geddy Lee is one of rock and roll's most respected...

The fifth installment of Bernard Cornwell’s bestselling Saxon Tales chronicling the epic saga of the making of England, “like Game of Thrones, but real” (The Observer, London)—the basis for The Last Kingdom, the hit BBC America television series. At the end of the ninth century, King...