Trefferliste "Biographical" - alle Bücher, CDs, Blu-ray Discs und mehr

La Maman Et La Putain (1973) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

After the French New Wave, the sexual revolution, and the upheavals of May 1968 came the near religiously revered magnum opus by Jean Eustache. In his long-unavailable body of work, ranging from documenta…

Sonntagsorgel. Bd.1

Jan Nemec,

A History of Light

A unique blend of fiction and biography that explores the fascinating life of early-twentieth-century Czech photographer Frantisek Drtikol.Have you ever wondered what a story written by a beam of light wo…

Betty Smith

Maggie-Now

Betty Smith, the beloved author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, weaves a riveting modern myth out of the experiences of her own life in this rediscovered classic.In Brooklyn's unforgiving urban jungle, Maggi…

Rebecca Godfrey

Peggy

A dazzling, richly imagined novel about Peggy Guggenheim---a story of art, family, love, and becoming oneself---by the award-winning author of Under the Bridge, now a Hulu limited series starring Riley Ke…

Gerald Murnane

Barley Patch

The book begins with the question, "Must I write?" What follows is both a chronicle of the images that have endured in the author's mind and an exploration of their nature. The clarity of the im…

Eiji Yoshikawa,

Musashi (New Edition)

Eiji Yoshikawa's classic samurai novel about the real exploits of the most famous swordsman. New Edition features a new cover design by the creator of Slam Dunk and Vagabond, Takehiko Inoue!Miyamoto Musas…

James Patterson, Imogen Edwards-Jones

The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe

With unparalleled ambition, instinctual physicality, keen business intelligence, and a remarkable sense of humor, Marilyn Monroe achieved sensational celebrity. Yet, she insisted, "I never really fel…

Igraine Io Gray

Hunger and Other Saving Graces

When a sixteen-year-old abuse victim flees her childhood home with nothing more than the clothes on her back and a meagre collection of possessions, she thinks she is off to a difficult but better life. H…

Rebecca Godfrey

Peggy

"Venice, 1958. Peggy Guggenheim, heiress and now legendary art collector, sits in the sun at her white marble palazzo on the Grand Canal. She's in a reflective mood, thinking back on her thrilling, t…

Neige Sinno

Triste Tigre

This international literary phenomenon--the title inspired by William Blake's poem The Tyger--is a forensic exploration into how to speak about the unspeakable. Repeatedly exposed to sexual violence as a …

Caroline Lea

Love, Sex, and Frankenstein

An evocative, haunting retelling of the summer that should have broken Mary Shelley, but instead inspired her to write her masterpiece.Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816: the dark summer that birthed a mons…

David Farrell Krell

This Dagger, My Heart

"Historical fiction centered around the life and tragic death of the German Romantic poet and philosopher Karoline von Gèunderrode"--

Allison Pataki

Finding Margaret Fuller

A "sweeping" (Entertainment Weekly ) novel of America's forgotten leading lady, the central figure of a movement that defined a nation---from the New York Times bestselling author ofThe Magnific…

Hazel Gaynor, Heather Webb

Christmas with the Queen

"December 1952. While the young Queen Elizabeth II finds her feet as the new monarch, she must also find the right words to continue the tradition of her late father s Christmas Day radio broadcast. …

Izumi Suzuki,

Set My Heart on Fire

The first novel from Izumi Suzuki to be published in English: a candid, intimate exploration of passion, music and transgression

Royal Geographical Society (With The Institute Of British Geographers)

Tragödie am Everest

Berg ohne WiederkehrIm Juni 2024 jährt sich zum 100. Mal die legendäre Mallory-Expedition zum Everest-Gipfel . Umfassender und aktueller Einblick in die gesamte Expedition.1924 brach die britische Mount E…

Nate Lippens

Ripcord

A novel about escape and connection, class, sex, and queer intimacy in the American Midwest.The oldest story: an insider pretends to be an outsider and receives praise for his empathy and imagination and …

David Farrell Krell

This Dagger, My Heart

Historical fiction centered around the life and tragic death of the German Romantic poet and philosopher Karoline von Günderrode.In 1806, when she was only twenty-six, Karoline von Günderrode plunged a da…