Biografii romane

The children were scared and confused, but most importantly, they felt lost when the one person who is supposed to love you and care for you, abandon you and cares more about the men in her life rath …

In this book – an ABC of the genre, with 26 entries – two renowned biographers and teachers take us on a tour, from A for Authorization to Z for Zigzagging to the End. In trenchant, witty entries the …

Marx, Freud, Proust, Einstein, Bernhardt and Kafka. Between the middle of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a few dozen men and women changed the way we see the world. But many have vanished fro …

Conceived as both a vehicle to national prestige and as a civilizing mission, the second French colonial empire (1830-1962) challenged soldiers, scholars, and administrators to understand societies r …

Yossi Beilin was a seminal figure during the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. As deputy foreign minister in the second Rabin government, he was responsible for leading the Oslo process, which was t …

”BREATHTAKING” Dolly Alderton, ”REMARKABLE” Marian Keyes, ”LIFE-CHANGING” Emma Jane Unsworth, ”COMPELLING” Amy Liptrot, ”EXTRAORDINARY” Sali Hughes To everyone else, Terri White appeared to …

Best known for the progressive school he founded in Dessau during the 18th century, Johann Bernhard Basedow was a central thinker in the German Enlightenment. Since his death in 1790 a substantial bo …

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or …

Life Writing offers the novice writer engaging and creative activities, making use of insightful, relevant readings from well-known authors to illustrate the techniques presented. This volume ma …

*A TABLET AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEAR* Shortlisted for the Wingate Literary Prize ” A tremendous feat of storytelling, propelled by numerous twists and revelations, yet anchored by a d …