Självbiografier

Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country; a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and an indomitable spirit; and the politics, …

The first biography of an eminent historian of South Africa Bill Freund, the late social historian and leading analyst of African history, passed away in 2020 soon after finishing …

Som fjunig student träder Gösta Gustaf-Janson ut i det glada 20-talets umgängesliv som han skildrar både med nostalgisk ömhet och handfast realism. På Stockholms högskola rör han …

Serialized in Ford Madox Ford's English Review in 1908–9, A Personal Record (1912) both documents and fictionalizes Conrad's early life and the opening stages of his careers as a …

In his classic autobiography A. A. Milne, with his characteristic self-deprecating humour, recalls a blissfully happy childhood in the company of his brothers, and writes with …

There are virtually no biographies of naval enlisted personnel, making Dennis L. Noble's book wholly unique. Richard McKenna was an enlisted sailor for twenty-two years, from the …

Günter de Bruyn erzählt von seiner Jugend in Berlin zwischen dem Ende der zwanziger und dem Beginn der fünfziger Jahre. Die Stationen sind: seine Kindheitserfahrungen während des …

Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'UniversalisIntitulees Histoire de ma vie, les Memoires de Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) ont ete rediges de 1789 a sa mort.Une …

One of NPR's "e;Books We Love"e; in 2024An incisive collection about motherhood and creative life through the lens of mothersin history, literature, and pop culturewho have …

From Barnardo boy to original virgin soldier; from apprentice journalist in London's Fleet Street to famous novelist...At times funny, at times sad, but always honest and utterly …