Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, Hardcover

Reducere. Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azar Nafisi, a bold and inspired teacher, secretly gathered seven of her most...

Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, the author and other women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Wes...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Gohar (Visiting Board Member, Sigmund Freud Museum) HomayounpourNumber of pages: 176Collection: The MIT PressPub...

Based on historic events, and frighteningly relevant to today's headlines -- a taut thriller about one American diplomat's year of living dangerous...

Based on historic events, and frighteningly relevant to today's headlines -- a taut thriller about one American diplomat's year of living dangerous...

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A picture book (love?) story told in letters between a furry bookshop owner, an avid, if a bit cranky, feathered reader, and their forest friends O...

Teaching Nabokov's Lolita in the #MeToo Era seeks to critique the novel from the standpoint of its teachability to undergraduate and graduate stude...

When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally considered the great minds of earl...

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Reducere. An emergency room physician explores how a life of service to others taught her how to heal herself. Michele Harper is a female, African American e...

DescriptionA city of stories--short, fragmented, amorphous, and at times contradictory--Tehran is an impossible tale to tell. For the capital city ...

A stunning coming-of-age memoir of obsession, passion and manipulation, shining a bright light on our shifting perceptions of consent, vulnerabilit...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Namdar NasserIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 64Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 201 x 16C...

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Reducere. În Republica Islamică Iran, Azar Nafisi, o profesoară curajoasă şi înzestrată, invită acasă şapte dintre studentele ei preferate. Uitând de teroare...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Minnie DriverNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 218 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

Reducere. Roman tradus in 32 de tari, aflat 117 saptamini pe lista The New York Times a celor mai vindute cartiIn Republica Islamica Iran, Azar Nafisi, o pro...

Reducere. Winner of the 2018 Dzanc Nonfiction Prize "Knock Wood is an absolute wonder, and Jennifer Militello is at the top of her form." --Andre Dubus III, ...

Publisher: Goldsmiths, Unversity of LondonAuthor(s): Timothy C. BakerNumber of pages: 168Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 134 x 211 x 20Cover type...

Description"Davies' collection of essays soars.... It's a memoir that locates the profound within the ordinary." --Entertainment WeeklyIf you're lo...

Reducere. One of The Globe and Mail's Best Books of 2020A thoroughly authentic, smart and consoling account of one writer's commitment to another. --The New ...

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Reducere. Tracing the Desire Line follows a writer's journey of opening her marriage with her husband. The story-told through short memoirs, essays, lists, l...

Reducere. Gail Griffin had only been married for four months when her husband's body was found in the Manistee River, just a few yards from their cabin door....

From Noelle Stevenson, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Nimona, comes a captivating, honest illustrated memoir that finds her t...

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A culinary pioneer blends memoir with a joyful inquiry into the ingredients he uses and their origins What goes into the making of a chef, a restau...

Reducere. Wife Daughter Self investigates identity and the writing life through the perspective of one of the nation's top memoir teachers and critics. Curio...

Reducere. As American troops continue their steady exodus on the last day of their ground war in Vietnam, Lieutenant Joe Tallon is shot down by an enemy miss...

Reducere. A memoir that represents the lifelong journey - both personal and professional - of legendary actress Janis Paige. It's a deeply personal work, fil...

Reducere. Those Who Forget, published to international awards and acclaim, is journalist G raldine Schwarz's riveting account of her German and French grandp...

Reducere. DescriptionWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyXiaolu Guo is one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her ge...

From awkward schoolgirl to Caterer to the Stars, Mary Giuliani weaves together a collection of hilarious memories, from professional growing pains ...

An astonishingly nuanced reading of Jane Austen that yields a rare understanding of how to live"About seven years ago, not too long before our daug...

An entertaining and moving memoir about coming out, looking inwards, and the search for connection, inspired by the responses to a personal ad. In ...