Watermarks. Life, Death and Swimming, Paperback - Lenka Janiurek

Lenka Janiurek's memoir discusses the men who defined her life, and the challenges of identity, belonging and family.

In a tale marrying the insight of Sue Townsend with the farcical humour of John O'Farrell, a priceless cello is abducted, a conductor is stranded o...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A heart-breaking story of courage and compassion from the front line of the toughest battle our nurses have had to fig...

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Life in one of the world's oldest civilisations is considered in relation to the contemporary nature of an Egypt in flux since the revolution of 20...

A breakthrough examination of the professional wrestling, its history, its fans, and its wider cultural impact The Squared Circle grows out of Davi...

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Reducere. Description"An honest, practical, as well as emotional guide to working through the processing of mourning" (Vogue.com), Grief Works is a lifeline ...

}Smile Or Die{ author and seminal thinker reflects on our powerlessness in the failed attempt to control our bodies and selves, proposing a differe...

Reducere. Named a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington PostWhat is it like to be a brain surgeon? How does it feel t...

Reducere. Genghis Khan is one of history's immortals, alive in memory as a scourge, hero, military genius and demi-god. To Muslims, Russians and westerners, ...

Reducere. Fresh out of school and emerging as one of Australia's future distance running stars, Emma Carney discovered the sport of triathlon. The sport was ...

Reducere. The Bird of Time (1912) is a poetry collection by Sarojini Naidu. Naidu's second book of English verse is steeped in the Romantic tradition while e...

Reducere. New York Times bestseller from member of Oprah's Super Soul 100 - one of World Economic Forum's "Most Recommended Books of 2016" Now in paperback, ...

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Reducere. I Shudder is a side-splittingly funny collection of essays from Paul Rudnick, one of America's preeminent humorists. Rudnick, who writes for The Ne...

An extraordinarily open and moving account of Susan Sontag's final months, written by her son and drawing on previously unpublished letters and jou...

In the tradition of Peter Matthiessen's Wildlife in America or Aldo Leopold, Brenda Peterson tells the 300-year history of wild wolves in America. ...

In Somebody to Love, biographers Mark Langthorne and Matt Richards skilfully weave both Freddie Mercury's incredible pursuit of musical greatness w...

A deeply emotional combination of grief memoir and soldier's story.Illustrations: 8pp b/w

Reducere. In Enduring Cancer Dwaipayan Banerjee explores the efforts of Delhi's urban poor to create a livable life with cancer as patients and families nego...

A deeply emotional combination of grief memoir and soldier's story.

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing CoAuthor(s): Rupert CallenderNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 235 x 32Cover type: Ha...

Reducere. Both a memoir and an investigation, Swimming in a Sea of Death is David Rieff's loving tribute to his mother, the writer Susan Sontag, and her fina...

Reducere. The American chestnut was one of America's most common, valued, and beloved trees--a "perfect tree" that ruled the forests from Georgia to Maine. B...

A glittering and gruesome history of the body in the Middle Ages, from saints' relics to lovesick troubadours. Brings together medicine, art, poetr...

The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotla...

Birth is one of the most defining, ubiquitous moments of human existence and there, from the very start to the very end, are the midwives who help ...

Reducere. Angels Over Moscow is an inspirational, first-person account of the life of American physician, Dr. Juliette Engel, who founded the non-profit Mira...

Reveals the how and the why of the compost heap and the important role it plays in the garden.Publisher: Pimpernel Press LtdAuthor(s): Dr. Julian D...

Embarking on the long road to recovery, Michael was soon ready to start writing about his near-death experience. Combining stunning new prose poems...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Terrill HayesEditor: Betty FisherIntroduction by: John HatcherThe Journey of the Soul begins and ends by answering the weig...

Publisher: Granta BooksAuthor(s): Barbara (Y) DemickPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 128 x 200 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera far...

One woman's incredible story of life on the front lines as an emergency medical worker in New York City. On the streets of New York City, EMTs and ...

On the west bank of the Mississippi lies the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers. Short on hope but big on dreams, its mostly poor and marginalized...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Shimon EdelmanNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 145 x 222 x 20Cover type: Paperback / softba...

The story of the Stuart dynasty is a breathless soap opera played out in just a hundred years in an array of buildings that span Europe from Scotla...

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Brian AlexanderNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 136 x 210 x 25Cover type: Paperback / s...

How does it feel to know you are going to die? And, more importantly, what does that teach you about how to live?Publisher: Bonnier Books LtdAuthor...

Reducere. Un libro que ha cautivado y conmovido a cr tica y p blico. Henry Marsh, el eminente neurocirujano brit nico expone a ojos del mundo la esencia de u...

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Reducere. "Named by the "Wall Street Journal "as one of the five best health books of 2011 County" is the amazing tale of one of America's oldest and most un...

This volume reports on excavations in advance of the development of a site in Norton-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire close to the line of the main Roma...

One of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2015From Geto Boys legend and renowned storyteller Scarface, comes a passionate memoir about how hip-hop...

Jodi Picoult's new bestseller explores life, death, and misssed opportunities.

A new popular psychology title exploring the science behind out-of-body & tunnel experiences (OBEs) from astral projection to near death experience...

A fascinating examination of technological utopianism and its complicated consequences.In The Charisma Machine, Morgan Ames chronicles the life and...