Literární biografie v angličtině

Florence Given

Nicholas Pileggi

Jeanette Winterson

In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was published. It was Jeanette's version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington, an adopted child, and the thwarted…

Abraham Verghese, Paul Kalanithi

Paul Kalanithi

Stanley Tucci

Donna Leon

Hervé Guibert

Cheryl Strayed

Adam Kay

Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger, George Takei

Annie Ernaux

Joan Didion

Just before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne's and Joan Didion's only daughter, Quintana, fell ill. At first they thought it was flu, then pneumonia, then complete sceptic shock. She was put into…

James Patterson

Maggie Nelson

Amy Liptrot

Annie Ernaux

Erling Kagge

'A philosophical adventurer or perhaps an adventurous philosopher' New York Times'As an explorer Erling Kagge is world class, as a writer he is equally gifted' Sir Ranulph FiennesThroughout recorded…

Michelle Obama

Her life. Her learnings. Her toolkit to live boldly. How do we build enduring and honest relationships? What tools do we use to address feelings of self-doubt? What do we do when it all starts to feel…

Jaroslav Najman

This book describes – in English - the author's emigration from Czechoslovakia triggered by a historical event in August 1968. All events in this book are based on recollection of the author's memories…

Amy Liptrot

Chimene Suleyman

Edmund de Waal

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD. 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered…

Zuzana Palovic

In the beginning of the 21st century, Europe opened its borders to the countries from behind the Iron Curtain. Since then, over 100 million citizens, including Slovaks gained the freedom to move West…