Literární biografie v angličtině

Emmanuel Carrere

Florence Given

Katherine May

Cheryl Strayed

At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the…

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

From the creator of Your Fat Friend and co-host of the Maintenance Phase podcast, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people. Anti-fatness is everywhere. In What…

Haruki Murakami

In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from Athens to Marathon, and now, after dozens of such…

Stanley Tucci

Emmanuel Carrere

TBC

Cheryl Strayed

Adam Kay

Steven Scott, Justin Eisinger, George Takei

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

James Rebanks

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

Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 photographs, including never-before-seen images, The Look is a stunning journey through Michelle Obama's style evolution, in her own words for the first time.…

Michelle Obama

Beautifully illustrated with more than 200 photographs, including never-before-seen images, The Look is a stunning journey through Michelle Obama&rsquo,s style evolution, in her own words for the…

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…

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Jeffrey Zaslow, Randy Pausch

A New York Times bestseller with over 8 million copies sold, Professor Randy Pausch's moving and inspirational book is based on his extraordinary Last Lecture. 'We cannot change the cards we are dealt…