Literární biografie v angličtině

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…

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…

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…

Marjane Satrapi

Satrapis groundbreaking two-part graphic memoir of her unforgettable girlhood within a large family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution--now available in one volume--has been transferred to the big…

Lidia Yuknavitch

Hannah Jewell

Trevor Noah

Katherine May

James Baldwin

Sounds a clarion warning to the world.

Patrick Radden Keefe

'Utterly, agonisingly compulsive ... a masterpiece' Liz Jensen, Guardian Following one woman's journey from a troubled girlhood in working-class Copenhagen through her struggle to live on her own terms…

Stanley Tucci

Carmen Maria Machado

Sanmao

Cheryl Strayed

Agatha Christie

Michael Finkel

This is the true story of art thief Stephane Breitwieser, who stole over 300 art pieces in the course of 200 heists. 

A luminous and haunting memoir from the prize-winning poet - a story of love, heartbreak and coming of age, and a fearless exploration of queer identity and trauma. When Seán meets Elias, the two fall…

Marilyn Yalomová, Irvin D. Yalom

Dan Harris

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…

Sloane Crosley

Stanley Tucci