Me and a Guy Named Elvis looks at Presley from a friend’s perspective, offering readers the man rather than the icon ? including insights into the creative frustrations that lead to Elvis’s abuse of prescription medicine and his tragic death.
*A memoir and self-help manual by one of the country's most treasured comedians - for anyone who feels stuck in a rut but doesn't have the tools or self-belief to shake things up*
Mit Anfang zwanzig geschieht dem Erzähler in Joachim Meyerhoffs drittem Roman das Unerwartete: Er wird auf der Schauspielschule in München angenommen und zieht in die großbürgerliche Villa seiner Großeltern.
From President-Elect Joe Biden, winner of the 2020 United States presidential election, Promise Me Dad is his deeply moving memoir about the year that would forever change both a family and a country.
This is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the most significant and reviled scientists of the 20th century.
Regarded as the best radio and TV comic of his era, Tony Hancock was a man whose star burned brightly in the eyes and ears of millions before his untimely death in 1968.
In this, his first memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive - reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels.
Beginning with Steinbeck's early life in California, the letters follow him through his novels, three marriages and many travels to his last days in Sag HArbor, Long Island and New York City.
Jon Krakauer's Into Thin Air is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude.
Jordan Belfort—immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in the hit movie The Wolf of Wall Street—reveals the step-by-step sales and persuasion system proven to turn anyone into a sales-closing, money-earning rock star.
Der großartigste Abenteuerroman, den die neuere deutsche Literatur besitzt: der ergreifende Bericht einer Wanderschaft, einer Flucht vom Ostkap Sibiriens nach Westen.
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.