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Espera y escucha con atención… por debajo del ruido de las conversaciones, de las obligaciones, del no saber... Escucha ahora que las horas se extienden en la puerta de embarque, en la soledad de una habitación de hotel, bajo el agua de la ducha, mientras acaricias las páginas de tu próxima lectura... y esperas.

A toddler's mother, both an intimate guide and an affectionate coach, writes to a pregnant friend about the transforming experience of motherhood.

A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights movement and played a deeply influential role in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to mold him into an international symbol of nonviolence.

Marcel Proust fut un correspondant maniaque. Dès l'enfance, puis dans le monde, jusqu'à sa mort, sans trêve il a écrit : à ses proches, à ses amis, aux lecteurs de ses livres, à ses éditeurs, ses banquiers... Les milliers de lettres qu'il a écrites traitent des sujets les plus variés : souvenirs, confidences intimes, politique, impressions de lecture, critiques d'art. Ce livre audio rassemble ses premières lettres depuis son enfance jusqu'à son adolescence.

Johann Peter Eckermann war einer der engsten Vertrauten Goethes: Zwischen 1823 und 1832 führte er zahlreiche Gespräche mit dem alten Dichterfürsten, die er anschließend in einem umfangreichen und vielbeachteten Werk zusammenstellte und kommentierte. Darin zeichnet Eckermann anhand ihrer Unterhaltungen über Kunst, Wissenschaft und das Leben ein messerscharfes Bild von Goethe: als "vielschichtigen Diamanten, der nach jeder Richtung eine andere Farbe spiegelt".

Un Mirage. Un Ancrage. Un Souvenir. Et puis, peut-être, certainement, une disparition, une dissolution. Jouant de mémoires et de rêves, danseuse de guérison et d'être, dans le voilage coloré du temps et de l'ailleurs, sur la vague, dans la vague, à travers la vague des émotions, au creux du coeur et de l'âme, Lucie fuit, cherche, appelle, retrouve, surnage, danse, guérit, erre et assouvit le désir d'un autre monde, d'un autre soi. Transcender le temps, le mental et l'ombre. Devenir Une.

Questa storia comincia una sera d’inverno, il 7 gennaio 1978. Davanti a una sede del Movimento sociale italiano nel quartiere Appio Latino, a Roma, vengono uccisi a colpi d’arma da fuoco due attivisti di destra. Da quel momento, i morti di Acca Larentia diventano icone intoccabili del neofascismo. Questa storia ricomincia il 30 aprile 1987, quando viene arrestato Mario Scrocca, un militante di estrema sinistra. Secondo gli inquirenti, Scrocca avrebbe fatto parte del commando che colpì ad Acca Larentia.

Dieses dem Buch zugrunde liegende schriftliche Material ist im strengen Sinn kein Tagebuch, trotzdem wird der Begriff übernommen, weil der Soldat Engelbert selbst von einem Tagebuch spricht. Das aufgefundeneTagebuch und die Briefe sind Geschichte zum anfassen und hinterlassen nach dem Lesen meist mehr Fragen als sie Antworten geben. So ist es auch dem Herausgeber mit dem Tagebuch von Engelbert ergangen. Dabei können Tagebücher viel über einen Menschen aussagen, wenn der Tagebuchschreiber sich an die Wahrheit hält und ehrlich mit sich selbst umgeht. Und da stellt sich die Frage?

To You is an assortment of letters that reminisce what once was and holds dear to everyone left behind. On foreign land, these letters symbolized a home retold. They have no address or name attached, but they are written to you and are for you. Within them is a discovery of hope, of ease, of self-love that would prevail over the loneliness of being far and alone. When there came days when she could not confide in anyone, these pages were her voice, and now they are yours.

受けいれがたい別れがやってきても、人生は続く。喪失を抱えて生きるすべての人へ——。 大切な存在を喪ったとき、人はどのように生きていけばいいのか。『猫と生きる。』『イオビエ』の著者・猫沢エミと、『妻が余命宣告されたとき、僕は保護犬を飼うことにした』の著者・小林孝延が、パリと東京を結び、喪失と再生について言葉を交わす往復書簡。

There isn't much blossom about at this time of the year, but the ferns are flourishing everywhere, even on the trunks of the oaks and deodars. In the winter and early summer, one has to go down to streams or shady places to see the ferns. In August, they come to see us. Ruskin Bond is most at...

Le chemin vers un soi plus fort, est un récit sincère et profondément émouvant du combat et de la transformation personnelle de l’auteur. Lorsque son rêve de devenir footballeur professionnel s’est évanoui et que sa vie a pris un tournant inattendu, il a entrepris un voyage intérieur vers la connaissance de soi, l’acceptation et la force. Avec courage et le cœur ouvert, Georgios Gultidis partage ses expériences face à l’obésité, aux maladies mentales et au doute de soi, ainsi que les victoires et les enseignements qui l’ont façonné en la personne qu’il est aujourd’hui.

Compelling and intimate, this collection of never-before-seen letters between the celebrated art critic and essayist, John Berger and his son Yves, an artist, is a moving look at their musings on art, memory, life, death, and beyond. Written between 2015-16, with color images of well-known old...

Intimate and illuminating, this is the story of American icon Ernest Hemingway's life, compiled by the steward of the Hemingway estate and featuring contributions by his son and grandson. For many people, Ernest Hemingway remains more a compilation of myths than a person: soldier, sportsman...

2017 Audie Award Finalist for Narration by the Author The bestselling, wonderfully unconventional, “warmly conspiratorial…seriously good” (The New York Times) memoir-in-letters from the Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award–winning actress that has received fabulous and wide praise...

From the author of The BFG, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and many more beloved classics—a whimsical, witty, and revealing collection of the legendary children’s author and writer Roald Dahl's letters written to his mother, from early childhood...

Every day, President Obama reads ten representative letters among the thousands he receives from citizens across the land. The letters come from people of all ages, walks of life, and political points of view. Some are heart­breaking, some angry, some hopeful. Indeed, Obama reads as many...

Michael Palin's diaries begin in the late 1960s when he began writing for hugely popular programs. He recounts how Monty Python emerged and triumphed. From the success and cult status brought by Monty Python, Palin shares stories from their world tours, their stay at hotels recently trashed by...

Is it evil not to be sure? is a collection of entries from Lena Dunham's diary--or what she called her "Creative Snippets and Observations Journal"--from the fall of 2005 and the spring of 2006. It is a candid, chaotic, and occasionally poetic snapshot of a young person becoming an adult. Read...

Rilke's powerfully touching letters to an aspiring young poet, now available in a beautiful hardcover Penguin edition At the start of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering, and the nature of...