Other: 359 books
Not I
Memoirs of a German Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
A portrait of an intellectually rigorous German household opposed to the Nazis and how its members suffered for their political stance
Few writers have deepened our understanding of the Third Reich as much as German historian, biographer, journalist, and critic Joachim Fest. His biography of...
"Dearest Georg": Love, Literature, and Power in Dark Times
The Letters of Elias, Veza, and Georges Canetti, 1933-1948
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
In 1934, Veza Taubner and Elias Canetti were married in Vienna. Elias describes the arrangement to his brother Georges as a “functional” marriage. Meanwhile, an intense intellectual love affair develops between Veza and Georges, a young doctor suffering fromtuberculosis. Four years later, Veza...
The Brothers Ashkenazi
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
In the Polish city of Lodz, the brothers Ashkenazi grew up very differently in talent and in temperament. Max, the firstborn, is fiercely intelligent and conniving, determined to succeed financially by any means necessary. Slower-witted Jacob is strong, handsome, and charming but without great purpose...
What You Did Not Tell
A Russian Past and the Journey Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
****NAMED FINANCIAL TIMES "TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR"**
**NAMED EVENING STANDARD "BOOK OF THE YEAR"**
**NAMED NEW STATESMAN "BEST BOOK OF 2017"**
A warm and intimate memoir by an acclaimed historian that explores the European struggles of the twentieth century through...
Beg, Borrow, Steal
A Writer's Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
In Beg, Borrow, Steal Michael Greenberg regales us with his wry and vivid take on the life of a writer of little means trying to practice his craft or simply stay alive. He finds himself doctoring doomed movie scripts; selling cosmetics from an ironing board in front of a women's department store;...
I Sold Andy Warhol (Too Soon)
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
In early 2005, Richard Polsky decided to put his much-loved, hard-won Warhol Fright Wig, up for auction at Christie's. The market for contemporary art was robust and he was hoping to turn a profit. His instinct seemed to be on target: his picture sold for $375,000. But if only Polsky had waited ....
by SJ Naudé
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
If death comes to a loved one, can we grieve alone? When all around is in ruins, can we confine our lives to one beautiful room constructed out of art, or love, or family ties? And when the words we know prove inadequate, can we turn to the language of birds? In an arty mansion in Milan’s industrial...
Like Wind, Like Wave
Fables from the Land of the Repressed
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
An Italian psychoanalyst and raconteur reflects insightfully on life and the common experiences that make us human.
“The brief pieces collected in this volume are as much short stories as they are essays as they are psychoanalytic studies. In every chapter, the stage is set for consideration...
Berlin 1936
Sixteen Days in August
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Berlin 1936 takes the reader through the sixteen days of the Olympic Games, describing events in the German capital through the eyes of a select cast of characters: Nazi leaders and foreign diplomats, sportsmen and journalists, writers and socialites, nightclub owners and jazz musicians.
While events...
by Alicia Kopf
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
‘She thought that it was precisely when things get uncomfortable or can’t be shown that something interesting comes to light. That is the point of no return, the point that must be reached, the point you reach after crossing the border of what has already been said, what has already been seen....
Out of Sight
The Los Angeles Art Scene of the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
A social and cultural history of Los Angeles and its emerging art scene in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s
The history of modern art typically begins in Paris and ends in New York. Los Angeles was out of sight and out of mind, viewed as the apotheosis of popular culture, not a center for serious art.
Out...
Lillian and Dash
A Novel of Hellman and Hammett
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2013
This exciting novel about Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man) and Lillian Hellman (The Children’s Hour) reintroduces their larger-than-life personalities and the vicissitudes of their affair that spanned three decades.
Toperoff reimagines the highs and lows of a fast-living,...
1947
Where Now Begins
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
**“One of the best books, certainly the best nonfiction book, that I've read recently.” —Nancy Pearl on NPR’s Morning Edition
“An extraordinary achievement.” —New York Times Book Review
An award-winning writer captures a year that defined the modern world, intertwining...
A Mighty Purpose
How Jim Grant Sold the World on Saving Its Children
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2015
The inspiring story of how the iconoclastic humanitarian Jim Grant succeeded in saving the lives of tens of millions of children through his extraordinary ability to win over world leaders
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Nicholas Kristof hailed Jim Grant as a man who “probably saved more lives than were destroyed by Hitler,...