Book type: non-fiction (1985)



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Memoirs by Pablo Neruda EN

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Pablo Neruda has been hailed as the greatest poet of the 20th century & was a Nobel laureat. In these memoirs he also recounts his distinguished career as a diplomat & politician, during which he came to know iconic figures including Gandhi, Che Guevara & Mao Tse Tung.

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Memoirs of a Wartime Interpreter: From the Battle for Moscow to Hitler's Bunker by Elena Rzhevskaya EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Belarus flag Belarus
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"By the will of fate I came to play a part in not letting Hitler achieve his final goal of disappearing and turning into a myth I managed to prevent Stalins dark and murky ambition from taking root his desire to hide from the world that we had found Hitlers corpse" - Elena Rzhevskaya"A telling reminder of the jealousy and rivalries that split the Allies even in their hour of victory, and foreshadowed the Cold War"- Tom Parfitt, The GuardianOn May 2,1945, Red Army soldiers broke into Hitlers bunker. Rzhevskaya, a young military interpreter, was with them. Almost accidentally the Soviet military... continue

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Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Belgium flag Belgium
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Both an exploration of character and a reflection on the meaning of history, Memoirs of Hadrian has received international acclaim since its first publication in France in 1951. In it, Marguerite Yourcenar reimagines the Emperor Hadrian's arduous boyhood, his triumphs and reversals, and finally, as emperor, his gradual reordering of a war-torn world, writing with the imaginative insight of a great writer of the twentieth century while crafting a prose style as elegant and precise as those of the Latin stylists of Hadrian's own era.

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Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks EN

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
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A New York Times Bestseller “Brooks tracks the geography of grief with patience and grace as she comes to terms with the ongoing nature of outliving the ones you love most. ... Her memoir is certainly a testament to her own unique loss, but it’s moreover a lifeline to others who will find themselves in this familiar, shattered landscape of grief.” —Los Angeles Times “A rich account of marriage and mourning.” —Washington Post A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse Many cultural and religious tr... continue

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Memoriile unei fete cuminţi by Simone de Beauvoir RO

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / France flag France
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Primul şi cel mai celebru dintre volumele autobiografice ale lui Simone de Beauvoir apare într-o nouă versiune românească. Memoriile unei fete cuminți, povestea vieții autoarei (născută în 1908) din copilărie până la 21 de ani, când, devenită studentă la Sorbona, îi întâlnise pe Sartre și pe alți tineri intelectuali de viitor, e socotită o operă clasică a genului și ilustrarea vie a filozofiei existențialiste. Este emoționanta mărturie a evoluției unei personalități de-a lungul copilăriei, adolescenței și a primei tinereți; mărturia unei „f... continue

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Memoriile unui antisemit

Memoriile unui antisemit by Gregor von Rezzori RO

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Austria flag Austria
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Clasic al literaturii moderne de limbă germană, Gregor von Rezzori a fost distins cu numeroase premii literare, printre care Theodor-Fontane-Preis, Premio Scanno, Premio Boccaccio, Premio Lorenzo il Magnifico. Dacă volumul Zăpezile de altădată cuprinde cinci portrete de familie, Memoriile unui antisemit adună, sub un titlu autoironic, cinci episoade-cheie din viața autorului. Mergând din copilărie până la bătrânețe, aceste episoade se petrec în Bucovina românească, de după 1918, la București, în anii ’30, la Viena, în perioada premergătoare și... continue

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Men Who Hate Women : From Incels to Pickup Artists, the Truth about Extreme Misogyny and How It Affects Us All by Laura Bates EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / England flag England
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A ground-breaking investigation into extreme misogyny.

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Mentes Perigosas by Ana Beatriz Barbosa Silva PT

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EDIÇÃO COMEMORATIVA DE 10º ANIVERSÁRIO COM DOIS CAPÍTULOS INÉDITOS Eles podem ter várias faces. Disfarçados de pessoas de bem, autora de mentes ansiosas ocultam o que realmente são: seres calculistas, manipuladores e insensíveis aos sentimentos alheios. Estão ao nosso lado no trabalho, na escola, na vizinhança e no círculo familiar e, a qualquer momento, podem gerar destruição em nossa vida. Eles são os psicopatas, uma ameaça real e silenciosa para toda a sociedade. Psicopatas não sentem culpa nem compaixão. Não se arrependem. Não nutrem nenhum senso de empatia ou responsabilidade em relação a... continue