Eigentlich wollte sich Richard Novak mit Gelegenheitsjobs durchs Leben schlagen. Nach Anfängen als Kassier, Steward und Butler landete der Weltenbummler 1957 in der Wiener Hotellerie und wurde zum stadtbekanntesten Portier an sämtlichen namhaften wie verruchten Adressen: im berühmt berüchtigten Wiener ... more »

We all have dreams things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. This is the story of Azar Nafisi s dream and of the nightmare that made it come true. For two years before she left Iran in 1997, Nafisi gathered seven young women at her house every Thursday morning to read and discuss ... more »

One of the most striking figures in international style offers a unique and unforgettable memoir of the two women who shaped his dreams, tastes, and character. My grandmother and Mrs. Vreeland had similar ways of appreciating luxury, writes Andre Leon Talley, because they both believed in the importance ... more »

When Charles Montgomery was ten years old, he stumbled upon the memoirs of his great-grandfather, a seafaring missionary in the South Pacific. Poring over the faint text and faded pictures, he was entranced by the world of black magic and savagery the bishop described, and couldn't help but wonder what ... more »

Before Horatio Clare was born, his parents fell in love with a place -- a remote sheep farm in Wales, physically and in every other way far from the lives they were forging as young professionals in London. The farm was high up a mountain, nearly impassable in winter. The neighbors were surly, or perhaps ... more »

Tagebuchartig schildert Dr. Rainer Kiss die letzten Tage im Leben seiner sechsjährigen Tochter Julia. Die Unbeschwertheit wird jäh unterbrochen, als Julia auf dem Spielplatz von einem Klettergerüst fällt. Ihre Kopfverletzung wird von den Ärzten zunächst nicht ernst genug genommen, nur auf Druck des Vaters ... more »

Jerry Lawler is hailed as one of sports-entertainment's most enduring and colorful characters. His life has been filled with hilarious, never-been-told stories...until now! His reign consists of thirteen championships (one of which he's held more than forty times), three marriages, and two children. ... more »

In 1962, at the age of eleven, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Cuba, his parents left behind. His life until then is the subject of Waiting for Snow in Havana, a wry, heartbreaking, intoxicatingly beautiful memoir of growing up in a privileged Havana household -- and of being ... more »

"I've changed a bit since high school. Back then I said no to using and selling drugs. I washed on a normal basis and still had good credit." Introducing Laurie Notaro, the leader of the Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club. Every day she fearlessly rises from bed to defeat the evil machinations ... more »

Les Alpilles. - La chanson de Maillane. - Ma famille. - Maître François, mon père. - Délaïde, ma mère. - Jean du Porc. - L'aïeul Étienne. - La mère-grand Nanon. - La foire de Beaucaire. - Les fleurs de glais. ... more »

COP: Buddy, I think this is a whorehouse. BUDDY CIANCI: Now I know why they made you a detective. Welcome to Providence, Rhode Island, where corruption is entertainment and Mayor Buddy Cianci presided over the longest-running lounge act in American politics. In The Prince of Providence, Pulitzer Prize ... more »

In 1986, as part of the crusade to make the Sudan one Muslim nation, Islamic militia from the north raided a marketplace in the Christian south, slaughtered villagers and abducted small children--including the then seven-year old Francis Bok. Bok's captor was a wealthy Muslim farmer, who kept him as ... more »