Memoir

Jag ser upp från skrivboken och tror att en katastrof just inträffat, inträffar, snart kommer att inträffa. Johanna Ekströms anteckningsböcker f

A dynamic selection of Linton Kwesi Johnson's most powerful prose writings, brought together for the first time. 'Key to understanding black Britis

"Vi var alltid ute på landet om somrarna. Vi åkte inte på någon semester, vi åkte ut till landet och där var vi. Alla tre, jag och mamma och pap

Hi! I'm Seth! I was asked to describe my book, Yearbook, for the inside cover flap (which is a gross phrase) and for websites and shit like that, so..

‘I wanted to make this book–this memoir, this memory of the house of someone who had meant a great deal to me, to us all, and of a universe which

The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus explores the comics form...and how it formed him! **In a new flexibound format with an updated after

Vinnare av Augustpriset 2020 för Årets svenska fackbok! För hundra år sedan inleddes tvångsförflyttningarna av renskötande samer i Sverige.

This book is about the kind of ordinary dancing you and I might do in our kitchens when a favourite tune comes on. It's more than a social history: it

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 im

Omvärlden reagerade omedelbart när Patti Smith började med sitt fenomenala instagram-konto 2018. Det började med några enkla selfies - idag har h

Skämt eller geni? Radikal konstnär eller social klättrare? Andy Warhol var kontroversiell och full av motsägelser. Denna heltäckande biografi bor

Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written his autobiography: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surre

21 november 2019 Jag vet inte om jag skall sluta arbeta, om jag skall betrakta mitt arbete som avslutat. Tanken, som jag knappt vÃ¥gar tänka, skrÃ

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. Before Stanley T

'It wasn't me. I didn't do it. And I'll never do it again!' says Brian Johnson of The Lives of Brian. That AC/DC's legendary front man got to do it

'This honest, engaging memoir shares such gems . . . the perfect read for anyone who dreams big' The Times and Sunday Times, Books of the Year

Debbie Harry is a musician, actor, activist and the iconic face of New York City cool. As the front-woman of Blondie, she and the band forged a new so

From the acclaimed author of Art Sex Music comes a vital meditation on womanhood, creativity and self-expression, and a revelatory exploration into th

I Ai Weiweis memoarbok skildras hundra år av Kinas historia - genom berättelsen om hans eget, extraordinära liv, och genom arvet efter hans f

'When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to you. And I have had a lot of things said to me.'

‘From inspiration to sketch, pattern to fabric, the making of a dress has been the structure that has held me, and my passion to dress others is the

In 1983, backstage at the Lyceum in London, Tracey Thorn and Lindy Morrison first met. Tracey's music career was just beginning, while Lindy, drummer

'A propulsive, soulful story of mourning and gratitude - and an intimate portrait of one woman's sojourn in the wilderness between life and death.'

Multi award-winning Hannah Gadsby broke comedy with her show Nanette. Now, she takes us through the defining moments in her life and her powerful de

This is Martha Wainwright's heartfelt memoir about growing up in a bohemian musical family and her experiences with love, loss, motherhood, divorce, t

A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela Davis. Edited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974,

'What started as a book on the frustration of funding led to the writing of an autobiography at forty... I had so little to do in the daylight hou

We begin to feel less alone, more loved and less judged when good is . . . enough. In this collection of 40ish short spiritual devotionals, Good En

'This book might just change your life' Sunday Times After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to u

Komikern och skådespelaren Bianca Kronlöf skriver brev till män hon mött. Om känslor, sex, våld, maskulinitet. Till den slaka och den hårda.

Growing up in Liverpool in the 1960s and '70s, when skinheads, football violence and fear of just about everything was the natural order of things, a

Following the international critical acclaim of The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy's 'Living Autobiography' is an exhilarating, tho

A lyrical and life-affirming book that teaches us as much about birds as it does ourselves - a balm for the soul' Raynor Winn, author of The Salt Path

A gripping account of one man's ten year expedition from a village in West Africa to the Arctic Circle. Scorching heat, rich, fertile soil, and tre

From one of our most iconic and influential writers: twelve pieces never before collected that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process

Osebol är en berättelse om vår tid. En litterär sensation från världens mittpunkt. Osebol är en by vid Klarälven i norra Värmland. I boken

Two long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and cont

Discover the tales behind the ties in Stephen Fry's witty companion to our most distinguished accessory, the perfect gift for the tie-wearer in your l

The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied b

Poet Laureate of Punk, rock star, fashion icon, TV and radio presenter, social and cultural commentator. At 5' 11' (116lb, 32in chest, 27in waist), in

Lydia Davis returns with a timeless collection of essays on literature and language. 'A writer as mighty as Kafka, as subtle as Flaubert, and as ep

Miss Dior is a story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal, roses and repression, and how the polished surface of fashion conceals hidden depths

I den kinesiska astrologin var 2016 Apans år, ett år som för Patti Smith präglades av avsked till människor som stått henne nära. Ett år då h

Italienaren Carlo Levi var läkare, konstnär och författare av judisk börd. Han var uttalad antifascist, vilket ledde till att Mussolinis regim fö

We were an army of shadows, of ghosts, walking as if to the beat of some dark psychic mechanism' The Cuban Revolution changed the course of the twe

There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it. If it's navel-gazing you're afte

What could be a more tempting Christmas gift than a compendium of David Sedaris's best stories, selected by the author himself? From a spectacular car

Det att inte dö [The Undying] gestaltar ett sjukdomsförlopp förmedlat av digitala skärmar. Fram träder en genreöverskridande väv av cancerbedra

An original and entertaining new book from Jeanette Winterson, drawing on her years of thinking about and reading about Artificial Intelligence in its

Samtycket är Vanessa Springoras internationellt uppmärksammade debutbok. Det är 1980-tal när V följer med sin mamma på en middag i litterära kr

'We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed' Martin Luther King

Vad kan en fyrtioårig barnlös kvinna göra med sitt liv? Gå i historiska kvinnors fotspår: orädda upptäcktsresande, begåvade författare och pa

Hi! I'm Seth! I was asked to describe my book, Yearbook, for the inside cover flap (which is a gross phrase) and for websites and shit like that, so..

Following the international critical acclaim of The Cost of Living, this final volume of Deborah Levy's 'Living Autobiography' is an exhilarating, tho

The memoir of international music icon Richard Thompson, co-founder of the legendary folk rock group Fairport Convention. 'Thompson could be said t

*An extraordinary coming-of-age story, adapted from the adult memoir by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Water Dancer and Between the W

From the New York Times bestselling author, chef-turned-rapper, and host of Viceland’s F*ck, That’s Delicious and The Untitled Action Bronson Show

Familjen Galvin tycktes vara en mönsterfamilj på alla sätt. Pappa Don gjorde karriär inom militären, hemma var mamma Mimi en strävsam matriark s

Everyone has a memoir in miniature in at least one piece of clothing. In Worn Stories, Emily Spivack has collected over sixty of these clothing-inspir

I sin utsmugglade fängelsememoar reflekterar Altan över sin dom och över sitt liv; det liv som nu krympts till att endast ­omfatta en gallerförse