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Memoirs $15.12 The classic and deeply moving memoir by Pablo Neruda, the most widely read political poet of our time and winner of the Nobel Prize The south of Chile was a frontier wilderness when Pablo Neruda was born in 1904. In these memoirs he retraces his bohemian student years in Santiago; his sojourns as Chilean consul in Burma, Ceylon, and Java, in Spain during the civil war, and in Mexico; and his service as a Chilean senator. Neruda, a Communist, was driven from his senate seat in 1948, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. After a year in hiding, he escaped on horseback over the Andes and then to Europe; his travels took him to Russia, Eastern Europe, and China before he was finally able to return home in 1952. The final section of the memoirs was written after the coup in 1972 that overthrew Neruda's friend Salvador Allende. Many of the century's most important literary and artistic figures were Neruda's friends, and figure in his memoirs--Garcia Lorca, Aragon, Picasso, and Rivera, among them--and also such political leaders as Gandhi, Nehru, Mao, Castro, and Che Guevara. In his uniquely expressive prose, Neruda not only explains his views on poetry and describes the circumstances that inspired many of his poems, but he creates a revealing record of his life as a poet, a patriot, and one of the twentieth century's true men of conscience.

Whirlpool $6.99 When an exquisitely crafted, authentic imperial Faberge egg mysteriously shows up at Laurel Swann's home studio, she knows it can only be from one person—her father, who has drifted in and out of her life for as long as she can remember. But this time Jamie Swann leaves her something too many people will kill for. Out of her league and desperate, Laurel is forced to accept help from the very man who is trying to ensnare her father in his own web of double crosses. Cruz Rowan can help her stay alive, but will he do the same for her father? Elizabeth Lowell, writing as Ann Maxwell, deftly combines the nonstop action of a spy thriller with the heart-pounding excitement of true love and adventure.

Memoirs of Montparnasse $15.95 Memoirs of Montparnasse is a delicious book about being young, restless, reckless, and without cares. It is also the best and liveliest of the many chronicles of 1920s Paris and the exploits of the lost generation. In 1928, nineteen-year-old John Glassco escaped Montreal and his overbearing father for the wilder shores of Montparnasse. He remained there until his money ran out and his health collapsed, and he enjoyed every minute of his stay. Remarkable for their candor and humor, Glassco’s memoirs have the daft logic of a wild but utterly absorbing adventure, a tale of desire set free that is only faintly shadowed by sadness at the inevitable passage of time.

Unreliable Memoirs $3.95 Before James Frey famously fabricated his memoir, Clive James wrote a refreshingly candid book that made no claims to be accurate, precise, or entirely truthful, only to entertain. In an exercise of literary exorcism, James set out to put his childhood in Australia behind him by rendering it as part novel, part memoir. Now, nearly thirty years after it first came out in England, Unreliable Memoirs is again available to American readers and sure to attract a whole new generation that has, through his essays and poetry, come to love James's inimitable voice.

Memoirs of a Muse $9.99 Tanya is a typical teenager living with her bookish professor mother in a cramped Soviet apartment. She is obsessed with Dostoyevksy, and noticing that he always portrays his mistress and muse in his novels–never his wife–she determines to become a companion to a great writer. Her opportunity comes when, as a college graduate newly emigrated to America, she attends a Manhattan bookstore reading by Mark Schneider, a Significant New York Novelist. Tanya quickly moves in with Mark, ready to dazzle in bed, to serve and inspire . . . if only he would spend a little more time writing. But as she struggles to better understand her role as Muse, Tanya also learns more than she expected about the destiny she has imagined for herself. A touching and very funny novel in the great tradition of Russian realism, Memoirs of a Muse is also a lively meditation on the mysteries and absurdities of artistic inspiration. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Meeta's Memoirs $29.17 Meetaas Memoirs begins with stories of Meetaas rather eccentric middle class family, starting from about 100 years ago. The only education she received was at a small private primary school, which she attended until the age of seven. Later Meeta danced with the Anglo Polish Ballet; appeared in the film The Red Shoes; danced in a nude show at the Kilburn Empire (as clothed resident ballerina); appeared on the first dancing show on television by Beverly Nicholls; and later danced at Glynbourne Opera with Kathleen Ferrier. While overseas during World War II, Meeta dressed as a soldier and went within 50 yards of the front line. Meeta also performed at the Cairo Opera House, where she danced in the can-can for King Farouk. Meeta ends up in her back garden as a happy old lady looking forward to the future.

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant $3.99 Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant is considered among the greatest of military memoirs. Marshalling the forces of the North in the American Civil War, he was the only general who was able to bring the South to heels. The descriptions of the great battles and his assessments of the generals, many of whom he knew intimately from the Mexican war, are worth reading.

Political Autobiographies and Memoirs in Antiquity $216 Through the examination of political autobiographies and memoirs, some preserved in their entirety, others known only from fragments, this book offers a fascinating picture of the way characters who stand out in history saw and represented themselves and their own political actions.

Memoirs of a Wrong Love $20.94 Memoirs of a Wrong Love is written to let readers know that poor choices in love will bring a lifetime of regrets. There is only one life to live, and one must live life to the fullest with all the happiness, joy and peace that you can hold.

Memoirs of Montparnasse (Paperback) $22.32 Memoirs of Montparnasse is a delicious book about being young, restless, reckless, and without cares. It is also the best and liveliest of the many chronicles of 1920s Paris and the exploits of the lost generation. In 1928, nineteen-year-old John Glassco escaped Montreal and his overbearing father for the wilder shores of Montparnasse. He remained there until his money ran out and his health collapsed, and he enjoyed every minute of his stay. Remarkable for their candor and humor, Glassco`s memoirs have the daft logic of a wild but utterly absorbing adventure, a tale of desire set free that is only faintly shadowed by sadness at the inevitable passage of time.

Memoirs of a Southerner $26.94 The dogs were docile and obedient, only intended to trail the outlaws, not to injure them. We were much interested in their welfare, for were they not our own?

The Erotic Memoirs of Ambrose Horne $3.49 Armed with only his relentless curiosity for the darkest recesses of human sexuality, Ambrose Horne is the enterprising eroticist for whom no puzzle is too perplexing, no secret is too scandalous, and no position is too impolite. Now, gathered together for your reading pleasure, The Erotic Memoirs Of Ambrose Horne reveals the Carnal Casebook of the Idiosyncratic Inquisitor, the Horny Holmes... the man who put the Dick into Private Investigator... the one-and-only Ambrose Horne.

Memoirs of Fanny Hill $5.99 Memoirs of Fanny Hill was written in debtor's prison in 1784 and was the first modern erotic novel in English. A young woman, Fanny Hill, is forced by poverty to go into service, but is tricked into becoming a prostitute instead. She is then saved by her love, only to have his jealous father send him from the country some months later. She moves from one lover to the next, gaining maturity with each encounter, and nearing her...happy ending...

The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless $3.94 Beware Only those who are McFearlessly brave may read from the pages of these monstrous memoirs. Crack open the "creature-skin" cover--if you dare--and enter the "monster"minating world of 11-year-old Minerva McFearless, her brother Max, and their mysterious coyote friend, Mr. Devilstone, as they battle the evil army of the king of all monsters--the dreaded Zarmaglorg This one-of-a-kind novel features full-color illustrations throughout and offers "scientific" data on all the terrifying things that go bump in the night, as well as recipes for keeping the bloodthirsty beasts at bay. First-time author Ahmet Zappa delivers a horrifying and hysterical tale that will be sure to bewitch readers of all ages.

The True Memoirs of Little K $7.82 Ninety-nine years old, with a sharp memory for every jewel she owned and every conquest she made, Mathilde Kschessinska--prima ballerina assoluta of the long-vanished Russian Imperial Ballet--sits down to write her memoirs. And what a life it has been. The greatest dancer of the age, her scything technique caught the eye--and heart--of one Nikolai Romanov when she was only seventeen years old. When Nikolai ascended the throne as czar and was forced to give up his mistress, she turned her gaze on his cousins, the grand dukes; despite betraying each man with the other, her loyalty to Niki never wavered. As the last czar presided over a fatally crumbling empire, her devotion to the imperial family was tested in ways she could never have foreseen. In Adrienne Sharp's richly imagined novel, we see the seething beginnings of revolution and the blind giddiness of a doomed court. Based on fact, "The True Memoirs of Little K "is historical fiction as it's meant to be written: passionately eventful and alive with emotions that resonate today. It is a magnificent entertainment.

Memoirs Of A Geisha $5.99 Memoirs Of A Geisha

Bloodstained Memoirs $15.99 Bloodstained Memoirs

Memoirs Of An Afterlife $3.49 Memoirs Of An Afterlife

The Memoirs Of An Outlaw $10.49 The Memoirs Of An Outlaw

Memoirs Of A Worshipper $9.99 Memoirs Of A Worshipper

From the Memoirs of a Minister of France $16.29 Foreseeing that some who do not love me will be swift to allege that in the preparation of these memoirs I have set down only such things as redound to my credit, and have suppressed the many experiences not so propitious which fall to the lot of the most sagacious while in power, I take this opportunity of refuting that calumny. For the truth stands so far the other way that my respect for the King's person has led me to omit many things creditable to me; and some, it may be, that place me in a higher light than any I have set down. And not only that: but I propose in this very place to narrate the curious details of an adventure wherein I showed to less advantage than usual; and on which I should, were I moved by the petty feelings imputed to me by malice, be absolutely silent.

Dead Man's Whirlpool $9.08 Al and Owen return to the Dragon Blood Islands, only to be captured by Captain Slitgut. He forces them to walk the plank and they are sucked into the dreaded Dead Man's Whirlpool. No one makes it out of there aliveOr do they?

The Memoirs Of Dolly Morton $4.99 Long Banned Classic Now in Ebook! The Memoirs of Dolly Morton was unavailable to U.S. readers until the 1960s, and has only infrequently been reprinted since. It is the story of an innocent young girl who discovers and experiences the extremes of sexuality when she visits the pre-Civil War South. Although she succumbs to the sensuality she finds there, and the strong, handsome men, she is also repulsed by the treatment slaves. The whippings and sexual abuses which occurr daily, the corruption of the masters, and the passive submission of the slaves lead her to become involved in the Abolitionist Movement. Dolly's story really heats up when her activities are discovered by an aristocratic scoundrel. Instead of turning her over to the authorities, he forces her to become his mistress and his sex slave. But when the Civil War erupts she is trapped in the middle of the looting and rapine which follow. This is her story told with candor, innocence, and a large spicing of candor. A not-to-be-missed erotic classic.

Memoirs of a Failed Diplomat $24.36 The present volume continues the tale Dan Serge Vittorio began in "Memoirs of a Fortunate Jew," tracing the development of his unique personality, which attracts him to ever-more eccentric and paradoxical situations. From soldier to diplomat to soldier again--via Palestine, Paris, Ethiopia, and Madagascar--Segre chronicles his encounters with other remarkable characters: a chain-smoking Golda Meir; the African leaders Tom Mboya and Julius Nyerere; Soviet diplomats and KGB agents. Suspected of being a spy, Segre is dismissed from the Foreign Ministry, official recognition of his innocence only coming a decade later. By this time, however, Segre had fully embarked on new careers as a journalist and academic. Segre's candor, irony, intelligence, and belief are irresistible companions throughout this adventure.

Memoirs of a Dead Man $33.63 Hjalmar Bergman (18831931) is widely regarded as one of the foremost Swedish novelists of the twentieth century. Memoirs of a Dead Man follows the efforts of Jan Arnberg to escape the curse that has bound the fate of his family to that of the Arnfelts for generations. The earlier efforts of Jans father to break free by moving to America foundered in a parody of consumer society and advertising slogans. Jans own story culminates when he has to flee a smalltown scandal in Sweden and ends up in a symbolic kingdom of death in Hamburg, where the family curse is played out once more, and where he comes to realize that abdication from free will is his only option. Author: Bergman, Hjalmar/ Smith, Neil/ Petherick, Karin Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Publication Date: 2007/06/01 Language: English Dimensions: 7.77 x 5.05 x 0.72 inches

Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, Volume 1: The Commissar, 1918-1945 $33.46 Co-published with the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies, Brown University. This is the first volume of three in what will be the only complete and fully reliable version of the memoirs available in English.

Memoirs of an Icelandic Bookworm $19.14 Memoirs of an Icelandic Bookworm is only partly a memoir. More than half the volume consists of Icelandic folktales, many of which have never been translated into English before. These tales are uniquely presented here as part of a fabric of life extending from a long-ago past through times affected by the Second World War and to the present. The book is a first-hand and humorous account of Icelandic culture and an Icelandic childhood. In the memoir-sections, the "bookworm" of the title is growing up in a small town in Northern Iceland; her emerging world-view is expanded by family-influences or challenged by sojourns into Icelandic and international literature. Her family is memorably represented, for example by her grandmother, the robust Stefan?a, who speaks in verse and learns to dance rock'n roll, and the white-haired patriarch J?n, who steps in to save the family home from burning and introduces his great-granddaughter to an ancient feminist folktale. The memoirs mostly describe the 1940s and '50s, but the author is constantly looking back, beyond her own memories and even the memories of her great-parents, toward an older culture, preserved in the folktales and exerting its influence through the centuries to touch her own childhood. On occasion, the author's cultural associations reach even further back, to the times of the Icelandic sagas; at other times, with periodic returns to her current vantage point in the 21st century, she touches down in the more recent past for a humorous look at Laxness or up-to-date cultural developments. As a writer of memoirs, the author makes two general observations. The first one is that children should be introduced to imaginativeliterature as early as possible. Although this is not a new idea, it is illustrated here with an example of highly auspicious conditions: the bookworm and her peers grow up in a cultural climate where literature and poetry are integrated into daily life. The author's second observation is that a small and seemingly "insular" society may actually contain a great deal of cultural and literary sophistication, as she shows in her descriptions of daily small-town life in Northern Iceland. The sixty-some folktales which occupy the larger part of the book are introduced as flashbacks to earlier times. Reflecting the national past and narrated by long departed country-people, the folktales run through the bookworm's own present and link her living family to long-ago forebears. The human characters in these colorful tales are just like the narrators themselves: farmers and their wives, serving maids, clergymen, bishops, or hired hands: a familiar mixture in any farming society. The non-humans are a sinister lot, ranging from The Evil One himself through ghosts and ogres with whom ordinary folk must struggle as best they can. In addition, the ever-present elves are a law unto themselves: loyal as friends but lethal as foes. Being an Icelander and thus re

The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots $9.99 In this dramatic, compelling fictional memoir Carolly Erickson lets the courageous, spirited Mary Queen of Scots tell her own story — and the result is a novel readers will long remember. Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute. Unable to rise above the violence and disorder that swirled around her, Mary plucked up her courage and escaped to England — only to find herself a prisoner of her ruthless, merciless cousin Queen Elizabeth. Here, in her own riveting account, is the enchanting woman whose name still evokes excitement and compassion — and whose death under the headsman’s axe still draws forth our sorrow. In The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots , Carolly Erickson provides another in her series of mesmerizing historical entertainments, and takes readers deep into the life and heart of the sixteenth century’s most fascinating woman.

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