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The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese Schoolgirl
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Include books by the same authorBetween the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates · 155 pages
An Amazon Best Book of July 2015: Readers of his work in The Atlantic and elsewhere know Ta-Nehisi Coates for his thoughtful and influential writing on race in America. Written as a series of letters to his teenaged son, his new memoir, Between the World and Me, walks us through the course of his life, from the tough neighborhoods of Baltimore in his youth, to Howard University—which Coates dubs “
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Barack Obama · 384 pages
Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power
'Tis A Memoir
Frank McCourt · 512 pages
The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Vol. 1: 1889-1910
L.M. Montgomery · 448 pages
This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
Adam Kay · 278 pages
As soon as Adam Kay set foot on a hospital ward for the first time, he realized there's quite a lot they don't teach you at medical school ... His diaries from the NHS front line - scribbled in secret after long nights, endless days and missed weekends - are hilarious, horrifying and heartbreaking by turns. This Is Going to Hurt is everything you wanted to know about being a junior doctor, and mor
A Year With Swollen Appendices
Brian Eno · 424 pages
Bring Me a Unicorn: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928
Anne Morrow Lindbergh · 290 pages
Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954
Jack Kerouac · 387 pages
Excerpts from his diaries chronicle a pivotal era in Kerouac's life, describing the creation of his first novel; his special friendships with Allen Ginsberg and Neal Cassady; and his own take on the events described in "On the Road."
A World Gone Mad: The Diaries of Astrid Lindgren, 1939-45
Astrid Lindgren · 240 pages
Before she became internationally known for her Pippi Longstocking books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of the Second World War. The diaries she kept throughout the hostilities offer a civilian's, a mother's, and an aspiring writer's unique account of the devastating conflict. She emerges as a morally courageous critic of violence and wa
Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the 1970s
Margaret Sartor · 288 pages
The Further Adventures of a London Call Girl
Belle de Jour, Brooke Magnanti · 336 pages
Resistance: A French Woman's Journal of the War
Agnes Humbert · 370 pages
A real-life Suite Française, this riveting diary by a key female member of the French Resistance in WWII is translated into English for the first time. Agnès Humbert was an art historian in Paris during the German occupation in 1940. Though she might well have weathered the oppressive regime, Humbert was stirred to action by the atrocities she witnessed. In an act of astonishing bravery, she joine
Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love
Courtney Love · 304 pages
The Andy Warhol Diaries
Andy Warhol, Pat Hackett · 841 pages
Now in trade paperback, the sensational national bestseller that turns the spotlight on one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time. These pages are filled with previously undisclosed facts about the lives and loves of the irch and famous--from royalty to movie and music stars to renowned artists.
The Gossamer Years: The Diary of a Noblewoman of Heian Japan
Michitsuna no Haha · 208 pages
The Bolivian Diary: The Authorised Edition
Ernesto Che Guevara · 303 pages
Diaries of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka · 528 pages
These diaries cover the years 1910 to 1923, the year before Kafka’s death at the age of forty. They provide a penetrating look into life in Prague and into Kafka’s accounts of his dreams, his feelings for the father he worshipped and the woman he could not bring himself to marry, his sense of guilt, and his feelings of being an outcast. They offer an account of a life of almost unbearable intensit
Fire: From A Journal of Love - The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin (1934-1937)
Anais Nin · 448 pages
Ball Four
Jim Bouton · 472 pages
Twentieth-anniversary edition of a baseball classic, with a new epilogue by Jim Bouton. When first published in 1970, Ball Four stunned the sports world. The commissioner, executives, and players were shocked. Sportswriters called author Jim Bouton a traitor and "social leper." Baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn tried to force him to declare the book untrue. Fans, however, loved the book. And seriou
Journals of Anaïs Nin Volume 4
Gunther Stuhlmann · 266 pages