Poetry has always been in the Kazakh blood, and Galym Mutanov is one of the newly independent nation's leading poets, a shining light in the Kazakh literary world. In the range of his poetry, Mutanov truly captures the essence of the Kazakh spirit - from the tough and ageless traditions of the wild steppe to moments of tender intimacy. The measured Islamic wisdom and deep sense of morality so intrinsic to Kazakh life of old shines through in verse after verse.The figure of Abai, the 19th cent...

Although he never left his native Kraków except for relatively short periods, Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907) achieved worldwide fame, both as a painter, and Poland's greatest dramatist of the first half of the twentieth century. Acropolis: the Wawel Plays, brings together four of Wyspiański's most important dramatic works in a new English translation by Charles S. Kraszewski. All of the plays centre on Wawel Hill: the legendary seat of royal and ecclesiastical power in the poet's native...

For thirty summers Tove and her partner, the graphic artist, Tuulikki Pietilä, retreated to the tiny island of Klovharun, a rocky outcrop in the gulf of Finland, where they would live, paint and write, energised by the shifting seascapes and the island's austere charms. Notes from an Island, offers both a memoir of, and homage to, this beloved island home.

Tove's spare prose, and Tuulikki's subtle washes and aquatints, combine to form a work of meditative beauty.

This edition includes the fi...

Schrijver, filmmaker en uitgever Stefan Themerson (Plock, 1910-1988) was in Polen vooral bekend door zijn kinderboeken die geïllustreerd werden door zijn vrouw Franciszka Themerson (Warschau, 1907-1988). Zij was schilder, filmmaker, grafisch ontwerper en toneelontwerper. Samen maakten zij naast kinderboeken een aantal films en richtten de befaamde uitgeverij Gaberbocchus Press op. Daar verschenen hun eigen publicaties, maar ook werk van onder anderen Jarry, Heine, Queneau en Bertrand Russell...

This book is my story, as it is lived. At the end you may feel unsatisfied, but that is not of my concern. I am not here to satisfy anyone or any feeling. I wrote this book, so I could leave the streets out of love for a girl. This is not going to happen, but I continue to publish it, because I feel like this story, my story, needs to be told. It is a story about a young man that decides to do that one thing that every man has had the idea of doing, at least once in his life. And some women a...

A deep dive into just how extreme nerdiness can get. This personal account by the author Brecht Debor chronicles the history of his ongoing inner battle to become somewhat less of a nerd. As Brecht recounts tales of past successes and failures alike, the awkwardness of his unique form of social interaction tangibly seeps through the page and will make readers feel like they were actually present throughout it all.

Its Me Again Lord!

A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.

Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture. What Bond represents about ideas of masculinity, the British national psyche and global politics has shifted over time, as has the interpretation of the life of his author. But Fleming himself was more mysterious and subtle than anything ...

Adventurous at heart and complex by nature, but chained by the time she lives in, Marie Louise struggles with being a wife and mother. Her constant yearning for new experiences, life lessons and – frankly – men gets her into trouble over and over again. Louise is known for her intelligence, her witty remarks and lovable character. But her constant willingness to let her domestic life and family collapse belies an impending drama. It seems as though nothing and no one will ever be good eno...

From a dreamy little girl who wrote poems and songs I turned into a rebelious teenager and later on I embarked on the bumpy road to stardom and success.

From an early age I wrote and apparently I was gifted with a beautiful voice; I was put in front of the class in primary school which was quite an ordeal because I was very shy. Singing in a rock and roll band I overcame me shyness and from then on I worked hard to become a great singer. I took singing lessons with the renowned vocal coach Be...