Kulturell & regional

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a Black African father and a White American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a Black American....

When his mother passed away at the age of 78, Sherman Alexie responded the only way he knew how: He wrote....

Drei Lebensregeln sind der einzige Kompass Enaiats auf seiner Überlebensreise, die viele Jahre dauert...

Un libro lleno de amor y de humor que reconstruye, desde la evocación, la vida, la felicidad añorada y los espacios más queridos de Isabel Allende....

Lythcott-Haims briskly and stirringly evokes her personal battle with the low self-esteem that American racism routinely inflicts on people of color....

From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a corrupt baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society in Memphis. She offered up more than 5,000 orphans tailored to the wish lists of eager parents - hiding the fact that many weren't orphans at all.... 

Der jüdische Humor und seine Witze vermengen sich in Erwin Javors Erzählung wie ein Mosaik mit Geschichte und persönlichen Geschichten aus Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft....

1968 reist der Autor Franz Fühmann von Ost-Berlin nach Budapest. Hinter ihm liegen die Überwindung seiner Alkoholsucht und die...

On September 11, 2001, Carmen bin Ladin heard the news that the Twin Towers had been struck....

Crossing years and continents, the harrowing story of the road to reunion for two Syrian brothers who - despite a homeland at war and an ocean between them - hold fast to the bonds of family....

Philippe Pozzo di Borgo gibt einen tiefen Einblick in seine bewegende Lebensgeschichte, die den Stoff für einen sensationellen Kinoerfolg lieferte...

Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a modern American classic....

From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power....

The definitive biography of the most legendary basketball player of all time....

The Color of Water touches listeners of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son....

He was a husband, a father, a preacher - and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform?

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictatorships....

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty and drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences....

A revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann....

From growing up in difficult circumstances and getting cut from his high-school basketball team to his larger-than-life basketball career, Shaq lays it all out in Shaq Uncut....

Wer sich von Rafik Schami zu einem Spaziergang durch Damaskus verführen lässt, entdeckt das Geheimnis der Königin des Orients mit allen Sinnen...

Zwischen Konsum- und Selfie-Wahn, Selbstoptimierung, Ichbezogenheit und dem Schwelgen in Luxusproblemen macht Michael Nast deutlich, wie...

In 2006, after his father was killed, Gulwali Passarlay was caught between the Taliban, who wanted to recruit him, and the Americans, who wanted to use him....

In "Ziemlich beste Freunde" gibt Philippe Pozzo di Borgo einen tiefen Einblick in seine bewegende Lebensgeschichte...

The definitive audiobook memoir of one of Israel's most influential soldier-statesmen and one-time Prime Minister, Ehud Barak, with insights into forging peace in the Middle East....

In 1982, Sally Morgan travelled back to her grandmother's birthplace....

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Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning....