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The “brilliantly wry” (Lena Dunham) and “lovably awkward” (Mindy Kaling) New York Times bestseller from the creator of HBO’s Insecure. In this "delightfully deadpan" (Essence) bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae waxes humorously on what it’s like to be...

Mohsin grew up in a deprived pocket of East London; his family was close-knit but very religiously conservative. From a young age Mohsin felt different, but in a home where being gay was inconceivable, he also felt very alone. Outside of home Mohsin went to a failing inner city school where gang violence was a fact of life. As he grew up, life didn’t seem to offer teenage Mohsin any choices: he was disenfranchised as a poor brown boy, and he was isolated from his family as a closet gay Muslim.

Brought to you by Penguin. The thoughtful and revealing memoir from one of the world's most recognisable women, renowned for her bold risk-taking, multiculturalism, and activism. "I am a product of traditional India and its ancient wisdom, and modern India and its urban bustle. My upbringing was...

An intimate memoir in essays by an award-winning Israeli writer who travels the world, from New York to India, searching for love, belonging, and an escape from grief following the death of her father when she was a young girl NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS This...

A gripping, inspiring, and eye-opening memoir of fortitude and survival—of a twelve-year-old boy’s traumatic flight from Afghanistan to the West—that puts a face to one of the most shocking and devastating humanitarian crises of our time. “To risk my life had to mean something. Otherwise...

Winner of the Balcones Prize in Nonfiction Longlisted for the National Book Critics Circle award for Nonfiction The New York Times-bestselling, National Book Award-nominated author of The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois and The Age of Phillis makes her nonfiction debut with this personal and...

'An unforgettable and moving portrait of working-class alienation ... I read it in one sitting' JAMES REBANKS 'Utterly compelling. I couldn't put this down! It picks you up and takes you on a journey that will leave you changed' REBECCA SMITH A BOOKSELLER BOOK OF THE MONTH --- I'm England till I...

In 2018 Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene took to social media to share her suspicions that the California wildfires were started by 'space solar generators' which were funded by powerful, mysterious backers. Instantly, thousands of people rallied around her, blaming the fires on "Jewish space lasers" and, ultimately, the Rothschild family. For more than 200 years, the name "Rothschild" has been synonymous with two things: great wealth, and conspiracy theories about what they're "really doing" with it.

Diary Writer beschreibt in ihrem Buch „Raum“ zuerst, wie sie ihre Kindheit als türkisches Mädchen in Deutschland erlebt hat. Die kulturellen Unterschiede, die unbegreiflich sind, aber stets präsent, führen immer wieder zu Konflikten – innerlich und auch äußerlich – ob das in Deutschland ist oder in der Türkei im Urlaub. Die Autorin nimmt den Leser mit und erzählt von über ihre Kindergartenzeit, über ihre die Zeit mit ihren Eltern und ihren beiden Schwestern in der kleinen Zwei-Zimmer-Wohnung in Köln, bis hin zu ihrem Leben als junge Mutter und Ehefrau.

Dolly Faulkner has many heart-stopping moments of terror and anxiety, living much of the time truly alone in the Alaskan wilderness. But she is not lonely, as the awesome space and beauty of the mountains fill her with appreciation of all things of nature. Dolly Faulkner came to Alaska as a young woman with the dream of living in the wilderness. Forty Years in the Wilderness is a true reality of carving out a homestead in the Kilbuck Mountains near a minor hotsprings that the regional Native corporation is now trying to claim.

A revelatory new biography of the writer-activist who inspired today's movements for racial liberation In the era of Black Lives Matter, Frantz Fanon's shadow looms larger than ever. He was the intellectual activist of the postcolonial era, and his writings about race, revolution, and the...

Sono molte le strade che compongono la vita di Gaia van der Esch: ci sono le strade di campagna di Anguillara Sabazia, dove ha vissuto la sua infanzia con il fratello, il padre olandese e la madre lombarda; quelle lastricate di sampietrini del liceo e dell’università a Roma; le autostrade verso casa dei nonni nell’hinterland milanese. E poi ci sono le strade che l’hanno portata per dodici anni lontano dall’Italia, tra studio e missioni internazionali, in Germania, Francia, Belgio, Tanzania, Giordania, Iraq, Svizzera e Stati Uniti.

The incredible true story of two Holocaust survivors who fell in love in Auschwitz, only to be separated upon liberation and lead remarkable lives apart following the war—and then find each other again more than 70 years later. “Mesmerizing and inspirational.” —Judy Batalion, New York...

*** THE INSTANT TOP TEN BESTSELLER *** HIGHLY COMMENDED FOR THE 2025 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING SHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD JEFFERIES AWARD Paul Lamb is a hedgelayer. He lives in his wagon and works to the rhythm of the seasons, a way of life that has almost vanished. From the end of...

Nel mare ci sono i coccodrilli. Storia vera di Enaiatollah Akbari - bestseller amato e letto in tutto il mondo - termina nel 2008, quando Enaiat parla al telefono con la madre per la prima volta dopo il lungo e avventuroso viaggio che dall'Afghanistan l'ha condotto in Italia, a Torino. Ma cosa è successo alla sua famiglia prima di quella telefonata? In quali modi è rimasta coinvolta dalla "guerra al terrore" iniziata nel 2001? E com'è cambiata la loro vita e quella di Enaiat da quando si sono ritrovati fino a oggi, al 2020?

Some people think Jay-Z is just another rapper. Others see him as just another celebrity/mega-star. The reality is, no matter what you think Jay-Z is, he is first and foremost a business. And as much as Martha Stewart or Oprah, he has turned himself into a lifestyle. This audiobook explains just how Jay-Z propelled himself from the bleak streets of Brooklyn to the heights of the business world.

Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach—especially a football coach—to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, the profanities, the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is it possible for anyone to be successful without compromising faith and family?

In those days a private boys' boarding school education was largely the same experience as it had been for generations: a training for the challenges of Empire. He didn't enjoy it. But the first and most important lesson was to not let that show. Being separated from the people who love you is traumatic. How did that feel at the time, and what sort of adult does it mould? This is a story about England, and a portrait of a type of boy, trained to lead, who becomes a certain type of man.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Dr Jessica Taylor grew up on a council estate where brutality and coercion were normalised, and where substance abuse was a day-to-day occurrence. Now one of the UK's most spirited advocates for women's rights, and a leading chartered psychologist helping women and...

Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed...