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***WINNER OF THE 2024 AUDIE AWARD FOR AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR*** Bono—artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2—has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he’s lived, the challenges he’s faced, and the...

Bloomsbury presents The Descent: Witnessing Russia's Spiral into Madness Under Putin, written and read by Marc Bennetts An extraordinary first-hand account of Russia’s descent into totalitarianism, paranoia and madness. Marc Bennetts, foreign correspondent for The Times and The Sunday Times...

Mashood Khan kennt die Sprache der Straße. Nicht aus Filmen, sondern aus eigener Erfahrung. Als Jugendlicher driftet er ab: Gewalt, Gangs, Knast. In diesem schonungslos ehrlichen Buch erzählt Mashood von seiner Lebenswende. Wie ausgerechnet der Tod seines Vaters ihn einen neuen Weg einschlagen ließ. Seine Geschichte zeigt, dass Integration möglich ist – durch Begegnung, Bildung und die leise Kraft der Liebe.

The trial of Dominique Pelicot, which began on 2 September 2024, has captured the world's attention. Behind the haunting details of Pelicot's unthinkable crimes are a mother, Gisèle Pelicot, and a daughter, Caroline Darian, who were forced to rebuild their lives. This is their story. In...

'A memoir that doubles as a warning. Zahra Joya writes for the women the world abandoned to the Taliban's brutal gender apartheid - and refuses to let us forget them... [she] is one of the bravest journalists of our time' Malala Yousafzai 'Beautifully written and powerfully told. Joya's story...

Ein einzigartiger Blick auf eine Zentralfigur der neueren deutschen Geschichte. Wer von Attentätern hört, der denkt an Terroristen, die aus einer fanatischen Ideologie heraus Angst und Schrecken verbreiten wollen. Nichts davon trifft auf Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg zu. Stauffenberg und sein gescheiterter Versuch, den nationalsozialistischen Wahnsinn zu stoppen, sind zu einem Mythos geworden. Allerdings basiert der inzwischen abenteuerliche Gegenentwurf auf schwachen Fakten. Der wirkliche Mensch Stauffenberg in seiner Vielfalt tritt hinter all diesen Zuschreibungen zurück.

Bloomsbury presents Sophia by Anita Anand, read by Tania Rodrigues. **By the presenter of the hit podcast EMPIRE** 'Sophia is the sort of remarkable, almost unbelievable untold true story that every writer dreams of chancing upon. A wonderful debut, written with real spirit and gusto. Anita...

"Wir sind die Kinder der kleinen Mehrheiten. Unsere Stimmen müssen in der Gesellschaft gehört werden." Was für eine Geschichte! Gianni Jovanovic hat mit 43 Jahren mehr erfahren als andere in ihrem ganzen Leben: 1978 in Rüsselsheim geboren, erlebten er und seine Familie immer wieder rassistische Anfeindungen. Mit 14 verheirateten seine Eltern ihn. Mit 17 war er bereits zweifacher Vater, Anfang 20 outete sich Gianni Jovanovic als schwul. Inzwischen ist er seit 18 Jahren mit seinem Ehemann zusammen, zweifacher Großvater und die wohl bekannteste Stimme der Rom:nja und Sinti:zze in Deutschland.

There is something different about adventurers; about the way their minds work. They look at the world as a place of challenges and though they know what fear is, they refuse to be hindered by it. TRUE SPIRIT is Jessica's story and in it she will detail her preparation, her journey and her...

The son of Weather Underground radicals tells the story of a childhood on the run and a half-century of revolutionary struggle in America. Zayd Ayers Dohrn was born underground. His parents were fugitives after a decade fighting the US government; his mother was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER People have lost hope that peace is possible. Talking about peace seems too vulnerable, too naïve, too dangerous. We have resigned ourselves to this unending war as the only way forward. But we have tried this. We have tried war. The only war that is won is one...

A New York Times bestseller, the shocking story of one of the few people born in a North Korean political prison to have escaped and survived. Blaine Harden's latest book, King of Spies, will be available from Viking in Fall 2017. North Korea is isolated and hungry, bankrupt and belligerent. It...

Brought to you by Penguin. A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela Davis Edited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Liberation era which resonates just as powerfully today. Long hard to find, it...

Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. Age 14, she left the forest for the first time to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. Eventually, her ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with her to return and embrace her own culture. She listened. Two decades later, Nemonte has emerged as one of the most forceful voices in climate-change activism.

Florence Nightingales vorgezeichnete Zukunft: schöngeistige Ausbildung, Hochzeit, Hausfrau und Mutter. Doch bestärkt durch ihren Glauben kämpfte sie um ihren Traum: Menschen zu helfen, die unter widrigsten Bedingungen in englischen Hospitälern dahinvegetierten. Im Krimkrieg wurde sie zur Nationalheldin und ging als "Die Lady mit der Lampe" in die Geschichte ein.

Wer war Leo Trotzki wirklich, Revolutionär, Weltbürger und Stalingegner, oder der brillante Organisator, der die Oktoberrevolution prägte und später selbst zum gejagten Gegner eines Systems wurde, das er mit aufgebaut hatte? Dieses Hörbuch führt mitten hinein in die dramatischen Jahre von Zarismus, Krieg, Umsturz und Bürgerkrieg und zeigt, warum Trotzki bis heute fasziniert, als politischer Stratege, Redner und Befehlshaber.

Written by Martin Luther King, Jr. himself, this astounding autobiography brings to life a remarkable man changed the world —and still inspires the desires, hopes, and dreams of us all. Martin Luther King: the child and student who rebelled against segregation. The dedicated minister who...

"My life, as you will read, has taken me from one cult to another. BRAVE is the story of how I fought my way out of these cults and reclaimed my life. I want to help you do the same." -Rose McGowan A revealing memoir and empowering manifesto – A voice for generations Rose McGowan was born in...

Brought to you by Penguin. What do you do when your country becomes a repressive authoritarian state? 2014: Russia prepares to host the Winter Olympics. Russia invades Crimea. Putin is re-elected president. Several political prisoners are amnestied and released early from prison. Maria Alyokhina...

A New York Times Bestseller ""A moving petition to America that it not look away from the catastrophes at Columbine, Newtown, Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech, and, yes, Parkland. It succeeds as an in-depth report about the “generational campaign” in the aftermath of the Parkland tragedy, a...