Karen Blixen Out of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her...

Edward W Said   Edward Said experienced both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late forties and early fifties. This account of his early...

Geoff Dyer Sitting down to write a book about his hero D. H. Lawrence, Geoff Dyer finds himself compelled to write about anything else. He is in fact compelled to...

Chief Rabbi Israel Meir Lau With a foreword by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel!Israel Meir Lau, one of the youngest survivors of Buchenwald, was just eight years old when the camp...

Gore Vidal This is a memoir of the first 40 years of Gore Vidal's life, ranging back and forth across a rich history. He spent his childhood in Washington DC,...

Sarah Wildman One woman’s journey to find the lost love her grandfather left behind when he fled pre-World War II Europe, and an exploration into family identity, myth, and memory.Years...

Kati Marton This is a memoir for anyone who has ever fallen in love in Paris, or with Paris. Paris: A Love Story is for anyone who has ever had their heart...

Edward Keith-Roach The life of Edward Keith-Roach spans the transition of Britain's imperial history from a position of power, serenity and confidence, to one of growing frustration and decline. Perhaps...

Jonathan Raban First published October 12, 1999

Isabel Allende   "Listen, Paula. I am going to tell you a story so that when you wake up you will not feel so lost." So says Chilean writer Isabel...

Gunter Grass In this extraordinary memoir, Nobel Prize-winning author Gunter Grass remembers his early life, from his boyhood in a cramped two-room apartment in Danzig through the late 1950s, when The...

Jean Kerr15 new, extremely funny, pieces by the author of "Please Don't Eat the Daisies." These stories run the gamut from home entertaining to Twiggy with a laugh every step...