Títulos en Culturales y regionales

Most of us have done it.At some point, a new school, a new country, a new job, we built a version of ourselves designed to fit in. We got so good at being that person that we forgot who was underneath.The Boy Who Lost His Name is the story of what happens when you finally go back for them.José...

A deeply moving memoir of healing and ancestral reconnection, weaving an intimate personal story with the epic history of Ireland. In 2013, exactly a century after her grandparents emigrated from Ireland to America, Carolyn Brigit Flynn returned to her ancestral homeland in the wake of a family...

A funny, honest and moving account of life as an older woman in today's Ireland. At 87, with failing eyesight and limited mobility, Ann Ingle is rejoicing in the unexpected freedom of being older, while remaining realistic about the challenges it brings. Still Here is her candid and uplifting reflection on ageing for anybody wondering what lies ahead. Ingle explores friendship, family and keeping fit, and tackles the big questions we all have around getting older.

'I hope this diary doesn’t offend anyone, but it almost certainly will. Apologies in advance' Shaun Bythell After a four-year absence, the Sunday Times bestselling and original bookshop diarist is back. The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm’s paradise: the largest second-hand bookshop in...

One of the first personal narratives written by an ex-slave, this is also one of the few written by a woman. Harriet Jacobs (1813-97) was enslaved, along with her family, in North Carolina under a ruthless master who sexually harassed her. After several failed escape attempts, and several years of hiding, she finally made her way North to freedom, where she was eventually reunited with her children. The book was published in 1861.

What happens when “just friends” becomes a marriage—and one spontaneous decision changes the course of your entire life?In Just Friends: Love, Lessons, and a New Life Under the Spanish Sun, J.R. Hutt shares a warm, candid, and deeply personal account of love, cultural discovery, family...

ربما لا توجد فاكهة في تجربة الطهو في العالم الغربيّ تثير شغفاً مشتركاً أو ارتباطاً عاطفيّاً مثل المانغو. يستعرض هذا الكتاب العالم الغنيّ لهذه الفاكهة، ويسلّط الضوء على أصنافها المتنوّعة وخصائصها، ويسبر الجوانب التاريخيّة والاجتماعيّة والثقافيّة لها. ترسم مؤلّفتا الكتاب صوراً حية للموروثات التاريخيّة والثقافيّة للمانغو عبر سرد مجموعة من القصص والحكايات الساحرة من جميع القارات، وتعرضان ببراعة رحلة المانغو من جذورها الأصليّة إلى حضورها المميّز في المطابخ العالميّة والمناسبات الدينيّة والاجتماعيّة.

“I often wondered how Kandaya felt as we closed in on him. We had the helicopters, the radios, the firepower. But he had stealth on his side.” Angus Shaw was there when Rhodesia slid into war. Born in the country he would later fight for, Shaw records, first as a civilian newspaper...

Digging Up Bones is a nonfiction true-crime/investigative book centered on the controversial funeral and burial of Bobby Wilks in Robertson County, Tennessee. The book investigates the circumstances surrounding Wilks’ death, funeral, and burial, drawing on historical records, interviews, newspaper reports, and other documented sources. It examines conflicting accounts and unanswered questions surrounding the case while presenting the author’s research and findings.

This book is a selected collection of the memories I have gathered throughout my life. Every moment helped me grow, learn, and become the person I am today. Each experience taught me something important. Sometimes I wonder if everything happened because of fate or because of the choices we make that affect our future. We may never know the real answer. What I do know is that every memory matters and becomes a part of who we are.

Du kannst ich sein. Und ich kann du sein.Dieses Buch erklärt dir nicht, wie du leben sollst. Es ist kein Ratgeber, keine Anleitung und keine Methode.Es richtet sich an Menschen, die im Alltag, im Team oder in der Zusammenarbeit echte Veränderung wollen, nicht durch Regeln, sondern durch...

In PILGRIMAGE OF THE SPIRIT, Puja A. J. Thomson questions her beliefs and finds the courage to follow her inner guidance as it sweeps her across continents, cultures and faiths. Not merely a tourist seeking entertainment, she grows beyond the limitations of her upbringing in Scotland. In her teens, she connects with Christians behind the Iron Curtain in Communist East Germany; as a young woman, she meets her spiritual teacher in India, becomes a follower, and is given a new name.

In 1953, the Greek island of Zakynthos suffered a series of earthquakes, later known as the Great Ionian Earthquake. Villages were decimated, many people lost their homes, their loved ones, and their ways of life. Seven years old at the time, Eleni Marinos grew up in the rubble. And then at...

A gripping story that reveals what happened to a small American town when an influential white nationalist group relocated its headquarters there, illustrating how radical changes in American politics impact our psyches and divide our communities. “A timely and engagingly written account by an...

Scars The World Can’t See winner of the Switzerland First Prize Literary Award. The skillful author takes us on his life journey, revisiting moments and past adventures in 150 countries, some of which represent the most troubled places on earth, where life (or an acceptable version of it) is a...

"What should I bring to Africa?" The answer I got to that question at 31 years old was "Whatever makes you feel at home." Having lived in the southern United States, I had no idea what to pack. Once I arrived in Africa, I adjusted quickly to the various places I lived. "Home" became more of a state of mind than a physical location or set of things. Some of my most unique experiences happened because I said yes to adventuring half-way around the globe...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Behind the soaring worship music, the packed stadium sanctuaries, and the multi-million dollar broadcasting empires lies a devastating pattern of moral collapse that has shaped American Christianity for decades. This gripping investigative audiobook...

As obras de Frida Kahlo carregam dor, mas também a resiliência de uma artista que soube transformar tragédia em arte. Ao longo da vida, trouxe em suas telas um recorte íntimo de sua jornada, passando por suas vivências como mulher e pessoa com deficiência, e também retratando dilemas sobre ancestralidade e sexualidade. Por meio de sua força e coragem, tornou-se símbolo de resistência ao redor do mundo.

The updated edition of a bestselling classic, with a new introduction from award-winning author Chris Hammer. Australia's major river system is collapsing. Parts of it are dying; parts of it are already dead. Australia's most significant river no longer reaches the sea. I look out into the dim autumn light and wonder once again how it has come to this . . . Join award-winning author Chris Hammer on a journey through Australia's largest river system, the Murray-Darling Basin.

Dans Les Moissons funèbres, livre devenu instantanément un classique de la littérature américaine, Jesmyn Ward raconte les difficultés rencontrées par la population rurale du Sud des États-Unis à laquelle elle appartient et porte tant d'affection. En l'espace de quatre ans, cinq jeunes hommes noirs avec lesquels Jesmyn Ward a grandi sont morts dans des circonstances violentes. Ces décès n'avaient aucun lien entre eux si ce n'est le spectre puissant de la pauvreté et du racisme qui balise l'entrée dans l'âge adulte des jeunes hommes issus de la communauté africaine-américaine.