Tagebücher & Memoiren

Autografen, die handschriftlichen Spuren, die ein Mensch hinterlassen hat, sind als unmittelbare Zeitzeugen aussagekräftige biografische Quellen. Grafologen und Psychologen extrahieren allein aus einer Unterschrift mitunter ganze Persönlichkeitsprofile, und auch der Laie schaut gerne mit Neugier und detektivischem Ehrgeiz auf das Schriftbild, bisweilen auch die Klaue (muss ein Genie sein!) prominenter Persönlichkeiten.Der brasilianische Schriftsteller, Verleger und Sammler Pedro Corrêa do Lago hält zwar nicht viel von der Grafologie, sammelt aber Autografen seit seiner Jugend mit einer Besessenheit, die ihm selbst nicht ganz geheuer ist: "Eigentlich müsste ich in einer Zwangsjacke stecken!" Im Laufe eines knappen halben Jahrhunderts hat er eine Sammlung zusammengetragen, die alle Dimensionen sprengt - sie umfasst rund 100.000 Dokumente: Briefe, Notizen, Tagebuchseiten, signierte Fotografien, Partituren, Manuskripte, Widmungsexemplare und andere handschriftliche Zeugnisse, von einem mittelalterlichen Pergament, das vier Päpste unterzeichneten, bis zu einer Buchwidmung inklusive Daumenabdruck von Stephen Hawking aus dem Jahre 2006.Die für diesen Band ausgewählten 140 Dokumente aus fast 900 Jahren stammen von Menschen aus Politik, Literatur, Kunst, Philosophie, Film, Musik und Wissenschaft, die ihren Platz im Who's Who der Geschichte behauptet haben und nicht im Meer des Vergessens untergegangen sind: Briefe von Lucrezia Borgia, Vincent van Gogh, Franz Kafka und Emily Dickinson, kommentierte Skizzen von Michelangelo, Jean Cocteau, Henri Matisse und Jackson Pollock, signierte Fotografien von Oscar Wilde, Rasputin, Emiliano Zapata, Sun Yat-sen, Josephine Baker und Allen Ginsberg, Handschriften von Giacomo Puccini, Jorge Luis Borges und Marcel Proust und viele Zeitzeugnisse mehr, darunter auch ein signierter Handabdruck von Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.Zauber der Schrift bietet spannende, manchmal anrührende und mitunter verblüffende Einblicke in das Tun und Treiben prominenter Persönlichkeiten der westlichen Kultur und öffnet über den persönlichen Schriftzug im Idealfall einen Zugang zu einer privaten, intimen Welt, die uns sonst verborgen bliebe.

Ildikó von Kürthy hat sich einen Hund angeschafft. In ihrem Leben spielen nun Gassibeutel, schmutzabweisende Kleidung und Leberwurstkekse tragende Rollen."Hilde" ist ein persönliches Tagebuch aus der seltsamen und wunderbaren Welt der Hundefreunde. Der Ratgeber einer Ratlosen. Ein ehrliches, lustiges, rührendes und unglaublich peinliches Buch für Zweibeiner, die ursprünglich auch nie so werden wollten wie all die anderen verrückten Hundebesitzer.

Der Satz "Das Schwein da vorne ist meine Tochter!" birgt das Potenzial für ein Familiendrama à la Hollywood in sich und würde wohl den meisten Töchtern die Zornesröte ins Gesicht treiben. Allerdings ist alles eine Frage des Kontextes und in diesem Fall eine offensichtliche Zustandsbeschreibung gepaart mit unverhohlenem mütterlichem Stolz, denn - das lässt sich nicht bestreiten - Barbara Blasums Tochter Vera Isabelle kann auf eine wahrhaft tierische Karriere zurückblicken!In 33 Geschichten hat das Mutter-Tochter-Duo witzige, unglaubliche und zum Teil absurde Situationen festgehalten, die es erlebt hat oder über die die beiden unverhofft gestolpert sind - ob im Spargelfeld der Verwandten, im Manöver oder auf dem roten Teppich in Los Angeles. Und so verraten die beiden beispielsweise nicht nur, warum der Erfolg eines Kinofilms wortwörtlich in ihren Händen lag, sondern auch, wie sie zum Titel Lady samt Ländereien in Schottland gekommen sind. Hier zeigt sich ganz klar: Die besten Geschichten schreibt noch immer das Leben!

A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time.

From the indie rockstar of Japanese Breakfast fame, and author of the viral 2018 &i>New Yorker&/i> essay that shares the title of this book, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean-American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love, loss, and healing.“Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.”—The New YorkerIt was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.For Harry, this is that story at last.Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness—and, because he blamed the press for his mother’s death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight.At twenty-one, he joined the British Army. The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero at home. But he soon felt more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn’t find true love. Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple’s cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try, in fact, had been his mother. . . .For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.

However it arrives, wintering is usually involuntary, lonely and deeply painful.In Wintering, Katherine May recounts her own year-long journey through winter, sparked by a sudden illness in her family that plunged her into a time of uncertainty and seclusion.

For anybody who has ever given up journaling after being intimidated when facing a blank page, this book makes it easy to take a snapshot of your inner life in just a few minutes each day. The beauty of this journal is that it enables readers to track their emotional growth as well as keep track of memories.

Selma Blair has played many archetypal roles: gullible ingenue in Cruel Intentions. Preppy ice queen in Legally Blonde. Fire-starter in Hellboy. Muse to Karl Lagerfeld. Face of Chanel. Cover model. Advocate for the multiple sclerosis community. But before all of that, Selma was known best for being one thing: a mean baby. In a memoir that is as wildly funny as it is emotionally shattering, Selma Blair tells the captivating story of growing up and finding her truth. The first story Selma Blair Beitner ever heard about herself is that she was a mean, mean baby. With her mouth pulled in a perpetual snarl and a head so furry it had to be rubbed to make way for her forehead, Selma spent years living up to her terrible reputation: biting her sisters, lying spontaneously, getting drunk from Passover wine at the age of seven, and behaving dramatically so that she would be the center of attention. Although Selma went on to become a celebrated Hollywood actress and model, she could never quite shake the periods of darkness that overtook her, the certainty that there was a great mystery at the heart of her life. She often felt like her arms might be on fire, a sensation not unlike electric shocks, and she secretly drank to escape. Over the course of this beautiful and, at times, shocking memoir, Selma lays bare her addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant and complicated mother, and the moments she flirted with death. There is brutal violence, passionate love, true friendship, the gift of motherhood and, finally, the simultaneous devastation and surprising salvation of a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. In a voice that is powerfully original, fiercely intelligent, and full of hard-won wisdom, Selma Blair's Mean Baby is a deeply human memoir and a true literary achievement.

The third collection of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC series All Creatures Great and Small. This omnibus edition comprises of Vets Might Fly and Vet in a Spin. Training as an RAF pilot in the smoke and bustle of London is a far cry from James Herriot's day job as a country vet in the Yorkshire Dales. And while he is keen to serve Queen and country, James cannot help but miss his life in Darrowby - despite frequent arguments between his colleagues, bad-tempered cattle and equally irritable farmers, and the continuing saga of Cedric the flatulent dog. But most of all he misses his wife Helen; pregnant with their first child. The question is constantly hanging over him - will he be going to war? And when will he get to go home? Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Things Wise and Wonderful is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors.

From the beloved New York Times bestselling author, speaker and activist Glennon Doyle.*****For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her discontent. At first, Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high but soon she realised they had come to her from within.

'The Beauty Myth' for the Instagram generation.

From the Academy Award (R)-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTwo long-time friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly-produced expansion of their ground-breaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material.Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to their country's polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-colour photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders-one Black and one white-looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself. It includes: Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions Obama's never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his "e;Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches Springsteen's handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors' personal archives Historical photographs and documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation. In a recording studio stocked with dozens of guitars, and on at least one Corvette ride, Obama and Springsteen discuss marriage and fatherhood, race and masculinity, the lure of the open road and the call back to home. They also compare notes on their favourite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more. Along the way, they reveal their passion for-and the occasional toll of-telling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how their fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity.

The autobiography of one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time.

The first and only official autobiography by the much-loved global icon Elton John

Permanent Record is the essential and courageous memoir of Edward Snowden - the man who risked everything to expose the shocking mass surveillance used by governments across the world to spy on their own citizens.

THE AWARDWINNING, INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'The Choice is a gift to humanity. One of those rare and eternal stories that you don't want to end and that leave you forever changed' DESMOND TUTU, Nobel Peace Prize LaureateIn 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz.

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan’s first book of new writing since 2004’s Chronicles: Volume One — and since winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016.   Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his extraordinary insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over 60 essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyses what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal. These essays are written in Dylan’s unique prose. They are mysterious and mercurial, poignant and profound, and often laugh-out-loud funny. And while they are ostensibly about music, they are really meditations and reflections on the human condition. Running throughout the book are nearly 150 carefully curated photos as well as a series of dream-like riffs that, taken together, resemble an epic poem and add to the work’s transcendence.   In 2020, with the release of his outstanding album Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan became the first artist to have an album hit the Billboard Top 40 in each decade since the 1960s. The Philosophy of Modern Song contains much of what he has learned about his craft in all those years and, like everything that Dylan does, it is a momentous artistic achievement.

The remarkable life of Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret who was also a Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation - and is a character in The Crown this autumn. Anne Glenconner reveals the real events behind The Crown as well as her own life of drama, tragedy and courage, with the wonderful wit and extraordinary resilience which define her.