A biography of American novelist Stephenie Meyer, author of the best-selling Twilight saga.
Authors, American
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Auteur:Albert, Lisa RondinelliSommaire: -
Auteur:NABOKOV, Vladimir VladimirovichSommaire:From one of the 20th century's great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. Speak, Memory was first published by Vladimir Nabokov in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised and republished in...
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Auteur:Moser, BenjaminSommaire:Mythologized and misunderstood, lauded and loathed, a girl from the suburbs who became a proud symbol of cosmopolitanism, Susan Sontag left a legacy of writing that forms an indispensable key to modern culture. With hundreds of...
- Auteur:McPhee, JohnSommaire:
A WONDROUS BOOK OF MCPHEE'S PROSE PIECES-IN MANY ASPECTS HIS MOST PERSONAL IN FOUR DECADES. The brief, brilliant essay "Silk Parachute," which first appeared in The New Yorker over a decade ago, has become John McPhee's most...
- Auteur:Anderson, Laurie HalseSommaire:
A searing poetic memoir and call to action from the bestselling and award-winning author of Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson!Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for,...
- Auteur:Fisher, CarrieSommaire:
Carrie Fisher shares more of her life stories in a laugh-out-loud memoir--including how she's borderline addicted to her shock therapy treatments.
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Auteur:Lightman, Alan P.Sommaire:From the acclaimed author of the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams comes a lyrical memoir of Memphis from the 1930s through the 1960s: the music and the racism, the early days of the movies, and a powerful grandfather whose...
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Auteur:Twain, MarkSommaire:Two American originals, Mark Twain and the West, come together in this documentary of the author's seven-year "pleasure trip" to the silver mines of Nevada. Twain had originally planned the trip to be a three-month "vacation;" not...
- Auteur:Solis, OctavioSommaire:
Living in El Paso, just a mile from the Rio Grande, Octavio is a skinny brown kid on the border, riding his bike out into the desert, growing up among those who live there and those passing through on their way north. Rituals of...
- Auteur:Irby, SamanthaSommaire:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A GLAMOUR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha Irby "engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt passages and plenty of...
- Auteur:Steel, DanielleSommaire:
Danielle Steel has one passion that her fans might not know about: her love for dogs. Over the years she has raised several beloved dogs. Here is a memoir of the most beloved Steel family pets, filled with stories both funny and sad....
- Auteur:Fraser, CarolineSommaire:
The first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House on the Prairie book series Millions of readers of Little House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls-the pioneer girl...
- Auteur:Vidal, GoreSommaire:
In Point to Point Navigation, novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Gore Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his. The title refers to a form of navigation...
- Auteur:Nadel, Ira BruceSommaire:
This account of Philip Roth traces the psychological and artistic origins of his creative life. It examines the major events of his career, while identifying a series of personal themes in his writing, from his relationship with Judaism...
- Auteur:MacDonald, BettySommaire:
Onions in the Stew is the favorite book of the Betty Fans worldwide. Why? She described family life on Vashon Island with husband Don and daughters Anne and Joan in an unique way. They moved to Vashon in the fall, which wasnt too bad,...
- Auteur:Monroe, DebraSommaire:
In this memoir, the soon-to-be divorced Debra buys a dilapidated Texas cabin miles from her teaching job. While waiting to adopt a child, she refurbishes and expands the rude dwelling. She soon finds herself in the strange new world of...
- Auteur:Ali, KazimSommaire:
Ali's lyrical, hypnotic storytelling takes us on an unlikely journey to a place that only now exists in his childhood memories: a remote industrial community in the boreal forest of Northern Canada. I was mesmerized by the voice of...
- Auteur:Fleischman, PaulSommaire:
Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman reflects on his childhood with his award-winning father, Sid Fleischman, and details his own path to becoming a writer in this book that is part memoir, part travelogue, and part reflection on craft and...
- Auteur:BRAIGHWAITE, MaxSommaire:
As the first book in an autobiographical trilogy, Never Sleep Three in a Bed offers an exuberant and nostalgic recollection of author Max Braithwaite's life in western Canada during the first quarter of the 20th century. Combining...
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Auteur:Tuten, FredericSommaire:Novelist, essayist, and critic Frederic Tuten recalls his personal and artistic coming-of-age in 1950s New York, a defining period that would set him on the course to becoming a writer.
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