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As moving as his bestselling works of fiction, Nicholas Sparks's unique memoir, written with his brother, chronicles the life-affirming journey of two brothers bound by memories, both humorous and tragicIn January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother, Micah, set off on a three-week trip around the globe. It was to mark a milestone in their lives, for at thirty-seven and thirty-eight respectively, they were now the only surviving members of their family. Against the backdrop of the wonders of the world and often overtaken by their feelings, daredevil Micah and the more serious, introspective...

«Me pasé un año en Berlín explorando las vidas de mi abuelo y mi padre: Kurt Wolff, apodado "quizás el editor más exigente del siglo xx" por The New York Times Book Review, y su hijo Niko, que luchó en la Wehrmacht durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial antes de venir a América. Basándome en cartas familiares, fotografías y diarios nunca antes publicados, Páginas de vuelta a casa, narra los viajes de estos dos hombres nacidos en Alemania que se convirtieron en ciudadanos estadounidenses, a la vez que es mi oportunidad de contar una historia familiar íntima; un entramado de los...

"Des que tinc ús del que es diu raó (dels catorze anys ençà, més o menys) m'he sentit incòmode al país - Anglaterra - on vaig néixer. De fet, dient 'incòmode' em quedo curt: entre els 14 i 26 anys (l'edat que vaig marxar) em sentia – i exagero, però ben poc - com un alienígena que no havia estat prou preparat pels seus coetanis a la nau mare". Així arrenca la diatriba de Matthew Tree contra la Gran Bretanya que l'escriptor anglès expatriat a Catalunya ha escrit coincidint amb la polèmica del Brexit. El darrer viatge que Tree ha fet a Londres ha coincidit amb una rehabilitació ...

A powerful memoir by two sisters about transitioning, family, and the path to self-realization. When Orange Is the New Black and Diary of a Future President star Selenis Leyva was young, her hardworking parents brought a new foster child into their warm, loving family in the Bronx. Selenis was immediately smitten; she doted on the baby, who in turn looked up to Selenis and followed her everywhere. The little boy became part of the family. But later, the siblings realized that the child was struggling with their identity. As Marizol transitioned and fought to define herself, Selenis and the...