Arrested as a spy by the Nazis in 1942, Christopher Burney was held in solitary confinement for 526 days in a prison in Paris. This book is his account of how he managed not only to... Læs mere
Trance by Appointment is the story of Jean, an otherwise ordinary working-class London girl with psychic powers. When she falls under the influence of an unscrupulous con man, she... Læs mere
Makeshift traces the story of Charlotte Herz, a German Jewish woman, from the end of the First World War and the time of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazism through her departure and... Læs mere
This book concerns the 'translation' of the paintings and etchings of John Crome (1768–1821), founder of the Norwich School of Artists, into other ‘languages’ or media, verbal and pictorial.
A book decades ahead of its time, And So Did I established a new model for the memoir, one built from moments of intense observation, candid self-reflection, courageous honesty, and... Læs mere
In the spring of 1965, British novelist Ethel Mannin decided to see America "the hard way"—traveling by bus from New York to California and back. Her outsider's perspective in An... Læs mere