Dagbøker og memoarer

The most talked about book of the yearThe Sunday Times bestsellerThe New York Times bestsellerDer Spiegel bestseller

These ten letters by Rainer Maria Rilke speak directly to the young, offering unguarded thoughts on such diverse subjects as creativity, solitude, self-reliance, living with uncertainty, the shallowness of irony, the uselessness of criticism, career choices, sex, love, God, and art (which is only another way of living, Rilke writes).

Will relentless consumerism end up destroying our planet? Or can science and technology allow us to innovate our way out of trouble? This book invite you to examine the risks and opportunities to come.

George Psychoundakis was a young shepherd boy who knew the island of Crete intimately when the Nazis invaded by air in 1941. He immediately joined the resistance and took on the crucial job of war-time runner. This book presents an account of George's activities across mountainous terrain, come blazing summer or freezing winter.

National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids, Patti Smith writes of her childhood in this glittering memoir

After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return.

With an anthology edited by Tom Wolfe and E. W. Johnson

Hvordan kunne dette foregå - i Norge, i vår samtid? Hvor kan du rømme når din nærmeste familie ikke vil hjelpe deg? Og hvordan kommer du levende ut av en ungdomstid preget av skam overgrep og trusler?1178 netter er Daniellas historie og samtidig en nådeløs nærstudie av æreskultur i fri dressur, fortalt av Daniella selv til Marte Spurkland.]]>

Når Abid Raja tar imot sin fars bønn om forsoning, åpner en ny verden seg for ham. Slektninger han ikke har sett på 16 år, inviterer ham inn i varmen, og åpner et fellesskap han som integrert nordmann for lengst hadde meldt seg ut av.Det starter med et bryllup i Pakistan, og ender med invitasjoner fra onkler, tanter, fettere og kusiner over hele Europa. Opplevelsen blir en vekker, som får Raja til å til å spørre seg hva som kunne vært livet hans, dersom faren hans hadde valgt et annet land, og ikke Norge, da han migrerte fra Pakistan på 1970-tallet. For hvordan går det med hans muslimske søstre og brødre der ute i et Europa som koker av fremmedfrykt?Med disse spørsmålene i bakhodet legger Raja ut på en reise i det muslimske Europa. Han tar oss med til beryktede ghettoer, gjestfrie hjem og gullforgylte maktkorridorer i England, Frankrike, Belgia, Tyskland, Spania, Sverige og Danmark. Her finner han både innvandringskritikere, hardtarbeidende ildsjeler som aldri gir opp drømmen om bedre liv for diasporaen, og svært ulike løsninger på integreringsproblemene.Tilbake i Norge ser Abid Raja sitt eget land med nytt blikk. Hvordan kunne han ha sovet sånn i timen? Klarer vi snu utviklingen før det for alvor går galt for det norske integreringsprosjektet? Og hva møter de muslimske guttene og jentene som vokser opp i Norge i dag?Kanskje ligger det noen svar i hans egen forsoning, i fellesskapene han møter – og i fortellingen om moren hans, som falt mellom to verdener, som levde bak lukkede gardiner i Iladalen, og som nå ligger begravet på en gravlund i Mohri Sharif.]]>

Hver og en av oss blir gammel på sin egen måte. Kanskje blir vi 100 år? Få har tidligere skrevet om å være så gammel, mens de selv står midt i sin høye alderdom. Tordis Ørjasæter er 97 år og reflekterer rundt det å bli eldre, om litteraturen, om dagene som går og tiden som har gått. Ingen går uberørt fra denne teksten: klokere, mer optimistisk og full av beundring for å stå livet ut.]]>

This is the secret memoir of a submissive. A vivid, electric, stunning account of how one woman gets her kicks. It is all true.

Award-winning writer Peter Godwin's memoir, focusing on middle age and his changing relationships with the three women who shaped his life

Hele Norges komiker og programleder Else Kåss Furuseth har ofte fått spørsmålet: «Hvorfor sa du ikke bare nei?» Denne boka er en samling unike, morsomme og hjerteskjærende historier fra et uhelbredelig ja-menneske som får tilbudene ingen andre får. Dette er ikke en selvhjelpsbok som forteller deg hvordan du skal leve, men et innblikk som åpner for å reflektere rundt egne valg. Og kanskje er det også en utilsiktet hyllest av det å si ja. For hva skal man egentlig med integritet og personlige grenser, når man heller kan stå naken på scenen i Oslo Spektrum eller forspise seg på duer i Frankrike?

A wildly creative, honest and funny account of an LA childhood growing up as the first daughter in the wildly unconventional and dysfunctional Zappa family

The debut home improvement guide from the man (with a hammer) who took on Britain's biggest DIY project

'You can look at my life in two ways. Some people see a nightmare, some see a fairytale. I've just always thought I was lucky...People often ask me how I did it, this book is my answer. This is my story, everything I've learned along the way, I hope it can help you find your own luck. 'Lottie Tomlinson has gone through a huge amount in her 23 years on this planet. Touring with her brother Louis as a make-up artist with One Direction at the age of 16, you'd think her life was a fairytale. But this only masked the tragedy happening at home, when her mother became ill with leukaemia and died when Lottie was just 18. Leaving behind five smaller siblings, Lottie came home and tried to find a way to hold the family together. But sadly, tragedy struck again when the family lost Lottie's little sister Félicité, at just 18. Despite all this, incredibly Lottie has built a successful business empire, has a loving stable partner and now is the mother to a beautiful baby boy, called Lucky. Lucky Girl is Lottie's story of resilience and the lessons she's learned along the way. Going behind the beauty and the fame, Lottie's beautiful memoir explores the rollercoaster of her life, from the darkest days and loneliest nights to the success she found despite it all, and how all the challenges and setbacks have led her to where she is today. Heartbreaking yet inspirational, Lottie hopes that in telling her story and how she has navigated the pain and grief in her life that she will provide hope for others going through their darkest times.

Compared to Girl, Interrupted, this "remarkable" (New York Times) memoir and love story, one of the most notable literary debuts of 2023, tells of a young woman's harrowing coming-of-age amid glamour, excess, and neglect, and her journey, against the odds, to find herself.

The saying goes that "God only gives you what you can handle." Well God didn't grow up in my atheist, Wiccan, fame-laden, oversexed, teetotalling, drug-free, cloistered, chaotic, non-communicative, workaholic, feral-feeling house.'For Moon Unit, daughter of musician Frank Zappa and his 'manager', Gail, processing a life so unique, so punctuated by the whims of creative urges, the tastes of popular culture and the calculus of celebrity, has at times been eviscerating. But it is her deep sense of humour and unshakeable humility that keeps her - and this memoir - pinned to the ground.A child-star at age 14 after her accidental international hit single (recorded with her father), 'Valley Girl', turned her into a reluctant celebrity, Moon Unit Zappa's life has been utterly extraordinary from her birth in 1967 into a family that was already blessed/cursed as music royalty thanks to the acknowledged genius of Frank. But what are the consequences of growing up in a family who spend most of their time naked arguing about sexual/extra-marital liaisons and practising white magic in a free-for-all state of nonconformist, virtuoso abandon?Earth to Moon is a reckoning with self-esteem, the ghosts of the past and a mother and a father who, in the process of leaving their mark upon on the world, scarred their first daughter on home soil. Brutally self-deprecating and funny as hell, it belies a rose-tinted perspective on the 70s and 80s west coast American scene, from within the belly of the beast of the rock and roll world.

Proceeds from the sale of Worlds Apart will be used to benefit various development projects at the Nii Sowa Din Memorial cluster of schools in Ashaley Botwe, Ghana. Worlds Apart follows Sarah Lutterodt from her sheltered post-war childhood on a farm in southern England, through her life-changing years teaching university in Ghana, to her immersion in the rough and tumble of the American business world. With her husband, a Ghanaian mathematician, she struggles to find a place for her biracial family in an America that isn't always welcoming. In retirement, Lutterodt lives between two worlds: a newly experienced Ghana and an America for whom Africa too often remains the 'dark continent.' "Worlds Apart, the story of a British woman who finds love in Ghana and goes on to create a successful business while raising a mixed-race family in America, is a compelling read. With moving insight, Lutterodt shares how boundaries can be broken, and life can be "win-win" both in the business world and in our human relationships."- Frank Sasinowski, M.S., M.P.H., J.D., recipient of 2021 Pontifical Hero Award for Inspiration. "Lutterodt's memoir weaves an exquisite tapestry of her life's odyssey, reminding us that the quest for identity transcends borders. As a fellow traveler of diverse identities, I felt a genuine connection to her story which she handles with love, grace, and wisdom."- Josephine Garmen, Executive Director, Healey International Relief Foundation "Worlds Apart is a lovely and inspiring book, full of courage and compassion, as the author moves from one world to another and another. Lutterodt's determination to defy the conventional mores about women's place in society will resonate with readers."- Joan Neal, Deputy Executive Director, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice "This brilliant and insightful book explores the author's experience between worlds too often separated by a lack of cultural awareness." - Dr. Tom Eberle, former Director of the Living School, Center for Action and Contemplation

A Quest for Mr RightAn empty nest. A racing heart. A twitching eye. A dead career. Looks like it's time for a midlife crisis. Looks like it's time for a quest.Maybe it's time for Mr Right.The Misters turn up. A Man of God in Australia. A Meditator in Bali. A Minotaur in Spain. A Superstar in Guinea. A Selfie in India. A Delight in Turkey. A Passport Hunter in England. A Paleolithic Man in Portugal.And yet Mr Right may be the wrong thing to look for. There may be many Mr Rights. Or none at all.There may be other, richer love affairs to be had.This memoir speaks to those who are facing an empty nest and an empty self. It speaks to those who are looking for something right.