A chance encounter with a little girl in an ice cream store inspired R.J. Palacio to write a novel about a boy born with distorted facial features. She says it got her thinking about what it's like to "have to face a world every day that doesn't know how to face you back."
A golden age for memoir and a fresh outing for old favourites Kim Philby and Queen Victoria – Paul Laity rounds up this year’s life writing
Researcher Arthur Aron developed 36 questions to ask your significant other and to help people break through each of the intimacy levels. Check them out!
Can you believe it’s already the end of 2015!? It went by SO fast, and yet it’s been an amazing year filled with so many incredible books. I read over 300 books this year (what!?) and I…
Boek van de maand bij De Wereld Draait Door. De welgestelde Joodse familie Wertheim neemt volop deel aan het bruisende culturele leven van Frankfurt begin vorige eeuw. Ze leven volgens hun eigen principes. Zo wordt Kerstmis elk jaar uitgebreid gevierd, ondanks de bedenkingen van sommige aangetrouwde familieleden. Edu, jongste van de vijf broers, bankier en kunstverzamelaar, neemt na de dood van zijn vader de rol van pater familias op zich. 'De Joden zijn als ieder ander,' vindt hij, 'en zo niet, dan zouden ze het moeten worden.' Hij is de spil van de familie en ontfermt zich over zijn nichtjes, Lene en Emma. Tegen de achtergrond van het snel veranderende Duitsland zoekt de nieuwe generatie naar liefde en geluk. Maar als Hitler aan de macht komt valt de familie uiteen. Edu vertrekt naar Zwitserland, andere familieleden wijken uit naar Italië, Parijs, Amsterdam en Amerika. Niet alle Wertheims weten echter aan de nazi's te ontsnappen.
Love stories that don't suck.
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Glenn Cunningham's amazing story of determination. Glenn Cunningham went from hopelessly crippled to the Hall of Fame. Determination made all the difference.
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Most of my books center around male protagonists. I am a female writer, but I just find male characters much more interesting (and much less stereotyped). Whether you’re prone to writing from…
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Eu Estive Aqui da autora Gayle Forman, foi publicado pela editora Arqueiro e é um young adult muito bom que supera expectativas.
