Aylin

Ayse Kulin

Kardelenler

Ayse Kulin

Girls; Turkey; biography; essays.

Türkan

Ayse Kulin

Saylan, Türkan; physician; Turkey; biography.

Gözüyle Kartal Avlayan Yazar Yaşar Kemal

Zulfu Livaneli

İstanbul

Orhan Pamuk

A shimmering evocation, by turns intimate and panoramic, of one of the world’s great cities, by its foremost writer. Orhan Pamuk was born in Istanbul and still lives in the family apartment building where his mother first held him in her arms. His portrait of his city is thus also a self-portrait, refracted by memory and the melancholy—or hüzün—that all Istanbullus share. With cinematic fluidity, Pamuk moves from his glamorous, unhappy parents to the gorgeous, decrepit mansions overlooking the Bosphorus; from the dawning of his self-consciousness to the writers and painters—both Turkish and foreign—who would shape his consciousness of his city. Like Joyce’s Dublin and Borges’ Buenos Aires, Pamuk’s Istanbul is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving.

Smile

Raina Telgemeier

From sixth grade through ninth, Raina copes with various dental problems, including braces, while wishing to be noticed by the right boy, enduring teasing from her friends, and finally realizing that life is about more than just how she looks.

Reşad Ekrem Koçu hayatı ve eserleri

Erdem Yücel

Saf ve düşünceli romancı

Orhan Pamuk

In these essays, based on the author's Charles Eliot Norton lectures from 2009 at Harvard University, Orhan Pamuk examines the relationship between author and reader, discusses the distinction between "naive" and "sentimental" writing, and considers the fundamental elements of a novel--character, plot, time, setting--that tie a reader to a fictional world.

Umudun bittiği yer

Yaşar Karataş

Sedam muževa Evelin Hjugo

Taylor Jenkins Reid

Ostarela i povučena holivudska diva Evelin Hjugo konačno je spremna da kaže istinu o svom glamuroznom i skandaloznom životu. Za svog biografa odabire nepoznatu novinarku Monik Grant. Ovim izborom niko nije više iznenađen od same Monik. Zašto ona? Zašto sada? Muž ju je napustio, a njena nepostojeća karijera je na dodatnoj nizbrdici. Ipak, Monik odlučuje da ovu priliku maksimalno iskoristi. Diva i novinarka se susreću u Evelininom luksuznom stanu i Monik očarano sluša glumicu dok priča. U mladosti Evelin nije prezala ni od čega da bi dobila ono što hoće, a prvenstveno je želela da pobegne od gladi, siromaštva i batina pijanog oca. Kad dospe do Holivuda, uvek će želeti više novca, više slave, više priznanja. Međutim, ispod te proračunate, ambiciozne maske krila se nesigurna devojčica na čijem spisku želja je ljubav uvek bila na prvom mestu. Iako je svi obožavaju, gotovo niko u njoj ne vidi ženu, već slavnu seks-bombu koju muškarci žele samo da poseduju i paradira njome. No kako se Evelinina priča bude bliži kraju tako će njen život početi da se ukršta sa Monikinim a posledice bi mogle biti dalekosežne i tragične.

Efe başvekil

Gürkan Hacır

Bütün düsler Nazli'dir

Attilâ Senkon

Uğur olsun!

Sevgi Özel

Mumcu, Uğur; journalists; Turkey; biography.

Vefa apartmanı

Sadık Yalsızuçanlar

İleri, Tevfik, 1911-1961; biography; fiction.

Ana esas duruşa geç!

Kamil Sümbül

Sürgündeki sevda

Kemal Öke

Yahudi Casus Jozef Nasi

Aaron Nommaz

Kefensiz Gomulenler

Sukrullah Yusufoglu

Adnan Menderes'in Gunlugu

Taskin Tuna

Tolika

Geōrgios Andreadēs

Seferberlik Türküleriyle Büyüdüm

Kirkor Ceyhan

Karanliktan Önceki Yaz

Volker Weidermann

In 1936 brengt een groep Duitse schrijvers onder wie Stefan Zweig en Joseph Roth, die op de vlucht zijn voor nazi-Duitsland, de zomer door in Oostende.

Doğu Öyküleri

Marguerite Yourcenar

Kölelikten kurtuluş

Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slavery in the deep south, to work for the betterment of African Americans in the post Reconstruction period. "Up From Slavery" is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington's life and work, which has been the source of inspiration for all Americans. Washington reveals his inner most thoughts as he transitions from ex-slave to teacher and founder of one of the most important schools for African Americans in the south, The Tuskegee Industrial Institute.

Akil oyunlari

Sylvia Nasar

Relates how mathematical genius John Forbes Nash, Jr., suffered a breakdown at age thirty-one and was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but experienced a remission of his illness thirty years later.

Eroin

Kai Hermann, Horst Rieck

Two journalists from the news magazine Stern, Kai Herrmann and Horst Rieck, met Christiane in 1978 in Berlin when she was a witness in a trial against a man who paid underaged girls with heroin in return for sex. The journalists wanted to disclose the drug problem among teenagers in Berlin, which was severe but also surrounded by strong taboos. They arranged a two-hour interview with Christiane. The two hours ended up being two months, where Christiane provided an in-depth description of a life with drugs and prostitution that she and other teenagers in West Berlin experienced in the 1970s. The journalists subsequently ran a series of articles about her addiction in Stern, based on tape recorded interviews with Christiane. The interviews were extensive, and the Stern publishing house eventually decided to publish the successful book Christiane F. – Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo in 1979. The book chronicles her life from 1975 to 1978, when she was aged 12–15. The narrative of the book is in the first person, from Christiane's viewpoint, but was written by the journalists functioning as ghostwriters.[1] Others, such as Christiane's mother, and various people who witnessed the escalating drug situation in Berlin at the time, also contributed to the book. It depicts several of Christiane's friends along with other drug addicts, as well as scenes from typical locations of the drug scene in Berlin.

Assata

Assata Shakur

On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (previously known as JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate, and criminalize Black nationalist organizations and their leaders, Shakur was incarcerated for four years prior to her conviction on flimsy evidence in 1977 as an accomplice to murder. This intensely personal and political autobiography belies the fearsome image of JoAnne Chesimard long projected by the media and the state. With wit and candor, Assata Shakur recounts the experiences that led her to a life of activism and portrays the strengths, weaknesses, and eventual demise of Black and White revolutionary groups at the hand of government officials. The result is a signal contribution to the literature about growing up Black in America that has already taken its place alongside The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the works of Maya Angelou. Two years after her conviction, Assata Shakur escaped from prison. She was given political asylum by Cuba, where she now resides.

Büyük Sorulara Kisa Yanitlar

Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking was recognized as one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. At the time of his death, Hawking was working on a final project: a book compiling his answers to the "big" questions that he was so often posed--questions that ranged beyond his academic field. Within these pages, he provides his personal views on our biggest challenges as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Each section will be introduced by a leading thinker offering his or her own insight into Professor Hawking's contribution to our understanding. The book will also feature a foreword from Academy Award winning actor Eddie Redmayne, who portrayed Hawking in the film The Theory of Everything, and an afterword by Hawking's daughter, Lucy Hawking, as well as personal photographs and additional archival material.

Kelebek.

Henri Charrière

Describes the life of a man sent to prison on a miserable island, Cayena, where escape is impossible. It is a terrible life for him but he finally escapes after much suffering.

12 YILLIK ESARET

Solomon Northup

Twelve Years a Slave is a harrowing memoir about one of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, D.C., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation.

KATALONYAIYA SELAM

George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spanish defend their Republic from General Franco's Fascist forces. Orwell joined the POUM Militia in the Catalan region of Spain, was injured in the fighting and invalided back to England. After leaving the front line preparatory to leaving Spain, Orwell saw for himself the machinations of the Communist Party leading to the POUM being declared 'Enemies of the People' along with its destruction. Which he expresses in his companion piece the Essay Looking back on the Spanish War. These are fuller descriptions of events culled from direct experience, than many especially current misrepresentations of the Spanish Conflict. English film director Ken Loach made a landmark film Land and Freedom of the Spanish anti fascist struggle with many similarities to George Orwell's story including that of perspective. The book and film can be appreciated in their own right or as companion pieces. [1]: http://www.george-orwell.org/Homage_to_Catalonia/index.html [2]: http://www.george-orwell.org/l_biography.html [3]: https://www.marxists.org/history/spain/poum/1936/general-policy.htm [4]: http://www.george-orwell.org/Looking_Back_On_The_Spanish_War/0.html [5]: http://www.sixteenfilms.co.uk [6]: http://www.sixteenfilms.co.uk/films/film/27/landand_freedom/

Iktidarin 50. Yasasi

Robert Greene, 50 Cent, Cristina Pizarro Mato, 50 Cent Staff

In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a "bible" for success in life and work based on a single principle: fear nothing. With intimate stories from 50 Cent's life on the streets and in the boardroom as he rose to fame after the release of his album Get Rich or Die Tryin', as well as examples of others who have overcome adversity through understanding and practicing the 50th Law, this deeply inspirational book is perfect for entrepreneurs as well as anyone interested in the extraordinary life of Curtis Jackson.

Kizim olmadan asla!

Betty Mahmoody, William Hoffer

Imagine yourself alone and vulnerable, trapped by a husband you thought you trusted, and held prisoner in his native Iran; a land where women have no rights and Americans are despised. For one American woman, Betty Mahmoody, this nightmare became reality, and escape became only an impossible dream. Not Without My Daughter is the true story of one woman's desperate struggle to survive and to escape with her daughter from an alien and frightening culture. Betty had married the Americanized Dr. Sayed Bozorg Mahmoody in 1977. His interest in his homeland had been revived since Khomeini's takeover, and he had increasingly expressed his desire to introduce his five-year-old daughter Mahtob and his American wife to his beloved family in Tehran. Betty and her daughter anxiously awaited the end of their vacation in this hostile land, but the end never came--Moody had other plans for his family. Betty and Mahtob became virtual hostages of Betty's tyrannical husband and his often vicious family. Hiding her secret meetings from her husband and his large network of spies, a desperate Betty began to plan her escape. But every option involved leaving Mahtob behind, abandoning her to Moody and a life of near-slavery and degradation. After a harsh and terrifying year, Betty discovered a ray of hope--a man would guide them across the mountain range that forms the border between Iran and Turkey. One dark night, Betty and Mahtob escaped and began the long journey home to Michigan, but first they had to survive a crossing that few women or children have ever made. In this gripping, true story, Betty Mahmoody tells her tale of faith, courage, and constant hope in the face of incredible adversity. Breathlessly exciting, Not Without My Daughter is a rivoting true adventure that grips its readers from the very first page.

Bunlar da mi Insan

Primo Levi

This book describes Primo Levi's experiences in the concentration camp at Auschwitz during the Second World War. Levi, then a 25-year-old chemist, spent 10 months in Auschwitz before the camp was liberated by the Red Army. Of the 650 Italian Jews in his shipment, Levi was one of only twenty who left the camp alive. The average life expectancy of a new entry was three months. This truly amazing story offers a revealing glimpse into the realities of the Holocaust and its effects on our world. - Back cover.

Bir Cocuk Askerin Anilari

Ishmael Beah

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (2007) is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah, an author from Sierra Leone. The book is a firsthand account of Beah's time as a child soldier during the civil war in Sierra Leone (1990s). Beah was 12 years old when he fled his village after it was attacked by rebels, and he wandered the war-filled country until brainwashed by an army unit that forced him to use guns and drugs. By 13, he had perpetrated and witnessed numerous acts of violence. Three years later, UNICEF rescued him from the unit and put him into a rehabilitation program that helped him find his uncle, who would eventually adopt him. After his return to civilian life he began traveling the United States recounting his story. A Long Way Gone was nominated for a Quill Award in the Best Debut Author category for 2007. Time magazine's Lev Grossman named it one of the Top 10 Nonfiction Books of 2007, ranking it at No. 3, and praising it as "painfully sharp", and its ability to take "readers behind the dead eyes of the child-soldier in a way no other writer has." A Long Way Gone was listed as one of the top ten books for young adults by the American Library Association in 2008.

Milena'ya Mektuplar

Franz Kafka

Letters to Milena is a book collecting some of Franz Kafka's letters to Milena Jesenská from 1920 to 1923. Publication history

Komünist Manifesto

Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/ One of the most influential political tracts ever published this short book succinctly explains the aims and purpose of the Communist League of the 19th century, giving the author’s theories of the class struggle which they assumed would inevitably lead to world wide communism. Full text available at Project Gutenberg too: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/61/61.txt

Mucizeler

Yogananda Paramahansa

The autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (1893 - 1952) details his search for a guru, during which he encountered many spiritual leaders and world-renowned scientists. When it was published in 1946 it was the first introduction of many westerners to yoga and meditation.The famous opera singer Amelita Galli-Curci said about the book:"Amazing, true stories of saints and masters of India, blended with priceless superphysical information-much needed to balance the Western material efficiency with Eastern spiritual efficiency-come from the vigorous pen of Paramhansa Yogananda, whose teachings my husband and myself have had the pleasure of studying for twenty years."

Imperium

Christian Kracht

Christian Krachtin Almanyada oldukca dikkate deger bulunan dördüncü romani, gercek bir figürden yola cikarak anlatilan bir Alman Güney Denizi masali. Yazar 20. Yüzyilin baslarinda Alman toplumuna ters düserek ülkeden ayrilan vejetaryen ve maceraperest August Engelhardtin Alman Güney Denizi sömürgelerindeki hikayesini kah komik, kah ironik ama ayni zamanda bazen hüzünlü, bazen de yenicaga yönelik elestirel imalarda bulunan bir üslupla anlatiyor. August Engelhardt aslinda yalnizca kendisini degil tüm insanligi kurtaracak olan bir ütopyanin pesinde Moderniteye ve tarihcilerin daha sonra sira numarasi verecegi savaslara hazirlanan yok edici Avrupa medeniyetinden cok uzaklarda kücük bir imparatorluk, kendi hindistancevizi imparatorlugunu kurmak istiyor. Fakat pek cok ütopya gibi August Engelhardtin ütopyasi da Güney Denizinin terk edilmisliginde vejetaryen gariplikler ve 20. Yüzyilin ruhsal ucurumlarini haber veren delilikler icerisinde yitip gidiyor. Bir Kücük Imparatorluku ister bir macera romani, ister bir masal, ister bir modernite elestirisi olarak okuyun; her halükarda üslubundan keyif alacak ve insan eyleminin komiklige varan kirilganlik, kibir ve cüretkarligi karsisinda hayretlere kapilacaksiniz. Ülkemizde de taninan Alman yazar Uwe Timm romani su sözlerle degerlendirmis Christian Krachtin romanini giderek artan bir hayranlikla okudum. Konusu ve üslup gücü acisindan Joseph Conradin Karanligin Yüregini animsatan bir anlatim.

Her Durakta Aşk

Maeve Binchy

At Notting Hill, the mysterious secretary, harbouring her secrets, travels to work; at Highburyand Islington, Adam has a sudden change of heart; and at Holborn, a disastrous reunion is about to take place... With the characteristic mix of humour and realism, this book presents a vintage collection of stories.

Gökyüzü ki̇mseni̇n deği̇ldi̇ r =

Reeve Lindbergh

A rhymed telling of the life of the first African American aviator, who dreamed of flying as a child in the cotton fields of Texas, and persevered until she made that dream come true.

Pusudaki Panter

老子

The lighthearted tale of a 12-year-old Jewish boy who befriends a British policeman in 1947 Israel, a friendship which leads his comrades to accuse him of treason. The boys have formed a secret liberation army to throw out the British. By the author of Don't Call It Night.

Baykuşlar Öterken

Janet Frame

Set in provincial, pre-1940 New Zealand, this novel explores the Withers family and in particular Daphne. When one of Daphne's sisters, Francie, dies at the rubbish dump where the children search for treasure, a crisis is provoked which leads Daphne to a mental asylum where she is given shock treatment. Her voice from 'the Dead Room' haunts the novel with its poetic insights.

Little Women Abroad

Louisa May Alcott, May Alcott

In 1870, Louisa May Alcott and her younger sister Abby May Alcott began a fourteen-month tour of Europe. Louisa had already made her mark as a writer; May was on the verge of a respected art career. Little Women Abroad gathers a generous selection of May’s drawings along with all of the known letters written by the two Alcott sisters during their trip. More than thirty drawings are included, nearly all of them previously unpublished. Of the seventy-one letters collected here, more than three-quarters appear in their entirety for the first time. Daniel Shealy’s supporting materials add detail and context to the people, places, and events referenced in the letters and illustrations. By the time of the Alcott sisters’ sojourn, Louisa’s Little Women was already an international success, and her most recent work, An Old-Fashioned Girl, was selling briskly. Louisa was now a grand literary lioness on tour. She would compose Little Men while in Europe, and her European letters would form the basis of her travel book Shawl Straps. If Louisa’s letters reveal a writer’s eye, then May’s demonstrate an eye for color, detail, and composition. Although May had prior art training in Boston, she came into her own only during her studies with European masters. When at a loss for words, she took her drawing pen in hand. These letters of two important American artists, one literary, the other visual, tell a vibrant story at the crossroads of European and American history and culture.

Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth

Leo Tolstoy

In this trilogy of autobiographical novels Leo Tolstoy's first published works are gathered together. An instant success, one which would launch Tolstoy's distinguished career, "Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth", was first published from 1852 to 1856. In these works the early life of Nikolai, the son of wealthy landowner in Russia, is fully explored, slowly revealing this young boy's inner mind, relationships, and social standing. As he describes his tutor, angelic mother, aloof father, worldly brother, and later his moralistic friend, Nikolai displays a mind given to dreaming and a personality as complex as it is conflicted. As he grows and moves from his country home to his grandmother's mansion in Moscow, Nikolai also struggles at intervals to find a sort of moral balance, which affects his love, his education, and the type of man he might become. Tolstoy demonstrates, even in this first literary attempt, his ability to utilize a host of minor characters to fully develop the internal life of his main character. "Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth" shows in its three parts not only the deliberate building of a protagonist but also a universal story about coming of age. These works have proven themselves to be amongst the seminal works of an extraordinary novelist. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and follows the translations of C. J. Hogarth.

The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy

Ernst Cassirer

This provocative volume, one of the most important interpretive works on the philosophical thought of the Renaissance, has long been regarded as a classic in its field. Ernst Cassirer here examines the changes brewing in the early stages of the Renaissance, tracing the interdependence of philosophy, language, art, and science; the newfound recognition of individual consciousness; and the great thinkers of the period—from da Vinci and Galileo to Pico della Mirandola and Giordano Bruno. The Individual and the Cosmos in Renaissance Philosophy discusses the importance of fifteenth-century philosopher Nicholas Cusanus, the concepts of freedom and necessity, and the subject-object problem in Renaissance thought. “This fluent translation of a scholarly and penetrating original leaves little impression of an attempt to show that a ‘spirit of the age’ or ‘spiritual essence of the time’ unifies and expresses itself in all aspects of society or culture.”—Philosophy