This fascinating biography tells the story of how a “struggling elementary school student,” who lost his mother at the …
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O. Henry, with his characteristic humor, once advised: “The art of storytelling is to conceal everything that people are eager to know until your cherished views on unrelated matters are…
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The holder of an honorary doctorate was no “ordinary storyteller.” Among the accolades of this member of the Royal Literary Society and foreign member of the Academy of Moral and…
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One of the world’s most popular authors has surpassed even the legendary fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen in terms of publication numbers. This uniquely fated writer burst onto the…
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140 years ago, a French woman was born whose biography her compatriots would call Art de Vivre – “The Art of Living.” She was a mistress, a collaborator, and an…
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The total circulation of books by this phenomenal author exceeds 4 billion copies, placing her third after the Bible and Shakespeare. Over seventy of her detective novels have been translated…
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Not every actor’s life becomes material for its own adaptation. Until the end of her days, the American star of the “Golden Age” worked and lived “in front of the…
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The biography of the remarkable sculptor, painter, architect, thinker, and poet was published during his lifetime—an unprecedented move in the realm of Western European art. Alongside his handcrafted masterpieces, documentary…
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The creator of “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Little Mermaid,” “The Snow Queen,” “Thumbelina,” “The Princess and the Pea,” “The Tinderbox,” “The Steadfast Tin Soldier,” and “Ole-Luk-Oie” was a master storyteller…
