Non-fiction
The Diary of Ma Yan
Ma Yan Pierre Haski
In a drought-stricken corner of rural China, an education can be the difference between a life of crushing poverty and the chance for a better future. But for Ma Yan, money is scarce, and the low wage…
The Gate
François Bizot
In 1971 a young French ethnologist named Fran?ois Bizot was taken prisoner by forces of the Khmer Rouge, who kept him chained in a jungle camp for months before releasing him. Four years later, Bizot…
My Forbidden Face
Latifa
From 1997 to 2001, sixteen-year-old Latifa was a prisoner in her own home as the Taliban wreaked havoc on the lives of Afghan girls and women. This is her testimony – a young woman’s reaction to the i…
Picasso: My Grandfather
Marina Picasso
Marina Picasso, granddaughter of the twentieth century’s greatest painter, watched as those she loved most were destroyed by the man the world revered as a genius creator. Her grandmother, who sacrifi…
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Jean-Dominique Bauby
After suffering a massive stroke, Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor-in-chief of French Elle and the father of two young children, found himself completely paralysed and speechless. Able only to move one ey…
The Rebel of Kabul
Chekeba Hachemi
This is a unique testimony of Afghanistan’s recent history, a gripping memoir in which reality surpasses fiction on every page. Chekeba Hachemi was one of twelve children born into an influential bo…
Until Death Do Us Part
Ingrid Betancourt
On February 23rd 2002 the Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped by the FARC and then held hostage in harrowing conditions for the following six years.This is the moving memo…