I loved to touch her skin."" "So begins Diane di Prima's memoir, in which she explores the first three decades of her life and how she came to define herself as a woman.

In Recollections of My Life as a Woman, Diane di Prima explores the first three decades of her extraordinary life.

Recounts Dahl's life as a young man from his employment with the Shell Company in Tanzania through his service in the Royal Air Force during World War II

This is the story of someone who almost wasn t there; who vanished into thin air.

In Recollections of My Life as a Woman, Diane di Prima explores the first three decades of her extraordinary life.

First published, 1973. Biography of one of Greece's greatest ancient heroes

"Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one."—The Christian Science Monitor.

"Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk's life of Wittgenstein is such a one."—The Christian Science Monitor.

Richard Attenborough's major film drawn from this book will be released this month. 32 pages of photos.

A haunting portrait of lives arriving at different destinies, this is the author's seminal memoir about two brothers, one an award-winning novelist, the other a fugitive wanted for robbery and murder.