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The Diving Bell and the ButterflyIn December 1995, Jean Dominique Bauby, editor in chief of French Elle and the father of two young children, suffered a massive stroke and found himself paralysed and speechless, but entirely conscious, trapped by what doctors call locked in syndrome. Using his only functioning muscle his left eyelid he began dictating this remarkable story, painstakingly spelling it out letter by letter. His book offers a haunting, harrowing look inside the cruel

"Lonely Days"

malicious gesture of his own non-faith

A riveting and deeply moving memoir that explores a Ukrainian woman's search for the truth behind an unmentioned family secret - and the Ukrainian people's complex relationship with their Soviet history

such as the Mosque of Córdoba

Drummer Nick Mason was barely involved

The Dharma Bums appeared just one year after the author's explosive On The Road had put the Beat Generation on the literary map and Kerouac on the best-seller list

impressions past and present-even projections into the future-photos

In The Greek Way

the new novel from Sayaka Murata - author of bestseller Convenience Store Woman - asks: how far would you go just to be yourself

Until 2015

oddities and curiosities

Travel through the medical traumas

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