биографии и мемуары
The Saboteur: True Adventures Of The Gentleman Commando Who Took On The Nazis
Пол Кикс
In the tradition of ‘Agent Zigzag’ comes a breathtaking biography of WWII’s ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the best spy thrillers. This celebrates unsung hero Robert de La Rochefoucauld, an aristocrat turned...
The Saddest Girl in the World
Cathy Glass
The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged ten, having been abused, victimised and rejected by her family.Donna had been in foster care with her two young...
The Sewing Circles of Herat: My Afghan Years
Christina Lamb
In 1992 Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people were fighting against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extraordinary memoir of her love affair with the country and its people.Long haunted by her...
The Silent Witness: Part 3 of 3
Casey Watson
‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.’It’s the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call....
The Songaminute Man: How music brought my father home again
Simon McDermott
The nostalgic memoir of a young man, eldest of fourteen, growing up in 40s Wednesbury. The heartbreaking true account of his son struggling to come to terms with his father’s dementia. A tribute to the unbreakable bond between father and...
The Spiral Staircase
Karen Armstrong
A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world’s great commentators on religion.After seven years in a convent, which she left, dismayed by its restrictions, an experience recounted in ‘Through the Narrow Gate’,...
The Stones: The Acclaimed Biography
Philip Norman
In 2012 the Rolling Stones celebrate their 50th anniversary. Their story – the band's meteoric rise to fame, the Marianne Faithfull, Brian Jones and Altamont scandals, the groundbreaking hits – is the stuff of twentieth century legend, and core...
The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir
Lucy Lum
An intense and emotive memoir of one girl’s difficult family upbringing in a Singaporean Chinese family during the Second World War.Lucy Lum was the third of seven children, born in Singapore in 1933 into a Chinese immigrant family ruled with an...
The Times Great Victorian Lives
Ian Brunskill
Obituaries of the most influential Victorians as profiled by The Times, including Dickens, Darwin, Ruskin, Peel, WG Grace and Florence Nightingale.For over 150 years, The Times obituaries have been providing the most respected and perceptive...
The White Spider
Heinrich Harrer
A classic of mountaineering literature, The White Spider tells the story of the harrowing first ascent of the Eiger’s North Face, one of the most legendary and terrifying climbs in recorded history.Heinrich Harrer, author of Seven Years in Tibet...
The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History
Aida Edemariam
The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old woman – and of the most extraordinary century in Ethiopia’s history. A new Wild SwansA hundred years ago, a girl was born in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar. Before she was ten years...
The Wild Truth: The secrets that drove Chris McCandless into the wild
Carine McCandless
The key missing piece of Jon Krakauer’s multi million, multi territory bestseller and widely acclaimed Sean Penn film Into the Wild is finally revealed by his best friend and sister, Carine.The story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his...
The World of Gerard Mercator: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionised Geography
Andrew Taylor
The true story of Gerard Mercator, the greatest map-maker of all time, who was condemned to death as a heretic.‘Geographie and Chronologie I may call the Sunne and the Moone, the right eye and the left, of all history.’In ‘The World of Gerard...
Three Things I’d Tell My Younger Self (E-Story)
Joanna Cannon
A very special FREE collection of advice for our younger selves, compiled by Joanna Cannon – the author of THREE THINGS ABOUT ELSIE and THE TROUBLE WITH GOATS AND SHEEPIf you could send a message to your younger self, what three things would you...
Titter Ye Not!
Hall William Hutcheon
A master of the innuendo and the raised eyebrow, Frankie Howerd – inimitable star of the classic ‘Carry On’ films – became a cult hero.As much at home in the Oxford Union as in high-camp pantomime, he was adored by millions, old and young alike....
Tom Jones - The Life
Sean Smith
From bestselling biographer Sean Smith comes the fascinating and tumultuous true story behind Sir Tom Jones, the nation’s treasure, sage of The Voice and living music legend.Celebrating his 75th birthday this year, Tom Jones’ life has been an...
Two More Sleeps
Rosie Lewis
This is the heart-breaking tale of Angell, a young girl desperately loved but inadequately cared for by her troubled mother Nicki.Abandoned and left barely clothed beneath a park bench on a freezing cold day in winter, the bewildered child is...
Twopence to Cross the Mersey
Helen Forrester
This major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read.When Helen Forrester’s father went bankrupt in 1930 she and her six siblings were forced into utmost...
Unbeatable Mind
Maya Yoshida
‘Resilience can give you strength to keep moving forwards when you are caught in the rain or a storm, and keep you continuing on your journey through life. And it is a strength which resides in everyone.’Maya Yoshida, one of Southampton FC’s...
Unexpected: A True Short Story
Rosie Lewis
A dramatic and heartwarming story from foster carer, Rosie Lewis.Ellen, a 28-year-old office worker is so shocked by the sudden birth of her baby that she abandons the newborn in hospital. Foster carer Rosie Lewis begins visiting baby Hope in...
Virgin King (Text Only)
Tim Jackson
First published in 1994 and now available as an ebook.This edition does not include illustrations.Richard Branson is unique among today's folk heroes. Which other self-made British billionaire could lay claim to the highest esteem of our school...
Wayne Rooney: My 10 Greatest Moments in the Premier League
Wayne Rooney
‘My Decade in the Premier League’ is Wayne’s first hand account of his 10 years playing at the highest level in English football – and for the biggest club in the world. This is his inside story of life on the pitch for Manchester Utd; the...
Wayne Rooney: My Decade in the Premier League
Wayne Rooney
‘My Decade in the Premier League’ is Wayne’s first hand account of his 10 years playing at the highest level in English football – and for the biggest club in the world. This is his inside story of life on the pitch for Manchester Utd; the...
We Bought a Zoo
Benjamin Mee
Chuck it all in and buy a zoo? Why not? thought Benjamin Mee, unaware of the grim living conditions, creditors and escaped big cat that lay in wait…A few years ago, Ben and his wife, Katherine, sold their small flat in Primrose Hill and moved to...
Welcome to Paradise: My Journey
Cody Simpson
He’s young, he’s hot and he’s set to be the biggest thing in pop – 16-year-old Cody Simpson is sending shockwaves around the world.Now, in his first official book, Cody reveals all about his meteoric rise to fame. From the beaches of Australia...
When Daddy Comes Home
Toni Maguire
SHE FINALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE…Toni Maguire, author of Don't Tell Mummy, takes up the story of her tragic childhood where she left off, revealing the awful truth about what happened when her father, sent to jail for abusing her, was released,...
When Sophie Met Darcy Day
Helen Yeadon
A heartwarming collection of stories from a woman who brings together disadvantaged children and abandoned racehorses, with remarkable results.Thirteen-year-old Sophie hadn’t uttered a word to anyone for over two years when she got out of her...
Where I Was From
Joan Didion
A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America.In this moving and surprising book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history – and America’s. Where I Was From, in Didion's...
Whicker’s War
Alan Whicker
Alan Whicker is quite simply a legend. A visionary and master of his craft, his television shows from the fifties to the nineties almost single handed invented the language of travel television and earned him the status of one of the most...
Why Dylan Matters
Richard Thomas F.
‘At last an expert classicist gets to grips with Bob Dylan’ Mary BeardWhen the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, the literary world was up in arms. How could the world’s most prestigious book prize be awarded to a...
Work! Consume! Die!
Frankie Boyle
Brace yourself for Frankie’s novel, he’s more outspoken and brilliantly inappropriate than ever.There are fears that this year could see the start of a double-dip recession, or worse still a double-dip-with-misery-sprinkles and...
You Will See Fire
Christopher Goffard
The sensational true story of Kenyan missionary John Kaiser: A murdered priest. A covered-up crime. A fight for justice.John Kaiser, paratrooper turned priest, was a major voice in opposition to the Kenyan dictator Daniel Moi. In 2000, while...
Жизнь моего ВА
Виктория Анатольевна Габышева
Книга-путеводитель, в которой содержится опыт врача-невролога, психолога, нейропсихолога, мамы ребенка-инвалида. Написана по просьбе многих родителей, желающих стать по-настоящему компетентными. Автор делится своими успехами в достижении главных...
Путь сердца
Ирина Фадеева
Мы часть Силы природы. Мы – Образ и подобие Бога.Энергия Бога – это Путь к Счастью и СоТворчеству.И бури утихают. И деревья растут на камнях.Мы сами – Жизнь и Свет Души Бога.Обо мне. «Ирина обладает уникальным даром передавать глубокий смысл в...
Вдруг вспомнилось
Давид Сеглевич
Жанр книги можно определить как «воспоминания и размышления», с той особенностью, что воспоминания принадлежат не только автору, но и его близким, а в размышления вкраплены экскурсы в историю науки и технологии. Первая часть повести, «Урал»,...
Бессмертный монолог
Максим Абдуназаров
Каждый из нас порой лежал подолгу ночью, размышляя о «вечном». Кто-то проводил время в размышлениях до самого утра в беседах с самим с собой или с кем-то, кто рядом. Эта книга о мыслях, посетивших меня ночью. Книга содержит как мысли, так и...
Попутчики
Нана Павлова
Сколько разных людей мы встречаем! Одни помогают, другие обижают, третьи любят! С ними мы учим уроки жизни. Каждый человек на пути в чем-то наш учитель.Есть люди, которых мы любим или нет. В них мы смотримся как в зеркало, начиная лучше видеть...
Караван историй №01 / январь 2019
Группа авторов
«Караван историй» – ежемесячный журнал, в котором публикуются материалы о ярких личностях, любовных историях знаменитостей, захватывающих приключениях и самых неординарных событиях века. Издание иллюстрируется эксклюзивными фотографиями, часто...
Пушкин Александр Сергеевич (Детство. Отрочество. Юность)
Борис Веробьян
В живой, увлекательной манере книга повествует о начальном этапе жизни и творчества великого русского поэта Александра Сергеевича Пушкина – с 1799 по 1820 годы. Приводятся любопытные и малоизвестные подробности из жизни друзей поэта и его...
Семь дней ТВ-программа №52/2018
Группа авторов
«Семь дней ТВ-программа» – развлекательный иллюстрированный журнал для семейного чтения, содержащий аннотированную телепрограмму. Телепрограмма с 24 по 30 декабря.
Красные орлы
Филипп Голиков
Воспоминания Ф. И. Голикова «Красные орлы» представляют собой дневниковые заметки за 1918–1920 гг. о событиях Гражданской войны в России, когда их автор, будущий Маршал Советского Союза, служил в составе 1-го крестьянского коммунистического...
A Companion to Literary Biography
Richard Bradford
An authoritative review of literary biography covering the seventeenth century to the twentieth century A Companion to Literary Biography offers a comprehensive account of literary biography spanning the history of the genre across three...
Bloomberg by Bloomberg, Revised and Updated
Michael Bloomberg R.
Michael Bloomberg rose from middle-class Medford, Massachusetts to become a pioneer of the computer age, mayor of New York, one of the world's most generous philanthropists, and one of America's most respected—and fearless—voices on gun...
Дело Бронникова
Наталья Громова
«Дело Бронникова» – книга-расследование. Она сложилась из пятитомного следственного дела 1932 года. Среди обвиняемых – переводчик М.Л. Лозинский, лингвист Н.Н. Шульговский, киновед Н.Н. Ефимов, художник В.А. Власов. Но имена других сегодня...
Фамильные ценности. Книга обретенных мемуаров
Александр Васильев
Александр Васильев (р. 1958) – историк моды, телеведущий, театральный художник, президент Фонда Александра Васильева, почетный член Академии художеств России, кавалер ордена Искусств и Литературы Франции и ордена Креста Латвии. Научный...
Мой адрес – Советский Союз. Том 2. Часть 1
Борис Мирошин
Во втором томе опубликованы документальные свидетельства, рассказывающие о жизни СССР в эпоху Хрущева. В эти годы автор пошел в начальную школу.
Ночи бродячие. Рассказы и публицистика. Зарубки памяти
Виктор Савельев
Книга «Ночи бродячие», собравшая публицистику и ранние новеллы автора-журналиста, это не только психологическая проза и рассказы о молодых – она о том, как не согнуться в ситуациях, требующих нравственного выбора. А ситуации у героев Виктора...
Последний пионер
Олег Кэп
Это воспоминание о целой эпохе конца 80-х и 90-х. Тяжелой эпохе, кровавой. Воспоминание о том, как за несколько лет жизнерадостная страна превратилась в руины. Как выживал народ, какую гадость мы ели и пили, как стыдно было за пьяные выходки...
60 лет в строю санитарно-эпидемиологической службы. Исторический очерк
Владлен Леонидович Семиотрочев
В книге описан путь студента после окончания лечебного факультета Казахского государственного медицинского института. Все, с чем он столкнулся на своем жизненном пути – от желания стать хирургом. И что ему помешало осуществить свою мечту. Какие...
«Высекаю свои письмена». Заметки и воспоминания о Юрии Лобанцеве
Валерий Капленко
Автор, Валерий Капленко, рассказывает о своём знакомстве с поэтом и философом Юрием Лобанцевым и размышляет о его творчестве.
