У листопаді 2013 року автор був студентом 4 курсу біологічного факультету Дніпропетровського національного університету імені Олеся Гончара. Коли почалася Революція Гідності, автор приєднався до місцевого Євромайдану Дніпропетровська. Перед вами...
Представляем удивительную книгу Лилии Кох, книгу-исповедь, в которой она рассказывает свою личную, откровенную историю о том, как она победила онкологию. «100 дней между жизнью и смертью» – это пронзительно правдивый, реальный Дневник, первую...
Британский писатель и журналист Хаим Бермант прослеживает историю легендарных еврейских семей, перебравшихся с Континента в Англию в конце XVIII века, которые на протяжении двух столетий определяли финансовую политику и оказывали влияние на...
В книге военного историка Е.В. Бея, подготовленной на широком архивном и мемуарном материале, представлена биография одной из противоречивых фигур отечественной военной истории – военного министра Российской империи генерала от кавалерии...
Кронпринцесса Луиза Тосканская была умна, хороша собой и отличалась живым, открытым нравом. Ей было тесно в рамках чопорного этикета саксонского королевского двора, она часто нарушала его, приводя в ярость своего свекра – короля Георга. И...
Это очень необычная история движения. Из маленькой белорусской деревушки до Ленинграда. Из рабочего общежития до списка «Forbes». Герой книги, Вячеслав Заренков, стал основателем холдинга «Эталон», который является одной из самых крупных...
Великий и загадочный Леонардо да Винчи – символ эпохи Возрождения, живописец, скульптор, архитектор, ученый и исследователь. Его научные открытия в области живописи и архитектуры вызвали настоящий переворот в искусстве и оказали огромное влияние...
Можно с уверенностью сказать, что имя великого голландского художника Рембрандта (Харменса ван Рейна) известно всем. Его наследие продолжает потрясать и восхищать все новые и новые поколения любителей искусства. Настоящее издание – это...
В книге впервые публикуются дневниковые записи В.Г. Путинцева, заслуженного тренера СССР по скалолазанию. Он единственный, кто получил это звание, будучи главным конструктором Красноярского судостроительного завода и работая в спорте на...
Wolfgang Bruckners Traum ist es, Theaterdichter zu sein. Die Voraussetzungen sind ung?nstig: ein missratenes Abitur, politische Reglementierung im Sozialismus der DDR. Nach einer Lehre als Autoschlosser und einem kurzen Gastspiel auf der...
Der franz?sische Politiker und Reformsozialist Jean Jaur?s wurde am 31. Juli 1914 in einem Restaurant von einem Nationalisten ermordet. Durch das Attentat verloren die europ?ischen Kriegsgegner ihre einflussreichste Stimme. Max Beer verfasst...
Jede Begegnung mit Gott ist besonders. F?r den einen ist sie von Kindesbeinen an so vertraut wie das Treffen eines Freundes, eine andere erkennt auf einmal r?ckblickend eine Art roten Faden in ihrem Leben. War Gott etwa schon die ganze Zeit da? ...
Hugues Le Gallais est un des grands absents de l’histoire r?cente du Luxembourg. N? dans la bourgeoisie luxembourgeoise, Hugues Le Gallais a entam? sa carri?re en tant que repr?sentant de l’Arbed ? l’?tranger, avant d’entrer dans la diplomatie....
События, описанные в данной книге, реальны и персонажи не выдуманы. Это мой опыт и знания, которыми я открыто с тобой делюсь, как, дважды прожив онкологию, не потеряв силу духа и веру в себя, продолжать двигаться вперед и жить полноценной и...
Перед вами книга-исповедь необычного человека. Она о судьбе сына крестьянина, добровольно ушедшего на фронт прямо из десятого класса школы. После войны он окончил Алтайский машиностроительный институт, а затем московскую школу КГБ, куда был...
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and...
A new memoir from Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass, now with an exclusive preview of Cathy’s inspiring new title, Please Don’t Take My Baby, coming out on April 25th.Eight-year-old Aimee was on the child protection...
‘There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War’ John KeeganLife and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to modern eyes) possibly eccentric Cumbrian borderers...
In this unprecedented book, palliative medicine pioneer Dr Kathryn Mannix explores the biggest taboo in our society and the only certainty we all share: death‘Impossible to read with dry eyes or an unaltered mindset’ Sunday TimesA SUNDAY TIMES...
‘Extraordinarily powerful’ Emma ThompsonThere are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is transcendent.Louisa Young met Robert Lockhart when they were both 17. Their stop-start romance lasted decades, in which...
What is the role of fate in our lives?Why should we avoid repeating patterns?And how can we identify our purpose?In What It Means To Be Human, former Oxford don Robert Rowland Smith draws on his personal experience to answer some of life’s most...
‘I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive or begging him to come back, I was kicking his ass, kicking him out, kicking my own ass too. My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with...
'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.' Damon HillThe world’s foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is...
NUMBER 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERNo one is born a leader. But through sheer determination and by confronting life’s challenges, Ant Middleton has come to know the meaning of true leadership. In First Man In, he shares the core lessons he’s...
The definitive history of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring brand-new interviews with Peter, his cast & crew. From the early days of daring to dream it...
Through touching and emotive anecdotes, internationally-acclaimed author and dog trainer Jan Fennell shares with us the successes, set-backs and secrets that will strike a chord with dog lovers everywhere.In an age of selfishness and...
’This is essential’ Margaret Atwood on Twitter‘She's one of the most acute and perceptive analysts of the furtive growth of fascism. Everyone should know about this’ Philip Pullman’Vibrates with outrage’ The Times‘It couldn’t happen...
A fascinating insight into the golden-age of 1970s and 80s rock and roll told through the eyes of music legend Bernie Marsden and, most notably, his role in establishing one of the world’s most famous rock bands of all time – Whitesnake.‘Bernie...
This edition does not include illustrations.The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged seventy in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he’d dreamed of as a small boy and...
A comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life (1914-1973) of one of the world’s most famous storytellers.‘It is not possible even at great length to «pot» The Lord of the Rings in a paragraph or two. It was begun in 1936, and...
Heartwarming, inspirational and genuinely touching, Finding Harmony is the remarkable true story of an extraordinary dog that rescued a woman from the depths of depression and transformed a family for ever.A keen mountaineer, Sally Hyder was in...
The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's iconic racing driver and so much more – including what it's like to thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of Jeremy Clarkson's...
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019‘This is a book of wonders’ Sunday Times‘Spellbinding and intelligent’ Financial Times‘Extraordinary and engrossing’ SpectatorIt was the most extraordinary year. In a book brimming with poetry and...
The magisterial official life of Britain's complex and misunderstood former prime minister, which offers a fundamental reassessment of his reputation.Edward Heath was at the centre of British political life for much of the second half of...
Bella Bathurst’s epic story of Robert Louis Stevenson’s ancestors and the building of the Scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible odds.‘Whenever I smell salt water, I know that I am not far from one of the works of my ancestors,’ wrote...
‘A superbly researched and groundbreaking account of Soviet espionage in the Thirties … remarkable’ 5* review, TelegraphOn the trail of Soviet infiltrator Agent Bl?riot, in this bestseller, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a thrilling...
‘The political memoir of the decade’ Sunday TimesThe referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU is one of the most controversial political events of our times. For the first time, the man who called that vote talks about the decision and its...
When the papers say that people in London are behaving normally, they’re telling the truth. Everyone is pretending as hard as possible that nothing is happening … I don’t think Hitler will destroy London, because London, if its legs are blown...
In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across...
‘Fascinating … so enlightening that suddenly maths doesn’t seem so fearsome as it once did’ SIMON WINCHESTERFrom Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and...
Will a computer ever compose a symphony, write a prize-winning novel, or paint a masterpiece? And if so, would we be able to tell the difference?As humans, we have an extraordinary ability to create works of art that elevate, expand and...
The complete oral history of Monty Python – one of comedy's most legendary and influential troupes – publishing to coincide with the 50th anniversary of their BBC debut.With a foreword by John Oliver from Last Week Tonight‘Some people think...
A Short History of Falling – like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air – is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places.We keep an old shoebox, Gill...
‘The best book about the Windsors for decades’ Petronella WyattThe intimate biography of one of the most misunderstood women in British royal history.His charisma and glamour ensured him the status of a rock star prince. Yet Edward gave up the...
‘The Muslim Mother Teresa’ Huffington PostImprisonment. Mutilation. Persecution. Edna Adan Ismail endured it all – for the women of Africa.Edna saw first-hand how poor healthcare, lack of education and ancient superstitions had devastating...
This is a completely original book on Eric Morecambe, one of the UK’s best-loved entertainers. Containing diary entries, unseen photographs and personal letters, this is the most revealing book yet on Morecambe.Posthumously voted 'Comedian...