биографии и мемуары
Footsteps
Richard Holmes
Richard Holmes’s great work of biographical exploration, published alongside its sister volume ‘Sidetracks’.In 1985, Richard Holmes published a small book of essays called ‘Footsteps’ and the writing of biography was changed forever. A daring...
Born to Be Posthumous
Mark Dery
The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense.’A genius book about a bookish genius’ Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate EventsFrom The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward...
Punished
Vanessa Steel
‘Punished’ is the inspiring true story of an unusual little girl, Vanessa, whose childhood was devastated by torture and abuse at the hands of her sadistic mother. Vanessa was nearly destroyed until she discovered a secret that ultimately saved...
Интересы партии превыше всего. Биография Си Чжунсюнь
Ван Сяоцян
Книга познакомит вас с видным членом Коммунистической партии Китая, руководителем по политической работе и Народно-освободительной армии.
Авторы расскажут о жизненных перипетиях, взлетах и падениях, недюжинном упорстве, честности, преданности...
Наследуя старое, открывать новое. Биография Гу Му
Лю Хуэйюань
Это книга о судьбе Гу Му – видного реформатора и преданного делу революции деятеля Коммунистической партии Китая.
Еще юношей вступив в ряды подпольщиков, в годы антияпонского сопротивления Гу Му проявил себя как храбрый воин и талантливый...
Особому делу – особый подход. Биография Жэнь Чжунъи
Ли Цыянь
Книга рассказывает о жизни и политической деятельности Жэнь Чжунъи – убежденного сторонника реформ и выдающегося члена Коммунистической партии Китая.
Еще студентом он включился в политическую жизнь страны и проработал на благо Китая более 70...
Служить, а не искать выгоду. Биография Сян Наня
Ся Мэн
Эта книга расскажет о жизненном пути Сян Наня – одного из выдающихся деятелей Коммунистической партии Китая, смелого и талантливого реформатора.
В годы войны – антияпонская пропаганда, в мирное время – кампания по механизации сельского...
В батальоне правительственной связи. Воспоминания семнадцатилетнего солдата. 1943—1945
Михаил Грачев
В книге Михаила Карповича Грачева (1926–2018) рассказано о судьбе совсем еще юного парня, в 17 лет призванного в Красную армию и дошедшего до самого берлинского Рейхстага. Несмотря на то что М.К. Грачев был распределен в батальон НКВД...
Валентин Фалин – уникальная фигура советской дипломатии
Валентин Фалин
Валентин Михайлович Фалин – уникальное и незабываемое явление советской дипломатии, политики, науки. Квинтэссенция уникальности его личности в том, что и знания, и опыт, и характер, и судьба выковали в нем принципы и бесстрашие. За то, что он не...
For The People
Anelia Schutte
A small town’s struggle for freedom against apartheid‘They call her Nobantu. I call her mother.’Anelia Schutte grew up in Knysna – a beautiful town on the coast of South Africa centred around a picturesque lagoon and popular with tourists.But...
Через три войны. Воспоминания командующего Южным и Закавказским фронтами. 1941—1945
Иван Владимирович Тюленев
Через три войны прошел автор этой книги, генерал армии Иван Владимирович Тюленев (1892—1978). Он остался в российской военной истории обладателем единственного сочетания высших боевых наград. Полный Георгиевский кавалер, кавалер трех орденов...
Mummy’s Little Helper
Casey Watson
The fifth book from bestselling author and specialist foster carer Casey Watson.A recent census shows that there are at least 175,000 child carers in the UK, 13,000 of whom care for more than 50 hours a week. Many remain invisible to a system...
A Dark Secret: Part 2 of 3
Casey Watson
Part 2 of 3Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this...
Dream. Believe. Achieve. My Autobiography
Jonathan Rea
‘If I had to lose my record to anyone, I couldn’t be happier that it was Jonathan. Family connections aside, there is nobody more talented, more determined or more deserving.’ – Carl FogartyWithin the staggeringly dangerous and high-pressure...
Finding Stevie
Cathy Glass
Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and looks it...
Dr Johnson and Mr Savage
Richard Holmes
A classic reissue of Richard Holmes’s brilliant book on Samuel Johnson’s friendship with the poet Richard Savage, which won the James Tait Black Prize for Biography.Dr Johnson & Mr Savage is the story of a mysterious eighteenth-century...
Napoleon
Adam Zamoyski
‘Napoleon is an out-and-out masterpiece and a joy to read’ Sir Antony Beevor, author of StalingradA landmark new biography that presents the man behind the many myths. The first writer in English to go back to the original European sources, Adam...
The Globalist
John Walsh
THE GLOBALIST is the first in-depth biography of an international power-broker who was instrumental in shaping the global economy that we know today.PETER SUTHERLAND played a defining role in world history over the past 25 years and was arguably...
Murder in the Graveyard
Don Hale
‘An Extraordinary story of innocence and persecution, determination and grit … it had me rattling through the pages’ SOPHIE DRAPERA gripping true crime investigation into the longest miscarriage of justice in British legal history.In September...
Life as a Unicorn
Amrou Al-Kadhi
From a god-fearing Muslim boy enraptured with their mother, to a vocal, queer drag queen estranged from their family, this is a heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author’s fight to be true to themself‘It should be read far and wide’...
Why Bowie Matters
Will Brooker
A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life’s work and journey, and why he will always...
Barefoot Pilgrimage
Andrea Corr
Andrea Corr’s Barefoot Pilgrimage is a compelling and honest memoir.In part, an exercise in coming to terms with and making sense of life and mortality following the loss of a beloved father; in part, a reflection on an unlikely journey with her...
Bonkers
Olivia Siegl
A Real Mum’s Hilariously Honest Tales of Motherhood, Mayhem and Mental Health ‘A wonderful book all mums should read!’ Gemma Atkinson’A book to be shared the world over.’ ’ I do believe this book will save lives!’ ’This book made me proud to be...
The Personals
Brian O’Connell
The Personals reveals how classified ads are not just a few commercial lines of text in print or online – they can be a treasure trove of fascinating human stories; stories of love, loss, loneliness, redemption and hope.Some people do Sudoku,...
The Front Runner (All the Truth Is Out Movie Tie-in)
Matt Bai
Now a major motion picture starring Hugh Jackman.When politics went tabloid…In May 1987, Colorado Senator Gary Hart seemed like a no-brainer for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination. He was articulate, dashing, refreshingly progressive...
Everyday Madness
Lisa Appignanesi
‘The small translucent bottle of shampoo outlived him. It was the kind you take home from hotels in distant places. For over a year it had sat on the shower shelf where he had left it. I looked at it every day.’After the death of her partner of...
Семь дней ТВ-программа №48/2020
Группа авторов
«Семь дней ТВ-программа» – развлекательный иллюстрированный журнал для семейного чтения, содержащий аннотированную телепрограмму. Телепрограмма с 23 по 29 ноября.
Finding Stevie: Part 2 of 3
Cathy Glass
Part 2 of 3Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and...
Finding Stevie: Part 3 of 3
Cathy Glass
Part 3 of 3Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender fluid she isn’t sure what that term means and...
I'll Be There For You
Kelsey Miller
‘Funny, enlightening and incredibly well-researched’ Emerald StreetOver twenty years since its low-profile debut and Friends is the most streamed show on UK Netflix. But has it stood the test of time? Are some parts of it more problematic than...
Poems for a Pandemic
Группа авторов
A collection of brilliant poems written by people working on the frontline of the Covid-19 pandemicAll revenues received by HarperCollins directly from sales of this ebook will be donated to NHS Charities Together for their Covid-19...
Raw
Lydia Davies
Lydia was 19 years old and enjoying university with a loving family and great friends when she became anorexic. The doctors told her that she would die.This is Lydia’s account of what anorexia did to her, how it changed her and how it impacted...
Can I Let You Go?
Cathy Glass
Can I Let You Go? is the true story of Faye, a wonderful young woman who may never be able to parent her unborn child.Faye is 24, pregnant, and has learning difficulties as a result of her mother’s alcoholism. Faye is gentle, childlike and...
Meghan Misunderstood
Sean Smith
Meghan Misunderstood is a pioneering book that sets the record straight on the most talked about, unfairly vilified and misrepresented woman in the world.Meghan was eleven when she first advocated for women’s rights; a teenager when she worked...
Bertie, May and Mrs Fish
Xandra Bingley
A lyrical, evocative and wonderfully original wartime memoir about life on a farm in the Cotswolds, seen through the eyes of a child.‘Bertie, May and Mrs Fish’ is Xandra Bingley’s account of her childhood on a Cotswold farm, set against the...
The Dog that Saved My Life
Isabel George
Five incredible true stories of canine bravery in wartime.For as long as dogs have lived alongside man, they have saved their lives in wartime with their bravery, loyalty and companionship. From the WWII dog that was adopted by the Royal Navy as...
The Confessions Series
Ash Cameron
The sixth book in the bestselling Confessions series.What is life like for a female Undercover Cop?Ash Cameron gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at life in the Police. Funny, moving and irreverent, you’ll never look at a bobby the same way...
Петербургские дома как свидетели судеб
Екатерина Кубрякова
Задумывались ли вы, идя привычным маршрутом от работы до дома, посещая банк или поликлинику, что где-то здесь, в параллельной петербургской реальности, проходит другая жизнь – истории людей, которые в этих самых стенах любили, страдали, чувство...
Вивьен Ли. Жизнь, рассказанная ею самой
Вивьен Ли
Вивьен Ли начала писать эту книгу в психиатрической клинике, куда попала после окончательного разрыва с Лоуренсом Оливье, – брак с великим актером закончился для звезды «Унесенных ветром» не просто разводом, а личной катастрофой. От черной...
Грейс Келли. Жизнь, рассказанная ею самой
Грейс Келли
13 сентября 1982 года автомобиль княгини Монако не вписался в крутой поворот горной дороги и сорвался в пропасть с 40-метровой высоты. Ее дочь принцесса Стефания отделалась ушибами, а сама ГРЕЙС КЕЛЛИ скончалась на следующий день, не приходя в...
Грета Гарбо. Жизнь, рассказанная ею самой
Грета Гарбо
Уйдя из кино в возрасте 36 лет, ГРЕТА ГАРБО полвека провела в затворничестве, не появляясь на публике и не давая интервью, воплотив в жизнь свою любимую фразу «Больше всего я хочу, чтобы меня оставили в покое». Что заставило величайшую звезду...
Эдит Пиаф. Жизнь, рассказанная ею самой
Эдит Пиаф
Эту книгу невозможно читать без слез. Она для одного человека – последнего мужа Тео, который годился Эдит Пиаф в сыновья (младше на 20 лет!) и которому она придумала псевдоним «Сарапо» (по-гречески: «Я люблю тебя»). Ради него она боролась со...
Элизабет Тейлор. Жизнь, рассказанная ею самой
Элизабет Тейлор
Элизабет Тейлор начала писать эту книгу, узнав о трагической гибели Майкла Джексона, которого считала не просто другом, а приемным сыном и от которого у нее не было секретов: он остался ей лучшим собеседником даже после смерти, ему можно было...
A Life Lost
Cathy Glass
Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest son. Struggling to cope, she puts Jackson into foster care.Cathy, his carer, encourages Jackson...
A Life Lost: Part 3 of 3
Cathy Glass
PART 3 OF 3Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest son. Struggling to cope, she puts Jackson into foster care.Cathy, his carer,...
A Long Way from Home: Part 2 of 3
Cathy Glass
The true story of 2 year-old Anna, abandoned by her natural parents, left alone in a neglected orphanage.Elaine and Ian had travelled half way round the world to adopt little Anna. She couldn’t have been more wanted, loved and cherished. So why...
A Dark Secret: Part 3 of 3
Casey Watson
Part 3 of 3Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this...
Мой адрес – Советский Союз. Риткины рассказы
Маргарита Викторовна Вигдорова
О жизни в Советском Союзе столько написано, столько фильмов снято, а я прожила там почти сорок лет… Как это было? Хорошо ли, плохо ли?!
Приглашаю читателей еще раз вместе со мной взглянуть на все изнутри сначала глазами маленькой девочки,...
The Governor
Vanessa Frake
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERAs seen on This Morning Back in the day, I was Governor of Security and Operations for HMP Wormwood Scrubs. If you’re easily shocked or offended, you best look away now…Having worked for 16 years in a...
