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The Sunday Times BestsellerFrom the award-winning writer of The Times Magazine's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspir…

A heart-breaking and hilarious memoir about the author’s fight to be true to themselfWINNER OF THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2020WINNER OF A SOMERSET MA…

Uganda: Nachdem die vierzehnjährige Hope fast zwei Jahre in Joseph Konys „Widerstandsarmee des Herrn“ dienen musste, gelingt ihr unter dramatischen Um…

Впервые в многочисленной литературе об архиепископе Луке (Войно-Ясенецком) автор рассматривает святителя Луку как небесного покровителя Крыма. В. А. Л…

‘Full of gems … Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown’ Daily Telegraph‘Entertaining and beautifully illustrated’ The Sunday Times‘For real intel, [The …

A Short History of Falling – like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air – is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettabl…

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.P…

A virologist’s insight into how viruses evolve and why global epidemics are inevitableIn 1993 a previously healthy young man was drowning in the middl…

Alexander Dubček is well-known, so one might think; nothing new can be written about him. Is this true? Dubček is the symbol of the Czechoslovak attem…

[b]THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR MAYA ANGELOU[/b] DISCOVER THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF MAYA ANGELOU WITH A HIGHLY PERSONAL AND DETAILED ACCOUNT OF HER CHALLENGES …

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 …

‘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 Sect…

Reminiszenzen an eine Zeit, in der Skifahren noch etwas war, das alle machten, egal, wie das Wetter war. Skifahren früher, das war viel kälter. Die Fi…

Er gilt als einer der größten Schriftsteller aller Zeiten. Seine Romane „Schuld und Sühne“ oder „Die Brüder Karamasov“ sind Klassiker der Weltliteratu…

‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lighthe…

‘Powerful, intelligent and vital – one of the year’s must-reads’ Hannah Nathanson, Features Director, ELLEFeaturing contributions from Candice Carty-W…

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 exp…

Jim Krasso, der in diesem Buch die eigene Lebensgeschichte mit allen Höhen und Tiefen beschreibt, gewährt Einblicke in seine Jugend, die von Alkohol, …

‘This is the most gripping book I've read in ages … It is beautifully written, fascinating, disturbing and often very funny.’ Roddy DoyleThe chil…

Лидия Владимировна Савельева (1937–2021) – прапраправнучка Александра Сергеевича Пушкина, доктор филологических наук. В мемуарах она рассказывает о де…

Wenn Amelia Kinkade mit wilden, in Freiheit lebenden Tieren Kontakt aufnimmt, bekommt man Gänsehaut. Da bittet sie telepathisch eine Horde von Elefant…

Der Name August Borsig steht bis heute für die industrielle Revolution in Preußen und speziell für den Lokomotivbau. Der sagenhafte Ruf, den sich der …

It’s the story where it all started: A homestead for generations, with 1000 years of life and struggles to survive, as well as moments of happiness. I…

‘Captures both Barbara and her writing so miraculously’ JILLY COOPERPicked as a Book to Look Forward to in 2021 by the Guardian, The Times and the Obs…

Роман о жестоких событиях моего детства, в которой было насилие, жестокие избиения и кромешный ад. Содержит нецензурную брань.

The poignant, searching, haunting story of one family’s entanglement with twentieth-century historyAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER‘Intensely involving … a…

Jackson is aggressive, confrontational and often volatile. His mother, Kayla, is crippled with grief after tragically losing her husband and eldest so…

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA Daily Mail Book of the Year. A Mail on Sunday Book of the Year.Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own st…

Moving artfully from past to present, from a child's perspective to an adult's, Shlomo Breznitz relates this poignant, gripping and often te…

‘Joan Didion at a startup’ Rebecca Solnit‘Impossibly pleasurable’ Jia Tolentino‘This is essential reading’ StylistAt twenty-five years old, Anna Wiene…

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 …

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 …

Der Autor Hans Hüfner (1926-2009) schreibt über seine Studentenjahre. „Man hat´s nicht leicht, so als Student“ – ist nicht nur ein klangvoller Titel f…

SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, auth…

Als jüngster von zwei Halbbrüdern wird Abdul-Walli Wassiri 1939 in Kabul geboren. Er wächst unter ärmlichen Verhältnissen auf, seine Eltern können wed…

[b]A comprehensive exploration of Melville's formative years, providing a new biographical foundation for today's generations of Melville re…

SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN – Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years after his death, Patrick …

The complete oral history of Monty Python – one of comedy's most legendary and influential troupes – publishing to coincide with the 50th anniver…

A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARIn the vein of the Costa-winning Dadland, with the biographical elements of H is for Hawk, The Fragments of my Father …

Stuart just wanted his father to love him, but he was made to believe he was too naughty to be loved. Finally David Howarth was sent to prison for abu…

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 …

Молодой и талантливый норвежский нападающий стал символом нового поколения спортсменов. Восходящая звезда мирового футбола, Холанн поражает своими выд…

libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular…

Fast vierzig Jahre nach dem bahnbrechenden Interview-Buch »Guten Morgen, du Schöne« von Maxie Wander befragten die Autorinnen Monika Stenzel und Ulrik…

Part 1 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 d…