Биографии и мемуары

‘Dazzling…full of special delights. Harman excels in the vivid presentation of scenes, the selection of detail…[a] marvellous and beautifully written …

This edition does not include illustrations.A new biography of one of the most intrepid, romantic and fascinating of the great nineteenth-century trav…

The fifth book in the bestselling Confessions series.Press junkets. Premiers. Dom Perignon. They’re all in a day’s work for your average Hollywood cel…

Олег Басилашвили – народный артист СССР, известный театральный и киноактер. Он работал с такими именитыми режиссерами, как Эльдар Рязанов, Карен Шахна…

A Ballymaloe-trained chef, songwriter and musical right-hand-man to the legends of Irish song takes us back stage and into the kitchens of a bohemian,…

The dramatic story of Lady Hester Stanhope – a wilful beauty turned bohemian adventurer – who left England as a young woman, unashamedly enjoyed a str…

This edition does not include illustrations.Sex, the Kennedys, Monroe and the Mafia; the controversial American bestseller – ‘Hersh has found more muc…

Майк Тайсон – легенда ринга, взлетающий из подвалов Бруклина к титулу чемпиона мира. Человек, который взрывал зал каждым выходом на ринг. Вне ринга ег…

Книга рассказывает о работе автора в ВОГ (войсковой оперативной группе) в Нагорном Карабахе в 1989 году. По жанру - военные мемуары.

Everyone has heard of Erdogan: Turkey’s bullish, mercurial president is the original postmodern populist. Around the world, other strongmen are now fo…

The comprehensive and groundbreaking biography of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician, one of the most influential and important men in Irish pol…

Renowned and loved for her refreshing candour on everyday issues, social, domestic and intimate, Stacey Solomon reminds us how important it is to embr…

Shawn Levy, author of ‘Rat Pack Confidential’ brings alive London in the swinging Sixties with a gripping, groovy story of those who created the scene…

Монография подробно, на документальном материале, повествует о жизни и деятельности прославленного русского адмирала Петра Ивановича Рикорда (1776-185…

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 mortalit…

A wonderfully engaging and entertaining history of the great dons of the last two hundred years, by one of our leading historians of ideas.Rich in ane…

The most authoritative, comprehensive, perceptive biography of R. L. Stevenson to date, using for the first time his collected correspondence – which …

*THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER*What are the things we live for? What matters most in life when your time is short? This brave, frank and heartbreaking book …

‘I can understand myself only in the light of inner happenings. It is these that make up the singularity of my life, and with these my autobiography d…

Мартин Скорсезе: ретроспектива – книга, которая должна быть в библиотеке каждого любителя кинематографа. Дело не только в ее герое – легендарном режис…

The gripping inside story of Gordon Brown’s rise to become Prime Minister.Gordon Brown’s arrival at the Treasury in May 1997 was greeted with great ex…

A major biography of Michael Faraday (1791–1867), one of the giants of 19th century science and discoverer of electricity who was at the centre of an …

Fans of Disneyland, Disney World, and all things Disney are sure to enjoy learning all about the fascinating founder, Walt Disney.This new biographic …

Renowned and loved for her refreshing candour on everyday issues, social, domestic and intimate, Stacey Solomon reminds us how important it is to embr…

Когда-то молодой, неудержимый, только что окончивший бизнес-школу Фил Найт занял у отца 50 долларов, чтобы открыть собственную компанию с одной просто…

Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late 18th-century England.One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eightee…

This edition does not include illustrations.The inspirational story of three international runners attempting to achieve what no one had managed – to …

This edition does not include illustrations.From the author of ‘Britons’, the story of the exceptional life of the intrepid Elizabeth Marsh – an extra…

Nach dem ersten Lyrikband »Geschichten aus dem Alten Testament« ist dies die logische Fortsetzung der biblischen Geschichten in erzählender Gedichtfor…

Inditex Group – компания по продаже одежды номер один в мире и признанная законодательница моды. На улицах Нью-Йорка, Парижа, Токио, Москвы вы обязате…

From the author of ‘The Pike’ – winner of the 2013 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction – a compelling story of heroism told through eight famous live…

An extraordinary portrait of one family across the years of Japan’s greatest changes; a loving, honest, moving biography of the author’s mother.Ruri P…

A brilliant overview of that most vital, most underrated and most elusive of human activities, sleep.Using the approach and skills he deployed to such…

A new biography of Pliny the YoungerAD 79. Above the Bay of Naples, Mount Vesuvius is spewing thick ash into the sky. The inhabitants of nearby villag…

"Меня зовут 117098", – сказал я американскому солдату, когда он спросил мое имя. Вот кем я был целых три года. Я забыл, кто я такой». Когда в мае 194…

Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlbor…

A true Christmas story of a family suffering their darkest moments finding strength and love from a surprise Christmas miracle.December 1999: It was t…

Writer, soldier, bookseller, father: Brian Aldiss has earned many titles in his life. In the Twinkling of an Eye is a candid, vivid and charming look …

Героиня книги «Бросить Word, увидеть World» Кристина Тюрмер сделала то, на что решаются немногие: она бросила золотую клетку ради свободы и мечты. Гер…

Пролистав первые страницы книги Джеймса Доти, читатель наверняка подумает, что перед ним – очередные мемуары врача. И… ошибется. Ознакомившись с первы…

A groundbreaking work of Romantic biography; David Crane’s book is an astonishingly original examination of Byron, and a radical approach to biography…

A true Christmas story of a family suffering their darkest moments finding strength and love from a surprise Christmas miracle.December 1999: It was t…

A moving account of the death of Brian Aldiss’ wife Margaret.Margaret Aldiss, Brian’s wife of thirty years, passed away quickly after a diagnosis of p…

From one of the brightest young chroniclers of US culture comes this dazzling collection of essays on the internet, the self, feminism and politicsWe …

Во время наступления пулеметчики находились на острие атак, во время обороны – прикрывали огнем пехоту. Атакующий противник в первую очередь стремился…