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A heart-stopping story of lies, brutality and fear. British girl Megan Stephens tells the true story of how an idyllic Mediterranean holiday turned in…

Разработанная ею диалектическая поведенческая терапия спасла жизни огромного числа людей, склонных к депрессии и суициду, людей с пограничным расстрой…

Innocent can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 1 of 3Innocent is the shocking true story of littl…

’An absolutely masterly work’ Stephen FryAlex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner beca…

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020‘A wake-up call … These women’s stories will m…

«…Как бы педагоги и физиологи ни отнеслись к словам моим, я буду настойчиво утверждать: первым впечатлением, сохранившимся в моей памяти, было, что ку…

The Du Mauriers – three beautiful, successful and rebellious sisters, whose lives were bound in a family drama that inspired Angela and Daphne’s best …

Судьба жестоко сыграла с Георгием Мгеладзе. Бесшабашный молодой человек, не знающий ни страха, ни сомнений, с легкостью ввязывался в опасные криминаль…

Little Drifters can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 4 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 4 of 4 (Chapters 19-24 of 24).The harrowing…

’Massively enjoyable’ Dawn FrenchI Carried a Watermelon is a love story to Dirty Dancing. A warm, witty and accessible look at how Katy Brand’s life-l…

Reading Scotland's Jesus should be like being called into the living room by your child shouting that they see a little red dot on the head of a …

This edition does not include illustrations.The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged seventy…

Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes.Cru…

‘One of the finest memoirs published in recent years.’ Dan Jones‘An utterly fascinating and wonderfully detailed insight into the hidden world of the …

Die ungarische Gräfin Irma wurde als Tochter von Graf Viktor Stáray de Sztára et Nagymihály (1823-1879) und Gräfin Mária Török de Szendrõ (1835-1916) …

Bestselling author and teacher Casey Watson shares the horrifying true story of Kiera Bentley, a 12-year-old girl with a deeply shocking secret she’s …

The sequel to Daddy’s Little Earner tells Maria’s story as she tries to rebuild her life.Determined to escape from her past and be the best wife and m…

Richard Holmes’s great work of biographical exploration, published alongside its sister volume ‘Sidetracks’.In 1985, Richard Holmes published a small …

‘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 behin…

From the bestselling author of ‘The Queen’s Conjuror’, comes the story of Nicholas Culpeper – legendary rebel, radical, Puritan, and author of the gre…

Adeline Harris grew up in surroundings steeped in religion, from the beloved ayah in India who told her stories of Jesus wrestling tigers, to the stri…

William Rees-Mogg is one of the pivotal figures of post-war Britain. In this brilliantly entertaining memoir he recounts the story of a colourful life…

The remarkable autobiography of the last great wartime icon.Born Vera Welch on 20 March, 1917 in the East End of London, Dame Vera Lynn’s career was s…

У времени есть своя память – история. Книга «Моя Сибириада» состоит из рассказов о людях, живших на берегах Ангары. Жизнь в суровых условиях Сибири за…

На левом боку у Златана Ибрагимовича вытатуирован девиз: «Only God can judje me» («Только Бог может судить меня»). Лучшего девиза для одного из самых …

A fascinating look at the remarkable life of Barbara Taylor Bradford, bestselling author of the unforgettable A Woman of Substance From the cobbled st…

The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass. Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark …

‘Much bigger and more ambitious than a first-person “rise and fall” … Great vignettes and classy analysis from the man who until a year ago sat at the…

Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass’ three inspirational memoirs, Damaged, A Baby’s Cry and The Night the …

«Пожалуй, никто из преподавателей Московского училища живописи не пользовался среди учащихся такой симпатией, как Корин. В его натуре была необычайная…

Debbie Purdy doesn't want to die. She has far too much to live for. But when the time comes, and the pain is so unbearable that she cannot go on, she …

One man’s journey in the footsteps of a great explorer into the heart of Africa.As a young man, Warwick Cairns met the then elderly explorer Wilfred T…

During the 1950s, Michael Randle helped pioneer a new form of direct action against nuclear war, based on the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. At the fore…

The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help.The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.It is the first time Laura has …

In this electrifying autobiography, Rik stands naked in front of his vast legions of fans and disciples and invites them to take communion with the bl…

Do you ever find yourself: Tumblin’ out of bed and stumblin’ to the kitchen? Searchin’ for a cup of ambition? Sighin’ and groanin’ at the mundanity of…

Стэн Ли ‒ отец Человека-Паука, Фантастической четвёрки, Железного человека, Людей Икс и многих других супергероев. Все они хорошо вам знакомы, но кто …

Those who had not discovered our truth had Satan in their hearts. We lived amongst them, but not with them, 'in the world, but not of the world'. We w…

The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help.The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.It is the first time Laura has …

Arlyne Brickman dated the wiseguys but she was wiser than them all…SOON BE A MAJOR FILMBorn in 1934, the daughter of a Jewish mobster, Arlyne Brickman…

In the summer of 1940, the future of Britain and the free world depended on the morale and skill of the young men of Fighter Command. This is their st…

Эта вдохновляющая история рассказывает о падениях и триумфах женщины, не отказавшейся от своих амбиций и не потерявшей свободы духа. Из своего сложног…

Lisa Maxwell, an addition to the quick-witted Loose Women team, is a bundle of fun and laughter and a natural storyteller. Here, for the first time, s…

From ‘the most powerful book critic in the English-speaking world’ (Vanity Fair) comes an inspiring and beautifully illustrated selection of the life-…