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Гилберта Честертона по праву признают классиком английского детектива. Но мало кто знает, что писал он не только о католическом священнике отце Брауне…

Inez De Florio, born blind, tells us the moving, fascinating, and true story of her recovery from blindness at the age of 48 and how she coped with le…

Just after ‘Bring Up the Bodies’ author Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker for ‘Wolf Hall’, she fell gravely ill. This is her remarkable hospital diary.…

A call to action from Jane Fonda, one of the most inspiring activists of our time, urging us to wake up to the looming disaster of climate change and …

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

Das Angebot des „Führers“ an den 18-jährigen Baldur von Schirach ist verlockend: „Solche jungen Männer braucht die Partei, braucht Deutschland!“ Der a…

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING FELICITY JONES AND EDDIE REDMAYNEA GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY TE…

The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.R.R. Tolkien.In the 25 years since Tolkien’s death in Sept…

The fascinating, insightful and at times hilarious memoirs of one of the most gifted and enigmatic British footballers of the last 25 years.Nicknamed …

For readers of Hideous Kinky, Dadland and Bad Blood; the astonishing, beguiling story of Sarah Aspinall’s harum scarum childhood, and a love letter to…

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

Just 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 pr…

A GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, PITCHFORK, NPR, METRO AND HERALD SCOTLAND BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2018‘The definitive grime biography’ NME’A landmark genre history’ …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one …

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…

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 …

Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved.‘Am I ugly, Mummy?’ are the first words that little Phi…

Richard Fuchs, Autor zahlreicher populärwissenschaftlicher Bücher, enthüllt in seiner Autobiografie Erziehungsmethoden einer strenggläubigen Familie u…

PART 1 OF 3The true story of a 6-year-old boy with a dreadful secret.Oskar’s school teacher raises the alarm. Oskar’s mother is abroad and he has been…

‘People often say that non-fiction books read like fast-moving thrillers, but this one genuinely does… This is a splendid book – and highly recommende…

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

‘Like Lorna Sage's Bad Blood … A masterpiece.’ Rachel CuskGiving Up the Ghost is the shocking and beautiful memoir, from the author of Wolf Hall,…

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

This deeply moving memoir tells the story of Hannah: a child who has been beaten and abused; a girl full of loneliness and rage; a student no one but …

‘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…

From the Sunday Times bestselling author Dr Amanda Brown.Insights into the world of a Prison Doctor, this time taking us deeper into the walls of Bron…

A gripping memoir written by a 96-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor about his escape from Nazi-occupied Poland in the 1930's and his adventures …

THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER‘As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this’ BILL BRYSON’A brilliant read … Game of Thro…

Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online.When Stevie’s social worker tells Cathy, an experienced fo…

Maria Treben lebte von 1907 bis 1991. Dieses Buch, von der Familie Maria Trebens verfasst, schildert die interessante Lebensgeschichte der Autorin des…

‘This is a funny and beautiful book. What a little bastard.’ RUSSELL BRAND‘A millennial's answer to David Sedaris. No writer is funnier than Joel…

Alsazia, anni Trenta. Simone, una ragazzina felice e spensierata, scopre a poco a poco la povertà, l'ingiustizia, l'intolleranza e quindi l&…

Wendeverlierer, Abgehängte, Rechtspopulisten – mit diesen Schlagworten sehen sich Männer aus dem Osten Deutschlands konfrontiert. Ellen Händler und Ut…

Manfred Meißner veröffentlicht ein Tagebuch, das sein Vater Otto Friedrich Meißner (3.12.1892 – 13.5.1973) während des Ersten Weltkrieges zwischen 191…

The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir—an …

‘An Extraordinary story of innocence and persecution, determination and grit … it had me rattling through the pages’ SOPHIE DRAPERA gripping true crim…

‘The UK's pre-eminent chronicler of financial crime’ New Yorker’Not just a readable, pacey account of an extraordinary individual and his quixoti…

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

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

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 …

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 …

‘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…

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

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…

Wie man zum »Jahrhunderttrainer« wird <br/> Mitreißender Rückblick eines erfolgreichen Fußballlehrers Innenansichten des Fußballbetriebs in Ost und We…