Биографии и мемуары

Его любят, его ненавидят, на него равняются, и его безжалостно критикуют. Илон Маск – пожалуй, одна из самых противоречивых фигур современности. Кто-т…

It’s Belfast, 1975. The city lies under the dark cloud of the Troubles, and hatred fills the air like smoke. But Tony Macaulay has just turned twelve …

It would be hard to invent a group of personalities more extraordinary than the British Royal Family – known as 'The Firm' by Prince Philip. With an e…

A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution.A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution. Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluen…

Born in a prison and removed from his drug-dependent mother, rejection is all that 7-year-old Alex knows.When Cathy is asked to foster little Alex, ag…

*НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛИ) НАПРАВЛЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ МАКАРЕВИЧЕМ АНДРЕЕМ ВАДИМОВИЧЕМ, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛ…

The extraordinary story of Vivian Stanshall, lead singer of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, true British eccentric.Charismatic and flamboyant, Vivian Stan…

Everything from this past election cycle to Beyoncé’s feminist anthem speaks to this problem: women are expected to be “flawless.”Reshma Saujani was n…

The definitive life story of the seventies world 500cc motorcycle champion Barry Sheene – the Brit whose death-defying crashes and playboy lifestyle m…

Артур Вейгалл, принимавший участие в раскопках в Египте, избегая предвзятых оценок и непроверенных мнений, предлагает увлекательную и наиболее полную …

The history of modern British football can largely be written through the stories of Jack and Bobby Charlton. Both were in the World Cup winning team …

A Real Mum’s Hilariously Honest Tales of Motherhood, Mayhem and Mental Health‘You see, pre-motherhood I had this image of the sort of motherhood I was…

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

В книге рассказывается о жизни подростка пятнадцатилетней Анастасии. Она рассказывает о детстве, о школьных годах, об увлечениях, о семье, и о будущей…

Something has gone wrong. We're living in an age of celebratory racism, extreme inequality, uncertainty and fear. We're governed by people who claim t…

НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНО…

The moving true story of a little girl with Asperger syndrome, controlled and abused by the one person she called her friend.Taylor had always struggl…

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 …

Penelope Fitzgerald, the Booker Prize-winning author of ‘Offshore’ and ‘The Blue Flower’, turns her attention to the remarkable life of the Pre-Raphae…

Л. П. Гроссман (1888–1965) – известный писатель, литературовед и искусствовед, автор более трехсот изданных печатных работ. Особое место в его исследо…

Репродукции картин замечательного художника, легенды белорусского авангардного искусства второй половины ХХ века.

It’s 1983 and best friends Vicky and Lucy swear that they will always be there for each other, that they’ll never let anyone come between them. But fa…

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 d…

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…

A revealing and witty new examination of how Agatha Christie became the world’s most successful and popular female playwright, including details of ne…

A BOY WITHOUT HOPE is the heart-breaking story of a boy who didn’t know the meaning of love. A history of abuse and neglect has left Miller destined f…

I want to make an album of real genius, to sit alongside the Stones' 'Exile On Main Street', and Big Star's 'Third' (Peter Buck, R.E.M. 1991)The defin…

The urgent, explosive story of Russia’s espionage efforts against the West from the Cold War to the present – including their interference in the 2016…

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

Перлы - ироничное название книги, созданной из постов, стихов и записок необычной девушки с 2007 по 2019 год. Это живая движущаяся история становление…

Confessions of a GP and Further Confessions of a GP together in one volume.Benjamin Daniels is angry. He is frustrated, confused, baffled and, quite f…

The hysterical, shocking and incredibly intimate memoir from one of the most original and unique comedians alive today.Hello! I’m Brian Limond, aka Li…

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 …

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…

The journal of the last months of William Burroughs’ life.20 November 1996: ‘Well, it’s time for my Ovaltine and a long good night.’Burroughs died in …

In his first book, award-winning radio and TV presenter Ryan Tubridy tells the fascinating story of the iconic president John F Kennedy's visit to Ire…

‘I’d been in so many scrapes with Theo and he’d always saved me. Those days were the hardest of my life so far and … at the darkest point, those big b…

‘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,…

Настоящая книга посвящена памяти Евгения Владимировича Пермякова (1961–2007),филолога и издателя, одного из создателей и руководителей «Объединенного …

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 …

Family is not always a place of safety.Kathleen was just eight years old when her mother was tragically killed in a car accident. And when her father …

Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin’s holiday camps.‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so c…

‘Extraordinarily powerful’ Emma ThompsonThere are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is transcendent.Louisa Young me…

В этой небольшой по объему работе отражен уникальный опыт молодого отца, наблюдавшего за развитием своего первого ребенка с момента его рождения до по…

Сияние бесчисленных драгоценных камней на протяжении столетий было «визитной карточкой» Российского императорского двора. Все мемуаристы, особенно ино…