Биографии и мемуары

Previously published as Mum Face.Best described as The Wrong Knickers for mums, in this wry, resonant and darkly funny memoir, journalist Grace Timothy explores motherhood as an issue of identity…

Он знал о Франции все, а о Португалии ничего; он понимал, что происходит в далекой Москве, но не в родном Лиссабоне. Он не осознавал, что сам уже не управляет собственной страной, – его сместили …

В 1993 году в Нижнем Новгороде был создан Русский союз скаутов. В 2023 году организации исполняется уже 30 лет. За это время сменилось несколько поколений нижегородских скаутов. Мне повезло стоят…

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 life?We could all do with a bit more Dolly i…

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 story.The Battle of Britain is one of the most …

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 little Molly and Kit, siblings, aged 3 years and 1…

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.Cruel To Be Kind is the true story of Max, aged …

Richard Holmes’s great work of biographical exploration, published alongside its sister volume ‘Sidetracks’.In 1985, Richard Holmes published a small book of essays called ‘Footsteps’ and the wri…

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 world, he couldn't understand why his pa…

This book recounts the entire story of the most successful British band since The Beatles. From their humble beginnings to the break-up that shook the pop world, to their explosive and successful…

Александр Васильевич Сухово-Кобылин – русский философ, драматург, переводчик, почётный академик Петербургской академии наук. И он же – человек, подозреваемый в убийстве. Вопрос о причастности дра…

Renowned and loved for her refreshing candour on everyday issues, social, domestic and intimate, Stacey Solomon reminds us how important it is to embrace ourselves; the good, bad and the ugly.Sta…

Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree’s survival. Epitaph for …

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 set from an early age – along with her father,…

‘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 top of the diplomatic tree … There is nothin…

An intimate portrait of Patrick O’Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy.Patrick O’Brian was one of the greatest British novelists of the twentieth century, securing his place in literary …

From the very first book publication in 1920 to the upcoming film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world…

«Моє життя» — надиктована секретареві автобіографія диктатора Італії Беніто Муссоліні (1883–1945). У книжці йдеться про молоді роки Муссоліні у регіоні Емілія-Романья, його кар’єру агітатора і жу…

‘The most life-affirming book ever written about death.’ Sandi Toksvig‘One of the most powerful and helpful books about grief that you will ever read.’ Anita Anand‘Grief is more than the price of…

From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes a harrowing and moving memoir about two innocent and frightened ‘unfosterable’ children who do not know what it means to be loved.This is the third …