Биографии и мемуары

Описание жизни епископа Русской Православной Церкви Заграницей Иоанна Легкого (1907–1995), его семьи и близкого ему духовенства. Сокращенная версия текста была опубликована в «Новом Журнале» (Нью…

«Дипломат в сандалиях» — это почти антиутопия, некий вызов традиционно серьезному жанру мемуаров дипломатов. Книга […] наполнена добром и плохо скрываемой любовью к своей профессии и к своей стра…

Эта книга — о нашей стране. Время действия — с 1925 по 1945 год. Место действия — от Башкирии и Урала до Восточной Пруссии. Язык книги — и лёгкий, и серьёзный. В ней есть юмор, самоирония, лиричн…

Margaret Thatcher is the towering figure of late-twentieth-century British politics. No other prime minister of modern times has sought to change Britain and its place in the world as radically a…

Кшиштоф Занусси (род. в 1939 г.) – выдающийся польский режиссер, сценарист и писатель, лауреат многих кинофестивалей, обладатель многочисленных призов, среди которых – премия им. Параджанова «За …

This book is a more personal history than has ever before been written by or about Marianne Faithfull. Anecdotal, conversational, intimate and revealing, this is her no-holds-barred account of he…

Former Metallica guitarist and founding member of Megadeth Dave Mustaine talks for the first time about his life in rock ‘n’ roll, finally telling the inside story of two of the most influential …

A powerful and compelling memoir of growing up with a schizophrenic father, who hid his mental illness behind a charismatic larger-than-life, gluttonous personality and found logical explanations…

The inside story of the ‘reluctant medium’, finally available in a mass-market A-format editionBetty Shine was originally an opera singer, but studied all forms of alternative healing, becoming a…

In 1956, fresh from Eton and Oxford, the 23-year-old Colin Clark (son of ‘Lord Clark of Civilisation’, brother of maverick Tory MP and diarist Alan) worked as a humble ‘gofer’ on the set of The P…

‘My mother-in-law Annie lived with us for 17 years and was picture-book perfect.’It took a while before the family realised that Annie was increasingly (as she would put it) 'Mutt and Jeff'. So P…

From the playing fields of Eton via the horrors of the Western Front to the pinnacle of political power in 20th-century Britain – a brilliant collective biography of Harold Macmillan, Lord Salisb…

Critically acclaimed, award-winning biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the brilliant group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War.C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and their fr…

This is Claire’s story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.Claire Balneaves never thought she’d end up as a military wife. But when she met a young …

This is Louise’s story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.Louise Baines always said she would never marry into the military. She was working behind…

This is Nicky’s story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.At 33, Nicky Clarke had stopped thinking she would ever fall in love. But they say when yo…

This is Paula’s story, one of four individual journeys taken from Wherever You Are by The Military Wives.Paula and James Mundy first met when they were teenagers, little knowing they’d end up spe…

Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass’ heartbreaking memoir I Miss Mummy now combined in a single volume with her inspiring new title Please Don’t Take M…

Published alongside the 2013 film The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson, this is the explosive true story of the seven celebrity-obsessed teens who became the most au…

Sunday Times bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson’s first heartbreaking memoir The Boy No One Loved now combined in a single volume with her shocking title Crying for Help about a tro…