Биографии и мемуары

During the summer after Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize for Wolf Hall, she fell very ill. Just how ill is described in her extraordinary hospital diary, orginally published in the London R…

Saltire First Scottish Book of the Year 2012The story of the life of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat : a clan chief of the Scottish nobility, rebel and Jacobite conspirator. He became the last British p…

Серия книг «Навстречу мечте» задумана в жанре мемуарной прозы. Каждый период своей жизни и творчества автор представляет в виде отдельной книги. В книге I «Из воспоминаний детских лет» показана п…

The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care.When Cathy is told about Melody’s terrible childhood, she is su…

From the moment the Military Wives sang together on BBC Two’s The Choir, their lives changed forever. Their journey entranced the nation, and their story moved millions.In December 2011, as the n…

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 1997, after a lifetime of notoriety. The gran…

‘This is the truth as we know it. I have read so much about what people think they know about Michael, but this is about what really happened.’ Jermaine JacksonYou Are Not Alone is an intimate, l…

The Little Book of Zlatan is a celebration of one of the most charismatic, mercurial and talismanic footballers in the game, an individual so distinct, so talented and so perfect that he must ref…

The never-before published letters of the legendary Mitford sisters, alive with wit, affection, tragedy and gossip: a charismatic history of the century’s signal events played out in the lives of…

Небольшая повесть о проникновении русских на Амур в XVII веке, о знакомстве России с Китаем, обернувшимся первой и последней русско-китайской войной. Рисунок на обложке - картина художника Ник…

В этой книге рассказывается о них — людях, приносивших холод. Людях, раздвигавших пределы России. Они все по-разному жили и по-разному скончались. Сейчас они все мертвы. Но без них не было бы мен…

Мэрилин Монро – американская киноактриса, певица и секс-символ. Впрочем, уже более полувека ее имя знакомо каждому, ведь блондинка Мэрилин известна всему миру как самая красивая актриса золотого …

В своей единственной автобиографии сэр Элтон Джон впервые рассказывает о своей экстраординарной жизни и музыкальной карьере, навсегда изменившей лицо мировой поп-индустрии. В отличие от фильма «Р…

В книге - события 1966 года в стране и в семье : Землетрясение в Ташкенте; Авария на Байконуре; Курсы по СПУ в МВТУ ; Командировка в Палангу; Володька Плешаков на заработках в Петропавловске; на …

‘Extraordinarily powerful’ Emma ThompsonThere are a million love stories, and a million stories of addiction. This one is transcendent.Louisa Young met Robert Lockhart when they were both 17. The…

Based on the first-hand experiences of a man who served on a submarine during the Cold War, Under Pressure is the shockingly candid, visceral, droll and incredibly entertaining account of what it…

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 for life’s scrap heap. But in this turbulent s…

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 for life’s scrap heap. But in this turbulent s…

The warm, funny memoir of Gregor Fisher, the much loved Scottish actor best known for Rab C. Nesbitt, told as he uncovers his dramatic family history.Growing up in the Glasgow suburbs, Gregor was…

Janet Morgan’s definitive and authorised biography of Agatha Christie, with a new retrospective foreword by the author.Agatha Christie (1890–1976), the world’s bestselling author, is a public ins…