Биографии и мемуары

Hadley Freeman, Guardian features writer and author of the popular ‘Ask Hadley…’ column, reminds the modern lady to ‘Be Awesome’.‘Being single is often awesome. You can leave a party when you wan…

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…

‘If you find the subject of food to be both vexing and transfixing, you’ll love What She Ate’ ElleDorothy Wordsworth believed that feeding her poet brother, William, gooseberry tarts was her part…

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…

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…

‘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…

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…

‘The best memoir by a senior politician for years.’ Simon Jenkins, Sunday TimesJohn Major’s autobiography is one of the most personal and revealing ever written by a former British Prime Minister…

В книге содержится несколько очерков, повествующих о встрече автора с различными медицинами, созданными человечеством: официальной, восточной, аюрведой, медициной индейцев Южной Америки и пр. Мож…

В аудиокниге Леонида Млечина «Троцкий против Сталина», записанной на студии «Ардис», идёт рассказ о раннем периоде противостояния двух вождей Советской России. Сталин и Троцкий неминуемо должны б…

Книга представляет собой мемуарный блог о событиях в Советском Союзе 50-х — 60-х годов прошлого века. Заметки из жизни автора проходят на фоне крупных исторических событий тех лет, и, помимо восп…

Написанная в сотрудничестве с музыкантами, эта биография рассказывает подлинную историю группы – причудливую, веселую, экстремальную и порой разрушительную. Она повествует о безрассудном и ярком …

Сколько бы ни издали еще книг об Иосифе Виссарионыче – все они будут вызывать споры и обвинения в необъективности. Такой он был человек (а может, и не человек, нелюдь или монстр?). Однако мемуары…

НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ДОЛИНЫМ АНТОНОМ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧЕМ, СОДЕРЖАЩИМСЯ В РЕЕСТРЕ ИНОСТРАННЫХ СРЕДСТВ МАССОВОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИХ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕ…