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The sequel to Daddy’s Little Earner tells Maria’s story as she tries to rebuild her life.Determined to escape from her past and be the best wife and mother she could possibly be, Maria throws her…

The funny, touching and entertaining story of how Jo Hardy, the star of BBC2’s Young Vets, gets to grips with animals big and small, friendly and not-at-all-happy, on the road to becoming a fully…

В этот сборник вошли тексты Ремарка, никогда ранее не публиковавшиеся на русском языке, – дневниковые записи, письма и стихи, которые он писал всю жизнь. Один из величайших писателей ХХ столетия …

To wolf expert, Shaun Ellis, wolves aren’t just his work, they’re also his family. An extraordinary man, Shaun has been fascinated by wolves all his life, living as part of their pack for two yea…

An unbearably moving, intensely passionate, deeply personal account of life as seen through the eyes of one of America’s best-loved novelists.‘When I began writing this history, I let go of my do…

They have come in search of many things – nirvana, exhilaration, a sense of self. But over the course of the next week, their holidays take a terrifying turn when they become entangled in a nail-…

Since October 2015, a whole lot of people have been getting relationship advice from a very well-intentioned but untrained source – actress Anna Faris – on her ridiculously popular podcast, Unqua…

The extraordinary story of Vivian Stanshall, lead singer of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, true British eccentric.Charismatic and flamboyant, Vivian Stanshall was a natural frontman for The Bonzo Do…

The official companion to ITV’s hotly anticipated new drama, The Victoria Letters delves into the private writings of the young Queen Victoria, painting a vivid picture of the personal life of on…

На протяжении всей своей жизни Суад Мехеннет, репортер The Washington Post, родившаяся и получившая образование в Германии, должна была балансировать между двумя сторонами ее жизни: мусульманским…

«И хотя я никогда не ощущала себя женой президента, понимаю, что почти десять лет находилась рядом с человеком, который по должности отвечал за огромную и очень непростую страну на переломе эпох.…

Разведка – глаза и уши армии… Этой простой фразой описывается вся важность разведки. Но как описать, что такое разведка? В наградном листе на одного из разведчиков написано: «неоднократно выполня…

In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu’s great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters, were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze Rive…

The hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit…Lumped into 'the too fat for potatoes group' by her mother, carefree eating isn't somet…

In the tradition of ‘Agent Zigzag’ comes a breathtaking biography of WWII’s ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the best spy thrillers. This celebrates unsung hero Robe…

The nostalgic memoir of a young man, eldest of fourteen, growing up in 40s Wednesbury. The heartbreaking true account of his son struggling to come to terms with his father’s dementia. A tribute …

In 1992 Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people were fighting against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extraordinary memoir of her love affair with the …

A raw, intensely personal memoir of spiritual exploration from one of the world’s great commentators on religion.After seven years in a convent, which she left, dismayed by its restrictions, an e…

In 2012 the Rolling Stones celebrate their 50th anniversary. Their story – the band's meteoric rise to fame, the Marianne Faithfull, Brian Jones and Altamont scandals, the groundbreaking hits – i…

An intense and emotive memoir of one girl’s difficult family upbringing in a Singaporean Chinese family during the Second World War.Lucy Lum was the third of seven children, born in Singapore in …