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Experienced foster carer, Rosie Lewis, takes on the heart-breaking case of Megan, a baby born with a drug addiction and a cleft palate.Addicted to drugs from birth because of her mother’s substan…

A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARWINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE 2017From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author of ‘Backlash’, an astonishing …

In the ebook version of the classic, the author of 'Footsteps' collects the biographical stories that have captured his fancy in the course of researching his books on the romantic poets, creatin…

If you loved Fifty Shades of Grey¸ you’ll LUST after this true story of dominance, submission, lust and temptation.Sarah K is like any normal woman. She lives in a quiet suburban town. She has a …

Everything from this past election cycle to Beyoncé’s feminist anthem speaks to this problem: women are expected to be “flawless.”Reshma Saujani was no different. She worked her way to top grades…

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 …

A journey into the headspaces and workplaces of some of Britain’s most unique artists, from the co-author of the critically acclaimed Holloway.Bill Drummond. Richard Lawrence. Stanley Donwood. Je…

The Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Damaged tells the true story of Donna, who came into foster care aged ten, having been abused, victimised and rejected by her family.Donn…

Мой отец пришёл с войны невредимым тридцатисемилетним холостым человеком, весьма недурной наружности. Через четыре года он произвёл на свет меня, а ещё через полтора – мою сестру Ольгу, причём де…

Эта книга уникальна в своем жанре, как и ее автор в своей профессии. Заслуженный тренер России Гаджи Гаджиев, дважды признававшийся лучшим тренером сезонов в стране, пришел на первые роли в ведущ…

This major best-selling memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool is one of the most harrowing but uplifting books you will ever read.When Helen Forrester’s father went bankrupt in 1930…

‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.’It’s the night …

The poignant, searching, haunting story of one family’s entanglement with twentieth-century historyAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER‘Intensely involving … a fervent meditation on love and loss, with a …

Книга доступна эксклюзивно в ЛитРес: Абонементе. Выберите тариф, чтобы получить доступ к книге. В основу новой книги Егора Яковлева, автора бестселлеров «Война на уничтожение» и «Красный шторм», …

Книга представляет собой 6 том многотомного биографического справочника. Командно-начальствующего состава Красной Армии от командующих фронтами и округами до командиров и начальников штабов корпу…

Книга представляет собой 7 том многотомного биографического справочника командно-начальствующего состава Красной Армии от командующих фронтами и округами до командиров и начальников штабов корпус…

A classic of mountaineering literature, The White Spider tells the story of the harrowing first ascent of the Eiger’s North Face, one of the most legendary and terrifying climbs in recorded histo…

The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old woman – and of the most extraordinary century in Ethiopia’s history. A new Wild SwansA hundred years ago, a girl was born in the northern Eth…