Биографии и мемуары

Философа Рене Декарта, автора знаменитого «Рассуждения о методе», принято представлять как рыцаря чистого разума и записного рационалиста. Однако, как показывает в этой книге Сергей Фокин, пресло…

Писатель Анри Перрюшо, известный своими монографиями о жизни и творчестве французских художников-импрессионистов, удачно сочетает в своих романах беллетристическую живость повествования с достове…

Евгений Ловчев – суперзвезда отечественного футбола 60–70-х – впервые и очень откровенно рассказывает о своем жестком конфликте с Константином Бесковым, тренером «Спартака», который поднял команд…

Евгений Ловчев – суперзвезда отечественного футбола 60–70-х – впервые и очень откровенно рассказывает о своем жестком конфликте с Константином Бесковым, тренером «Спартака», который поднял команд…

From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost-fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army.They were known as «The Rock.» For one year, in 2007-2…

Described by Pilot magazine in 2011 as ‘Inspirational … one of the best books ever written about flying’. Join the real Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines as they compete in the Round Brita…

‘There is no doubt that [Quartered Safe Out Here] is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War’ John KeeganLife and death in Nine Section, a small group of hard-bitten and (to mod…

The fifteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.Danny was petrified and clung to me in desperation as I carried him to my car. Trapped in his own dark world, he couldn't understand why his parents …

One of the most extraordinary memoirs of recent years, the acclaimed writer John Cornwell has finally written his own story, and the story of a choice he had to make between the Church and a life…

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60…

A tale of Catherine Cookson-esque tragedy and Northern grit, Pauline Prescott's life story will shock and amaze.A mother and a faithful friend, Pauline is not your typical politician's wife. She …

Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud is a beautifully written account of Sun Shuyun’s journey to retrace the steps of one of the most popular figures in Chinese history – the monk Xuanzang, who tra…

How much do you know about what really goes on at your local supermarket?We see them every week and they are privy to some of our most intimate secrets – those we wouldn't even share with our clo…

Jonathan Franzen arrived late, and last, in a family of boys in Webster Groves, Missouri. ‘The Discomfort Zone’ is his intimate memoir of his growth from a ‘small and fundamentally ridiculous per…

The world’s greatest haulier – a rags-to-riches tale of British entrepreneurialsim.If you’ve never seen an Eddie Stobart truck, you’ve never driven down a British motorway.This is the extraordina…

The world’s greatest haulier – a rags-to-riches tale of British entrepreneurialsim.If you’ve never seen an Eddie Stobart truck, you’ve never driven down a British motorway.This is the extraordina…

It would be hard to invent a group of personalities more extraordinary than the British Royal Family – known as 'The Firm' by Prince Philip. With an eye on the past, present and future, this book…

The first book to explore the extraordinary story of the legendary friendship – and quarrel – between Wordsworth and Coleridge, two giants of English Romanticism.Wordsworth and Coleridge’s passio…

As Aristotle understood it, ’there is no great genius without a mixture of madness’ and he may well have had a point: Einstein routinely forgot his way home when out walking the streets of Vienna…

The highly anticipated first book from award-winning comedian, writer, producer and actress, Amy Schumer.In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy shares stories about her family, her relations…