Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

Corona... , Rafael...

From Boy Scout to assassin – the true confessions of a cartel hitman

At the age of twelve Martin Corona started dealing...

The Woman in Me is a brave and astonishingly moving story about freedom, fame, motherhood, survival, faith, and hope.

In June...

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart.

From his acclaimed stage triumphs to...

Need a rental person who does nothing?

Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lonely and socially anxious. After...

A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back.

When Michael...

Already a classic among sailors, Nichols tell the true story of the inaugural 1968 Golden Globe sailing race: the first...

Chris Stewart’s Driving over Lemons told the story of his move to a remote mountain farm in Las Alpujarras – an oddball region of...

The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society finds Chris and his family still living on their farm, El Valero, and with its easy...

A concise collection of Alan Bennett's latest diaries - and more.

Following the phenomenally successful Writing Home and...

From declaring my love to Vanessa Redgrave to being fed cockroaches by Steve Buscemi, from turnip-based comedy with Blackadder to...

Most people think I save dogs, but really they saved me.

Niall Harbison is a dog hero based in Thailand. He spends his days...

Bill Bryson’s biography of William Shakespeare unravels the superstitions, academic discoveries and myths surrounding the life of...

Park... , Chai...

North Korea is an open-air prison from which there is no escape. Only a handful of men and women have succeeded.

Jihyun Park...

This is the remarkable story of a local lad who grew up in the shadow of Upton Park and became ‘Mr West Ham’: a one-club man who...

The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family's fate in the Holocaust, following the thread from Germany...

A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow...

Imagine going from neurologist to dermatologist, orthopaedic surgeon to obstetrician, assassin to saviour - all in one day....

I sometimes fear we shall never wake till we are jerked out of it by the roar of bombs.
In 1936, George Orwell volunteered as a...

If there is one man to whom I do feel myself inferior, it is a coalminer.

In the mid-1930s, George Orwell was given an...

Three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that…

As a young man struggling to find his voice...

‘Each of us is born, I believe, with a unique mission, a purpose in life that only we can fulfill. We are linked by a shared...

Anaesthetising a fish, x-raying a frog and hospitalising a walrus are all in a day's work for the world's wildest veterinarian....

This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great - one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose earlier...

In 1943 a bomber crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Against all odds, one young lieutenant survives. Louise Zamperini had already...

A biography of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome’s first great poet, a dandy who fell in love with another man’s wife and made it...

A revealing and witty new examination of how Agatha Christie became the world’s most successful and popular female playwright,...

A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent . The frontman of one of the most influential and...

'My Decade in the Premier League' is Wayne's first hand account of his 10 years playing at the highest level in English football...

The definitive biography of Joe Strummer, released with a new epilogue to mark the 60th anniversary of his birth.

Chris...

The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all...