Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

Stephen Hawking was no ordinary scientist. He managed to do more than perhaps any other physicist to broaden our basic...

Corona... , Rafael...

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

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

Shaw Art, Wise...

An unforgettable soldier’s-eye view of the Pacific War’s bloodiest battle, by the first American officer ashore Okinawa.

On...

'In this painting of Leonardo's there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human.'

Often called "the...

Tove Jansson’s first book for adults drew on her childhood memories to capture afresh the enchantments and fears of growing up in...

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...

In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric and stubborn to her...

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

Following the phenomenally successful Writing Home and...

The definitive critical study of Tolkien's greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A....

Hammond... , Scull...

A lavishly-illustrated study of Tolkien’s paintings and drawings, set in the context of his writings.

J.R.R. Tolkien...

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...

Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the...

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...

Paris: a million meanings in a single name

Heiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star....

The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler

With over 70 million records sold, heavy metal...

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....

From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have...

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

Janet Morgan's definitive and authorised biography of Agatha Christie, with a new retrospective foreword by the author.
Agatha...