Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

This Sunday Times bestselling follow-up to Addicted from English soccer legend Tony Adams is “a searingly honest account of the...

This is a book about science, bombs, and what happens to the human psyche when every day you go to work might be your...

Inspired by the heroic war time escapades of his father, as well as drawing on his own experiences in the special forces,...

The most comprehensive and definitive biography of Muhammad Ali that has ever been published, based on more than 500 interviews...

Many children dream of becoming an astronaut when they grow up, but when a six-year-old Mike Massimino saw Neil Armstrong walk on...

This is the definitive biography on one of the most important and controversial figures of the 20th century. Drawing on...

Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman’s escape from a religious sect, in the tradition of Ayaan Hirsi...

As a young man Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) escaped from slavery in Baltimore, Maryland. He was fortunate to have been taught...

The man. The legend. The autobiography.

Even people who don't know football know Pele. The best of a generation of Brazilian...

Richard E. Grant emigrated from Swaziland to London in 1982, with dreams of making it as an actor, when he unexpectedly met and...

'From an early age, locked doors, high fences and the secrets kept by businesses, buildings and people, fascinated me. I wanted...

For many years, Camilla was portrayed in a poor light, blamed by the public for the break-up of the marriage between Prince...

Andrew Gimson, whose previous book Boris is the essential read on Johnson's earlier career, returns with a penetrating and...

Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. - Amelia Earhart

This fascinating autobiography by...

According to Winston Churchill, Alan Turing made the single biggest contribution to the Allied victory over Nazi Germany with his...

"I thought life was going to be a brilliant comedy, and you were to be one of the many graceful figures in it."
While imprisoned...

Initially published as six articles in the Electrical Experimenter magazine, My Inventions is the autobiography of the visionary...

First published as John Barleycorn, Jack London's autobiographical novel is a harrowing account of a life undermined by...

The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain's humorous narrative of his own travels across Europe. It began life as a series of newspaper...

Ever wondered what it's like to study at Oxford University? Former student and famous blogger Tilly Rose, a.k.a. 'the Oxford...

'Above all, there was a belief in the revolution and the future, a feeling of having suddenly emerged into an era of equality and...

Flood... , Wilson...

Why did Florence Nightingale introduce pie charts? How did Lewis Carroll regard Pythagoras? Who learned calculus from her nursery...

Solomon Northup's memoir recalls how he was kidnapped in Washington DC in 1841 and sold into slavery, describing the brutalities...

Virr Paul, Potter...

In this stunning jacketed hardback, science writer Paul Virr introduces 50 of the world's most influential engineers of all time...

Award-winning architecture writer Ike Ijeh introduces 50 of the world's most influential architects and a selection of their most...

An indispensable introduction to the darker side of life, revealing the often strange and grisly stories behind the world's most...

"Even a name by which to be known among men, slavery had denied me." A standout among slave testimonies, the Narrative of William...

Martha Griffith Browne, a Southern slave-owner who became wedded to the cause of emancipation, wrote this "autobiography" of Ann,...

A good fit of illness proves the value of health; real danger tries one's mettle; and self-sacrifice sweetens character....

'If I saw further than others,' said Sir Isaac Newton, 'it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.'

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