Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing up in New York...

From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling short biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and...

A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure – a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s
Condemned for a murder he had not...

A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America.
In this moving and surprising...

From one of the best writers on science, a remarkable portrait of Isaac Newton. The man who changed our understanding of the...

The diary of Jean-Dominique Bauby who, with his left eyelid (the only surviving muscle after a massive stroke) dictated a...

Richard Holmes, highly acclaimed military historian and broadcaster, tells the exhilarating story of Britain's greatest-ever...

A powerful account of the life of Tamerlane the Great (1336-1405), the last master nomadic power, one of history’s most extreme...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to own your own set of islands?
20 years ago it happened to Adam Nicolson. His...

Cash... , Carr...

This fascinating autobiography of the country music legend recounts the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs of...

This book is the life story and family history of Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline was born in China at a time of great change and...

Her movies are on TV. Her music is on the radio. Jennifer Lopez is a Hollywood star and a successful singer. She is a Latin...

Desperately Seeking Van Gogh adopts a very refreshing new way of looking at the life of this most brilliant of artists: by...

Gripping, moving and wildly exhilarating, Mud, Sweat and Tears is a must-read for adrenalin junkies and armchair adventurers...

It is the autobiography of Giorgio Bassani, told in a time span of around 15 years, a time where the ambiguous and mysterious...

David Attenborough is one of the most influential and admired figures in English television. When 26, he applied for a job in the...

'God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell.' Richard Burton
'I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. And...

An extraordinary memoir about what it means to be a writer, a woman and a mother with Bell's Palsy by award-winning...

Robert A. Caro’s legendary, multi-award-winning biography of US President Lyndon Johnson is a uniquely riveting and revelatory...

Venice, 1522. Sensitive intelligence arrives from the east confirming the European powers' greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman...

Catherine Munro transforms her life when she moves to Shetland to study the hardy ponies who call this archipelago home. Over the...

This collection of autobiographical and teaching stories from peace activist and Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh is thought provoking...

Life on the remote island of Papavray in the 1970s was a world away from Mary J. MacLeod's urban existence in the south of...

At 16, Martha collapses on the streets, suffering from starvation and exposure. She has reached rock bottom, but after Martha is...

What was so dangerous about Queen Victoria's artistic tempestuous sixth child, Princess Louise?

When Lucinda Hawksley started...

Marguerite Penrose's is an extraordinary story of making a great life from complicated beginnings. Marguerite was born in a...

The astonishing story of the English heiress who devoted her life to the IRA

She grew up in a Chelsea townhouse and on a Devon...

How well do you know the life of one of Britain's great maritime heroes?

Discover the truth behind a man who remains a...

From the saviour of the realm to the subject of multiple attempted assassinations in the space of six years. King Henry IV's...

Why would anyone want to work with thieves, murderers and rapists?

Told from the inside out, this is a harrowing, humorous and...