Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

Born the son of a Billingsgate market porter at the height of the Second World War, David Jason spent his early life dodging...

As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer, learning the arcane terminology and reading all the classic...

Edward VII, who gave his name to the Edwardian era but was always known as Bertie, was fifty-nine when he finally came to power...

Alexandra Heminsley had high hopes: the arse of an athlete, the waist of a supermodel, the speed of a gazelle. Defeated by gyms...

Paul Lake was Manchester born, a City fan from birth. His footballing talent was spotted at a young age and, in 1983, he signed...

Written in alternating chapters, W or the Memory of Childhood, tells two parallel tales, in two parts. One is a story created in...

Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg - an awkward maths prodigy and a painfully shy computer genius - were never going to fit in...

The definitive biography of the late Leonard Cohen - singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and novelist.

The genius behind such...

How have the modern world, technology and our addiction to information changed who we are? What effect does it have on our...

A groundbreaking and fascinating biography of England's most famous queen, viewed through the women who influenced her...

In 1950, no mountain higher than 8,000 meters had ever been climbed. Maurice Herzog and other members of the French Alpine Club...

Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild...

From the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who - like...

The twentieth century has been called 'the American Century'. Not since the days of the Roman emperors has there been such a...

Alexandra Heminsley thought she could swim. She really did.
It may have been because she could run. It may have been because she...

Jones... , Thompson...

Foreword by Chrissie Hynde

Without the Sex Pistols there would be no punk rock, and without Steve Jones there would be no Sex...

The first popular biography of Edward I in a generation by a major new historian.

This is the first major biography for a...

Diane Arbus's startling photographic images of dwarfs, twins, transvestites, and freaks seemed from the first to redefine both...

Elegant, provocative and hugely entertaining, Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of...

'McCullin is required reading if you want to know what real journalism is all about.' - Times Literary Supplement

'He has...

The evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in the English countryside.

The classic evocative tale of an idyllic childhood in...

Shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award 2003

'Definitive' Daily Telegraph

Orwell has become one of the most potent...

The autobiography of the greatest living English football manager of his generation

The Sunday Times no.1 bestselling memoir...

The remarkable First World War diary of Private Harry Drinkwater, published for the first time

‘I saw several fellows fall,...

Harry's tales and insight into the game he's lived and breathed for 50 years.

'When a man walks on to a pitch there's always a...

What do they find attractive about me? An underage girl who just lies there, sobbing, looking up at them...as they come to me one...

A revolutionary collection from the award-winning columnist and bestselling author of How to Be a Woman and How to Build a...

Capeci... , Mustain...

The revealing true story of John Gotti; the most powerful mobster since Al Capone.

John Gotti: Gangster, killer,...

The first definitive story of the greatest cyclist of all time.
'The whole point of a race is to find a winner... I chose to...

Cricket obsessive Miles Jupp hatches an ill-conceived plan to join the England cricket team in India

** Shortlisted for the...