Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

Homage to Catalonia remains one of the most famous accounts of the Spanish Civil War. With characteristic scrutiny, Orwell...

Jesse Owens, Katherine Johnson, Sir David Attenborough, Dame Zaha Hadid, Stephen Hawking, Meryl Streep, Bill Gates, J.K....

"Do you have a list of your books, or do I just have to stare at them?"
Shaun Bythell is the owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown,...

In 2011, Tim Cook took on an impossible task - following in the footsteps of one of history's greatest business visionaries,...

The German-American architect Dirk Lohan began to record his conversations with his grandfather Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the...

In 1936, George Orwell volunteered as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. In Homage to Catalonia, first published just before the...

In 1883 Paul Gauguin abandons his prominent banking career and decides that "from now on I will pai nt every day". The co -...

In this spirited volume, Oliver Sacks examines the many passions of his own life - both as a doctor engaged with the central...

Elizabeth Taylor was one of the major film stars of the twentieth century, embodying all the glamour and allure of Hollywood...

It is 1941. There may be a 'war of chaos' in the skies over London, but 'the perpetual war against the underworld of crime' must...

'Compassionate and compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of darkness' Simon Sebag...

In this poignant memoir, Naina Yeltsina, the wife of the first president of Russia, recounts the compelling story of her life,...

A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of...

Life of the Russian poet who withstood Stalinism and became an inspiration to millions.
Anna Akhmatova is recognised as one of...

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Born into slavery during the early...

Everything contained in this little book is true, and written just like it was. The writing of it drew me from my strange torpor...

A reissue of the beautifully illustrated and authoritative biography of Frida Kahlo, publishing in time for a major London...

Inventor. Visionary. Genius. Dropout. Adopted. Steve Jobs was the founder of Apple and he was all of these things.
Steve Jobs...

Semenova... , Deloque...

A fascinating life of Sergei Shchukin, the great collector who changed the face of Russia's art world.
Sergei Shchukin was a...

Born of a German father and a Russian mother, Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. In...

On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank. This is the full story. Why did the Titanic sink so quickly?...

Some people choose adventure. Others suddenly find themselves in danger in their ordinary lives. This book tells the true stories...

Leonardo da Vinci is known world-wide as the painter of the Mona Lisa, for designs of flying machines and for his studies of the...

Kylie Minogue was a star - a famous singer with a lot of money and beautiful clothes. And then, in 2005, the music stopped. Kylie...

It is 1942 in Holland and the Germans have invaded. All Jewish people are frightened for their lives, so the Frank family hide....

We all know Daniel Radcliffe's face from the Harry Potter films. But how did he get the job? Did he always want to be an actor?...

Charles Dickens is one of Britain's greatest writers. His novels have been popular around the world for more than 150 years....

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Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971 examines the beginnings of Ono's extensive career, demonstrating her pioneering role in...

Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and...

Edward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government's system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first...