Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

Virginia Woolf's only autobiographical writing is to be found in this collection of five unpublished pieces. Despite Quentin...

Marco Polo set off on his travels from Venice as a young man in 1271, and returned home in 1295 after spending 24 years away, 17...

In Living to Tell the Tale Gabriel Garcia Marquez - winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of One Hundred Years...

This is Mark Twain's description of life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society...

Lynn Vera, L...

In the year of her 100th birthday, Dame Vera Lynn's fascinating and life-affirming wartime memoir from the forces' sweetheart's...

In July 1914, Franz Kafka's fiancee Felice broke off their engagement in a humiliating public tribunal, surrounded by her friends...

Whether he's initiating a coup d'etat against new regulations with the residents, or forging a bond with the 98-year old who once...

An extraordinary selection of the letters of Che Guevara

'Always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against...

Quick-witted, charismatic and generous; angry, vicious and hurt; in pubs all over Cork City, Noelle McCarthy's mother Carol rages...

'They didn't think for one moment that they would find anything but a burnt-out fuselage and a charred skeleton; and they were...

Frederick II of Prussia attempted to escape his authoritarian father as a boy, but went on to become one of history's greatest...

This is the second volume of Vonnegut’s autobiographical writings – a collage of his own life story, snipped up and stuck down...

In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged, drawn...

You can live on a shilling a day in Paris if you know how. But it is a complicated business.

When he was a struggling writer...

The perfect edition for any Orwell enthusiasts' collection, discover Orwell's personal account of life on the streets beautifully...

For over forty years, Sam Neill's name has been a reassuring mark of quality. With starring roles in hit movies like Dead Calm,...

Diane Arbus was one of the greatest photographers of the last century. Her portraiture of freaks, circus performers, twins,...

The hilarious and heartwarming memoir from one of Britain's best-loved comedians and Women's Prize longlisted author, Dawn...

Wood Giles, Killen...

Are you considering escaping the city for a blissful new way of life in the countryside? Estate agents may be feeding you with...

A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Classics edition of Thomas De...

To me, writing was pure pleasure. It thrilled me to be able to escape the horrors of my daily life in such a simple way. When I...

He was the very first icon of the silver screen, and is one of the most recognisable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on...

Barker... , Edworthy...

Rewind to 1971, and Sue Barker's coach is sending his 15-year-old tennis protegee to a junior championship in France, alone, with...

A revealing, empowering vision of how the law can work better for all of us, from Jolyon Maugham KC, founder of Good Law...

As a teenager, Cox dreamed of sporting immortality. For four years he devoted himself to the game of golf. And then, one day, he...

Boy is Roald Dahl's extraordinary glimpse into his childhood and early life.

'An autobiography is a book a person writes...

C L R James, one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century, was devoted to the game of cricket. In this classic summation...

Paul Kildea's Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century is the definitive biography of Britain's greatest modern composer...

The real Molly-Mae, in her own words
Molly-Mae Hague is no stranger to the limelight, having found fame on TV and online. But...

Autumn begins with a letter Karl Ove Knausgaard writes to his unborn daughter. He adds one short piece each day, describing the...