Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while...

Richard Thompson came of age during an extraordinary moment in 1960s Britain — as music began to reflect a great cultural...

This updated edition of the bestselling and wildly popular I Am the Secret Footballer features a new introduction and an...

The Tastemaker charts the singular life of a man who has been at the beating heart of music's most iconic moments for over sixty...

Kerri ni Dochartaigh was born in Derry at the very height of the Troubles. One parent was Catholic, the other Protestant. In the...

Steve Jobs was an American visionary who immeasurably altered the way the world uses technology. From the Apple II to minimalist...

What will you sacrifice for the truth?

Maria Ressa has spent decades speaking truth to power. But her work tracking...

'We never lose our inner freedom; the freedom to do what is right'

Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on...

The definitive biography of one of the greatest, most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time, from the author of...

Richard Askwith wanted more. Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements, buying fancy kit and racking up...

'Thick with rolls of gleaming new wire, the obstacle was designed to prevent a suicide bomber driving into the compound's thick...

In a small Polish village, Mala Kacenberg grew up in the comfort of her family. Until the Nazis arrived.

Her village was torn...

The former Prince of Wales has lived his whole life in the public eye, yet he remains an enigma. He was born to be king, but he...

When Ellen finished the Vendee Globe, yachting's toughest race aged just 24 the nation took her to it's heart. The depth of the...

Pearson English Active Readers present stories carefully written and graded across five levels for teachers of English who want...

Over more than five decades, legendary architect Moshe Safdie has built some of the world’s most influential and memorable...

As a child in the 1960s, Luke Jennings was fascinated by the rivers and lakes around his Sussex home. Beneath their surfaces, it...

A deliciously funny and sage guide to midlife – an unscientific, flaws-and-all account of one woman’s adventures and...

Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of the Eminent Victorians. Slight of...

Shawnee chief Tecumseh was a man destined for greatness - the son of a prominent war leader, he was supposedly born under a lucky...

Where can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? Where is it easier to get ‘spice’ than paracetamol? Where does self-harm barely...

Enid Lindeman stood almost six feet tall, with silver hair and flashing turquoise eyes. She stopped traffic in Manhattan,...

A beautifully written and compelling memoir of a largely unexplored area of medicine: transplant surgery.

Leading transplant...

‘The game isn’t what it seems from the outside. The game isn’t quite what I was expecting. The game doesn’t always work like the...

Exquisite and sumptuous, immaculately tailored, dignified and, above all, practical. The wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth II was as...

Whilst serving in the Soviet army in 1973, Sergei Ovsiannikov was arrested and imprisoned for acts of disobedience under military...

The writer and broadcaster Paul Heiney set sail from the east coast of England bound for Iceland, propelled by a desire to...

A gloriously irreverent memoir from the frontline of old age - by the Sunday Times-bestselling author and legendary...

'My own suffering, my own loneliness, was a fair price to pay for the lives we'd saved. And now here I am, training to be a...

Brimming with wisdom and humour, David Kynaston's diaries written over one football season offer up his most personal take on...