Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

In this elegiac and heartfelt memoir, Melvyn Bragg recreates his youth in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton: a working-class boy...

Born in 1831, Isabella, daughter of a clergyman, set off alone to the Antipodes in 1872 'in search of health' and found she had...

From the admiralty to the miner's strike, from the Battle of Britain to eventual victory over Nazi Germany, Churchill oversaw...

A powerful and intensely moving memoir by an NHS surgeon who volunteered in war zones, operating under the most extreme...

Pip Fallow was born in the coal-miner's cottage where his family of eight lived, in a village near Durham. Pip was destined to...

Lennon... , Sheff...

The last major interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, conducted by New York Times bestselling author David Sheff, featuring a...

Martin O’Neill is one of the most fascinating and respected figures in football. In On Days Like These, he tells the story of his...

Williams... , Sternfeld...

A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission to give back.

When Michael...

The perfect gift for fans of All Creatures Great and Small, this is a charming collection of classic stories from James Herriot's...

'Don't think, dear' said Balanchine. 'Just do.'
For centuries, being a ballerina has been synonymous with being beautiful, thin,...

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...

Critically-acclaimed and bestselling author Paul Morley’s long-awaited biography of Factory Records co-founder and Manchester...

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...

Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing...

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

Wishing to leave behind the isolation of her Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin. She rents a...

What did your face look like before your parents were born? Who are you? What is your true self? These are the questions in Ruth...

Two days after the Winter Solstice in 2019 Kerri and her partner M moved to a small, remote railway cottage in the heart of...

Melodrama, biography, cold war thriller, drug memoir, essay in fragments, mystery - Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors is cult...

Global entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson reveals the secrets to success in business

In Business Stripped Bare, Sir Richard...

What will you sacrifice for the truth?

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

A fascinating journey into the life of H.G. Wells, from one of Britain's best biographers

How did the first forty years of H....

From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the...

'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...