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A passionate, bittersweet memoir of a love cruelly cut short, set in the splendour of East Africa.Natasha Illum Berg is secretly in love. As she waits for her married lover in her beautiful house in the African countryside, she reflects on her Danish…
A passionate, bittersweet memoir of a love cruelly cut short, set in the splendour of East Africa.Natasha Illum Berg is secretly in love. As she waits for her married lover in her beautiful house in the African countryside, she reflects on her Danish…
‘Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.’He has sold over 40 million albums. He’s been in bands that have changed popular music forever. He saw his best friend commit suicide. He starts supergroups. He’s the nicest guy in rock.From…
‘Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.’He has sold over 40 million albums. He’s been in bands that have changed popular music forever. He saw his best friend commit suicide. He starts supergroups. He’s the nicest guy in rock.From…
A meditation on dying by a writer who has been compared to Proust, was much praised by Salman Rushdie and is perhaps most famous for producing very little.Harold Brodkey died of AIDS in January 1996. His last written words, produced hours before his …
A meditation on dying by a writer who has been compared to Proust, was much praised by Salman Rushdie and is perhaps most famous for producing very little.Harold Brodkey died of AIDS in January 1996. His last written words, produced hours before his …
Йозеф Зепп Блаттер – восьмой президент ФИФА, возглавлявший федерацию футбола на протяжении 17 лет (1998-2015 гг.).
Книга «Футбол и я. Откровенная история Зеппа Блаттера» – это не просто мемуары экс-президента ФИФА, а настоящий искренний рассказ о вос…
Йозеф Зепп Блаттер – восьмой президент ФИФА, возглавлявший федерацию футбола на протяжении 17 лет (1998-2015 гг.).
Книга «Футбол и я. Откровенная история Зеппа Блаттера» – это не просто мемуары экс-президента ФИФА, а настоящий искренний рассказ о вос…
Легко ли живется парню, не особо красивому, не особо привлекательному, не особо брутальному в свои 15, 20, 25, 30, когда противоположенный пол тебя не просто ни в грош не ставит, а играет, забавляется, кидает как ему захочется. Чувствуешь себя марион…
Легко ли живется парню, не особо красивому, не особо привлекательному, не особо брутальному в свои 15, 20, 25, 30, когда противоположенный пол тебя не просто ни в грош не ставит, а играет, забавляется, кидает как ему захочется. Чувствуешь себя марион…
Доктор Генри Джей – анестезиолог с более чем тридцатилетним опытом врачебной практики. За свою карьеру он провел более 30 000 процедур анестезии – обездвиживая тело, стирая память, а затем вновь возвращая пациента в сознание.
Генри Джей делится своим…
Доктор Генри Джей – анестезиолог с более чем тридцатилетним опытом врачебной практики. За свою карьеру он провел более 30 000 процедур анестезии – обездвиживая тело, стирая память, а затем вновь возвращая пациента в сознание.
Генри Джей делится своим…
18 июля 1926 года в Финляндии родился Георгий Трифонов, больше известный как Михаил Дёмин. Профессиональный уголовник, вор, убийца и блатной по кличке Чума, он отмотал пару-тройку сроков, выпустил несколько поэтических книг, а потом, выехав к родстве…
18 июля 1926 года в Финляндии родился Георгий Трифонов, больше известный как Михаил Дёмин. Профессиональный уголовник, вор, убийца и блатной по кличке Чума, он отмотал пару-тройку сроков, выпустил несколько поэтических книг, а потом, выехав к родстве…
Выдающийся украинский, советский поэт, писатель, публицист, сценарист, журналист, редактор и общественный деятель Виталий Коротич размышляет о времени и переломных событиях, вспоминает друзей и единомышленников.
Выдающийся украинский, советский поэт, писатель, публицист, сценарист, журналист, редактор и общественный деятель Виталий Коротич размышляет о времени и переломных событиях, вспоминает друзей и единомышленников.
War-time love story set in Abyssinia, Eritrea and the Yemen 1935-1945. Amedeo Guillet is still alive and living in County Meath, Ireland. Khadija is lost.This is the story of Amedeo Guillet – an Italian calvary officer who was sent out to Abyssinia a…
War-time love story set in Abyssinia, Eritrea and the Yemen 1935-1945. Amedeo Guillet is still alive and living in County Meath, Ireland. Khadija is lost.This is the story of Amedeo Guillet – an Italian calvary officer who was sent out to Abyssinia a…
Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin’s holiday camps.‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in…
Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin’s holiday camps.‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in…
The incredible story of how one doctor won her own personal battle against cancer through the power of prayer.Mary Self was first diagnosed with bone cancer in 1983 and underwent above-knee amputation and intensive chemotherapy. Believing that she ha…
The incredible story of how one doctor won her own personal battle against cancer through the power of prayer.Mary Self was first diagnosed with bone cancer in 1983 and underwent above-knee amputation and intensive chemotherapy. Believing that she ha…
An engaging, wickedly funny and splendidly anecdotal memoir of a career spent among writers, agents, publishers and bookmen and women of every stripe.Jeremy Lewis's first memoir, 'Playing for Time', was hailed by James Lees-Milne as 'the funniest and…
An engaging, wickedly funny and splendidly anecdotal memoir of a career spent among writers, agents, publishers and bookmen and women of every stripe.Jeremy Lewis's first memoir, 'Playing for Time', was hailed by James Lees-Milne as 'the funniest and…
Jade's heart-breaking diary of her fight against terminal cancer and her final precious months with her beloved family.In August 2007 Jade Goody received the shattering news that she had cervical cancer. She was only 27 years old. But with her usual …
Jade's heart-breaking diary of her fight against terminal cancer and her final precious months with her beloved family.In August 2007 Jade Goody received the shattering news that she had cervical cancer. She was only 27 years old. But with her usual …
The searingly honest and at times harrowing autobiography of the former Liverpool, Aston Villa and England striker. Exposes the dark and often seedy world hidden behind the glamorous facade of professional football.‘I was a mess. I couldn’t get out o…
The searingly honest and at times harrowing autobiography of the former Liverpool, Aston Villa and England striker. Exposes the dark and often seedy world hidden behind the glamorous facade of professional football.‘I was a mess. I couldn’t get out o…
David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick…
David Mitchell, who you may know for his inappropriate anger on every TV panel show except Never Mind the Buzzcocks, his look of permanent discomfort on C4 sex comedy Peep Show, his online commenter-baiting in The Observer or just for wearing a stick…
Family is not always a place of safety.Kathleen was just eight years old when her mother was tragically killed in a car accident. And when her father remarries it is to the bitter and resentful Irene who has two children of her own and no space in he…
Family is not always a place of safety.Kathleen was just eight years old when her mother was tragically killed in a car accident. And when her father remarries it is to the bitter and resentful Irene who has two children of her own and no space in he…
First published in 2004 and updated in 2006 to include his first full season with Real Madrid.Michael Owen reveals the highlights and pitfalls of being a professional footballer in his first official autobiography, which contains his personal reflect…
First published in 2004 and updated in 2006 to include his first full season with Real Madrid.Michael Owen reveals the highlights and pitfalls of being a professional footballer in his first official autobiography, which contains his personal reflect…
Neglected by her careless parents, Marianne turned to her neighbour, the one person that she thought she could trust….Eight year old Marianne, the eldest of five children, was neglected by her slovenly mother and her violent alcoholic father. Uncared…
Neglected by her careless parents, Marianne turned to her neighbour, the one person that she thought she could trust….Eight year old Marianne, the eldest of five children, was neglected by her slovenly mother and her violent alcoholic father. Uncared…
The incredible, moving and hilarious story of Cheeta the Chimp, simian star of the big screen, on a behind-the-scenes romp through the golden years of Hollywood.As heard on Radio 4, starring Jon Malcovich and Julian Sands.The greatest Hollywood Tarza…
The incredible, moving and hilarious story of Cheeta the Chimp, simian star of the big screen, on a behind-the-scenes romp through the golden years of Hollywood.As heard on Radio 4, starring Jon Malcovich and Julian Sands.The greatest Hollywood Tarza…
Unbreakable tells Lindsey Hunter’s moving and heartbreaking story. Lindsey is the widow of snooker star Paul Hunter, who died tragically aged only 27 in October 2006 after a battle with cancer, leaving Lindsey and their one year-old daughter Evie ber…
Unbreakable tells Lindsey Hunter’s moving and heartbreaking story. Lindsey is the widow of snooker star Paul Hunter, who died tragically aged only 27 in October 2006 after a battle with cancer, leaving Lindsey and their one year-old daughter Evie ber…