биографии и мемуары

The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old woman – and of the most extraordinary century in Ethiopia’s history. A new Wild SwansA hundred years ago, a girl was born in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar. Before she was ten years old, Ye…

The most intimate account of a serving prime minister ever published, this is the gripping inside story of David Cameron’s government as told by senior figures, including the Prime Minister, George Osborne and Boris Johnson.Spanning the early days of…

Книга рассказывает о Мишеле Мулене, одном из вождей Нормандской шуанерии в 1793—1801, 1814 и в период «ста дней» 1815 года, чья биография совсем не известна русскому читателю. Это 23-й выпуск серии «За Бога и Короля». В России это совсем закрытая и н…

История Чарльза Каллена, серийного убийцы, который признался властям, что он убил около 400 пациентов в течении своей шестнадцатилетней карьеры медбрата. Его называют «Ангел смерти». Он вводил смертельные дозировки лекарств. «чтобы облегчить страдани…

The key missing piece of Jon Krakauer’s multi million, multi territory bestseller and widely acclaimed Sean Penn film Into the Wild is finally revealed by his best friend and sister, Carine.The story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hi…

A master of the innuendo and the raised eyebrow, Frankie Howerd – inimitable star of the classic ‘Carry On’ films – became a cult hero.As much at home in the Oxford Union as in high-camp pantomime, he was adored by millions, old and young alike. From…

‘Resilience can give you strength to keep moving forwards when you are caught in the rain or a storm, and keep you continuing on your journey through life. And it is a strength which resides in everyone.’Maya Yoshida, one of Southampton FC’s most adm…

‘When I was very young I took my uncles for granted, and it never occurred to me that everyone else in the world was not like them.’In this, only her second book, Penelope Fitzgerald turned her novelist’s gaze on the quite extraordinary lives of her …

In the follow up to the Sunday Times bestseller, The Gift, we are taken on a journey further into the psychic world of Mia Dolan, one of Britain's most gifted psychics. Mia’s World is an amazing psychic adventure which reveals the truth about the spi…

First published in 1994 and now available as an ebook.This edition does not include illustrations.Richard Branson is unique among today's folk heroes. Which other self-made British billionaire could lay claim to the highest esteem of our school child…

An explosive and historic book of true crime and an emotionally powerful and revelatory memoir of a man whose ten-year search for his biological father leads to a chilling discovery: His father is one of the most notorious-and still at large-serial k…

Хирург Виктор Платонов начинает профессиональный путь в военном госпитале. Перед ним предстает множество непростых людских судеб. Молодой врач старается следовать традициям старой врачебной школы и быть достойным наследником своих учителей. Насколько…