Книги жанра биографии и мемуары
Этого врача по праву называют отцом русской хирургии. В 18 лет он окончил Московский университет, а в 26 стал профессором. Ученый-анатом, естествоиспытатель и военный хирург, он побывал на Крымской и Кавказской войнах, спас тысячи жизней, впервые применил эфирное обезболивание и гипсовую повязку. В книгу вошли письма и дневниковые записи, посвященные описанию трудовых будней первого русского хирур…
Debbie Purdy doesn't want to die. She has far too much to live for. But when the time comes, and the pain is so unbearable that she cannot go on, she wants her husband to be by her side, holding her hand until the end; and she wants to know that he won't be arrested.Debbie Purdy – the face of Britain's right-to-die campaign – suffers from multiple sclerosis. She was diagnosed in 1995 – barely a mo…
Это повесть об одном мгновении, которое разрушило целую жизнь. Это рассказ о том, как пуля, пробившая череп человека и прошедшая в его мозг, раздробила его мир на тысячи кусков, которые он так и не мог собрать. Это книга о человеке, который отдал все силы, чтобы вернуть свое прошлое и завоевать свое будущее. Это книга о борьбе, которая не привыкла к победе, и о победе, которая не прекратила борьбы…
Эта книга – «непридуманные истории» бойца 56-й десантноштурмовой бригады, воевавшего в Афганистане в 1984–1986 гг. Это – «окопная правда» последней войны СССР. Вся правда о жизни и смерти «за речкой». О том, «какой звук издаёт пуля, врезаясь в песок или камень около твоей головы». О том, каково это – «подняться и пробежать под градом „духовских“ пуль эти грёбаные 10 шагов». О том, как война «вытас…
From one of America’s greatest and most iconic writers: an honest and courageous portrait of age and motherhood.Several days before Christmas 2003, Joan Didion’s only daughter, Quintana, fell seriously ill. In 2010, Didion marked the sixth anniversary of her daughter’s death. ‘Blue Nights’ is a shatteringly honest examination of Joan Didion’s life as a mother, a woman and a writer.Recently widowed…
'Toast. You know when you're trying to make it and you just can't get it right? It's too light or too soft, then totally burnt. Do you try to scrape off the black? Do you throw it away or do you just eat it? Up until now, I ate the burnt toast … then I hit forty.'The best-selling inspirational memoir from your favourite desperate housewife.It took Teri Hatcher a divorce, the experience of single m…
Ed Sheeran is a true inspiration. His moving and uplifting songs forge a lasting connection with the millions of people around the world who love him and his music.He was the thirteen-year-old guitarist in a school rock band when he decided to become a singer-songwriter, even though he could barely hold a tune and had never written a song. Within a year, he had recorded an album in his bedroom.Bes…
William Wharton turns his microscopic gaze on his own life to narrate and scrutinize the untimely deaths of his daughter and her family. A moving story of one man’s rage against death, and spiritual renewal.On August 3rd 1988, field burning caused a 23-car pile-up that claimed the lives of seven people, including William Wharton’s daughter, Kate, her husband, and their two children. In EVER AFTER,…
An astonishing first book, Apache is a story of courage, comradeship, technology and tragedy, during the ongoing war in Afghanistan.‘Apache’ is the first book to come from the cockpit of the most sophisticated fighting helicopter the world has ever known. Designed in the mid 1980s to take on the Soviets, these machines have proven themselves as the perfect tool for combat in Afghanistan – the Apac…
An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery.A brave and loyal companion to the British soldiers in conflict in Afghanistan, Tangye began his years as a puppy mascot.Before long he was inseparable from the servicemen on the base, who he lived and patrolled with for five years. He accompanied the bomb disposal unit several times and became a target for the enemy. But he…
Little Drifters can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 4 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 2 of 4 (Chapters 7-10 of 24).The harrowing true story of a travelling Irish family bonded by love, broken apart by life, and then betrayed by their carers in a cruel convent in Ireland.“For those who we lost along the way, I tell this story. For all the children who suffered in this terrible …
In Its Not What You Think Chris Evans had written himself a recipe for success. He was poised on the brink of seeing it become a reality. All the right ingredients were there: he was rich, famous; now he was the owner of his own radio station and media company. What could possibly go wrong? As it turned out, the answer was everything…well almost.In It’s Not What You Think Chris Evans had seemingly…
An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery.Animals have accompanied man into battle since war first waged.Gander, faithful friend to WWII Canadian soldiers, was smuggled onto a troop ship in 1940, where he was given a personal kit bag, awarded the rank of Sergeant and allowed to drink beer. In return for the kindness and admiration of his fellow soldiers, the huge Ne…
Previously published as My Mam Shirley.Behind the notorious Hudson men who dominated the Canterbury Estate for over 30 years were the girls, and my mam Shirley.The third instalment of this gritty series recounts the incredible stories of the unflinching women behind the legendary Hudson family.The Canterbury Estate in Bradford during the ’50s and ’60s was a tight-knit community reared on poverty, …
Книга рассказывает историю AC/DC, музыкального коллектива и коммерческого колосса, раскрывая некоторые личные и творческие секреты. Джесси Финк предоставляет нам разные версии множества историй, и особенно закулисных. Финк явно обожает AC/DC, но осознаёт, что у старой тётки бородавки под косметикой, и он не стесняется выставить Янгов в не очень приглядном свете.