Книги жанра биографии и мемуары
‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need someone to take a child tonight.’It’s the night before Christmas when Casey and Mike get the call. A twelve year old girl, stuck between a rock and a hard place. Her father is on a ventilator, fighting for his life, while her mother is currently on rema…
A dramatic short story from experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis.Baby Sarah is born to a crack-addicted mother on a freezing cold night in December. Rosie is woken a few short hours later, at 1am, and taken to the maternity unit by police escort to collect the infant and take her to a place of safety.But it soon becomes clear that Sarah is suffering from severe withdrawal symptoms. Knowing that se…
An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery.The only dog to be officially registered as a Prisoner of War, Judy began her wartime career as a mascot aboard several Royal Navy warships.Torpedoed, shot at, sunk and almost drowned, the English Pointer survived only to be take prisoner and spend three years in Japanese camps in Sumatra.From the moment fellow inmate Frank …
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ДОЛИНЫМ АНТОНОМ ВЛАДИМИРОВИЧЕМ, СОДЕРЖАЩИМСЯ В РЕЕСТРЕ ИНОСТРАННЫХ СРЕДСТВ МАССОВОЙ ИНФОРМАЦИИ, ВЫПОЛНЯЮЩИХ ФУНКЦИИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА С 14.10.2022. Человек играющий. Убийца и жертва, бандит и коп, художник и поэт, режиссер и артист, комик и трагик, самурай и шут, телезвезда и кинематографист. Вечный дилетант и неисправимый ребенок, …
Torey Hayden returns with this deeply-moving sequel to her first book, One Child (the Sunday Times bestseller). After seven years, Torey is reunited with Sheila, the disturbed 6-year-old she tried to rescue.Sheila was a deeply disturbed six-year-old when she came into Torey Hayden's life – a story poignantly chronicled One Child. The Tiger's Child picks up the story seven years later. Hayden has l…
Discover the fascinating lives of the iconic figures that have shaped Scotland from the early nineteenth century to the present day.Explore the rich history of Scotland’s cultural, social and political landscape, with more than 100 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive.The Scots have contributed richly to the world, most notably in literature and science, but also in the arts, law, p…
Whicker’s War and Journey of a Lifetime in one ebook for the first time.Alan Whicker joined the Army Film and Photo Unit as an 18-year-old army officer, following the Allied advance through Italy, from Sicily to Venice. He filmed the troops on the front line, met Montgomery, and other military luminaries, filmed the battered body of Mussolini after his execution and accepted the surrender of the S…
From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life – in good times and bad – that will speak to anyone who has ever loved a husband or wife or child. A stunning book of electric honesty and passion.Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. At first they thought it was flu, then pneumonia, then complete…
A funny, scrupulously honest account of one man’s quest to reverse 20 years of lies and read the books he’s always claimed to have read.'I loved the writing and the characterisation, oh, and the plot – yeah, all really pithy. Really great': sound familiar?Andy Miller has been living a lie. But then again, who hasn't? How many books have you claimed to have read but never actually finished, or star…
Headley, a wise-cracking New York City girl with as much wit as any character on Sex and the City, is jaded and cynical about men in New York. She vows to say yes to any and every person who asks her out – a taxi driver, a homeless man – you name it, she'll say yes for an entire year. By the year's end, she meets the man she eventually marries.‘The Year of Yes’ is the hilarious and hopeful true ac…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Arguably no person in history had such a direct and negative impact on the lives of so many as Joseph Stalin. Under the Red Tsar terror knew no limits, it did not discriminate; no one was safe, no institution, no single town or village was immune. Yet, following his death in 1953, Stalin was deeply mourned. He had ‘received the country with a w…
Жанр книги можно определить как «воспоминания и размышления», с той особенностью, что воспоминания принадлежат не только автору, но и его близким, а в размышления вкраплены экскурсы в историю науки и технологии. Первая часть повести, «Урал», построена на впечатлениях раннего детства в небольшом уральском городке. Вторая часть, «Родители», охватывает время со второй половины девятнадцатого века по …
Obituaries of the most influential Victorians as profiled by The Times, including Dickens, Darwin, Ruskin, Peel, WG Grace and Florence Nightingale.For over 150 years, The Times obituaries have been providing the most respected and perceptive verdicts on the lives of the great and the good. Scientists, social reformers, composers, writers, sportsmen and politicians…Times Great Victorian Lives exami…
‘My Decade in the Premier League’ is Wayne’s first hand account of his 10 years playing at the highest level in English football – and for the biggest club in the world. This is his inside story of life on the pitch for Manchester Utd; the League titles, FA Cups, League Cups and Champions League adventures. A must for any Utd fan.Wayne Rooney is widely regarded as one of the leading football playe…
Автор много лет отдал танцу. В данной книге я делюсь своими мыслями о том, из чего складывается танец, как подготовиться к выступлению или конкурсу, где и сколько репетировать для этого. Книга будет полезной как для начинающих танцовщиков, так и для тех, кто танцует уже давно.