Книги жанра биографии и мемуары
From the bestselling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, a hilarious new book from Lynne Truss about her strange journey through the world of sport and sports journalism.Get Her Off the Pitch! is the story of one woman's foray into the very masculine and rather baffling world of sport. Lynne Truss, author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, spent four years as an unlikely sports writer for The Times. It wa…
It’s late on Friday night when Casey’s mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isn’t Riley. It’s a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike’s latest fostering challenge – a fifteen-year-old girl called Keeley who’s run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away.The Jonathan Ross Show has just started when Casey gets the call. She think…
Сборник «Мир – для российского театра, российский театр – для всего мира» составили произведения российских соотечественников, проживающих за рубежом. В книге собраны статьи, эссе, воспоминания о выдающихся представителях российского театрального искусства, волею судеб оказавшихся в эмиграции. Издание сборника приурочено к Году театра в России.
A life of extreme tragedy and remarkable inspiration, the story of Isabella Blow is a dramatic and compelling tale of a courageous icon.Isabella Blow was the epitome of English eccentricity. A legendary figure in the fashion world, she nurtured and championed the talent of some of fashion’s most recognisable and important figures, all the time hiding her own personal unhappiness and severe depress…
Русская и французская актриса, писательница и переводчица Людмила (Люси) Савицкая (1881–1957) почти неизвестна современному российскому читателю, однако это важная фигура для понимания феномена транснациональной модернистской культуры, в которой она играла роль посредника. История ее жизни и творчества тесно переплелась с биографиями видных деятелей «нового искусства» – от А. Жида, Г. Аполлинера и…
Transformative lessons in life learnt through a remarkable three-year-old girl's battle with cancer. From Hannah's story emerge five profound lessons – of truth, joy, faith, compassion and wonder – that have the power to change our lives.Every once in a while a book comes along that can change your life – a book so special, it is destined not just to be read but to be cherished, to be passed from …
Part history, part travel journal and part autobiography, ‘Hotel Tiberias’ is a journey of many layers and resonances, as Sebastian Hope follows the tumultuous story of his family’s hotel in Palestine.In 1900,Thomas Cook, who had been running tours of the Holy Land since the 1890s, financed the building of a hotel in Tiberias, the largest town on the Sea of Galilee, which had long been a stopover …
With a foreword by Eddy MerckxThe world of professional cycling is fraught with fierce competition, fervent dedication and unerring ambition, and only a handful of competitors reach iconic status. Among them is Sir Bradley Wiggins – a man uniquely placed to reflect on the history of this remarkable sport and its unforgettable titans.In Icons, Wiggins takes the reader on an extraordinarily intimate…
In the vein of Bad Blood and Why be Happy when you can be Normal?: an enthralling, at times shocking, and deeply personal family memoir of growing up in, and breaking away from, a fundamentalist Christian cult.‘At university when I made new friends and confidantes, I couldn’t explain how I’d become a teenage mother, or shoplifted books for years, or why I was afraid of the dark and had a compulsio…
Советское моё Моё детство, безрассудная юность. Безысходность зрелости, с горой предательств и рухнувших надежд Тогда были свои кумиры, мысли и речи которых формировали сознание... Помогали познавать мир, окружающих людей и самого себя.
Ты испытываешь боль в отношениях, сталкиваешься с равнодушием и предательством. Переживаешь депрессию после расставания. Тебе кажется, что это навсегда. Но это не так. Из этой книги ты узнаешь, как вернуть свою жизнь после тяжелых отношений, как научиться слушать и принимать себя. Лидия Хнык, кризисный психолог, проведет тебя за руку через боль от отношений и расставания, станет путеводной звездой…
A fully updated edition of Cameron: The Rise of the New Conservative, the first major biography of David Cameron, and now covering his first years as Prime Minister and leader of the coalition government.David Cameron is the first Conservative Prime Minister in a generation, and also the first leader of a coalition government for eighty years. But what is the reality behind his brand of repackaged…
Just when Judy thought the nightmare was over her past came back to haunt her.Judy was only 11 years old when she was forced to live on the streets. Beaten, half-starved and horrifically abused, she finally escaped to a life in the circus. But the charming man who said he loved her had a dark and sinister side. If she wanted to survive she had to get away.Judy fled to South Africa, taking with her…
A lavishly illustrated tribute to the greatest entertainer of a generation.‘The world has lost one of the greats but his music will live on forever’ – MadonnaMichael Jackson was the undisputed King of Pop and his untimely death has provoked tributes from around the world. With a colourful life spanning from 1968 when Michael was a member of the Jackson 5 to his recent announcement of a final comeb…
«Не считая Бога, Леонардо да Винчи – творец, о котором больше всего написано», – так отшучивался Даниэль Арасс, автор классических исследований о Леонардо, когда его засыпали вопросами о тайнах «всеобъемлющего гения», еще при жизни прозванного Divino. 24 октября в Лувре открылась выставка, посвященная 500-летию со дня смерти да Винчи, финальный аккорд в череде юбилейных событий: 179 экспонатов, жи…