From the day that Bobby Zimmerman first turned on the radio in his parents' home in Hibbing, he'd had a pretty good idea that big things were happening. When Bob Dylan arrived in New York one winter morning in 1961 he was a complete unknown. His music... Zobraziť viac
There are pop stars, and then there is Prince. In this kaleidoscopic, freewheeling biography, John McKie examines the remarkable life and career of one of the most mysterious figures in music through the prism of the record most widely considered his... Zobraziť viac
The Number One Sunday Times BestsellerThis is the age of addiction, a condition so epidemic, so all encompassing and ubiquitous that unless you are fortunate enough to be an extreme case, you probably don't know that you have it. What unhealthy habits and Zobraziť viac
Insightful, universally touching, and uncommonly wise, Love, Ellen is a story of friendship between mother and daughter and a lesson in understanding for all parents and their children... Zobraziť viac
Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on the Isle of Wight, he was taught by his father to sail and climb at an early age. As a teenager he found identity and purpose through both mountaineering ... Zobraziť viac
It was the night of February 25, 1964. A cloud of cigar smoke drifted through the ring lights. Cassius Clay threw punches into the gray floating haze and waited for the bell.When Cassius Clay burst onto the sports scene in the 1950s, he broke the mould... Zobraziť viac
‘Heart-smashed’ by the death of the mother she ran from at age eighteen and shaken by the intensity of her response, Arundhati Roy began this remarkable memoir – a soaring account, both intimate and inspiring, of how the author became the person and... Zobraziť viac
From the relentless media scrutiny and controversies of their 2022 Caribbean Tour to the shock cancer diagnoses of both the Princess of Wales and the King,this captivating biography by acclaimed royal expert Russell Myers intimately traces the story of... Zobraziť viac
Growing up in the 90s in a small town in Indiana, Kevin James Thornton had little notion he would one day make a career as a comedian. Like most kids in his deeply Christian town, his free time revolved around his church community―drinking Messiah... Zobraziť viac
Returning home from a work trip, too jet-lagged to fall asleep, Chris Jones opened his wife’s laptop intending to get some writing done. Instead, he found a series of text messages that would burn his world to the ground.In the span of twenty minutes... Zobraziť viac
Forget the myth of meritorcracy. It's no longer about what you earn, or what you learn. We are living in an inheritocracy, where the bank of mum and dad matters more than ever. Parental support is the secret taboo of the modern world. Whether we... Zobraziť viac
In his explosive new memoir, I Talk Too Much, Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi reveals the true-life stories behind the life and times of one of the bestselling rock singers in the world. Zobraziť viac
When Hans Ulrich was six years old, he was knocked down by a speeding car as he was crossing the street. Hospitalized for weeks, a sense of urgency was instilled in him. Enraptured by the healing powers of art from this young age, he began to travel... Zobraziť viac
Standing among the mourners gathered to honour Hélène Carrère d’Encausse – renowned historian of Russia, member of the Académie Française, national figure – her son, Emmanuel Carrère, wonders who this formidable woman was: to the country, to history... Zobraziť viac
He smuggled over $1 billion worth of cocaine into the United States...He laundered tens of millions of dollars of drug money...He became one of the most trusted members of the Colombian drug cartels...All while he was an undercover agent for the FBI. Zobraziť viac
'The only Lou Reed bio you need to read' The Washington PostOne of Pitchfork's ten best music books of 2023 | A Kirkus Reviews best nonfiction book of 2023'A monumental work filled with first-person accounts of the master's life and a dizzying array of... Zobraziť viac
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Becoming by Michelle Obama. Winner of the Grammy's Best Spoken Word Album 2020An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States'A genuine page-turner, full of intimacies... Zobraziť viac
The Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey’s past – the nation the author’s father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man. It is not about Erdogan or Atatürk, the two towering Presidents who have book-ended that history, and at times... Zobraziť viac
A kaleidoscopic investigation of Dickens’s imagination and the world he created.See Dickens as never before in this creative biography, which delves into his novels, journalistic essays and letters to reveal his strange,hilarious but obsessive personal... Zobraziť viac
Molly Jong-Fast is the daughter of acclaimed writer Erica Jong. How to Lose Your Mother is Molly’s delicious and despairing memoir about that intense mother–daughter relationship, a sometimes chaotic upbringing with a fame-hungry parent, and how that... Zobraziť viac
