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The dual biography of the great British comedy double-act and the rise and fall of mass audience television by the respected biographer of Cary Grant .Following the success of Cary Grant – A Class Apart, Graham McCann has now created an intricate portrait of Eric Morcambe and Ernie Wise, possibly the most famous Bristish comedy double-act of all time. This book charts the progress of the duo from a conventional working class music hall act to a mass-audience television team to a national...
| Автор | Graham McCann |
Discover the fascinating lives of the figures that have shaped Ireland from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Explore the rich history of the island’s cultural, social and political landscape, with more than 100 obituaries carefully curated from The Times archive.The Irish have contributed richly to the world, most notably in literature, but also in the arts, law, politics, religion, scholarship, science, soldiering and sport. In this volume, The Times brings together a unique and...
| Автор | Charles Lysaght |
Five incredible true stories of canine bravery in wartime.For as long as dogs have lived alongside man, they have saved their lives in wartime with their bravery, loyalty and companionship. From the WWII dog that was adopted by the Royal Navy as a mascot, torpedoed, shot at and registered as a prisoner of war, to the more recent heroics of explosives dog, Sadie, in the Afghanistan conflict where she saved hundreds of military and civilian lives, this is a collection of the most incredible and...
| Автор | Isabel George |
The heartbreaking true story of a young, troubled mother who needed help.The sixteenth fostering memoir by Cathy Glass.It is the first time Laura has been out since the birth of her baby when Cathy sees her in the school playground. A joyful occasion but Cathy has the feeling something is wrong. By the time she discovers what it is, it is too late. This is the true story of Laura whose life touches Cathy’s in a way she could never have foreseen. It is also the true stories of little Darrel,...
| Автор | Cathy Glass |
This book is a more personal history than has ever before been written by or about Marianne Faithfull. Anecdotal, conversational, intimate and revealing, this is her no-holds-barred account of her life, her friends, her triumphs and mistakes.A decade after the publication of ‘Faithfull’, one of the most acclaimed rock autobiographies of all time, Marianne Faithfull is back, vowing periodically leave her wicked ways behind and grow up, but finding that somehow strange things keep happening.A wry...
| Автор | Marianne Faithfull |
‘A triumph’ – Time OutTransformer is the only complete and comprehensive telling of the Lou Reed story.Legendary songwriter and guitarist Lou Reed passed away on the 27th October 2013, but his musical influence is assured. Now discover the true story of the Velvet Underground pioneer in this update of Bockris’s classic biography.Transformer: The Complete Lou Reed Story follows the great songwriter and singer through the series of transformations that define each period of his fifty year career....
| Автор | Victor Bockris |
Henry Stuart’s life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years’ War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth-century society, economy, politics and empire, his life was visually and verbally gorgeous. NOW THE SUBJECT OF BBC2 DOCUMENTARY The Best King We Never Had Henry Stuart, Prince of Wales was once the hope of Britain. Eldest son to James VI of Scotland, James I of England, Henry was the epitome of heroic Renaissance princely...
| Автор | Sarah Fraser |
The never-before published letters of the legendary Mitford sisters, alive with wit, affection, tragedy and gossip: a charismatic history of the century’s signal events played out in the lives of a controversial and uniquely gifted family.Nancy, the scalding wit who parlayed her family life into bestselling novels. Diana, the fascist jailed with her husband, Oswald Mosley, during WWII. Unity, a suicide, torn by her worship of Hitler and her loyalty to home. Debo, who adored pleasure and fun, and...
| Автор | Charlotte Mosley |
Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959) has recently been recognised by a wide general public, as well as by art historians, as probably the greatest English painter of the twentieth century.His strange and thrilling settings of biblical and semi-biblical scenes, his grippingly realist portraits, his intense English landscapes, hang in pride of place in our national collections and fetch ever-escalating prices at auction. Although there have been many books about Spencer, Pople's biography is the first to...
| Автор | Ken Pople |
First published in 1974 as A Circle of Children this is the first of four books from learning disabilities specialist Mary MacCracken.This is a book about children so emotionally disturbed they cannot fit into society; it is also the story of a woman whose involvement with these children changed the shape of their lives forever.When Mary MacCracken joined a school for emotionally disturbed children as a volunteer, she quickly found herself rocked to the core by the strong, loving people who...
| Автор | Mary MacCracken |
In 1992 Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people were fighting against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extraordinary memoir of her love affair with the country and its people.Long haunted by her experiences in Afghanistan, Lamb returned there after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Centre to find out what had become of the people and places that had marked her life as a young graduate. This time seeing the land through the eyes of a mother and...
| Автор | Christina Lamb |
Saltire First Scottish Book of the Year 2012The story of the life of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat : a clan chief of the Scottish nobility, rebel and Jacobite conspirator. He became the last British peer to go under the axe, marking a moment in history when the rest of Britain turned decisively away from the Celtic heritage.Lord Lovat was a spy, clan-chief, traitor, polyglot, deserter and philosopher. His wit, ambition and dubious morality thrust him repeatedly into the thick of political intrigue. A...
| Автор | Sarah Fraser |
The first three titles in a series of gritty family sagas, Our Vinnie, My Uncle Charlie and My Mam Shirley chart the lives of three of the most infamous members of Yorkshire’s real-life notorious criminal family, the Hudsons.Dramatic and shocking, these three explosive true stories document a community forsaken by society – one brother’s unrelenting determination to take justice into his own hands, one man’s ascendancy to power, and the tragedy that brought it all crashing down, and, finally,...
| Автор | Julie Shaw |
Celebrating the life of an admired pioneer in statistics In this captivating and inspiring memoir, world-renowned statistician George E. P. Box offers a firsthand account of his life and statistical work. Writing in an engaging, charming style, Dr. Box reveals the unlikely events that led him to a career in statistics, beginning with his job as a chemist conducting experiments for the British army during World War II. At this turning point in his life and career, Dr. Box taught himself the...
| Автор | George E. P. Box |
A historical novel set in Tuscany in the 18th century, during the enlightened government of Pietro Leopoldo of Hapsburg Lorraine. Autobiographical memories of the Grand Duchess Maria Luisa, his wife and confidante. “Vienna 1792. Maria Ludovica of Bourbon, the Spanish Infanta, for many years Grand Duchess of Tuscany and now Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, watches impotently the sudden death of her beloved consort, Pietro Leopoldo of Hapsburg, and from that moment begins almost frenetically to...
| Автор | Maria Pia Oelker |
La “Notte oscura dell’anima” può essere definito come uno sguardo critico ad una fase molto difficile che ognuno di noi prima o poi attraversa. Parla di un periodo propizio alla condanna o, per quanto sembri incredibile, ad una inusuale salvezza della persona. La “Notte oscura dell’anima” può essere definito come uno sguardo critico ad una fase molto difficile che ognuno di noi prima o poi attraversa. Parla di un periodo propizio alla condanna o, per quanto sembri incredibile, ad una inusuale...
| Автор | Aldivan Teixeira Torres |
”She is Emily, Emily Marchionne: my life and my joy” in the book there are two interwoven stories between autobiography and romantic and dramatic tale. With an important message. In the first story we find Simone De Rosi, a sensitive guy, a dreamer who believes in love. Funny, dramatic situations are created around him that will change his life. In the course of the story he will fall by Emily Marchionne. In the second story appears Giorgio, a quiet boy, who was also a dreamer, who hopes to meet...
| Автор | Lisa Masoni |
2013. aasta oktoobris sundis India piirivalvelaev endale alluma laeva Seaman Guard Ohio, mis kuulus piraatidevastast laevakaitseteenust pakkunud ettevõttele AdvanFort. Laeva pardal oli 35 meeskonnaliiget ja laevakaitsjat, kellest 14 olid Eesti kodanikud. Mõni päev hiljem sai Tamil Nadu osariigis alguse enam kui neli aastat kestnud kohtuprotsess, mille vältel hoiti laeva pardal viibinuid vangistuses kokku kaks aastat ja neli kuud. Ülejäänud aja peeti eri riikide kodanikest laevakaitsjaid Indias...
| Автор | Dmitri Pappel |
Raamatus „Noore loodusuurija seiklused“ tutvustab armastatud loodusfilmide tegija David Attenborough oma nooruspõlve loomakogumisretki, mille eesmärk oli püüda Londoni loomaaiale haruldasi loomi ning teha sellest BBC jaoks filme ja telesarju. Esimene retk viis Guyanasse suur-sipelgaõgija, teine Indoneesiasse komodo varaani ja kolmas Paraguaysse vöölase järele, kuid muidugi tutvuti igal reisil ka paljude muude iseäralike loomadega. „Noore loodusuurija seiklused“ on kirjutatud Attenborough’le...
| Автор | David Attenborough |
Washington Posti staažika ja ohtralt pärjatud ajakirjaniku Bob Woodwardi „Hirm“ on seni kõige põhjalikum ülevaade Donald Trumpi elust Valges Majas. See on haarav ja murettekitav, mahlakate ja kohati uskumatute detailidega vürtsitatud jutustus põikpäise ja mitte kõige laiema silmaringiga mehe sattumisest suurriigi etteotsa, pidevatest konfliktidest ja võimuvõitlusest siseringis, alluvate vastuhakust ja tekkinud kahjude minimeerimisest. «Hirm: Trump Valges Majas» on üks 2018. aasta räägitumaid...
| Автор | Bob Woodward |
Viktoriaanid leidsid, et Jane Austen on „hea väike naine”, kes kirjutas oma raamatud peaaegu poolkogemata ja ilma igasuguse vaevata. Järgmine põlvkond tegi jõupingutusi, et kujutada Jane’i modernse naisena, lugedes tema pidutsemisest, pohmellidest ja tujutsemisest välja nii mõndagi. Käesoleva raamatu autori, Inglise ajaloolase ja kuraatori L. Worsley (s 1973) eesmärk oli paigutada J. Austen tollasesse ajastusse ja sotsiaalsesse klassi, uurides tema igapäevaelu, tema häid ja halbu päevi, koduseid...
| Автор | Lucy Worsley |
Kurt Cobaini surmast tema enda käe läbi 1994. aasta aprillis onmöödas üle kahekümne aasta. See tegu iseloomustabki suurel määral temalühikest, vihast, palavikulist elu. Kogenud muusikaajakirjanik Charles R. Crosspõimib oma põhjalikud teadmised Seattle’i muusikaskeenest sügavakaastundega raamatu peategelase suhtes ning jutustab loo loomingulisest leegistja valust, mis seda toitis ja lõpuks kustutas. Üle neljasaja intervjuu, neliaastat uurimistööd, eksklusiivne ligipääs Cobaini avaldamata...
| Автор | Charles R. Cross |
2017. aasta 18. aprilli varahommikul sihtisid mind ja Mohsini Shīndandi lähedal külavaheteel läbi autoakna viis talibit. Hilisemad talibitest kaasvangid Kabuli vanglas ei suutnud mõista, miks meid ei tapetud, miks minu eest lunaraha ei hakatud nõudma. Miks talibid meid Afganistani Julgeoleku kätte andsid? Ma ei tea seda ega saa ilmselt kunagi teada. Selles raamatus olen uuesti läbi elanud ja läbi kirjutanud aja, mil elule ja surmale näkku vaatasin. Kummalisel kombel olid nad ühte nägu.“ ...
| Автор | Vahur Laiapea |
За долгие годы работы в качестве специального иностранного корреспондента для главных итальянских изданий и для телевидения RAI Марко Лупис повстречал множество героев наших времен. Данная книга является сборником самых важных встреч в карьере автора. Слово дается не только «знаменитостям» нашей эпохи, лауреатам Нобелевской премии, главам государств, рок-звездам и супермоделям, а прежде всего – смелым женщинам и мужчинам, которые полностью посвятили свои жизни борьбе с несправедливостью и с...
| Автор | Marco Lupis |