''A brilliantly creepy coming of age novel'' Daily Mirror ''A moving fable, brilliantly imagined, about the agony of loss and the pain of young adulthood'' The Times ''This is no saccharine fairytale, but an eerie fable that''s perfect for long winter nights'' Daily Mail This illustrated edition includes ...
The 20th Anniversary Edition of Tina Brown''s definitive behind-the-scenes insight into the life of Diana Princess of Wales with a brand new introduction by Andrew Marr. Twenty years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she "the people''s princess," who electrified the world with her ...
If ever there were Satanic Majesties of rock their name was Led Zeppelin. The band that out-sold the Rolling Stones and made Robert Johnson\''s deals with the devil look like a playground game of conkers were as high, inflated and glorified as their namesake. In Stephen Davis\''s scorching account of ...
''A real page-turner... captivating and deeply moving'' Climb magazine In 2015 freeclimber Tommy Caldwell spent 19 days summiting Yosemite''s vertical, 3000-foot Dawn Wall - the hardest climb in history. It was the culmination of seven years planning and a lifetime''s determination. Here, he recounts ...
An intimate account of Alex Honnold\''s unprecedented, almost unimaginable feat: a 3,000-foot vertical climb up El Capitan in Yosemite, without a rope.
Příběhy žen, které žily na hraně zákonaSvět gangsterů a mafiánů Ameriky 30. let nepatřil jen mužům. Jeho nedílnou součást tvořily i ženy – krásné, odvážné a často bezmezně zamilované a schopné pro své muže obětovat vše. Byla by však chyba považovat je za pouhé okrasné přívěšky svých druhů. Často se nezákonné ...
From the renowned artist and author Patti Smith, an inspired exploration of the nature of creative invention A work of creative brilliance may seem like magic—its source a mystery, its impact unexpectedly stirring. How does an artist accomplish such an achievement, connecting deeply with an audience ...
Kevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten and starved by his parents, ignored by the social services and bullied at school, he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world and was put into care. Despite his best efforts to make things work out, his life spiralled out of control. ...
This collection of Vonnegut''s letters is the autobiography he never wrote - from the letter he posted home upon being freed from a German POW camp, to notes of advice to his children: ''Don''t let anybody tell you that smoking and boozing are bad for you. Here I am fifty-five years old, and I never ...
\''I am English. Tweedy. Pukka. Confident. Establishment. Self-assured. In charge. That is how people like to see me, be the truth never so at variance. In fact, I am chronically overmastered by a sense of failure, underachievement and a terrible knowledge that I have betrayed, abused or neglected the ...
Her Again is an intimate look at the artistic coming of age of the greatest actress of her generation, from the homecoming float at her suburban New Jersey high school to her star-making roles in The Deer Hunter, Manhattan, and Kramer vs. Kramer. Michael Schulman charts Meryl Streep\''s rise stardom ...
"You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if you''ve had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatre." One of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, Andrew Lloyd ...
One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, Anne Frank. Today, "The Diary of a Young Girl" has sold over 25 million copies world-wide; this is the definitive edition released to mark the 70th anniversary of the ...
''I loved it. I thought it was fascinating - really, really interesting story that he''s got to tell. I''ve known him for years and I learned an awful lot.'' Marc Priestley Kimi Raikkoenen is the Finnish superstar Formula One driver with a reputation for being fast on the track and silent off it - until ...
Štvrtý diel fenomenálnej steampunkovej fantasy sérieNový vek prosperity a mieru je konečne na dosah. Wren Nathsworthyová s otcom Tomom križujú vzdušné obchodnícke cesty a navštevujú jedno úžasné mesto za druhým. Keď však Tom zazrie povedomú tvár, rozdúcha v sebe iskierku nádeje, že nie je jediný, kto ...
