Životopisy a biografie

Martin Clunes is happy to admit that with Mary, it was love at first sight; her soft, brown eyes, her perfect figure and that unstoppable wagging tail. As cocker spaniels go,...

As a child, Dave Pelzer was horrifically abused by his mother, who considered him to be an “it', not a child. But he survived and lived to tell his courageous story. Haunted by...

Her film career has been filled with piercing performances of unforgettable women: Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown, the terrifying schoolteacher Barbara Covett in Notes on a...

Few sporting contests have roused such blind passions and filthy suspicions as the Tour de France. From Lance Armstrong´s incredible comeback from cancer, to Tom Simpson´s death...

On 6 June 2004, Frank Gardner and cameraman Simon Cumbers were in a suburb of Riyadh, filming a report on Al-Qaeda when they were confronted by Islamist gunmen. Simon was killed...

Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, with a career that has spanned nearly three decades. Loved for her irreverant humour, Dawn has achieved massive...

Through a decade of diaries and other writing, Keeping On Keeping On offers an unforgettable record of life according to the inimitable Alan Bennett.

From the private papers of Jane Austen and Mozart to those of Anne Boleyn and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men and Women collects together some of the most romantic letters in...

In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally...

"Stephen Fry is one of the great originals... This autobiography of his first twenty years is a pleasure to read, mixing outrageous acts with sensible opinions in...