Harpercollins Don’t Ask Me About My Dad. A Memoir of Love, Hate and Hope Mitchelson Tom

"Вспоминая Уитни. История матери о любви, потере и той ночи, когда смолкла музыка" - это подробный рассказ об удивительной жизни Уитни Хьюстон, ее революционной карьере и трагической смерти - дополненный невиданными ранее фотографиями - от единственного человека, который действительно знает историю, стоящую за заголовками: ее матери, Сисси Хьюстон • Сисси мало что говорила публично о душераздирающей смерти Уитни. Теперь, впервые, она открывается и делится невероятной историей жизни своей дочери, а также своей собственной, и рассказывает о самых ярких и самых мрачных моментах жизни Уитни • Сисси Хьюстон, сама по себе легендарная госпел-певица, удостоенная премии "Грэмми", показывает, как уроки из ее собственного музыкального путешествия помогли сформировать карьеру Уитни - от обучения Уитни пользоваться своим голосом до сохранения ее уравновешенности на протяжении всего стремительного восхождения к славе

My Art Book of Love — книга, включившая в себя 35 работ признанных во всём мире художников, скульпторов и фотографов, объединённых темой «Любовь». Каждая работа сопровождается небольшой аннотацией, которая поможет даже самым юным читателям понять, каким м

My sand life, my pebble life. My life measured out in tides, coming in and going out. My life measured out in games of trying to spot the sea first. My life measured out in the delicious and indulgent sadness that comes from leaving a holiday cottage for the last time and for the first time in several days it isn't raining, but at least the kids have had a great time and, let's face it, so have you • Warm and darkly funny, this sublimely crafted book transports you (in a blue Ford Zephyr, with an AA route map, a granny in the back and a bingo hall on the horizon) to the world of childhoods by the sea. Specifically, Ian's memories of childhood: ones we'll all identify with - endless sunny days on the beach, done to a turn fish and chips, legendary games of cricket, tea and cakes and family crammed into a tiny caravan, holiday cottages that live forever, buckets of shells, a busted fishing net and enough sand to make a beach, with the tide out, way out… • In this nostalgic collection of reminiscences (with the odd poem thrown in) journey with Ian as he walks barefoot to the sea to see the sun rise

In January 2020, Amy Bloom travelled with her husband Brian to Switzerland, where he was helped by Dignitas to end his life while Amy sat with him and held his hand. Brian was terminally ill and for the last year of his life Amy had struggled to find a way to support his wish to take control of his death, to not submerge ‘into the darkness of an expiring existence’ • Written with piercing insight and wit, In Love is Bloom’s intimate, authentic and startling account of losing Brian, first slowly to the disease of Alzheimer’s, and then on becoming a widow. It charts the anxiety and pain of the process that led them to Dignitas, while never avoiding the complex ethical problems that are raised by assisted death. A poignant love letter to Bloom’s husband and a passionate outpouring of grief, In Love reaffirms the power and value of human relationships

Fibbing, prevaricating, stretching the truth, white lies, of omission, of commission. Lying is so pervasive that we have countless words for it. But have you ever considered why you believed a lie you were told – or why we lie at all? • In this witty, whirlwind tour through the annuls of deceit, bestselling author Aja Raden combines psychology, popular science and history to explore everything you’ve ever wanted to know about manipulation and lying, showing how it evolved and why even the birds and the bees do it. From ‘big lies’ like the English gent who invented a South American country to pyramid schemes like Bernie Madoff, this is an eye-opening primer that decodes how we behave and function, and reveals how lying shapes our experience of the world around us

I hadn’t opened the towel that contained her gum since 2013. The last person to touch it was Nina Simone, her saliva and fingerprints unsullied. The idea that it was still in her towel was something I had drawn strength from. I thought each time I opened it some of Nina Simone’s spirit would vanish. In many ways that thought was more important than the gum itself • On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave’s Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Dr Simone’s piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for twenty years; a sacred totem, his creative muse, a conduit that would eventually take Ellis back to his childhood and his relationship with found objects, growing in significance with every passing year

В 1951 году Британский фестиваль заказал серию коротких путеводителей, названных "руководствами первооткрывателя". Они должны были убедить читателей из крупных городов покинуть привычные места и отправиться в путешествие по "дорогам и объездам" Британии, чтобы увидеть в ней "живую страну". Но эти тринадцать книжечек не только прославляли роскошные сельские виды "островного государства": в них нашла отражение промышленная мощь Британии и её амбиции середины XX века, её жажда новых технологий, гордость за своё производство и увлечённость новыми разновидностями наземного, водного и воздушного транспорта • Взяв на вооружение эти путеводители, историк Тим Коул отправился в путешествие, чтобы понять, что поменялось за прошедшие с момента их выхода в печать 70 лет, а что осталось неизменным

Добро пожаловать в мудрый и удивительный мир всеми любимого медведя • Медвежонок Паддингтон – это луч счастья - доброжелательный, забавный и всегда добрый • Познакомьтесь с уникальным и универсальным взглядом Паддингтона на жизнь в этой совершенно особенной подборке теплых слов о дружбе, семье, любви, смехе ... и обо всем, что между ними • Книга на английском языке • Welcome to the wise and wonderful world of everyone’s favourite bear • Paddington Bear is a beacon of happiness – well meaning, funny and always kind • Explore Paddington’s unique and universal take on life in this very special collection of warm words about friendship, family, love, laughter … and everything in between

The true story of the White Queen and more, this is a thrilling history of the extraordinary noblewomen who lived through the Wars of the Roses • The events of the Wars of the Roses are usually described in terms of the men involved: Richard Duke of York, Henry VI, Edward IV, Richard III and Henry VII. But these years were also packed with women's drama and - in the tales of conflicted maternity and monstrous births - alive with female energy • In this completely original book, Sarah Gristwood sheds light on a neglected dimension of English history: the impact of Tudor women on the Wars of the Roses. She examines, among others, Cecily Neville, who was deprived of being queen when her husband died at the Battle of Wakefield; Elizabeth Woodville, the commoner who married Edward IV in secret; Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII, whose love and ambition for her son knew no bounds

60 Tantalisingly Tropical Cocktails! • Rum is on the rise as one of the fastest-growing spirits in the drinks market; the variety of the rums you can buy is growing in number, so much so that you can now find Cachaca, British and even French Caribbean rum, all with deliciously different notes • Known to be one of the sweeter spirits, it is revered in tried-and-tested cocktail classics such as the Mojito, Daiquiri, Pina Colada, and Dark ’n’ Stormy, as well as in creative new twists like the Flaming Dr Pepper, Golden Wave and Hot Buttered Rum. And of course some rum punch sharers for those sunny summer gatherings! • Here, in one fabulous collection of fruity, smooth and fun recipes, you’ll find all the cocktails you need to get that rum cocktail fix!

Вашингтон Ирвинг - первый романтик американской литературы, "первый посол Нового мира в Старом", по выражению У. Теккерея. Мистические рассказы о привидениях, исторические легенды и реальность, картины старой Англии и сцены повседневной американской жизни сочетаются в сочинениях В. Ирвинга • В сборнике представлено 31 произведение Ирвинга, включая "Легенду о Сонной лощине" • Книга на английском языке • HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics • 'There was a contagion in the very air that blew from that haunted region; it breathed forth an atmosphere of dreams and fancies infecting all the land.' • Featuring 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle', this collection of inspired essays, stories and sketches established Washington Irving's reputation as one of America's foremost authors

Robert Fisk’s bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis • The history of the Middle East is an epic story of tragedy, betrayal and world-shaking events. It is a story that Robert Fisk has been reporting for over thirty years. His masterful narrative spans the most volatile regions of the Middle East, chronicling with both rage and compassion the death by deceit of tens of thousands of Muslims, Christians and Jews • Robert Fisk’s remarkable history is also the tale of a journalist at war – learning of the 9/11 attacks while aboard a passenger jet, reporting from a bombed-out Baghdad, interviewing Osama bin Laden – and of the courage and frustration of a life spent writing the first draft of history