The Wolf of Wall Street ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 (13) By day he made thousands of dollars a minute. By night he spent it as fast as he could, on drugs, sex, and international globe-trotting. From the binge that sunk a 170-f... Verifica stoc
Something to Live For ♡ 20 21 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.88/5 The real-life story of a young mum with postpartum depression - and how a small, specialist NHS hospital is saving women's lives Laura Canty is
My Life, My Love, My Legacy ♡ 26 21 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Born in 1927 in the Deep South, Coretta Scott always felt called to a special purpose. After an awakening to political and social activism at
Diamonds at the Lost and Found ♡ 22 21 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Sarah Aspinall grew up in the glittering wake of her irrepressible mother Audrey. Born into poverty in 1930s Liverpool, Audrey had always known that she
Revenge ♡ 9 21 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 In 'Revenge' by Tom Bower, readers are thrust into a world of high-stakes politics and personal vendettas, where power and ambition collide with betrayal and
Tiger ♡ 11 21 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 In 'Tiger' by John Vaillant, readers are transported to the remote Primorye region of Russia, where the fragile balance between man and nature is tested
Never Stop Dreaming ♡ 14 21 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 'Never Stop Dreaming' offers an intimate glimpse into the life of Stuart Pearce, a figure synonymous with passion and dedication in the world of football.
Greatest Beer Run Ever ♡ 22 21 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 It seemed like a good idea at the time. As a result of a rowdy night in his local New York bar, ex-Marine and merchant
The Right Stuff ♡ 13 21 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 `What is it' asks Tom Wolfe, `that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle...and wait for someone to light
Abberline ♡ 14 21 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.87/5 The name Frederick George Abberline has become synonymous with that of Jack the Ripper, and he has been portrayed as everything from an alcoholic, to
On Thomas Merton ♡ 3 20 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.85/5 Mary Gordon's book on Thomas Merton offers a captivating exploration of the complex persona and spiritual journey of the renowned Trappist monk and writer. Delving
The Sky Is Your Oyster ♡ 32 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 This is collection of poems, discussion themes and meditations is designed for individual or group study, and can be used as a resource for public
Standing on My Brother's Shoulders ♡ 29 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 A suicide loss survivor tells her story. Tara Lal's childhood was battered by her father's mental illness and by her mother's death when she was
The VW Camper Van ♡ 30 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 It was invented immediately after the war in the factory a far-sighted English military man had set up to turn the German economy from making
A Hell for Heroes ♡ 33 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Theodore Knell went through hell in the SAS - but his biggest battle began when he left. A Hell for Heroes is a searingly honest
The Father, the Son and the Ghostly Hole ♡ 31 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 A hilarious memoir of a lapsed catholic who can't quite fully escape I remember thinking when I was about 14, 'I hope God doesn't find
Song of the Sea ♡ 33 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Jane Dolby fell in love with a fisherman - the most dangerous peacetime occupation that exists - leading her to find a place in a
All Quiet on the West End Front ♡ 40 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 War Horse is the most successful show in the National Theatre's history. After two seasons at the NT it transferred to London's West End and
Gunpowder and Geometry ♡ 41 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.95/5 In the fields, men and women are getting the harvest in. Sunlight, or rain. Scudding clouds and backbreaking labour. Three hundred feet underground, young Charles
Free Spirits ♡ 35 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 The love triangle portrayed in François Truffat's film Jules et Jim was based on a novel by, and indeed the life of, the writer Henri
Roth Unbound ♡ 31 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Philip Roth - one of the most renowned writers of his generation - hardly needs introduction. From his debut, Goodbye, Columbus , which won the
Only : A Singular Memoir ♡ 34 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Three barely felt like a family. It felt like it did not count. Like we were unfinished. Incomplete. There was always a gap at the
I Am Not A Label ♡ 31 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 This book brings together 34 disabled artists, thinkers, athletes and activists from past and present.
Winter ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 'Winter' by Karl Ove Knausgaard is a profound meditation on the quiet intensity of the coldest season. Through Knausgaard's trademark blend of lyrical prose and
Great Bales of Fire ♡ 32 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 But while his responsibilities are changing fast, almost everything else in Malcolm's life stays the same. Despite facing his fair share of car accidents, house
Dad's Maybe Book ♡ 37 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.94/5 In 2003, already an older father, National Book Award–winning novelist Tim O’Brien resolved to give his young sons what he wished his own father had
The Desert and the Sea ♡ 30 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Michael Scott Moore, jurnalist și autorul cărții Sweetness and Blood, încorporează narațiunea personală și jurnalismul de investigație riguros în aceste memorii profunde...
Another Side of Bob Dylan ♡ 30 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 A vivid, first-hand account of Nobel Prize-winning singer and songwriter Bob Dylan as an artist, friend, and celebrity, illustrated with never-before-seen photographs, an...
Wife's Tale ♡ 31 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 The extraordinary story of an indomitable 95-year-old woman - and of the most extraordinary century in Ethiopia's history. A new Wild SwansA hundred years ago,
Churchills Legionnaire Edmund Murray ♡ 3 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.86/5 In the hallowed halls of history, amidst the echoes of valor and the resonance of indomitable spirit, there exists a figure whose very name evokes
Jailbirds ♡ 33 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 Step inside one of Britain's most notorious prisons... During her time as a prison teacher Mim Skinner met every type of criminal. But her job
Three Mothers ♡ 27 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been
Difficult Lives - Hitching Rides ♡ 32 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 At the time of its original publication by Gryphon Books in 1993, Difficult Lives was a pioneering work of literary investigation. Sallis's subjects of Himes,
Getting Away with Murder ♡ 34 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 In March 1969, twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray were sentenced to life imprisonment for the gangland killings of George Cornell and Jack 'the hat' McVitie.
Ray & Joan ♡ 24 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 The movie The Founder, starring Michael Keaton, focused the spotlight on Ray Kroc, the man who amassed a fortune as the chairman of McDonald’s. But
Cissie's abattoir ♡ 22 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A memoir that serves as both a record of the author's hometown and a humorous remembrance of his entertaining, fashion-conscious, poker-playing Grandmother.
Source of the Nile ♡ 26 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 The source of the River Nile was one of the great mysteries of the Victorian age. On an expedition with Richard Burton which reached Lake
The Girl on the Wall ♡ 23 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Jean Baggott is 'the girl on the wall' - a 1948 photograph taken of her when she was eleven - whose life was never going
The Time In Between ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 A beautifully written first hand account of a 20-year old's battle with eating disorders. When Nancy Tucker was eight years old, her class had to
Tai Woffinden ♡ 23 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Double Speedway World Champion and former captain of the Great British speedway team, Tai Woffinden is one of the sport’s biggest stars. Following in his
Best of Me 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.75/5 'Best of Me' by David Sedaris is a compelling anthology of personal essays that delve into the intricacies of human relationships, familial dynamics, and the
The Alice Behind Wonderland ♡ 28 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Deftly engaging with Dogson's published writings, private diaries, and photography, Winchester weaves together the poignant, turbulent, and entirely fascinating story be...
Mother's Ruin ♡ 23 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Nicola Barry grew up in well-to-do Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Her father was a hopsital consultant, her mother was medically trained, her brothers boarders at public school...
Wartime Summer ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 We take summer holidays for granted but, back in the 1940s, the picture was very different. War had gripped Britain. Wave after wave of bombs
Growing Up ♡ 22 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Russell Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography about growing up in America during the Great Depression. “Magical….He has taken such raw, potentially wrenching mater...
Single Journey Only ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Ursula Owen has been a significant figure in the worlds of literature and free expression since the 1970s. A founding director of Virago Press in
Prisoner ♡ 23 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Kerry Tucker seemed to be a typical suburban mother of two, but she had a terrible secret- she had been stealing money from her employers.
Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life ♡ 18 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.89/5 Anne Brontë is the forgotten Brontë sister, overshadowed by her older siblings -- virtuous, successful Charlotte, free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic, vir...
Plunder ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 For readers of Philippe Sands and Jonathan Safran Foer, this is an unputdownable tale of one man's quest to recover his family's property, plundered by
Frances: The Tragic Bride ♡ 31 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.93/5 She was young, very beautiful, and had everything to live for—but the life of Frances Shea, briefly married to Reggie Kray, remains one of the
Fifty Cup Finals ♡ 23 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 For more than 20 years Nick Collins was one of the best-known faces at Sky Sports News, bringing audiences the fortunes of the England soccer
Before Action ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 William Noel Hodgson never intended to be a soldier he wanted to write. The Great War made his reputation as a poet but it also
You are So Beautiful Without Your Hair ♡ 20 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 This book is the deep and touching account of the author who lost both parents unexpectedly to cancer within one year of each other. It
A Portrait of an Idiot as a Young Man ♡ 30 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 When Jon Holmes became a father (twice), he was asked to fill in a form detailing his family medical history. Except he couldn't, because he
12 Years A Slave ♡ 23 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.91/5 Relatarea șocantă din prima mână a remarcabilei lupte a unui om pentru libertate acum un film cinematografic premiat. „De ce nu murisem în tinerețea mea
Daisy ♡ 30 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Daisy Warwick was an heiress in her own right and a renowned beauty when she married Lord Brooke, heir to the Earl of Warwick, in
Uncomfortable Truth about Racism ♡ 19 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 An eloquent and thought-provoking book on racism and prejudice by the Liverpool and England football legend John Barnes. John Barnes spent the first dozen years
Slave Girl ♡ 21 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.90/5 Sarah Forsyth și-a petrecut cea mai mare parte a vieții în frică. După ce a depășit durerea și suferința unei copilării îngrozitoare, Sarah a reușit
Celebration of David Attenborough ♡ 28 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 A highly diverting celebration of television’s favourite naturalist, packed with games, trivia and Attenborough-inspired activities. Attenborough. Just saying the name ma...
Things I Learned from Falling ♡ 28 19 LEI info ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.92/5 Ritmul continuu de lucru, activitatea socială și dorința de a face mai multe într-un oraș mare erau frenetice și stresante. Înconjurată de oameni, Claire se