A Stone of Hope
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
In the tradition of The Other Wes Moore and Just Mercy a searing memoir and clarion call to save our at-risk youth by a young black man who himself was a lost cause—unti…
The Letters of John Cheever
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
Edited by his son this is a collection of the letters of the American novelist and short-story writer John Cheever a winner of the National Book Award and Pulitzer Pri…
The Last Act of Love
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
In the summer of 1990 Cathy’s brother Matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night out. It was two weeks before his GCSE results which turned out to be…
The True Story of Santa’s Sleigh
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The True Story of Santa’s Sleigh captures the magic and fantasy of Christmas. Taking place in the countryside several days after Christmas a sparkle is revealed in the freshly fallen snow as the sun peeks through the clouds. What could this be? Where
Cursed Legacy: The Tragic Life of Klaus Mann
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
Son of the famous Thomas Mann homosexual drug-addicted and forced to flee from his fatherland the gifted writer Klaus Mann’s comparatively short life was as artistic…
BECOMING ELEKTRA: THE TRUE STORY OF JAC HOLZMAN`S VISIONARY RECORD LABEL
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
Becoming Elektra is an account of Elektra Records in the Jac Holzman years from 1950 to 1973. It tells the story of Elektra’s growth from a small independent folk…
THE NECKLACE. A True Story of 13 Women, 1 Diamond Necklace and a Fabulous Idea – Cheryl Jarvis
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THE NECKLACE. A True Story of 13 Women 1 Diamond Necklace and a Fabulous Idea – Cheryl Jarvis
Like a Bat Out of Hell : The Larger than Life Story of Meat Loaf
Pret ≈ 23 RON / Anticexlibris /
‘I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I do! Powerful unstoppable heavy – when that word still meant something good!’ – Meat Loaf a…
The Scrapbook of My Life
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
Hey guys I’m Alfie and welcome to The Scrapbook of My Life! Inside this book you’ll read all about the day I was born and what it was like growing up with my family in…
The Battle for Home : The Memoir of a Syrian Architect
Pret ≈ 38 RON / Anticexlibris /
Drawing on the author’s personal experience of living and working as an architect in Syria this book offers an eyewitness perspective on the country’s bitter conflict t…
Evelyn the Adventurous Entomologist: The True Story of a World-Traveling Bug Hunter
Pret ≈ 120 RON / Books-Express /
The Mammoth Book of the Mafia (Mammoth Books), Nigel Cawthorne
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
Book description Investigative journalist Roger Wilkes has put together the largest ever collection of insider stories from prominent ex-mafiosi infiltrators and awa…
Blizzard of Glass: The Halifax Explosion of 1917
Pret ≈ 8 RON / Anticexlibris /
On December 6 1917 two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. One ship was loaded top to bottom with munitions and one held relief supplies both intended for wartorn Euro…
To Have and Not to Hold: The Bonding of Two Mothers Through Adoption
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
When Lorri Antosz Benson a 24-year-old successful producer for a groundbreaking national television show finds herself in an impossible situation she digs deep and fa…
The Red Earl : The Extraordinary Life of the 16th Earl of Huntingdon
Pret ≈ 8 RON / Anticexlibris /
In The Red Earl Selina Hastings tells the extraordinary story of her father Jack Hastings 16th Earl of Huntingdon. In 1925 Hastings infuriated his ultra-conservative …
Max Perkins: Editor of Genius
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
The National Book Award winner from Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg is now celebrating its 40th anniversary. The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F…
Churchill’s Secret Warriors: The Explosive True Story of the Special Forces Desperadoes of WWII
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939 Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard. So Britain’s wartime leader called for …
Code Girls: The True Story of the American Women Who Secretly Broke Codes in World War II (Young Readers Edition) – Liza Mundy
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Code Girls: The True Story of the American Women Who Secretly Broke Codes in World War II (Young Readers Edition) – Liza Mundy
Rag and Bone: A History of What We’ve Thrown Away
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
Lisa Woollett has spent her life combing beaches and mudlarking collecting curious fragments of the past: from Roman tiles and Tudor thimbles to Victorian buttons and …
12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
THE DECLASSIFIED TRUE STORY OF THE HORSE SOLDIERS. This is the dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who entered Afghanistan immediately followi…
Out of Africa
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
Karen Blixen’s Out of Africa is the lyrical and luminous memoir of Kenya that launched a million tourist trails beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials…
The Guv’nor: The Autobiography of Lenny McLean
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
Born in East London in 1949 Lenny McLean grew up in an area that had been ravaged by the Second World War. Although money was scarce and fighting was commonplace a cam…
Becoming Elektra: The True Story of Jac Holzman’s Visionary Record Label
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
Becoming Elektra tells the incredible true story of the pioneering Elektra Records label and its far-sighted founder Jac Holzman who built a small folk imprint into a …
Last of the Giants: The True Story of Guns N’ Roses
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
“Mick is able to weave together what can only be referred to as the most complete and accurate portrait on the band ever published. Yes it is THAT good and that well res…
Code Name Helene : Inspired by the gripping true story of World War 2 spy Nancy Wake
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A gripping heartrending novel based on the astonishing true story of wartime spy Nancy Wake by New York Times bestselling author Ariel Lawhon.
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
Pret ≈ 29 RON / Anticexlibris /
An irreverent look at British military leaders during WW1 written by the Hawthornden-Prize winning author.
Breaking Free:Glimpses of a Buddhist Life
Pret ≈ 8 RON / Anticexlibris /
In 1975 Srimala (formerly Jane Goody) was ordained into the Western Buddhist Order by Sangharakshita whilst pregnant with her second child and in this book she recounts…
Dr Johnson’s Dictionary: The Extraordinary Story of the Book That Defined the World
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
In 1746 Samuel Johnson undertook the Herculean task of writing the first comprehensive English dictionary. Imagining he could complete the job in three years Johnson i…
Burden: A Preacher, a Klansman and a True Story of Redemption in the Modern South
Pret ≈ 8 RON / Anticexlibris /
A harrowing true story of the modern Ku Klux Klan and an act of grace that shook a community in the Deep South. The true events that inspired the film with a foreword …
Letters to the Midwife : Correspondence with Jennifer Worth, the Author of Call the Midwife
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
Letters to the Midwife is a wonderful collection of correspondence received by Jennifer Worth offering a fascinating glimpse into a long-lost world. Along with reader…
Take Courage: Anne Bronte and the Art of Life
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
Anne Brontë is the forgotten Brontë sister overshadowed by her older siblings – virtuous successful Charlotte free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic vir…
Odyssey of an African Opera Singer
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
It is a difficult undertaking for any human to escape the cycle of poverty but to do so from one of the world’s most complex political systems with a brutal history of…
The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot
Pret ≈ 4 RON / Anticexlibris /
The spirited and measured memoir of Walter Bagehot had he left one Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) was a prominent English journalist banker and man of letters. For many …
The Afterlife of Billy Fingers
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
In 2004 bad boy Billy Fingers Cohen a homeless small-time drug dealer and addict in a state of drug induced euphoria ran into a busy intersection and was killed instan…
High Tea in Mosul. The true story of two Englishwomen in war-torn Iraq – Lynne O’Donnell
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High Tea in Mosul. The true story of two Englishwomen in war-torn Iraq – Lynne O’Donnell
Sarah Angelina Acland: First Lady of Colour Photography
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
Sarah Angelina Acland (1849–1930) este unul dintre cei mai importanți fotografi din perioada victoriană târzie și etapa eduardiană timpurie. Născută într-o familie engle…
Manderley Forever : The Life of Daphne du Maurier
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
Bestselling novelist Tatiana de Rosnay pays homage to Daphne du Maurier the writer who influenced her deeply in this startling and immersive new biography. A portrait …
Intolerable : A Memoir of Extremes
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
In the 1960s Kamal Al-Solaylee’s father was one of the wealthiest property owners in Aden in the south of Yemen but when the country shrugged off its colonial roots …
Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse
Pret ≈ 8 RON / Anticexlibris /
„Trapped” a fost primul Sunday Times bestseller și prima autobiografie a asistentului social Rosie Lewis. Phoebe un copil de nouă ani cu autism este luată sub protecți…
When They Were Boys: The True Story of the Beatles’ Rise to the Top
Pret ≈ 19 RON / Anticexlibris /
Included are an eyewitness account of that first meeting between Lennon and McCartney the inside story of how Ringo replaced Pete Best an exploration of the brilliant …
The Spiritual Mandela: Faith and Religion in the Life of Nelson Mandela
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
In the first book of its kind an acclaimed South African journalist and former parliamentary spokesperson for the ANC shares how Nelson Mandela balanced his Christian f…
Island of Dreams
Pret ≈ 23 RON / Anticexlibris /
Dan Boothby had been drifting for more than twenty years without the pontoons of family friends or a steady occupation. He was looking for but never finding the perfec…
Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer, the Great London Smog, and the Strangling of a City – Kate Winkler Dawson
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Death in the Air: The True Story of a Serial Killer the Great London Smog and the Strangling of a City – Kate Winkler Dawson
Autobiography of a Face
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
At age nine Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed she faced the cruel taunts of cla…
Black Mass: Whitey Bulger, the FBI, and a Devil’s Deal
Pret ≈ 19 RON / Anticexlibris /
James Whitey Bulger became one of the most ruthless gangsters in US history and all because of an unholy deal he made with a childhood friend. John Connolly a rising st…
First Man – The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong is the official biography of Neil Armstrong the astronaut who became the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20 1969. The b…
Charlotte. The True Story of Scandal and Spectacle in Georgian London – Kathryn Shevelow
Pret ≈ 13 RON / Librariadelfin /
Charlotte. The True Story of Scandal and Spectacle in Georgian London – Kathryn Shevelow
My Wild Life : The Story of a Most Unlikely Animal Rescuer
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
The true heart-warming story of how a reluctant City trader left a life of champagne and bonuses to follow his dream of rescuing animals and setting up a wildlife sanct…
Into the Jaws of Death: The True Story of the Legendary Raid on Saint-Nazaire
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
It is the night of 28 March 1942. Royal Navy and British commandos are poised to assault the German-held port of Saint-Nazaire in what will be one of the most audacious …
The Secrets of My Life
Pret ≈ 40 RON / Anticexlibris /
With poignancy and humour Caitlyn writes about her confusion growing up the temporary triumph of the Olympics as Bruce Jenner and the noose of being endlessly describ…
The Bad Boy of Athens
Pret ≈ 4 RON / Anticexlibris /
În ultimele trei decenii eseurile și recenziile lui Daniel Mendelsohn i-au adus reputația de ‘cel mai irezistibil critic literar al nostru’ (New York Times). Această no…
The Mammoth Book of Undercover Cops
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
This collection presents edgy revelations and revealing first-hand accounts many of them from the kinds of stories that dont always make the news including the inspir…
Emissaries of Satan
Pret ≈ 15 RON / Anticexlibris /
Michael Ross. Kenneth Bianchi. John Scripps. These are truly the servants of hell three savage killers without a shred of soul between them. Michael Ross – ‘The Road…
A Bit of A Stretch
Pret ≈ 20 RON / Anticexlibris /
Welcome to Her Majesty’s Prison Service. Like most people documentary-maker Chris Atkins didn’t spend much time thinking about prisons. But after becoming embroiled in …
Murder of the Earl of Shaftesbury
Pret ≈ 30 RON / Anticexlibris /
The scandalous debauchery of the playboy 10th Earl of Shaftesbury sent seismic shock waves through the British aristocracy. He divorced the mother of his children to mar…
Gone to the Woods: A True Story of Growing Up in the Wild
Pret ≈ 55 RON / Books-Express /
A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend giving readers a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen’s famed survival stories.
Lisa of Willesden Lane : A True Story of Music and Survival During World War II
Pret ≈ 97 RON / Books-Express /
An inspiring true story about one girl’s escape from the Holocaust to become a concert pianist against all odds made popular by Mona Golabek’s acclaimed theatrical performance and the beloved novel The Children of Willesden Lane – now available in a
The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon: The True Story of Alan Bean
Pret ≈ 138 RON / Books-Express /
Journey to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission with Alan Bean the fourth astronaut to walk on the lunar surface and the only artist to paint its beauty firsthand As a boy Alan wanted to fly planes. As a young navy pilot Alan wished he could paint the v
Ducks Overboard!: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans
Pret ≈ 87 RON / Books-Express /
Discover the pollution crisis in our oceans through the eyes of one lost plastic duck in this engaging and stylish picture book. When a shipping container filled with thousands of plastic ducks spilled into the Pacific Ocean where did all those ducks
