Книги издательства Virgin Books

Henry Chinaski is a low life loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial Post Office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, "Post Office" is a landmark in American literature. "Post Office" was Charles...

Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. Now, at the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova. Women is a riotous and uncompromisingly vivid account of life on the edge. Along with...

Do you want to achieve success in your personal and professional endeavours? The first step is to see a reality where success is possible. Only when we choose to believe we live in a world in which challenges can be overcome, in which our behaviour

When "Confessions of a City Girl" first stepped into the Square Mile she had no idea of the fight for survival she would face over the next five years. But despite lap dancing clubs and million dollar losses; divorce in the City and the worst recession since the 1930s, City Girl was still...

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First known for her beauty - she was the first black American Miss World entrant and is the face and spokeswoman for Revlon – Halle Berry is now acknowledged as a supremely talented actress. She got her first big break as a crack addict in Spike Lee"s Jungle Fever, won a Golden Globe for her...

"Decision Points" is the extraordinary memoir of America"s 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. In gripping, never-before-heard detail, President Bush...

IN LITTLE MORE THAN HALF A DECADE, Facebook has gone from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users. It is one of the fastest growing companies in history, an essential part of the social life not only of teenagers but hundreds of millions of adults worldwide. As Facebook spreads...

Currently experiencing something of a renaissance, with Gladiator, Hannibal and Black Hawk Down, Ridley ScottA’s career has reclaimed the prominence it had in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and there are rumours of him returning to his roots with a fifth Alien movie in the near future. Working...

Tim Burton is one of the most respected and commercially successful American filmmakers working today. His work has demonstrated astounding versatility, from box office successes like "Batman and Sleepy Hollow" to smaller, more personal films like "Ed Wood". This indispensable...