Книги жанра биографии и мемуары
A dramatic debut short story from London-based foster carer Mia Marconi.An incredible chain of events that began in Italy during WWII with an illegitimate pregnancy shaped Mia’s destiny. The illegitimate child was her father, a lost soul who she idolised. Protecting him instilled in her an instinct to care for the vulnerable and, after a chance meeting with a chaotic foster family, she decided fos…
From the bestselling authors of The Sugar Girls and GI Brides, this is Jessie’s story, one of three true accounts from the book The Girls Who Went to War.“Since Jessie’s surname was Ward, she was one of the last to hear what role she had been assigned to. Mary and Olive had already been told they were going to an ack-ack training camp in Berkshire, and she crossed her fi ngers, hoping that she wou…
From the people who brought you the bestselling Confessions of a GP.Russell is a young criminal Barrister. It’s his job to defend the people who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law – Petty thieves, career criminals, drug dealers and murderers…The scary son of a famous footballer, whose violent behaviour has got him in trouble so many times he almost knows the law better than Russell…
Ученик великого Э. Ферми, сотрудник Ф. Жолио-Кюри, почетный член Итальянской академии деи Линчей Бруно Понтекорво родился в Италии, работал во Франции, США, Канаде, Англии, а большую часть своей жизни прожил в России. Бруно Понтекорво известен как один из ведущих физиков эпохи «холодной войны». В то время, как главы государств мечтали о мировом господстве, которое им подарит ядерное оружие, лучшие…
В основу книги известного луганского культуролога, кандидата философских наук, легли дневниковые записи, которые автор делала осенью и зимой 2014-го года в Луганске. Автор была свидетелем и участником возрождения Луганска после полномасштабных военных действий и гуманитарной катастрофы лета 2014-го.
Our pets are our family. They love us, comfort us and make us laugh – so it’s no wonder that letting them go is so hard. But amazing and inspirational true stories from Jacky Newcomb show that we will be reunited with them again.From dreams to visitations, there have been numerous accounts of furry friends appearing to their owners from heaven. Old dogs have been rejuvenated to puppies, injured ca…
The shocking first-hand account of one man’s remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture.‘Why had I not died in my young years – before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off.’1841: Solomon Northup is a successful…
Incredible true stories of canine loyalty in the Second World War.There were dogs involved with the landings, dogs the soldiers could not bear to leave behind and dogs trained to patrol, protect and locate. The dogs sailed with the Merchant Navy and brought their boats into dangerous waters to retrieve the wounded or stranded. They were on land, in the air and on the water during the D-Day operati…
An inspiring and heart-warming short story of devotion and bravery.A thoroughbred horse, Warrior, is passed through various owners before he is shipped to the thick of the action on the Western Front to serve as his current master’s mount for all four years of the First World War.Warrior and General ‘Galloping Jack Seeley’ were involved from the first engagements through to one of the last, the Ba…
‘Based on research among thousands of unpublished documents concealed in the Communist Party archives until the fall of the regime, Lenin: Life and Legacy is a crushing indictment of the regime’s founder…’Sally Laird, ObserverIn the first fully documented life of one of the greatest revolutionaries in history, Dmitri Volkogonov is free for the first time to assess Lenin’s life and legacy, unconstr…
Originally published as Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.Sex, intrigue and adultery in the world of high politics and huge wealth in late eighteenth-century England.Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, was one of the most flamboyant and influential women of the eighteenth century. The great-great-great-great aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, she was variously a compulsive gambler, a political savante…
First published in 1996 and now available as an ebook. Please note that this edition does not include illustrations.Steven Spielberg dominated the cinema of the nineties. He is one of the screen's greatest enchanters, with a spellbinding capacity – and a box-office record – matched by very few.His power now exceeds that of the greatest moguls of Hollywood's golden era, and films like 'Jaws, ET, Cl…
Книга известных итальянских историков искусства Акилле Бонито Оливы и Марты Заморы рассказывает о нелегком жизненном пути и творчестве знаменитой мексиканской художницы Фриды Кало.
В своем инстаграм-дневнике о. Павел обсуждает самые актуальные проблемы приходской, общественной и семейной жизни – часто с неожиданного ракурса, почти всегда с юмором. Искренние, горячие, талантливо написанные посты о. Павла, хотя и обращены в основном к молодежи, будут интересны всем, кто хочет получить ответы на острые вопросы о вере и Церкви.
В сборник памяти заслуженного тренера РСФСР, профессора кафедры физической культуры и спорта Санкт-Петербургского государственного университета Ивана Сергеевича Краснова (1929–2019) вошли воспоминания его родных, друзей, учеников и коллег, а также материалы, посвященные истории отечественной легкой атлетики и ленинградского студенческого спорта. Среди авторов книги – известные ученые, историки спо…