Книги жанра биографии и мемуары
On an April evening in 1779, a woman is shot on the steps of Covent Garden. Her murderer is a young soldier and Church of England minister; her lover, the Earl of Sandwich, one of the most powerful policians of the day. This compelling account of murder, love and intrigue brings Georgian London to life in a spellbinding historical masterpiece.On an April evening in 1779, Martha Ray, mistress of th…
We each of us strive for domestic bliss, and we may look to Delia and Nigella to give us tips on achieving the unattainable. Kathryn Hughes, acclaimed for her biography of George Eliot, has pulled back the curtains to look at the creator of the ultimate book on keeping house.In Victorian England what did every middle-class housewife need to create the perfect home? ‘The Book of Household Managemen…
A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie – revised and updated editionAgatha Christie was the author of over 100 plays, short story collections and novels which have been translated into 103 languages; she is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Many have tried to copy her but none has succeeded. Attempts to capture her personality on paper, to discover her motivations or the…
A biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie – revised and updated editionAgatha Christie was the author of over 100 plays, short story collections and novels which have been translated into 103 languages; she is outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare. Many have tried to copy her but none has succeeded. Attempts to capture her personality on paper, to discover her motivations or the…
This edition does not include illustrations.From the author of Unbroken – a major motion picture releasing in 2015 – this is the bestselling true story of three men and their dreams for a racehorse, Seabiscuit.In 1938 one figure received more press coverage than Mussolini, Hitler or Roosevelt. He was a cultural icon and a world-class athlete – and an undersized, crooked-legged racehorse by the nam…
The true story of a brilliantly forged Emily Dickinson poem sold at Sotheby’s in 1997. The author’s detective work led him across America to a prison cell in Salt Lake City, where the world’s greatest literary forger, Mark Hofmann, is serving a life sentence for double-murder.When the author sets out on the trail of a forged Emily Dickinson poem that has mysteriously turned up for sale at Sotheby’…
Sometimes the most unlikely of friendships are the ones that save us. From the loyal dog who risks his own life to rescue a drowning boy to the lost kitten who comforts a grieving woman to an abandoned horse and foster child who come to rescue each other, these inspiring true stories highlight the hope, healing, happiness and – most of all – unconditional love animals bring to our lives. Whether y…
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…
Необычная книга, состоящая из множества писем, написанных педагогом, прошедшим всю Великую Отечественную войну. Письма о педагогике, о литературе и искусстве, о фронтовой жизни и армейском быте, но главное — о любви. О любви, на пути которой стоит слишком многое, чтобы быть уверенным в счастливом итоге стремления друг к другу. То и дело возникают разные драматические развороты, «придуманные» исклю…
В 2020 году я закончил работать над написанием своей автобиографии под названием «Кто я?». Книга «Сын врага народа» — первая ее часть, в которой я описал свое детство, события войны, коснувшиеся меня, а также юношеские годы, проведенные в Северной Буковине.
В этой книге старания аутсайдера на 81-м году — довести до людства свои писания… Опыт в коих в его жизни на свободе многообразный …Его попытки с младостью спознаться газетно-журнальной…
Высшего чина портрет на стене — икона, — коией светскость сакральность (святость) надеется обрести религиозную, — по сути — зомбёж… Но если мыслитель там, борец — и начала новой эры творец, — одно …а если, банально, чиновник, — совсем-совсем другое… Книга содержит нецензурную брань.
Этот текст – сокращенная версия книги Фила Найта «Продавец обуви. История компании Nike, рассказанная ее основателем». Только самые ценные мысли, идеи, кейсы, примеры. О книге Об эволюции компании Nike от стартапа до одного из самых знаковых брендов в мире рассказывает ее основатель Фил Найт. По окончании бизнес-школы он занял у отца 50 долларов и основал компанию, которая покупала недорогие японс…
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