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«Зимняя дорога» – захватывающий исторический роман трехкратного лауреата «Большой книги» Леонида Юзефовича. В центре сюжета – малоизвестный эпизод Гражданской войны в Якутии и противостояние двух…

Многотомный справочник "Командиры бригад Красной Армии" представляет биографии командиров артиллерийских, артиллерийских бригад ПТО, бригад морской пехоты, бригад моряков, воздушно-десантных, гор…

Предлагаемый мною словарь является отражением речи моей матери Акуловой Прасковьи Ивановны, 1924 года рождения, русской, урожени деревни Шкодинское Кетовского района Курганской области. Книга со…

Эта серия книг повествует о людях, не зря проживших жизнь. Все они жили в разное время, но каждый из них чего-то добился в своей области: в науке, литературе, искусстве, политике, разведке и друг…

Отражены различные этапы профессиональной деятельности С. А. Подлесного, который в течение многих лет являлся ректором крупнейшего вуза края – Красноярского государственного технического универси…

From the founder of the worldwide 30% Club campaign comes a career book for women in a transforming world who don't just want to lean in, but instead, shatter the paradigm as we know it.‘I absolu…

An intimate portrait of Stephen Spender’s extraordinary life written by Matthew Spender, shifting between memoir and biography, with new insights drawn from personal recollections and his father’…

The Hon. Sir Harry Ognall is a retired judge of the High Court, Queen’s Bench Division. For many years, he enjoyed a formidable reputation as an advocate at the criminal Bar. As counsel, and late…

This Edition does not include illustrations.A hilariously funny history of a bizarre 19th-century life of the woman who was a proto-type Pankhurst. The non-fiction debut of one of the most talent…

On 7 July 2005, Julie Nicholson's life was changed forever. Her daughter, Jenny, was killed on her way to work in the London bombings, shaking Julie's beliefs. With heartbreaking honesty and inte…

From the award-winning, best-selling writer: a deeply moving tale of a father and son’s transformative journey in reading – and reliving – Homer’s epic masterpiece.‘My favourite classicist once a…

An entertaining biography of Dickens by one of our finest actorsAcclaimed actor and writer Simon Callow captures the essence of Charles Dickens in a sparkling biography that explores the central …

The witty, incisive and frank memoirs from the legend of Newsnight and long-standing quiz master of University Challenge. Filled with views, opinions and stories from 4 decades in front of the ca…

Something has gone wrong. We're living in an age of celebratory racism, extreme inequality, uncertainty and fear. We're governed by people who claim to be populist but who seem to hate everyone. …

Shortlisted for the 2017 PEN Ackerley Prize‘The thing to remember about this story is that every word is true. If I never told it to a soul, and this book did not exist, it would not cease to be …

As an artist, she had few peers. Her lyrical prowess and timeless contralto vocals made her an instant revelation when her debut album Frank was released in 2003. And as her star continued to ris…

Agatha Christie’s ‘most absorbing mystery’ – her own autobiography.Over the three decades since her death on 12 January 1976, many of Agatha Christie’s readers and reviewers have maintained that …

The inside story of the one of the most successful British stand-up comedians, as told by the person best qualified to reveal all about the man behind the comic, his wife of over 20 years – Pamel…

The amazing real-life story of a successful Ivy League professor and her time spent as a call girl … Another hot story from Mischief Books.Jenny is left penniless by an ex-boyfriend and, in order…