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The remarkable and touching story of a singular friendship between the author (an affluent Western correspondent) and his Pashtun interpreter who meet in an Afghan war-zone and resume their frien…

«Некоторые автобиографические заметки, касающиеся главным образом моей писательской жизни, были напечатаны мною лет пятнадцать тому назад в собрании моих сочинений, изданном в Берлине „Петрополис…

Особая творческая атмосфера – та черта, без которой невозможно представить удивительный город Одессу. Этот город оставляет свой неповторимый отпечаток и на тех, кто тут родился, и на тех, кто про…

В этой книге собраны письма русских писателей XIX и XX вв. – А. Пушкина, Ф. Тютчева, А. Фета, И. Гончарова, А. Герцена, В. Брюсова, А. Блока, В. Маяковского, С. Есенина и других. Любовь, как драг…

The true story of Gerard Mercator, the greatest map-maker of all time, who was condemned to death as a heretic.‘Geographie and Chronologie I may call the Sunne and the Moone, the right eye and th…

”She is Emily, Emily Marchionne: my life and my joy” in the book there are two interwoven stories between autobiography and romantic and dramatic tale. With an important message. In the first sto…

The heartbreaking story of the passionate love affair between Boris Pasternak and Olga Ivinskaya – the tragic true story that inspired Doctor Zhivago.‘Doctor Zhivago’ has sold in its millions yet…

Authorised and fully illustrated insight into the life and career of the award-winning director, from his childhood film projects up to King Kong, together with Jackson's revealing personal accou…

Невероятные биографии самых важных женщин в истории, рассказанные Наталией Басовской. Великие женщины, изменившие наш мир, любили и умирали, страдали и радовались как самые обычные люди. Все их т…

In this incredible and moving memoir, a mother tells of her fight for justice to convict her daughter’s murderer for a crime that he thought could never be punished.When her 22-year-old daughter,…

An omnibus containing Austin Mitchell’s classic books THE HALF-GALLON QUARTER-ACRE PAVLOVA PARADISE and PAVLOVA PARADISE REVISITED, available for the first time in ebook.Austin Mitchell’s witty, …

Книга представляет собой 5 том военного биографического справочника в 50 томах. В ней представлены подробные биографические справки о военных должностях, званиях и наградах с указанием числа, мес…

The definitive biography of Joe Strummer, released with a new epilogue to mark the 60th anniversary of his birth.Chris Salewicz was an intimate friend of Strummer’s for over 25 years. Drawing on …

Fourteen-year-old Adrianna arrives on Casey’s doorstep with no possessions, no English, and no explanation. It will be a few weeks before Casey starts getting the shocking answers to her question…

On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome…‘Four Seasons in Rome’ charts the repercuss…

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BMA PRESIDENT’S AWARD 2017An incredible memoir from one of the world’s most eminent heart surgeons, recallin…

SHE FINALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS SAFE…Toni Maguire, author of Don't Tell Mummy, takes up the story of her tragic childhood where she left off, revealing the awful truth about what happened when her fa…

‘The narrative is as suspenseful as any thriller. Truly, an excellent read’ Lynn Barber, Sunday TimesMarried for almost seventy years to the most famous woman in the world, Prince Philip is the l…

‘Game of Spies’ tells the story of a lethal spy triangle between 1942 and 1944 in Bordeaux – and of France’s greatest betrayal by aristocratic and right-wing Resistance leader Andre Grand-clement…

Десятая книга из серии «Военачальники СССР» представляет собой подробные военные биографии советских военачальников, служивших в РККА и получивших персональное воинское звание комдив с 1935 года …