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Воспоминания американского предпринимателя-нефтепромышленника и филантропа Джона Дэвисона Рокфеллера, раскрывающие перед читателем историю его успеха, принципы, которыми руководствовался при пост…

Follow a pioneer's journey from factory floor to CEO Road to Power is the story of how Mary Barra drove herself to the pinnacle of a company that steers the nation's wealth. Beginning as a rare f…

Vida Clandestina is the first U.S. publication of the dramatic memoir of an important Cuban revolutionary who led a dangerous double life from 1952 to1959. Educated at University of Miami, then a…

Первая Этнографическая экспедиция Лебедева по России. Москва – Владивосток – Москва. Шесть экипажей. Пятнадцать человек. Люди, города и посёлки. Реки, леса, горы и степь. Тихий океан. На обложке …

An expert on North Korea sheds new light on the enigmatic tyrant From his goose-stepping military parades to his clownish macho swagger, North Korea's Kim Jong-il is an odd amalgam of political c…

The inside story of a maverick reformer with a take-no-prisoners management style Hailed by Oprah as a «warrior woman for our times,» reviled by teachers unions as the enemy, Michelle Rhee, outgo…

In 1991 Gerald Ratner was booked to make what should have been an everyday speech at the Institute of Directors. Should have been. When the words «total crap» come out of his mouth in connection …

A fascinating account of a remarkable life that took the author, through hard work and determination, from rural England to the highest ranks of the United Nations Dame Margaret Anstee was born i…

In this frank, funny, and often challenging memoir about life in and out of the church, twenty-something Patton Dodd reveals his quest for an authentic experience of God. On his journey he attemp…

This is the first biography in twenty years of James Clerk Maxwell, one of the greatest scientists of our time and yet a man relatively unknown to the wider public. Approaching science with a fre…

Praise for In Due Season «Paul Wilkes's memoir is a love story—and also a story of a struggle with the lover, in his case, God. The son of an immigrant, Wilkes felt that he was called to a priest…

Acclaim for Denis Brian's Einstein: A Life «The best account.... Superb insight.» –The Times (London) «Denis Brian's convincing picture…only makes our wonder grow at Einstein's sublime achievemen…

Praise for H. Paul Jeffers An Honest President: The Life and Presidencies of Grover Cleveland «A well-written and timely book that reminds us of Grover Cleveland?s courage, commitment, and honest…

"You can't beat this story for drama. . . . An omnibus of everything ever known, spoken, or written about Doc Holliday." -Publishers Weekly «An engagingly written, persuasively argued, solidly do…

Michael Bloomberg rose from middle-class Medford, Massachusetts to become a pioneer of the computer age, mayor of New York, one of the world's most generous philanthropists, and one of America's …

Как художник сам рассказал бы о себе, будь у него такая возможность? Почему он рассказал бы именно это? О чём бы он умолчал? Какой образ захотел бы создать в читательском сознании? Книга даёт воз…