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Moving artfully from past to present, from a child's perspective
to an adult's, Shlomo Breznitz relates this poignant, gripping
and often terrifying memoir using many voices and perspectives.
Moving artfully from past to present, from a child's perspective
to an adult's, Shlomo Breznitz relates this poignant, gripping
and often terrifying memoir using many voices and perspectives.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow CountryIn his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightm…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE 2020‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow CountryIn his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightm…
’This is essential’ Margaret Atwood on Twitter‘She's one of the most acute and perceptive analysts of the furtive growth of fascism. Everyone should know about this’ Philip Pullman’Vibrates with outrage’ The Times‘It couldn’t happen here’Ece Tem…
’This is essential’ Margaret Atwood on Twitter‘She's one of the most acute and perceptive analysts of the furtive growth of fascism. Everyone should know about this’ Philip Pullman’Vibrates with outrage’ The Times‘It couldn’t happen here’Ece Tem…
The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest re…
The most accomplished mountain runner of all time contemplates his record-breaking climb of Mount Everest in this profound and free-flowing memoir—an intellectual and spiritual journey that moves from the earth’s highest peak to the soul’s deepest re…
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARIn the vein of the Costa-winning Dadland, with the biographical elements of H is for Hawk, The Fragments of my Father is a powerful and poignant memoir about parents and children, freedom and responsibility, madness an…
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARIn the vein of the Costa-winning Dadland, with the biographical elements of H is for Hawk, The Fragments of my Father is a powerful and poignant memoir about parents and children, freedom and responsibility, madness an…
In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across the ce…
In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across the ce…
Welcome to London in lockdown – in 1665This timely release of a year in the life of London’s greatest diarist comes with an introduction by bestselling author, Max Hastings.The plague that swept through London in 1665 brought the city to a grinding h…
Welcome to London in lockdown – in 1665This timely release of a year in the life of London’s greatest diarist comes with an introduction by bestselling author, Max Hastings.The plague that swept through London in 1665 brought the city to a grinding h…
В книге собраны рассказы и стихи автора, связанных темами моря, воспоминаний людей о Великой Отечественной войне, армии. Есть шуточные, детские рассказы и стихи, написанные за последние несколько лет.
В книге собраны рассказы и стихи автора, связанных темами моря, воспоминаний людей о Великой Отечественной войне, армии. Есть шуточные, детские рассказы и стихи, написанные за последние несколько лет.
What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their…
What pushed Blunt, Burgess, Cairncross, Maclean and Philby into Soviet hands?With access to recently released papers and other neglected documents, this sharp analysis of the intelligence world examines how and why these men and others betrayed their…
The Sunday Times bestseller ‘An utterly engrossing book’ Nigella Lawson ‘Remarkable and gripping’ Edmund de Waal'A near-perfect study of Jewish identity in the 20th century … I don’t hesitate to call it a masterpiece’ TelegraphAfter her grandmot…
The Sunday Times bestseller ‘An utterly engrossing book’ Nigella Lawson ‘Remarkable and gripping’ Edmund de Waal'A near-perfect study of Jewish identity in the 20th century … I don’t hesitate to call it a masterpiece’ TelegraphAfter her grandmot…
The life of a courageous woman, which was reinvented in more than seven stations. As a model, or how in the 50s said mannequin, then an interior designer and architect, jewelry designer and society lady. She associated with princes and princesses, co…
The life of a courageous woman, which was reinvented in more than seven stations. As a model, or how in the 50s said mannequin, then an interior designer and architect, jewelry designer and society lady. She associated with princes and princesses, co…
[b]THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR MAYA ANGELOU[/b] DISCOVER THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF MAYA ANGELOU WITH A HIGHLY PERSONAL AND DETAILED ACCOUNT OF HER CHALLENGES AND TRIUMPHS [i]The Life of the Author: Maya Angelou[/i] delivers an engaging and thorough retelling…
[b]THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR MAYA ANGELOU[/b] DISCOVER THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF MAYA ANGELOU WITH A HIGHLY PERSONAL AND DETAILED ACCOUNT OF HER CHALLENGES AND TRIUMPHS [i]The Life of the Author: Maya Angelou[/i] delivers an engaging and thorough retelling…
Hillary Clinton dominated Amy Chozick’s life for more than a decade. Here, she tells the inside story of Clinton’s pursuit of the US presidency in a campaign book like no other.‘A breathtaking, page-turning masterpiece’ Mary KarrA NEW YORK TIMES BEST…
Hillary Clinton dominated Amy Chozick’s life for more than a decade. Here, she tells the inside story of Clinton’s pursuit of the US presidency in a campaign book like no other.‘A breathtaking, page-turning masterpiece’ Mary KarrA NEW YORK TIMES BEST…
Six-year-old Darby arrives on Casey’s doorstep terrified and hysterical. As Casey tries to soothe the little girl she realises that this is likely to be one of the most difficult placements she had ever had to deal with…Casey is shocked to answer the…
Six-year-old Darby arrives on Casey’s doorstep terrified and hysterical. As Casey tries to soothe the little girl she realises that this is likely to be one of the most difficult placements she had ever had to deal with…Casey is shocked to answer the…
Сборник работ киноведа и кандидата искусствоведения Ольги Сурковой, которая оказалась многолетним интервьюером Андрея Тарковского со студенческих лет, имеет неоспоримую и уникальную ценность документального первоисточника. С 1965 по 1984 год Суркова …
Сборник работ киноведа и кандидата искусствоведения Ольги Сурковой, которая оказалась многолетним интервьюером Андрея Тарковского со студенческих лет, имеет неоспоримую и уникальную ценность документального первоисточника. С 1965 по 1984 год Суркова …
Лидия Владимировна Савельева (1937–2021) – прапраправнучка Александра Сергеевича Пушкина, доктор филологических наук. В мемуарах она рассказывает о детстве и взрослении на Украине, куда семья переехала в 1939-м, о студенческих годах, проведенных в Ле…
Лидия Владимировна Савельева (1937–2021) – прапраправнучка Александра Сергеевича Пушкина, доктор филологических наук. В мемуарах она рассказывает о детстве и взрослении на Украине, куда семья переехала в 1939-м, о студенческих годах, проведенных в Ле…
Многотомный справочник "Командиры бригад Красной Армии" представляет биографии командиров артиллерийских, артиллерийских бригад ПТО, бригад морской пехоты, бригад моряков, воздушно-десантных, горнострелковых, гренадерской бригады, женской-добровольче…
Многотомный справочник "Командиры бригад Красной Армии" представляет биографии командиров артиллерийских, артиллерийских бригад ПТО, бригад морской пехоты, бригад моряков, воздушно-десантных, горнострелковых, гренадерской бригады, женской-добровольче…
Andrea Corr’s Barefoot Pilgrimage is a compelling and honest memoir.In part, an exercise in coming to terms with and making sense of life and mortality following the loss of a beloved father; in part, a reflection on an unlikely journey with her sibl…
Andrea Corr’s Barefoot Pilgrimage is a compelling and honest memoir.In part, an exercise in coming to terms with and making sense of life and mortality following the loss of a beloved father; in part, a reflection on an unlikely journey with her sibl…
After years of physical and mental abuse, Jade thought her kindly foster mother would be the answer to her prayers. She was wrong … this is her staggering true story.‘This must be what prison is like,’ I thought as another hour crawled by. In fact, p…
After years of physical and mental abuse, Jade thought her kindly foster mother would be the answer to her prayers. She was wrong … this is her staggering true story.‘This must be what prison is like,’ I thought as another hour crawled by. In fact, p…
From one of China’s most acclaimed and decorated writers comes a powerful first-person account of life in Wuhan during the COVID-19 outbreak.On January 25, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang …
From one of China’s most acclaimed and decorated writers comes a powerful first-person account of life in Wuhan during the COVID-19 outbreak.On January 25, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang …