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Charlie's earliest memory at two and a half was listening to his dad batter his latest girlfriend in their Scottish tenement flat. Beaten and tortured by a violent alcoholic father in 70s' poverty-stricken Dundee, Charlie's early life was one of pove…
Charlie's earliest memory at two and a half was listening to his dad batter his latest girlfriend in their Scottish tenement flat. Beaten and tortured by a violent alcoholic father in 70s' poverty-stricken Dundee, Charlie's early life was one of pove…
The Bible For Blokes From The Daddy Of Breakfast RadioForeword by James Nesbitt.Christian O’Connell has been a man nearly all his life. Well, once he was a boy, then he was a teenager, then a man, but you get what we mean. So who better to save manho…
The Bible For Blokes From The Daddy Of Breakfast RadioForeword by James Nesbitt.Christian O’Connell has been a man nearly all his life. Well, once he was a boy, then he was a teenager, then a man, but you get what we mean. So who better to save manho…
Betrayed by his club but beloved by the fans, former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri was a constant headline-maker in 2004. Occasionally puzzling, often eccentric, but always fascinating and refreshing, the Italian describes the highs and lows of an …
Betrayed by his club but beloved by the fans, former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri was a constant headline-maker in 2004. Occasionally puzzling, often eccentric, but always fascinating and refreshing, the Italian describes the highs and lows of an …
The true story of a bumbling and undistinguished television producer who inadvertently changed the landscape of cookery programmes forever to give rise to the world of the 'celebrity chef'.As the producer behind the phenomenally successful Keith Floy…
The true story of a bumbling and undistinguished television producer who inadvertently changed the landscape of cookery programmes forever to give rise to the world of the 'celebrity chef'.As the producer behind the phenomenally successful Keith Floy…
A heart-warming nostalgia memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe, The Tiller Girls. Based in London in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Irene’s story will transport readers back to a more innocent, simple way of life.This is the story of a litt…
A heart-warming nostalgia memoir from a member of the world famous dance troupe, The Tiller Girls. Based in London in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Irene’s story will transport readers back to a more innocent, simple way of life.This is the story of a litt…
A witty memoir about the trials of adolescence, the tribulations of family life and the embarrassment that ensues from having larger-than-life parentsNeville and Liz Hodgkinson bought into the Thatcherite dream of home ownership, aspiration and advan…
A witty memoir about the trials of adolescence, the tribulations of family life and the embarrassment that ensues from having larger-than-life parentsNeville and Liz Hodgkinson bought into the Thatcherite dream of home ownership, aspiration and advan…
A heartwarming collection of stories from a woman who brings together disadvantaged children and abandoned racehorses, with remarkable results.Thirteen-year-old Sophie hadn’t uttered a word to anyone for over two years when she got out of her parents…
A heartwarming collection of stories from a woman who brings together disadvantaged children and abandoned racehorses, with remarkable results.Thirteen-year-old Sophie hadn’t uttered a word to anyone for over two years when she got out of her parents…
Alan Whicker is quite simply a legend. A visionary and master of his craft, his television shows from the fifties to the nineties almost single handed invented the language of travel television and earned him the status of one of the most foremost of…
Alan Whicker is quite simply a legend. A visionary and master of his craft, his television shows from the fifties to the nineties almost single handed invented the language of travel television and earned him the status of one of the most foremost of…
Во втором томе опубликованы документальные свидетельства, рассказывающие о жизни СССР в эпоху Хрущева. В эти годы автор пошел в начальную школу.
Во втором томе опубликованы документальные свидетельства, рассказывающие о жизни СССР в эпоху Хрущева. В эти годы автор пошел в начальную школу.
Книга «Ночи бродячие», собравшая публицистику и ранние новеллы автора-журналиста, это не только психологическая проза и рассказы о молодых — она о том, как не согнуться в ситуациях, требующих нравственного выбора. А ситуации у героев Виктора Савельев…
Книга «Ночи бродячие», собравшая публицистику и ранние новеллы автора-журналиста, это не только психологическая проза и рассказы о молодых — она о том, как не согнуться в ситуациях, требующих нравственного выбора. А ситуации у героев Виктора Савельев…
Это воспоминание о целой эпохе конца 80-х и 90-х. Тяжелой эпохе, кровавой. Воспоминание о том, как за несколько лет жизнерадостная страна превратилась в руины. Как выживал народ, какую гадость мы ели и пили, как стыдно было за пьяные выходки Ельцина,…
Это воспоминание о целой эпохе конца 80-х и 90-х. Тяжелой эпохе, кровавой. Воспоминание о том, как за несколько лет жизнерадостная страна превратилась в руины. Как выживал народ, какую гадость мы ели и пили, как стыдно было за пьяные выходки Ельцина,…
The name of famous Novosibirsk entrepreneur Andrey Alekseev can be linked to such massive and successful projects as nationwide restaurant chain called “Vilka-Lozhka” and “Pechki-Lavochki”, as well as the “Bolshaya Medveditsa” shopping center. Some w…
The name of famous Novosibirsk entrepreneur Andrey Alekseev can be linked to such massive and successful projects as nationwide restaurant chain called “Vilka-Lozhka” and “Pechki-Lavochki”, as well as the “Bolshaya Medveditsa” shopping center. Some w…
Одесса – «жемчужина у моря», Южная Пальмира. Но за вычурной архитектурой скрывается тайная сторона этого города – бандитская Одесса, окутанная легендами о громких преступлениях и невероятных махинациях. Знаменитая Малая Арнаутская – «сердце» контраба…
Одесса – «жемчужина у моря», Южная Пальмира. Но за вычурной архитектурой скрывается тайная сторона этого города – бандитская Одесса, окутанная легендами о громких преступлениях и невероятных махинациях. Знаменитая Малая Арнаутская – «сердце» контраба…
В чём же секрет успеха Маска – и кто стоит за его успехом?
Как ему удалось заработать миллиарды?
Действительно ли Илон Маск – автор всех своих изобретений?
Правда ли, что «Роскосмосу» не угнаться за SpaceX?
Кому выгодно процветание Tesla?
Его любят, …
В чём же секрет успеха Маска – и кто стоит за его успехом?
Как ему удалось заработать миллиарды?
Действительно ли Илон Маск – автор всех своих изобретений?
Правда ли, что «Роскосмосу» не угнаться за SpaceX?
Кому выгодно процветание Tesla?
Его любят, …
Татьяна Пилецкая, народная артистка РФ, человек необыкновенной судьбы, уникального таланта, душевной доброты и щедрости, всю жизнь играет в кино и на сцене.
После окончания Ленинградского хореографического училища имени А. Я. Вагановой и студии БДТ и…
Татьяна Пилецкая, народная артистка РФ, человек необыкновенной судьбы, уникального таланта, душевной доброты и щедрости, всю жизнь играет в кино и на сцене.
После окончания Ленинградского хореографического училища имени А. Я. Вагановой и студии БДТ и…
Книга посвящена судьбам чинов одной из самых прославленных частей Вооруженных сил Юга России – Дроздовской стрелковой дивизии в изгнании. В известной степени она является продолжением вышедшей в 2002 г. книги «Дроздовцы после Галлиполи». В аннотируем…
Книга посвящена судьбам чинов одной из самых прославленных частей Вооруженных сил Юга России – Дроздовской стрелковой дивизии в изгнании. В известной степени она является продолжением вышедшей в 2002 г. книги «Дроздовцы после Галлиполи». В аннотируем…
A brilliant, highly spirited memoir of Sidney Sheldon's early life that provides as compulsively readable and racy a narrative as any of his bestselling novels.Growing up in 1930s America, the young Sidney knew what it was to struggle to get by. Mill…
A brilliant, highly spirited memoir of Sidney Sheldon's early life that provides as compulsively readable and racy a narrative as any of his bestselling novels.Growing up in 1930s America, the young Sidney knew what it was to struggle to get by. Mill…
‘Men’s lives are a perpetual conflict. The life that I have mapped out will be so especially – as lawyer and politician. Woman’s function is to pour oil on the wounds – to heal the bruises of spirit…and to stimulate to renewed exertion.’Lloyd George …
‘Men’s lives are a perpetual conflict. The life that I have mapped out will be so especially – as lawyer and politician. Woman’s function is to pour oil on the wounds – to heal the bruises of spirit…and to stimulate to renewed exertion.’Lloyd George …
WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, THE 2013 DUFF COOPER PRIZE, THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2014 AND THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARThe story of Gabriele D’Annunzio, poet, daredevil …
WINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION, THE 2013 DUFF COOPER PRIZE, THE POLITICAL BOOK AWARDS POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2014 AND THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARThe story of Gabriele D’Annunzio, poet, daredevil …
Henry Stuart’s life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years’ War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth-century society, economy, politics and empire, his life was visually and ve…
Henry Stuart’s life is the last great forgotten Jacobean tale. Shadowed by the gravity of the Thirty Years’ War and the huge changes taking place across Europe in seventeenth-century society, economy, politics and empire, his life was visually and ve…