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The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train and Three American Heroes
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The 15:17 to Paris is the amazing true story of friendship and bravery, and of near tragedy averted by three heroic young men who found the unity and strength inside themselves when they – and 500 other innocent travellers – needed it most.On 21st Au…
The 15:17 to Paris is the amazing true story of friendship and bravery, and of near tragedy averted by three heroic young men who found the unity and strength inside themselves when they – and 500 other innocent travellers – needed it most.On 21st Au…
Дело чести. Быт русских офицеров
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Офицерство в царской России всегда было особой «кастой», отличающейся как от солдат, так и от гражданских людей. Отстраненность от общества объяснялась, в частности, и тем, что офицеры не имели права присоединяться к политическим партиям, а должны бы…
Офицерство в царской России всегда было особой «кастой», отличающейся как от солдат, так и от гражданских людей. Отстраненность от общества объяснялась, в частности, и тем, что офицеры не имели права присоединяться к политическим партиям, а должны бы…
Georgie and Elsa: Jorge Luis Borges and His Wife: The Untold Story
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A biography of Borges, by his translator.Jorge Luis Borges, known as Georgie to his friends, married Elsa Astete Millán in 1967. Borges was sixty-eight years old at the time of the wedding; Elsa, a widow,with a son in his twenties, was eleven years y…
A biography of Borges, by his translator.Jorge Luis Borges, known as Georgie to his friends, married Elsa Astete Millán in 1967. Borges was sixty-eight years old at the time of the wedding; Elsa, a widow,with a son in his twenties, was eleven years y…
Gilchrist on Blake: The Life of William Blake by Alexander Gilchrist
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LIVES THAT NEVER GROW OLDPart of a radical series – edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Gilchrist’s ‘The Life of William Blake’ is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividl…
LIVES THAT NEVER GROW OLDPart of a radical series – edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Gilchrist’s ‘The Life of William Blake’ is a biographical masterpiece, still thrilling to read and vividl…
Blood Sisters: Can a pledge made for life endure beyond death?
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It’s 1983 and best friends Vicky and Lucy swear that they will always be there for each other, that they’ll never let anyone come between them. But fast forward 4 years and life on the Canterbury Estate has gotten very messy.Lucy has fallen for local…
It’s 1983 and best friends Vicky and Lucy swear that they will always be there for each other, that they’ll never let anyone come between them. But fast forward 4 years and life on the Canterbury Estate has gotten very messy.Lucy has fallen for local…
Epitaph for the Ash: In Search of Recovery and Renewal
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Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree’s survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become …
Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree’s survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become …
В поисках смысла
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Перелистывая публикации столетней давности, трудно избавиться от ощущения роковой предопределенности событий, в которых действовала скрытая сила, весьма повлиявшая на распад империи, когда Россия, кровью умытая, погрузилась в хаос. Потрясения тех лет…
Перелистывая публикации столетней давности, трудно избавиться от ощущения роковой предопределенности событий, в которых действовала скрытая сила, весьма повлиявшая на распад империи, когда Россия, кровью умытая, погрузилась в хаос. Потрясения тех лет…
The Toltec Art of Life and Death
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Internationally bestselling author of The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz gives us a mystical tour of his life and calling as a “Nagual” in this gripping spiritual and autobiographical teaching novel.Internationally bestselling author Don Miguel Rui…
Internationally bestselling author of The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz gives us a mystical tour of his life and calling as a “Nagual” in this gripping spiritual and autobiographical teaching novel.Internationally bestselling author Don Miguel Rui…
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR.When William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm – they could no longer afford his fees. This is…
SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR.When William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm – they could no longer afford his fees. This is…
Kick: The True Story of Kick Kennedy, JFK’s Forgotten Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth
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The remarkable life of the vivacious, clever – and forgotten – Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy and was almost erased from her family history.The favourite child of Joe Kennedy and favourite sister of Jack, Kick Kennedy was spirite…
The remarkable life of the vivacious, clever – and forgotten – Kennedy sister, who charmed the English aristocracy and was almost erased from her family history.The favourite child of Joe Kennedy and favourite sister of Jack, Kick Kennedy was spirite…
King of the North Wind: The Life of Henry II in Five Acts
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Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral. Who was …
Henry II conquered the largest empire of any English medieval king. Yet it is the people around him we remember: his wife Eleanor, whom he seduced from the French king; his son Richard the Lionheart; Thomas Becket, murdered in his cathedral. Who was …
Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art
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Gene Wilder defined film comedy in the 1970s and '80s. But this is no traditional autobiography, rather it's an intelligent, quirky, humorous account of key events that have affected him in search for love and art.In this very personal, fascinating b…
Gene Wilder defined film comedy in the 1970s and '80s. But this is no traditional autobiography, rather it's an intelligent, quirky, humorous account of key events that have affected him in search for love and art.In this very personal, fascinating b…
Labyrinths: Emma Jung, Her Marriage to Carl and the Early Years of Psychoanalysis
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The story of Emma and Carl Jung's highly unconventional marriage, their relationship with Freud, and their part in the early years of Psychoanalysis.Emma Jung was clever, ambitious and immensely wealthy, one of the richest heiresses in Switzerland wh…
The story of Emma and Carl Jung's highly unconventional marriage, their relationship with Freud, and their part in the early years of Psychoanalysis.Emma Jung was clever, ambitious and immensely wealthy, one of the richest heiresses in Switzerland wh…
Late for Tea at the Deer Palace: The Lost Dreams of My Iraqi Family
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A lyrical, haunting, multi-generational memoir of one family’s tempestuous century in Iraq from 1900 to the present.The Chalabis are one of the oldest and most prominent families in Iraq. For centuries they have occupied positions of honour and respo…
A lyrical, haunting, multi-generational memoir of one family’s tempestuous century in Iraq from 1900 to the present.The Chalabis are one of the oldest and most prominent families in Iraq. For centuries they have occupied positions of honour and respo…
Кларендон и его время. Странная история Эдварда Хайда, канцлера и изгнанника
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В книге доктора исторических наук Андрея Борисовича Соколова на фоне драматических событий британской истории середины XVII века рассматривается биография Эдварда Хайда, первого лорда Кларендона, политика и мыслителя. Как заметил один американский ис…
В книге доктора исторических наук Андрея Борисовича Соколова на фоне драматических событий британской истории середины XVII века рассматривается биография Эдварда Хайда, первого лорда Кларендона, политика и мыслителя. Как заметил один американский ис…
Как я стал собой. Воспоминания
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Память – вещь ненадежная, книга в этом плане – настоящее спасение для тех, кто осознает важность своего прошлого. Ирвин Ялом, автор мировых бестселлеров и популярный психолог, запечатлел на страницах новой книги все самые важные моменты своей жизни. …
Память – вещь ненадежная, книга в этом плане – настоящее спасение для тех, кто осознает важность своего прошлого. Ирвин Ялом, автор мировых бестселлеров и популярный психолог, запечатлел на страницах новой книги все самые важные моменты своей жизни. …
The Girls Who Went to War: Heroism, heartache and happiness in the wartime women’s forces
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The personal accounts of three young women who joined up in 1940.In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many, and a population…
The personal accounts of three young women who joined up in 1940.In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone against Germany. The British Army stood at just over one and a half million men, while the Germans had three times that many, and a population…
Tales from a Young Vet: Part 3 of 3: Mad cows, crazy kittens, and all creatures big and small
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Tales from a Young Vet can either be read as a full-length ebook or in 3 serialised ebook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3.The funny, touching and entertaining story of how Jo Hardy, the star of BBC2’s Young Vets, gets to grips with animals big and sma…
Tales from a Young Vet can either be read as a full-length ebook or in 3 serialised ebook-only parts.This is PART 3 of 3.The funny, touching and entertaining story of how Jo Hardy, the star of BBC2’s Young Vets, gets to grips with animals big and sma…
Little Princes: One Man’s Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal
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So as not to seem completely self-indulgent to his friends and family, Conor started his year-long trip around the world with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What began as a cover story changed Cono…
So as not to seem completely self-indulgent to his friends and family, Conor started his year-long trip around the world with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What began as a cover story changed Cono…
Triumph Over Adversity 3-in-1 Collection
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For the first time, Casey Watson’s The Girl Without a Voice, Torey Hayden’s Beautiful Child and Mary MacCracken’s Lovey are combined in an exclusive e-book bundle. Discover the moving stories of three inspirational teachers as they try to pull their …
For the first time, Casey Watson’s The Girl Without a Voice, Torey Hayden’s Beautiful Child and Mary MacCracken’s Lovey are combined in an exclusive e-book bundle. Discover the moving stories of three inspirational teachers as they try to pull their …

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