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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…
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…
Chuck it all in and buy a zoo? Why not? thought Benjamin Mee, unaware of the grim living conditions, creditors and escaped big cat that lay in wait…A few years ago, Ben and his wife, Katherine, sold their small flat in Primrose Hill and moved to Fran…
Chuck it all in and buy a zoo? Why not? thought Benjamin Mee, unaware of the grim living conditions, creditors and escaped big cat that lay in wait…A few years ago, Ben and his wife, Katherine, sold their small flat in Primrose Hill and moved to Fran…
102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris’s eighth arrondissement.Upstairs lives Madame Williams, with her second husband and her harp. Downstairs lives Marcel Proust, trying to write In Search of Lost Time, but all too often distracted by…
102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris’s eighth arrondissement.Upstairs lives Madame Williams, with her second husband and her harp. Downstairs lives Marcel Proust, trying to write In Search of Lost Time, but all too often distracted by…
He’s young, he’s hot and he’s set to be the biggest thing in pop – 16-year-old Cody Simpson is sending shockwaves around the world.Now, in his first official book, Cody reveals all about his meteoric rise to fame. From the beaches of Australia to tou…
He’s young, he’s hot and he’s set to be the biggest thing in pop – 16-year-old Cody Simpson is sending shockwaves around the world.Now, in his first official book, Cody reveals all about his meteoric rise to fame. From the beaches of Australia to tou…
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.
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 …
Family is not always a place of safety.Kathleen was just eight years old when her mother was tragically killed in a car accident. And when her father remarries it is to the bitter and resentful Irene who has two children of her own and no space in he…
Family is not always a place of safety.Kathleen was just eight years old when her mother was tragically killed in a car accident. And when her father remarries it is to the bitter and resentful Irene who has two children of her own and no space in he…
A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America.In this moving and surprising book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history – and America’s. Where I Was From, in Didion's words, «r…
A memoir of land, family and perseverance from one of the most influential writers in America.In this moving and surprising book, Joan Didion reassesses parts of her life, her work, her history – and America’s. Where I Was From, in Didion's words, «r…
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…
A true story of sex, seduction and the pursuit of pleasure.Welcome to a world where women make – and break – the rules. An underground club notorious for parties wilder than 50 Shades of Grey; a place where, behind elegant masks, your innermost desir…
A true story of sex, seduction and the pursuit of pleasure.Welcome to a world where women make – and break – the rules. An underground club notorious for parties wilder than 50 Shades of Grey; a place where, behind elegant masks, your innermost desir…
Сборник статей офицера правоохранительных органов в отставке. Факты, наблюдения, личное мнение. Автор не претендует в своих выводах на истину в последней инстанции, а лишь дает информацию к размышлению. Тексты статей только расставляют декорации, а з…
Сборник статей офицера правоохранительных органов в отставке. Факты, наблюдения, личное мнение. Автор не претендует в своих выводах на истину в последней инстанции, а лишь дает информацию к размышлению. Тексты статей только расставляют декорации, а з…
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,…
Previously published as My Uncle Charlie.If you lived on the notorious Canterbury Estate in the ‘40s and ‘50s, then you knew there was one man you did not want to cross: Charlie Hudson.A solitary man, feared and respected by the gangsters of the time…
Previously published as My Uncle Charlie.If you lived on the notorious Canterbury Estate in the ‘40s and ‘50s, then you knew there was one man you did not want to cross: Charlie Hudson.A solitary man, feared and respected by the gangsters of the time…
The most intimate account of a serving prime minister ever published, this is the gripping inside story of David Cameron’s government as told by senior figures, including the Prime Minister, George Osborne and Boris Johnson.Spanning the early days of…
The most intimate account of a serving prime minister ever published, this is the gripping inside story of David Cameron’s government as told by senior figures, including the Prime Minister, George Osborne and Boris Johnson.Spanning the early days of…
Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the heartbreaking true story of little Paulie, who is just five when he’s taken into care, in what looks like a tragic family breakdown.Already excluded from his nursery school, and deemed too im…
Bestselling author and foster carer Casey Watson tells the heartbreaking true story of little Paulie, who is just five when he’s taken into care, in what looks like a tragic family breakdown.Already excluded from his nursery school, and deemed too im…
Монография Меира Ландау «Русское эхо с „Титаника“», первая книга из серии «„Титаник“. Без легенды», посвящена русским пассажирам «Титаника» и отдельным пассажирам третьего класса. В книге автор предлагает отличающуюся от официальной версию столкновен…
Монография Меира Ландау «Русское эхо с „Титаника“», первая книга из серии «„Титаник“. Без легенды», посвящена русским пассажирам «Титаника» и отдельным пассажирам третьего класса. В книге автор предлагает отличающуюся от официальной версию столкновен…
‘When I was very young I took my uncles for granted, and it never occurred to me that everyone else in the world was not like them.’In this, only her second book, Penelope Fitzgerald turned her novelist’s gaze on the quite extraordinary lives of her …
‘When I was very young I took my uncles for granted, and it never occurred to me that everyone else in the world was not like them.’In this, only her second book, Penelope Fitzgerald turned her novelist’s gaze on the quite extraordinary lives of her …
В книге описан путь студента после окончания лечебного факультета Казахского государственного медицинского института. Все, с чем он столкнулся на своем жизненном пути — от желания стать хирургом. И что ему помешало осуществить свою мечту. Какие трудн…
В книге описан путь студента после окончания лечебного факультета Казахского государственного медицинского института. Все, с чем он столкнулся на своем жизненном пути — от желания стать хирургом. И что ему помешало осуществить свою мечту. Какие трудн…