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Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late 18th-century England.One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson’s life was marked by reversals of fortune. After being raised by a middle…
Sex, fame and scandal in the theatrical, literary and social circles of late 18th-century England.One of the most flamboyant women of the late-eighteenth century, Mary Robinson’s life was marked by reversals of fortune. After being raised by a middle…
From the author of ‘The Pike’ – winner of the 2013 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction – a compelling story of heroism told through eight famous lives that span from Achilles to Sir Francis Drake.Beginning beneath the walls of Troy, ending in 1930s …
From the author of ‘The Pike’ – winner of the 2013 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction – a compelling story of heroism told through eight famous lives that span from Achilles to Sir Francis Drake.Beginning beneath the walls of Troy, ending in 1930s …
«Павел Кашин. По волшебной реке» – уникальное издание, которое непременно придется по вкусу всем почитателям творчества этого артиста. Со своими читателями Павел делится воспоминаниями из детства, армии, Питера и Америки. Делится сокровенным и дороги…
«Павел Кашин. По волшебной реке» – уникальное издание, которое непременно придется по вкусу всем почитателям творчества этого артиста. Со своими читателями Павел делится воспоминаниями из детства, армии, Питера и Америки. Делится сокровенным и дороги…
В настоящую книгу Максима Горького – одного из самых знаменитых писателей XX века, вошли его дневниковые и мемуарные произведения. Это литературные портреты Л. Толстого, С. Морозова, Л. Андреева, С. Есенина, М. Пришвина, И. Павлова, с которыми он был…
В настоящую книгу Максима Горького – одного из самых знаменитых писателей XX века, вошли его дневниковые и мемуарные произведения. Это литературные портреты Л. Толстого, С. Морозова, Л. Андреева, С. Есенина, М. Пришвина, И. Павлова, с которыми он был…
Au cours de sa longue activité d’envoyé spécial et de correspondant à l’étranger pour les plus grands titres de presse italiens et pour la RAI, Marco Lupis a côtoyé de nombreux protagonistes de notre temps. Ce livre, qui rassemble les entretiens les …
Au cours de sa longue activité d’envoyé spécial et de correspondant à l’étranger pour les plus grands titres de presse italiens et pour la RAI, Marco Lupis a côtoyé de nombreux protagonistes de notre temps. Ce livre, qui rassemble les entretiens les …
A historical novel set in Tuscany in the 18th century, during the enlightened government of Pietro Leopoldo of Hapsburg Lorraine. Autobiographical memories of the Grand Duchess Maria Luisa, his wife and confidante.
“Vienna 1792. Maria Ludovica of Bou…
A historical novel set in Tuscany in the 18th century, during the enlightened government of Pietro Leopoldo of Hapsburg Lorraine. Autobiographical memories of the Grand Duchess Maria Luisa, his wife and confidante.
“Vienna 1792. Maria Ludovica of Bou…
Противостоящие силы – это начало саги, полной драмы, ожидания, действия, приключений и романтики. Начинайте читать и влюбляться в каждую сцену, действие и характер.
Противостоящие силы – это начало саги, полной драмы, ожидания, действия, приключений и романтики. Начинайте читать и влюбляться в каждую сцену, действие и характер.
stories of a journalist
These stories are a daily-life portrait. The main character – with all its flaws – is not entirely imaginary, because she is a journalist who writes about everything: chronicle but above all culture, performances, music. On it…
stories of a journalist
These stories are a daily-life portrait. The main character – with all its flaws – is not entirely imaginary, because she is a journalist who writes about everything: chronicle but above all culture, performances, music. On it…
Nos dez anos de atividades como enviado especial e correspondente no exterior para as maiorias dos maiores jornais italianos e para a RAI, Marco Lupis encontrou-se de perto com muitos protagonistas do nosso tempo.
Neste livro, que reúne os encontros …
Nos dez anos de atividades como enviado especial e correspondente no exterior para as maiorias dos maiores jornais italianos e para a RAI, Marco Lupis encontrou-se de perto com muitos protagonistas do nosso tempo.
Neste livro, que reúne os encontros …
Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier, who rose from genteel poverty to lead his country to glory, cemen…
Bestselling military historian Richard Holmes delivers an expertly written and exhilarating account of the life of John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough and Britain's finest soldier, who rose from genteel poverty to lead his country to glory, cemen…
A groundbreaking work of Romantic biography; David Crane’s book is an astonishingly original examination of Byron, and a radical approach to biography.Crane focuses on the lifelong feud between Augusta – Byron’s half-sister with whom he had a passion…
A groundbreaking work of Romantic biography; David Crane’s book is an astonishingly original examination of Byron, and a radical approach to biography.Crane focuses on the lifelong feud between Augusta – Byron’s half-sister with whom he had a passion…
This edition does not include illustrations.A new biography of one of the most intrepid, romantic and fascinating of the great nineteenth-century travellers.Explorer, scholar, travel writer and poet, Charles Doughty was one of the great 19th-century …
This edition does not include illustrations.A new biography of one of the most intrepid, romantic and fascinating of the great nineteenth-century travellers.Explorer, scholar, travel writer and poet, Charles Doughty was one of the great 19th-century …
From a childhood of gothic proportions in a vicarage on the Welsh borders, through adolescence, leaving herself teetering on the brink of the 1960's, Lorna Sage vividly and wittily brings to life a vanished time and place and illuminates the lives of…
From a childhood of gothic proportions in a vicarage on the Welsh borders, through adolescence, leaving herself teetering on the brink of the 1960's, Lorna Sage vividly and wittily brings to life a vanished time and place and illuminates the lives of…
This edition does not include illustrations.The inspirational story of three international runners attempting to achieve what no one had managed – to break the four-minute mile barrier. It was the ultimate test of endurance, and the human drama that …
This edition does not include illustrations.The inspirational story of three international runners attempting to achieve what no one had managed – to break the four-minute mile barrier. It was the ultimate test of endurance, and the human drama that …
An extraordinary portrait of one family across the years of Japan’s greatest changes; a loving, honest, moving biography of the author’s mother.Ruri Pilgrim tells the story of her family from the 1870s to the 1950s. She begins with the formality and …
An extraordinary portrait of one family across the years of Japan’s greatest changes; a loving, honest, moving biography of the author’s mother.Ruri Pilgrim tells the story of her family from the 1870s to the 1950s. She begins with the formality and …
A true Christmas story of a family suffering their darkest moments finding strength and love from a surprise Christmas miracle.December 1999: It was the Christmas season, but Joanne Smith was numb. She wished she could just go to sleep and wake up on…
A true Christmas story of a family suffering their darkest moments finding strength and love from a surprise Christmas miracle.December 1999: It was the Christmas season, but Joanne Smith was numb. She wished she could just go to sleep and wake up on…
A true Christmas story of a family suffering their darkest moments finding strength and love from a surprise Christmas miracle.December 1999: It was the Christmas season, but Joanne Smith was numb. She wished she could just go to sleep and wake up on…
A true Christmas story of a family suffering their darkest moments finding strength and love from a surprise Christmas miracle.December 1999: It was the Christmas season, but Joanne Smith was numb. She wished she could just go to sleep and wake up on…
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLERLike A Streecat Named Bob before it, Finding Gobi is a truly heart-warming story for animal lovers worldwide…In 2016, Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner, unexpectedly stumbled across a little stray dog while…
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.2 BESTSELLERLike A Streecat Named Bob before it, Finding Gobi is a truly heart-warming story for animal lovers worldwide…In 2016, Dion Leonard, a seasoned ultramarathon runner, unexpectedly stumbled across a little stray dog while…
Его любят, его ненавидят, на него равняются, и его безжалостно критикуют. Илон Маск – пожалуй, одна из самых противоречивых фигур современности. Кто-то называет его визионером, провидцем – и свято верит его обещаниям переселить человечество на Марс. …
Его любят, его ненавидят, на него равняются, и его безжалостно критикуют. Илон Маск – пожалуй, одна из самых противоречивых фигур современности. Кто-то называет его визионером, провидцем – и свято верит его обещаниям переселить человечество на Марс. …
Венедикт Ерофеев (1938–1990), автор всем известных произведений «Москва – Петушки», «Записки психопата», «Вальпургиева ночь, или Шаги Командора» и других, сам становится главным действующим лицом повествования. В последние годы жизни судьба подарила …
Венедикт Ерофеев (1938–1990), автор всем известных произведений «Москва – Петушки», «Записки психопата», «Вальпургиева ночь, или Шаги Командора» и других, сам становится главным действующим лицом повествования. В последние годы жизни судьба подарила …