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The poet Rainer Maria Rilke visited Russia in 1900. In Yasnaya Polyana he met Count Leo Tolstoy, whom he considered to be the greatest artist and prophet. It is generally believed that the meeting took place in an atmosphere of perfect harmony. But w…

Maniac killer: psychology and classification. Do you know that maniacs are completely different? For example, local (their victims in certain areas), wandering (hunting in travel), power lovers (superiority over the victim), sweethearts (hedonists),…

A journey through time to the origins of the phenomenon of Russian love. Three vectors of Russian love of the Golden Age (romantic, rational and innermost) in the Silver Age converged at one key point — the search for a new person. In the third part …

Frank narrative of a soldier’s life at the Arctic Circle during World War II. A young man was drafted into the Red Army and brought to the shore of the Barents Sea just a few weeks before the German invasion. He spent the next three years on the fron…

“Thus began my voyage back to the mainland, where I set off with my notebook, determined to tell some good stories …” Justin Petrone has lived in Estonia for 15 years and written many books about his experiences, including the bestselling My Estonia …

This is Madge’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“On the morning of her Rowntrees job interview, on a warm…

This is Dorothy’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“‘Every Friday when we got paid, they used to come roun…

This is Maureen’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“Maureen started work at Rowntree’s on her fifteenth bi…

Charlton Athletic represent a model of how a Premiership football club should be run.Former manager Alan Curbishley reveals the secrets of the club’s success – from the boardroom and manager’s office down to the dressing room and pitchside – and refl…

This is Florence’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“Florence was born in 1923 and remembers sleeping thre…

This is Eileen’s story, one of five stories extracted from THE SWEETHEARTS.Whether in wartime or peace, tales of love, laughter and hardship from the girls in the Rowntrees factory in Yorkshire.“Eileen’s dad worked at the Rowntree’s factory loading c…

Now a major motion picture nominated for nine Academy Awards. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup is a memoir of a black man who was…

"Although Reminiscences…was first published some seventy years ago, its take on crowd psychology and market timing is a s timely as last summer's frenzy on the foreign exchange markets." —Worth magazine "The most entertaining book written on investi…

PART 2 OF 3Tilly hates her stepfather, Dave. He abuses her mother, but she refuses to leave him.Frightened for her own safety, Tilly asks to go into foster care and is placed with Cathy. Tilly arrives with a graze on her cheek and Cathy becomes incre…

When Ingrid gives all of her savings to the man she falls for on the internet and has nothing left to give, he starts showing his true colours – because Chrisben is an unscrupulous love scammer.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of How to Fail ‘Elizabeth Day has revolutionised the way we see failure’ Stylist‘A beautiful timely and humane book’ Alain de Botton‘Most failures can teach us something meaningful about ourselves if we choose…