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In August 1930, a Norwegian sloop, sailing in the Arctic Ocean, stopped at a remote island, where its crew members foudn a book, together with a boath…

В День матери в 2002 году Гленнон Дойл была одинока, страдала от несчастной любви, булимии и алкоголизма. Но именно в этот день она узнала, что береме…

An indispensable guide to parents of hockey hopefuls At a time of great change in hockey, Justin Davis exposes the dark underbelly of the journey from…

Die Anthropologin Nastassja Martin teilt in dieser autobiografischen Erzählung die Geschichte einer tiefen Verletzung und deren Heilung. Eine ihrer Fo…

The Little Book of Zlatan is a celebration of one of the most charismatic, mercurial and talismanic footballers in the game, an individual so distinct…

Michael Jackson, der «King of Pop», starb am 25.Juni 2009 in Los Angeles. Er galt als einer der erfolgreichsten Musiker der Popgeschichte und hat Mill…

In a kind of Catherine Millet meets Roland Barthes baring of life with hints of the work of Chris Kraus, Sludge Utopia by Catherine Fatima is an auto-…

A Personal Record is a «fragment of biography», an autobiographical work by Joseph Conrad, published in 1912. It is also a masterpiece of atmospheric …

От Сибири до Австралии – пешком! Всемирно известная путешественница Сара Маркиз представляет историю о том, как она преодолела себя и прошла более 16 …

The Lost Diaries is a wide-ranging anthology of the world's greatest diarists, each of them channelled onto paper through the considerable psychic for…

A momentous memoir of childhood and adolescence from one of our finest and most beloved writers, as we’ve never seen her before.In The Lost Landscape,…

The remarkable true story of one of America’s finest racehorses.When her beloved Meadow Stables is faced with closure following her father’s illness, …

Stanley Spencer (1891 – 1959) has recently been recognised by a wide general public, as well as by art historians, as probably the greatest English pa…

From football hooligan to opera singer, from the Cockney Reds to Catullus, from a hectic household to tranquility of spirit, Mark Glanville has travel…

The first ever biography of Toe Blake – Hockey Hall of Famer and eleven-time Stanley Cup winner “Holy Dirty Dora!” Hector “Toe” Blake would bark while…

‘I’m so sorry, Casey,’ my link worker John said, sounding weary. ‘I know this is probably the worst time I could ring you, but we desperately need som…

Kelley Jo Burke embarks on a wild journey to understand many things, including the part where her grandfather sort of murdered her grandmother. Return…

Ten Thousand Miles Without a Cloud is a beautifully written account of Sun Shuyun’s journey to retrace the steps of one of the most popular figures in…

This course will have a profound impact on your faith and thinking. Thomas Aquinas, OP (1225-1274), is one of world history''s most influent…

Crammed with useful info, funny recollections, heartfelt anecdotes, and lots of cute furry creatures, a collection for all animal lovers! This collect…

Семен окончил вальдорфскую школу в Смоленске и отделение журналистики СмолГУ. Первым его местом работы было телевидение в Абхазии. Потом он военкор на…

From the author of The Perfect Storm, a gripping book about Sebastian Junger's almost-fatal year with the 2nd battalion of the American Army.They were…

Художник и ученый, изобретатель и музыкант, архитектор и скульптор – таланты Леонардо многогранны и непредсказуемы, как и повороты его судьбы, а истор…

A hundred years ago, the Viennese satirist Karl Kraus was among the most penetrating and prophetic writers in Europe: a relentless critic of the popul…

В этой захватывающей и познавательной аудиокниге слушатель найдет описание ключевых качеств, благодаря которым 50 наиболее харизматичных и вдохновляющ…

Previously published in paperback as October Sky.Three years in the life of Homer ‘Sonny’ Hickam, from the moment he sees the Sputnik satellite overhe…

Described by Pilot magazine in 2011 as ‘Inspirational … one of the best books ever written about flying’. Join the real Magnificent Men in Their Flyin…

Im Frühjahr 1900 fahren die Schriftstellerin Lou An­dreas-Salomé und Rainer Maria Rilke gemeinsam für mehrere Wochen nach Rußland. Sie besichtigen Kir…

Messners Schicksalsberg. Der Nanga Parbat liegt im Himalaja-Massiv. Er ist der neunthöchste Berg der Erde, seine Steilwand an der Südseite mit 4500 Me…

Перед вами книга Александра Кинжинова, одного из самых ярких участников 18-ого сезона «Битвы экстрасенсов». Александр рассказывает о своей жизни и Дар…

Presented by acclaimed biographer Prof. Michael W. Higgins, Ph.D., this course explores the life and literary genius of Thomas Merton. When Thomas Mer…

Volume containing the biographies in English of the following characters: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Benito Juárez, Francisco I. Madero, Father Miguel…

In a stunning fictional tour de force, based on five years of research, Donald S. Olson portrays Aubrey Beardsley's life from infancy to his deat…

An extraordinary account of survival in Syria's most notorious military prisons that is written with «brutal clarity – and yet, there is a poe…

The hapless and hilarious tale of a life lived under the constant and ruthless reign of a chocolate biscuit…Lumped into 'the too fat for potatoes grou…

Transcending beliefs and borders, Niaz Qureshi's On Foot from Pakistan to Germany recalls one man's trek from East to West in the 1960…

НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ(ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ЭЙДЕЛЬМАН ТАМАРОЙ НАТАНОВНОЙ, СОДЕРЖАЩЕЙСЯ В РЕЕСТРЕ ИНОСТРАННЫХ АГЕНТОВ С 09.09.2022. В…

For almost 350 years the Plantagenet family held the English throne – longer than any dynasty in English history – and yet its origins were in Anjou i…

Taylor marched up to the woman behind the front desk and went into gear. «Hi! I'm Taylor Swift! I'm eleven and I want a record deal!» She ha…

In the tradition of ‘Agent Zigzag’ comes a breathtaking biography of WWII’s ‘Scarlet Pimpernel’ as fast-paced and emotionally intuitive as the best sp…

Ist die soeben verspeiste Hand wirklich die eines Affen gewesen? Lauert vielleicht doch ein Indianer mit tödlich vergiftetem Pfeil im Urwald neben der…

Join bestselling author and mysticism expert Fr. Harvey Egan for an in-depth look at the mysticism of the Apostle Paul.In this masterful audio series …

Как чувствует себя человек, вынужденный убить своего любимого? Двадцатилетняя Марита Лоренц отправилась на Кубу и влюбилась в одного из самых известны…

UDO JÜRGENS – ein großer Künstler feiert seinen 80, Geburtstag Mehr als 100 Millionen verkaufte Tonträger, über 1000 Songs und 50 Alben sowie 25 Tourn…

In 1992 Christina Lamb reported on the war the Afghan people were fighting against the Soviet Union. Now, back in Afghanistan, she has written an extr…