Жанр "Биографии. Мемуары"

Resistance in the GULAG
Memoirs. Letters. Documents.

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.
Born into slavery during the early...

In 1936, George Orwell volunteered as a soldier in the Spanish Civil War. In Homage to Catalonia, first published just before the...

Three francs will feed you till tomorrow, and you cannot think further than that...
As a young man struggling to find his voice...

'In this painting of Leonardo's there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human.'

Often called "the...

'As you are well aware, we never loved each other in your lifetime. Both of us pretended.'

Simenon explores the complexity of...

"Памяти Каталонии" - документальная повесть Джорджа Оруэлла, опубликованная в 1938 году, в которой он описывает события...

Kylie Minogue was a star - a famous singer with a lot of money and beautiful clothes. And then, in 2005, the music stopped. Kylie...

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Charles Dickens is one of Britain's greatest writers. His novels have been popular around the world for more than 150 years....

Elizabeth Taylor is known internationally as one of the most beautiful and talented women ever to grace the silver screen. She...

Stephen Hawking was no ordinary scientist. He managed to do more than perhaps any other physicist to broaden our basic...

A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow...

According to Winston Churchill, Alan Turing made the single biggest contribution to the Allied victory over Nazi Germany with his...

Back in the day, I was Governor of Security and Operations for HMP Wormwood Scrubs. If you’re easily shocked or offended, you...

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An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one...

'Someone called and said Kurt died. I just f*****g lost it.'

He has sold over 40 million albums. He's been in bands that have...

'I'd been in so many scrapes with Theo and he'd always saved me. Those days were the hardest of my life so far and … at the...

An intimate and compelling exploration into the unique psyche of the heart surgeon, by one of the profession’s most eminent...

‘Hillbilly Elegy’ is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis – that of white working-class Americans. The...

The definitive critical study of Tolkien's greatest works by the respected and world renowned Tolkien scholar Professor T.A....

Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price. - Amelia Earhart

This fascinating autobiography by...

Initially published as six articles in the Electrical Experimenter magazine, My Inventions is the autobiography of the visionary...

First published as John Barleycorn, Jack London's autobiographical novel is a harrowing account of a life undermined by...

The Innocents Abroad is Mark Twain's humorous narrative of his own travels across Europe. It began life as a series of newspaper...

'Above all, there was a belief in the revolution and the future, a feeling of having suddenly emerged into an era of equality and...

Martha Griffith Browne, a Southern slave-owner who became wedded to the cause of emancipation, wrote this "autobiography" of Ann,...

A good fit of illness proves the value of health; real danger tries one's mettle; and self-sacrifice sweetens character....

A classic story of trying circumstances and enduring hope, The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is...

In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained...