On a midsummer day in 1937, Boris Bibikov kissed his two daughters goodbye and disappeared. One of those girls, Lyudmila, was to fall in love with a tall young foreigner in Moscow at the height of the Cold War and embark on a dangerous and...
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Shortlisted for the Douglas Stewart prize for non fiction and the Community Relations Commission Award in NSW and the Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year.
I left too early, before tanks rolled into Moscow in 1991, and before Gorbachev was put under...
Биографии и мемуары, Военная проза
Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq and Afghanistan
Автор: Cook Jane Hampton , Green Jocelyn
Серия: Battlefields and Blessings
Язык: английский
Год: 2009
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In this newest installment of the Battlefields & Blessings series, Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan is a 365 day collection of inspiring stories of courage perseverance and faith based on first-hand accounts...
Александр Александрович Генис (род. 11 февраля 1953, Рязань) — русский американский писатель, эссеист, литературовед, критик,...
Spy Sub is the tale of a top-secret submarine named Halibut that lowered miles and miles of special cable along the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in order to investigate a sunken Soviet sub. The mission was such a success that the Halibut itself...
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil...
Биографии и мемуары, История
An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson
For almost two decades, through the War of 1812, James Wilkinson was the senior general in the United States Army. Amazingly, he was also Agent 13 in the Spanish secret service at a time when Spain's empire dominated North America. Wilkinson's...
A collection of letters from Lt Col Laurie to his wife whilst serving in France in WWI before being killed in action in March...
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As command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971, Al Worden flew on what is widely regarded as the greatest exploration mission that humans have ever attempted. He spent six days orbiting the moon, including three days...