This fusion of novel and memoir from a bestselling British author chronicles the destructive effects of WWI on two working-class families in Nottingham.
An advocate for ordinary people, Alan Sillitoe combines family memoir with exhaustive...
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A candid and surprising memoir of the early life of one of England’s most acclaimed and enduring post-WWII writers.
Born in 1928 into a poverty-stricken family in working-class Nottingham, bestselling British novelist Alan Sillitoe’s...
This memoir and literary travelogue from one of the UK’s most esteemed novelists offers rare insight into Cold War-era Russia.
In 1967, seeking an escape from his writing life, bestselling British novelist Alan Sillitoe embarks on a road trip...
Биографии и мемуары
The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village
“A very moving, intensely fascinating literary biography from an extraordinary writer. Thoroughly admirable candor and luminous stylistic precision; the artist as a young man and a memorable picture of an age.”
— William Gibson
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Charles Herbert Lightoller (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1952) was a British merchant seaman and naval officer. He was the second officer on board the RMS Titanic and the most senior member of the crew to survive the Titanic disaster. As the officer...
Биографии и мемуары, Военная история
Adventures in My Youth: A German Soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941-45
The author could be described as a ‘veteran’ in every sense of the word, even though he was only aged 21 when the war ended. Armin Scheiderbauer served as an infantry officer with the 252nd Infantry Division, German Army, and saw four years of...
Oscar-nominated Charlotte Rampling most recently appeared in HBO’s Dexter, and the feature film 45 Years. Her career has spanned popular entertainment and arthouse cinema, having starred in English, French and Italian films from 1966’s Georgy...
Биографии и мемуары, Зарубежная образовательная литература, зарубежная прикладная
Building the H Bomb: A Personal History
In this engaging scientific memoir, Kenneth Ford recounts the time when, in his mid-twenties, he was a member of the team that designed and built the first hydrogen bomb. He worked with—and relaxed with—scientific giants of that time such as...
This memoir from the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking gives readers an intimate, gossip-filled look at what it’s like to be the daughter of Hollywood royalty.
Told with the same intimate style, brutal honesty,...
Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil...