Biographies and memoirs

The Central Committee of the CPSU and the Soviet government adopted a resolution on preparations for the first manned space flight in December 1960. By this ...

“Conversations with the composer - his thoughts about himself, his work, his predecessors and contemporaries, reflections on the future of art, about creativ...

“And Nerds Do Business,” an unusual business book about the adventures of a simple provincial entrepreneur Fyodor Ovchinnikov, became a bestseller in 2011 an...

On the Stage—and Off: The Brief Career of a Would Be Actor (1885) is the first book by Jerome K. Jerome, in which he shares his experiences of acting on the ...

“I Become an Actor” is a fragment (first chapter) from the book “On the Stage - and Off: The Brief Career of a would be Actor”, 1885).< /p>

My Last Appearance is a fragment (the final chapter) from the book On the Stage - and Off: The Brief Career of a would be Actor, 1885.

Comments in which King explains the inspiration for each story and the conditions under which it was written.

Introductory article by Yuri Komov to the book “Murders with which I am in love. Little Detectives of Great America is recommended by Alfred Hitchcock" talks...

Life can change in an instant. For example, when you leave a small Russian town for another country. When you decide to change educational institution a year...

This book is the memoirs of a German Luftwaffe fighter pilot who fought during World War II in northwestern France and Belgium. The author, an eyewitness and...

My experience working in the French Legion organization, how the idea of going there was born, what I went through there.

A step-by-step history of establishing the fate of my ancestors. Which one was who? The answer to this and many other questions is mixed with memories.