Biographies and memoirs

The twenty-first story in the humorous collection "Tales from the Crab" contains entertaining stories of the author's meetings and work with representatives ...

The twentieth story in the humorous collection "Tales from the Crab" tells about the consequences of not the most successful jokes.

"McClanahan's prose is miasmic, dizzying, repetitive. A rushing river of words that reflects the chaos and humanity of the place from which he hails. [McC...

Many times Uwe Timm tried to write about his brother, a volunteer in the SS Totenkopf division. But every time he started reading his diary and letters from ...

History is made by people, and this is not subject to any doubt. World history has recorded many heroes, political figures, discoverers, inventors, excellent...

“What Ibsen in his drama “Caesar and the Galilean” calls the “third kingdom” found its apostle in the person of one of the most prominent representatives of ...

“The work of this master is the greatest contribution of the American people to art - the greatest contribution of Americans to world culture. Dozens and doz...

Of course, history is made by men. But we know very well that behind every great man there is a great woman. Here are the biographies of the greatest women w...

This brochure, published in the year of the 105th anniversary of the Komsomol, is an addition to my book “Organizing and educating ...” (M, 2017), prepared b...

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) is by no means a pleasant person, but his philosophical works are worthy of admiration. His works give us a clear idea of wha...

It is worth mentioning the name of Niccolo Machiavelli (1469–1527), and his main work, “The Prince,” is immediately recalled, a guide permeated with cynicism...