Biographies and memoirs

Memoirs of L. K. Chukovskaya about F. A. Vigdorova.

Pearl S. Buck’s groundbreaking memoir, hailed by James Michener as “spiritually moving,” about raising a child with a rare developmental disorder.The Chil...

A collection of posts from my blog, which I have been running for 4 years now and which has 200+ subscribers, decoding my scribbles year after year.

The day my brother’s heart stopped, my growing up began, but not in age, but precisely in my perception of this world. On January 4, 2008, I realized that ch...

...recorded by Andrey Angelov. Facts from life that have never been stated before. The biography is presented briefly, in short, succinct paragraphs. 25 piec...

This collection was prepared in response to numerous requests from young readers of the weekly "Our Penza", fans of Viktor Tsoi and the "Kino" group. The col...

At the leaf fall of 2013, the author was a 4th year student at the Faculty of Biology of the Dnipropetrovsk National University named after Oles Gonchar. Whe...

Interview with Alexandra Osipovna Ishimova (1804–1881), the first Russian children's writer, translator, publisher of children's magazines, talented teacher,...

In Slobodka they went to bed early, conserved energy, and after nine the surroundings were illuminated the old fashioned way - by the moon and stars.

In the winter of 2009, Rachel Cusk's marriage of ten years came to an end. In the months that followed, life as she had known it came apart, 'like a jigsa...

Grandfather Slava, senior lieutenant Sidorenko, had long been waiting for his grandson Slava to overtake his grandfather in military rank. On May 8, Slavka S...