Александр Александрович Дейнека (1899 - 1969) - живописец, график, скульптор, народный художник СССР, член Академии художеств СССР, Герой Социалистического Труда. Основал Общество художников-станковистов (ОСТ), пропагандировавшее новую стилистику станк...
Claire Tomalin traces Pepy's youth before the diary began, the poor tailor's son, the schoolboy who rejoiced at the execution of Charles I, the aspiring clerk working form Cromwell's senior officials and his transformation into a royalist who helped es...
Paws and Whiskers is a 2014 fundraising anthology for the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, featuring some of the best children's stories about cats and dogs of all time, selected by multi-award-winning and best-selling children's author Jacqueline Wilson,...
Discover what its really like to be a princess in this enchanting treasury. Learn about palace life behind- the-scenes, royal jewel collections and how to greet a queen. See what real princesses wear, and read their life stories. Then bring out the pri...
Set on an island in the South Pacific where the American Army under General Cummings is trying to drive out the Japanese, The Naked and the Dead focuses on a single reconnaissance platoon. The novel is split between alternating chapters depicting ongoi...