Memoirs, diaries, essays on politics, music, and art.

From Amazon: John Fowles gained international recognition in 1963 with his first published novel, The Collector, but his labor on what may be his greatest literary undertaking, his journals, commenced over a decade earlier. Fowles, whose works include The Maggot, The French Lieutenant's Woman, and The Ebony Tower, is among the most inventive and influential English novelists of the twentieth...

Memoirs of the famous Soviet/Russian actor, Mikhail Ulianov.

Nadezhda Akinfova was enthusiastically loved by the Russian minister of foreign affairs, Prince A. M. Gorchakov. Moreover, Fedor Tiutchev devoted his verses to her; and then there's the story of her love for N. M. Leikhtenbersky, which was reflected in Tolstoy's novels 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina.' Now, unpublished confidential archival material has allowed the author to reconstruct the...

A collection of letters written by Alla Demidova to Tom Bulter. They started writing in 1990, and their correspondence lasted 15 years. Tom Butler is a Harvard University professor and Alla Demidova is a famous Russian actress.

Aleksandr Vasil'evich Kolchak is by right one of the most famous and significant figures in the military-political history of Russia in the beginning of the twentieth century. However, despite the considerably large amount of literature about this person, many aspects of his work remain shrouded in shadow to this day. This book about Admiral Kolchak-the polar researcher, naval commander,...

Vasilii Chapaev was one of the most active participants in Russia's Civil War; in our time, he is known as the hero of many jokes. The real story of his life is interwoven with fabrications from the well-known movie about his life. Before the fall of the USSR, the name Chapaev was surrounded by an aura of heroism and whole-hearted devotion to the Revolution. This book is based on archival...

Rolan Bykov began keeping diaries at the age of 15 and continued until his death. The reader will see the unfolding story of a nation, of theatre and film, but most of all, the story of a unique individual, ingenious director ('Aibolit-66,' 'Telegram') and actor (;The Overcoat,' 'Andrei Rublev,' ;The Dead Season'). This book is striking for its candor. 'Violent Rolan,' as his friends called...

A biography of the famous Soviet actor.

A serious research of the last year of Dostoevsky's life. It sheds light on the drama of his life, death and the mystery of his departure.

Vlas Doroshevish. The Fate of The Feuilletonist. A full biography.