Russia and Historys Turning Point

Alexander Kerensky

History

This memoir discusses Kerenskys early life and brief role as leader of the ill-fated Provisional Government dur

biography, memoir, russia, soviet

The Lunar Men

The Friends who made the future

Jenny Uglow

Non-fiction

In the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humb

astronomy, biography, physics, science

King James

Pauline Croft

History

Pauline Crofts clear and concise study provides a narrative of the reign of King James VI and I in his dominion

biography, england, monarchy, scotland

Plutarchs Lives

Plutarch

History

Plutarchs Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a social history of the ancient world

ancient, biography, epistemology, ethics, hellenic, platonist, roman

The Twelve Caesars

Suetonius

History

As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, Suetonius gained access to the imperial archives and used them (al

ancient, biography, caesar, roman, rome, silverage

Literary Russia: a Guide

Rosamund Bartlett

Non-fiction

From the streets of Bulgakovs Moscow to the country estates of Tolstoy, Literary Russia is a breathtaking guide

biography, literature, maps, moscow, russia, stpetersburg