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Скачать книгу (размер 2 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 452) Аннотация: When she fell pregnant as a teenager in Ireland in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent at Roscrea in Co. Tipperary to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him from her and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. Coerced into signing a document promising never to attempt to see her child again, she nonetheless…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Russia is a country of contradictions, a nation of cultural refinement and artistic originality and yet also a country that rules by 'the iron fist'. In this riveting history, Martin Sixsmith shows how Russia's complex identity has been formed over a thousand years, and how it can help us understand its often baffling behaviour at home and abroad. Combining in-depth research and interviews with…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Putins Oil relates Vladimir Putins war for control of Russias vast oil reserves, in particular Mikhail Khodorkovskys oil firm, Yukos. The book investigates the complex world of Kremlin politics, including conspiracies and conspiracy theories, allegations that Roman Abramovitch plotted with Putin to destroy Khodorkovsky, suspicions of betrayal and double agents in the Kremlin and in Yukos, murder…