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Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The updated edition of Secret Affairs covers the momentous events of the past year in the Middle East. It reveals the unreported attempts by Britain to cultivate relations with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt after the fall of Mubarak, the military intervention on the side of Libyan rebel forces which include pro-al-Qaeda elements, and the ongoing reliance on the region's ultimate fundamentalist…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Ancient Rome matters. Its history of empire, conquest, cruelty and excess is something against which we still judge ourselves. Its myths and stories — from Romulus and Remus to the Rape of Lucretia — still strike a chord with us. And its debates about citizenship, security and the rights of the individual still influence our own debates on civil liberty today. SPQR is a new look at Roman history…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Like Sherlock Holmes' dog in the night time, sometimes the true significance of things lies in their absence. Rick Gekoski tells the very human stories that lie behind some of the greatest losses to artistic culture — and addresses the questions such disappearances raise. Some of the items are stolen (the Mona Lisa), some destroyed (like Philip Larkin's diaries) and some were lost before they…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention — and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past. She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far — and why — it has faded.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 324) Аннотация: He achieves the miraculous, the sculptor Auguste Rodin wrote of dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. He embodies all the beauty of classical frescoes and statues. Like so many since, Rodin recognised that in Nijinsky classical ballet had one of the greatest and most original artists of the twentieth century, in any genre. Immersed in the world of dance from his childhood, he found his natural home in the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In Being Mortal, Gawande examines his experiences as a surgeon, as he confronts the realities of aging and dying in his patients and in his family, as well as the limits of what he can do. And he emerges with story that crosses the globe and history, exploring questions that range from the curious to the profound: What happens to people's teeth as they get old? Did human beings really commit…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This is the definitive concise account of our remarkable past. Which battle was fought 'For England, Harry and St George'? Who demanded to be painted 'warts and all'? What — and when — was the Battle of the Bulge? In A Short History of England, bestselling author Simon Jenkins answers all these questions — and many more — as he tells the tumultuous story of a fascinating nation. From the invaders…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 296) Аннотация: This is a witty, elegant enquiry into the art of persuasion. Rhetoric is what gives words power. It's nothing to be afraid of. It isn't the exclusive preserve of politicians: it's everywhere, from your argument with the insurance company to your plea to the waitress for a table near the window. It convicts criminals (and then frees them on appeal). It causes governments to rise and fall, best men…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: This is a remarkable new biography of a cultural icon. Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (1839-1906), many did not understand him or his work. With brilliant insight, drawing or a vast range of primary sources, Alex Danchev tells the story of an artist who was never accepted into the official Salon: he was considered a revolutionary at best an a barbarian at…

Скачать книгу (размер 876 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 173) Аннотация: Most of us face the same questions every day: What do I want? And how can I get it? How can I live more happily and work more efficiently? A worldwide bestseller, The Decision Book distils into a single volume the fifty best decision-making models used on MBA courses and elsewhere that will help you tackle these important questions — from the well known (the Eisenhower matrix for time management)…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 636 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 322) Аннотация: Until the catastrophic economic crisis of the late 1990s, East Asia was perceived as a monolithic success story. But heady economic growth rates masked the most divided continent in the world — one half the most extraordinary developmental success story ever seen, the other half a paper tiger. Joe Studwell explores how policies ridiculed by economists created titans in Japan, Korea and Taiwan,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 070 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 211) Аннотация: The world of Mood Indigo is a stained-glass cartoon kind of a place, where the piano dispenses cocktails, the kitchen mice dance to the sound of sunbeams, and the air is three parts jazz. Colin is a wealthy young aristocrat, a slim, innocent creature who loves easily. The instant he sees Chloe, bass drums thump inside his shirt, and soon the two are married. Typically generous, Colin gives a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Why is there an 'h' in ghost? William Caxton, inventor of the printing press and his Flemish employees are to blame: without a dictionary or style guide to hand in fifteenth century Bruges, the typesetters simply spelled it the way it sounded to their foreign ears, and it stuck. Seventy-five per cent of English spelling is regular but twenty-five per cent is complicated, and in Spell It Out our…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Drawn from 3,000 years of the history of power, this is the definitive guide to help readers achieve for themselves what Queen Elizabeth I, Henry Kissinger, Louis XIV and Machiavelli learnt the hard way. Law 1: Never outshine the master Law 2: Never put too much trust in friends; learn how to use enemies Law 3: Conceal your intentions Law 4: Always say less than necessary The text is bold and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «This is the companion book to the bestselling «Concise 48 Laws of Power». Amoral, ruthless, clever and cunning, this is the essential guide to the art of seduction.»

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: «From bestselling author Robert Greene comes a new guide to the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern world. Spanning world civilisations, and synthesising dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts, «The Concise 33 Strategies of War» is a guide to the subtle social game of everyday life. Based on profound and timeless lessons, it is abundantly illustrated…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: In a timely and eye-opening book Rodric Braithwaite examines the Russian experience in that most recent war in Afghanistan (after Alexander's conquests and the many British imperial wars and skirmishes). Largely basing his account on Russian sources and interviews he shows the war through the eyes of the Russians themselves — politicians, officers, soldiers, advisers, journalists, women. As…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: From Weimar Berlin to the fall of Paris, and on to the present day, danger, jealousy and inspiration combine to tempt a man to a secret betrayal. Now a Radio 4 Book at Bedtime scheduled for 27th June — 8th July. Chip told us not to go out. Said, don't you boys tempt the devil. But it been one brawl of a night, I tell you. The aftermath of the fall of Paris, 1940. Hieronymous Falk, a rising star…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient word (loaf) to advanced (twittersphere) and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue (and, what) to the more fanciful (fopdoodle), the author takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprising.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Building on the hugely successful annual Economist The World in... publications, this essential guide to the twenty-first century captures the sweeping, fundamental trends that are changing the world faster than at any time in human history. In 2050 there will be 9.3 billion people alive — compared with 7 billion today — and the number will still be rising. The population aged over sixty-five…