биографии и мемуары (страница 342)

Автор: Richard A. Gabriel

Hannibalın ən yaxşı bioqrafiyalarından biri sayılan bu kitabı oxuyaraq məşhur sərkərdə ilə bağlı y?zillər boyu hər kəsi d?ş?nd?rən ?oxsaylı suallara konkret cavab tapmaq m?mk?nd?r.

Серия: Tarixi yaradanlar

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Автор: Fabian Vogt

101 Elefanten f?r Deutschland. – Drei Abenteurer bringen Hoffnung nach Sachsen-Anhalt Eigentlich doch eine sehr naheliegende Idee: Die entv?lkerten Landstriche im Osten Deutschlands mit einer Herde charmanter Dickh?uter zu besiedeln. Das findet jedenfalls Hannibal Mayer, der Expeditionsleiter einer etwas anderen Karawane. Hannibal zieht mit seinem Freund Bongani und 101 Elefanten aus dem Kr?ger-Nationalpark in S?dafrika nach Sachsen-Anhalt, um dort einen postmodernen Safari-Park zu er?ffnen. F?r den Lebensk?nstler ist dieser einzigartige Treck nicht nur eine brillante Gesch?ftsidee, sondern die Erf?llung einer Sehnsucht und die Verwirklichung seines Lebenstraums. Die seltsame Truppe durchquert den afrikanischen Kontinent in all seiner Sch?nheit und st??t dabei immer wieder auf absonderliche Br?uche und Menschen. Grenzfl?sse werden durchschwommen, weite Teile der Strecke auf einem klapprigen Moped zur?ckgelegt und eine seltsame Verschw?rung rotbeiniger Reiher aufgedeckt. Begleitet wird Mayer von einem Reporter, der die Unternehmung hautnah portr?tiert und selbst zum Teil der Schicksalsgemeinschaft wird. F?r ihn entpuppt sich die Expedition als eine einzigartige Pilgerreise, auf der er nicht nur seiner gro?en Liebe begegnet, sondern auch seinen Weg zu Gott findet.

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Автор: Christoph Kleemann

»Krebs!« Als der ehemalige Pfarrer Hans-Georg Weber, der eine Landesstelle zur Erforschung der Opposition in der DDR leitet, gegen Ende seines Berufslebens diese Diagnose erh?lt, entscheidet er sich statt f?r Operation und Chemo f?r eine alternative Therapie. In der kleinen Privatklinik in Vierwalden wird seine Erkrankung als ganzheitliche St?rung erkannt und biologisch behandelt. Als er beginnt, sich seiner eigenen Lebensgeschichte zu stellen, geraten Glaube und Theologie, Selbstbild und Anspruch, Anerzogenes und Charakterbedingtes in einen reinigenden Strudel, aus dem er gest?rkt und hoffnungsvoll hervorgeht. Viele Reisen haben ihn schon in den »Westen« gef?hrt. Nun wird es eine Pilgerreise sein, eine Reise zu den Wurzeln, eine Reise zu sich selbst, bei der er das, was krank macht, hinter sich zu bringen sucht. Er beginnt sein Leben neu zu ordnen. Und erh?lt eine neue Chance.

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Автор: Jane Lynch

The hilarious and inspiring story of how Jane Lynch changed from a real-life Sue Sylvester to the happy and fulfilled actress she is today.In 1974, a fourteen-year-old girl in Dolton, Illinois, had a dream. A dream to become an actress, like her idols Ron Howard and Vicki Lawrence. But it was a long way from the South Side of Chicago to Hollywood, and it didn’t help that she’d recently dropped out of the school play, The Ugly Duckling.But the funny thing is, it all came true. Through a series of happy accidents, Jane Lynch created an improbable – and hilarious – path to success. In those early years, despite her dreams, she was also consumed with anxiety, feeling out of place in both her body and her family. To deal with her worries about her sexuality, she escaped in positive ways – such as joining a high school chorus not unlike the one in Glee – but also found destructive outlets. She started drinking almost every night her freshman year of high school and developed a mean and judgmental streak that turned her into someone similar to her on-screen nemesis, Sue Sylvester.Then, at thirty-one, she started to get her life together. She was finally able to embrace her sexuality, come out to her parents, and quit drinking for good. Soon after, a Frosted Flakes commercial and a chance meeting in a coffee shop led to a role in the Christopher Guest movie Best in Show, which helped her get cast in The 40-Year-Old Virgin. Similar coincidences led to roles in movies starring Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, and even Meryl Streep in 2009’s Julie & Julia. Then, of course, came the two lucky accidents that truly changed her life. Getting lost in a hotel led to an introduction to her future wife, Lara. Then, a series she’d signed up for was abruptly cancelled, making it possible for her to take the role of Sue Sylvester in Glee, which made her a megastar.Today, Jane Lynch has finally found the contentment she thought she’d never have. Part comic memoir and a story of real-life luck, this is a book equally for the rabid Glee fan and for anyone who needs a new perspective on life, love, and success.

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Автор: Sarah Beeson

Answers to the questions real mum and dads have during the first year.There isn’t one perfect way of parenting: every single baby and family is unique. Feeling confident, authentic and positive about your role as a parent is key to building a loving relationship. This book helps you find your parenting style so you can be the parent you want to be.Written by Sarah Beeson MBE, who has over 40 years hands-on experience of working as a health visitor, this book is full of the author’s secrets and tried and tested strategies on breastfeeding, sleeping, weaning, calming your baby and forming a secure attachment .Nurturing, practical and refreshingly honest, this book embraces the idea that one-size parenting doesn’t fit all, but with Sarah Beeson’s book to hand you have a best friend with great advice and a gentle approach to guide you through the first.

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Автор: Sofie Hagen

‘Perfect, kind, hilarious and persuasive’ Lena Dunham‘You need this book. Your mum needs this book. Your best friend needs this book. Everyone needs a dose of Happy Fat!’ Julie Murphy‘I am a fat person and I love my body. I feel lucky to be able to say that – it has taken a lot of work and a lot of time. I want to tell you what I have learned and how I got here.’In Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgement and discrimination are rife.From shame and sex to airplane seats, love and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for readers – drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions along the way.Part memoir, part social commentary, Happy Fat is a funny, angry and impassioned look at how taking up space in a culture that is desperate to reduce you can be radical, emboldening and life-changing.

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Автор: Cathy Glass

A fresh and practical guide to successfully managing children’s behaviour – from babies to young adults.Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for over 20 years, during this time fostering more than 50 children, as well as bringing up three of own. Many of these children have had severe behavioural difficulties and have come to Cathy as a last resort, when their parents or carers were no longer able to cope.Drawing on a combination of years of training and extensive personal experience, in this comprehensive guide, Cathy passes on her tried and tested methods for guiding, nurturing and disciplining children.Approaching child development chronologically, this book guides you through Cathy's incredibly simple and effective 3Rs technique: Request, Repeat and Reassure.Within this framework, Cathy addresses a host of childcare issues, including, amongst others, why children misbehave and what parents can do to the change this, how diet can affect children's behaviour, what parents can do to avoid sibling rivalry, and how to spot and address the behavioural symptoms of special needs such as dyslexia, autism, ADHD and bipolar.Applicable to all age groups – from newborn babies to young adults – Happy Kids is a clear and concise guide to raising confident, well-behaved and happy children.

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Автор: Mojgan Sheikhi

Hicri 362’de Harezm’in merkezi olan Kas’ta d?nyaya gelen Ebu Reyhan-i Birun?, t?m hayatını bilgiye ve bilmediği şeyleri ?ğrenmeye adamış, d?nyada bilim sahasına ilk keşif ve buluşlarla ışık tutmuş, fıkıh bilginidir. Parlak zek?sı sebebiyle daha k???k yaşta dikkati ?eken Muhammed’in bir g?n, ileride hocası olacak Ebu Nasır ile yolları kesişir ve Muhammed, artık Ebu Reyhan olarak anılacağı o şanlı yolculuğa ilk adımını atar. "Benim bu kadar g?m?şe ihtiyacım yok. Bir ?m?r kıt kanaat ge?indim, bu yaştan sonra da huylu huyundan vazge?mez, yine b?yle ge?inirim. D?nya malının beni ilim ?ğrenmekten, araştırma yapmaktan ve en ?nemlisi de Allah’ı hatırlamaktan alıkoymasından korkarım."

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Автор: Агата Кристи

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.When two Russian dancers are injured in a car crash on the way to a performance at a masquerade, substitutes are quickly found so that the show can continue. But there is mysterious work at play that could put anyone in real danger…

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Автор: Peter Hennessy

Reissued with a new foreword to mark the centenary of Harold Wilson’s birth, Ben Pimlott's classic biography combines scholarship and observation to illuminate the life and career of one of Britain's most controversial post-war statesmen.Harold Wilson is one of the most enigmatic personalities of recent British history. He held office as Prime Minister for longer than any other Labour leader, and longer than any other premier in peacetime apart from Mrs Thatcher. His success at winning General Elections – four in all – has so far not been matched. His grasp of economic policy was better than that of any other Prime Minister, and he enjoyed a high reputation among foreign leaders. Yet, in retrospect, he seems a master tactician rather than a strategist – and he is regarded today with more curiosity than respect, when he is not treated with contempt.

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Автор: Lynne Banks Reid

Harry the Poisonous Centipede is now quite brave, but nothing can prepare him for this next adventure! He and best friend George are lost in a new and even scarier no-top world. Far from home, across the no-end puddle, they must negotiate a strange treeless cold desert, a Nest of Hoo-Mins, lots of noise-hurt and terrifying hairy-yowlers!Harry woke up first. The straight-up-hard thing was jiggling. It was moving.“What’s happening?” asked George in alarm.“I don’t know. We’re moving.” Harry replied.“Where are we? We’re not where we were last night!” crackled George.“I told you! This is a can’t -get-out!”Harry and George face the toughest adventure yet when they are shipped West in a crate of bananas. Far across the no-end puddle, miles away from home, they must find a way to survive the bitter cold and hide from the hundreds of Hoo-Mins do-diddling around them. They run away as fast as they can, but inadvertently squirm into a Hoo-Min Nest and come face to face with a hairy-yowler!All Harry wants is to go home to his mother, and tell her how much he warm-hearts her before her time comes to “stop”. But before they can even start the perilous journey home, they must escape the Nest and go out into the no-top world. Yet this particular Hoo-Min is fascinated by insects, and wants nothing more than to add some poisonous centipedes to his collection…

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Автор: Marshall Fine

Originally published in 1997 and now available as an ebook.It has not been possible to include the illustrations in the electronic edition.Perhaps the bravest and most inspiring actor of his generation, Harvey Keitel has made his menacing presence felt in some of the greatest cult movies ever, from Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver to Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.With over fifty films to his name, a dozen of them since 1992, Keitel is one of the most ubiquitous and sought-after actors in Hollywood. Yet unlike so many of his contemporaries, he constantly surprises with daring and risk-taking performances in ground-breaking films such as Bad Lieutenant, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Piano and Smoke.Since his tough childhood in Brooklyn, Keitel's life has been a dramatic and unconventional as his screen roles. 'Harvey Keitel: The Art of Darkness 'tells, for the first time, the story of the rollercoaster career and turbulent personal life of this most powerful performer.

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Автор: Joan Johnston

The Cowboy Takes a WifeDesiree Parrish had two weeks to find a man strong enough to protect her from her abusive ex-husband. She'd never forgotten Carter Prescott's kindness to her, many years ago, but could she trust him to keep her and her daughter safe now? Though she was offering him a marriage in name only, Carter had one nonnegotiable condition–Desiree would have to share his name and his bed!The Unforgiving BrideFrom the moment rancher Falcon Whitelaw first saw Mara Ainsworth, she was the woman of his dreams–but she belonged to someone else. Then a tragic accident left her widowed–and she blamed Falcon. Now Mara has come to him for help. It seems marrying him is the only way to save her daughter's life. Now that he's got her just where he wants her, can Falcon convince Mara to forgive him and make this a marriage for real?

Серия: Mills & Boon M&B

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Автор: Генри Джеймс

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Автор: Генри Форд

Henry Ford… Otomotiv end?strisinin gidişatını değiştiren, adıyla anılan Fordizm ile ?retim bi?imini yeniden inşa eden, ekonomiden sosyolojiye, pek ?ok alanda araştırmaya, eleştiriye, ideolojik tartışmaya konu olmuş bir isim o… Kara mizahın şaheserlerinden Modern Zamanlar’daki fabrika sahnesi k?lt olmuştur. Chaplin, ?n?nden hızla akıp giden seri ?retim bandının ?n?nde bocalar ve t?m fabrikadaki işleyişi bozar… Hayatım ve İşim’de Henry Ford, bizzat kaleme aldığı yaşam ?yk?s?yle bizi, d?nyayı ?deta alt?st eden yeniliklere imza atan insan Henry ile tanıştırıyor. Kuşlara ve doğaya d?şk?n, Edison ve doğa bilimci John Burroughs’la yakın dost olan biri o. Grev ve sendika kelimelerine uzaklığı, Yahudilerle ilgili “kendine has” d?ş?nceleri, sermayenin kimin elinde olduğuna bakmaması gibi en hafif tabirle farklı bir d?ş?nce yapısını bizlerle paylaşıyor. Henry Ford, eleştirilmeyi ama hakkında daha ?ok d?ş?nmeyi ve bilgi sahibi olmayı da sonuna kadar hak ediyor. "D?ş?nmek, herhangi birinin yapabileceği en zor iştir ve muhtemelen d?ş?nen insan sayısının bu kadar az olmasının nedeni de budur. Ka?ınılması gereken iki aşırılık vardır: Biri eğitimi k???mseme tutumu, diğeri ise bir eğitim sisteminden ge?menin cehalet ve vasatlığın kesin tedavisi olduğunu varsaymanın acınası şımarıklığıdır."

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Автор: Monika Stenzel

Fast vierzig Jahre nach dem bahnbrechenden Interview-Buch »Guten Morgen, du Sch?ne« von Maxie Wander befragten die Autorinnen Monika Stenzel und Ulrike Jackwerth ostdeutsche Gro?m?tter, T?chter und Enkelinnen, wie sie heute ihr Leben meistern, was sie gl?cklich macht, was Heimat f?r sie bedeutet. Wie haben sie die umw?lzenden gesellschaftlichen Ver?nderungen nach 1989 erlebt, wie sich in der »westlichen Realit?t« zurechtgefunden? Und was bedeuten die gesellschaftlichen und biografischen Umbr?che f?r die nachfolgende Generation? In spannenden, unterhaltsamen und oftmals ber?hrenden Portr?ts werden die Frauen und ihre Geschichten vorgestellt, kann man Anteil nehmen an ihren Erfahrungen und Erlebnissen.

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Автор: David Baddiel

From the million-copy bestselling author of THE PARENT AGENCY and BIRTHDAY BOY comes a wildly entertaining wish-fulfilment adventure that asks the question: what would happen if the strictest head teacher swapped bodies with the naughtiest kid in school?Strictest head ? naughtiest boy = chaos.Bracket Wood is about to be visited by the school inspectors. But there’s one big problem: Ryan Ward.The maestro of practical jokes, Ryan has played so many tricks that in the end the Head Teacher just walks out. And then the new Head Teacher, Mr Carter, arrives. A man so strict even the teachers are scared of him. So imagine his surprise – and Ryan’s – when they swap bodies.Now Ryan is Head Teacher – and his mortal enemy is one of his pupils. It’s every naughty kid’s dream!But soon Bracket Wood School is in a total mess – and only its worst ever pupil can fix it…

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Автор: Elisabeth Fischer

Beim Basenfasten kann man abnehmen, ohne zu hungern! Eine Vielfalt an Rezepten, die sich auch bestens f?r den stressigen Berufsalltag eignen, holen die Basenbildner Obst und Gem?se vor den Vorhang. Heilsames Basenfasten schenkt uns jede Menge Energie und eine Extraportion Gesundheit. Durch die Vielzahl an Vitalstoffen werden Schadstoffe leicht und beschwerdefrei aus dem K?rper geschwemmt – und das auf ?beraus genussvolle Art. Dabei purzeln die Kilos wie von selbst. Der Verzicht auf S?urebildner wie Fleisch, Milchprodukte und Getreide wird mit den vielfach erprobten Rezepten von Elisabeth Fischer zum kulinarischen Hochgenuss, der unser S?ure-Basen-Gleichgewicht wiederherstellt und unsere Ern?hrungsgewohnheiten auf Dauer ver?ndert.

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Автор: Ксения Рормозер

Современная История России пишется нашими с Вами судьбами. Потомки российских немцев до сих пор сохраняют память о славном прошлом своих предков, однажды принявших Российское подданство и верой и правдой служивших своему новому Отечеству. Сегодня нам нужно не только снова выучить немецкий язык, но и восстановить забытые имена российских немцев, и в частности, немцев Новгородчины, без своевременного участия которых, история России могла бы пойти по совершенно иному пути.

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Автор: Ernst Geiger

Der M?rder inszeniert die Leiche der zwanzigj?hrigen Alexandra wie ein Kunstwerk. Der Wiener Kriminalbeamte Ernst Geiger wei?, dass die L?sung des Falles ein Rennen gegen die Zeit ist, doch die Ermittlungen stocken. Als zwei weitere M?dchen sterben, verf?llt ganz Wien in Panik. Die M?dchenmorde ziehen die spektakul?rsten Polizeiermittlungen nach sich, die die Stadt je erlebt hat.
Ein fesselnder Krimi, basierend auf wahren Begebenheiten in den ausklingenden 1980er- und beginnenden 1990er-Jahren, raffiniert erz?hlt vom damaligen Chefermittler Ernst Geiger.

Исполнители: Николай Попов

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Автор: Julia Strachey

Heiteres Wetter zur Hochzeit erschien erstmals 1932 in der Hogarth Press bei Leonard und Virginia Woolf. Der kleine bitterb?se Roman ist auch heute ebenso erheiternd und scharfsinnig wie vor siebzig Jahren: An ihrem Hochzeitstag wird einer junger Braut bewusst, dass sie dabei ist, einen schwerwiegenden Fehler zu begehen.
Ein frischer M?rztag an der K?ste von Dorset. Dolly ist im Begriff, den Ehrenwerten Owen Bingham zu heiraten. Die Begegnung mit ihrem entt?uschten Verehrer, der es nicht geschafft hat, sie f?r sich zu gewinnen, schreckt die Braut auf. Und Dolly wendet sich – geplagt von b?sen Vorahnungen – einer Flasche Rum zu. Sie hofft, mit deren Unterst?tzung doch noch vor den Altar treten zu k?nnen …

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Автор: Т. О. Книжник

Helena (Elena Iwanowna) Roerich (1879–1955) war eine au?ergew?hnliche russische Denkerin, Schriftstellerin und geistige Vork?mpferin, und ihr sch?pferischer Nachlass stellt eine ganz besondere Erscheinung in der Geschichte des russischen und internationalen wissenschaftlichen und philosophischen Denkens dar. Ihr Hauptlebenswerk, die den Fragen der kosmischen Evolution der Menschheit gewidmeten B?cher der Lebendigen Ethik, und ihr Briefnachlass, das mit diesen B?chern im engen Zusammenhang steht, haben den Grundstein zu vielen kulturellen und spirituellen Prozessen im 20 Jahrhundert gelegt.

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Автор: Seb Hunter

A witty and self-deprecating memoir about headbanging your way through growing up.Seb Hunter was a Heavy Metal fan and he's not proud. This is the story of his misguided 15-year Heavy Metal mission: from the first guitar (his dad's), to the first gig (conquering Winchester with his riffs), on through groupies and girlfriends and too many drugs to a faltering career in London, where outrageous egos, artistic differences and the dreaded arrival of Grunge (and a much needed haircut) kill the Heavy Metal dream.Along the way Seb imparts the important distinctions between Thrash Metal and Glam and casts his connoisseur’s eye over the Metal guitar. You’ll learn when to play a drum solo, the correct way to wear Spandex and exactly what to do when you're in the middle of a field at the Donington Festival and you desperately need a piss.Affectionate, irreverent, and very funny, Hell Bent For Leather is a moving story about growing up, of playing air guitar in your bedroom, of living with parental disapproval and of struggling with the laughter of your friends. It is a memoir about the glorious adolescent obsessions everybody has but no-one will admit to.Featuring music from: AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Kiss, W.A.S.P., Aerosmith The Scorpians and Guns ‘n’ Roses.

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Автор: Ed Macy

May 2006. Pilot Ed Macy arrives in Afghanistan with a contingent of the Apache AH Mk1. It’s the first operational tour for the deadly machines and confidence in the cripplingly expensive attack helicopter is low. It doesn’t help that for their first month ‘in action’, Ed and his mates see little more than the back-end of a Chinook.But when the men of 3 Para get pinned down during Op Mutay, reservations about the fearsome new attack helicopters are thrown out the window. In the blistering firefight that follows, Ed unleashes the first ever Hellfire missile in combat and what had been rumoured as a ?4.2 billion mistake quickly becomes the British Army’s greatest asset, as the awe-inspiring Apache is dramatically redirected to fight the enemy head-on.As a young paratrooper, Ed’s dreams of fighting on the front line rested with the SAS rather than the Army Air Corps, but a brutal accident abuptly ended any chance of SAS selection. Learning to pilot and fight in an attack helicopter was Ed’s route back. In ‘Hellfire’ Ed describes the amount of determination and rule-bending it took to make it as one of the best.In this gripping account of war on the ground and in the skies above the dusty wastes of Helmand, Ed recounts the intense months that followed Op Mutay: the steep learning curve, the relentless missions, the evolving enemy and the changing Rules of Engagement.Ed will need every ounce of willpower and skill to succeed over the long, hot Helmand summer, as he and his colleagues find themselves on trial for their lives and for the reputation of a machine on which the British government had staked a fortune. The crucible of fire that awaited them would cement the fate of man and machine forever.

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Автор: Rosalind Stopps

They wrote it on the wall above my bed. Hello, it said, my name is May. Please talk to me.May has been moved to a care home after her stroke. She can’t communicate, all her words are kept inside. If she tries to point, her arms swing in wild directions, if she tries to talk, strange noises come out of her mouth.May is sharp, quick, and funny, but only her daughter Jenny sees this, and Jackie, a new friend at the home who cares enough to look and listen closely.When May discovers that someone very familiar, from long ago, is living in the room opposite hers she is haunted by scenes from her earlier life, when she was a prisoner of her husband’s unpredictable rages. Bill, the man in the opposite room seems so much like her husband, though almost a lifetime has passed, and May’s eyesight isn’t what it was.As Bill charms his way through the nursing home, he focuses his romantic attention on Jackie, while all May can do is watch. She is determined to protect Jackie and keep herself safe, but what can she do in her vulnerable, silent state?

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Автор: Simon Court

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.King of England, claimant King of France, Lord – and later King – of Ireland, Supreme Head of the Church of England and, perhaps most famously, six times a husband, Henry VIII is England’s most notorious monarch.Succeeding his father, Henry VII, he allied with the Holy Roman Emperor and began his many obsessive invasions of France. Meanwhile the handsome, worldly king embarked on his famous quests for a suitable wife and heir. With marriage to Anne Boleyn came the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church, Reformation and the Dissolution of the Monasteries. From his childhood to his later years and famed appetites for food, sex and validation, ‘Henry VIII: History in an Hour’ describes the life of a man whose desires and determination changed England and the world.Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…

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Автор: Julie Wheeler

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In his ambition to provide a male heir to the throne, Henry VIII married six times. Divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, caused England’s break from the Catholic church in Rome. He went on to divorce Anne of Cleves and behead Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard for infidelities. Jane Seymour died and Catherine Parr survived Henry.Henry VIII’s Wives in an Hour will introduce you to these six entirely diverse and captivating personalities and the events that propelled them to their individual fates. You will learn which wife had what impact on Henry and England and understand why Henry and his six wives form the most popular period of Tudor history.Know your stuff: read about Henry VIII’s wives in just one hour.

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Автор: Carol Townend

Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesClaimed by the Norman Count Hugh Duclair, Count de Freyncourt, has been accused of sedition, stripped of his title and banished from all of King William’s land. Proud and determined, Hugh vows to clear his name!Childhood friend Lady Aude de Cr?vecoeur offers her help – but how far will she go? Should she risk her reputation and her life, or save her reputation and become Hugh’s wife? Turbulent times call for passionate measures…Wessex Weddings Normans and Saxons, conflict and desire!

Серия: Mills & Boon Historical

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Автор: Miguel Bonnefoy

La casa de la calle Santo Domingo de Santiago de Chile ha acogido a varias generaciones de la familia Lonsonier. Llegado de Francia, de las colinas del Jura, con una vi?a en un bolsillo y algunos francos en el otro, el patriarca ech? ra?ces en el pa?s sudamericano a finales del siglo XIX.Su hijo Lazare, a su regreso del infierno en las trincheras de la I Guerra Mundial, vivir? all? con su esposa Th?r?se y construir? en su jard?n el m?s hermoso de los aviarios andinos. Aqu? nacer?n los sue?os de volar a su hija Margot, pionera de la aviaci?n, y donde se unir? a un extra?o soldado del pasado para dar a luz a Ilario Da, el revolucionario.Muchos a?os despu?s, el drama sangriento de la dictadura de Pinochet golpea a los Lonsonier. Llevados por el ojo de la tormenta, volar?n juntos de vuelta hacia su destino con la misteriosa leyenda de un t?o desaparecido como ?nico legado. Bonnefoy pinta as? el retrato de una estirpe de desarraigados, su propia familia, cuyos terribles dilemas, unidos a las heridas de la Historia, revelan su profunda humanidad.

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Автор: Richard Moore

Fully updated to include the extraordinary scenes at London 2012, where Hoy won two more gold medals to bring his total to six and overtake Sir Steve Redgrave, this is the story of Britain's greatest ever Olympian.Chris Hoy has been instrumental in British track cycling's remarkable transformation from also-rans to world superpower. Now, having rewritten the record books as Olympic champion in four different cycling disciplines, and with six gold medals, Hoy has become a householdname and established himself in the pantheon of sporting greats.This is a fly-on-the-wall account of Hoy and his team as he prepared for the Beijing Olympics, where he became the first Briton in a century to win three gold medals in a single Games, and it has now been fully updated to include the extraordinary scenes at London 2012, where Hoy won two more gold medals, to bring his total to six and overtake Sir Steve Redgrave as Britain's greatest ever Olympian.The story begins with Hoy's introduction to cycling as a BMX racer and his progression to Olympic champion, and explains the origins and evolution of Britain's world-beating team. It includes a bizarre visit to the world's highest velodrome in Bolivia and a spellbinding journey from the razzmatazz of theEuropean six-day circuit to the craziness of the Japanese keirin races.Award-winning writer Richard Moore tracks Hoy throughout a season in the saddle, explores his motivations and mentors from a young age, and provides an unblemished insight into the mind of a champion and the largely unknown world of track cycling. It's a story that is fully updated with the remarkable events in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012, two successive Olympic Games that were dominated by Hoy and the British track cycling team.

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Автор: Lucy Hughes-Hallett

From the author of ‘The Pike’ – winner of the 2013 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction – a compelling story of heroism told through eight famous lives that span from Achilles to Sir Francis Drake.Beginning beneath the walls of Troy, ending in 1930s Europe, ‘Heroes’ is a compelling evocation of heroism through eight famous lives – Achilles, Odysseus, Alcibiades, Cato, El Cid, Francis Drake, Wallenstein and Garibaldi.Not necessarily all good – sometimes quite the reverse – but all great, they possessed a charisma, a strength of will powerful enough to persuade those around them that they alone could do the incredible and unprecedented.It is a story of morality and dictatorship; money and sorcery; seduction and mass hysteria.

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Автор: Milena M. Flašar

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Автор: Detlef Gaastra

Herta Tiemann-Gaastra und ihre Zeit … Anhand der Biografie seiner 1917 geborenen Mutter schildert Detlef Gaastra das Leben vor dem zweiten Weltkrieg und in der Nachkriegszeit. Der Leser erf?hrt interessante Dinge ?ber die Atmosph?re in einer noch von Standesdenken gepr?gten Gesellschaft. Hertas Vater war ein sozialdemokratischer Arbeiter, der zu seiner ?berzeugung stand und sich auch von den Nazis nicht einsch?chtern lie?. Herta, die nach h?herem strebte hatte es nicht leicht, ihren Weg im Leben zu finden. Sie wuchs in einer Zeit auf, als die Lebensumst?nde viel h?rter und die Menschen weitaus rigideren Zw?ngen durch Stand und Geschlecht unterworfen waren als heute. Nach dem Krieg lie? das »Wirtschaftswunder« auf sich warten und das Leben Herta von Tiemann-Gaastras war von einem beschwerlichen Alltag und abenteuerlichen Ereignissen gepr?gt. Als es endlich bergauf ging, h?rten Konflikte und Schicksalsschl?ge nicht auf.

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Автор: Max Seeck

Исполнители: Sabine Arnhold

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Автор: Benedikt W. Hollstein

Серия: Aktuelle Gesetzestexte

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Автор: Margot Shetterly Lee

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURETop 10 Sunday Times BestsellerSet amid the civil rights movement, the never-before-told true story of NASA’s African-American female mathematicians who played a crucial role in America’s space program.Before Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, a group of professionals worked as ‘Human Computers’, calculating the flight paths that would enable these historic achievements. Among these were a coterie of bright, talented African-American women. Segregated from their white counterparts, these ‘colored computers’ used pencil and paper to write the equations that would launch rockets, and astronauts, into space.Moving from World War II through NASA’s golden age, touching on the civil rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the women’s rights movement, ‘Hidden Figures’ interweaves a rich history of mankind’s greatest adventure with the intimate stories of five courageous women whose work forever changed the world.

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Автор: Julie Shaw

The explosive sequel to #1 Sunday Times bestseller Bad Blood.Set 18 years later, Hidden Sin is the story of Joey, his girlfriend Paula and Rasta Mo, the man he is to discover is his dad.Joey Parker is a young man with big dreams. Almost eighteen, he’s desperate to escape the shackles of his window cleaning round, so when’s offered the chance to try out as a drummer in a local Blondie tribute band he jumps at the chance. But it isn’t just the music that moves him. It’s also the fact that Paula Foster is the lead singer. The daughter of his mum’s old mate, Josie, she was once a childhood friend. They’ve not seen each other in years, and their mutual attraction is immediate.Meanwhile, notorious local drug overlord, Rasta Mo, has recently returned to Bradford after a spell inside and years in Marbella. He is instantly enamored with the good-looking drummer he discovers is his son. He decides that his new club is in need of a house band – and so begins his attempts to woo him.This book charts a journey between two men into a future neither visualized. And, in Joey’s case, into a dangerous criminal world he’s never known. And, while his mother and step-father can only look on in horror as Joey potentially becomes the one thing she’s always dreaded – his father’s son.Joey is oblivious to who Mo is. The truth has always been hidden from him. All he cares about is that his and Paula’s dreams are all starting to come true. But will the cost of achieving them be too high to pay?

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Автор: Julie Shaw

The explosive sequel to #1 Sunday Times bestseller Bad Blood.Set 18 years later, Hidden Sin is the story of Joey, his girlfriend Paula and Rasta Mo, the man he is to discover is his dad.Joey Parker is a young man with big dreams. Almost eighteen, he’s desperate to escape the shackles of his window cleaning round, so when’s offered the chance to try out as a drummer in a local Blondie tribute band he jumps at the chance. But it isn’t just the music that moves him. It’s also the fact that Paula Foster is the lead singer. The daughter of his mum’s old mate, Josie, she was once a childhood friend. They’ve not seen each other in years, and their mutual attraction is immediate.Meanwhile, notorious local drug overlord, Rasta Mo, has recently returned to Bradford after a spell inside and years in Marbella. He is instantly enamored with the good-looking drummer he discovers is his son. He decides that his new club is in need of a house band – and so begins his attempts to woo him.This book charts a journey between two men into a future neither visualized. And, in Joey’s case, into a dangerous criminal world he’s never known. And, while his mother and step-father can only look on in horror as Joey potentially becomes the one thing she’s always dreaded – his father’s son.Joey is oblivious to who Mo is. The truth has always been hidden from him. All he cares about is that his and Paula’s dreams are all starting to come true. But will the cost of achieving them be too high to pay?

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Автор: Nick Hornby

In celebration of its 20th anniversary, Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of High Fidelity, by Nick Hornby, read by Russell Tovey.  Nick Hornbys first novel, an international bestseller and instantly recognized by critics and readers alike as a classic, helps to explain men to women, and men to men. Rob is good on music: he owns a small record shop and has strong views on whats decent and what isnt. But hes much less good on relationships. In fact, hes not at all sure that he wants to commit himself to anyone. So its hardly surprising that his girlfriend decides that enough is enough.

Исполнители: Russell Tovey

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Автор: Heinrich Thies

Freunde, Nachbarn und Kollegen beschrieben ihn als freundlich, hilfsbereit und gesellig, er galt als liebevoller Vater, als Stimmungskanone, als Kumpel, als unbescholtener Handwerker und seri?ser Gesch?ftsmann mit Kontakten zu den h?chsten Kreisen der Gesellschaft. Doch unbemerkt von der Au?enwelt f?hrte der K?rschnermeister Lutz Seifert ?ber viele Jahre hinweg ein ganz anderes Leben. Im Atomschutzbunker seines Reihenhauses in Hamburg-Rahlstedt hielt der Pelzh?ndler mehrere Frauen gefangen, folterte sie wochenlang, t?tete sie, zerst?ckelte die Leichen und l?ste sie in S?uref?ssern auf, die er dann im Garten vergrub. Zuvor zwang er seine Opfer, ihren Angeh?rigen zu schreiben, dass sie nicht nach ihnen suchen sollten, weil sie einen neuen Partner gefunden h?tten und ein neues Leben beginnen wollten – fernab ihres bisherigen Wohnorts.
Die Polizei widmete den Vermisstenf?llen daher keine gr??ere Aufmerksamkeit. Dies ?nderte sich erst, als die Kriminalbeamtin Karla Sommer auf eigene Faust ermittelte – gegen den Willen ihres Vorgesetzten, nach Feierabend und an Wochenenden. Anders als ihre Kollegen glaubte die Polizeiobermeisterin einer Frau, die von Seifert nach einer gescheiterten L?segeldforderung freigelassen worden war und aus ihrer Gefangenschaft angeblich 'wirres Zeug' berichtete. Die Polizistin nahm auch die Mutter einer Industriekauffrau ernst, die drei Jahre zuvor ?berraschend verschwunden war. Sie befragte Zeugen, studierte Akten, stellte Zusammenh?nge zwischen unterschiedlichen Vermisstenf?llen her und veranlasste die Justiz so zum Handeln. Mit Erfolg: Seifert wurde schlie?lich 1996 wegen Mordes in zwei F?llen zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt.

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Автор: J. D. Vance

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWaterstones nonfiction Book of the Month (June)A Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2016SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE‘The political book of the year’ Sunday Times‘You will not read a more important book about America this year’ EconomistHillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.The Vance family story begins hopefully in post-war America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility.But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history.A deeply moving memoir with its share of humour and vividly colourful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.

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Автор: J. Vance D

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWaterstones Nonfiction Book of the Month (June)‘THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR’ Sunday Times‘You will not read a more important book about America this year’ Economist‘A memoir of life in the Trump-voting white working class is the political book of the year’ Sunday Times‘Hillbilly Elegy’ is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis – that of white working-class Americans. The decline of this group, a demographic of the United States that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck.The Vance family story begins hopefully in post-war America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually their grandchild (the author) would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving generational upward mobility.But as the family saga of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. Vance piercingly shows how he himself still carries around the demons of their chaotic family history.A deeply moving memoir with its share of humour and vividly colourful figures, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of the country.

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Автор: Dean Godson

The comprehensive and groundbreaking biography of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning politician, one of the most influential and important men in Irish political history.Please note that this edition does not include illustrations.How did David Trimble, the ‘b?te noire’ of Irish nationalism and ‘bien pensant’ opinion, transform himself into a peacemaker? How did this unfashionable, ‘petit bourgeois’ Orangeman come to win a standing ovation at the Labour Party conference? How, indeed, did this taciturn academic with few real intimates succeed in becoming the leader of the least intellectual party in the United Kingdom, the Ulster Unionists? And how did he carry them with him, against the odds, to make an ‘historic compromise’ with Irish nationalism?These are just a few of the key questions about David Trimble, one of the unlikeliest and most complicated leaders of our times. Both his admirers and his detractors within the unionist family are, however, agreed on one thing: the Good Friday agreement could not have been done without him. Only he had the skills and the command of the issues to negotiate a saleable deal, and only he possessed the political credibility within the broader unionist community to lend that agreement legitimacy once it had been made.David Trimble’s achievements are extraordinary, and Dean Godson, chief leader writer of the ‘Daily Telegraph’, was granted exclusive and complete access while writing this book.

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Автор: Группа авторов

75 years after the United States dropped the world’s first atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a group of international scholars offers new perspectives on this event and the history, development, and portrayal of the utilization of atomic energy: in military and civilian industries, civil nuclear power, literature and film, and the contemporary world. What lessons have we learned since the end of the Second World War? Can we avoid disasters such as Chernobyl and Fukushima? Have we learned to live with man-made nuclear power in the 21st century?

Исполнители: Nina Petri

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Автор: Лев Астра

Основано на реальных событиях, произошедших с гражданином РФ. Смертельный приговор молодому парню от врачей и пару лет на окончание дел. Цена попытки обмануть смерть – много миллионов рублей, которых негде и не у кого взять. Бессилие и неспособность повлиять ни на собственную жизнь, ни на собственную смерть, полный похеризм всех государственных и негосударственных систем, доводящий до отчаяния и толкающий на крайние меры и поступки… Как много человек может о себе узнать и на что он может быть способен, когда смерть стоит за спиной… Но ведь все может и не получится…

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Автор: Jean-Pierre Catteau-Calleville

Полный вариант заголовка: «Histoire de Christine, reine de Su?de : avec un pr?cis historique de la Su?de depuis les anciens tems jusqu'? la mort de Gustave-Adolphe-le-Grand, p?re de la reine. T. 1».

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Автор: Jean Picot

Полный вариант заголовка: «Histoire de Geneve : T. 3 : depuis les tems les plus anciens , jusqu'a nos jours, accompagnee de details sur les antiquites de la ville et de son territoire, sur les moeurs, les usages, le gouvernement, les lois, les monnoies, les progres des sciences et des arts / par Jean Picot».

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Автор: Jordan

Полный вариант заголовка: «Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages de M. de La Croze : Partie 1 : avec des remarques de cet auteur sur divers sujet / par M. Jordan».

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Автор: Fran?ois Thomas Delbare

Примечание: История Танкреда. Полный вариант заголовка: «Histoire de Tancr?de l'un des chefs de la premi?re croisade / Par Th. Delbare».

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Автор: Flave Arrien

Полный вариант заголовка: «Histoire des expeditions d' Alexandre : Tome 1 : redigee sur memoires de Ptolemee et d' Aristobule, ses lieutenans / par Flave Arrien de Nicomedie ; traduction nouvelle par P. Chaussard».

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Автор: Brooks Elbridge Streeter

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