книги о войне (страница 47)

Автор: Луиза Мэй Олкотт

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Love is the only thing that we can carry with us when we go, and it makes the end so easy.’In mid-nineteenth-century Massachusetts, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March continue to encounter both joys and sorrows along life’s path, as they journey into womanhood both close to home and further away. The highs and lows of the four young women’s lives are shared with each other, and supported by the bond of their sisterhood.This second part of ‘Little Women’ – sometimes published in a single volume – contains all the warmth and charm for which Louisa May Alcott’s writing is universally admired.

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Автор: Annie Groves

A captivating saga set on the eve of WW2 in Liverpool, where life is about to change forever for one girl.As war breaks out so too does Molly Dearden…Molly is used to living in the shadow of her older sister, June. When their mother died when Molly was just seven years old, June helped their grief-stricken father look after her in their tiny home in the tight-knit Edge Hill district of Liverpool.But as her seventeenth birthday passes, Molly doesn't realise how much she is going to have to grow up. As the threat of a second world war looms, she must learn to protect herself, her family, and her heart.When hostilities finally break out, Molly finds the courage to enlist in the Women's Voluntary Service. There, she can help the war effort and finally stand on her own two feet. It's a terrifying time, but also some of the best days of her life, especially when she meets, and falls for Eddie.The pair live for the precious hours when Eddie is on leave from the Navy and excitedly plan their future together. But then tragedy strikes.Devastated, Molly can take no more. But then the terrible reality of war hits her home town and Molly must find the strength to protect those closest to her heart.

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Автор: Р. Л. Стайн

Britney Crosby thinks her cousin Ethan is pretty weird – and she happens to be right. Ethan won't stop tormenting Britney with an old ventriloquist's dummy. And the puppet has plans for Britney, too! (Runtime 2 hours, 33 min)

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Автор: Michele Hauf

Disenchantment threatens those who enter the mortal realm…The Red Lady plots to destroy faeries who linger in the mortal world, by draining their essence. Only those without glamour can withstand the succubus's wicked enticements. So now Gossamyr de Wintershinn, half faery, half mortal, vows to use her wits, fighting ability and hint of glamour to face the Red Lady in her Paris lair.But this is Gossamyr's first trip to the war-ravaged mortal realm, and it seduces with its own enchantments. With her new traveling companion–a soul shepherd with more than one secret–Gossamyr takes the first steps to save her people.Yet as she strives to defeat the Red Lady, she discovers that incredible power can be found in the truth–and in learning true names. And a danger, as well…

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Автор: Arthur Timothy Shay

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Автор: Barbara Bond

The definitive history of MI9's emergency escape and evasion mapping programme and the contribution the maps made to victory in 1945. Fascinating stories of secret maps used by prisoners of World War II.The creation of MI9 in December 1939, the rationale for the new military intelligence branch and the context of the history of military mapping on silk is outlined. The map production programme is described, together with its progress and the challenges faced. The various groups of maps are identified and described, together with the source maps on which they were based.The ingenious methods of smuggling the maps into the camps, with other escape aids, in apparently innocuous leisure items are described. The maps were then copied and reproduced to support the escapes. Coded correspondence with the camps is discussed, and a successful deciphering of some of that correspondence is provided. The implications for the escape and evasion programme were considerable, but so too were the implications of the passage of intelligence from the camps to aid the war effort, a factor apparently largely overlooked.• Historical Background and the Creation of MI9• The map production programme and the compilation of a carto-bibliography• Escape Aids and Communication with the Camps• Coded Correspondence• Airey Neave and the Schaffhausen Salient• the Baltic ports and maps produced in the camps

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Автор: Maurice Hamilton

Originally published in 1997 and now available as an ebook.This edition does not include illustrations.Eddie Irvine is a breath of fresh air in the serious world of Formula 1.Selected to drive for Ferrari alongside double world champion Michael Schumacher, the 1996 season proved to be a frustrating period for the Irishman as he struggled to get to grips with a temperamental car and live up to the high expectations of the media and the tifosi.But as he demonstrates in his fascinating insight into the world of Ferrari, Irvine's flamboyant personality and aggressive driving style meant he was never far from the action, both on and off the track.Irvine lifts the lid on his attempts to prove his worth at Ferrari and recalls all the crashes and crises, thrills and spills of the 1997 season.

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Автор: Чимаманда Нгози Адичи

This highly anticipated novel from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is set in Nigeria during the 1960s, at the time of a vicious civil war in which a million people died and thousands were massacred in cold blood.The three main characters in the novel are swept up in the violence during these turbulent years. One is a young boy from a poor village who is employed at a university lecturer's house. The other is a young middle-class woman, Olanna, who has to confront the reality of the massacre of her relatives. And the third is a white man, a writer who lives in Nigeria for no clear reason, and who falls in love with Olanna's twin sister, a remote and enigmatic character.As these people's lives intersect, they have to question their own responses to the unfolding political events. This extraordinary novel is about Africa in a wider sense: about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic allegiances, about class and race; and about the ways in which love can complicate all of these things.

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Автор: Джо Аберкромби

‘Grabbed me and refused to let go’ George R.R. MartinSOMETIMES A GIRL IS TOUCHED BY MOTHER WARThorn lives to fight. But she has been named murderer by the very man who trained her to kill.SOMETIMES A GIRL BECOMES A WARRIORFate traps her in the schemes of Father Yarvi, sending her across half the world to seek allies against the ruthless High King.SOMETIMES A WARRIOR BECOMES A WEAPONBeside her is Brand, a young warrior who hates to kill. A failure in his eyes and hers, he has one chance at redemption.AND WEAPONS ARE MADE FOR ONE PURPOSEMust Thorn be a tool in other hands or can she carve her own path? Is there a place beyond legend for a woman with a blade?

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Автор: V.S. Alexander

It’s 1943 and Hitler’s Germany is a terrifying place to be.But Magda Ritter’s duty is the most dangerous of all…Assigned to The Berghof, Hitler’s mountain retreat, she must serve the Reich by becoming the F?hrer’s ‘Taster’ – a woman who checks his food for poison. Magda can see no way out of this hellish existence until she meets Karl, an SS officer who has formed an underground resistance group within Hitler’s inner circle.As their forbidden love grows, Magda and Karl see an opportunity to stop the atrocities of the madman leading their country. But in doing so, they risk their lives, their families and, above all, a love unlike either of them have ever known…Lose yourself in this sweeping, heroic love story fraught withdanger. The perfect read for fans of Dinah Jeffries and Gill Paul.

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Автор: William Hanna

Situada en un contexto de odio y violencia, La Hermandad Hir?mica: La Profec?a del Templo de Ezequiel profundiza en el tema de la limpieza ?tnica por parte de Israel contra los palestinos y aborda los cr?menes de lesa humanidad en el Medio Oriente. La novela sigue al periodista Conrad Banner quien, influido por su padre, Mark – autor y corresponsal en el extranjero, quien ha ganado de numerosos premios de periodismo por su cobertura en el Medio Oriente – tiene la intenci?n de filmar un documental imparcial sobre un conflicto originado por casi setenta a?os de ocupaci?n ilegal y a menudo b?rbara. El odio y la violencia tambi?n fueron provocados principalmente por la limpieza ?tnica contra la poblaci?n palestina ind?gena por parte de Israel, cuyos cr?menes contra la humanidad estaban siendo encubiertos mediante una forma de propaganda conocida como hasbara, o ”explicaci?n”. Dicha propaganda fue dirigida a una audiencia internacional para retratar las acciones y pol?ticas contenciosas de Israel, tanto en el pasado como en el presente, bajo una luz positiva al tiempo que proporciona una imagen negativa de los ?rabes en general, y de los palestinos en particular. Junto con el activista jud?o Adam Peltz y el gu?a palestino Sami Hadawi, los esfuerzos de Banner no son bienvenidos y a menudo culminan en consecuencias peligrosas y en ?ltima instancia fatales. La novela est? motivada por la flagrante negaci?n de Israel de los derechos humanos b?sicos a millones de palestinos, incluidos ni?os cuya persecuci?n sin fin es hip?critamente tolerada por la doble moral de las llamadas democracias occidentales. Al explorar los temas de la cultura, el racismo, la religi?n y la violencia, Hanna saca a la luz una historia convincente de lucha y divisi?n.

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Автор: Greg Behrendt

Why didn’t he call you back? Why doesn’t he talk to your friends? Why does he keep putting off your dates? Now available as an ebook for the first time, He’s Just Not That Into You has the answers. Now the international bestseller is re-released to change the lives of a new generation.This is a hilarious, playful, honest explanation of male behaviour from a writer and a consultant of Sex and the City. Stop wasting your time chasing after men who aren't into you, and find men who are! Greg Behrendt provides the insight you need to move on and find them.The idea behind ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ came from a conversation between Greg Behrendt and his fellow (female) SATC writers, when they asked his advice one day. This conversation became the seed of an episode which struck a powerful chord with viewers. Before long, Greg became aware that this simple phrase had the power to change women’s lives.‘He’s Just Not That Into You’ is now a worldwide phenomenon. Over 100k copies have been sold across all editions, it has topped bestseller charts internationally, and has been made into a major Hollywood film. Now repackaged for a new generation with an eyecatching new cover, He’s Just Not That Into You is essential armour for the modern woman.

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Автор: Ivonne Keller

Исполнители: Nora Jokhosha

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Автор: Beth Thomas

The story of a couple with seemingly perfect lives…and the secrets they hide behind closed doors.Perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty and Jo Jo Moyes.He was hiding a terrible secret . . .Grace’s new husband Adam seems like the perfect package. Good looking, great job, completely charming – almost too good to be true . . .So when Adam suddenly disappears from Grace’s life, she is left bewildered and heartbroken. And with a lot of unanswered questions.As she tries desperately to find him, Grace opens a Pandora’s Box of secrets and lies – and starts to learn that Adam wasn’t so perfect after all.What shameful secrets was her husband hiding? Is Grace in danger? And can she survive the truth? However terrible it may be . . .

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Автор: Rupert Colley

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.What made a failed Austrian artist into the most reviled and destructive personality of the twentieth century? Where did the seeds of his rabid anti-Semitism lie? How did a marginalized loner become such a moving force in Germany? How could a nation have fallen for such a fanatic? What made him so determined to bring about war?Through manipulation of politicians and civilians, bullying, diplomacy, violence and lies, Hitler achieved a total and unlikely power. Covering his early life, military service in World War One and eventual rise to power, first as the leader of the Nazi party, and then head of state, Hitler: History in an Hour describes the life of a man who spent his final days inside a bunker having plunged the world into a global conflict, the bloodiest in history.Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour…

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Автор: Rachel Allen

Bestselling TV cook Rachel Allen feeds her family and yours with a collection of easy and delicious recipes that everyone will love, plus handy kitchen tips and tricks to make your life easier.In this, her sixth cookbook, Rachel shows how easy it is to feed your family great food, every day. From school run to bedtime, Rachel has suggestions that even the fussiest eater will love. Treat your loved-ones to nourishing, delicious food with this indispensable, inspirational recipe collection full of wise words, clever hints and tips and, above all, Rachel's irresistible recipes.CHAPTER BREAKDOWN– Breakfast & Brunch– Lunch– Sunday Lunch– Supper– Snacks and treats– Baby Food– Desserts– Sweets– Basics– Plus handy sections explaining meal planning, home freezing, healthy eating and much more!

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Автор: Allan Winkler M

New scholarship on World War II continues to broaden our understanding. With each passing year we know more about the triumphs and the tragedies of America’s involvement in the momentous conflict. Tapping into this greater awareness of the accomplishments of both soldiers and civilians and a better recognition of the consequences of decisions made, Allan Winkler presents the third edition of his highly popular series volume. Informed by the latest historical literature and featuring many new thoughtfully chosen photographs, the third edition of Home Front U.S.A. continues to ponder the question of «the good war,» the moral implications of the use of the atomic bomb, the implications of expanding wartime roles for women, African Americans, American Jews, the imprisonment of Japanese Americans at the hands of the federal government, and the experiences of the many other people who, though relegated to the fringe of mainstream society, contributed in important ways to the nation's successful prosecution of its greatest challenge.

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Автор: Penelope Fitzgerald

From the Booker Prize-winning author of ‘Offshore’, ‘The Blue Flower’ and ‘Innocence’, this is a funny, touching, authentic story of life at Broadcasting House during the Blitz.The human voices of Penelope Fitzgerald’s novel are those of the BBC in the first years of the World War II, the time when the Concert Hall was turned into a dormitory for both sexes, the whole building became a target for enemy bombers, and in the BBC – as elsewhere – some had to fail and some had to die.It does not pretend to be an accurate history of Broadcasting House in those years, but ‘one is left with the sensation’, as William Boyd said, reviewing it in the ‘London Magazine’, ‘that this is what it was really like.’

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Автор: History Nerds

Kr?tka historia I wojny światowej. Pierwszą wojnę światową określano mianem ”wojny, kt?ra zakończy wszystkie wojny”… C?ż to była za nietrafiona diagnoza. W tej zwięzłej relacji tego konfliktu przyglądamy się jego przyczynom, reakcjom na niego i wreszcie tym, kt?rzy zapłacili za wojnę najwyższą cenę – życie. Często słyszy się opowieści o wielkim dramacie kolejnej wojny światowej. Jednakże historia I wojny zapewnia nam ogromną wiedzę, pozwalającą wyjaśnić kontekst II wojny. Gdyby ten pierwszy konflikt zakończył się bardziej stanowczymi postanowieniami zwycięzc?w, to być może byłaby jedyną globalną wojną w naszych dziejach. Po 1918 r. wielu Niemc?w twierdziło, że podpisując kapitulację cesarz ich zdradził. Dlaczego się poddał? Z jakimi trudnościami musiały mierzyć się Niemcy? Wojna przyniosła nowe metody rozlewu krwi, a ludzkość starała się je przetrwać. Dlatego też nie wolno nam zapomnieć poświęcenia uczynionego w imię pokoju.

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Автор: Chris Roberts

In Idle Worship a hand-picked crop of stars, who should know better (and sometimes do), examine the absurd and auto-erotic world of fan fever – and ponder whether pop promises a path to enlightenment or an endless pageant of tasteless clothing, recycled attitudes and vicious haircuts.Refreshingly witty and weird, often touching and always drenched in teen spirit, this is like no other book about music ever published. Among those taking their chance to chip away at golden pop memories and to do poetic justice to the utterly ephemeral and utterly serious nature of the most popular art-form of our time are …Nick HornbyThurston MooreMartin MillarBono

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Автор: Derek Beaven

A critically acclaimed, Booker long-listed novel that is reminiscent of Pat Barker’s ‘Regeneration Trilogy’.Clarice Pike and Vic Warren are from completely different backgrounds. An impossible affair has already driven them thousands of miles apart. 1939 finds Clarice in Malaya where her father is an obscure company doctor, and Vic in East London, an unemployed shipwright badly married to Phylis, Clarice’s cousin. As their feelings conspire to draw the lovers back together, the world erupts with a terrible violence. It is the relentlessness of male brutality that forces Vic to grope towards what real manhood might be.‘If the Invader Comes’ combines themes from Derek Beaven’s previously acclaimed ‘Newton’s Niece’ and ‘Acts of Mutiny’ to portray a wartime England where human relationships are threatened as much from within the family as from occupied Europe. Exciting, moving and ultimately optimistic, Derek Beaven’s new novel represents a daring leap in British fiction.

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Автор: History Nerds

Przegląd najważniejszych wydarzeń II wojny światowej. Druga wojna światowa wybuchła 1 września 1939 r. Już od pierwszych strzał?w wiadomo było, że konflikt ten narzuci niespotykane wcześniej tempo działań militarnych. Całkowicie przebiła I wojnę światową pod względem skali i złożoności. W tej książce opisaliśmy najważniejsze momenty II wojny, czyli wydarzenia wsp?łczesnej historii, kt?re zdecydowały o dalszym losie całego świata.

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Автор: Julius H. Schoeps

(Deutsch) Preu?en und die Juden, die Juden und Preu?en – was markierte, was bestimmte ihr gegenseitiges Verh?ltnis vor dem Hintergrund der epochalen Umbr?che ab dem Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts?
In den Jahren 1830 bis 1870 zeigten eine Reihe j?discher Gelehrter, Schriftsteller und Politiker, ?rzte, Juristen, Schriftsteller und Publizisten wie Johann Jacoby, Gabriel Riesser, Moritz Veit, Heinrich Heine und A. Bernstein in eindrucksvoller Weise, dass Juden an den revolution?ren Bewegungen im 19. Jahrhundert einen regen Anteil hatten. So sa?en sie in den Jahren 1848/49 in verschiedenen Volksvertretungen und setzten sich in Wort und Schrift f?r die Verwirklichung demokratischer Rechte ein.
Julius Schoeps geht in seinem Buch u.a. der Frage nach, wie diese bekannten und auch weniger bekannten j?dischen Dichter, Publizisten, Politiker, M?nner wie Frauen, diesen Prozess, der auch als «Formationsperiode des deutschen Judentums» bezeichnet wurde, verarbeitet haben und wie sie mit den Identit?tsproblemen, die sich ihnen stellten, umgingen. Dar?ber hinaus wirft er die Frage auf, ob und inwieweit ihre Herkunft und ihr Engagement in diesen aufregenden Revolutionsjahren mit den von ihnen vertretenen demokratischen und freiheitlichen Ideen identisch waren und ob es ein besonderes Verh?ltnis der Juden zur Demokratie gibt.

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Автор: Эрих Мария Ремарк

Эрих Мария Ремарк – один из самых известных немецких писателей ХХ века. Роман «На Западном фронте без перемен» рассказывает о поколении, которое погубила война, о тех, кто стал ее жертвой, даже если спасся от пуль. Это отчет о реальных событиях Первой мировой войны, рассказ о солдатском товариществе. Книга предназначена для широкого круга читателей, владеющих немецким языком, для студентов языковых вузов, а также может быть рекомендована лицам, самостоятельно изучающим немецкий язык. Книга включает краткую биографию писателя, текст романа, задания, направленные на достижение более глубокого понимания текста, и комментарий. Цель лингвистического и лингвострановедческого комментария – облегчить читателю понимание реалий текста, а также разъяснить значения слов разговорной и военной лексики, часто встречающихся на страницах романа.

Серия: Moderne Prosa

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Автор: Дорис Лессинг

In the early post-war years, Doris Lessing left her native Southern Africa in search of a grail. But the English she pursued – and found – were living in working-class homes in East London. They were lusty, quarrelsome, unscrupulous and full-blooded – quite unlike what they were supposed to be.In the early post-war years, Doris Lessing left her native Southern Africa in search of a grail – a life of glamour and refinement that she naively believed England offered everyone. A fascinating, hilarious memoir of her first impressions of her adopted country, 'In Pursuit of the English' brilliantly captures Lessing's constant wonder at and growing affection for the people she came to know: the working-class of the East End of London. Lusty, quarrelsome, unscrupulous and full-blooded, they were quite unlike the English she had expected to find…

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Автор: Julian Barnes

Stunning modern new cover reissue of one of Penelope Fitzgerald’s best-loved novelsInnocence is set in the 1950s, when Italy was picking up the pieces after the war. Chiara Ridolfi is the guileless daughter of a decrepit Italian family. Barney is her practical English girlfriend, who can sum up a man, she says, in one firm hand-grip. Salvatore is a penniless doctor from the south, who thinks he is proof against politics, social conscience and tenderness. Chiara’s cousin, Cesare, says very little, which gives him time to think…

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Автор: James King

Updated for Christmas 2013!James King is tired of ‘Step Into Christmas’. He’s tired of ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’. He’s tired – if it’s possible – of ‘Fairytale of New York’. It’s time for a new Christmas Classic.‘It’s Chriiiistmaaaas’ is a festive journey through the decades via the most cherished seasonal songs of the last century – from ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ to ‘Do They Know it’s Christmas?’. But beneath the nostalgia, are serious questions: is it always ‘Last Christmas’ for the December charts? Has the music buying public become like Noddy Holder’s Gran, telling everyone the ‘old songs are the best’? In this, his manifesto, James King takes us through the grand history of the Christmas number one, proving, once and for all, that the charts are ready for a new Christmas hit.

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Автор: Вальтер Скотт

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Wilfred of Ivanhoe is a Saxon loyal to the Norman king Richard I. Because of this loyalty, and his love for Lady Rowena, Ivanhoe is cast out by his father, a Saxon loyalist determined to liberate the Saxon people from Norman rule. He plans to marry Rowena, his ward and a descendant of the Saxon king Alfred, to Lord Aethelstane, pretender to the throne of England. In so doing, Ivanhoe would unite two rival Saxon houses in their claim for the crown. Ivanhoe returns from the Crusades in secret and is joined in his plans to re-establish Richard on the thrown by the moneylender Isaac of York, his daughter Rebecca, the mysterious Black Knight, Lady Rowena, and Robin Hood and his merry men.

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Автор: Iain Gale

Charismatic hero Jack Steel’s perilous adventures are for the first time available in one place.Meet Lieutenant Jack Steel – gentleman, soldier, hero.Upper Bavaria, 1704. The British army, triumphant, fresh from victory, stands proudly to attention, ready to fight for honour and glory. Their enemy is Louis XIV of France, a megalomaniac intent on possessing all Europe.Among this proud group of men stands Lieutenant Jack Steel, admired by his men, the finest infantry in Queen Anne's army. Much praised for his courage, his strength, and his loyalty, Steel has come to the attention of his Commander in Chief, the Duke of Marlborough.

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Автор: Iain Gale

The sequel to THE BLACK JACKALS is set in the turmoil of the eastern Mediterranean in 1941, with the Brits struggling to hold their line in Greece against the powerful German and Italian forces.Peter Lamb and his men are halted in their retreat to England and forced to join the British forces holding the pass at Thermopylae. But their tough experiences in France have not prepared The Jackals for the savage hand to hand fighting through the mountains. Lamb’s limited knowledge of command leaves him unsure about how to organise the New Zealand and Greek partisan soldiers who are added to his troop.When they land in Crete, Lamb becomes suspicious of some of the civilians who, on fleeing from Greece, have taken cover with the Jackals. Yet he knows that facing the awesome German paratroopers for the first time, combined with the desperate battle to hold Crete at all costs, will force him to find a way to work alongside any support he is offered. His new troop will be made up of partisans, allied irregulars – including Evelyn Waugh – and Spanish volunteers.JACKALS’ REVENGE paints a brilliant picture of the turbulent theatre of war.

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Автор: Шарлотта Бронте

De Jane Eyre (1847), ciertamente una de las novelas m?s famosas de estos dos ?ltimos siglos, solemos conservar la imagen ultrarrom?ntica de una azarosa historia de amor entre una institutriz pobre y su rico e imponente patr?n, todo en el marco truculento y misterioso de una fantasmagor?a g?tica. Y olvidamos que, antes y despu?s de la relaci?n central con el abismal, sard?nico y volc?nico se?or Rochester, Jane Eyre tiene otras relaciones, otras historias: episodios escalofriantes de una infancia tan maltratada como rebelde, a?os de enfermedad y arduo aprendizaje en un t?trico internado, estaciones de penuria y renuncia en la m?s absoluta desolaci?n f?sica y moral, inesperados golpes de fortuna, e incluso remansos de paz familiar y nuevas –aunque enga?osas- proposiciones de matrimonio. Olvidamos, en fin, que la novela es todo un libro de la vida, una confesi?n certera y sever?sima –rotundamente cr?tica- de un completo itinerario espiritual, y una exhaustiva ilustraci?n de la lucha entre conciencia y sentimiento, entre principios y deseos, entre legitimidad y car?cter, de una hero?na que es la «llama cautiva» entre los extremos que forman su naturaleza.
Carmen Mart?n Gaite ha rescatado el vigor, la riqueza y la naturalidad expresiva de un texto un tanto desvirtuado por la popularidad de sus m?ltiples versiones. Gracias a su traducci?n, hecha ex profeso para esta edici?n, quien creyera conocer esta novela, al leerla de nuevo, m?s que recordarla, la descubrir?.
Charlotte Bront? naci? en 1816 en Thornton (Yorkshire), tercera hija de Patrick Bront? y Maria Branwell. En 1820 el padre fue nombrado vicario perpetuo de la peque?a aldea de Haworth, en los p?ramos de Yorkshire, y all? pasar?a Charlotte casi toda su vida. Hu?rfanos de madre a muy corta edad, los cinco hermanos Bront? fueron educados por una t?a. En 1824, Charlotte, junto con sus hermanas Emily, Elizabeth y Maria, acudi? a una escuela para hijas de cl?rigos. Elizabeth y Maria murieron ese mismo a?o, y Charlotte siempre lo atribuy? a las malas condiciones del internado. Es-tudiar?a posteriormente un a?o en una escuela privada, donde ejerci? como maestra; fue luego institutriz, y maestra de nuevo en un pensionado de Bruselas, donde en 1842 estuvo interna con Emily. De vuelta a Haworth, en 1846 consigui? publicar un volumen de Poes?as con sus hermanas Emily y Anne, con el pseud?nimo, respectivamente, de Currer, Ellis y Acton Bell. Su primera novela, El profesor, no encontr? editor, y no ser?a publicada hasta 1857. Pero, como Currer Bell, public? con ?xito Jane Eyre (1847). En 1848, mientras mor?an a su alrededor Emily y Anne y su hermano Branwell, escribi? Shirley (Alba cl?sica, n? XXX), que se publicar?a al a?o siguiente. Su ?ltima novela fue Villette (1853). Charlotte se cas? con el reverendo A. B. Nicholls un a?o antes de morir en 1855.

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Автор: Шарлотта Бронте

One of the greatest love stories ever told… meet dark and brooding Mr Rochester.Loved TWILIGHT? Then you’ll adore Jane Eyre…You can’t choose who you fall in love with.For Jane Eyre, orphan and impoverished governess, the last person she should want is the only person she needs: her employer, Rochester.Not only is he socially inaccessible, he’s also a man of few words and many secrets – and one of his secrets is so terrible it could destroy everything he and Jane hold dear…

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Автор: Jerry Cotton

Folge 13: Die Prinzessin aus der Bronx Inhaltsangabe: Ein Immobilienmakler treibt ein betr?gerisches Spiel. Eine Rockerbande verliert ihre Anf?hrer. Ein Killer kommt wegen seiner gro?en Liebe in Teufelsk?che. Und Jerry Cotton und Phil Decker haben einen Auftrag: Die Zusammenh?nge zu finden und weitere Morde zu verhindern…

Исполнители: Manfred Lehmann

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Автор: Леонгард Франк

Повесть Леонгарда Франка «Карл и Анна», написанная в 1927 г., рассказывает о любви двух людей, которая побеждает все препятствия, возникая неожиданно, ниоткуда, овладевая всеми их помыслами. Автор показывает широкую панораму жизни немецкого города накануне революции 1918 г., со всеми тяготами и бедами послевоенного времени. Книга предназначена для учащихся старших классов языковых школ и студентов младших курсов языковых факультетов.

Серия: Moderne Prosa

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Автор: Тесс Герритсен

Had she survived because of fate, coincidence or just luck?If Nina Cormier’s wedding had taken place, she would be dead. But after the bride was left at the altar, the church stood empty when the bomb went off. It wasn’t until a stranger tried to run her car off the road, however, that she realized someone wanted her dead. But who?That’s what Detective Sam Navarro needs to find out. . . fast. As a cop, he knows better than to become attached to the woman he’s trying to protect. But as a man. . .With a nightmare unfolding around them, Sam and Nina decipher the stunning truth. Now they’re at the mercy of a brilliant madman who plays for keeps. . . .“Tess Gerritsen. . . throws one twist after another until the excitement is almost unbearable. ” —San Jose Mercury News

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Автор: Jennifer Lillian

Исполнители: Stephanie Preis

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Автор: Elizabeth Bailey

From governess… to viscountess!Fanciful governess Kitty Merrick daydreams of a whirlwind marriage to a dashing lord or of being the daughter of aristocratic parents. Then Claud, Viscount Devenick, briefly mistakes her for his cousin, and in doing so uncovers a scandalous family secret!Suddenly Kitty's wishes are granted and she and Claud are married. Claud, in his single-minded pursuit of the truth behind her heritage, will give her anything she desires. But Kitty soon realizes all she truly wants is his love– the one thing she cannot ask of him…

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Автор: Группа авторов

Die Kreativit?t nimmt gegenw?rtig eine zentrale Position in der Translationsprozessforschung ein. Die Erkenntnis, dass Kreativit?t nicht nur beim ?bersetzen literarischer Werke ben?tigt wird, bildet die Grundlage f?r die Entwicklung neuer Modelle der translatorischen Kompetenz. Zu dieser grundlagentheoretischen Ebene geh?rt die Betrachtung der ?bersetzerischen Kreativit?t in Verbindung mit den (eminent hermeneutischen) Begriffen des Verstehens und Interpretierens: Die Textvorlage verstehen, sie auslegen, um sie dann angemessen kreativ in der Zielsprache wiedergeben zu k?nnen, ist ein translatorisches Grundverhalten. Der Band fokussiert den Nexus Kreativit?t-Verstehen-Interpretieren im ?bersetzen und beleuchtet ihn aus den unterschiedlichen Perspektiven der Rhetorik, Literatur, Hermeneutik, Philosophie, Linguistik und Translatologie.

Серия: Translationswissenschaft

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Автор: Daniel Wrinn

« Passionnant… le genre de livre qui donne vie ? l'histoire. » – Plongez dans l'incroyable histoire de la Premi?re Guerre mondiale gr?ce ? ces r?cits captivants. Avec un aper?u unique et fascinant des petites histoires de la « Guerre qui devait mettre fin ? toutes les guerres », ce livre fascinant d?voile des histoires passionnantes des tranch?es, des mers, des cieux et du d?sert d'un monde d?chir? par la guerre. De la mission p?rilleuse d'un capitaine charg? de faire passer des armes pour une r?bellion irlandaise aux pilotes et soldats h?ro?ques des quatre coins du monde, ces r?cits mettent en lumi?re des personnages et des ?v?nements r?els de l'un des plus grands conflits de l'histoire de l'humanit?. « Passionnant… le genre de livre qui donne vie ? l'histoire. » – Plongez dans l'incroyable histoire de la Premi?re Guerre mondiale gr?ce ? ces r?cits captivants. Avec un aper?u unique et fascinant des petites histoires de la « Guerre qui devait mettre fin ? toutes les guerres », ce livre fascinant d?voile des histoires passionnantes des tranch?es, des mers, des cieux et du d?sert d'un monde d?chir? par la guerre. De la mission p?rilleuse d'un capitaine charg? de faire passer des armes pour une r?bellion irlandaise aux pilotes et soldats h?ro?ques des quatre coins du monde, ces r?cits mettent en lumi?re des personnages et des ?v?nements r?els de l'un des plus grands conflits de l'histoire de l'humanit?. WWI : « Ailes coup?es », l'histoire puissante et h?ro?que d'un pilote qui, apr?s avoir ?t? abattu, a pass? 72 jours harassants ? fuir derri?re les lignes ennemies ; Mission en Irlande », qui explore le plan sournois et astucieux visant ? faire passer un navire charg? d'armes afin de d?clencher une r?bellion irlandaise contre les Britanniques ; « Voyage au Paradis », un aper?u fascinant des batailles moins connues sur le dur et impitoyable front m?sopotamien.

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Автор: History Nerds

Una historia concisa de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La Segunda Guerra Mundial empez? el 1 de septiembre de 1939 y, desde sus primeros disparos, dict? el tempo de esta nueva y modernizada manera de hacer la guerra. Fue una guerra como ninguna otra. Fue la guerra moderna. Super? a la Gran Guerra de los primeros a?os del siglo XX y eclips? su escala y complejidad. En este libro nos ocuparemos de los momentos esenciales de la Segunda Guerra Mundial: aquellos acontecimientos que definieron la historia moderna y cuya magnitud dict? el destino del planeta entero.

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Автор: Guido Pagliarino

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Автор: Daisy Waugh

If you like The Artist you’ll love Daisy Waugh’s Last Dance with Valentino.As Rudolph Valentino fights for his life, barricades keep the swarming fans at bay. Adored by millions of women, but loved by only one…Will she be able to reach him in time?August 1916Fleeing war-ravaged London, Jenny Doyle sets sail for New York. As she draws near the soaring skyscrapers her dreams are dashed when she learns she is to be sent to work for the wealthy de Saulles family. Known as ‘the Box’, their home is Gatsby-like in elegance yet rife with malice and madness. Only her friendship with dancer Rodolfo offers Jenny a glimpse of escape…until a tragic day when the household is changed forever.August 1926America booms, prohibition rules and one man’s movie is breaking box office records. Rodolfo has taken his place on the silver screen as Rudolph Valentino when a chance arises for he and Jenny to meet again. Will the world’s most desired film star and his lost love have their Hollywood happy ending, or will the tragic echoes of their past thwart them one last time?

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Автор: Guido Pagliarino

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Автор: Regula Bochsler

A’ NO LOGO’ for the net Generation – a no-holes barred story of the battle for the control of the internet, that reads like a thriller.In November 1999, at the height of the e-commerce gold rush, an extraordinary hearing took place in a Los Angeles courtroom. On one side, the billion-dollar darling of Wall Street, eToys.com, the brain child of Toby Lenk, one of the hottest entrepreneurs of his generation. On the other side, etoy.com, a group of cutting-edge European artists, hungry for fame, who used the Internet as their canvas.The ensuing battle sharply focused attention on the conflict at the very heart of the Internet: was it for the joy of the many or the exponential profit of the few? Was cyberspace a revolutionary public space or was the new frontier an extension of the shopping mall?Through the story for the Toywar, Adam Wishart and Regula Bochsler weave the history of the seven years that changed the world forever. In 2000, as the on-line world went into melt down, what would be more valuable and enduring, a ten billion dollar corporation created by the best American entrepreneurs or a chaotic art project by a group of anarchic European rebels?

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Автор: Stefan Zweig

Исполнители: Peter Bocek

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Автор: Kathleen O’Shea

Little Drifters can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 4 serialised eBook-only parts.This is PART 4 of 4 (Chapters 19-24 of 24).The harrowing true story of a travelling Irish family bonded by love, broken apart by life, and then betrayed by their carers in a cruel convent in Ireland.“For those who we lost along the way, I tell this story. For all the children who suffered in this terrible place. For all those I consider my brothers and sisters; the ones who died, the ones who lost their minds, the ones who drown their memories everyday in a bottle of whisky, I tell this for you.Because in the end we are all brothers and sisters – and if we don’t feel that bond of love between each other, just as human beings, then we are nothing. We are no better than the monsters that ran the convents.”Based in Ireland in the 1960s and 70s, Kathleen’s story is a story of extreme hardship, suffering and abuse. It is the story of 11 siblings, abandoned by their mother and torn from their father, incarcerated in convents and then driven apart in the cruellest ways imaginable; it is the story of their ruined childhoods and their fight for recompense. But more than that, it is a story of courage, survival and the incredible strength of sibling bonds against overwhelming adversities.Out of terrible darkness comes a remarkable story. In the tradition of Irish storytelling, Kathleen offers a mesmerising account of her family’s experience.

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Автор: Heather Gudenkauf

Sometimes, one small mistake can have life-altering consequences…As a veteran social worker, Ellen Moore has seen it all – the vilest acts one person can commit against another. The only thing that gets her through the workday is knowing her job helps children. That, and her family: her husband, Adam, and three beautiful kids, twins Leah and Lucas, and eleven-month-old Avery. But with a blink of an eye – with one small mistake – Ellen is suddenly at the mercy of the system she works for. Avery is ripped from her clutches, and her whole world begins crashing down around her.Meanwhile, ten-year-old Jenny Briard has been living with her well-meaning but good-for-nothing father since her mother left them. When her father decides to pack their belongings and move to a new state, Jenny thinks she might be on the road to a better life. But soon she finds herself on her own, forced to survive with nothing but a few dollars and her street smarts. Evading police and the social system, Jenny finds refuge with a kind-hearted waitress. The last thing she needs is a social worker, but when Ellen and Jenny's lives collide unexpectedly, little do they know just how much they can help one another.Praise for Heather Gudenkauf:‘This will have you gripped until the last page’ – Closer‘Deeply moving and lyrical’ – Company‘A memorable read’ – Sunday Express‘totally gripping’ – Marie Claire‘Set to become a bookclub staple’ – The Guardian'Fans of Jodi Picoult will devour this' – Red'Gudenkauf’s prose is searingly raw… Thrilling and emotionally tender, this novel, with its driving pace, will appeal to fans of…Jodi Picoult.' – Booklist‘This gripping novel is moving and thought-provoking’ -Heat‘Emotionally-charged’ -My Weekly

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Автор: Nicola Cornick

Years before, he had come to Grafton Manor to be betrothed to the innocent and beautiful Lady Anne–a promise that was broken with the onset of war….Now Simon, Lord Greville, has returned as an enemy, besieging the manor and holding its lady hostage. Simon's devotion to his cause swayed by his desire for Anne, he will not settle for the manor house alone.He will have the lady–and her heart–into the bargain! Yet Anne has a secret that must be kept from him at all costs….

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Автор: David Zindell

Death and destruction surround the Lightstone in the second book of this magnificent and deeply moving fantasy epic.The Cup of Heaven has been wrested from the hall of Morjin the Liar, the Great Red Dragon himself, by Valashu Elahad, Valari knight and seventh son of the King of Mesh.As Lord Guardian of the Lightstone, his task is to find the Maitreya, the one person to whom its secrets will be revealed. Even so, the power of the Lightstone pours through Valashu like a golden fire. There are many who believe Valashu himself to be the Maitreya. But Valashu can find no voice of certainty within himself. He only knows that if a man proclaims himself falsely to be the Shining One, then he shall become a new Red Dragon, only mightier and more terrible.Then the scryer Kasandra declares a new prophecy: ‘This is the vision that I and my sisters have seen: that you, Valashu Elahad, will find the Maitreya in the darkest of places; that the blood of the innocent will stain your hands; that a man with no face will show you your own.’What could be darker than finding the Lord of Light inside the cavern of his own heart?

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Автор: Jos? Luis Morales

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Автор: Michael Bond

Sealed with a sticky paw! First class correspondence from the nation's favourite bear, Paddington – now a major movie star!Dear Aunt Lucy,I expect this will come as a great surprise to you, but not only have I arrived in England, but I have an address! I’m staying at number 32 Windsor Gardens and it isn’t at all like the Home for Retired Bears…This delightfully engaging series of letters from Paddington to his Aunt Lucy in Peru, follows his new experiences in London while showcasing his uniquely charming and hilarious take on the world. From stowing away on a ship, to working as a barber, there is certainly never a dull moment!

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