Это книга о двух путешествиях сразу. В пространстве: полтысячи километров пешком по горам Италии. Такой Италии, о существовании которой не всегда подозревают и сами итальянцы. И во времени: прогулка по двум последним векам итальянской истории в поисках мест, людей и событий, которые часто теряются за сухими строчками учебников. Меж тем на пути нас ждут белоказачьи альпийские станицы и коммунистиче…
The life of the complex, ruthless adversary of General Franco, whose life spanned much of Spain’s turbulence in the 20th century.From 1939 to 1975, the Spanish Communist Party, effectively lead for two decades by Santiago Carrillo, was the most determined opponent of General Franco’s Nationalist regime. Admired by many on the left as a revolutionary and a pillar of the anti-Franco struggle and hat…
SPECIAL LOW PRICE FOR A LIMITED PERIOD TO DISCOVER THIS NEW AUTHOR.The war changed everything for Lily Verner.As the Nazis storm Europe, Lily becomes an apprentice at her family’s silk weaving factory. When they start to weave parachute silk there is no margin for error: one tiny fault could result in certain death for Allied soldiers.The war also brings Stefan to Lily: a German Jewish refugee who…
Eddy Merckx. Fausto Coppi. Jacques Anquetil. Bernard Hinault. Beryl Burton. Marianne Vos.A sole cyclist battling over a pass high in the mountains is one of the most romantic of sporting images. In the past 150 years road cycling has been dominated by a series of iconic people who have redefined endurance and fortitude. Every decade has pushed human limits, until limits were extended by inhuman ph…
A charming and evocative tale of family and fortune from the queen of West Country saga, Linda Finlay.Isabella Carrington has been brought up in a life of privilege in London. Her life seems perfect, until her father suddenly announces bankruptcy. To save Isabella from destitution he sends her to stay with family she has never met, far away on a violet farm deep in Devon.Isabella is horrified to f…
The new Liverpool-based World War Two saga from the author of Goodnight Sweetheart is a tale of four very different young women thrown together by war. A unique bond is formed as the hostilities take their toll on Britain.When Diane Wilson leaves Cambridge for Liverpool, destined for Derby House and war work as a teleprint operator, she is intent on mending her broken heart. But will hundreds of m…
Книга розповідає історію народження й розвитку стеганографії у світі, розробки та застосування віповідного обладнання, а також «шпигунську» та контррозвідувальну діяльність спецслужб провідних країн світу (СРСР, США, Великобританія, Німеччина). Книга побудована виключно на відкритих матеріалах, зібраних автором із надрукованих книг та мережі Інтернет. Офіційна веб-сторінка книги: http://cryptohist…