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Pure, unadulterated romance. Best Chick Lit.comBook three in Jane Lark's Kindle best-selling Regency romance series!Isolated by life and choice, John Harding, the Duke of Pembroke, sees an angel in a pale mauve dress across a ballroom and is drawn closer.The wheat-blonde hair escaping her dull dove-grey bonnet caresses her neck and lures his eyes to the spot he'd most like to kiss.Then as if she s…
Abatuye umugabane wa Afrika baratandukanye cyane haba mu ndimi, imibereho-ubukungu n’umuco. Indimi z'abatuye Afurika zishobora kugabanywamo amatsinda akurikira: 1) Abasemite-Hamitike; 2) amatsinda menshi yindimi zifata umurongo uva iburengerazuba bwa Sahara kugera ku masoko ya Nili kandi mbere washyizwe mu itsinda rya "Sudani"; ibikorwa biheruka by'abahanga mu by'indimi byagaragaje ko izo ndimi zi…
Руси великие умы. Программа Сказочного радио Гамаюн Россия – родина многих известных ученых и изобретателей. Их научными теориями и изобретениями пользуются люди во всем мире. Мужи отечества, наукою горазды, Изобретением русский ум силён. Еще не раз, не два и не однажды Произнесем мы множество имён! Конечно, все вы знаете, что множество научных идей и изобретений родились в умах наших русск…
«У вас только одна армия против другой армии и целого народа» – такими словами швейцарец Жомини пытался предостеречь Наполеона от похода в Россию. Пророчество сбылось: на Великую армию ополчились не только русские войска, партизаны, крестьяне и поджигатели, но и «генерал Мороз», голод и болезни. Фельдмаршал Кутузов делает ставку именно на последнее обстоятельство, хотя офицеры и солдаты рвутся в б…
1809 год. Австрия снова разбита, Наполеон торжествует, но военное счастье переменчиво, император смертен – кто продолжит его дело, укрепит его трон, дарует Франции стабильность? Бонапарту нужен наследник. Родив ему сына, полька Мария Валевская доказала, что он не бесплоден. Судьба Жозефины предрешена, но кто станет новой императрицей – русская великая княжна или австрийская принцесса? Свадьба с од…
Before WWI, little provision was made for the burial of the war dead. Soldiers were often unceremoniously dumped in a mass grave; officers shipped home to be buried in local cemeteries.The great cemeteries of WWI came about as a result of the efforts of one inspired visionary. In 1914, Fabian Ware, at 45, was too old to enlist. Instead, he joined the Red Cross, working on the frontline in France. …
In this controversial and hotly discussed book, Sir Peregrine presents a reactionary and playful look at the origins, evolution and demise of the aristocracy.Every country has the aristocracy it deserves; so what does it say about Britain that it is in the process of removing the last vestiges of political power from one of the most ancient hereditary aristocracies in the world, and one, moreover,…
‘Pure, unadulterated romance’ Best Chick Lit.com“You are reckless, proud, spoiled and everything I dislike!”For Lord Henry Marlow, the future Earl of Barrington, life is for living before he accepts his duty. No wager is too risky or challenge too dangerous – until a racing injury forces the Barrington heir to return home and prepare for his destiny. But the one thing Henry will not do is bow to h…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history and it inflicted some of the worst civilian casualties of World War Two. When Hitler declared his intention to obliterate the key city of Leningrad on 22 September 1941, he could not have foreseen the grim determination of its citizens. Over the course of 900 days, the city resiste…
His Scandalous BrideTess Summerfield’s life is changed for ever when she’s rescued from drowning by the mysterious Marc Glenville. Forced to shelter with him in a deserted cottage, she spends the night wrapped in his arms for warmth.When they are discovered the tongues of the ton start wagging, and Marc knows the only way to silence them is to marry Tess. But his duties as a spy soon tear Marc awa…
‘California Rancher Seeks Agreeable Woman for Purposes of Matrimony… ’Anna O’Malley is desperate to put her impoverished past behind her. Posing as a respectable lady, she becomes a mail-order bride, hoping to find security by marrying a wealthy ranch-owner.When her stagecoach is held up Anna shoots one of the bandits. But the man she wounds is none other than her fiancé! His brother – sinfully at…
An amazing collection of eyewitness accounts of the British experience in World War II. First-hand narratives are drawn from every rank of the army and every corner of the conflict to create a moving and illuminating story of the greatest war of this century.Fascinating, moving, frightening, sometimes comic, this selection of eyewitness accounts has been edited into chronological order to form a m…
Это повесть о Восточном (хазарском) походе киевского князя Святослава Игоревича. О путешествие в землю вятичей, где князь обрёл новых друзей и союзников, о битве с хазарами и взятие их городов. Также в этом походе закладываются причины дальнейших событий короткой, но яркой жизни князя Святослава Игоревича.
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The ‘Great War’, from July 1914 to November 1918, was without parallel. It brought to an end four dynasties, ignited revolution, and forged new nations. It introduced killing on an unprecedented scale, costing an estimated nine million lives. It was the war that destroyed any notion of romance or chivalry in battle; it pulled in combatants from…
A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong’s vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory.Mr Kurtz, the colonial white master, brought evil to the remote upper reaches of the Congo River. A century after Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ was first published, Miche…