Книги жанра об истории серьезно
‘One to Watch’ Good HousekeepingThis year marks the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.Young nurse, Gemma, is struggling with the traumas she has witnessed through her job in the NHS. Needing to escape from it all, Gemma agrees to help renovate a rundown farmhouse in Doullens, France, a town near the Somme. There, in a boarded-up cupboard, wrapped in old newspapers, is a tin that …
Предлагаемая книга, основанная на широком фактологическом материале и богато проиллюстрированная, в живой, увлекательной форме рассказывает о двух ярких участниках «Большой игры», этой тайной войне двух империй — Британии и России — за доминирование в Азии. Отдельными главами повести публиковались на интернет-портале «Новости Узбекистана».
Personal stories from the men and women who volunteered to fight for a cause they passionately believed in.The Spanish Civil War, which raged from 1936-9, was a brutal and intense war which claimed well over 500,000 lives. Rightly predicting that the rise of Fascism in Spain could develop into a more global conflict, almost 2500 British volunteers travelled to Spain under the banner of the Interna…
A short story by Lionel Shriver from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.In ‘The Self-Seeding Sycamore’, a widow wages war upon her neighbour’s garden, and makes a surprising discovery.Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings together some of the finest and most creative voices in fiction today, to celebrate and salute the strengt…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.Lasting six years and a day, the Second World War saw the lives of millions – soldiers and civilians, young and old – changed forever. During the conflict, a thousand people died for each and every hour it lasted. With eighty-one of the world’s nations involved and affected in some way, this was war on a truly global scale.Offering a wide overv…
Перевод книги Икэда Рютаро «Кога-рю ниндзюцу» — является первой книгой на русском языке, знакомящей читателя с истинным ниндзюцу, описанным в старинных трактатах. В книге содержится описание истории ниндзюцу и основных его методов, обильно цитируются аутентичные источники XVI — XVIII веков. Книга адресована как практикующим традиционные воинские искусства, так и всем, интересующимся историей и кул…
Lest we forget… A poignant tale of love and loss for fans of Nadine Dorries and Katie Flynn.It's 2003 and at over 100 years old, Selma Dixon is the last link to the hidden truth behind her village's refusal to honour its war dead.1914 saw the Yorkshire village of West Sharland send its men off to fight, including Selma's brothers and her sweetheart Guy. But when Guy is badly wounded and returns ho…
Nicknamed ‘The Anarchy' for its unprecedented levels of chaos and disorder, the succession crisis that followed the death of King Henry I in 1135 resulted in England's first civil war.‘The Medieval Anarchy: History in an Hour’ neatly covers all the major facts and events giving you a clear and straightforward overview of the plots and violence that ensued during the the nineteen-year conflict. ‘Th…
Перед вами книжка об английских синонимах. Не всех, конечно, но это только начало. В ней вы, возможно, впервые узнаете о том, чем fight отличается от battle, или forest от wood, или almost от nearly, или sick и ill, или say и tell. Ведь основная сложность в употреблении синонимов — их различия, иногда тонкие, иногда очевидные, но всегда — занимательные, интересные и, что вы ощутите, прочитав книгу…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Elizabeth II is the longest lived and, after Queen Victoria, second longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom. From her coronation in 1953 to her Diamond Jubilee in 2012, Queen Elizabeth II has stood on the world stage as the figurehead for Britain. The Queen: History in an Hour tells the story of the Queen Elizabeth II’s life and long re…
Эдуард Вудстокский (1330—1376), принц Уэльский, прозванный Черным Принцем – один из известнейших исторических деятелей средневековья. Сын и наследник короля Англии, победитель французов в битвах Столетней войны, он казался современникам воплощением истинного рыцаря, храброго и галантного. Скептически настроенные потомки увидели принца иначе – типичным феодалом, равнодушным к смерти и страданиям же…
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago in 1912, and the subsequent deaths of over 1,500 passengers, sent shock waves around the world. Never before or since has a maritime disaster in a time of peace had such an impact.TITANIC: HISTORY IN AN HOUR is an entertaining and well researched account of the events leading up to the sinking of this ‘u…
A stirring Second World War tale of love and loss set in Yorkshire from the author of The Linden Walk and A Scent of Lavender.Set during World War 2, TURN LEFT AT THE DAFFODILS tells two love stories – those of Nan and Carrie.Nan meets Charles, a gauche, young airman at a dance. Despite his stammer and inability to dance, Nan is captivated by her first romance, and takes him under her wing. When N…
Это увлекательная, достоверная история мудрого и отважного еврея и его семьи. Героям книги довелось жить в трудные времена, но они сумели сохранить любовь, верность и человеческое достоинство. Израильский литератор Яша Хайн, совмещая богатый жизненный опыт со свежестью прозаического изложения, рассказывает о судьбе своего отца и его близких во время Холокоста, от 40-х годов прошлого столетия до на…
Two women. One house. Centuries of secrets.East Sussex Coast, 1855Violet Hargreaves is the lonely daughter of a widowed industrialist, and an aspiring Pre-Raphaelite painter. One day, the naïve eighteen-year-old meets the mysterious and handsome Edwin on the beach. He promises her a world beyond the small coastal village she’s trapped in. But after she ignores warnings about Edwin, a chain of terr…