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Скачать книгу (размер 1 105 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 218) Аннотация: Introducing Leadership: A Practical Guide by Alison Price and David Price is packed with examples of famous leaders who achieved brilliant things against all odds. In this practical guide to leadership you'll discover the ideas, strategies and tried and tested winning solutions of famous leaders, which can be applied to the opportunities and challenges that you face. So whether you're starting…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: »ONE MAN Born in rural obscurity ONE DESTINY To become one of Rome's greatest Emperors 26 AD: Sixteen-year-old Vespasian leaves his family farm for Rome, his sights set on finding a patron and following his brother into the army. But he discovers a city in turmoil and an Empire on the brink. The aging emperor Tiberius is in seclusion on Capri, leaving Rome in the iron grip of Sejanus, commander…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 676 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 330) Аннотация: When Vladimir Putin, an unimportant, low-level KGB operative, was rushed to power by a group of Oligarchs in 1999, he was a man without a history. Within a few brief years, Putin had dismantled the country's media, wrested control and wealth from the country's burgeoning business class, and decimated the fragile mechanisms of democracy. Virtually every obstacle to his unbridled control was…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: One of Britain's most influential centre-left thinkers examines UK immigration policy and argues that there have been unforeseen consequences which need urgently to be addressed. In The British Dream, David Goodhart tells the story of post-war immigration and charts a course for its future. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with people from all over the country and a wealth of statistical…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: From Marathon in 490 BC or Hastings in 1066 to Trafalgar and Austerlitz in 1805; from Midway, Stalingrad or Leyte Gulf during the Second World War to the fall of Baghdad in 2003, this meticulously illustrated companion to great battles of the world will be essential reading for anyone fascinated by military set-pieces and strategy. When did an Asian power first defeat a European one? How did Joan…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Although 1989 and 1991 witnessed more spectacular events, 1990 was a year of embryonic change in Russia: Article 6 of the constitution was abolished, and with it the Party's monopoly on political power. This fascinating collection of documentary evidence crystalises the aspirations of the Russian people in the days before Communism finally fell. It charts — among many other social developments —…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: It's an astonishing fact that capturing all the energy in just one hour's worth of sunlight would enable us to meet the planet's food and energy needs for an entire year. Project Sunshine tells the story of how scientists are working to reconnect us to the 'solar economy', harnessing the power of the sun to provide sustainable food and energy for a global population of 9 billion people: an…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: It is 1942 and the Jews are being deported from Belgium. Separated from his parents, seven-year-old Joseph must go into hiding. He is taken in the dead of night to an orphanage, the Villa Jaune, where the benign and enigmatic Father Pons presides over a motley assortment of children. With the ever-present threat of the Gestapo growing closer, Joseph learns that the secret of survival is to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 508 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 297) Аннотация: A huge international bestseller — «The Cook» is a thriller and a love story that has gripped readers across Europe. As the financial crisis tightens its grip on Europe, the gilded world of Zurich's leading restaurant, Chez Huwyler, seems immune to plunging stock markets and collapsing banks. But behind the scenes, even the rarefied world of haute cuisine is feeling the bite and so Maravan — a…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 396) Аннотация: When Ariel Manto uncovers a copy of The End of Mr. Y in a second-hand bookshop, she can't believe her eyes. She knows enough about its author, the outlandish Victorian scientist Thomas Lumas, to know that copies are exceedingly rare. And, some say, cursed. With Mr. Y under her arm, Ariel finds herself thrust into a thrilling adventure of love, sex, death and time-travel.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: In November 1910, Count Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station attended by the world's media. He was eighty-two years old and had lived a remarkable and long life during one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history. Born into a privileged aristocratic family, he seemed set to join the ranks of degenerate Russian noblemen, but fighting in the Crimean war alongside rank and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Introducing Getting the Job You Want supports you through all the stages of finding your perfect job — from organisation and preparation to the different ways to implement a job search campaign. In a challenging job market you need to create a resume that will sell you, and to be well prepared for interview. Both new graduates and those returning to the job search will learn simple yet effective…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 840 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 362) Аннотация: Rodinsky's world was that of the East European Jewry, cabbalistic speculation, an obsession with language as code and terrible loss. He touched the imagination of artist Rachel Lichtenstein, whose grandparents had left Poland in the thirties. This text weaves together Lichtenstein's quest for Rodinsky — which took her to Poland, to Israel and around Jewish London — with Iain Sinclair's…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: It is winter, 1943. Bernie Gunther has left the Criminal Police and is working for the German War Crimes Bureau based in Berlin. Reports have been circulating of a mass grave hidden in a wood near Smolensk. The grave's whereabouts are uncertain until, deep in the Katyn Forest, a wolf digs up some human remains. Rumour has it that the grave is full of Polish officers murdered by the Russians — a…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In Soviet Russia the desire for freedom is also a desire for the freedom to love. Lovers live as outlaws, traitors to the collective spirit, and love is more intense when it feels like an act of resistance. Now entering middle age, an orphan recalls the fleeting moments that have never left him — a scorching day in a blossoming orchard with a woman who loves another; a furtive, desperate affair…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Whether you are already a seasoned director or simply a film fan, this comprehensive guide features everything you need to know to make a digital film: from the basics of capturing footage and planning a shoot, to the more advanced aspects of editing and post-production. Clear, step-by-step instruction on the technical aspects of filming with HD and DSLR cameras — including the latest advice on…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The heavens are alive with breathtaking beauty: from the incandescent surface of the Sun to the shimmering tail of a comet; the birth of planets to the death of stars; the dancing shadows of Jupiter's moons to the silhouettes of eclipses. The Cosmic Gallery contemplates the entire cosmos as a grand celestial art exhibit. In six thematically organized chapters, Giles Sparrow presents an array of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: 'How will this go on, Leo? The same as before? But where will it go? Nowhere, just on. You live your life, I live mine. And the rest we'll live together.' Love Virtually ends as Leo leaves Germany for America. He and Emmi have still not met, but the intensity of their correspondence has been threatening Emmi's marriage. But shouldn't these unconventional lovers be given another chance? When Leo…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Neuroscience is one of the most fascinating and complex areas of scientific research, with new advances being made every day. In 50 Human Brain Ideas You Really Need to Know, Mo Costandi condenses all we know about the brain and how it works into series of introductions to the most important concepts. Outlining both long-standing theories — such as the function of neurons and synaptic…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Investigator Lennox just can't stay out of trouble. Lennox is looking for legitimate cases — anything's better than working for the Three Kings, the crime bosses who run Glasgow's underworld. So when a woman comes into his office and hires him to follow her husband, it seems the perfect case. And, unusually for Lennox, it's legal. But this isn't a simple case of marital infidelity. When the…