Double act, Roberts, Andrew

Автор: Roberts, Andrew
Название: Churchill
ISBN: 0141981253 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141981253
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: 'Undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesA magnificently fresh and unexpected biography of Churchill, by one of Britain's most acclaimed historiansWinston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world. There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill.

Andrew Roberts now draws on over forty new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography to depict him more intimately and persuasively than any of its predecessors. The book in no way conceals Churchill's faults and it allows the reader to appreciate his virtues and character in full: his titanic capacity for work (and drink), his ability see the big picture, his willingness to take risks and insistence on being where the action was, his good humour even in the most desperate circumstances, the breadth and strength of his friendships and his extraordinary propensity to burst into tears at unexpected moments. Above all, it shows us the wellsprings of his personality - his lifelong desire to please his father (even long after his father's death) but aristocratic disdain for the opinions of almost everyone else, his love of the British Empire, his sense of history and its connection to the present.

During the Second World War, Churchill summoned a particular scientist to see him several times for technical advice. 'It was the same whenever we met', wrote the young man, 'I had a feeling of being recharged by a source of living power.' Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's emissary, wrote 'Wherever he was, there was a battlefront.' Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Churchill's essential partner in strategy and most severe critic in private, wrote in his diary, 'I thank God I was given such an opportunity of working alongside such a man, and of having my eyes opened to the fact that occasionally such supermen exist on this earth.'

Автор: Roberts Andrew
Название: Napoleon: A Life
ISBN: 0143127853 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143127857
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 15330.00 T
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Описание: The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of The Storm of Warwinner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize, winner of the Fondation Napoleon prize and a New York Times bestseller

';A thrilling tale of military and political genius Roberts is an uncommonly gifted writer.'
The Washington Post

Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times.

Andrew Roberts's Napoleon is the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies and his errant wife Josephine.

Like Churchill, he understood the strategic importance of telling his own story, and his memoirs, dictated from exile on St. Helena, became the single bestselling book of the nineteenth century.

An award-winning historian, Roberts traveled to fifty-three of Napoleon's sixty battle sites, discovered crucial new documents in archives, and even made the long trip by boat to St. Helena.

He is as acute in his understanding of politics as he is of military history. Here at last is a biography worthy of its subject: magisterial, insightful, beautifully written, by one of our foremost historians.

Автор: Roberts, Andrew
Название: George III
ISBN: 0141991461 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141991467
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Romantic and nature-loving the floral design of the Magneto Diary Flowers 2023 by teNeues will make your life bloom day after day Measuring 10 x 15cm, the well-thought out features of this week to view diary will make scheduling fun Inside you will find a ribbon bookmark that quickly refers you to the latest entry whilst a pocket on the inside back cover can be used to store business cards, receipts and similar things. Coloured book endpapers give the Diary a special appeal whilst the practical magnetic closure keeps the Diary securely closed. The clearly laid out Diary grid is in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch and offers

Автор: Roberts Andrew
Название: Churchill: Walking with Destiny
ISBN: 1101980990 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781101980996
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 26360.00 T
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Описание: In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and understood--by the bestselling, award-winning author of Napoleon and The Storm of War

When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved? In Churchill, Andrew Roberts gives readers the full and definitive Winston Churchill, from birth to lasting legacy, as personally revealing as it is compulsively readable.

Roberts gained exclusive access to extensive new material: transcripts of War Cabinet meetings, diaries, letters and unpublished memoirs from Churchill's contemporaries. The Royal Family permitted Roberts--in a first for a Churchill biographer--to read the detailed notes taken by King George VI in his diary after his weekly meetings with Churchill during World War II. This treasure trove of access allows Roberts to understand the man in revelatory new ways, and to identify the hidden forces fueling Churchill's legendary drive.

We think of Churchill as a hero who saved civilization from the evils of Nazism and warned of the grave crimes of Soviet communism, but Roberts's masterwork reveals that he has as much to teach us about the challenges leaders face today--and the fundamental values of courage, tenacity, leadership and moral conviction.

Автор: Roberts, Rachel Preshous, Andrew Gakonga, Joanne
Название: IELTS Foundation Student`s Book
ISBN: 1405013923 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781405013925
Издательство: Macmillan ELT
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Описание: IELTS Foundation Study Skills are easy-to-use self-study books for students aiming at IELTS band 4-6. They provide clear and practical information on the IELTS exam and teach students and the skills they need to succeed in the general.

Автор: Andrew Roberts
Название: Napoleon the Great
ISBN: 0141032014 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141032016
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Presents the biography of Napoleon who lived one of the extraordinary of all human lives. This book shows how after seizing power in a coup d`etat he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the Revolution had descended.

Автор: Roberts Andrew Lawrence
Название: The Thinking Student`s Guide to College: 75 Tips for Getting a Better Education
ISBN: 0226721159 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226721156
Издательство: Chicago University Press
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Описание: Each fall, thousands of eager freshmen descend on college and university campuses expecting the best education imaginable. This book helps students take charge of their university experience by providing a blueprint they can follow to achieve their educational goals. It also offers tips on choosing a college and applying to graduate school.

Автор: Andrew Roberts
Название: Masters and Commanders
ISBN: 0141029269 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141029269
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their respective military commanders - General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C Marshall. This title tells the story of how four great leaders fought each other over how best to fight Hitler.

Автор: Roberts, Alastair J. Wilson, Andrew
Название: Echoes of exodus
ISBN: 1433557983 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781433557989
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Автор: Andrew Milner, David Roberts, Peter Murphy
Название: Science Fiction and Narrative Form
ISBN: 1350350788 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781350350786
Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic
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Описание: Establishing science fiction as its own distinct and increasingly important narrative form, this book explores how the genre challenges pervasive perceptions of society as they appear in the conventional modern novel. Inspired by, and building upon, Georg Lukacs’s criticism of the orthodox novel for its depiction of life as alienating and disjointed, Milner, Murphy and Roberts demonstrate that science fiction steps beyond this contemporary form to be a more constructive form of literature, one able to conceive of society as complete, integrated and well-rounded. Taking stock of three kinds of science fiction which lie outside the scope of the modern novel – theological/ ontological science fiction, the science fiction of future history and epic science fiction – this book demonstrates the genre’s unique capacity to encapsulate the whole world, persons and events, things and objects in a glance, and address the motive behind the longing for meaningful totality. With reference to a vast array of works by authors such as Michel Houellebecq, Elias Canetti, Isaac Asimov, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Aldous Huxley, Marge Piercy, Iain M. Banks, Margaret Atwood, Ursula K. Le Guin, William Gibson, Dirk C. Fleck, Philip K. Dick, George Orwell and Kazuo Ishiguro, this book offers a compelling argument for rethinking the position and potential of the science fiction novel and to challenge the way we perceive our culture.

Автор: Boyce, Andrew Cooke, Ernie Jones, Robert Mantovani, Bill Roberts, David Weatherill, Bryan
Название: Btec level 3 national engineering student book
ISBN: 1846907241 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846907241
Издательство: Pearson Education
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Автор: Petraeus, David Roberts, Andrew
Название: Conflict
ISBN: 0008567980 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780008567989
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
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