Автор: Thomas E. Ricks Название: Fiasco ISBN: 0141028505 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141028507 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 11430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Cutting through the headlines and spin, this book gives us a true picture of the reality on the ground, through the words of the people there - from commanders to intelligence officers, army doctors to ordinary soldiers. It provides eye-witness accounts that contradict the official stories and figures.
Автор: Ricks Robert Название: The Rusted Blade ISBN: 035970140X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780359701407 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 9120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Gail O'Brien hates her life? Working at her dead-end job at the local U-Store-Yer-Stuff, she is tasked with emptying a long forgotten storage unit. Inside she discovers a mystic blade covered in rust and a puzzle which offers her Power, Truth, Purpose, and most importantly a life The catch? She only has 24 hours to figure out the clues of the enigmatic poem... And restore the blade to its full potential. Solve the puzzle or die. Simple terms. The things she'll have to do to solve the puzzle will test her will and her sanity.
Автор: Ricks Thomas E. Название: Churchill and Orwell: The Fight for Freedom ISBN: 0143110888 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143110880 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 11030.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017 A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike. Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930's--Orwell shot in the neck in a trench line in the Spanish Civil War, and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time, Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. No one would have predicted that by the end of the 20th century they would be considered two of the most important people in British history for having the vision and courage to campaign tirelessly, in words and in deeds, against the totalitarian threat from both the left and the right. In a crucial moment, they responded first by seeking the facts of the matter, seeing through the lies and obfuscations, and then they acted on their beliefs. Together, to an extent not sufficiently appreciated, they kept the West's compass set toward freedom as its due north. It's not easy to recall now how lonely a position both men once occupied. By the late 1930's, democracy was discredited in many circles, and authoritarian rulers were everywhere in the ascent. There were some who decried the scourge of communism, but saw in Hitler and Mussolini "men we could do business with," if not in fact saviors. And there were others who saw the Nazi and fascist threat as malign, but tended to view communism as the path to salvation. Churchill and Orwell, on the other hand, had the foresight to see clearly that the issue was human freedom--that whatever its coloration, a government that denied its people basic freedoms was a totalitarian menace and had to be resisted. In the end, Churchill and Orwell proved their age's necessary men. The glorious climax of Churchill and Orwell is the work they both did in the decade of the 1940's to triumph over freedom's enemies. And though Churchill played the larger role in the defeat of Hitler and the Axis, Orwell's reckoning with the menace of authoritarian rule in Animal Farm and 1984 would define the stakes of the Cold War for its 50-year course, and continues to give inspiration to fighters for freedom to this day. Taken together, in Thomas E. Ricks's masterful hands, their lives are a beautiful testament to the power of moral conviction, and to the courage it can take to stay true to it, through thick and thin. Churchill and Orwell is a perfect gift for the holidays
Автор: Ricks Patricia J. Название: Treasured: A Higher Realms Novel ISBN: 0578468891 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780578468891 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 18630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Sixteen-year-old Tara MacInnes always loved Celtic myths, but she never planned on being part of one. When her parents die in an accident, Tara is left with lots of questions. She sets out with her friend Mark to find answers, and they journey from this world to the Higher Realms - a place where all the Celtic myths are real. Finding themselves in the middle of a war between the High King and the giants, Tara must discover her true identity before she loses the only family she has left.
