Автор: Caro, Robert A. Название: The Power Broker ISBN: 0394720245 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780394720241 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man's incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping of twentieth-century New York. One of the Modern Library's hundred greatest books of the twentieth century. Robert Caro's monumental book makes public what few outsiders knew: that Robert Moses was the single most powerful man of his time in the City and in the State of New York. And in telling the Moses story, Caro both opens up to an unprecedented degree the way in which politics really happens--the way things really get done in America's City Halls and Statehouses--and brings to light a bonanza of vital information about such national figures as Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt (and the genesis of their blood feud), about Fiorello La Guardia, John V. Lindsay and Nelson Rockefeller. But The Power Broker is first and foremost a brilliant multidimensional portrait of a man--an extraordinary man who, denied power within the normal framework of the democratic process, stepped outside that framework to grasp power sufficient to shape a great city and to hold sway over the very texture of millions of lives. We see how Moses began: the handsome, intellectual young heir to the world of Our Crowd, an idealist. How, rebuffed by the entrenched political establishment, he fought for the power to accomplish his ideals. How he first created a miraculous flowering of parks and parkways, playlands and beaches--and then ultimately brought down on the city the smog-choked aridity of our urban landscape, the endless miles of (never sufficient) highway, the hopeless sprawl of Long Island, the massive failures of public housing, and countless other barriers to humane living. How, inevitably, the accumulation of power became an end in itself. Moses built an empire and lived like an emperor. He was held in fear--his dossiers could disgorge the dark secret of anyone who opposed him. He was, he claimed, above politics, above deals; and through decade after decade, the newspapers and the public believed. Meanwhile, he was developing his public authorities into a fourth branch of government known as Triborough--a government whose records were closed to the public, whose policies and plans were decided not by voters or elected officials but solely by Moses--an immense economic force directing pressure on labor unions, on banks, on all the city's political and economic institutions, and on the press, and on the Church. He doled out millions of dollars' worth of legal fees, insurance commissions, lucrative contracts on the basis of who could best pay him back in the only coin he coveted: power. He dominated the politics and politicians of his time--without ever having been elected to any office. He was, in essence, above our democratic system. Robert Moses held power in the state for 44 years, through the governorships of Smith, Roosevelt, Lehman, Dewey, Harriman and Rockefeller, and in the city for 34 years, through the mayoralties of La Guardia, O'Dwyer, Impellitteri, Wagner and Lindsay, He personally conceived and carried through public works costing 27 billion dollars--he was undoubtedly America's greatest builder. This is how he built and dominated New York--before, finally, he was stripped of his reputation (by the press) and his power (by Nelson Rockefeller). But his work, and his will, had been done.
Автор: Ramsay Caro Название: Dark Water ISBN: 0141044349 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141044347 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 7030.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: It was bitterly cold February in Glasgow. Hanging from a rope in the attic of a deserted tenement is the body of a criminal believed to have been hiding out on the Costa del Sol these last ten years. His face has been hideously disfigured.
Investigating officers DI Anderson and DS Costello believe the dead man to be a suspect in a decade-old case: the rape and attempted murder of a young student by two men. And there are other, similar cases on file. But what has happened to the dead man's accomplice, 'Mr Click?'.
And with the discovery of another young woman who has been brutally attacked, detectives Anderson and Costello realize this terrifying psychopath has started working once more. They must use every trick in the book to stop him. For Mr Click has developed a taste for his bloodthirsty trade.
And to satisfy his lust he will strike again and again.
Автор: Caro Ramsay Название: The Blood of Crows ISBN: 0141044365 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141044361 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 4920.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: DI Colin Anderson is having a bad week. His conviction of paedophile Skelpie Fairbairn is declared unsafe - putting Fairbairn back on Glasgow`s streets and leaving Anderson under investigation. Then one night, a young girl is tied to the river bank and left for the tide. Anderson gets there, but she dies in his arms.
Автор: Ledbetter Carole Название: Carole`s Columns ISBN: 1683140346 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781683140344 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 22060.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Campbell Carol Joan Название: A Collection of Carol`s Creations ISBN: 1796064025 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781796064025 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 27580.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Not enough time to read a book? How about just a short story or a few poems? Here's a book filled with just that Find a Fictional story-Creative Non Fiction, Poetry, Silliness, Sentimental? Read for an hour or just a few minutes. Flip through the pages and let your mind take a quick journey or a soothing rest - it's all up to you. ENJOY
Автор: Cunningham Carolyn Название: Scottish Set Text Guide: Poetry of Carol Ann Duffy for Natio ISBN: 1510468323 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781510468320 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 9980.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Understand, analyse, evaluate, succeed. This study and revision guide takes you through every aspect of Carol Ann Duffy`s poetry, with exam advice for the National 5 and Higher English Critical Reading papers.
Автор: Smalley Carol Parenzan Название: Around Caroga Lake, Canada Lake, and Pine Lake ISBN: 1531649580 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781531649586 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 29420.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
A Christmas Carol is a novella by English author Charles Dickens. It was first published by Chapman & Hall on 19 December 1843. Carol tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation resulting from a supernatural visit by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim.
Автор: Caro Название: Caro`S Book Of Tells ISBN: 1580420826 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781580420822 Издательство: Simon & Schuster Рейтинг: Цена: 19120.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
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