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: Soles Caro Название: The Abulon Dance ISBN: 1950565408 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781950565405 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15930.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The pleasure-loving hermaphrodites of The Merculian National Dance company are intrigued by the virile patriarchal society they discover while touring the mysterious planet Abulon. The natives seem friendly at first but when the star`s young lover is kidnapped the Merculians are plunged into a brutal Civil War they are ill-equipped to survive.
Автор: Soles Caro Название: The Danger Dance ISBN: 195056570X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781950565702 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15930.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Someone is passing Praetan fleet movements and secrets to enemies in the Troia. Using the Merculian National Dance Company tour as cover, hermaphrodite lovers Eulio and Orosin board the militaristic starship Wellington. Their efforts to unmask a spy stir up a toxic mix of hatred and violence. Who will have to die before the Praetan is satisfied?
Автор: Soles Caro Название: The Memory Dance ISBN: 195056519X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781950565191 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15930.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
Merculian is usually a peaceful world of artistic, fun-loving and sensual hermaphrodites. The planet has always been safe, most Merculians blissfully unfamiliar with the dark powers that lurk beneath the surface of familiar things.
The trouble starts when the aliens arrive. Celebrity dancer Triani picks up a mysterious Terran male in the Pleasure Gardens, and an Ultraati rope dancer dies. Seemingly unrelated, these two events unleash powerful forces that disrupt the lives of everyone around him. Secrets from his carefully hidden past boil to the surface, flooding him with fear. When his beloved Giazin is threatened, he risks his life to save his child. Yet the mysterious group known as the Watchers will not let go. Can Triani free himself from the grip of these formidable beings or will they force him to betray his human lover?
Автор: , Yu Li Название: A Couple of Soles: A Comic Play from Seventeenth-Century China ISBN: 0231193548 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231193542 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 65470.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A Couple of Soles is a classic comedic romance by the seventeenth-century playwright Li Yu. The first major comedy from late imperial China to appear in English translation, it provides an unparalleled view of the theater in seventeenth-century China.
Audacious and genre-defying, Black and Blue is steeped in melancholy, in the feeling of being blue, or, rather, black and blue, with all the literality of bruised flesh. Roland Barthes and Marcel Proust are inspirations for and subjects of Carol Mavor's exquisite, image-filled rumination on efforts to capture fleeting moments and to comprehend the incomprehensible. At the book's heart are one book and three films—Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, Chris Marker's La Jetée and Sans soleil, and Marguerite Duras's and Alain Resnais's Hiroshima mon amour—postwar French works that register disturbing truths about loss and regret, and violence and history, through aesthetic refinement.
Personal recollections punctuate Mavor's dazzling interpretations of these and many other works of art and criticism. Childhood memories become Proust's "small-scale contrivances," tiny sensations that open onto panoramas. Mavor's mother lost her memory to Alzheimer's, and Black and Blue is framed by the author's memories of her mother and effort to understand what it means to not be recognized by one to whom you were once so known.
Автор: Ankers, Steve Название: Northern soles ISBN: 1781327564 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781327562 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15030.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Join Steve Ankers for a 200 mile coast to coast walk from the Mersey to the Humber.
Автор: Fluevog John Название: Fluevog: 50 Years of Unique Soles for Unique Souls ISBN: 1928055532 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781928055532 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 43470.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
Cult shoe designer John Fluevog has been creating "unique soles for unique souls" since 1970. Colorful and quirky, Fluevog shoes have graced the feet of celebrities such as Madonna, Jack White and Lady Gaga, as well as legions of lifelong fans who consider themselves more a community than mere customers. Known for cheeky slogans such as "no, you're weird" and the message engraved on the soles of his iconic Angel shoes: "Resists alkali, water, acid, fatigue and Satan," the Fluevog brand is a celebration of individualism, creativity and humour. These values flow directly from the heart of Fluevog himself, who says that his mission in business and in life is to help people "walk in spirit."
To mark his fiftieth year in the shoe business in 2020, John Fluevog has penned a love letter to Fluvogers everywhere in FLUEVOG: 50 Years of Unique Soles for Unique Souls. In this full-color, visually rich coffee table book, Fluevog gives fans and fashionistas a behind-the-scenes look into the brand's evolution and his own creative process. For the first time in print, the iconoclastic designer reveals the sources of his inspiration, shares drawings from his personal sketchbooks, and opens up about his brushes with bankruptcy and battle with cancer. With his unmistakable jovial warmth, Fluevog reveals the ups and downs of the business's evolution and his own personal triumphs and heartbreaks with disarming candor and intimacy.
Echoing the eclectic style of Fluevog's whimsical and witty zine-style catalogs over the years, the book features Fluevog's own design sketches and handwritten messages, blended with stories, graphics and previously unpublished photographs from the Fluevog archives. The book is a fascinating peek inside the colorful mind of the iconoclastic designer and a celebration of creativity and individualism, while also paying homage to the wild and beautiful John Fluevog shoes themselves.
Jaime Clark-Soles takes readers on a dynamic journey deep into the heart of John in this lively reading of the Fourth Gospel. This book is not simply a commentary but a spiritual companion to be read alongside the Bible. Clark-Soles provides important historical and literary insights while illuminating the dramatic characters in John and emphasizing the Gospel's unique themes and symbols. Her engaging writing style will generate enthusiasm and investment in John's message. Readers will also appreciate the addition of prayers as well as questions for individual study and/or group discussion. This excellent guide will enrich our spiritual journeys while opening ourselves up to Jesus through the words, stories, questions, symbols, and characters we encounter in John's Gospel.
Автор: Soles Gordon H. Название: Cornbread and Milk: A Family Gathering ISBN: 1258430185 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258430184 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 33050.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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