Автор: Sikov Ed Название: Dark Victory: The Life of Bette Davis ISBN: 0805088636 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780805088632 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Цена: 19000.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
The legendary Hollywood star blazes a fiery trail in this enthralling portrait of a brilliant actress and the movies her talent elevated to greatness
In "Dark Victory," noted film critic and biographer Ed Sikov paints the most detailed picture ever delivered of Bette Davis, the intelligent, opinionated, and unusual woman who was in the words of a close friend "one of the major events of the twentieth century." Drawing on new interviews with friends, directors, and admirers, as well as archival research and a fresh look at the films, this stylish, intimate biography depicts Davis's personal as well as professional life in a way that is both revealing and sympathetic.
With his wise and well-informed take on the production and accomplishments of such movie milestones as "Jezebel," "All About Eve," and "Now, Voyager," as well as the turbulent life and complicated personality of the actress who made them, Sikov's "Dark Victory "brings to life the two-time Academy Award winning actress's unmistakable screen style, and shows the reader how Davis's art was her own dark victory."
Автор: Jenny Fran Davis Название: Dykette ISBN: 1250843138 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250843135 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Рейтинг: Цена: 16550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: America`s First Soldiers unfolds with the critical events and people that lead Massachusetts to initiate the American Revolutionary War. These first soldiers were the catalyst for the skirmish at Lexington Green, the battle of the Old North Bridge, and the life and death struggle along a 16-mile road, passing through six Massachusetts towns in a violent, running battle of fire and maneuver. Dig in on the deadly struggle for a Boston hilltop, Breed`s Hill, known as Bunker Hill. For the British Army, it was the deadliest battle of the American Revolutionary War. This battle, more than any other event, created the moment Massachusetts and the other colonies realized the American Revolution had begun. Meet a young Boston bookseller who believed he could bomb the mighty British army out of Boston. He became Washington`s Yankee, standing with him from Boston to victory at Yorktown. He was the man General Washington personally chose to succeed him as the Continental Army`s commanding general. America`s First Soldiers is the account of extraordinary men whose defeat of the British was so thorough, that during the eight-year struggle of the American Revolutionary War the British never again fought in Massachusetts. Part 1 of this book chronicles America`s First Soldiers. Part 2 visits some of the well-preserved and fascinating sites in Massachusetts as a 21st-century historical tourist. This book uncovers the hidden story of the men from Massachusetts-America`s First Soldiers.
Автор: Davis, John Paul Название: King john, henry iii and england`s lost civil war ISBN: 1526750074 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781526750075 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This is the story of how the varying actions of two very different kings both threatened and created the English way of life, and ultimately put England on the path to its Lost Civil War.
Автор: Neville Henry Название: The Isle of Pines and Plato Redivivus ISBN: 0865979154 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780865979154 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 28530.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Henry Neville (1620-1694), writes David Womersley in his Introduction, was "an experienced political actor who united a practitioner's sense of possibility with literary flair and imagination as he struggled to achieve headway for his republican commitments in the deceptive waters of late Stuart monarchy."
Educated at Oxford, Neville made an extended visit to Italy in 1643-44, where he formed long-standing connections in Florence and studied the institutions of republican Venice. In 1649 he entered the House of Commons with the support of Algernon Sidney (who was his second cousin). Over the next few years, Neville wrote pamphlets against the usurpation of the army and the threat of Cromwellian dictatorship, and as the Restoration approached, he was a leading member of James Harrington's Rota Club.
In late 1667 or early 1668, after he had returned to England from a second trip to Italy, Neville wrote the two works on which his reputation now rests. The Isle of Pines (1668) is at initial glance a slight, even salacious, shipwreck fantasy in which a fictional Elizabethan castaway, George Pines, and four female co-survivors populate a luxuriant tropical island with a thriving community that numbers, after two generations, almost two thousand. Like Harrington before him, Neville plays with the island trope and flirts with political implication, although it is unclear quite how serious and profound these implications are intended to be.
Neville pursues similar republican themes more fully and directly in his major work of 1680, Plato Redivivus. Often read as a moderate adaptation of Harringtonian principles to the realities of a monarchical system that was now again entrenched, the treatise is notable for its insistence on kingship as a trust from the people, on the duty of kings to relegate their own interests beneath those of their subjects, and on constitutional sanctions such as annual parliaments as necessary checks on royal power. "Mixed monarchy" and "limited monarchy" are emphatic terms throughout the work. However, Neville's critique of late Stuart monarchy relies more on the kind of cosmopolitan republicanism to which he had been exposed in his Italian travels than it does on more familiar home-grown concepts such as ancient constitutionalism.
The only scholarly edition of Henry Neville's most important writings, the Liberty Fund edition is constructed on a solid textual foundation, offering for the first time a thorough annotation of both texts.
David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He has published widely on English literature from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. He is the editor of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (2012) for Cambridge University Press.
Автор: Mariah Carey and Michaela Angela Davis; illustrate Название: Christmas Princess ISBN: 1250837111 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250837110 Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS) Рейтинг: Цена: 11640.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Introducing a Christmas triple threat-one part classic fairy tale; one part inspired by Mariah`s childhood; one part unforgettable and inspirational holiday story-promising a certified hit with lasting power.
Автор: Hart-Davis Adam Название: Very Heath Robinson ISBN: 1873329482 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781873329481 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 42240.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Adam Hart-Davis explores the delightful work of William Heath Robinson, the prolific artist and humorist.
From the bestselling author of the Don't Know Much About(R) books comes a dramatic account of the origins of democracy, the history of authoritarianism, and the reigns of five of history's deadliest dictators.
What makes a country fall to a dictator? How do authoritarian leaders--strongmen--capable of killing millions acquire their power? How are they able to defeat the ideal of democracy? And what can we do to make sure it doesn't happen again? By profiling five of the most notoriously ruthless dictators in history--Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Saddam Hussein--Kenneth C. Davis seeks to answer these questions, examining the forces in these strongmen's personal lives and historical periods that shaped the leaders they'd become. Meticulously researched and complete with photographs, Strongman provides insight into the lives of five leaders who callously transformed the world and serves as an invaluable resource in an era when democracy itself seems in peril. Strongman is a book that is both deeply researched and deeply felt, both an alarming warning and a galvanizing call to action, both daunting and necessary to read and discuss. --Cynthia Levinson, author of Fault Lines in the Constitution
Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you're stuck in the same ruts?
What you don't know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships―and even keep you in the shallows with God.
Whatever your spiritual background, this book shows how you can overcome your inner barriers, realize your unique gifts and strengths, and discover your deepest direction in life.
The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human beings are wired, both positively and negatively.
In this book, Dr Campbell & Dr Watson forge a unique approach―a practical, comprehensive way of accessing Enneagram wisdom for a deeper knowledge of ourselves, compassion for others, and love for God.
You will start to see the world through other people's eyes, understanding how and why people think, feel, and act the way they do.
Beginning with changes you can start making today, the wisdom of the Enneagram can help take you further along into who you really are―leading you into places of spiritual discovery you would never have found on your own, and paving the way to the wiser, more compassionate person you want to become.
Also, the powerful principles for forging deep character, mental toughness and good management of our emotions, either positive or negative, results in greater balance and increased personal magnetism. Never again will you be overtaken by events or get overwhelmed by your anxiety.
We'll make sure you take all the fears and doubts out of your head, so you don't make the same mistake twice.
This book will specifically help you develop the Warrior Spirit - to deepen your willpower, intention and connection with your spiritual self.
Let yourself be led towards a more comfortable and happy life.
Автор: Neville Henry Название: The Isle of Pines and Plato Redivivus ISBN: 0865979162 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780865979161 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 15660.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Henry Neville (1620-1694), writes David Womersley in his Introduction, was "an experienced political actor who united a practitioner's sense of possibility with literary flair and imagination as he struggled to achieve headway for his republican commitments in the deceptive waters of late Stuart monarchy."
Educated at Oxford, Neville made an extended visit to Italy in 1643-44, where he formed long-standing connections in Florence and studied the institutions of republican Venice. In 1649 he entered the House of Commons with the support of Algernon Sidney (who was his second cousin). Over the next few years, Neville wrote pamphlets against the usurpation of the army and the threat of Cromwellian dictatorship, and as the Restoration approached, he was a leading member of James Harrington's Rota Club.
In late 1667 or early 1668, after he had returned to England from a second trip to Italy, Neville wrote the two works on which his reputation now rests. The Isle of Pines (1668) is at initial glance a slight, even salacious, shipwreck fantasy in which a fictional Elizabethan castaway, George Pines, and four female co-survivors populate a luxuriant tropical island with a thriving community that numbers, after two generations, almost two thousand. Like Harrington before him, Neville plays with the island trope and flirts with political implication, although it is unclear quite how serious and profound these implications are intended to be.
Neville pursues similar republican themes more fully and directly in his major work of 1680, Plato Redivivus. Often read as a moderate adaptation of Harringtonian principles to the realities of a monarchical system that was now again entrenched, the treatise is notable for its insistence on kingship as a trust from the people, on the duty of kings to relegate their own interests beneath those of their subjects, and on constitutional sanctions such as annual parliaments as necessary checks on royal power. "Mixed monarchy" and "limited monarchy" are emphatic terms throughout the work. However, Neville's critique of late Stuart monarchy relies more on the kind of cosmopolitan republicanism to which he had been exposed in his Italian travels than it does on more familiar home-grown concepts such as ancient constitutionalism.
The only scholarly edition of Henry Neville's most important writings, the Liberty Fund edition is constructed on a solid textual foundation, offering for the first time a thorough annotation of both texts.
David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He has published widely on English literature from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth centuries. He is the editor of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (2012) for Cambridge University Press.
Казахстан, 010000 г. Астана, проспект Туран 43/5, НП2 (офис 2) ТОО "Логобук" Тел:+7 707 857-29-98 ,+7(7172) 65-23-70 www.logobook.kz
