Автор: Persico, Joseph
Название: Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour
ISBN: 0375760458 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375760457
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 971 р.
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Описание: November 11, 1918. The final hours pulsate with tension as every man in the trenches hopes to escape the melancholy distinction of being the last to die in World War I. The Allied generals knew the fighting would end precisely at 11:00 A.M, yet in the final hours they flung men against an already beaten Germany. The result? Eleven thousand casualties suffered more than during the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Why? Allied commanders wanted to punish the enemy to the very last moment and career officers saw a fast-fading chance for glory and promotion.
Joseph E. Persico puts the reader in the trenches with the forgotten and the famous among the latter, Corporal Adolf Hitler, Captain Harry Truman, and Colonels Douglas MacArthur and George Patton. Mainly, he follows ordinary soldiers lives, illuminating their fate as the end approaches. Persico sets the last day of the war in historic context with a gripping reprise of all that led up to it, from the 1914 assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand, which ignited the war, to the raw racism black doughboys endured except when ordered to advance and die in the war s last hour. Persico recounts the war s bloody climax in a cinematic style that evokes "All Quiet on the Western Front, Grand Illusion, "and" Paths of Glory."
The pointless fighting on the last day of the war is the perfect metaphor for the four years that preceded it, years of senseless slaughter for hollow purposes. This book is sure to become the definitive history of the end of a conflict Winston Churchill called the hardest, cruelest, and least-rewarded of all the wars that have been fought.

"From the Hardcover edition.""

Автор: Persico, Joseph E, Powell, Colin
Название: Soldier`s Way
ISBN: 009943993X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099439936
Издательство: Random House
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Цена: 1031 р.
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Описание: Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history - Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm - but a history that has been known only on the surface. This title presents his story.

Автор: Persico Joseph
Название: Franklin and Lucy: Mrs. Rutherfurd and the Other Remarkable Women in Roosevelt`s Life
ISBN: 0812974964 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812974966
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 1095 р.
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Описание: In Franklin and Lucy, acclaimed author and historian Joseph E. Persico explores FDR's romance with Lucy Rutherfurd. Persico's provocative conclusions about their relationship are informed by a revealing range of sources, including never-before-published letters and documents from Lucy Rutherfurd's estate that attest to the intensity of the affair, which lasted much longer than was previously acknowledged.

FDR's connection with Lucy also creates an opportunity for Persico to take a more penetrating look at the other women in FDR's life. We come to see more clearly how FDR's infidelity contributed to Eleanor Roosevelt's eventual transformation from a repressed Victorian to perhaps the greatest American woman of her century; how FDR's strong-willed mother helped to strengthen his resolve in overcoming personal and public adversity; and how both paramours and platonic friends completed the world that FDR inhabited. In focusing on Lucy Rutherfurd and the other women who mattered to Roosevelt, Persico renders the most intimate portrait yet of an enigmatic giant of American history.

Автор: Powell Colin, Persico Joseph
Название: My American Journey
ISBN: 0345466411 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345466419
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 1095 р.
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Автор: Persico, Jayne
Название: Illuminated art glass
ISBN: 0919985599 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780919985599
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 2120 р.
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Описание: Reveals lamp-making process using colour photographs, instructions and helpful design tips. This book provides an array of glass kiln techniques from frit casting to tack-fuse assembly to ultra-managed slumping. It includes details on casting moulds, tools, equipment, kilns, and offers a comprehensive look at digital controller programming.

Автор: Persico, Joseph
Название: Franklin and Lucy
ISBN: 1400064422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781400064427
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 1704 р.
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Автор: Persico, Joseph
Название: Franklin and Lucy
ISBN: 0739368419 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739368411
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Цена: 1822 р.
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Автор: Persico, Joseph E.
Название: Eleventh month, eleventh day, eleventh hour
ISBN: 0099445395 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099445395
Издательство: Random House
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Цена: 618 р.
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Описание: Where was the Austrian corporal, Adolf Hitler, on that day? Using military archives and public records, along with journals and diaries, the author weaves together the eleventh hour experiences of the men in the trenches, unsung and unremembered, the British Tommies, French Poilus, American Doughboys, and German Feldgrau.

Автор: Persico, Joseph
Название: Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour
ISBN: 073931517X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739315170
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 1579 р.
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Автор: Persico Joseph E.
Название: Roosevelt`s Centurions: FDR and the Commanders He Led to Victory in World War II
ISBN: 1400064430 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781400064434
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 2130 р.
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Автор: Persico, Jayne
Название: Glass kiln casting
ISBN: 0919985556 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780919985551
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Цена: 2120 р.
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Описание: Presents photographs of beautifully finished pieces of Glass Kiln Casting. The clear and simple instructions in this book will enable fusers of any skill level to achieve amazing 3-dimensional creations. It offers over 260 colour photographs in 12 chapters that inspires dozens of exceptional projects.

Автор: Persico, Joseph
Название: Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour
ISBN: 0739315188 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739315187
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 1822 р.
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