For Richer, For Poorer, Coren Victoria

Автор: Coren
Название: Pawprints Of History
ISBN: 0743222318 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780743222310
Издательство: Simon & Schuster
Цена: 2413.00 р.
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Описание: Over the course of three decades, noted psychologist and renowned dog expert Stanley Coren has amassed a truly remarkable collection of stories, PAWPRINTS OF HISTORY is a light-hearted romp through the ages with a special eye out for man's best friend. As history's great figures strut across the stage, Coren guides us from the wings, lovingly picking out the canine cameos and giving every dog of distinction its day. He vividly depicts the dogs that have played a significant role in the lives of many historical figures, and shows how their relationships with their people have directly influenced the course of world events.

In this unparalleled chronicle, we see how Florence Nightingale's chance encounter with a wounded dog changed her life by leading her to the vocation of nursing. We learn why Dr. Freud's Chow Chow attended all of his therapy sessions and how the life of the Fifth Dalai Lama was saved by a dog who shared his bed.

From canines who accompanied the rulers of ancient Egypt to those belonging to the presidents of the United States, dogs have been companions as well as political symbols and instruments of public relations - including Calvin Coolidge's collie Prudence Prim, who had a cheerful collection of fancy hats, and Bill Clinton's chocolate Lab, Buddy, who made timely appearances to help his master through photo opportunities. In this definitive collection of canine greatness, bursting with tales of famous figures and their four-legged catalysts Coren convincingly documents that wherever are found the footprints of history, there too one will find the pawprints.

Автор: Coren M
Название: J R R Tolkien
ISBN: 0752261568 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780752261560
Издательство: Pan Macmillan
Цена: 1500.00 р.
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Описание: As the last millennium drew to a close all sorts of newspapers and organisations organised surveys to find out which was the most popular book of all time. The Lord of the Rings came first in all of them. When NewLine Cinema previewed the trailer of the first film in the much-anticipated The Lord of the Rings trilogy, 1.7m people downloaded the clip in the first twenty four hours, completety trouncing the previous record-holder, Star Wars Episode I Phantom Menace. Michael Coren has written a short young-adult biography of the man and the book to tie in with the release of the first film in the trilogy Unlike other biographies of Tolkien, Coren's book will be aimed sqaurely at the younger reader and will have over 50 b/w photos integrated into the text.