Beggarman, Thief: Righting Our Wrongs in Small-Town America, Lambert Ron

Автор: Ron Chernow
Название: Washington
ISBN: 0143119966 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780143119968
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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A gripping portrait of the first president of the United States from the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical.

Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolid, unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods.

Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography

"Truly magnificent... a] well-researched, well-written and absolutely definitive biography"--Andrew Roberts, The Wall Street Journal

"Superb... the best, most comprehensive, and most balanced single-volume biography of Washington ever written."--Gordon S. Wood, The New York Review of Books

"A truly gripping biography of George Washington... I can't recommend it highly enough--as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment. It's as luxuriantly pleasurable as one of those great big sprawling, sweeping Victorian novels."--Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker

Lin-Manuel Miranda's smash Broadway musical Hamilton has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more.

Ron Chernow's latest biography, Grant, is now available in paperback.

Автор: Schick, Ron
Название: Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera
ISBN: 0316006939 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780316006934
Издательство: Little Brown
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Описание: An unprecedented study of Norman Rockwell`s creative process, pairing masterworks of American illustration with the photographs that inspired their execution

Автор: Field, Ron
Название: American Civil War Marines 1861–65
ISBN: 1841767689 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841767680
Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS
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Цена: 1931.00 р.
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Описание: Like the other branches of US military service, the Marine Corps was crippled by resignations as men went south to join Confederate forces at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. Although few enlisted men quit, 20 officers out of a total of 63 either resigned or were dismissed. They included some of the Corp's most able men, and all but one of these served in the Confederate States Marine Corps at some time during the war.

This title looks at the Marines on both sides during the American Civil War. It examines their history, weapons, uniforms, equipment and battle experiences.

Автор: Field, Ron
Название: Forts of the American Frontier 1820–91
ISBN: 1846030404 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846030406
Издательство: Osprey
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During the early decades of the 19th century, the Southern Plains of the North American continent were only occasionally visited by explorers, trappers, traders, and missionaries. The first trading posts and forts were built then, such as Adobe Walls in the panhandle of North Texas, and Tubac Presidio in New Mexico. During the 1840s, when the 'Great American Desert' became the scene of an inexorable westward expansion, European pioneers and settlers flooded overland from the eastern seaboard. As they headed west, these settlers invaded and absorbed the traditional lands of the Native American. Via a series of Acts passed by Congress, many members of the Five Civilized Tribes (the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole) were moved to reservations. It was hoped that a Permanent Indian Frontier guarded by a line of military forts would separate the Indian from the 'white man' forever. Numerous posts were built to police the southern end of this frontier between 1820 and 1840.

Following the establishment of the Republic of Texas in 1836, and the Mexican War of 1846-48, the lands and wealth then acquired lured many more migrants to the Southwest. The resulting trails first breached and then destroyed the Permanent Indian Frontier. The US Government constructed a line of forts on the Texan frontier in 1848-49 to protect traders and settlers. This chain, which included forts Graham, Worth, Gates, Crogham, Inge and Duncan, extended for more than 800 miles. In 1850-52 it became necessary to erect another line of posts 200 miles further west, in order to keep pace with the rapidly advancing frontier and protect against the marauding Kiowas and Comanches. To combat constant Apache and Navajo raids, a network of posts was built in New Mexico throughout the remainder of 1850s.

During the Civil War, the Texan forts seized and occupied by Confederate forces came under regular attack from marauding Indians. Also, in 1864, Kiowa and Comanche attacks on Santa Fe wagontrains on the borders of New Mexico Territory prompted a punitive expedition led by Colonel Christopher Kit Carson which led to the First Battle of Adobe Walls.

This book is a detailed exploration of the design and development and operational histories of all of these forts and defensive systems.

Автор: Field Ron
Название: Confederate Cavalryman vs Union Cavalryman
ISBN: 1472807316 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781472807311
Издательство: Osprey
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Описание: During the American Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces fielded substantial numbers of cavalry, which carried out the tasks of reconnaissance, raiding, and conveying messages. In this book, three cavalry actions of the American Civil War are assessed, including the battles of Second Bull Run/Manassas, Buckland Mills and Toms Brook.

Автор: Klinger, Ron
Название: Improve your bridge memory
ISBN: 030436116X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780304361168
Издательство: Orion
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Описание: Bridge: the perfect game to help improve your memory. Many bridge mistakes arise from a faulty memory, and those who learn to improve their memory will automatically improve their game

Автор: Field, Ron
Название: The Confederate Army 1861–65 (4)
ISBN: 1846030323 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846030321
Издательство: Osprey
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Цена: 1929.00 р.
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Описание: Part of a series of six titles, this fourth title studies the archival and pictorial evidence for the infantry, cavalry and artillery of Virginia - the heart of the Confederacy and its richest, most populous and militarily strongest state; and of Arkansas, which, despite its much smaller population, fielded several interesting units.

Автор: Chernow, Ron
Название: Washington A Life HB
ISBN: 1594202664 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781594202667
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a New York Times Bestseller, a landmark biography of George Washington.

In Washington: A Life celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life of Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian War, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president.

Despite the reverence his name inspires, Washington remains a lifeless waxwork for many Americans, worthy but dull. A laconic man of granite self-control, he often arouses more respect than affection. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow dashes forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man. A strapping six feet, Washington was a celebrated horseman, elegant dancer, and tireless hunter, with a fiercely guarded emotional life. Chernow brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods. Probing his private life, he explores his fraught relationship with his crusty mother, his youthful infatuation with the married Sally Fairfax, and his often conflicted feelings toward his adopted children and grandchildren. He also provides a lavishly detailed portrait of his marriage to Martha and his complex behavior as a slave master.

At the same time, Washington is an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people. Not only did Washington gather around himself the foremost figures of the age, including James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, but he also brilliantly orchestrated their actions to shape the new federal government, define the separation of powers, and establish the office of the presidency.

In this unique biography, Ron Chernow takes us on a page-turning journey through all the formative events of America's founding. With a dramatic sweep worthy of its giant subject, Washington is a magisterial work from one of our most elegant storytellers.

Ron Chernow's new biography, Grant, will be published by Penguin Press in October 2017.

Автор: Field, Ron
Название: The Confederate Army 1861–65 (5)
ISBN: 1846031877 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846031878
Издательство: Osprey
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Цена: 1929.00 р.
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Описание: This book offers insights into why engagement in commercial sex is prolific as sexual culture is transformed in late modernity. Drawing on original empirical data with men who buy sex, the book explores not only `why men buy sex`, but also the sociological and psychological processes that men encounter in order to enter an assumed `deviant` sexual behaviour as part of their everyday lives.

Автор: Field, Ron
Название: The Confederate Army 1861–65 (2)
ISBN: 1841768502 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841768502
Издательство: Osprey
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Цена: 1929.00 р.
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Описание: Florida, Alabama and Georgia. Second in a six-book series describing and illustrating in unprecedented detail the very varied uniforms of the troops of the South, region by region.

Автор: Bird Klinger David Ron
Название: Rabbi`s Magic Trick
ISBN: 0297869914 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780297869917
Издательство: Orion
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Описание: Learn and laugh with the Rabbi and his friends.

Автор: Klinger, Ron Kambites, Andrew
Название: Understanding slam bidding
ISBN: 0304366153 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780304366156
Издательство: Orion
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Описание: A lucid guide to the intricacies of slam bidding which not only gives all the important modern conventions but also teaches you how to identify the key cards in your hand