Автор: Bragg, Melvyn
Название: The Adventure of English
ISBN: 0340829931 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340829936
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Описание: English is the collective work of millions of people throughout the ages. It is democratic, ever-changing and ingenious in its assimilation of other cultures. English runs through the heart of world finance, medicine and the Internet, and it is understood by around two thousand million people across the world. Yet it was very nearly wiped out in its early years. In this book Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. The Adventure of English is not only an enthralling story of power, religion and trade, but also the story of people, and how their day-to-day lives shaped and continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.

Автор: Melvyn Bragg
Название: The Book Of Books: A History Of The King James Bible
ISBN: 1444705172 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781444705171
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Описание: 2011 was the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible.

Автор: Melvyn Bragg
Название: In Our Time
ISBN: 0340977523 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340977521
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Описание: Published to tie-in with the new series of the popular BBC Radio 4 programme, IN OUR TIME guides us through the most significant moments in our history.

Автор: Melvyn Bragg
Название: 12 books that changed the world
ISBN: 034083983X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340839836
Издательство: Hodder
Цена: 735 р.
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Описание: When we think of great events in the history of the world, we tend to think of war, revolution, political upheaval or natural catastrophe. But throughout history there have been moments of vital importance that have taken place not on the battlefield, or in the palaces of power, or even in the violence of nature, but between the pages of a book. In our digitised age of instant information it is easy to underestimate the power of the printed word.

In his fascinating new book accompanying the ITV series, Melvyn Bragg presents a vivid reminder of the book as agent of social, political and personal revolution. Twelve Books that Changed the World presents a rich variety of human endeavour and a great diversity of characters. There are also surprises.

Here are famous books by Darwin, Newton and Shakespeare -- but we also discover the stories behind some less well-known works, such as Marie Stopes' Married Love, the original radical feminist Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman -- and even the rules to an obscure ball game that became the most popular sport in the world ...

Автор: Bragg, Melvyn
Название: Remember me...
ISBN: 0340951214 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340951217
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Описание: The story of a love affair that ends in tragedy - a classic theme given fresh and powerful new life by an author `cementing his place among the aristocrats of English fiction` (Sunday Telegraph").

Автор: Melvyn Bragg
Название: Grace and Mary
ISBN: 1444762370 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781444762372
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Описание: By `quite simply one of the best writers we have` (Sunday Telegraph), a profoundly moving story spanning three generations.

Автор: Bragg, Melvyn
Название: Rich life of richard burton
ISBN: 0340500433 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340500439
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Автор: Melvyn Bragg
Название: The Soldier`s Return
ISBN: 0340751010 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340751015
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Описание: When Sam Richardson returns in 1946 from the 'Forgotten War' in Burma to Wigton in Cumbria, he finds little has changed, as far as his own limited prospects go, but in his absence his young family has altered immensely. His wife Ellen has found a sense of self worth in her war time jobs, and their six-year-old son Joe, accustomed to his mother's undivided love, doesn't welcome the father he barely remembers. And Sam finds the traumatic scenes of Burma have changed him too, making the confines of this working class Cumbrian town stifling.

The result is a family in turmoil, which reaches breaking point when Sam resolves to emigrate to Australia. Based on Bragg's own family, this taut, powerful novel sits firmly in the tradition of his hugely popular Cumbrian novels.

Автор: Melvyn Bragg
Название: A Son of War
ISBN: 0340734159 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340734155
Издательство: Hodder
Цена: 1562 р.
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Автор: Melvyn Bragg
Название: A Time to Dance
ISBN: 0340551194 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340551196
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Описание: A novel which recounts the passion of a retired bank manager and his love for a solicitor`s 18 year-old secretary. They meet when she wins an essay competition of which he is the judge, and the novel is in the form of a letter to her. The author`s previous books include "The Maid of Buttermere".

Автор: Melvyn Bragg
Название: Crystal Rooms
ISBN: 0340579765 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340579763
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Описание: A novel from the author of "A Time to Dance" and "The Maid of Buttermere". London in the 1990s - on the one hand the privileged world of media stars, the upper classes; on the other hand a 12-year-old boy from the North of England, abandoned in London, who is seeing the capital for the first time.

Автор: Melvyn Bragg
Название: Josh Lawton
ISBN: 0340494808 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340494806
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Описание: Against the background of the Cumbrian landscape, Josh Lawton falls in love, marries, fathers a child and is then inevitably and shockingly betrayed. His fate becomes a warning against simplicity and a cry for its presence in everything.