Автор: Buckley Jim Название: Who Were the Wright Brothers? ISBN: 0448479516 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780448479514 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 551.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: As young boys, Orville and Wilbur Wright loved all things mechanical. As young men, they gained invaluable skills essential for their success by working with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and any sort of machinery they could get their hands on. As adults, the brothers worked together to invent, build, and fly the worlds first successful airplane.
This is the fascinating story of the two inventors and aviation pioneers who never lost sight of their dream: to fly, and to soar higher!
Автор: Buckley Название: Florence of Arabia ISBN: 0812972260 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812972269 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1287.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The bestselling author who made mincemeat of political correctness in Thank You for Smoking, conspiracy theories in Little Green Men, and Presidential indiscretions No Way to Treat a First Lady now takes on the hottest topic in the entire world-Arab-American relations-in a blistering comic novel sure to offend the few it doesn't delight. Appalled by the punishment of her rebellious friend Nazrah, youngest and most petulant wife of Prince Bawad of Wasabia, Florence Farfarletti decides to draw a line in the sand. As Deputy to the deputy assistant secretary for Near East Affairs, Florence invents a far-reaching, wide-ranging plan for female emancipation in that part of the world. The U.S. government, of course, tells her to forget it. Publicly, that is. Privately, she's enlisted in a top-secret mission to impose equal rights for the sexes on the small emirate of Matar (pronounced "Mutter"), the "Switzerland of the Persian Gulf." Her crack team: a CIA killer, a snappy PR man, and a brilliant but frustrated gay bureaucrat. Her weapon: TV shows. The lineup on TV Matar includes A Thousand and One Mornings, a daytime talk show that features self-defense tips to be used against boyfriends during Ramadan; an addictive soap opera featuring strangely familiar members of the Matar royal family; and a sitcom about an inept but ruthless squad of religious police, pitched as "Friends from Hell." The result: the first deadly car bombs in the country since 1936, a fatwa against the station's entire staff, a struggle for control of the kingdom, and, of course, interference from the French. And that's only the beginning. A merciless dismantling of both American ineptitude and Arabic intolerance, Florence of Arabia is Christopher Buckley's funniest and most serious novel yet, a biting satire of how U.S. good intentions can cause the Shiite to hit the fan. From the Hardcover edition.
Автор: Buckley, Carla Название: Things that keep us here ISBN: 1409117332 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781409117339 Издательство: Orion Рейтинг: Цена: 2124.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Millions are dead. Fear and panic have gripped the nation. Neighbour has turned against neighbour... An engrossing and emotionally gripping story of one family whose limits are tested to the extreme.
Автор: Buckley Jim Название: Who Was Ernest Shackleton? ISBN: 0448479311 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780448479316 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 551.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: At age 16,Ernest Shackleton, became an apprentice seaman. Subsequently, Ernest`s incredible journeys to the South Pole in the early 1900s made him one of the most famous explorers of modern times. His courage in the face of dangerous conditions and unforeseeable tragedies reveal the great leader that he was.
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