Описание: Japan's Sengoku jidai ('Warring States Period') was a time of crisis and upheaval, a chaotic epoch when the relatively low-born rural military class of 'bushi' (samurai warriors) succeeded in overthrowing their social superiors in the court throughout much of the country. Into this tumultuous age of constant warfare came three remarkable individuals: Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582), Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598), and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616). Each would play a unique role in the re-unification of the disparate, fragmented collection of warring provinces which constituted Japan in the sixteenth and early seventeenth-centuries. This new narrative history of the sengoku era draws together the epic strands of their three stories for the first time. It offers a coherent survey of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period (1568-1600) under both Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, followed by the founding years of the Tokugawa shogunate (1600-1616). Every pivotal battle fought by each of these three hegemons is explored in depth from Okehazama (1560) and Nagashino (1575) to Sekigahara (1600) and the Two Sieges of Osaka Castle (1614-15). In addition, the political and administrative underpinnings of their rule is also examined, as well as the marginal role played by western foreigners ('nanban') and the Christian religion in early modern Japanese society. In its scope, the story of Japan's three unifiers ('the Fool', 'the Monkey', and 'the Old Badger') is a sweeping saga encompassing acts of unimaginable cruelty as well as feats of great samurai heroism which were venerated and written about long into the peaceful Edo/Tokugawa period.
Автор: Ackroyd Peter Название: Charlie Chaplin ISBN: 0099287560 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780099287568 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1715.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it?Peter Ackroyd`s new biography turns the spotlight on Chaplin`s life as well as his work, from his humble theatrical beginnings in music halls to winning an honorary Academy Award.
Автор: Chaplin, Suzanne Название: Everyday mathematics ISBN: 1846545978 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781846545979 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3791.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Everyday Mathematics (Book 2) is one in a series of books that provides you with a challenging, high-interest resource for use in your maths lessons. Presented with a wide variety of activities, Everyday Mathematics explores mathematics through posing questions in an everyday environment, using content that is familiar to pupils.
Автор: Ackroyd Peter Название: Charlie Chaplin ISBN: 0385537379 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780385537377 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 2386.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: The very first icon of the silver screen, and one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, even a hundred years on from his first film. But what of the man behind the moustache? The director holding the camera as well as acting in front of it? From humble theatrical beginnings in music halls to an honorary Academy Award, Peter Ackroyd's glittering new biography illuminates Chaplin's life in an entirely different way. Everything is here, from the glamour of his golden age to the murky scandals of the 1940s and eventual exile to Switzerland. Granted exclusive access to the family archive, this masterful brief life offers fresh revelations on one of the most familiar faces of the last century -- finally bringing the Little Tramp to life.
Описание: Providing more than just another musical profile, James details everything from his first encounter with Chaplin to his frequent visits to Switzerland when he lived at Chaplin`s Manoir de Ban in Vevey.
Автор: Chaplin Danny Название: The Medici: Rise of a Parvenu Dynasty, 1360-1537 ISBN: 1540876004 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781540876003 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 6035.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In the affluent but militarily weak city of fifteenth and sixteenth-century Florence, an ambitious family of financiers from a modest provincial country background rose through shrewdness and wealth to ultimate command of the state. Eventually, the House of Medici would lend its Tuscan mercantile bloodline to the royal dynasties of France, Spain, Austria and England. Their astonishing story is inextricably intertwined with that of Florence itself. Using their artistic patronage of such geniuses as Brunelleschi, Fra Angelico, Botticelli, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo to legitimise and propagandise their regime, they inadvertently triggered the Florentine Renaissance in Italy which later spread throughout the whole of Europe and dragged the world out of the middle ages. This epic new narrative history of the Medici, which covers the crucial period from 1360 to 1537, charts the family's meteoric rise from the humble, unassuming beginnings of Giovanni di Bicci, to the 'Pater Patriae', Cosimo de' Medici, and his battle with Rinaldo degli Albizzi. It progresses to Cosimo's son Piero 'the Gouty', his grandson Lorenzo 'il Magnifico' and the golden age of Laurentian Renaissance Florence, touching upon the treachery of the Pazzi Conspiracy, the family's expulsion and exile from Florence under Piero 'the Unfortunate' and the Medici's subsequent restoration to power under the two notable but deeply flawed Medici popes: Leo X and Clement VII. Ultimately this grand narrative culminates in the brutal assassination of Duke Alessandro de' Medici and the ascendancy of Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who would establish total Medici hegemony over Florence for the ensuing 168 years. Examining the family's rise and the specific strategies and mechanisms by which they gained and maintained absolute political power, their saga is also placed within the wider context of the history of other key Renaissance Italian city-states and includes a sweeping overview of the disastrous Italian Wars of 1494-1559. Many of the most illustrious personalities of the Italian Renaissance are also examined from an intimate perspective including, amongst others, Francesco Sforza and his descendants, Girolamo Savonarola, Cesare Borgia, Niccol Machiavelli, Francesco Guicciardini, Baldassare Castiglione, Pietro Aretino, Francis I and the Emperor Charles V. Such notorious Renaissance popes as Sixtus IV, Pius II, Paul II, Alexander VI, Julius II and Paul III also play a prominent role in this gripping narrative. Danny Chaplin presents a rich and enthralling pageant of all the secular, ecclesiastical, artistic and humanist personages associated with the lives of this most remarkable Italian family.
Автор: Chaplin Danny Название: Pietro Aretino: The First Modern ISBN: 1545209340 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781545209349 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4309.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: David Robinson Название: Chaplin ISBN: 0141977507 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141977508 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 2639.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Charlie Chaplin is the greatest icon in the history of cinema, who lived one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. Chaplin`s life was marked by extraordinary contrasts: the child of London slums who became a multimillionaire; and the on-screen clown who was a driven perfectionist behind the camera. This book tells his story.
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