Описание: RUSSIAN ROULETTE tells the story of the first global plot and the British spies who were sent to thwart it.
The Soviet plot was breathtaking in scale: its aim was to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor to toppling the democracies of the West. It was to bring together two deadly forces - Soviet revolutionaries and Islamic jihadis - to form a highly toxic threat.
Unbeknownst to Moscow, a small band of British spies had been secretly smuggled into Russia in the aftermath of the 1917 revolution. They were an unlikely group of men: self taught and highly educated. Their boss was endearingly eccentric. Mansfield Cumming was a monocled, one-legged sea captain with a passion for secret inks and homemade explosives. Cumming gave his agents free range to do whatever they wanted once they were inside Soviet Russia: 'Just don't get yourself killed,' was his only injunction.
In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of Native Americans had made her their weroanza--a word that meant big chief. The news was received with great joy, both by the Queen and her favorite, Sir Walter Ralegh. His first American expedition had brought back a captive, Manteo, who caused a sensation in Elizabethan London. In 1587, Manteo was returned to his homeland as Lord and Governor, with more than one hundred English men, women, and children. In 1590, a supply ship arrived at the colony to discover that the settlers had vanished.
For almost twenty years the fate of Ralegh's colonists was to remain a mystery. When a new wave of settlers sailed to America to found Jamestown, their efforts to locate the lost colony were frustrated by the mighty chieftain, Powhatan, father of, who vowed to drive the English out of America. Only when it was too late did the settlers discover the incredible news that Ralegh's colonists had survived in the forests for almost two decades before being slaughtered in cold blood by henchmen. While Sir Walter Ralegh's savage had played a pivotal role in establishing the first English settlement in America, he had also unwittingly contributed to one of the earliest chapters in the decimation of the Native American population. The mystery of what happened to these colonists who seemed to vanish without a trace lies at the heart of this well-researched work of narrative history.
Автор: Milton, Giles Название: Midnight in Berlin ISBN: 1529393167 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529393163 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 2275.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: From preeminent experts, this practical book explores the role of the coach and reviews the whats and how-tos of successful collaboration with parents. Topics include structuring coaching sessions, identifying children`s needs, facilitating playful engagement, and deepening parents, understanding of how they can boost skills development during everyday activities.
Автор: Milton, Giles Название: Midnight in Berlin ISBN: 1529393159 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529393156 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 3795.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from `the master of narrative history`.
Автор: Milton, Giles Название: Midnight in Berlin ISBN: 1529393175 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529393170 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1972.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A compulsive page-turner about the battle for Berlin and control of the Western world in the aftermath of the Second World War from `the master of narrative history`.
Автор: Milton, Giles Название: D-Day ISBN: 1529359503 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781529359503 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1365.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Milton, Giles Название: Churchill`s Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare ISBN: 1473665108 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781473665101 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1668.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Six Gentlemen, One Goal: the Destruction of Hitler's War Machine
In the spring of 1939, a top-secret organization was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitler's war machine, through spectacular acts of sabotage.
The guerrilla campaign that followed was every bit as extraordinary as the six men who directed it. One of them, Cecil Clarke, was a maverick engineer who had spent the 1930s inventing futuristic caravans. Now, his talents were put to more devious use: he built the dirty bomb used to assassinate Hitler's favorite, Reinhard Heydrich. Another, William Fairbairn, was a portly pensioner with an unusual passion: he was the world's leading expert in silent killing, hired to train the guerrillas being parachuted behind enemy lines. Led by dapper Scotsman Colin Gubbins, these men---along with three others---formed a secret inner circle that, aided by a group of formidable ladies, single-handedly changed the course of the Second World War: a cohort hand-picked by Winston Churchill, whom he called his Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.
Giles Milton's Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a gripping and vivid narrative of adventure and derring-do that is also, perhaps, the last great untold story of the Second World War.
Автор: Milton, Giles Название: White gold ISBN: 0340794704 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780340794708 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1972.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Rich in historical insight and told in a dramatic and engaging voice, this is a superb evocation of the period with a series character to rival Sharpe.
Описание: 1917, post-Russian Revolution, an unlikely and eccentric band of British spies are smuggled into newly Soviet Russia to thwart Lenin`s plan to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor to toppling the democracies of the West. The spies, under Mansfield Cumming, were the unsung founders of the present-day MI6.
Автор: Milton, Giles Название: Fascinating Footnotes From History ISBN: 1473652030 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781473652033 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 1516.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Milton Giles Название: The Perfect Corpse ISBN: 099289722X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780992897222 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1891.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The focus of this informative volume is the use of standards for the description of archival collections. Archivists will especially find useful the information on automation with MARC-AMC format. The book will also prove useful to librarians and educators in archival administration, bibliographic control, or cataloging collections of library materials.
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