Автор: John Reed Название: Ten Days That Shook the World ISBN: 0141442123 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141442129 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 1451.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents an account of the Russian revolution. This book describes the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally seized power.
Автор: Reed, John Название: Ten Days That Shook the World ISBN: 0241261171 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780241261170 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 646.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: `It flashed upon me suddenly: they were going to shoot me!` This electrifying eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution, written by an American journalist in St Petersburg as the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, is an unsurpassed record of history in the making.
Автор: Life Magazine Editors Название: Life: 100 events that shook our world ISBN: 1932994106 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781932994100 Издательство: Hachette Book Group Цена: 2607.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: There has never been another period of time to compare with the last 100 years. From the Auto Age to the Computer Age, from Lindenberg to a man walking
on the moon, our world has been an endless wellspring of unparalleled drama. Using their trademark brilliant photography and informative writing, the editors of "Life" have assembled a
fascinating, engrossing volume that captures the happenings and the characters who have fleshed out this saga, names that will live through the ages: FDR and JFK, the Babe and
Elvis, Einstein and Martin Luther King.
And, of course, the likes of Hitler and Osama Bin Laden. This is a volume certain to entertain today and for generations to come.
Описание: Learn amazing facts about some of the strongest earthquakes that once shook the Earth. You will see pictures of the damage these earthquakes have caused. You will also get information on how the quakes altered the lives of people in and around the epicenter. More importantly, you will find out where the quakes the originated and how strong they were in the Richter Scale. Start reading today.
Автор: Reed, John Название: Ten days that shook the world ISBN: 1420930257 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781420930252 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2205.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Reed, John Название: Ten days that shook the world ISBN: 1420968076 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781420968071 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2573.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The breakthroughs that have had the most transformative practical impacts, from thermodynamics to the Internet. Physics informs our understanding of how the world works - but more than that, key breakthroughs in physics have transformed everyday life. We journey back to ten separate days in history to understand how particular breakthroughs were achieved, meet the individuals responsible and see how each breakthrough has influenced our lives. It is a unique selection. Focusing on practical impact means there is no room for Stephen Hawking's work on black holes, or the discovery of the Higgs boson. Instead we have the relatively little-known Rudolf Clausius (thermodynamics) and Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (superconductivity), while Albert Einstein is included not for his theories of relativity but for the short paper that gave us E=mc2 (nuclear fission). Later chapters feature transistors, LEDs and the Internet. Finally we ask: what could the eleventh day be? - i.e. the greatest development yet to come.
Автор: Reed John Название: Ten Days that Shook the World ISBN: 1774414600 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781774414606 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 4493.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
A brilliant work of historical true crime charting a pivotal event in the l9th century, the Phoenix Park murders in Dublin, that gripped the world and forever altered the course of Irish history, from renowned journalist, former New Yorker London editor, and Costa Biography Award finalist Julie Kavanagh.
One sunlit evening, May 6 l882, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, were ambushed and stabbed to death while strolling through Phoenix Park in Dublin. The murders were funded by American supporters of Irish independence and carried out by the Invincibles, a militant faction of republicans armed with specially-made surgeon's blades. They ended what should have been a turning point in Anglo Irish relations. A new spirit of goodwill had been burgeoning between British Prime Minister William Gladstone and Ireland's leader Charles Stewart Parnell, with both men forging in secret a pact to achieve peace and independence in Ireland--with the newly appointed Cavendish, Gladstone's prot g , to play an instrumental role in helping to do so. The impact of the Phoenix Park murders was so cataclysmic that it destroyed the pact, almost brought down the government, and set in motion repercussions that would last long into the 20th century.
In a story that spans Donegal, Dublin, London, Paris, New York, Cannes and Cape Town, Julie Kavanagh thrillingly traces the crucial events that came before and after the murders. From the adulterous affair that caused Parnell's downfall; to Queen Victoria's prurient obsession with the assassinations; and the investigation spearheaded by Superintendent John Mallon, also known as the "Irish Sherlock Holmes," culminating in the eventual betrayal and clandestine escape of leading Invincible James Carey and his murder on the high seas, The Irish Assassins brings us intimately into this fascinating story that shaped Irish politics and engulfed an Empire. This is an unputdownable book from one of our most "compulsively readable" (Guardian) writers.
Описание: Creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn.
