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Автор: Platt, Stephen R. (author) Название: Imperial twilight ISBN: 1786494876 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781786494870 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The definitive history of the Opium War between Britain and China in the nineteenth century, shortlisted for the 2018 Baillie Gifford Prize.
Автор: Platt Richard Название: Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess ISBN: 0763621641 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780763621643 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 643.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: "Not many, if any, children's books on the Middle Ages and castles contain the wealth of information found in this fresh, appealing offering." - SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL (starred review)
What was it really like to live in a castle? Step back to the Middle Ages with CASTLE DIARY: THE JOURNAL OF TOBIAS BURGESS. Eleven-year-old Toby's vivid diary entries offer an insider's view of day-to-day castle life, including tips on etiquette (where do you spit at a feast?) and exciting descriptions of hunting, jousting, and harvesting. Complete with glossary, index, and detailed endnotes, this is a rich look at medieval life that informs as much as it entertains.
Описание: Winner of the 2012 Cundill Prize in History
A gripping account of China's nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles--a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China. The story begins in the early 1850s, the waning years of the Qing dynasty, when word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces, led by a failed civil servant who claimed to be the son of God and brother of Jesus. The Taiping rebels drew their power from the poor and the disenfranchised, unleashing the ethnic rage of millions of Chinese against their Manchu rulers. This homegrown movement seemed all but unstoppable until Britain and the United States stepped in and threw their support behind the Manchus: after years of massive carnage, all opposition to Qing rule was effectively snuffed out for generations. Stephen R. Platt recounts these events in spellbinding detail, building his story on two fascinating characters with opposing visions for China's future: the conservative Confucian scholar Zeng Guofan, an accidental general who emerged as the most influential military strategist in China's modern history; and Hong Rengan, a brilliant Taiping leader whose grand vision of building a modern, industrial, and pro-Western Chinese state ended in tragic failure. This is an essential and enthralling history of the rise and fall of the movement that, a century and a half ago, might have launched China on an entirely different path into the modern world.
Автор: Platt Richard Название: Double Crossing ISBN: 1406345059 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781406345056 Издательство: Walker Books Рейтинг: Цена: 791.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The amazing story of a young immigrant`s journey to Ellis Island and his life beyond.
Автор: Platt Richard Название: Roman Diary: The Journal of Iliona, a Young Slave ISBN: 0763670537 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780763670535 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 735.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Relive the drama of the Roman Empire through the eyes of a young Greek slave in this latest installment in an acclaimed historical series. Iliona never imagined that her sea voyage from Greece to Egypt would lead her to Rome. But when her ship is boarded by pirates, that's where she ends up -- as a slave. Separated from her brother, Apollo, Iliona is soon at the whim of her owners, and the chance of regaining freedom seems like a distant dream. But unlike her brother's plight, Iliona's life as a slave isn't as bad as she feared: her new family provides clothing, food, and even schooling, and best of all, she is free to explore the wonders of Rome. Step back to AD 107 and take in the luxury of the baths, the splendor of the Senate, the thrill of gladiatorial combat, and the excesses of Roman feasts in a fictional diary full of excitement, humor, and accurate historical detail.
Автор: Platt, David Название: Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream (TPB) ISBN: 1601424302 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781601424303 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1000.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU?It's easy for Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily...BUT WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO LIVES LIKE THAT? DO YOU?In "Radical," David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple - then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a "successful" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus.Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment - a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.
Автор: Platt Raye Roberts, Wright John Kirtland, Weaver John C. Название: The European Possessions in the Caribbean Area ISBN: 1258279975 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781258279974 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 4773.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Platt Adam Название: The Book of Eating: Adventures in Professional Gluttony ISBN: 0062944886 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062944887 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 3695.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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A wildly hilarious and irreverent memoir of a globe-trotting life lived meal-to-meal by one of our most influential and respected food critics
As the son of a diplomat growing up in places like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan, Adam Platt didn't have the chance to become a picky eater. Living, traveling, and eating in some of the most far-flung locations around the world, he developed an eclectic palate and a nuanced understanding of cultures and cuisines that led to some revelations which would prove important in his future career as a food critic. In Tokyo, for instance--"a kind of paradise for nose-to-tail cooking"--he learned that "if you're interested in telling a story, a hair-raisingly bad meal is much better than a good one.
From dim sum in Hong Kong to giant platters of Peking duck in Beijing, fresh-baked croissants in Paris and pierogi on the snowy streets of Moscow, Platt takes us around the world, re-tracing the steps of a unique, and lifelong, culinary education. Providing a glimpse into a life that has intertwined food and travel in exciting and unexpected ways, The Book of Eating is a delightful and sumptuous trip that is also the culinary coming-of-age of a voracious eater and his eventual ascension to become, as he puts it, "a professional glutton."
Автор: Platt Ch Название: Anarchy Online ISBN: 0061009903 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780061009907 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Цена: 1463.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: An examination of sex and violence on the Internet and the battle between censorship and free speech chronicles the origins of Usenet through the expensive war on netporn while profiling key players.
Photographer George Platt Lynes, painter Paul Cadmus, and critic Lincoln Kirstein played a major role in creating the institutions of the American art world from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. The three created a remarkable world of gay aesthetics and desire in art with the help of their overlapping circle of friends, lovers, and collaborators.
Through hours of conversation with surviving members with their circle and unprecedented access to papers, journals, and previously unreleased photos, David Leddick has resurrected the influences of this now-vanished art world along with the lives and loves of all three artists in this groundbreaking biography.
Автор: Platt Damian Название: Nothing by Accident: Brazil On The Edge ISBN: 1838534857 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838534851 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2240.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: On a sweltering March evening in 2018 Marielle Franco was shot dead. Rio de Janeiro is a routinely violent place but this was different. Marielle was a rising star of the city's political scene and was hit four times in the head by a professional hitman. Elected the same year, President Bolsonaro, an enthusiast for torture, murder and the worst excesses of the country's 1964-1984 military dictatorship, subsequently declared war on the country's institutions. Brazil is on the edge. Whoever ordered Marielle's killing severely underestimated both her popularity and the outrage at her murder, which has revealed a profound rot at the core of a divided society. Damian Platt spent thirteen years living and working in Rio. In Nothing By Accident, he describes events in the city during the tumultuous decade that preceded her murder and the election of a tyrannical President. Moving beyond standard discourse about violent gangs from poor communities, Nothing By Accident overturns stereotypes and offers a new narrative - much more complex and much closer to sources of power - to explain the operation of violence and corruption in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. Nothing By Accident also aims to express the impact of insecurity and chronic armed violence upon ordinary people forced to live in abnormal conditions. Digging below the superficial representations of events, the book identifies and reflects upon elements that bind this disastrous scenario together. Nothing by Accident is divided into four parts: The first, "Chaos", describes urban warfare in Rio's favelas and the failure of a state "pacification" programme to reduce violence in the city. "The Greatest Show" introduces a little known but enormously powerful branch of Brazilian organised crime, jogo do bicho, "the animal game" in English. Illegal in Rio since the end of the 19th Century, the game is extremely popular and run by family clans who control the city's Carnival parade and have tight links to the military dictatorship. "Truth and Lies" focuses on the 2014 Truth Commission (which was intended to reveal facts behind Brazil's 1964-1984 military dictatorship) and the mass street protests of 2013. Both processes highlight fault lines in Brazilian society: when the chief witness of the Truth Commission is murdered in suspicious circumstances, I discover that the trail for his murder leads back to the jogo do bicho. Examining the failure of the street protests, I tell the story of Bruno Teles, a young protestor framed in a terrifying episode of staged violence. "The Hornet's Nest" discusses the aftermath of the murder of Marielle Franco in 2018. When a cover-up fails, investigators discover that not only does one of the actual alleged assassins live in the same housing complex as President Bolsonaro, the group also enjoy connections with his family. The gunmen belong to a racketeering death squad formed by ex-police and militiamen with strong connections to jogo do bicho clans.
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