Автор: Caro Robert A. Название: Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol. IV ISBN: 0375713255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375713255 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1743.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE, THE MARK LYNTON HISTORY PRIZE, THE AMERICAN HISTORY BOOK PRIZE Book Four of Robert A. Caro's monumentalThe Years of Lyndon Johnsondisplays all the narrative energy and illuminating insight that led theTimesof London to acclaim it as ';one of the truly great political biographies of the modern age. A masterpiece.'
The Passage of Powerfollows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career1958 to1964.
It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin's bullet to reach its mark.
By 1958, as Johnson began to maneuver for the presidency, he was known as one of the most brilliant politicians of his time, the greatest Senate Leader in our history. But the 1960 nomination would go to the young senator from Massachusetts, John F.
Kennedy. Caro gives us an unparalleled account of the machinations behind both the nomination and Kennedy's decision to offer Johnson the vice presidency, revealing the extent of Robert Kennedy's efforts to force Johnson off the ticket. With the consummate skill of a master storyteller, he exposes the savage animosity between Johnson and Kennedy's younger brother, portraying one of America's great political feuds.
Yet Robert Kennedy's overt contempt for Johnson was only part of the burden of humiliation and isolation he bore as Vice President. With a singular understanding of Johnson's heart and mind, Caro describes what it was like for this mighty politician to find himself altogether powerless in a world in which power is the crucial commodity.
For the first time, in Caro's breathtakingly vivid narrative, we see the Kennedy assassination through Lyndon Johnson's eyes. We watch Johnson step into the presidency, inheriting a staff fiercely loyal to his slain predecessor; a Congress determined to retain its power over the executive branch; and a nation in shock and mourning.
We see how within weeksgrasping the reins of the presidency with supreme masteryhe propels through Congress essential legislation that at the time of Kennedy's death seemed hopelessly logjammed and seizes on a dormant Kennedy program to create the revolutionary War on Poverty. Caro makes clear how the political genius with which Johnson had ruled the Senate now enabled him to make the presidency wholly his own. This was without doubt Johnson's finest hour, before his aspirations and accomplishments were overshadowed and eroded by the trap of Vietnam.
In its exploration of this pivotal period in Johnson's lifeand in the life of the nationThe Passage of Poweris not only the story of how he surmounted unprecedented obstacles in order to fulfill the highest purpose of the presidency but is, as well, a revelation of both the pragmatic potential in the presidency and what can be accomplished when the chief executive has the vision and determination to move beyond the pragmatic and initiate programs designed to transform a nation.
It is an epic story told with a depth of detail possible only through the peerless research that forms the foundation of Robert Caro's work, confirming Nicholas von Hoffman's verdict that ';Caro has changed the art of political biography.'
Автор: Thackeray, William Makepeace Название: Barry lyndon ISBN: 0199537461 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199537464 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 2058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: New edition.
Автор: Lyndon Reece Название: The Adventures of the Dust Bunny ISBN: 1398405256 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781398405257 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 1235.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: A magical, cheeky and courageous creature when under the couch, but with a whole other world outside of the couch, the dust bunny soon realises just how scary it can be. With Mum and 2p panicking and praying that everything will be okay, he must overcome a gigantic task to see his friends and family again.
Автор: Ho-Sheffield N. Reece Название: Reece`s Timeless Tales, Volume 1 ISBN: 1098302702 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781098302702 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 3171.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Whether the setting is a Parisian-inspired Neoclassical Brooklyn townhouse, an elegant Central Park West penthouse, or a modern retreat in the Hudson Valley, Kathryn Scott is a designer whose disciplined eye results in interiors praised for their beauty and minimalism, as well as their artisanal details. Readers who responded to Nancy Braithwaite`s aesthetic will love Creating Beauty.
The 19th century witnessed an explosion of writing about unproductivity, with the exploits of various idlers, loafers, and “gentlemen of refinement” capturing the imagination o fa country that was deeply ambivalent about its work ethic. Idle Threats documents this American obsession with unproductivity and its potentials, while offering an explanation of the profound significance of idle practices for literary and cultural production.
While this fascination with unproductivity memorably defined literary characters from Rip Van Winkle to Bartleby to George Hurstwood, it also reverberated deeply through the entire culture, both as a seductive ideal and as a potentially corrosive threat to upright, industrious American men. Drawing on an impressive array of archival material and multifaceted literary and cultural sources, Idle Threats connects the question of unproductivity to other discourses concerning manhood, the value of art, the allure of the frontier, the usefulness of knowledge,the meaning of individuality, and the experience of time, space, and history. Andrew Lyndon Knighton offers a new way of thinking about the largely unacknowledged “productivity of the unproductive,” revealing the incalculable and sometimes surprising ways in which American modernity transformed the relationship between subjects and that which is most intimate to them: their own activity.
Автор: Reece Christy Название: Last Chance ISBN: 0345517741 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780345517746 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 735.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: NEVER SAY DIE McKenna Sloan saved Lucas Kane's life and then vanished. Lucas moved mountains trying to find her again, and finally McKenna relented--for one fleeting night. The truth is, McKenna's life is all about the dark, deception-filled world of Last Chance Rescue, and for her, there's no hope of love or Lucas. But fate, and Lucas's determination, soon change everything. A kidnapped young woman, a lure to out a killer and the fierce need to bring a criminal to justice combine for one explosive event. For a woman who specializes in staying away from relationships and staying in the heart of danger, this is the most impossible mission of all. Because the odds are deadly, and the passion won't die. Enjoy more Christy Reece thrills with these sizzling novels
Описание: Popular music has long been used to entertain, provoke, to challenge and liberate but also to oppress and control. This book shows how an innovative set of methods from Multimodal Critical Discourse Studies (MCDS) can be used to reveal the deeply political role played by some popular music. It is set in and around contemporary Turkish society, with its complex and deep ideological divisions increasingly obvious under the stewardship of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his centre-right political party in power since 2002. Deeper questions can be asked as to the extent popular music can articulate clear and more complex ideas about society, identities and events. The book takes up these kinds of questions which are commonly asked across the field of popular music studies and demonstrates how MCDS can provide an important and timely step forward due to its attention to the details of how communication takes place, its interest in discourse and how ideologies are naturalised and legitimized. This book is a part of the ongoing multimodal turn in critical discourse studies. There has also been an increase in interest specifically in popular music in CDS, stemming from the work of Van Leeuwen and Machin. This work shows the potential of studying the details of the lyrics of popular music, visuals associated with songs (as seen in pop videos) and musical sounds. It places these kinds of observations with the specific context of Erdogan’s Turkey, looking at how the authorities seek to harness and control popular music and how a wide range of popular music genres such as rock, rap, protest and folk music expressed in official promotional videos, protest cut-and-paste videos, party-political election songs, live music events and internet discussions about popular music emerge as sites of power and resistance in certain venues and particularly across social media.
Автор: Stacey Lyndon Название: No Second Chances ISBN: 1847517137 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847517135 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2619.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Lorna Myers thinks she knows where her businessman husband is - until two men come looking for him one October evening. By chance, ex-police officer Daniel Whelan and his German Shepherd dog Taz happen to be on hand to take control of the situation. But for Lorna it's the start of a nightmare. If Harvey isn't abroad working, then where is he?
Описание: Considered by critics to be Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, Barry Lyndon has suffered from scholarly and popular neglect. Maria Pramaggiore argues that one key reason that this film remains unappreciated, even by Kubrick aficionados, is that its transnational and intermedial contexts have not been fully explored. Taking a novel approach, she looks at the film from a transnational perspective -- as a foreign production shot in Ireland and an adaptation of a British novel by an American director about an Irish subject. Pramaggiore argues that, in Barry Lyndon, Kubrick develops his richest philosophical mediation on cinema's capacity to mediate the real and foregrounds film's relationship to other technologies of visuality, including painting, photography, and digital media. By combining extensive research into the film's source novel, production and reception with systematic textual analysis and an engagement with several key issues in contemporary academic debate, this work promises not only to make a huge impact in the field of Kubrick studies, but also in 1970s filmmaking, cultural history and transnational film practice.
Автор: Stacey Lyndon Название: Nothing but Lies: A British Police Dog-Handler Mystery ISBN: 184751538X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781847515384 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2619.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Third in the exciting new mystery series featuring ex-police dog handler Daniel Whelan Daniel's ex-colleague, police officer Joey Matsuki, has asked for his help. Joey is concerned for the safety of his fianc e, Tami, who has reported sightings of a sinister, hoodie-clad figure lurking in the area. Joey fears the involvement of a notorious local criminal recently released from prison. But with nothing concrete to go on and police resources scarce, he's asked Daniel to keep an eye on Tami on his behalf. Working undercover as Tami's temporary horsebox driver, Daniel soon begins to believe there may be more to the situation than meets the eye. As he questions Tami's friends and neighbours, it becomes clear that something is not quite right. There are things people aren't telling him; small but significant incidents that can't be explained. Events take a tragic turn when there is a fatal hit-and-run incident. But was it really an accident - and could Tami herself have been the intended target?
Автор: GORDON REECE Название: Mice ISBN: 033052559X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780330525596 Издательство: Pan Macmillan Цена: 923.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: 'A gripping, flawless novel ...memorable, atmospheric and chilling' Sophie Hannah Sixteen year old Shelley and her mother move to Honeysuckle cottage in the middle of the countryside, fleeing their fears and anxieties and hoping to put behind them years of suffering at the hands of others. Shelley has endured terrible bullying from the girls who used to be her best friends, and her mother has been left reeling following a divorce from her selfish, demanding husband. For Shelley and her mother are 'mice' -- timid, nervous and obliging.
And for a while, in their cottage-haven, the women flourish. But one night, their fragile peace is shattered when Shelley wakes to hear a creak on the stairs. Someone has broken into the house ...In the shocking, chilling events that follow, Shelley's world is turned on its head, as the women find themselves tested as never before.
And as their lives spiral out of control, the tension reaches fever pitch, and Shelley begins to wonder: if she and her mother are not mice after all, then what are they? 'Truly remarkable ...Mice is a book many will without question be talking about' Daily Express 'A sophisticated psychological thriller ...gripping' Guardian
Описание: As globalization has deepened in recent years, historians have begun to see that many of the global challenges we face today first drew serious attention in the 1960s. This book examines how the Johnson presidency responded to these problems and draws out the lessons for today.
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