Историческая литература
12705 кн.
Historia, która od dawna czekała, by ją opowiedzieć Okolice Soliny. II wojna światowa dobiegła końca. Oficjalnie. W etnicznym i narodowościowym tyglu południowo-wschodniej Polski koniec świata ma dopiero nadejść. Jelko Rabik mieszka w Pasice, wiosce, nad którą góruje mała cerkiew. Jak większość tutejszych jest Bojkiem, a jego rodzina, na czele z Fedorem, ojcem siedmiu synów, cieszy się dużym szacunkiem sąsiadów. Nieopodal, we wsi Bereżnica Niżna, żyje rodzina Niny Gocz. Jej matka, katoliczka,...
| Автор | Robert Nowakowski |
Trzy siostry, których życie skomplikowały wojna i miłość. Klara, Róża i Amelka. Panny Terechowiczówny. Przed wojną jeździły z rodzicami do wód, mieszkały w wytwornym pensjonacie, a matka pilnowała, by parasolkami chroniły delikatną cerę przed słońcem. Rok 1914 wywrócił życie sióstr, podobnie jak milionów ludzi w Europie, do góry nogami. Ojciec poszedł na front, a majątek bez jego opieki szybko zaczął podupadać. Lata mijają. Matka na przemian rozpacza i modli się, Róża wciąż jest trzpiotką, a...
| Автор | Ałbena Grabowska |
Исторический роман-тетралогия «Рог Мессии», первые две части которого предлагает читателю настоящее издание, охватывает 30–40-е годы прошлого века. В книге представлено несколько сюжетных линий, где судьбы членов семьи известного рижского врача тесно переплетаются с другими нелёгкими судьбами на фоне одного из самых трагических периодов мировой истории. События романа разворачиваются в Прибалтике, Америке, находящейся под британским управлением Палестине, на фронтах Великой Отечественной войны и...
| Автор | Ханох Дашевский |
В настоящий том входит книга Ж. А. Медведева «Атомная катастрофа на Урале», впервые изданная в 1979 г. в США, а затем в переводе с английского во многихдругих странах. В то время об этой катастрофе, произошедшей в октябре 1957 г. и крупнейшей в истории атомной энергетики до Чернобыля, не было известно. Именно эта книга и полемика вокруг нее в западных странах привели в 1989 г. к рассекречиванию аварии и публикации в СССР деталей о ее причинах и последствиях. Обсуждению новых данных посвящен...
| Автор | Жорес Медведев |
Две столицы: Москва и Санкт-Петербург. Два века: начало XX века (1905—1918 гг.) и начало XXI (нулевые, десятые). Две истории любви и связь поколений… Роман о возможности берега за горизонтом, о счастливой геометрии судеб, о любви и одиночестве, о мире и войне, о борьбе и заблуждениях экзистенциального сознания и вере в Бога, в предначертанный путь, о времени и вечности, о мнимом бессмертии и истине генетической памяти. О современных романах, которые позабудут, и несгораемых письмах в грядущее.
| Автор | Маргарита Пальшина |
WHAT MAKES A HERO? WHO BETTER TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION THAN LEE CHILD… ‘It’s Lee Child. Why would you not read it?’ Karin Slaughter ‘I don't know another author so skilled at making me turn the page’ The Times In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world –...
| Автор | Ли Чайлд |
Powerful and influential kings have long dominated our view of global history, their queens often relegated to the shadows, their influence, deeds and sacrifices unacknowledged and lost in the passing of time. But not anymore… This book chronicles the forgotten queens from across the globe – those who ruled in their own right, and those who were wives or mothers of reigning kings. All of whom wielded significant power. A smattering of queens, such as Queen Elizabeth I and Catherine the Great of...
| Автор | Emma Marriott |
‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH ‘A delightfully accessible guide to how to play with numbers’ HANNAH FRY How many cats are there in the world? What's the chance of winning the lottery twice? And just how long does it take to count to a million? Learn how to tackle tricky maths problems with nothing but the back of an envelope, a pencil and some good old-fashioned brain power. Join Rob Eastaway as he takes an entertaining look at how to figure without a calculator. Packed with...
| Автор | Rob Eastaway |
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of the West’s retreat from reason.‘The Death of Truth is destined to become the defining treatise of our age’ David Grann‘The first great book of the Trump administration … essential reading’ Rolling StoneWe live in a time when the very idea of objective truth is mocked and discounted by the US President. Discredited conspiracy theories and ideologies have resurfaced, proven science is once more up for debate, and Russian...
| Автор | Michiko Kakutani |
Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the YearShortlisted for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction‘Simply exceptional…I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it’Daily Mail‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror’Independent on SundayWith this historic win for Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel becomes the first British author and the first woman to be awarded two Man Booker Prizes.By 1535 Thomas Cromwell is Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes having risen with...
| Автор | Hilary Mantel |
‘Mendelsohn takes the classical costumes off figures like Virgil and Sappho, Homer and Horace … He writes about things so clearly they come to feel like some of the most important things you have ever been told.’ Sebastian BarryOver the past three decades, Daniel Mendelsohn’s essays and reviews have earned him a reputation as ‘our most irresistible literary critic’ (New York Times). This striking new collection exemplifies the way in which Mendelsohn – a classicist by training – uses the...
| Автор | Daniel Mendelsohn |
A compelling portrait of 1960s America that takes as its starting point the brutal events of 11 March 1963, the day on which the lives of three complete strangers – a black handyman, an Italian-American carpenter and a second-generation Jewish housewife – collided in the leafy Boston suburb of Belmont.These three people did not know one another, but, by the end of the day, the housewife had been raped and strangled, the handyman had been arrested on suspicion of being the notorious Boston...
| Автор | Sebastian Junger |
A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong’s vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory.Mr Kurtz, the colonial white master, brought evil to the remote upper reaches of the Congo River. A century after Conrad’s ‘Heart of Darkness’ was first published, Michela Wrong revisits the Congo during the turbulent era of Mobutu Sese Seko.From the heart of Africa...
| Автор | Michela Wrong |
‘A captivating tale …This novel is a delight’ THE TIMES ‘A terrific novel … It springs off the page’ DEBORAH MOGGACH 'Vividly engaging’ SUNDAY TIMESChelsea, 1876 Struggling artist Jimmy Whistler is at war with his patron. Denied full payment, he and muse Maud Franklin face ruin. As Jimmy’s enemies mount, he resolves to sue a famous critic for libel, in a last-ditch attempt to ward off the bailiffs. Although she has no position in society, Maud is expected to do her part. But Maud has a...
| Автор | Matthew Plampin |
Knowledge of these files is classified.You must not use police or intelligence services to carry out your investigation. Those channels are compromised.A final warning: you must move fast.Former MP Francis Morahan swore never to return to politics. But when he’s asked to chair a government inquiry into the intelligence agencies’ record against terror, it’s clear that it’s an order from the top – not a request.Sara Shah once teetered on the edge of a dangerous circle. Now a lawyer in a...
| Автор | Will Caine |
From Sunday Times bestseller Anne O’Brien . . .To those around her she was a loyal subject. In her heart she was a traitor.1399: England’s crown is under threat. King Richard II holds onto his power by an ever-weakening thread, with exiled Henry of Lancaster back to reclaim his place on the throne.For Elizabeth Mortimer, there is only one rightful King – her eight-year-old nephew, Edmund. Only he can guarantee her fortunes, and protect her family’s rule over the precious Northern lands bordering...
| Автор | Anne O'Brien |
‘Splendid… a clear, wellwritten and highly stimulating account of the flaws in our understanding of Britain's past that bedevilled the great debate over the country's relations with the EU’ Literary ReviewPoliticians like to extol ‘our island story’ as if there is just one island and one story. Island Stories takes a broader view, exploring the history of Britain’s identity through the great defining narratives of its past, from rise and decline to engagement in Europe and the...
| Автор | David Reynolds |
‘A wonderful overview of tactical development in European football’ Matthew Syed, The Times‘A fascinating assessment of football in 2019’ ObserverAn insightful, comprehensive and always entertaining appreciation of how European football has developed over the last three decades by the author of the much heralded The Mixer. Continental football has always cast a spell over the imagination. From the attacking flair of Real Madrid of the 50s to the defensive brilliance of the Italians in the 60s...
| Автор | Michael Cox |
Coward, scoundrel, lover and cheat, but there is no better man to go into the jungle with. Join Flashman in his adventures as he survives fearful ordeals and outlandish perils across the four corners of the world.Expelled from Rugby for drunkenness, and none too welcome at home after seducing his father’s mistress, the young Flashman embarks on a military career with Lord Cardigan’s Hussars.En route to Afghanistan, our hero hones his skills as a soldier, duellist, imposter, coward and amorist...
| Автор | George MacDonald Fraser |
Set sail for love in this sparkling new adventure in #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Alexander’s Lady Travelers Society series.Harry Armstrong has spent years in Egypt, recovering relics and disregarding rules. Now he’s back in England with a new title and a new purpose: penning his exploits. But his efforts are overshadowed by London’s favorite writer about Egypt—a woman they call The Queen of the Desert, of all things. Worse, her stories—serialized in newspapers and reprinted in...
| Автор | Victoria Alexander |
The fifth book in the Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb) backlist.Seattle: a place as magical as the Emerald City.Subtle magic seeps through the cracks in the paving stones of the sprawling metropolis. But only the inhabitants who possess special gifts are open to the city's consciousness; finding portents in the graffiti, reading messages in the rubbish or listening to warnings in the skipping-rope chants of children.Wizard is bound to Seattle and her magic. His gift is the Knowing – a powerful...
| Автор | Megan Lindholm |
In this fully illustrated ebook, TV’s Dan Snow brings to life a cavalcade of medieval fortifications and allows the reader to experience the clashes up close. (Images best viewed on a tablet.)Castles and their ruins still dominate the landscape and are a constant reminder to us of a time when the threat of violence was very real.Dan Snow explores the world’s greatest castles including Dover Castle, Castillo de Gibalfaro, the last vanguard of Moorish rule in Spain, and Krak des Chevaliers in...
| Автор | Dan Snow |
Includes: A Reputable Rake Cyprian Sloane, gambler, smuggler, rake and spy, faced the greatest challenge of all – respectability. Proper Miss Morgana Hart had embroiled herself in the affairs of ladies of the night and a scandal was brewing. The rakish adventurer must find a way to save them both from Society’s scorn!Includes: The Venetian’s Mistress When the Duke of Severin visits, there’s danger in the air. What secrets lie behind a series of attacks on the noble lord? The beautiful Cecily...
| Автор | Diane Gaston |
The first ever collection of poems by the acclaimed author of the Aubrey/Maturin series of Napoleonic naval adventures.As we have stood with Jack and Stephen on the deck of the Surprise and other ships, readers around the world have been transported to a place and time at once familiar and exotic, routine and dramatic.At all times, Patrick O’Brian’s deep knowledge of the period and profound empathy with the landscape of the sea has ensured there is always a firm hand on the tiller. The writer’s...
| Автор | Patrick O’Brian |