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Rom, 1623. Während die katholische Welt den neuen Papst feiert, trifft in der Ewigen Stadt eine blutjunge Engländerin ein, hungrig auf Leben und Freiheit. Sie ahnt nicht, dass es schon bald um Leben und Tod gehen wird. Im Rom der Kardinäle und Kurtisanen erlebt Clarissa eine Welt verwirrender Gegensätze: von Glanz und Elend, Chaos und Größe, Freizügigkeit und Sittenstrenge. Schnell gerät sie in den Bann dieser faszinierenden Welt, in der die Künste zu nie geahnter Blüte gelangen. Vor allem aber...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Ohne Liebe und Geborgenheit wächst Liselotte nach dem allzu frühen Tod ihrer Eltern auf Schloß Bodenhausen auf. Verächtlich wir sie von allen Bettelprinzeß genannt. Als sich an ihrem 18. Geburtstag das Geheimnis ihrer Herkunft enthüllt, wird aus der armen Bettelprinzeß plötzlich eine reiche Gräfin. Über dem unverhofften Glück liegt jedoch schon ein neuer Schatten, denn Liselotte liebt insgeheim einen Mann, dem der Ruin droht Wird sie ihn und seine Familie vor einem Leben in Armut bewahren...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Set in vaudeville in the early twentieth century, Jonah Man is a gripping and ultimately heartbreaking novel that reveals the often tragic lives of performers struggling to make it to the big time. Told from the perspectives of multiple characters, including a one-handed juggler who moonlights as a drug trafficker, a talented young boy who longs to escape the shadow of his abusive father, and a police inspector whose bumbling attempts to solve a murder result in a series of calamitous missteps,...
| Автор | Christopher Narozny |
Nach DIE SÄULEN DER ERDE und DIE TORE DER WELT der neue große historische KINGSBRIDGE-Roman des internationalen Bestsellerautors 1558. Noch immer wacht die altehrwürdige Kathedrale von Kingsbridge über die Stadt. Doch diese ist im Widerstreit zwischen Katholiken und Protestanten zutiefst gespalten. Freundschaft, Loyalität, Familie – nichts scheint mehr von Bedeutung zu sein. Auch der Liebe zwischen Ned Willard und Margery Fitzgerald steht der Glaubensstreit im Weg. Als die Protestantin Elizabeth...
| Автор | Кен Фоллетт |
Learn to master ninjutsu techniques and the Budo warrior ethos with this informative and entertaining martial arts guide. Welcome to the secret world of the ninja master! The Illustrated Ninja Handbook is your ultimate guide to the esoteric knowledge and teachings of the ancient Japanese shinobi. It provides ninjitsu devotees with the first detailed understanding of this shadowy and mysterious martial art form.This handbook contains step-by-step instructions that allow you to master the 40...
| Автор | Remigiusz Borda |
"The schoolgirl is the main driver of Japan's Gross National Cool, and Brian Ashcraft's book is the best source for those hoping to understand why." —Chris Baker, WIRED Magazine Japanese Schoolgirl Confidential takes you beyond the realm of everyday girls to the world of the iconic Japanese schoolgirl craze that is sweeping the globe.For years, Japanese schoolgirls have appeared in hugely-popular anime and manga series such as Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon, The...
| Автор | Brian Ashcraft |
Harp of Burma is Japan's haunting answer to Germany's well-known requiem for the First World War, All Quiet on the Western Front . Winner of the prestigious Mainichi Shuppan Bunkasho prize, and the subject of an acclaimed film by Ichikawa Kon, Harp of Burma portrays a company of Japanese troops who are losing a desperate campaign against British forces in the tropical jungles of Burma. The young soldiers discover that the trials of war involve more than just opposing the enemy....
| Автор | Michio Takeyama |
With over 300 stunning photographs and woodblock prints along with extensive historical and cultural commentary, Japanese Swords is the ultimate authority on Samurai weaponry. Historically, Japanese warriors considered their swords to be far greater than simple weaponry. Their swords were both lethal tools and divine companions — social and religious icons. Traditionally worn by the samurai as a sign of social status, the Japanese sword represented the junction between the reigning...
| Автор | Colin M. Roach |
**Winner, Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title 2015** This Japanese design book presents the arts, aesthetics and culture of Japan with over 160 stunning color photos and extensive historical and cultural commentary . The Japanese sensibility often possesses an intuitive, emotional appeal, whether it's a silk kimono, a carefully raked garden path, an architectural marvel, a teapot, or a contemporary work of art. This allure has come to permeate the entire culture of...
| Автор | Patricia Graham |
The comprehensive and accurate edition of the Hagakure is a must-have for serious martial artists or fans of samurai and the bushido code. The Hagakure is one of the most influential of all Japanese texts—written nearly 300 years ago by Yamamoto Tsunetomo to summarize the very essence of the Japanese Samurai bushido («warrior») spirit. Its influence has been felt throughout the world, and yet its existence is scarcely known to many Westerners. This is the first translation to...
| Автор | Yamamoto Tsunetomo |
Die letzten Tage des 19. Jahrhunderts. Im düsteren Schloss ihrer Ahnen wächst Aura Institoris inmitten eines Labyrinths endloser Gänge und Säle heran. Als ihr Vater, der Alchimist Nestor Nepomuk Institoris, im Auftrag seines ärgsten Widersachers Lysander ermordet wird, gerät Aura unversehens zwischen die Fronten eines Konflikts, dessen Wurzeln weit zurück ins Mittelalter reichen. Denn Aura ist die Erbin eines uralten Rätsels, der Rezeptur des Steins der Waisen, der Unsterblichkeit verspricht. An...
| Автор | Kai Meyer |
"Könige sind wie Gaukler. Sie blenden die Untertanen mit ihrem Mummenschanz, damit die nicht merken, dass das Reich auseinanderfällt" Anno Domini 951: Der junge Gaidemar, ein Bastard vornehmer, aber unbekannter Herkunft und Panzerreiter in König Ottos Reiterlegion, erhält einen gefährlichen Auftrag: Er soll die italienische Königin Adelheid aus der Gefangenschaft in Garda befreien. Auf ihrer Flucht verliebt er sich in Adelheid, aber sie heiratet König Otto. Dennoch steigt Gaidemar zum...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
How Japan Can Reinvent Itself and Why This Is Important for America and the World. In 1979, the book Japan as Number One: Lessons for America by Harvard University professor Ezra Vogel caused a sensation in the United States by pointing out that Japan was surpassing America as world economic leader; the book remains to this day the all-time bestseller in Japan of non-fiction by a Western author. The book was timely: Japan's subsequent «bubble era» of the 1980s saw the country booming....
| Автор | Clyde Prestowitz |
This book of Japanese poetry and lyrics explores a little-known style of Japanese song called Ko-Uta.A Ko-Uta is translated as «little song» in Japanese. Unfamiliar to most Westerners, ko-uta are particularly in tune with the tradition of Japan's Edo-era merchants. Some ko-uta are aesthetic, many are earthy.Ko-uta are sung to the accompaniment of the shamisen—a traditional, three-stringed Japanese lute. Ko-uta come to life when they are sung, and the best example of where they live...
| Автор | Liza Crihfield |
Batik occupies a special place in Indonesian culture. Each fabric has a rich story to tell—as a reflection of the nation's religious beliefs, sophisticated court cultures and cosmopolitan history. The extraordinary textiles in this book are from the collections of Rudolf Smend and Donald Harper. Most date from the period 1880 to 1930 when the art of batik reached its apogee. Having collected historical batik for over thirty years and published two books on the subject, Rudolf...
| Автор | Rudolf Smend |
Thinking of getting a Japanese-style tattoo? Want to avoid a permanent mistake? Japanese Tattoos is an insider's look at the world of Japanese irezumi (tattoos). Japanese Tattoos explains the imagery featured in Japanese tattoos so that readers can avoid getting ink they don't understand or, worse, that they'll regret. This photo-heavy book will also trace the history of Japanese tattooing, putting the iconography and kanji symbols in their proper context so readers will...
| Автор | Brian Ashcraft |
Italien im 13. Jahrhundert: Pandolfina, Tochter einer Sarazenenprinzessin und eines apulischen Grafen, wächst wohlbehütet am elterlichen Hofe auf. Doch als ihr Vater stirbt, bringt der Widersacher und Nachbar ihres Vaters Silvio di Cudi die Burg in seinen Besitz – und will das 14-jährige Mädchen zur Heirat zwingen. Pandolfina kann entkommen und findet Schutz am Hofe von Friedrich, des Königs von Sizilien und Kaisers des Heiligen Römischen Reiches. Fortan setzt die Prinzessin alles daran,...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Mallorca im Jahre 1343: Das Inselreich wird in einem blutigen Feldzug durch König Pere IV. von Katalonien-Aragón erobert. Auch die Burg des Grafen von Marranx fällt dem übermächtigen Gegner in die Hände, und sein Erzfeind nützt die Gelegenheit zur Rache: Weil der Graf ihm einst die Braut raubte, sollen jetzt dessen Töchter für die Schmach von damals bezahlen. Nur um Haaresbreite gelingt es Miranda und Soledad zu entkommen, doch ihr Verfolger ist wie besessen vom Gedanken an Vergeltung. Als er...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Appalachia has played a complex and often contradictory role in the unfolding of American history. Created by urban journalists in the years following the Civil War, the idea of Appalachia provided a counterpoint to emerging definitions of progress. Early-twentieth-century critics of modernity saw the region as a remnant of frontier life, a reflection of simpler times that should be preserved and protected. However, supporters of development and of the growth of material production, consumption,...
| Автор | Ronald D Eller |
The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War. On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its crew of eighty-six hands alive. After enduring eighteen hours in the water, eight remaining survivors swam to a remote island controlled by the Japanese. Deep behind enemy lines and without food or drinking water, the crewmen realized that their struggle for survival...
| Автор | Michael Sturma |
" An essential resource for scholars, students, and all lovers of the Mountaineer State. From bloody skirmishes with Indians on the early frontier to the Logan County mine war, the story of West Virginia is punctuated with episodes as colorful and rugged as the mountains that dominate its landscape. In this first modern comprehensive history, Otis Rice and Stephen Brown balance these episodes of mountaineer individualism against the complexities of industrial development and the growth of...
| Автор | Otis K. Rice |
The Politics of South African Football is the story of people whose vehement resistance and declaration that there could be �no normal sport in an abnormal society� proved to be a powerful antidote to the apartheid government�s assurances that �all was well�. Oshebeng Alphie Koonyaditse gives an inspiring account of the event-filled journey that led to that memorable Saturday of May 15, 2004. For the first time in World Cup history South Africa, and indeed Africa, won the right to host the...
| Автор | Alpheus Koonyaditse |
In the wake of King Henry VIII's death, England's throne is left in a precarious state-as is the peculiar relationship between his two daughters. Mary, the elder, once treasured, had been declared a bastard in favor of her flame-haired half-sister, Elizabeth, born of the doomed Anne Boleyn. Yet the bond between the sisters was palpable from the start. Now reinstated, Mary eventually assumes her place as queen. But as Mary's religious zeal evolves into a reign of terror, young...
| Автор | Brandy Purdy |
Anno 1517. Mit letzter Kraft haben Kristina und Witter ihre Häscher abgeschüttelt. Zuflucht finden die beiden Täufer in Giebelstadt, dem Heimatdorf von Lud, der ihnen schon einmal das Leben rettete. Auch hier schlägt ihnen, den «Ketzern», Hass entgegen. Gefahr droht jedoch nicht nur von innerhalb des Dorfes: In Würzburg schmiedet Prinz Konrad Pläne, sich Giebelstadt und seine Ländereien unter den Nagel zu reißen, solange es herrenlos ist. Damit das nicht passiert, begeben Lud und Witter sich auf...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |