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"A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County" is a comprehensive account of the New York City's most populous borough from the time of the discovery of America until the late 19th century. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city, and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution, until 1898, when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s,...
| Автор | Stephen M. Ostrander |
"A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County" is a comprehensive account of the New York City's most populous borough from the time of the discovery of America until the late 19th century. Named after the Dutch village of Breukelen, Brooklyn was an independent incorporated city, and previously an authorized village and town within the provisions of the New York State Constitution, until 1898, when, after a long political campaign and public relations battle during the 1890s,...
| Автор | Stephen M. Ostrander |
Imagine a plague so horrific, only forty percent of the population lived to tell the tale. Written as a first-person account of the world’s most dangerous pandemic, the mysterious narrator bears witness to a society that has seemingly given up hope during terrifying times. . From mounting death tolls, to horrific bodily ailments, contracting the Black Plague was considered a fate worse than death. Combining his own experiences within each of the two stories, the enigmatic narrator, known only...
| Автор | Daniel Defoe |
Emile Zola (1840-1902) is perhaps the most important French writer of the 19th century. Zola dramatically shaped the course of French literature through the development of naturalism, characterized by the unsentimental and realistic portrayal of middle and lower class French life. His twenty novel cycle «Les Rougon-Macquart» is epic in scope, often drawing comparisons to the prolific output of Balzac. Here, in his 1878 novel «Une page d'amour» («A Love Episode») we encounter the eighth...
| Автор | Emile Zola |
Emile Zola (1840-1902) is perhaps the most important French writer of the 19th century. Zola dramatically shaped the course of French literature through the development of naturalism, characterized by the unsentimental and realistic portrayal of middle and lower class French life. His twenty novel cycle «Les Rougon-Macquart» is epic in scope, often drawing comparisons to the prolific output of Balzac. Here, in his 1878 novel «Une page d'amour» («A Love Episode») we encounter the eighth...
| Автор | Emile Zola |
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race is an inspiring 2-volume historical and travel account of the journey in the Middle East based on the journals of Lady Anne Blunt edited by her husband and companion Wilfrid, first published in 1881. Nejd, in the imagination of the Bedouins of the North, is a region of romance, the cradle of their race and of their ideas of chivalry. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of...
| Автор | Lady Anne Blunt |
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, the Cradle of the Arab Race is an inspiring 2-volume historical and travel account of the journey in the Middle East based on the journals of Lady Anne Blunt edited by her husband and companion Wilfrid, first published in 1881. Nejd, in the imagination of the Bedouins of the North, is a region of romance, the cradle of their race and of their ideas of chivalry. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of...
| Автор | Lady Anne Blunt |
"A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms" by Faxian (translated by James Legge). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
| Автор | Faxian |
"A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms" by Faxian (translated by James Legge). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are...
| Автор | Faxian |
Although best known for his scientific romances that paved the way for the modern science fiction genre, H. G. Wells (1866-1946) produced significant works on politics, society, science and history. Fascinated as much with the real world as his imaginary one, and displeased with the quality of history textbooks at the end of World War I, Wells took on the task of writing his own book of world history. In 1919 he published «The Outline of History,» a 1,324-page book in three volumes, which he...
| Автор | H. G. Wells |
Although best known for his scientific romances that paved the way for the modern science fiction genre, H. G. Wells (1866-1946) produced significant works on politics, society, science and history. Fascinated as much with the real world as his imaginary one, and displeased with the quality of history textbooks at the end of World War I, Wells took on the task of writing his own book of world history. In 1919 he published «The Outline of History,» a 1,324-page book in three volumes, which he...
| Автор | H. G. Wells |
Although best known for his scientific romances that paved the way for the modern science fiction genre, H. G. Wells (1866-1946) produced significant works on politics, society, science and history. Fascinated as much with the real world as his imaginary one, and displeased with the quality of history textbooks at the end of World War I, Wells took on the task of writing his own book of world history. In 1919 he published «The Outline of History,» a 1,324-page book in three volumes, which he...
| Автор | H. G. Wells |
"A Texas Cowboy" subtitled as «Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony» is one of the few books which offers a true look into the life of a real cowboy and that too written by someone who had actually lived the life. Excerpt: "While ranching on the Indian Territory line, close to Caldwell, Kansas, in the winter of '82 and '83, we boys—there being nine of us—made an iron-clad rule that whoever was heard swearing or caught picking grey backs off and throwing...
| Автор | Charles A. Siringo |
"A Treatise of Human Nature" by David Hume. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...
| Автор | David Hume |
"A Voyage to the South Sea" by William Bligh. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...
| Автор | William Bligh |
"A Voyage to the South Sea" by William Bligh. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...
| Автор | William Bligh |
"A Voyage to the South Sea" by William Bligh. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible...
| Автор | William Bligh |
Как и почему немцы захватили Крым и Севастополь? Советская версия о многократном превосходстве противника в танках, авиации, артиллерии и живой силе сейчас явно не выдерживает критики. Работая с недавно рассекреченными материалами, автор обнаружил, что решающую роль в событиях июня 1941-го – июля 1942 года сыграли ложные донесения о вводе итальянского флота в Черное море. Эти донесения, поступавшие в штаб командующего Черноморским флотом, были восприняты со всей серьезностью, так как не...
| Автор | Александр Широкорад |
Автор этой книги гвардии подполковник в отставке Валерий Григорьевич Марченко принимал участие в боевых действиях в Республике Афганистан, где командовал разведывательной группой 80-й отдельной разведывательной роты 103-й гвардейской воздушно-десантной дивизии, разведывательной ротой 350-го гвардейского парашютно-десантного полка (знаменитого «полтинника»), 3-м парашютно-десантным батальоном 317-го гвардейского парашютно-десантного полка, гарнизоном «Шахджой» советских войск в Афганистане,...
| Автор | Валерий Марченко |
Для русского читателя Африка – до сих пор terra incognita. Ее разнообразной географии соответствует изобилие самобытных и абсолютно не похожих одна на другую культур. Александр Стесин – писатель, поэт и врач – уже много лет проводит в поездках по этому еще не до конца изученному континенту, погружаясь в его быт и историю. Он лечит тиф в пустыне и малярию в джунглях, изучает языки суахили и чви, собирает маслята на Мадагаскаре, сравнивает кухни Сенегала и Сомали, переводит здешних классиков и...
| Автор | Александр Стесин |
Samuel Hall Young, a Presbyterian clergyman, met John Muir when the great naturalist's steamboat docked at Fort Wrangell, in southeastern Alaska, where Young was a missionary to the Stickeen Indians. In Alaska Days with John Muir he describes this 1879 meeting: «A hearty grip of the hand and we seemed to coalesce in a friendship which, to me at least, has been one of the very best things in a life full of blessings.» This book, first published in 1915, describes two journeys of discovery...
| Автор | Samuel Hall Young |
Поражение России в Крымской войне 1853–1856 гг. открыло новую страницу в истории российско-французских отношений. Европа стала свидетелем неожиданного сближения вчерашних противников – России и Франции. В Лондоне, Берлине, Вене и Константинополе всерьез опасались, что это сближение может привести к политическому союзу между молодым царем Александром II и императором французов Наполеоном III. Что лежало в основе сближения двух недавних противников, кто и по каким причинам – Александр или Наполеон...
| Автор | Петр Черкасов |
Книга рассказывает историю рождения и развития шифров и кодов, криптологии и специальных видов засекреченной связи в США, американских криптологических служб, техники шифрования и аппаратуры засекречивания; военных сетей спецсвязи; описывает шпионскую деятельность американских спецслужб по «охоте» за советскими шифрами, успехи и провалы в этой сфере, а также появление асимметричной криптологии и ее практическое использование сегодня.
| Автор | Вадим Гребенников |
Новая книга Н.Н. Платошкина рассказывает о создании и деятельности американской разведки в годы Второй мировой войны. Многочисленные факты свидетельствуют, что даже в годы войны наряду с борьбой против нацистской Германии Управление стратегических служб (предвестник ЦРУ) занималось антисоветской разведывательной деятельностью. На основе богатого архивного материала автор раскрывает детали американской шпионской работы против Германии, Японии и Советского Союза.
| Автор | Николай Николаевич Платошкин |