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A Barbarian in Asia
Автор: Michaux Henri Henri Michaux (1899–1984), the great French poet and painter, set out as a young man to see the Far East. Traveling from India to the Himalayas, and on to China and Japan, Michaux voices his vivid impressions, cutting opinions, and curious insights: he has no trouble speaking his mind. Part fanciful travelogue and part exploration of culture, A Barbarian in Asia is presented here in its original translation by Sylvia Beach, the famous American-born bookseller in Paris. Читать или скачать книгу «A Barbarian in Asia» |
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A Brief Stop On the Road From Auschwitz
Автор: Rosenberg Goran This shattering memoir by a journalist about his father’s attempt to survive the aftermath of Auschwitz in a small industrial town in Sweden won the prestigious August Prize. On August 2, 1947 a young man gets off a train in a small Swedish town to begin his life anew. Having endured the ghetto of Lodz, the death camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the slave camps and transports during the final months of Nazi Germany, his final challenge is to survive the survival. In this intelligent and deeply moving book, Göran Rosenberg returns to his own childhood to tell the story of his father: walking at his side, holding his hand, trying to get close to him. It is also the story of the chasm between the world of the child, permeated by the optimism, progress, and collective oblivion of postwar Sweden, and the world of the father, darkened by the long shadows of the past. Читать или скачать книгу «A Brief Stop On the Road From Auschwitz» |
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A Captain's Duty
Автор: Phillips Richard, Talty Stephan
It was just another day on the job for fifty-three-year-old Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, the United States-flagged cargo ship which was carrying, among other things, food and agricultural materials for the World Food Program. That all changed when armed Somali pirates boarded the ship. The pirates didn’t expect the crew to fight back, nor did they expect Captain Phillips to offer himself as hostage in exchange for the safety of his crew. Thus began the tense five-day stand-off, which ended in a daring high-seas rescue when U.S. Navy SEALs opened fire and picked off three of the captors. “It never ends like this,” Captain Phillips said. And he’s right. A Captain’s Duty tells the life-and-death drama of the Vermont native who was held captive on a tiny lifeboat off Somalia’s anarchic, gun-plagued shores. A story of adventure and courage, it provides the intimate details of this high-seas hostage-taking—the unbearable heat, the death threats, the mock executions, and the escape attempt. When the pirates boarded his ship, Captain Phillips put his experience into action, doing everything he could to safeguard his crew. And when he was held captive by the pirates, he marshaled all his resources to ensure his own survival, withstanding intense physical hardship and an escalating battle of wills with the pirates. This was it: the moment where training meets instinct and where character is everything. Richard Phillips was ready. Читать или скачать книгу «A Captain's Duty» |
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A Common Pornography: A Memoir
Автор: Sampsell Kevin In 2003 Kevin Sampsell authored a chapbook memoir of the same title. It was written as a kind of “memory experiment,” in which he recollected luminous details from his childhood in independently amusing chapters. It functioned as an experiential catalogue of American youth in the 70s and 80s. In 2008 Kevin’s estranged father died of an aneurysm. When he returned home to Kennewick, Washington for the funeral, Kevin’s mother revealed to him disturbing threads in their family history—stories of incest, madness, betrayal, and death—which retroactively colored Kevin’s memories of his upbringing and youth. He learned of his mother’s first two husbands, the fathers of his three older, mythologized half-siblings, and the havoc they wreaked on his mother. He learned of his own father’s seething resentment of his step-children, which was expressed in physical, pyschological, and sexual abuse. And he learned more about his oldest step-sister, Elinda, who, as a young girl, was labeled “feebleminded” by a teacher. When she became a teenager, she was sent to a psychiatric hospital. She entered the clinic at 98 pounds. She left two years later 200 pounds, diabetic, having endured numerous shock treatments. Then, after finally returning home, she was made pregnant by Kevin’s father. Only at the end of the book do we learn what chance in life a person like this has. While his family’s story provides the framework of the book, what’s left in between is Kevin’s story of growing up in the Pacific Northwest. He tells of his first jobs, first bands, first loves, and one worn, teal blue suitcase filled with the choicest porn in all of Kennewick, Washington. Employing the same form of memoir as he did in his previous book, Kevin intertwines the tragic with the everyday, the dysfunctional with the fun, lending A COMMON PORNOGRAPHY its undeniable, unsensationalized reality. The elastic conceit of his “memory experiment” captures the many shades and the whole of the Sampsell family—both its tragedy and its resiliency. Kevin relates this history in a charming, honest, insightful, and funny voice. Читать или скачать книгу «A Common Pornography: A Memoir» |
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A Drinking Life
Автор: Hamill Pete As a child during the Depression and World War II, Pete Hamill learned early that drinking was an essential part of being a man, inseparable from the rituals of celebration, mourning, friendship, romance, and religion. Only later did he discover its ability to destroy any writer's most valuable tools: clarity, consciousness, memory. In *A Drinking Life*, Hamill explains how alcohol slowly became a part of his life, and how he ultimately left it behind. Along the way, he summons the mood of an America that is gone forever, with the bittersweet fondness of a lifelong New Yorker. Читать или скачать книгу «A Drinking Life» |
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A Fish in the Water: A Memoir
Автор: Vargas Llosa Mario Mario Vargas Llosa's A Fish in the Water is a twofold book: a memoir of one of Latin America's most celebrated witers, beginning with his birth in 1936 in Arequipa, Peru; and the story of his organization of the reform movement which culminated in his bid for the Peruvian presidency in 1990. Читать или скачать книгу «A Fish in the Water: A Memoir» |
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A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945
Автор: ünger Ernst Ernst Jünger, one of twentieth-century Germany’s most important and controversial writers, faithfully kept a journal during the Second World War in occupied Paris, on the eastern front, and in Germany until its defeat-writings that are of major historical and literary significance. These wartime journals appear here in English for the first time. Ernst Jünger was one of twentieth-century Germany’s most important—and most controversial—writers. Decorated for bravery in World War I and the author of the acclaimed western front memoir Storm of Steel, he frankly depicted war’s horrors even as he extolled its glories. As a Wehrmacht captain during World War II, Jünger faithfully kept a journal in occupied Paris and continued to write on the eastern front and in Germany until its defeat—writings that are of major historical and literary significance. Jünger’s Paris journals document his Francophile excitement, romantic affairs, and fascination with botany and entomology, alongside mystical and religious ruminations and trenchant observations on the occupation and the politics of collaboration. While working as a mail censor, he led the privileged life of an officer, encountering artists such as Céline, Cocteau, Braque, and Picasso. His notes from the Caucasus depict the chaos after Stalingrad and atrocities on the eastern front. Upon returning to Paris, Jünger observed the French resistance and was close to the German military conspirators who plotted to assassinate Hitler in 1944. After fleeing France, he reunited with his family as Germany’s capitulation approached. Both participant and commentator, close to the horrors of history but often distancing himself from them, Jünger turned his life and experiences into a work of art. These wartime journals appear here in English for the first time, giving fresh insights into the quandaries of the twentieth century from the keen pen of a paradoxical observer. Ernst Jünger (1895–1998) was a major figure in twentieth-century German literature and intellectual life. He was a young leader of right-wing nationalism in the Weimar Republic. Among his many works is the novel On the Marble Cliffs, a symbolic criticism of totalitarianism written under the Third Reich. Elliot Neaman is professor of history at the University of San Francisco and the author of A Dubious Past: Ernst Jünger and the Politics of Literature after Nazism (1999). Thomas Hansen, a longtime member of the Wellesley College German Department, is a translator from the German. Abby Hansen is a translator of German literary and nonfiction texts. Читать или скачать книгу «A German Officer in Occupied Paris: The War Journals, 1941-1945» |
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A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter
Автор: Deresiewicz William In A Jane Austen Education, Austen scholar William Deresiewicz turns to the author's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humor and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen's teachings. Progressing from his days as an immature student to a happily married man, Deresiewicz's A Jane Austen Education is the story of one man's discovery of the world outside himself. A self-styled intellectual rebel dedicated to writers such as James Joyce and Joseph Conrad, Deresiewicz never thought Austen's novels would have anything to offer him. But when he was assigned to read Emma as a graduate student at Columbia, something extraordinary happened. Austen's devotion to the everyday, and her belief in the value of ordinary lives, ignited something in Deresiewicz. He began viewing the world through Austen's eyes and treating those around him as generously as Austen treated her characters. Along the way, Deresiewicz was amazed to discover that the people in his life developed the depth and richness of literary characters-that his own life had suddenly acquired all the fascination of a novel. His real education had finally begun. Weaving his own story-and Austen's-around the ones her novels tell, Deresiewicz shows how her books are both about education and themselves an education. Her heroines learn about friendship and feeling, staying young and being good, and, of course, love. As they grow up, they learn lessons that are imparted to Austen's reader, who learns and grows by their sides. A Jane Austen Education is a testament to the transformative power of literature, a celebration of Austen's mastery, and a joy to read. Whether for a newcomer to Austen or a lifelong devotee, Deresiewicz brings fresh insights to the novelist and her beloved works. Ultimately, Austen's world becomes indelibly entwined with our own, showing the relevance of her message and the triumph of her vision. Читать или скачать книгу «A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter» |
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A Life in Parts
Автор: Cranston Bryan Lee A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir—both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft—from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history’s most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad. Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven, when his father cast him in a United Way commercial. Acting was clearly the boy’s destiny, until one day his father disappeared. Destiny suddenly took a backseat to survival. Now, in his riveting memoir, Cranston maps his zigzag journey from abandoned son to beloved star by recalling the many odd parts he’s played in real life—paperboy, farmhand, security guard, dating consultant, murder suspect, dock loader, lover, husband, father. Cranston also chronicles his evolution on camera, from soap opera player trying to master the rules of show business to legendary character actor turning in classic performances as Seinfeld dentist Tim Whatley, “a sadist with newer magazines,” and Malcolm in the Middle dad Hal Wilkerson, a lovable bumbler in tighty-whities. He also gives an inspiring account of how he prepared, physically and mentally, for the challenging role of President Lyndon Johnson, a tour de force that won him a Tony to go along with his four Emmys. Of course, Cranston dives deep into the grittiest details of his greatest role, explaining how he searched inward for the personal darkness that would help him create one of the most memorable performances ever captured on screen: Walter White, chemistry teacher turned drug kingpin. Discussing his life as few men do, describing his art as few actors can, Cranston has much to say about creativity, devotion, and craft, as well as innate talent and its challenges and benefits and proper maintenance. But ultimately A Life in Parts is a story about the joy, the necessity, and the transformative power of simple hard work. Читать или скачать книгу «A Life in Parts» |
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A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising
Автор: Bialoszewski Miron This book is both a work of memory and a work about memory. Miron Bialoszewski (1922-83), the great avant-garde Polish poet, memorializes the doomed uprising of the Polish population against their Nazi masters which began on August 1, 1944, and was eventually abandoned on October 2, 1944, with the physical destruction of Warsaw, street by street and house by house, and the slaughter of 200,000 civilians. Читать или скачать книгу «A Memoir of the Warsaw Uprising» |
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A Preparation for Death
Автор: Baxter Greg In his early thirties, Greg Baxter found himself in a strange place. He hated his job, he was drinking excessively, he was sabotaging his most important relationships, and he was no longer doing the thing he cared about most: writing. Strangest of all, at this time he started teaching evening classes in creative writing — and his life changed utterly. A Preparation for Death is a document of the chaos and discovery of that time and of the experiences that led Greg Baxter to that strange place — an extraordinarily intimate account of literary failure (and its consequences), personal decay, and redemption through reading, writing, and truth-telling. 'Brilliant and wonderfully original… Yes, this is a book about drinking and shagging. But rarely have these things been written about so well' William Leith, Literary Review 'Baxter is a serious, thoughtful writer, bend on emotional truth and artistry. He has written an unusual, provocative book' Suzi Feay, Financial Times 'Brave, honest and propulsive' Metro 'The triumph is the steely courage it takes to put a life down with such uncompromising clarity' Hugo Hamilton, Irish Times 'This is an occasionally infuriating and completely wonderful book. I read it in one sitting, unsettled and delighted by its ferocity' Anne Enright Читать или скачать книгу «A Preparation for Death» |
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A Private War
Автор: Brenner Marie Now a major motion picture starring Rosamund Pike, Stanley Tucci, and Jamie Dornan, A Private War is the story of legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin, who died in 2012 while covering the Syrian civil war. In February 2012, Marie Colvin crossed into Syria on the back of a motorcycle. A veteran war correspondent known for her fearlessness, outspokenness, and signature eye patch, she was defying a government decree preventing journalists from entering the country. Accompanied by photographer Paul Conroy, she was determined to report on the Syrian civil war, adding to a long list of conflicts she had covered, including those in Egypt, Chechnya, Kosovo, and Libya. She had witnessed grenade attacks, saved more than one thousand women and children in an East Timor war zone when she refused to stop reporting until they were evacuated, and even interviewed Muammar Qaddafi. But she had no idea that the story she was looking for in Syria would be her last, culminating in the explosion of an improvised device that sent shock waves across the world. In A Private War, Marie Brenner brilliantly chronicles the last days and hours of Colvin’s life, moment by moment, to share the story of a remarkable life lived on the front lines. This collection also includes Brenner’s classic encounters with Donald Trump, Roy Cohn, Malala Yousafzai, Richard Jewell, and others. Читать или скачать книгу «A Private War» |
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A Raid Over Berlin
Автор: Martin John ‘I could see that still no one had been able to get out from the cockpit. It must have been at this moment that I thought I was going to die because I became remarkably calm.’ Trapped inside a burning Lancaster bomber, 20,000 feet above Berlin, airman John Martin consigned himself to his fate and turned his thoughts to his fiancée back home. In a miraculous turn of events, however, the twenty-one year old was thrown clear of his disintegrating aeroplane and found himself parachuting into the heart of Nazi Germany. He was soon to be captured and began his period as a prisoner of war. This engaging and compulsively readable true-life account of a Second World War airman, who cheated death in the sky, only to face interrogation and the prospect of being shot by the Gestapo, before having to endure months of hardship as a prisoner of war. Читать или скачать книгу «A Raid Over Berlin» |
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A Street Cat Named Bob
Автор: Bowen James Серия: Bob the Cat When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London and the last thing he needed was a pet. Yet James couldn’t resist helping the strikingly intelligent tom cat, whom he quickly christened Bob. He slowly nursed Bob back to health and then sent the cat on his way, imagining he would never see him again. But Bob had other ideas. Soon the two were inseparable and their diverse, comic and occasionally dangerous adventures would transform both their lives, slowly healing the scars of each other’s troubled pasts. A Street Cat Named Bob is a moving and uplifting story that will touch the heart of anyone who reads it. Читать или скачать книгу «A Street Cat Named Bob» |
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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Автор: Wallace David Foster In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed fun of traveling aboard a Caribbean luxury cruiseliner — David Foster Wallace brings to nonfiction the same curiosity, hilarity, and exhilarating verbal facility that has delighted readers of his fiction, including the bestselling Infinite Jest. Читать или скачать книгу «A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again» |
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A Very Expensive Poison
Автор: Harding Luke 1 November 2006. Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty two days later he dies, killed from the inside. The poison? Polonium; a rare, lethal and highly radioactive substance. His crime? He had made some powerful enemies in Russia. Based on the best part of a decade’s reporting, as well as extensive interviews with those closest to the events (including the murder suspects), and access to trial evidence, Luke Harding’s A Very Expensive Poison is the definitive inside story of the life and death of Alexander Litvinenko. Harding traces the journey of the nuclear poison across London, from hotel room to nightclub, assassin to victim; it is a deadly trail that seemingly leads back to the Russian state itself. Harding argues that Litvinenko’s assassination marked the beginning of the deterioration of Moscow’s relations with the west and a decade of geo-political disruptions – from the war in Ukraine, a civilian plane shot down, at least 7,000 dead, two million people displaced and a Russian president’s defiant rejection of a law-based international order. With Russia’s covert war in Ukraine and annexation of the Crimea, Europe and the US face a new Cold War, but with fewer certainties. This is a shocking real-life revenge tragedy with corruption and subterfuge at every turn, and walk-on parts from Russian mafia, the KGB, MI6 agents, dedicated British coppers, Russian dissidents. At the heart of this all is an individual and his family torn apart by a ruthless crime. Читать или скачать книгу «A Very Expensive Poison» |
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A Work in Progress
Автор: Франта Коннор |
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A Work in Progress
Автор: Франта Коннор |
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A-10s over Kosovo (illustrations removed)
Автор: Haave Christopher E Lt Col Phil M. “Goldie” Haun (BS, Harvard University; MA, Vanderbilt University) is from Cecilia, Kentucky, a weapons school graduate, and had A-10 assignments in England, Korea, Germany, and Alaska. Colonel Haun attended ACSC and SAASS and is curently serving as the operational officer of the 355th Fighter Squadron (FS) at Eielson AFB, Alaska. Col Christopher E. “Kimos” Haave (USAFA) commanded 81st FS “Panthers” during Operation Allied Force (OAF) and is currently the commander of the 612th Air Operations Group at Davis-Monthan AFB, New Mexico. Kimos had A-10 assignments in England and Germany and flew AT-38s in New Mexico. Colonel Haave is Olmsted Scholar and a graduate of the French Joint Defense College.
Colonels Haave and Haun organized the firsthand accounts of members of the 40th Expeditionary Operations Group into this book. Their descriptions of the application of airpower—a new wingman’s first combat sortie, a support officer’s view of an FS relocation during combat, and Sandy pilot’s efforts to find and rescue a downed F-177 pilot—provide the reader with a legitimate insight into an air war at the tactical level and the airpower that helped convice Milosevic to capitulate. DisclaimerOpinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the editors and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US government agency. Cleared for public release: distribution unlimited. Читать или скачать книгу «A-10s over Kosovo (illustrations removed)» |
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AC/DC: братья Янг
Автор: Финк Джесси Книга рассказывает историю AC/DC, музыкального коллектива и коммерческого колосса, раскрывая некоторые личные и творческие секреты. Джесси Финк предоставляет нам разные версии множества историй, и особенно закулисных. Финк явно обожает AC/DC, но осознаёт, что у старой тётки бородавки под косметикой, и он не стесняется выставить Янгов в не очень приглядном свете. Читать или скачать книгу «AC/DC: братья Янг» |
Год 1943-й. За бортом воздушного корабля огненные вспышки зенитных снарядов, слепящий свет прожекторов. Но штурман хладнокровен. Его рука не дрогнет. Он должен вывести самолет на военный объект Берлина — логова фашистских захватчиков. И он прицеливается с величайшей точностью... Бомбы сброшены... Цель поражена...
В годы Великой Отечественной войны краснозвездные советские самолеты проникали глубоко в тыл противника. Они бомбили Берлин, Данциг, Кенигсберг и другие военно-экономические центры фашистской Германии.
В этих полетах многократно участвовал автор книги — военный штурман 1-го класса, ныне полковник запаса, кавалер трех орденов Красного Знамени. С большим душевным волнением рассказывает он о своих полетах и славных боевых делах друзей-однополчан.
Родной и близкий каждому русскому православному человеку святой, самый сердечный и добрый помощник из всего благодатного сонма святых, в Земле Российской просиявших, — вот кто такой Преподобный Серафим Саровский. В эту книгу о нем вошло пространное жизнеописание Преподобного, составленное замечательным церковным публицистом Евгением Николаевичем Погожевым (1870–1931), который публиковался под псевдонимом Евгений Поселянин и чьи статьи и книги во многом открыли широкому читателю мир русского старчества. В книгу вошли также и фрагменты из «Дивеевской летописи». Это удивительно искренние свидетельства о Преподобном Серафиме и о том непостижимо прекрасном явлении православной русской культуры, которую называют «Дивеевской святостью».
Вольф Долгий известен читателю как автор "Книги о счастливом человеке", за короткое время выдержавшей два издания в серии "Пламенные революционеры". Его перу принадлежат также пьеса "После казни прошу…", киносценарии "Я купил папу" и "Алешкина охота", а также книги "Первый рейс" и "Ступеньки".
Повесть писателя, посвященная героине "Народной воли" Софье Перовской, не случайно носит название "Порог". Выбрать отвечающий твоим идеалам путь, переступить порог, ведущий в революцию, — на это способен человек высокой нравственности, твердого сознания своего долга перед народом, какой и предстает читателям Перовская.
В повести рассказывается и о других деятелях "Народной воли", их трагической судьбе.
Эта книга основана на уникальном курсе, посвященном двум выдающимся интеллектуалам ХХ века, психоаналитику Зигмунду Фрейду и писателю Клайву Стейплзу Льюису – людям, которым удалось сказать в ХХ веке нечто принципиально новое о Боге и человеке и так называемых вечных вопросах: как жить и во что верить. Впервые в одной книге сопоставлены идеи и жизнь двух всемирно известных, но диаметрально противоположных по взглядам мыслителей. Автор – психиатр, профессор Гарвардского университета. По книге снят 4-серийный документальный фильм, а также поставлен спектакль на Бродвее.
В однотомник известного украинского писателя В. Козаченко вошли повести: «Аттестат зрелости», «Молния», «Белое пятно».
Все эти произведения посвящены комсомольско-молодежному подполью героических лет Великой Отечественной войны.
Повесть «Белое пятно» заключает цикл повестей о «Молнии», за который В. Козаченко удостоен Государственной премии УССР имени Т. Г. Шевченко.
Издательство «Владимир Даль» продолжает публикацию переводов немецких авторов, относящихся к «кругу Георге», в котором ставилась задача осуществить принципиально новый подход к прочтению и пониманию наиболее выдающихся текстов европейской духовной культуры. Одним из основополагающих образов для нового предприятия, наравне с Шекспиром, Гете и Ницше, был Платон, сделавшийся не столько объектом изучения и анализа, сколько предметом поклонения и иконой синтетического культа.
Речь идет о первой «книге-гештальте», в которой был реализован революционный проект георгеанской платонолатрии, противопоставлявшей себя традиционному академическому платоноведению. Она была написана молодым философом-соискателем и адептом «круга» Генрихом Фридеманом, получившим образование в университетах Германии и Швейцарии, а затем продолжившим его в неокантианских школах.
Сборник исторических рассказов и биографий выдающихся личностей для детей старшего возраста. Сочинение Алексея Егоровича Разина (1823–1875), известного детского писателя, журналиста и популяризатора науки.
Чего ожидает девушка, когда собирается выйти замуж? Казалось бы, тихого уютного семейного гнездышка. Каково же было удивление Наталии Малич, когда ее замужество оказалось погружением в огромную неугомонную семью, обожающую застолья и праздники всех сортов. Одних дней рождения на все лето! Как в этой ситуации не превратить свою жизнь в бесконечное стояние у плиты и научиться наслаждаться праздниками? Как и чем вкусно и легко накормить толпу любимых людей? Как усадить разные поколения за один стол и не сойти с ума?
Ответы на эти, казалось бы неразрешимые вопросы, найдутся в этой книге.
Прочтите ее и вы вернете себе давно забытое желание регулярно пировать всей семьей.
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Стивен Хокинг был одним из наиболее влиятельных физиков современности, и его жизнь затронула и отчасти поменяла жизни миллионов людей. Леонард Млодинов обращается к тем двум десятилетиям, в которые он был коллегой и другом ученого, чтобы нарисовать его портрет – уникальный и очень личный. Он знакомит с Хокингомгением, ломающим голову над загадками Вселенной и всего мироздания и в конце концов формулирующим смелую теорию об излучении черных дыр, которая заставила космологов и физиков посмотреть на проблему происхождения космоса с абсолютно нового угла. Мы встречаем Хокинга, болезнь которого не позволяет ему произносить больше шести слов в минуту, но который не забывает шутить. Наконец, на этих страницах речь идет о Хокинге-друге, который умел выражать целую палитру эмоций, нахмурив или подняв бровь. Леонард Млодинов вводит нас в комнату, где Хокинг утоляет свою страсть к вину, карри и музыке; делится чувствами в отношении любви, смерти и немощи тела; борется с дилеммами из области философии и физики. И во всем этом проступает непобедимый человеческий дух. Эта книга не только о науке, но о самой жизни и ее способности преодолевать невероятные преграды. Это вдохновляющая история Стивена Хокинга, человека, друга и физика.
Истории для этой книги собраны опытным «скоропомощником», который сам был очевидцем многих событий или слышал их из уст своих коллег по работе. Все рассказы написаны с большим юмором, а как известно, смех – это лекарство, которое можно и нужно принимать в больших дозах.
Это сборник лучших рассказов профессионального охотника, журналиста, писателя, главного редактора журнала «Охота» Валерия Кузенкова. Захватывающие, порой трагичные истории, происходившие с автором и его друзьями за многолетнюю практику биолога-охотоведа, переработанные из дневниковых записей в художественные произведения, не оставят читателя равнодушным. Простые люди с непростыми судьбами – главные герои книги – помогут взглянуть на мир иначе, задуматься о ценности жизни, об отношении к природе, о том, что человек в тайге – лишь гость…
Книга Святослава Тараховского — это художественное исследование жизни замечательного актера Армена Джигарханяна.
Что значит театр для главного героя? Какие мысли занимают его гениальный ум? Что за чувства скрывает его горячее сердце? Как выстоять, если рядом плетут интриги и за спиной готовят предательские проекты? И как быть, если вдруг нахлынула на него как цунами последняя возвышенная любовь? На эти и многие другие вопросы дает ответы роман. И что особенно важно — показывает, как актер Джигарханян повлиял на развитие русского кинематографа и театрального мастерства и насколько эти два искусства повлияли на него самого.
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