Penguin The Boundless Sea. A Human History of the Oceans Abulafia David

Сотни лет Таргариены восседали на железном троне Вестероса, в то время как их драконы правили небесами. История единственной семьи повелителей драконов, пережившей гибель Валирии, - это рассказ о запутанной политике, союзах и предательствах, а также о поступках как благородных, так и трусливых. "Восстание дракона" повествует о создании и возвышении власти Таргариенов в Вестеросе, охватывая историю, впервые рассказанную в эпопее Джорджа Р. Р. Мартина "Пламя и кровь", от завоевания Вестероса Эйгоном Таргариеном до печально известной "Пляски драконов" — кровавой гражданской войны, которая едва не уничтожила правление Таргариенов навсегда • Идеально подходящий для поклонников Вестероса, а также для тех, кто впервые встречает Таргариенов "Восстание дракона

In three thousand years of history, China has spent at least eleven centuries at war. The Roman Empire was in conflict during at least 50 per cent of its lifetime. Since 1776, the United States has spent over one hundred years at war. The dream of peace has been universal in the history of humanity. So why have we so rarely been able to achieve it? • In A Political History of the World, Jonathan Holslag has produced a sweeping history of the world, from the Iron Age to the present, that investigates the causes of conflict between empires, nations and peoples and the attempts at diplomacy and cosmopolitanism. A birds-eye view of three thousand years of history, the book illuminates the forces shaping world politics from Ancient Egypt to the Han Dynasty, the Pax Romana to the rise of Islam, the Peace of Westphalia to the creation of the United Nations

Eighteenth-century Scotland is famed for generating many of the enlightened ideas which helped to shape the modern world. But there was in the same period another side to the history of the nation. Many of Scotland's people were subjected to coercive and sometimes violent change, as traditional ways of life were overturned by the 'rational' exploitation of land use. The Scottish Clearances is a superb and highly original account of this sometimes terrible process, which changed the Lowland countryside forever, as it also did, more infamously, the old society of the Highlands • Based on a vast array of original sources, this pioneering book is the first to chart this tumultuous saga in one volume, with due attention to evictions and loss of land in both north and south of the Highland line

In the annals of military history, the Western Front stands as an enduring symbol of the folly and futility of war • However, as bestselling military historian Nick Lloyd reveals in this highly-praised history - the first of an epic trilogy -- the story is not one of pointlessness and stupidity, but rather a heroic triumph against the odds. With a cast of hundreds and a huge canvas of places and events, Lloyd tells the whole tale, revealing what happened in France and Belgium between August 1914 and November 1918 from the perspective of all the main combatants - including French, British, Belgian, US and, most importantly, German forces • Lloyd examines the most decisive campaigns of the Great War and explains the unprecedented innovation, adaptation and tactical development that have been too long obscured by legends of mud, blood and futility, drawing upon the latest scholarship on the war, wrongly overlooked first-person accounts, and archival material from every angle

From cyborgs, starships, UFOs, aliens and antimatter to telepathy, invisibility, psychokinesis and precognition, Michio Kaku's Physics of the Impossible is an exciting look at how science fiction could soon become science fact • Albert Einstein said, 'If at first an idea does not sound absurd, there is no hope for it.' Physics of the Impossible shows how our most far-fetched ideas today - from Star Trek's phasers and teleportation to time travel as envisioned by Back to the Future - are destined to become tomorrow's reality • Michio Kaku, bestselling science author and one of the world's most acclaimed physicists, looks at the technologies of the future and explains what's just around the corner, what we might have to wait a few millennia to get our hands on and how surprisingly little of it is truly impossible

Шестнадцать столетий назад Британия вышла из состава Римской империи и быстро пришла в упадок. В этот жестокий и нестабильный мир пришли иностранные захватчики из-за моря и утвердились в качестве его новых хозяев. В захватывающей и оригинальной книге "Англосаксы. История зарождения Англии" известный историк Марк Моррис отделяет правду от легенды и рассказывает необычную историю о том, как были заложены основы Англии • Книга на английском языке • Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters. In this sweeping and original history, renowned historian Marc Morris separates the truth from the legend and tells the extraordinary story of how the foundations of England were laid

"Дыхание вечности". Утро в пустыне, когда ночную прохладу вытесняет пряное тепло восходящего солнца. Аромат пробуждающегося дня, который отражает весь спектр солнечных лучей, меняющих свою интенсивность с наступлением сумерек. Это запах вашей кожи, готовой встретить новый день. И вот день прошел, а аромат все еще живет на коже, становясь еще более соблазнительным. Основные ноты: пион, белая фрезия, персиковый нектар, мускус, иранский уд, амброксан, кашмеран. Чувственный, притягательный, пикантный • Аромат входит в коллекцию Desert Day - это рассказ о 24 часах, проведенных в пустыне, самом иллюзорном месте в мире. Красоту пустыни можно передать лишь на языке эмоций, черпая вдохновение в драгоценных деталях. The House of Oud - это парфюмерный арт-проект от крупнейшего производителя итальянской парфюмерии Андреа Казотти

Packed with memorabilia and anecdotes from the Twisted Wheel in Manchester to the mighty Wigan Casino, The Story of Northern Soul is the definitive history of the Northern Soul scene • What began as an underground 60s Mod scene in unlicensed, no-frills clubs in the North West of England became a youth craze that has long surpassed all others. The Northern Soul scene has confounded its critics by surviving and growing into an adult dance phenomenon whose followers share a passion for the music of Black America unrivalled anywhere else in the world. The Story of Northern Soul takes the first ever in-depth look at the culture, the music, the artists and the people frequenting the all-night venues which are synonymous with the British Soul Scene

This book tells the story of our greatest invention. Or, it almost does. Almost, because while the story has a beginning - in fact, it has many beginnings, not only in Mesopotamia, 3,100 years before the birth of Christ, but also in China, Egypt and Central America - and it certainly has a middle, one that snakes through the painted petroglyphs of Easter Island, through the great machines of empires and across the desks of inspired, brilliant scholars, the end of the story remains to be written • The invention of writing allowed humans to create a record of their lives and to persist past the limits of their lifetimes. In the shadows and swirls of ancient inscriptions, we can decipher the stories they sought to record, but we can also tease out the timeless truths of human nature, of our ceaseless drive to connect, create and be remembered

The Italian Renaissance shaped Western culture - but it was far stranger and darker than many of us realise. We know the Mona Lisa for her smile, but not that she was married to a slave-trader. We revere Leonardo da Vinci for his art, but few now appreciate his ingenious designs for weaponry. We visit Florence to see Michelangelo's David, but hear nothing of the massacre that forced the republic's surrender. In fact, many of the Renaissance's most celebrated artists and thinkers emerged not during the celebrated 'rebirth' of the fifteenth century but amidst the death and destruction of the sixteenth century • The Beauty and the Terror is an enrapturing narrative which includes the forgotten women writers, Jewish merchants, mercenaries, prostitutes, farmers and citizens who lived the Renaissance every day

Traversing snowy mountain passes, vast, forbidding deserts, and stormy seas, the Silk Roads were about much more than the movement of goods: they paved the way for an unprecedented period of cultural exchange, diplomacy, and conflict, creating a legacy that continues to affect global geopolitics in the 21st century • Forged over millennia through a desire for enterprise, these trading routes have had a profound influence on Eurasia and beyond, connecting cultures, languages, customs, and religions. And with China now working to reopen this ancient trade network, the time is right to shine a new light on its history and impact • With helpful timelines and useful information boxes, The Silk Roads gives you everything you need to master the history of this world-changing region

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