Книги издательства Daedalus Books
Название: Silks
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2008
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Julian Trent, you have been found guilty by this court of perpetrating a violent and unprovoked attack on an innocent family including a charge of attempted murder. You have shown little or no remorse for your actions and I consider you a danger to society. When defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hears the judgeas ruling at Londonas Old Bailey, he quietly hopes that a substantial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client. That Julian Trent only receives eight years seems all too lenient. Little does Mason realize that heall be looking Trent in the eyes again much sooner than that. Setting aside his barristeras gown and wig, Mason heads to Sandown racetrack to don his colorful racing silks. As an amateur jockey, he fulfills his true passion by pounding the turf in the heat of a steeplechase. Yet when a fellow rider is brutally murderedaa pitchfork driven through his chestaMasonas racing hobby soon becomes too close to his work. The prime suspect is one of their brethren, champion jockey Steve Mitchell, and the evidence against him seems overwhelming. Mason is reluctant to heed Mitchellas plea for legal helpabut he soon finds himself at the center of a sinister web of violence, threats and intimidation. Mason is left fighting a battle of right and wrong, and more immediately, a battle of life and death his own.
Название: Leningrad: State of Siege
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2008
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All offers of surrender from Leningrad must be rejected, wrote Adolph Hitler on September 29, 1941, at the outset of Operation Barbarossa. In this struggle for survival, we have no interest in keeping even a proportion of the city's population alive. During the famed 900-day siege of Leningrad, the German High Command deliberately planned to eradicate the city's population through starvation. Viewing the Slavs as sub-human, Hitler embarked on a vicious program of ethnic cleansing. By the time the siege ended in January 1944, almost a million people had died. Those who survived would be marked permanently by what they endured as the city descended into chaos. In Leningrad, military historian Michael Jones chronicles the human story of this epic siege. Drawing on newly available eyewitness accounts and diaries, he reveals the true horrors of the ordeal — including stories long-suppressed by the Soviets of looting, criminal gangs, and cannibalism. But he also shows the immense psychological resources on which the citizens of Leningrad drew to survive against desperate odds. At the height of the siege, for instance, an extraordinary live performance of Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony profoundly strengthened the city's will to resist. A riveting account of one of the most harrowing sieges of world history, Leningrad also portrays the astonishing power of the human will in the face of even the direst catastrophe.
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Год: 2007
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A forerunner of psychological fiction, and considered a landmark work for its innovative use of narrative devices, Sterne's topsy-turvy novel was both celebrated and vilified when first published. Originally released in nine separate volumes, it is in effect an exercise about the difficulties of writing. Impossible to categorize, it remains a beguiling milestone in the history of literature.
Название: The Three Musketeers
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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Populated by some of the most famous names in literary and actual history — D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII — Dumas's peerless adventure offers a rousing read. It traces an aspiring Musketeer's path to 17th-century Paris, where he encounters intrigue, romance, and, of course, thrilling swordplay.
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Год: 2008
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The number of women who have ruled as queens or empresses, or governed as presidents or prime ministers, remains but a small subset of the total of those who have attained ultimate political power. But this elite group of women, who — through dynastic succession, democratic election or other means — have reached the heights of political and ceremonial leadership, includes some of the most influential and charismatic figures of world history. Queen, Empress, Concubine paints vivid portraits of the lives of 50 extraordinary women who have held positions of executive or ceremonial power throughout history, from the Queen of Sheba to Margaret Thatcher. Each biographical profile sets its subject clearly in the culture and context of its time, enabling author Claudia Gold not only to tell the stories of 50 courageous and fiercely independent women, but also to provide a fascinating and informative alternative social history of the last 3500 years.
Название: D-Day
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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An authoritative collection of military histories from one of the foremost authors on the subject, Stephen E. Ambrose, historical consultant on Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan. Each title include a full index and list of sources.
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Год: 2008
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Children and adults alike will be awestruck as a stunning three-dimensional medieval world unfolds before their eyes The sliding castle gate on the front cover serves as an entrance into a world from long ago. Inside, vibrant art and amazingly intricate pops guide readers through life as it really was for Sir Hugo, a brave and noble knight From pages and ladies, to castles and cathedrals, this book is certain to educate and entertain readers both young and old This sturdy 8 1/2 x 11 paper-over-board book includes multi-level detailed pops and acetate windows. This book comes packaged in a resealable polybag.
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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A dramatic, detailed, and essential narrative account of the 1938 Munich appeasement crisis. Modern history writing at its best.
Название: Stardust
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2010
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The author of The Good German returns with his most accomplished novel yet — a tale of Hollywood glamour, post-war espionage, and family secrets.
Название: Florence
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2010
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Designed to provide a detailed exploration into the exceptional array of art and architecture in the beautiful city of Florence, this captivating volume will surely enthral anyone interested in the city's buildings, paintings, sculptures and history. This is an extremely comprehensive guide covering all major places of interest, with numerous essays on history and culture. Over 600 full-colour illustrations including detailed town plans help bring this fascinating city to life at the turn of a page.
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Год: 2008
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Following the success of Battle and Weapon, Battle at Sea looks at every aspect of warfare on, above, and under the sea. This dramatic book catalogs the stories of the people, ships, and organizations behind history's greatest naval conflicts.
Название: Dante's Numbers
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2009
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»The return of Nic Costa is a true cause for celebration! A literate, page-turning tale that finds our hero — one of the most appealing in crime fiction — zipping between two of the most iconic cities in the world: Rome and San Francisco — Jeffery Deaver, «New York Times» — bestselling author».
Название: Eyewonder: Earth
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2010
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Explore the geological earth — mountains and oceans, valleys and volcanoes, islands and caves — and the creatures who live in its many environments, including us, in this vividly illustrated tour of our home in space. Like the other titles in Dorling Kindersley's Eyewonder series for readers 9 to 12, it explores the natural world in dramatic color photographs — many two-page spreads feature one large photo across both pages with several smaller images, each with its own description.
Название: The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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At a café table in Lahore, a bearded Pakistani man converses with an uneasy American stranger. As dusk deepens into night, he begins the tale that has brought him to this fateful encounter. Changez has lived an immigrant's dream, studying at Princeton and snapped up by a powerful firm in New York, with the beautiful Erica on his arm and the promise of entry into Manhattan's elite society. All of this changes after the September 11th attack, and allegiances are unearthed that may be more fundamental than money, power, or even love. The author of the PEN/Hemingway Award nominated New York Times Notable Book Moth Smoke here explores the unexpected connections between the political and the personal.
Название: The Adventure of English
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2011
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Here is the riveting story of the English language, from its humble beginnings as a regional dialect to its current preeminence as the lingua franca of the global market, spoken by one-and-a-half billion people worldwide. Melvyn Bragg's «adventure» takes in the Norman invasion of England in 1066; the arrival of The Canterbury Tales and a «coarse» playwright named William Shakespeare; the songs of slaves and the Lewis and Clark expedition, which led to hundreds of new words as the explorers discovered uncataloged flora and fauna.
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2006
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This comprehensive collection showcases Oscar Wilde's brilliant story-telling skills and his amazing stylistic versatility, ranging from fairy tales and ghost stories to detective yarns and comedies of manners. It includes the complete texts of The Happy Prince and Other Tales, A House of Pomegranates, Lord Arthur Savile's Crim and Other Stories, Poems in Prose, and the critical essay «The Portrait of Mr. W. H.» Originally published in the late 1880s and early 1890s, these tales predate Wilde's fame as a dramatist. When he wrote them, he was best known among fashionable London society as a drawing-room raconteur. Many of the character types now familiar from his comedies first emerged in these stories, along with his gifted use of parady, melodrama, paradox, and irony. Even more significantly, they reflect the author's preoccupation with opposites — idealistic love and desire, art and life, sincerity and artifice, innocene and sin, altruism and greed, and honesty and deceit — offering captivating expressions of the themes that dominated Wilde's life and thought.
Название: The Daring Book for Girls
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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Boys don't get all the fun. Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a little bit of both, this is the manual for everything that girls of all ages really need to know. Find out about female heroes in history, secret note-passing techniques, science projects, and friendship bracelets. Learn to play Double Dutch and cat's cradle, turn the perfect cartwheel, and induce giggles at sleepovers and discover the eternal mystery of what boys are actually thinking.
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2010
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Gothic art originated around 1140 in the Ile-de-France. Initially confined to the cathedrals and the most important abbeys of this region, it was soon regarded as a model for the rest of France and finally for Europe as a whole. This splendidly appointed volume, with nearly 800 color illustrations, describes the development of the Gothic aesthetic in all its diversity, from minutely detailed paintings to the magnificent cathedral of Notre-Dame at Reims. The book traces Gothic architecture from its initial flourishing, while individual essays then follow the formal development of Gothic architecture in England, in the Germanic countries, and in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and the rest of northern and eastern Europe. The text also describes late Gothic architecture in France and the Netherlands, with contributions on stained glass and gold work, and individual studies devoted to such themes as the Cathar heresy, the Papal Palace in Avignon, urban development, and technical knowledge.
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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This title contains a book & CD. From the creators of A Child's Gift of Lullabyes, here is a Grammy-nominated soundtrack for children. With soothing melodies, meaningful lyrics and beautifully orchestrated arrangements, this collection is sure to give little ones hours of listening pleasure. The one-hour CD includes vocal and instrumental tracks of eight original lullabies, while the lyric book provides words to the songs.
Жанр: Daedalus Books
Год: 2007
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This title contains a book & CD. From the creators of A Child's Gift of Lullabyes, here is a Grammy-nominated soundtrack for children. With soothing melodies, meaningful lyrics and beautifully orchestrated arrangements, this collection is sure to give little ones hours of listening pleasure. The one-hour CD includes vocal and instrumental tracks of nine original lullabies, while the lyric book provides words for the caregiver.
