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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

Книга Smiley: 50 Years of Good News рассказывает историю одного из самых популярных символов последних 50 лет и одноимённой компании, обладающей эксклюзивными правами на этот знак в более чем 100 странах. Всё началось на страницах газеты France Soir, где

Великая, обширная, древняя и уникальная Священная Римская империя, с момента ее основания Карлом Великим до разрушения Наполеоном тысячелетие спустя, составляла сердце Европы. Это был великий двигатель изобретений и идей, это было началом многих современных европейских государств, от Германии до Чехии. Ее отношения с Италией, Францией и Польшей диктовали ход бесчисленных войн - и без этого европейская история в целом не имеет смысла • В поразительно амбициозной книге "Священная Римская империя. Тысяча лет истории Европы" Питер Х. Уилсон объясняет, как работала Империя. Это не хронологическая история, а попытка донести до читателей, почему она была так важна и как менялась за время своего существования • Книга на английском языке • A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe

A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairytales with a twist… • THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL • Every four years, two girls are kidnapped from the village of Gavaldon. Legend has it these lost children are sent to the School for Good and Evil, the fabled institution where they become fairytale heroes or villains • A WORLD WITHOUT PRINCES • Witches and princesses reside at the School for Girls, where they've been inspired to live a life without princes, while Tedros and the boys are camping in Evil's old towers. A war is brewing between the schools, but can Agatha and Sophie restore the peace? • THE LAST EVER AFTER • With the girls apart, Evil has taken over and the villains of the past have come back to turn the world of Good and Evil upside down

В бестселлере "Шоколадные войны. От Кэдбери до Крафта. 200 лет сладкого успеха и ожесточенного соперничества" историк и удостоенный наград режиссер-документалист Дебора Кэдбери совершает путешествие в историю своей собственной семьи, чтобы раскрыть соперничество, которое привело к 250-летнему созданию шоколадной империи • Книга на английском языке • The delicious true story of the early chocolate pioneers by the award-winning writer, and direct descendant of the famous chocolate dynasty, Deborah Cadbury • In 'Chocolate Wars' bestselling historian and award-winning documentary maker Deborah Cadbury takes a journey into her own family history to uncover the rivalries that have driven 250 years of chocolate empire-building • In the early nineteenth century Richard Tapper Cadbury sent his son, John, to London to study a new and exotic commodity: cocoa

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The movements of his mind seemed to tend to the thought that some power was working against him.' When Henchard, an out-of-work hay-trusser gets drunk and sells his wife at a country fair, his life will never be the same. Eighteen years later, his wife and daughter return to Casterbridge to find that Henchard has become Mayor. Although he's spent most of his life attempting to repent for his actions, he remains a rash and impetuous man. Hardy portrays Henchard as a tragic hero, searching for love and acceptance from the community around him, posing the overarching question of whether we shape our own fate, or whether life deals us an inevitable hand

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.' Autobiographical in tone, Joyce's tale of Stephen Dedalus' journey into adulthood explores the intellectual and moral development of an artist as he struggles to overcome the ingrained Catholic consciousness of his childhood - a family life governed by Irish history, religion and politics. Realistic and innovative in its approach, the style of writing proved controversial upon publication in 1916 and the character of Stephen on a quest for his identity did not appeal to readers.However, Joyce expertly encapsulates the development of individual consciousness and the role of the artist in society in what is considered one of his greatest works

Spain, over a span of forty turbulent years, is the theatre for a drama of love, friendship, ideals, ambition and revenge in this powerful and passionate novel about the Spanish Civil War • On the bitter battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, an unlikely friendship is forged. Tom, an idealistic American, and Adam, a wayward young Englishman, fight on opposing sides, yet they have one thing in common - a passionate love for Spain… • With a fervour to match their own, a woman of Madrid is battling in the same bloody struggle. She is Ana, the Black Widow; young, beautiful, bereaved - and a dangerous freedom fighter • But the end of the armed conflict will not end the conflicting emotions that draw these people together. For over forty turbulent years, from the dark days of Franco's victory to the birth of modern Spain, they will be bound together in an intricate web - of love, betrayal, ambition and revenge… • Derek Lambert, who knew and loved Spain for many years, uses his unique understanding of Spanish history and character in this sweeping novel which encompasses some of the most crucial events of twentieth-century Europe, creates characters of extraordinary depth and humanity, and tells a story of compelling power and vitality

About the Book • Soon to be a major film, this is a dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians of this period • She was crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months of age, and Queen of France at sixteen years; at eighteen she ascended the throne and began ruling one of the most fractious courts in Europe, riven by religious conflict and personal lust for power. She rode out at the head of an army in both victory and defeat; saw her second husband assassinated, and married his murderer. At twenty-five she entered captivity at the hands of her rival queen, from which only death would release her • The life of Mary Stuart is one of unparalleled drama and conflict. From the labyrinthine plots laid by the Scottish lords to wrest power for themselves, to the efforts made by Elizabeth's ministers to invalidate Mary's legitimate claim to the English throne, John Guy returns to the archives to explode the myths and correct the inaccuracies that surround this most fascinating monarch

A new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years • Few composers elicit such strong emotions as Chopin. Few have been more revered and cherished. And few have had so much sentimental nonsense written about them • Published to coincide with the bicentenary of Chopin's birth, Adam Zamoyski's compelling new biography cuts through the mass of anecdote and myth that has sprung up around the composer's life and the ebullient and striking personalities of Romantic Paris among whom he lived, including Liszt, Berlioz, Victor Hugo and George Sand, in search of the real Chopin • Zamoyski brings to the subject an unrivalled knowledge of the historical, social and cultural background of the composer's native Poland as well as of the France in which he spent most of his creative life

One man's journey in the footsteps of a great explorer into the heart of Africa • As a young man, Warwick Cairns met the then elderly explorer Wilfred Thesiger and the two men struck up an unlikely friendship. Invited to visit him at his African home, Cairns decides to make a bit of an adventure of it and do some of the journey on foot • When he himself was a young man, Thesiger led an expedition to explore the course of the Awash river in Ethiopia. Every westerner that had gone before him had been killed by local tribesmen. Needless to say, he survived • Alternating chapters chart Warwick's journey with that of Thesiger creating a captivating dual narrative that is part travel book, part biography, part autobiography, part history with fair doses of philosophy and humour thrown in for good measure

Окунитесь в темный и чарующий мир Школы добра и зла с этой потрясающей книгой-компаньоном • Серия бестселлеров "Нью-Йорк таймс" Сомана Чайнани оживает в этом пособии, полном всего, что школьникам необходимо выучить, чтобы пережить свою собственную сказку. Снабженное полноцветными иллюстрациями, руководство включает интервью с персонажами, выдержки из дневников, совершенно новые рассказы и многое, многое другое • Обязательное условие для всех супер-фанатов "Школы добра и зла" • Книга на английском языке • Step into the dark and enchanting world of the School for Good and Evil with this stunning companion book • Soman Chainani’s New York Times bestselling series comes to life in this handbook full of everything students at the School need to learn in order to survive their own fairy tale