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A timely and vivid look at Scotland’s long and difficult road to nationhood, re-exploring some cherished myths and unearthing a wealth of fascinating new detail • Magnus Magnusson’s starting point is Sir Walter Scott’s classic version of Scotland’s history, ‘Tales of a Grandfather’ (1827-29), which has moulded the views of generations of Scottish schoolchildren. Like Scott, Magnus Magnusson is a master story teller. In investigating the many questions raised by the nation’s turbulent and often poignant past, he gives full weight to the living treasure of local legends and tradition which he believes has as much resonance as academic analysis • Where did the ‘Scots’ come from? What is the truth about such historical figures as Macbeth, William Wallace and Robert Bruce? What was the significance of the tragic reign of Mary Queen of Scots? What was the impact of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his brutal defeat at Culloden? • Incorporating the findings of many leading modern historians, ‘Scotland: The Story of a Nation’ casts the nation’s history in a fascinating new light

После жестокой бури мальчик обнаруживает человеческий череп, погребенный под корнями древнего дерева. Череп с легендарной историей… • Роман Майкла Морпурго "Преступник. История Робин Гуда" - яркое переосмысление истории легендарного героя • Бездомного и заблудившегося в темном, незнакомом лесу юного Робина спасает разношерстная команда неудачников. Он жаждет отомстить за своего отца и добиться справедливости против жестоких угнетателей, чтобы, наконец, раз и навсегда победить шерифа Ноттингема • И благодаря своим друзьям Робин Гуд находит в себе мужество стать легендарным героем • Книга на английском языке • After a fierce storm, a boy discovers a human skull, buried beneath the roots of an ancient tree. A skull with a legendary story… • Vivid re-imagining of the legendary hero Robin Hood by bestselling author of War Horse

"Все самое интересное на ярмарке" Софи Хенн - невероятно забавная новая книга для детей от шести лет и старше • Плохая Нана - одна из трех моих бабушек (да, трех). Конечно, "Плохая Нана" на самом деле не ее настоящее имя, но именно так все называли ее на протяжении миллионов лет. Будь моя воля, я бы назвала ее "Веселая Нана", потому что она на самом деле великолепна. Да, иногда она немного капризничает, но в отличном смысле этого слова • Мой папа говорит, что ей действительно следовало бы знать лучше, но я думаю, что она не такая плохая, она хорошая! • Книга на английском языке • The second book in the wickedly funny series for ages six and up from the creator of Where Bear?, Pass It On and the Pom Pom series, with colour illustrations throughout

Мастер-рассказчик Майкл Морпурго, проиллюстрированный удостоенной наград Эммой Чичестер Кларк, представляет удивительный, очаровательный и вдохновляющий поворот в "Волшебнике страны Оз", рассказанный совершенно особенным и незабываемым персонажем: любимой собакой Дороти, Тотошкой. Идеальный коллекционный подарок для всех детей (и для детей в глубине души) • Книга на английском языке • From master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by the award-winning Emma Chichester Clark, comes a surprising, charming and uplifting twist on The Wizard of Oz, told by a very special and unforgettable character: Dorothy's pet dog, Toto. A perfect, collectible gift for all children (and children at heart)

«Щёлкни пальцем только раз» — детективный роман Агаты Кристи • Пожилая женщина в доме престарелых рассказывает о ребенке, похороненном за камином • Когда Томми и Таппенс навестили пожилую тетю в ее готическом доме престарелых, они не придали значения ее недоверию к врачам; в конце концов, Ада была очень трудной пожилой дамой. Но когда миссис Локетт упомянула об отравленном грибном рагу, а миссис Ланкастер заговорила о "чем-то за камином", Томми и Таппенс оказались втянутыми в неожиданное приключение, связанное, возможно, с черной магией • Книга на английском языке • An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace...When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady

The author of the celebrated The Dream of Reason vividly explains the rise of modern thought from Descartes to Rousseau • In a short period - from the early 1640s to the eve of the French Revolution - Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Locke, Leibniz, and Hume all made their mark on Western thought. The Dream of Enlightenment tells their story and that of the birth of modern philosophy. What does the advance of science entail for our understanding of ourselves and for our ideas of God? How should a government deal with religious diversity - and what is government actually for? Their questions remain our questions, and it is tempting to think these philosophers speak our language and live in our world; but to understand them properly, we must step back into their shoes

The first part of his trilogy on the Spanish Empire, Hugh Thomas's Rivers of Gold brings the rise of Spain's global empire vividly to life, capturing the spirit of an ebullient age • Inspired by hopes of both riches and of converting native people to Christianity, the Spanish adventurers of the fifteenth century convinced themselves that an Earthly Paradise existed in the Caribbean. This is the story of the hundreds of conquistadors who set sail on the precarious journey across the Atlantic - taking with them wheat, the horse, the guitar and the wheel as well as guns, malaria and slaves - to create an empire that made Spain the envy of the world

Marathons are no longer enough • Pain is to be relished, not avoided • Hallucinations are normal • Ultra running defies conventional logic. Yet this most brutal and challenging sport is now one of the fastest-growing in the world. Why is this? Is it an antidote to modern life, or a symptom of a modern illness? • Adharanand Finn travelled to the heart of the sport to find out – and to see if he could become an ultra runner himself. His journey took him from the deserts of Oman to the snow-capped peaks of the Rockies, and on to his ultimate goal, the 105-mile Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc • The Rise of the Ultra Runners is the electrifying, inspirational account of what he learned along the way. Through encounters with the sport’s many colourful characters and his experiences of its soaring highs and crushing lows, Finn offers an unforgettable insight into what can be found at the boundaries of human endeavour

Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear: the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has all he needs to wage total war - and his sights are set on Rome. With Christendom divided, Suleyman the Magnificent has his hand on its throat • From the palaces of Istanbul to the blood-soaked fields of central Europe and the scorched coasts of north Africa, The Lion House tells the true story of two civilisations in an existential duel and the rise of the most feared man of the sixteenth century. It is a tale of the timeless pull of power, dangerous to live with, deadly to live without

The world’s tech giants are at the centre of controversies over fake news, free speech and hate speech on platforms where influence is bought and sold. Yet, at the outset, almost everyone thought the internet would be a positive, democratic force, a space where knowledge could be freely shared to enable everyone to make better-informed decisions. How did it all go so wrong? Noam Cohen reports on the tech libertarians of Silicon Valley, from the self-proclaimed geniuses Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman and Mark Zuckerberg to the early pioneers at Stanford University, who have not only made the internet what it is today but reshaped society in the process. It is the story of how the greed, bias and prejudice of one neighbourhood is fracturing the Western world

Two Groundbreaking Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future of Our Planet • In forty years, the population of the Earth will reach ten billion. Can our world support so many people? What kind of world will it be? In this unique, original and important book, Charles C. Mann illuminates the four great challenges we face - food, water, energy, climate change - through an exploration of the crucial work and wide-ranging influence of two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt • Vogt (the Prophet) was the intellectual forefather of the environmental movement, and believed that in our using more than the planet has to give, our prosperity will bring us to ruin. Borlaug's research in the 1950s led to the development of modern high-yield crops that have saved millions from starvation

This is the story of the Nazi conquest of western Europe, from Hitler's rise to power and 'lightning-fast war', to his fatal mistake in halting the German advance on Dunkirk in 1940. Drawing on technical mastery and interviews with both Allied and German participants, Blitzkrieg sets out the technical thinking behind the attack and the weapons that made it possible. It is a compelling, detailed account of Europe's darkest hour