History and development of steam locomotion on common roads Fletcher William Книга по Требованию

Владислав ПЬЯВКО - выдающийся русский тенор, народный артист Советского Союза, народный артист Кыргызстана, заслуженный деятель искусств Республики Монголия • В 1965-1989 годах солист Государственного академического Большого театра СССР. В 1967-1969 годах стажёр театра "Ла Скала", Милан. В 1989-1996 годах солист Государственной немецкой оперы (Штаатс-опер, Берлин) • С 1970-х годов постоянно публикуется в периодической печати по проблемам музыкального театра. В 1983 году снял на "Мосфильме" музыкальный фильм "Ты мой восторг, моё мученье..." как режиссёр, сценарист и исполнитель главной роли. В 1984 году в Италии награждён Золотой именной медалью города Ливорно "Владислав Пьявко - Великий Гульельмо Ратклифф" за исполнение архитрудной партии Гульельмо в опере П

Gerald of Wales was among the most dynamic and fascinating churchmen of the twelfth century. A member of one of the leading Norman families involved in the invasion of Ireland, he first visited there in 1183 and later returned in the entourage of Henry II. The resulting Topographia Hiberniae is an extraordinary account of his travels. Here he describes landscapes, fish, birds and animals; recounts the history of Ireland's rulers; and tells fantastical stories of magic wells and deadly whirlpools, strange creatures and evil spirits. Written from the point of view of an invader and reformer, this work has been rightly criticized for its portrait of a primitive land, yet it is also one of the most important sources for what is known of Ireland during the Middle Ages

The full story of seabirds from one of the greatest nature writers. The book looks at the pattern of their lives, their habitats, the threats they face and the passions they inspire – beautifully illustrated by artist Kate Boxer • Seabirds are master navigators, thriving in the most demanding environment on earth. In this masterly book, drawing on all the most recent research, Adam Nicolson follows them to the coasts and islands of Scotland, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, and the Americas. Beautifully illustrated by Kate Boxer, The Seabird’s Cry is a celebration of the wonders of the only creatures at home in the air, on land and on the sea. It also carries a warning: the number of seabirds has dropped by two-thirds since 1950. Extinction stalks the ocean and there is a danger that the grand cry of a seabird colony will this century become little but a memory

Книга на английском языке включает интересные тексты и стихи, английские сказки, шутки, загадки и небольшие сценки для драматизации. К текстам даны задания для самоконтроля. Книга снабжена постраничными сносками и англо-русским словарем. Рекомендуется кни

Born into nobility and married into the royal family, Catherine Howard was attended every waking hour – secrets were impossible to keep. In this thrilling reappraisal of Henry VIII’s fifth wife, Gareth Russell’s history unfurls as if in real time to explain how the queen’s career ended with one of the great scandals of Henry’s reign. This is a grand tale of the Henrician court in its twilight, a glittering but pernicious sunset during which the king’s unstable behaviour and his courtiers’ labyrinthine deceptions proved fatal to many, not just to Catherine Howard

Loss and adversity are part of the human condition, but an imperfect past isn’t always an indicator of what’s to come • This book traces a pattern: why is it that often the people with the hardest beginnings in life – children who experience displacement, disease, financial ruin, abandonment or bereavement – become the most successful adults? And is there something to learn from those people, who perhaps have the strongest sense of what matters most? • Of Britain’s fifty-five prime ministers, twenty-five lost one or both of their parents as a child and 69 per cent suffered some form of serious childhood trauma. For their acclaimed podcast Past Imperfect, Thomson and Sylvester spoke to some such prime ministers, as well as pioneers and poets, CEOs and chefs, actors and archbishops, sports stars and Nobel prize-winning scientists

Содержание • 1. Лоуренс Дж. Питер "Закон Мерфи" • Канадский педагог стал знаменитым американским писателем благодаря трем своим книгам: "Принцип Питера", "Почему дела идет всегда вкривь и вкось" и "Рецепты Питера". Они были выпущены первоначально на английском языке, но очень скоро завоевали мировую популярность и значимость как превосходные сатирические и одновременно философские произведения. Сборник дополнен целой "грудой несравненных жемчужин" фольклора - Законом Мерфи и его следствиями, вариациями, сопряженными формулировками • 2. Зигмунд Фрейд "Очерки по психологии сексуальности" • Помимо "Очерков...", упомянутых в заглавии, в этот сборник вошли ещё 4 произведения знаменитого австрийского учёного: "Психопатология обыденной жизни", "О сновидении", "По ту сторону принципа удовольствия", "Я и ОНО"