Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This is the companion book to the bestselling «Concise 48 Laws of Power». Amoral, ruthless, clever and cunning, this is the essential guide to the art of seduction.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: From bestselling author Robert Greene comes a new guide to the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern world. Spanning world civilisations, and synthesising dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts, «The Concise 33 Strategies of War» is a guide to the subtle social game of everyday life. Based on profound and timeless lessons, it is abundantly illustrated with…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 426 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 477) Аннотация: Eva never really wanted to be a mother — and certainly not the mother of a boy who ends up murdering seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin’s horrific rampage, in a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: One of the top ten greatest doctors in the world looks at the lowly checklist, and how this simple idea — which is free to reproduce — will revolutionise the way we approach problems, and help save lives. Today we find ourselves in possession of stupendous know-how, which we willingly place in the hands of the most highly skilled people.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: A biography of the impresario of the arts and creator of The Ballets Russes.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Argues that the physical violence we see is often generated by the systemic violence that sustains our political and economic systems. With the help of eminent philosophers and frequent references to popular culture, this title examines the causes of violent outbreaks like those seen in Israel and Palestine and in terrorist acts around the world.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Rodric Braithwaite's magnificent narrative of 1941 and the Battle of Moscow, and the Russian men and women who fought it, was one of the major history titles of 2006 in both universal acclaim and sales. Based on huge research and scores of interviews, this book offers an unforgettable and richly illustrated narrative of the military action that took place in Moscow during 1941; telling portraits…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Empress, empire-builder, intellectual, art-collector, and lover — this magnificent new biography does full justice to a truly remarkable ruler. When Catherine II died in St Petersburg in 1796, the world sensed the loss of the most celebrated monarch of Europe — something no one would have predicted at the birth 67 years before of an obscure German princess, Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, later married…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: In the summer of 2009, Alain de Botton will be invited by the owners of Heathrow airport to become their first ever Writer in Residence. He will be installed in the middle of Terminal 5 on a raised platform with a laptop connected to screens, enabling passengers to see what he is writing and to come and share their stories. He will meet travellers from around the world, and will be given…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely (JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett and the classics) and intelligently. Her reading naturally changes her world view and her relationship with people like the oleaginous prime minister and his repellent…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: In the summer of 2005, the magazine Business 2.0 published a cover story on a self-published management pamphlet by William Swanson, CEO of American aerospace contractor Raytheon. Lauded by chief executives including Jack Welch and Warren Buffett, it became a quiet phenomenon, and more than 300,000 people wrote in to the magazine to ask for a copy. But much of the pamphlet drew from a business…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The only thing most people know about Kazakhstan is that it is homeland to Borat – and he isn’t even real. Actually this vast place – the last unknown inhabited country in the world – is far more surprising and entertaining. For one thing, it is as varied as Europe, combining stupendous wealth, grinding poverty, exotic traditions and a mad dash for modernity. Crisscrossing a vanished land,…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This book offers the chilling tale of a painting so terrifying, its secrets will haunt those who see it. It is a ghost story by the author of The Woman in Black, to be read by the fire on a cold winter's night. A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Oliver's old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winter's night, its eerie secret is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: How can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave? Why do yo-yos yo-yo? Why does urine smell so peculiar after eating asparagus (includes helpful recipe)? How long does it take to digest different types of food? What is going on when you drop mentos in to cola? 100 wonderful, intriguing and entertaining scientific experiments which show scientific principles first hand – this…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This book is based upon 50 interviews with men and women – eg Chris Bonington, Mark McCormack, Terence Conran and Malcolm Forbes – who have been outstandingly successful in a variety of fields. With his usual perceptiveness, Edward de Bono analyses their different paths to success, revealing that underneath their different styles and their greatly different personal qualities are a few…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Francis Fukuyama used to regard himself as a ‘neocon’. But, attacking the right-wing policymakers he had previously worked with, he argues here that the Bush administration, in the war in Iraq, has wrongly applied the principles of neoconservatism – a philosophy that is vital to the arguments about Iraq, but rarely explored, and whose history he carefully untangles. He explains why the US did not…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: For decades Marks & Spencer was the most successful retailer in the world. Its clothes were a byword for affordable quality and its food halls pioneered ready-prepared meals. Then suddenly they were dowdy, the staff deserted in droves and the shares plummeted – but the annual results in April 2006 show that the company is on the mend. What went wrong and how have things improved? In new chapters…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Most of us are only too aware that, whatever roles we have in today’s fast-moving world, much of our success lies in getting others to say ‘Yes’ to our requests. What many people might not be aware of, though, is the vast amount of research that has been conducted on the influence process. What factors cause one person to say ‘Yes’ to the request of another? Yes! is full of practical tips based…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This wonderfully inventive collection of stories presents the writing of Russian absurdist Daniil Kharms at its vibrant, perplexing best. The book is composed of short miniatures: strange, funny, dream-like fragments — many of which the author called 'incidents' — that tend to feature accidents, falling, chance violence and sudden death. An outlaw classic banned by Soviet censors until the 1980s,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A truly amazing 18th century life restored to history – Tsar’s godson and nobleman, Russian Bluebeard, engineer of genius – who began life in an African village. When Major-General Gannibal died in 1781 in his eighties, he could look back on a long and successful life. He was the godson of Peter the Great, the Empress Elizabeth had given him nobility, thousands of acres, villages of serfs. His…