Daedalus Books

The 1970s Britain In Pictures	Daedalus Books
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2008	PDF, 300 страниц, 9.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
This series is each devoted to a decade of British life and contains around 300 photographs which were hand-picked by PA Photos' own archivists. Most have lain unseen since they were first used as news pictures and each image has been scanned especially, many from glass plates, to ensure the best possible quality of reproduction. These photos tell a fascinating story: alongside the major events that constitute formal history are found the smaller things that had significance for ordinary people at the time. These cameras have recorded for posterity everything in their view and each picture tells an eloquent tale, of occurrences big and small, which have shaped the people and the face of Britain today. PA Photos is the photography arm of the PA Group, which also owns the The Press Association, the UK's national news agency. Established in the late 19th Century, the PA has been capturing editorial photography for 140 years, resulting in an extraordinary archive of over 15 million images recording British life over more than a century.
1087 admin 28 июня 2010	Скачать книгу

The Tales of Belkin	Daedalus Books
Автор: Pushkin Alexander Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2009	PDF, 100 страниц, 3.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
The Tales of Belkin were the first work of prose fiction to be completed by Russia's greatest poet, Alexander Pushkin. Written over a short period in the autumn of 1830, and sometimes referred to as the little parodies, the five stories reflect a number of the key interests of European writers of the time, such as the Byronic hero, the Gothic novel, and the tale of the supernatural. Perhaps the key element in each of these sparkling vignettes is surprise, as they provide some familiar literary themes with a range of unexpected twists. At the same time they suggested fruitful new avenues for Russian writers to explore, and the country's literature would simply not have been the same without them. The volume is completed by Pushkin's other prose work of the same time, The History of the Village of Goryukhino , an amusing parody of a contemporary history of Russia.
362 admin 20 октрября 2012	Скачать книгу

The Story of Medicine: From Bloodletting to Biotechnology	Daedalus Books
Автор: Dobson Mary Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013	PDF, 239 страниц, 7.17 МБ 8 Оценка:
The Story of Medicine is a revelatory work of popular social and medical history by one of the finest medical historians in the world. With its humanist appeal and core of scientific knowledge, it is an essential volume (and the perfect gift) for anyone interested in the human condition. Medicine, both as a science and as an art, encompasses some of the greatest of all human achievements. The development of medicine and medical practices — the story of which stretches from ancient times up to the present and includes cultures spread around the globe — is a reflection of our noblest qualities. In a series of accessible, informative essays, medical historian Mary Dobson charts the ways in which we have grappled with, and in many cases overcome, disease and injury over several millennia. Richly illustrated with dazzling art, illustrations, and photographs and written in the most accessible possible language, this volume is filled with numerous sidebars that detail amazing episodes in medical history, landmark events and their legacy, poignant accounts of some of the most harrowing cases, astonishing curiosities, and much more.
868 andrej 22 мая 2016	Скачать книгу

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal	Daedalus Books
Автор: Macintyre Ben Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2014	DOC, 368 страниц, 1.00 МБ 7 Оценка:
Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War. Philby's two closest friends in the intelligence world, Nicholas Elliott of MI6 and James Jesus Angleton, the CIA intelligence chief, thought they knew Philby better than anyone, and then discovered they had not known him at all. This is a story of intimate duplicity; of loyalty, trust and treachery, class and conscience; of an ideological battle waged by men with cut-glass accents and well-made suits in the comfortable clubs and restaurants of London and Washington; of male friendships forged, and then systematically betrayed. With access to newly released MI5 files and previously unseen family papers, and with the cooperation of former officers of MI6 and the CIA, this definitive biography unlocks what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War.
1337 lubacha 11 июня 2016	Скачать книгу

Santa!	Daedalus Books
Автор: Rufus Butler Seder Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013	PDF, 24 страницы, 0.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
«Deck the halls with twirling Santas! Rufus Butler Seder's playful, animated Santa will spread Christmas cheer as readers watch him do the unexpected. Forget sliding down chimneys and putting presents under the tree — this Santa runs with presents, blows bubbles, and unicycles his way through the holiday season. Written in the same playful, rhyming style as the rest of the Scanimation family, Santa! is a perfect read-aloud: «Santa juggles candy canes. Jiggle-wiggle-woosh! Santa twirls on ice skates. Spin-spin-swoosh!» In nine charming scenes, Santa hula-hoops and backflips his way into the hearts of readers of all ages. Experience the magic of Christmas through the enchanting Santa! This is a Scanimation Book.»
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Snow Wolf	Daedalus Books
Автор: Meade Glenn Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2015	DjVu, 592 страницы, 23.68 МБ 5 Оценка:
In the heart of the Cold War, they sent him to plot the ultimate assassination. Now they want him dead... It is 1953. Joseph Stalin, the world's most tyrannical dictator, is teetering on the edge of insanity, and about to plunge the world into nuclear chaos. Only one man and one woman can penetrate the Iron Curtain and stop this madman, before it's too late. But someone inside the Kremlin knows. And as the KGB's deadliest manhunter pursues these two CIA-hired assassins, another duel unfolds, between secret warriors of the West and East, with a U.S. agent caught in between. Now that agent must do the unthinkable: find his way to the heart of the Soviet Union and stop the mission he himself set in motion-before it ignites World War III.
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The Sacred History: How Angels, Mystics and Higher Intelligence Made Our World	Daedalus Books
Автор: Black Jonathan Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013	PDF, 464 страницы, 13.92 МБ 0 Оценка:
The Sacred History is an account of the workings of the supernatural in history. It tells the epic story of angels, from Creation, to Evolution through to the operations of the supernatural in the modern world. This tale of how people and peoples have been helped by angels and other angelic beings is woven into a spellbinding narrative that brings together Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Elijah, Mary and Jesus, Mohammed, Joan of Arc, the angels who helped Hungarian Jews persecuted by the Nazis, and stories from African, Native American and Celtic traditions. Told from the spiritual point of view, The Sacred History relates every betrayal, every change of heart, every twist and turn, everything that looks like a coincidence, every portent, every clue, every defeat, every rescue moments before the prison door clangs shut. This is the angelic version of events.
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Jeeves and the Wedding Bells	Daedalus Books
Автор: Faulks Sebastian Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013	PDF, 272 страницы, 8.16 МБ 8 Оценка:
This is a gloriously witty novel from Sebastian Faulks using P.G. Wodehouse's much-loved characters, Jeeves and Wooster, fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate. Due to a series of extenuating circumstances, Bertie Wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable sojourn in Cannes, finds himself at the home of Sir Henry Hackwood. Bertie is, of course, familiar with the set-up at a country house. He can always rely on Jeeves, his loyal butler, to have packed the correct number of trousers and is a natural at cocktail hour. But this time, it is Jeeves who can be found in the drawing room, while Bertie finds himself below stairs. As is so often the case, love is the cause of the confusion. You see, Bertie met Georgiana, Georgiana liked Bertie, and the feeling was mutual. Though he could be said to suffer from a reputation for flirtations, it looks as though this is the real deal. However, Georgiana is a ward of Sir Henry Hackwood and, in order to maintain his beloved Melbury Hall, Hackwood has already struck a deal would see Georgiana becoming Mrs Rupert Venables. Meanwhile, Peregrine 'Woody' Beeching is trying to regain the trust of his fiancee Amelia. But why would this necessitate Bertie having to pass himself off as a valet when he has never so much as made a cup of tea? Could it be that every loyal, self-effacing, Kant loving, Jeeves has an ulterior motive? But future happiness is not the only thing at stake: there is a frightfully important cricket match and the loaded question of who one fancies for Ascot. Evoking the sunlit days of a time gone-by, Jeeves And The Wedding Bells is a delightfully witty story of love, reputation and mistaken intentions.
988 radius 28 мая 2016	Скачать книгу

Letters	Daedalus Books
Автор: Vonnegut Kurt Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2012	PDF, 436 страниц, 13.08 МБ 0 Оценка:
One of the great American iconoclasts holds forth on politics, war, books and writers, and his personal life in a series of conversations — including his last publishedinterview. During his long career Kurt Vonnegut won international praise for his novels, plays, and essays. In this new anthology of conversations with Vonnegut — which collectsinterviews from throughout his career — we learn much about what drove Vonnegut to write and how he viewed his work at the end. From Kurt Vonnegut's LastInterview Is there another book in you, by chance? No. Look, I'm 84 years old. Writers of fiction have usually done their best work bythe time they're 45. Chess masters are through when they're 35, and so are baseball players. There are plenty of other people writing. Let them do it. So what's theold man's game, then? My country is in ruins. So I'm a fish in a poisoned fishbowl. I'm mostly just heartsick about this. There should have been hope. This shouldhave been a great country. But we are despised all over the world now. I was hoping to build a country and add to its literature. That's why I served in World War II, and that's why I wrotebooks. When someone reads one of your books, what would you like them to take from the experience? Well, I'd like the guy — or the girl, ofcourse — to put the book down and think, This is the greatest man who ever lived.
1582 krit 26 декабря 2014	Скачать книгу

The Giver	Daedalus Books
Автор: Lowry Lois Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2014	PDF, 240 страниц, 7.20 МБ 8 Оценка:
Soon to be a major motion picture, The Giver, the 1994 Newbery Medal winner, has become one of the most influential novels of our time. The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community. Lois Lowry has written three companion novels to The Giver, including Gathering Blue, Messenger, and Son.
872 admin 23 декабря 2016	Скачать книгу

Dinner with the Highbrows	Daedalus Books
Автор: Kimberly Willis Holt Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2014	PDF, 32 страницы, 0.96 МБ 5 Оценка:
Bernard has never been to dinner at a friend's house before. His mother gives him quite the list of rules to follow — no elbows on the table, put your napkin on your lap, don't talk with food in your mouth, and so on. But Bernard isn't prepared to discover that the Goldsmiths think the table is the best place for elbows and feet, never put their napkins on their laps, and talk with food in their mouths! How will Bernard survive dinner with such an obnoxious crew? This funny picture book about manners and etiquette turns the idea of good manners upside-down. The fresh point of view will be appreciated by both kids and their parents.
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Elizabeth of York: A Tudor Queen and Her World	Daedalus Books
Автор: Weir Alison Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013	PDF, 572 страницы, 17.16 МБ 5 Оценка:
2077 tjlee 24 июля 2014	Скачать книгу

The Carpet People	Daedalus Books
Автор: Pratchett Terry Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013	PDF, 289 страниц, 8.67 МБ 8 Оценка:
In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet... That's the old story everyone knows and loves. But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples, and there's a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet. The story of power-hungry mouls — and of two brothers who set out on an adventure to end all adventures when their village is flattened.It's a story that will come to a terrible end — if someone doesn't do something about it. If everyone doesn't do something about it... First published in 1971, this hilarious and wise novel marked the debut of the phenomenal Sir Terry Pratchett. Years later, Sir Terry revised the work, and this special, collectable, edition includes the updated text, his original color and black-and-white illustrations, and an exclusive story — a forerunner to The Carpet People created by the seventeen-year-old nascent writer who would become one of the world's most beloved storytellers.
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Dear Mili	Daedalus Books
Автор: Grimm Wilhelm Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013	PDF, 40 страниц, 1.20 МБ 8 Оценка:
On September 28, 1983, the discovery of a previously unknown tale by Wilhelm Grimm was reported on the front page of The New York Times. After more than 150 years, the Times noted, Hansel and Gretel, Snow-White, Rumpelstiltskin, and Cinderella will be joined by another Grimm fairy-tale character. The story of dear Mili was preserved in a letter Wilhelm Grimm wrote to a little girl in 1816, a letter that remained in her family's possession for over a century and a half. It tells of a mother who sends her daughter into the forest to save her from a terrible war. The child comes upon the hut of an old man, who gives her shelter, and she repays his kindness by serving him faithfully for what she thinks are three days. Actually, thirty years have passed, but Mili has remained safe, and with the old man's blessing there is still time for a tender reunion with her mother. As for the pictures that interpret Dear Mili — hailed by School Library Journal as gorgeous — they were a milestone in Maurice Sendak's career, the work of a master at the height of his powers.
145 admin 15 июня 2015	Скачать книгу

Private Life in Britain's Stately Homes: Masters and Servants in the Golden Age	Daedalus Books
Автор: Paterson Michael Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2012	PDF, 271 страниц, 8.13 МБ 7 Оценка:
Timed to coincide with the release of the third and final series of the award-winning Downton Abbey, which has attracted audiences of more than 10 million viewers. This Brief Guidecelebrates the Victorian and Edwardian eras that marked the golden age of the English countryhouse: a time when opulence and formality attained a level that would never be matched again. Author Michael Paterson skillfully and entertainingly explores the myths and realities of thisvanished world, both upstairs and down.
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Bugs: A Pop-up Journey into the World of Insects, Spiders and Creepy-crawlies	Daedalus Books
Автор: McGavin George Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013	DOC, 12 страниц, 1.00 МБ 5 Оценка:
This is a beautifully illustrated look inside the fascinating world of creepy-crawlies, with stunning three-dimensional pop-ups. Larger-than-life bugs spring from the pages, peek out from behind flaps and hide under tabs, inviting young entomologists to marvel at the mind-boggling variety of arthropod life. What reader can resist is a chance to look inside a cockroach's body to see how it works or open a wasps' nest to see what's inside? Useful information (why does the world need bees?) and scientific trivia (which beetles are strongest and fastest?) pack every page, while exquisite art and dramatic pop-ups bring the world of bugs to life. This is an ideal gift for nature lovers of all ages.
43 zefon 14 августа 2015	Скачать книгу

At Home: A Short History of Private Life	Daedalus Books
Автор: Bryson Bill Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2013	PDF, 553 страницы, 16.59 МБ 5 Оценка:
From one of our most beloved authors, a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home — now richly illustrated with more than two hundred images in full color Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. But, struck one day by the thought that history mostly is masses of people doing ordinary things, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things in life — most of them found inside his front door. At Home is the bestselling story of Bryson's room-by-room journey around his house, a history of the world written without leaving home. The bathroom provides the occasion for the history of hygiene; the bedroom for an account of sex, death, and sleep; the kitchen for a discussion of nutrition and the spice trade. From architecture to electricity, from food preservation to epidemics, from the telephone to the Eiffel Tower, from crinolines to toilets — and the brilliant, creative, and often eccentric minds behind them — Bryson demonstrates that whatever happens in the world ends up in our houses, in the paint and the pipes and the pillows and every item of furniture. In this handsome new edition of At Home, Bryson's sparkling prose is enhanced by some two hundred carefully curated full-color images. Selected from a wide array of sources, these illustrations vividly bring his fascinating and entertaining domestic adventure to visual life. Bryson has one of the liveliest, most inquisitive minds on the planet, and he is a master at turning the seemingly mundane into an occasion for the most diverting exposition imaginable. When you've finished this book, you'll see your house — and your daily life — in a new and revelatory light.
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Castle: Sticker Book	Daedalus Books
Автор: Pipe Jim Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2014	PDF, 40 страниц, 1.20 МБ 8 Оценка:
Here stands the Castle de Chevalier, a powerful fortress from the year 1280. It's home to Duke Roland, his family, his brave knights, and his many servants. All it needs is some children to come visit and fill in every room with their reusable stickers, from the busy kitchen to the deep, dark dungeon, and even the fields beyond. At the back of the book, children will find extra activities, including designing their own castle, coloring in a siege scene, making up jousting scenarios, spotting the misfits, and more! It's a fun way to learn about a time long ago.
145 admin 15 июня 2016	Скачать книгу

White Noise: English and Spanish Edition	Daedalus Books
Автор: DeLillo Don Издательство: Daedalus Books	PDF, 3.36 МБ 8 Оценка:
Jack Gladney, head of Hitler studies at the College-on-the-Hill, is afraid of death, as is his wife Babette and his colleague Murray who runs a seminar on car crashes. The author exposes our common obsession with mortality, and Jack and Babette's biggest fear — who will die first?
0 admin 7 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

Chekhov: Scenes from a Life	Daedalus Books
Автор: Bartlett Rosamund Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2005	PDF, 3.36 МБ 8 Оценка:
What made Chekhov tick? What served as a source of creative inspiration in his life? In answering these questions, Russian scholar Rosamund Bartlett focuses on the writer’s intimate relationship with the places where he lived and traveled—Taganrog and the southern Russian steppes, Moscow, Petersburg, Siberia, the French Riviera, and Yalta. By looking at his life through the prism of these landscapes, it is possible to gain a far greater insight into one of the most enigmatic writers who ever lived. Chekhov: Scenes from a Life restores the humor and warmth to a man too often seen as merely melancholic, and reminds us why many consider him to be the greatest short-story writer of all time.
0 admin 7 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

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