Действие эпопеи развертывается в течение всего двадцатого века в России и Европе. В него втянуты четыре поколения семьи Буриданов.
В седьмом томе Вторая мировая война наконец окончена, наступает мир. Но мир ли это на самом деле? Может, война идет всегда, только мы этого не замечаем? И где найти убежище в такой войне? В любви? А если ты инвалид?
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Действие эпопеи развертывается в течение всего двадцатого века в России и Европе. В него втянуты четыре поколения семьи Буриданов.
Шестой том почти полностью посвящен Второй мировой войне. В ней как будто два полюса, две армии, две стороны: Германия и СССР с союзниками. Но, может, для кого-то война между ними чужая? Может, есть и повыше ценности, чем защита тех или иных общественных идеалов, той или иной страны и ее властителей?
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The Politics of South African Football is the story of people whose vehement resistance and declaration that there could be ?no normal sport in an abnormal society? proved to be a powerful antidote to the apartheid government?s assurances that ?all was well?. Oshebeng Alphie Koonyaditse gives an inspiring account of the event-filled journey that led to that memorable Saturday of May 15, 2004. For the first time in World Cup history South Africa, ...
From 1966 through 1981 the Peace Corps sent more than two thousand volunteers to South Korea, to teach English and provide healthcare. A small yet significant number of them returned to the United States and entered academia, forming the core of a second wave of Korean studies scholars. How did their experiences in an impoverished nation still recovering from war influence their intellectual orientation and choice of study—and Korean s ...
When young Mary Howard receives the news that she will be leaving her home for the grand court of King Henry VIII, to attend his mistress Anne Boleyn, she is ecstatic. Everything Anne touches seems to turn to gold, and Mary is certain Anne will one day become Queen. But Mary has also seen the King's fickle nature and how easily he discards those who were once close to him. . . Discovering that she is a pawn in a carefully orchestrated plot ...
In the wake of King Henry VIII's death, England's throne is left in a precarious state-as is the peculiar relationship between his two daughters. Mary, the elder, once treasured, had been declared a bastard in favor of her flame-haired half-sister, Elizabeth, born of the doomed Anne Boleyn. Yet the bond between the sisters was palpable from the start. Now reinstated, Mary eventually assumes her place as queen. But as Mary's religi ...
The True Story Behind True Grit Immortalized in the classic novel and films, the real «Rooster» Cogburn was as bold, brash, and bigger-than-life as the American West itself. Now, in this page-turning account, Cogburn's great-great-grandson reveals the truth behind the fiction–and the man behind the myth. . .He was born in 1866 in Fancy Hill, Arkansas, the descendant of pioneers and moonshiners. Six foot three, dark eyed, and a dead shot wi ...
Accused of conspiring with rebels to steal the throne, Princess Elizabeth is relegated to the Tower of London by her half-sister, Queen Mary. There she finds solace in the arms of a fellow prisoner–her childhood friend, Robert Dudley. Certain their days are numbered, their bond deepens. But they are spared the axe and Elizabeth soon wins the crown, while Robert returns to his wife and the unhappy union he believes cheated him of his destiny to b ...
