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Читать книгу The One That Got Away - Junior edition
The One That Got Away - Junior edition
Автор:
Ryan Chris
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-11-17
Язык книги:
English
Кол-во страниц:
43

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The heroic, real-life personal account of Chris Ryan's most famous mission, The One That Got Away, is now reworked for a new generation. Some authors just write about it. Chris Ryan has been there, done it — and here is the gripping real-life tale… During the Gulf War in 1991, Chris Ryan became separated from the other members of the SAS patrol, Bravo Two Zero. Alone, he beat off an Iraqi attack and set out for Syria. Over the next seven days he walked almost 200 miles, his life constantly in danger. Of the eight SAS members involved in this famous mission, only one escaped capture. This is his...
Читать книгу The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species
Автор:
Charles Darwin
Дата добавления:
2022-03-18
Язык книги:
English
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202

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Charles Darwin must rank as one of the most influential and consequential books ever published, initiating scientific, social and religious ferment ever since its first publication in 1859. Its full title is The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, in some editions prefaced by the word “On.”

Darwin describes the book as simply an “abstract” of his ideas, which are more fully fleshed out and supported with detailed examples in his other, more scholarly works (for example, he wrote several long treatises entirely about barnacles). The Origin of Species..." data-title="Книга The Origin of Species">

Description The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin must rank as one of the most influential and consequential books ever published, initiating scientific, social and religious ferment ever since its first publication in 1859. Its full title is The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, in some editions prefaced by the word “On.” Darwin describes the book as simply an “abstract” of his ideas, which are more fully fleshed out and supported with detailed examples in his other, more scholarly works (for example, he wrote several long treatises entirely about barnacles). The Origin of Species...
Читать книгу The Path to Power
The Path to Power
Автор:
Thatcher Margaret
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-12-05
Язык книги:
English
Кол-во страниц:
173

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In her international bestseller, The Downing Street Years, Margaret Thatcher provided an acclaimed account of her years as Prime Minister. This second volume reflects on the early years of her life and how they influenced her political...
Читать книгу The Perfect Storm
The Perfect Storm
Автор:
Junger Sebastian
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-10-31
Язык книги:
English
Кол-во страниц:
49

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October 1991. It was “the perfect storm”—a tempest that may happen only once in a century—a nor’easter created by so rare a combination of factors that it could not possibly have been worse. Creating waves ten stories high and winds of 120 miles an hour, the storm whipped the sea to inconceivable levels few people on Earth have ever witnessed. Few, except the six-man crew of the Andrea Gail, a commercial fishing boat tragically headed towards its hellish...
Читать книгу The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant
The Political Memoir of a Feminist Militant
Автор:
Dworkin Andrea
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-12-04
Язык книги:
English
Кол-во страниц:
83

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Читать книгу The Problems of Philosophy
The Problems of Philosophy
Автор:
Bertrand Russell
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2022-03-18
Язык книги:
English
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44

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Aristotle, etc. In view of these theories, Russell poses questions about the nature of reality and our perception of it.

While the book refrains from providing absolute solutions to the problems it describes, it excels in guiding the readers towards developing their own way of..." data-title="Книга The Problems of Philosophy">

Description The Problems of Philosophy, published in 1912, is an introductory book for a beginner in philosophical studies. In this book, the author attempts to provoke a discussion by posing different problems. The book covers a wide variety of theories proposed by philosophers like Plato, Descartes, Hume, Aristotle, etc. In view of these theories, Russell poses questions about the nature of reality and our perception of it. While the book refrains from providing absolute solutions to the problems it describes, it excels in guiding the readers towards developing their own way of...
Читать книгу The Religion of Nature Delineated
The Religion of Nature Delineated
Автор:
William Wollaston
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2022-03-19
Язык книги:
English
Кол-во страниц:
140

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Wollaston attempts to determine what rules for the conduct of life (that is, what religion) a conscientious and penetrating observer might derive simply from reasoning about the facts of the world around him, without benefit of divine revelation. He concludes that truth, reason, and morality coincide, and that the key to human happiness and ethical behavior is this: “let us by no act deny anything to be true which is true; that is: let us act according to reason.”

This book was important to the intellectual foundations of the American Revolution (for example, the phrase “the pursuit of happiness” originates here). It also anticipates Kant’s theory of the..." data-title="Книга The Religion of Nature Delineated">

Description Wollaston attempts to determine what rules for the conduct of life (that is, what religion) a conscientious and penetrating observer might derive simply from reasoning about the facts of the world around him, without benefit of divine revelation. He concludes that truth, reason, and morality coincide, and that the key to human happiness and ethical behavior is this: “let us by no act deny anything to be true which is true; that is: let us act according to reason.” This book was important to the intellectual foundations of the American Revolution (for example, the phrase “the pursuit of happiness” originates here). It also anticipates Kant’s theory of the...
Читать книгу The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature
The Romantic Manifesto: A Philosophy of Literature
Автор:
Rand Ayn
Жанр:
Критика;
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-12-02
Язык книги:
English
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43

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In this searching and courageous work, Ayn Rand cuts through the haze of sentimentality and vague thinking that surrounds the subject of art. For the first time a precise definition is given to art, and a careful analysis made of its nature. With the uncompromising honesty Ayn Rand’s millions of readers have come to expect, the author presents a devastating case against both naturalistic and abstract art—and explains the force that drives her to write, and the goals she strives to attain. The Romantic Manifesto takes its place as a keystone book in the towering intellectual edifice raised by one of the most remarkable writers and thinkers of our...
Читать книгу The Russian Century
The Russian Century
Автор:
Pahomov George
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-11-17
Язык книги:
English
Кол-во страниц:
118

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Читать книгу THE RUSSIAN POINT OF VIEW
THE RUSSIAN POINT OF VIEW
Автор:
Woolf Virginia
Жанр:
Критика;
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-11-18
Язык книги:
English
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2

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Читать книгу The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk
Автор:
W. E. B. Du Bois
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2022-03-17
Язык книги:
English
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70

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W. E. B Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk represented a seismic shift in the discussion of race in the United States. Earlier African-American authors had broken ground with memoirs and autobiographical novels—narrative works that portrayed the African-American experience through the stories of particular individuals. What Du Bois envisioned was a work that portrayed the experience of African Americans as a people.

As a professor of sociology, Du Bois naturally gravitated toward a scientific and scholarly approach. But he was also becoming, to his own surprise, a political activist, and found himself increasingly..." data-title="Книга The Souls of Black Folk">

Description When it was first published in 1903, W. E. B Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk represented a seismic shift in the discussion of race in the United States. Earlier African-American authors had broken ground with memoirs and autobiographical novels—narrative works that portrayed the African-American experience through the stories of particular individuals. What Du Bois envisioned was a work that portrayed the experience of African Americans as a people. As a professor of sociology, Du Bois naturally gravitated toward a scientific and scholarly approach. But he was also becoming, to his own surprise, a political activist, and found himself increasingly...
Читать книгу The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life
Автор:
Helen Keller
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2022-03-17
Язык книги:
English
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136

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Helen Keller was just nineteen months old when, in 1882, she was struck with an illness that rendered her deaf, blind, and unable to communicate beyond basic signs. When she was seven, the arrival of Anne Sullivan, a partially blind teacher, catalysed Helen’s learning and created a completely new way of teaching deafblind children. In The Story of My Life, written when Helen was twenty-three, Helen recounts her childhood and the wonders of a blossoming understanding of the world around her, along with her efforts to become the first deafblind person to earn a B.A. degree.

This volume also contains many of her letters, and is substantiated by Anne..." data-title="Книга The Story of My Life">

Description Helen Keller was just nineteen months old when, in 1882, she was struck with an illness that rendered her deaf, blind, and unable to communicate beyond basic signs. When she was seven, the arrival of Anne Sullivan, a partially blind teacher, catalysed Helen’s learning and created a completely new way of teaching deafblind children. In The Story of My Life, written when Helen was twenty-three, Helen recounts her childhood and the wonders of a blossoming understanding of the world around her, along with her efforts to become the first deafblind person to earn a B.A. degree. This volume also contains many of her letters, and is substantiated by Anne...
Читать книгу The Subjection of Women
The Subjection of Women
Автор:
John Stuart Mill
Дата добавления:
2022-03-18
Язык книги:
English
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45

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John Stuart Mill is perhaps less well known as an early feminist thinker.

Published in 1869, The Subjection of Women was ahead of its time. Motivated by the conviction that the subordination of women was “one of the chief obstacles to human improvement,” Mill argued not merely for women’s suffrage, but for “a principle of perfect equality”—the complete social, political, and legal equality of the sexes.

Mill credited his late wife, Harriet Taylor Mill, with many of the important ideas put forth in the..." data-title="Книга The Subjection of Women">

Description Known primarily for his work in political philosophy, ethics, and economics, John Stuart Mill is perhaps less well known as an early feminist thinker. Published in 1869, The Subjection of Women was ahead of its time. Motivated by the conviction that the subordination of women was “one of the chief obstacles to human improvement,” Mill argued not merely for women’s suffrage, but for “a principle of perfect equality”—the complete social, political, and legal equality of the sexes. Mill credited his late wife, Harriet Taylor Mill, with many of the important ideas put forth in the...
Читать книгу The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead
Автор:
Shields David
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-11-17
Язык книги:
English
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38

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Mesmerized and somewhat unnerved by his 97-year-old father’s vitality and optimism, David Shields undertakes an original investigation of our flesh-and-blood existence, our mortal being. Weaving together personal anecdote, biological fact, philosophical doubt, cultural criticism, and the wisdom of an eclectic range of writers and thinkers—from Lucretius to Woody Allen—Shields expertly renders both a hilarious family portrait and a truly resonant meditation on mortality. The Thing About Life provokes us to contemplate the brevity and radiance of our own sojourn on earth and challenges us to rearrange our thinking in crucial and unexpected ways. New York Times bestseller Best Nonfiction Book of the Year, TimeOut Chicago Chosen by Artforum as one of the 25 best...
Читать книгу The Triple Agent
The Triple Agent
Автор:
Warrick Joby
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-11-28
Язык книги:
English
Кол-во страниц:
53

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A stunning narrative account of the mysterious Jordanian who penetrated both the inner circle of al-Qaeda and the highest reaches of the CIA, with a devastating impact on the war on terror. In December 2009, a group of the CIA’s top terrorist hunters gathered at a secret base in Khost, Afghanistan, to greet a rising superspy: Humam Khalil al-Balawi, a Jordanian double-agent who infiltrated the upper ranks of al-Qaeda. For months, he had sent shocking revelations from inside the terrorist network and now promised to help the CIA assassinate Osama bin Laden’s top deputy. Instead, as he stepped from his car, he detonated a thirty-pound bomb strapped to his chest, instantly killing seven CIA operatives, the agency’s worst loss of life in decades. In The Triple Agent, Pulitzer...
Читать книгу The United States Army Marksmanship Unit Training Manual
The United States Army Marksmanship Unit Training Manual
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-12-03
Язык книги:
English
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38

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Pistol Marksmanship Training Guide published by the Army Marksmanship Unit at Fort Benning, Georgia. It is an excellent source of information for the competitive pistol shooter. Because it is a U.S. government publication, it is public...
Читать книгу The United States of Fear
The United States of Fear
Автор:
Engelhardt Tom
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-12-01
Язык книги:
English
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57

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The creator of TomDispatch dissects America’s endless urge to go to war. In 2008, when the US National Intelligence Council issued its latest report meant for the administration of newly elected President Barack Obama, it predicted that the planet’s “sole superpower” would suffer a modest decline and a soft landing fifteen years hence. In his new book The United States of Fear, Tom Engelhardt makes clear that Americans should don their crash helmets and buckle their seat belts, because the United States is on the path to a major decline at a startling speed. Engelhardt offers a savage anatomy of how successive administrations in Washington took the “Soviet path”—pouring American treasure into the military, war, and national security—and so helped drive their country...
Читать книгу The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God
Автор:
Sagan Carl
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-11-26
Язык книги:
English
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44

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Carl Sagan's prophetic vision of the tragic resurgence of fundamentalism and the hope-filled potential of the next great development in human spiritualityThe late great astronomer and astrophysicist describes his personal search to understand the nature of the sacred in the vastness of the cosmos. Exhibiting a breadth of intellect nothing short of astounding, Sagan presents his views on a wide range of topics, including the likelihood of intelligent life on other planets, creationism and so-called intelligent design, and a new concept of science as 'informed worship.' Originally presented at the centennial celebration of the famous Gifford Lectures in Scotland in 1985 but never published, this book offers a unique encounter with one of the most remarkable minds of the twentieth...
Читать книгу The World is Flat
The World is Flat
Автор:
Friedman Thomas
Серия: 
3
Дата добавления:
2013-11-02
Язык книги:
English
Кол-во страниц:
118

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Thomas L. Friedman is not so much a futurist, which he is sometimes called, as a presentist. His aim in The World Is Flat, as in his earlier, influential Lexus and the Olive Tree, is not to give you a speculative preview of the wonders that are sure to come in your lifetime, but rather to get you caught up on the wonders that are already here. The world isn't going to be flat, it is flat, which gives Friedman's breathless narrative much of its urgency, and which also saves it from the Epcot-style polyester sheen that futurists—the optimistic ones at least—are inevitably prey to. What Friedman means by 'flat' is 'connected': the lowering of trade and political barriers and the exponential technical advances of the digital revolution that have made it possible to do business, or...
Читать книгу The Worst Journey in the World
The Worst Journey in the World
Дата добавления:
2022-03-19
Язык книги:
English
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247

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Apsley Cherry-Garrard. It’s a unique combination of fascinating..." data-title="Книга The Worst Journey in the World">
Description In 1910 famous explorer Robert Falcon Scott led the Terra Nova Expedition to the South Pole. The expedition was part scientific and part adventure: Scott wanted to be the first to reach the pole. The expedition was beset by hardship from the beginning, and after realizing that they had been beaten to the pole by Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian Expedition, the party suffered a final tragedy: the loss of Scott and his companions to the Antarctic cold on their return journey to base camp. The Worst Journey in the World is an autobiographical account of one of the survivors of the expedition, Apsley Cherry-Garrard. It’s a unique combination of fascinating...