 Название: Заговор патрициев, или Тени в бронзе Автор: Линдсей Дэвис Серия или выпуск: История загадок и тайнИздательство: АСТ, АСТ Москва, Хранитель ISBN: 978-5-17-048377-8 Год издания: 2008 Страниц: 448 Язык: Русский Формат: doc Размер: 2,07 Мб Содержание:Семидесятые годы нашей эры. Рим. Город городов. Столица великой империи. Здесь царят весьма и весьма вольные нравы. Здесь государственные тайны обсуждаются в спальнях куртизанок и актеров. У "частного информатора" Дидия Фалкона всегда много работы - ведь в Риме хватает и неверных жен, и легкомысленных любовников, и проворовавшихся управляющих, и нечистых на руку торговцев. Однако денег эта работа приносит мало. Но наконец-то Фалкону улыбнулась удача: его путешествие вокруг Неаполитанского залива оплатил сам император Веспасиан. Возлюбленная Фалкона - божественно красивая Елена Юстина - платит ему взаимностью... Но в действительности цель "увеселительной поездки" - раскрыть заговор, направленный против самого императора. Заговор, в который вовлечены, похоже, не только самые знатные и богатые римляне, но и Елена Юстина...
 Conflicted Antiquities: Egyptology, Egyptomania, Egyptian Modernity
By Elliott CollaPublisher: Duke University Press 2008 360 Pages ISBN: 0822339927 PDF 121 MB "Conflicted Antiquities" is a rich cultural history of European and Egyptian interest in ancient Egypt and its material culture, from the early nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth. Consulting the relevant Arabic archives, Elliott Colla demonstrates that the emergence of Egyptology - the study of ancient Egypt and its material legacy - was as consequential for modern Egyptians as it was for Europeans. The values and practices introduced by the new science of archaeology played a key role in the formation of a new colonial regime in Egypt. This fact was not lost on Egyptian nationalists, who challenged colonial archaeologists with the claim that they were the direct heirs of the Pharaohs, and therefore the rightful owners and administrators of ancient Egypt's material remains. As this dispute developed, nationalists invented the political and expressive culture of "Pharaonism" - Egypt's response to Europe's Egyptomania.In the process, a significant body of modern, Pharaonist poetry, sculpture, architecture, and film was created by artists and authors who looked to the ancient past for inspiration. Colla draws on medieval and modern Arabic poetry, novels, and travel accounts; British and French travel writing; the history of archaeology; and the history of European and Egyptian museums and exhibits. The struggle over the ownership of Pharaonic Egypt did not simply pit Egyptian nationalists against European colonial administrators. Egyptian elites found arguments about the appreciation and preservation of ancient objects useful for exerting new forms of control over rural populations and for mobilizing new political parties. Finally, just as the political and expressive culture of Pharaonism proved critical to the formation of new concepts of nationalist identity, it also fueled Islamist opposition to the Egyptian state.
 Название: Великие и неизвестные женщины Древней Руси Автор: Л. Морозова Издательство: АСТ Год: 2009 Страниц: 585 Формат: PDF (OCR) Размер: 9,21 MB ISBN: 978-5-17-057433-9 Качество: Отличное Серия или Выпуск: Историческая библиотека Язык: Русский Княгиня Ольга-Елена, полоцкая княжна Рогнеда Рогволдовна, византийские принцессы Анна Романовна и Мария Константиновна, немецкая принцесса Ода, монахиня Анна-Янка, императрица Евпраксия-Адельхайда, шведская принцесса Христина, новгородка Любава Дмитриевна... Жизнь этих и многих других выдающихся знатных женщин X-ХIII вв. оказала серьезное влияние на формирование и развитие Древнерусского государства в целом. Они также способствовали расширению международных контактов, восприятию на русской почве лучших образцов мировой культуры, в том числе архитектуры, живописи, письменности и прикладного искусства. Имена некоторых из них хорошо известны, другие остались на страницах летописей и почти забыты. Книга адресована широкому кругу читателей. PDF-файл имеет интерактивное оглавление.
 That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt
By the late Robert H. Jackson, William E. Leuchtenburg, John Q. BarrettPublisher: OUP USA 2003 336 Pages ISBN: 0195168267 PDF 18 MB Robert H. Jackson was one of the giants of the Roosevelt era: an Attorney General, a still revered Supreme Court Justice and, not least important, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's close friends and advisers. His intimate memoir of FDR, written in the early 1950s before Jackson's untimely death, has remained unpublished for fifty years. Here is that newly discovered memoir. Written with skill and grace, this is truly a unique account of the personality, conduct, greatness of character, and common humanity of "that man in the White House," as outraged conservatives called FDR. Jackson simply but eloquently provides an insider's view of Roosevelt's presidency, including such crucial events as FDR's Court-packing plan, his battles with corporate America, his decision to seek a third term, and his bold move to aid Britain in 1940 with American destroyers. He also offers an intimate personal portrait of Roosevelt--on fishing trips, in late-night poker games, or approving legislation while eating breakfast in bed, where he routinely began his workday. We meet a president who is far-sighted but nimble in attacking the problems at hand; principled but flexible; charismatic and popular but unafraid to pick fights, take stands, and when necessary, make enemies. That Man is not simply a valuable historical document, but an engaging and insightful look at one of the most remarkable men in American history. In reading this memoir, we gain not only a new appreciation for Roosevelt, but also admiration for Jackson, who emerges as both a public servant of great integrity and skill and a wry, shrewd, and fair-minded observer of politics at the highest level.
 Calendar and Community: A History of the Jewish Calendar, 2nd Century BCE to 10th Century CE
By Sacha SternPublisher: Clarendon Press 2001 312 Pages ISBN: 0198270348 PDF 2 MB Calendar and Community traces the development of the Jewish calendar from its origins until it reached, in the tenth century CE, its present form. Drawing on a wide range of often neglected sources - literary, documentary, epigraphic, Jewish, Graeco-Roman and Christian - it is the first comprehensive work to have been written on the subject. It will be useful not only to historians and epigraphists for the interpretation of early Jewish datings, but also as a historical study of early Judaism in its own right. Its main theme is that the Jewish calendar evolved in the course of this period from considerable diversity (with a variety of solar and lunar calendars) to unity (with the normative rabbinic calendar). The unification of the calendar was one element in the unification of Jewish identity in later antiquity and the early medieval world.
 Stand, Columbia: A History of Columbia University
By R McCaugheyPublisher: Columbia University Press 2003 760 Pages ISBN: 0231130082 PDF 6 MB The elaborate mosaic that displays as it should be displayed Columbia's long and rich history. This is an incomparable account of a great institution rooted inextricably in a great city. I got the book at my 30th Columbia College reunion last year, but have just finished it. It made me super-nostalgic for my college days. I feel that, while the first part of the book, up to 1901 when Nicholas Murray Butler took over as President, is somewhat dry, the second part, consisting of the 20th Century, is insightful, immediate, and riveting. I was there from 1970-1974, and the description of the campus unrest in 1968, 1970, and 1972 is right on the money. The fact that Prof. McCaughey could get oral histories from approximately 1950 or so through to the present meant that he could analyse events through considering the reports and opinions of the major players in that time. I would recommend this book to all alumni/ae and former faculty, administrators, and anyone who would appreciate an intimate portrait, a biography even, of Columbia. And, as the Columbia fight song mentioned in the title of this review concludes, as for Columbia, "We Own New York!" This book tells everyone why that's true.
 Reporting from Washington: The History of the Washington Press Corps
By Donald A. RitchiePublisher: OUP USA 2005 432 Pages ISBN: 0195178610 PDF 28 MB Donald Ritchie here offers a vibrant chronicle of news coverage in our nation's capital, from the early days of radio and print reporting and the heyday of the wire services to the brave new world of the Internet. Beginning with 1932, when a newly elected FDR energized the sleepy capital, Ritchie highlights the dramatic changes in journalism that have occurred in the last seven decades. We meet legendary columnists--including Walter Lippmann, Joseph Alsop, and Drew Pearson (voted "the best ratcatching reporter in town")--as well as the great investigative reporters, from Paul Y. Anderson (who broke the Teapot Dome scandal) to the two green Washington Post reporters who launched the political story of the decade--Woodward and Bernstein. We read of the rise of radio news--fought tooth and nail by the print barons--and of such pioneers as Edward R. Murrow, H. V. Kaltenborn, and Elmer Davis. Ritchie also offers a vivid history of TV news, from the early days of Meet the Press, to Huntley and Brinkley and Walter Cronkite, to the cable revolution led by C-SPAN and CNN. In addition, he compares political news on the Internet to the alternative press of the '60s and '70s; describes how black reporters slowly broke into the white press corps (helped mightily by FDR's White House); discusses path-breaking woman reporters such as Sarah McClendon and Helen Thomas, and much more. From Walter Winchell to Matt Drudge, the people who cover Washington politics are among the most colorful and influential in American news. Reporting from Washington offers an unforgettable portrait of these figures as well as of the dramatic changes in American journalism in the twentieth century.
 Название: Проблемы хронологии эпохи Латена и римского времени Автор: Щукин М.Б. (отв. ред.) Издательство: Научно-археологическое объединение "Ойум" ВМЦ Год: 1992 Страниц: 210 Формат: DjVu Качество: Отсканированные страницы Язык: Русский Размер: 115,45 мб Сборник статей, вышедший по материалам первых Тихановских чтений (Ленинград 1988г.). Статьи посвящены проблемам хронологии типов вещей и археологических культур, в основном, зарубинецкой и черняховской, вокруг которых в отечественной историографии шли нескончаемые споры.
 Название: Династия Романовых - Три века Российской истории Издательство: Коминфо Год: 1996 Формат: ISO Качество: Хорошее Язык: Русский Размер: 298,32 мб Три века Российской истории, мультимедийная историческая энциклопедия. От первого царя до последнего Николая II. Видеофрагменты, дикторский текст, хронология, генеалогическое древо, карты военных действий и т.д. Рекомендую всем любителям нашей истории.
 Title: Akhenaten: The Heretic King Author: Donald B. RedfordPublisher: Princeton University Press Year: 1984 ISBN: 0691035679 Pages: 255 Format: PDF Language: English Size: 103 Mb The author portrays Akhenaten more as an atheist than a monotheist. A striking portrait is an outline of this fascinating 'worshiper of the sun', who is also one of the best known pharaohs. A good overview is provided of the Akhenaten Temple Project. Some of the author's comments are amusing which makes the book more enjoyable especially through the 'dry' moments. The book contains a short glossary, suggested readings, and many black and white illustrations and drawings. It is recommended for the open-minded lay person.
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