Florence Hertz Knihy

The end of World War Two saw an intense and deeply personal struggle for mastery of the Western world amidst the ruins of Berlin. In this thrilling account, bestselling historian Giles Milton recounts epic four-year drama that would culminate in The Berlin Airlift. It is the story of the ultimate game of roulette amongst the enigmatic larger-than-life personalities from rival powers: Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union. Drawing on previously unknown oral and written testimonies, Checkmate in Berlin tells - as never before - a story of flawed individuals each determined to win and the first battle of the Cold War.

Go in search of your mother by all means, but don't count on what you'll find . . . Zelda Madison grew up knowing very little about her mother – only that she had been a dancer, an American, and that she had died. But Zelda learns that her mother was so much more than that. She was an international superstar, an idol – and she is still alive. Leaving behind her quiet life in a remote fishing village on Flinders Island, Zelda sets off on the journey of a lifetime. Piecing together the few clues left to her, she digs deep into a painful past in the hope she can uncover a new future. Moving from the rugged Tasmanian coast to the ashrams of India and the Himalayan foothills, Make Me an Idol is a beautifully touching story about how to be a mother, and how to live without one.

A dark, suspenseful story of how passion - past and present - can weak a havoc entirely unexpected

Sais-tu que tu as un super-pouvoir ?Partout sur Terre, les humains dominent la planète.Comment sont-ils devenus si puissants ? Pour découvrir leur super-pouvoir, plonge dans cet ouvrage fourmillant d'illustrations et remonte le temps: tu emprunteras le même chemin que nos ancêtres et tu croiseras des serpents géants, des nains et le Grand Esprit lion. Tu apprendras aussi que la maîtrise du feu a fait rétrécir nos estomacs, que les règles du foot nous renseignent beaucoup sur notre espèce et que l'argent est une histoire imaginaire à laquelle tout le monde croit.Un livre accessible et indispensable, qui raconte une histoire incroyable mais vraie : celle de l'humanité.