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Lawrence James

    26. květen 1943

    Britský historik a spisovatel, který se specializuje na populárně naučnou historii Britského impéria. Jeho práce se vyznačují poutavým stylem a hlubokým vhledem do klíčových období a aspektů impéria. Jako plnohodnotný spisovatel se věnuje detailnímu zkoumání historických událostí a jejich dopadů. Jeho eseje se objevují v předních britských denících a literárních časopisech.

    The Lion and the Dragon
    Aristocrats
    Rise And Fall Of The British Empire
    The Illustrated Rise and Fall of the British Empire
    Growing Leaders
    Plateau Light
    • Plateau Light

      • 144 stránek
      • 6 hodin čtení
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      The Colorado Plateau is a land rich in red sands, chocolate crags, eternally translucent skies, and stunning canyons. The region inscribes the deserts, mountains, rivers, and high mesas of the four corners of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona. David Muench has walked this land---the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Canyon de Chelly, Bryce Canyon National Park, Mesa Verde, Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, Grand Staircase / Escalanate National Monument  --- and has retruend wit the unforgetable images that are presented in this book.   PLATEAU LIGHT focuses on the heart and soul of America's Redrock Country, expressing the beauty and wilderness of areas ranging from the Grand Canyon to Paria. These landscapes once inspired the Anasazi, Fremont and Archaic peoples and serve as the perfect background for the petroglyphs and ruins they left behind. For the first time in softbound edition, these spectacular photos will inspire, delight and amaze, both readers and photographers alike.Each plate has a thumbnail image with David Muench's photo notes in the back of the book.    Winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award, Travel Category, 1999

      Plateau Light
    • Growing Leaders

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      4,1(60)Ohodnotit

      Seven out of ten Christian leaders feel overworked, four in ten suffer financial pressures, only two in ten have had management training, and 1,500 give up their job over a ten-year period. This book faces the challenge of raising up new leaders and helps existing leaders to mature.

      Growing Leaders
    • Spanning four centuries and six continents, James' masterpiece examines the imperial experience and its legacy with tremendous insight and finesse. His original work has now been abridged and illustrated in full color throughout with over 400 meticulously researched photographs, paintings, maps and portraits to create a comprehensive and visually stunning portrait of the era. Great Britain's geopolitical role has undergone many radical changes over the last four centuries. Once a maritime superpower and ruler of half the world, Britain now occupies an isolated position as an economically fragile island often at odds with her European neighbors. Spanning the years from 1600 to the present day, this critically acclaimed book combines detailed scholarship with readable popular history.

      The Illustrated Rise and Fall of the British Empire
    • Rise And Fall Of The British Empire

      • 704 stránek
      • 25 hodin čtení
      4,0(107)Ohodnotit

      Uniquely complete account of the British Empire - Jan Morris' great Penguin trilogy PAX BRITANNICA only starts from 1837, rather than the 16th Century. * A modern classic of narrative history, updated to include the 1997 handover of Hong Kong.

      Rise And Fall Of The British Empire
    • Aristocrats

      • 448 stránek
      • 16 hodin čtení
      3,6(15)Ohodnotit

      An extraordinary narrative of the richest and most powerful men and women in our history

      Aristocrats
    • A compelling history of Britain's complicated and compromised relationship with China between the start of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the transfer of power in Hong Kong in 1997

      The Lion and the Dragon
    • Raj. The making of British India

      • 737 stránek
      • 26 hodin čtení
      3,8(50)Ohodnotit

      This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taught Indians to see themselves as Indians and its benefits included railways, hospitals, law and a universal language. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious. Its masters knew that it rested ultimately on the goodwill of Indians. This is a new look at a subject rich in incident and character; the India of the Raj was that of Clive, Kipling, Curzon and Gandhi and a host of lesser known others. RAJ will provoke debate, for it sheds new light on Mountbatten and the events of 1946-47 which ended an exercise in benign autocracy and an experiment in altruism.

      Raj. The making of British India
    • Raj

      The Making and Unmaking of British India

      • 544 stránek
      • 20 hodin čtení
      3,8(659)Ohodnotit

      This is the brilliantly told story of one of the wonders of the modern world - how in less than a hundred years the British made themselves masters of India. They ruled it for another hundred, departing in 1947, leaving behind the independent states of India and Pakistan. British rule taught Indians to see themselves as Indians and its benefits included railways, hospitals, law and a universal language. But the Raj, outwardly so monolithic and magnificent, was always precarious. Its masters knew that it rested ultimately on the goodwill of Indians. This is a new look at a subject rich in incident and character; the India of the Raj was that of Clive, Kipling, Curzon and Gandhi and a host of lesser known others. RAJ will provoke debate, for it sheds new light on Mountbatten and the events of 1946-47 which ended an exercise in benign autocracy and an experiment in altruism.

      Raj
    • Fixing the Sky

      • 344 stránek
      • 13 hodin čtení
      2,8(4)Ohodnotit

      Weaving together stories from elite science, cutting-edge technology, and popular culture, Fleming examines issues of health and navigation in the 1830s, drought in the 1890s, aircraft safety in the 1930s, and world conflict since the 1940s.

      Fixing the Sky
    • The James Bond Omnibus 006

      • 299 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      3,6(22)Ohodnotit

      The daring James Bond is back in a definitive bumper edition collecting more of Jim Lawrence’s celebrated run in comic strip form! Includes nine of Bond’s most thrilling and dangerous missions: Shark Bait, Doomcrack, The Paradise Plot, Deathmask, Flittermouse, Polestar, The Scent of Danger, Snake Goddess, and Double Eagle!

      The James Bond Omnibus 006