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Empire - Gore Vidal
Here is the story of arguably America''s finest hour; of the time when the twentieth century dawned, Queen Victoria died, and America, basking deliciously in excess wealth, rather thought it might snap up an empire of its own. Yet while politicians muse over the potential of China or the Philippines - even Russia - empires are being built at home; railway empires; industrial empires; newspaper empires. Into this arena float the delectable Caroline Sanford, putative heiress and definite catch. Caroline is an oddity; she has been raised in France where they teach rich girls to talk and think. American society women, required only to think of themselves as the most interesting beings on earth, are rather alarmed. American men are amused - until Caroline shirks from marriage, sues her brother, buys a newspaper, and becomes that even greater oddity - a powerful woman. Mingling with the movers and shakers of the day - with President McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Randolf Hearst, Henry James, the Astors, Vanderbilts and Whitneys - Caroline Sanford echoes the glorious passage of the United States as it sweeps into a new century, reaching boldly for the world.
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Burr - Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal''s classic novel of Aaron Burr - the man who shot Alexander Hamilton.In 1804, Colonel Aaron Burr, Vice-President of the United States, shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Three years later, on the order of President Thomas Jefferson, he was tried for treason: for plotting to dismember the United States.Gore Vidal, romping iconoclastically through American history, debunks, in this historical novel of Burr''s life, the common and casually held notion of the man as a scoundrel and an adventurer. Instead he appears as one of the ''host of choice spirits'' forced to live among coarse, materialistic, hypocritical people, among them Jefferson and Hamilton. Here, the latter appears as a power-hungry ''parvenu'' from the West Indies and the former as a semi-literate slave-owning tyrant. American politics, suggests Vidal, had a penchant for the vulgar. Even then.Veering backwards to the revolution and the early days of the republic, stopping at dinner-parties on the way, and reaching forward to the future, Burr is a novel about treason, both the particular and in general. For what, asks Vidal, really belongs to whom? What properly belongs to the Constitution, to the nation, to the family even, intriguingly, to novelists and historians?
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United States - Gore Vidal
A collection of essays taken from 40 years of work by the bestselling and celebrated Gore VidalGore Vidal''s reputation as America''s finest essayist is an enduring one. This collection, chosen by the author from 40 years of work, contains about two-thirds of what he published in various magazines and journals. He has divided the essays into three categories, or states. State of the art covers literature, including novelists and critics, bestsellers, pieces on Henry James, Oscar Wilde, Suetonius, Nabokov and Montaigne (a previously uncollected essay from 1992). State of the union deals with politics and public life: sex, drugs, money, Abraham Lincoln, Eleanor Roosevelt, The Holy Family (his essay on the Kennedys), Nixon, and finally Monotheism and its Discontents , a scathing critique of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. In state of being, we are given personal responses to people and events: recollections of his childhood, E. Nesbit, Tarzan, Tennessee Williams and Anais Nin.''Magnificent... irresistible from beginning to end'' The Times''All the Vidals are on display in this glittering showcase'' Guardian''Vidal is the outstanding literary radical of America'' Melvyn Bragg
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Julian - Gore Vidal
The remarkable bestseller about the fourth-century Roman emperor who famously tried to halt the spread of Christianity, Julian is widely regarded as one of Gore Vidal's finest historical novels
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The City And The Pillar - Gore Vidal
A literary cause célèbre when first published in 1948, Gore Vidal's now-classic The City and the Pillar stands as a landmark novel of the gay experience
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The City And The Pillar - Gore Vidal
Jim Willard, former high-school athlete and clean-cut boy-next-door-, is haunted by the memory of a romanctic adolescent encounter with his friend Bob Ford. As Jim pursues his first love, in awe of the very same masculinity he possesses himself, his progresss through the secret gay world of 1940''s America unveils surreptitious Hollywood affairs, the hidden life of the military in the Second World War and the underworld bar culture of New York City.With the publication of his daring thrid novel The City and the Pillar in 1948, Gore Vidal shocked the American public, which has just begun to hail him as their newest and brightest young writer. It remains not only an authentic and profoundly importatnt social document but also a serious exploration of the nature of idealistic love.
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Julian - Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal''s fictional recreation of the Roman Empire teetering on the crux of Christianity and ruled by an emperor who was an inveterate dabbler in arcane hocus-pocus, a prig, a bigot, and a dazzling and brilliant leader.
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Myra Breckinridge And Myron - Gore Vidal
It is a risky (and risque) business becoming ''Woman Triumphant'' - exercising total power over men like Rusty Godowski. Rusty just wants to be a Hollywood star like everyone else at Buck Loner''s academy, but now that Buck''s niece, Myra Breckinridge, has arrived, the curriculum is taking a wildly strange turn. Willing to risk all to be superb and unique, Myra means to prove to her old friend Dr Montag that it is possible to work out in life all one''s fantasies - and survive.''From Myra''s fist appearnce on the page she was a megastar'', explains her creator, Gore Vidal. Myra caused a second furore when she returned in Myron to battle it out with her eponymous alter ego, a drab little man fallen into marriage and a job in Chinese catering. Theirs is a contest of hormonal roulette, with glorious Myra off on time-travelling missions of mercy back to 1948 to try to change cinema history and to introduce her own radical theories of popuation control. Meanwhile Myron tries desperately to stay in the present as inconspicuously as Mrya will allow.
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Lincoln - Gore Vidal
In the hazardous fictional terrain of his historical novels, Gore Vidal is never especially kind to American history in general, or to its icons in particular. Yet in this brilliantly realised study of Abraham Lincoln, he paints a surprising and near-heroic picture of the man who led America through four of the most divisive and dangerous years of the nation''s history. Observed alternately by his loved ones, his rivals and his future assassins, Lincoln at first appears as an inept and naïve backwoods lawyer. People in this novel are not averse to turning up, getting drunk, and regaling the reader with details of Lincoln''s whoring activities and his seemingly inexhaustible supply of folksy stories. Yet gradually Lincoln the towering leader of deep vision emerges in a Washington engulfed by fear, greed and the horrors of the Civil War. Lincoln''s loving but mentally decomposing wife, his view from the White House on slavery and America''s bloodiest war, and his own, fierce personal ambition: all are portrayed with a vibrancy and an urgency that almost belies what they have now become ? history itself.
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Palimpsest: A Memoir - Gore Vidal
Vidal on Vidal - a great and supremely entertaining writer on a great and endlessly fascinating subject
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Creation - Gore Vidal
Vidal''s historical novel set in the 5th century BC and narrated by Cyrus Spitama, son of a Persian prince and Greek sorceress, grandson of the prophet Zoroaster, and ambassador to the courts of India, China and Greece. Pericles, Thucydides, Sophocles and Confucius are among the book''s characters.
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Star Wars sada bloků A6 - Empire DPL12
Sada obsahuje dva kroužkové sešity formátu A6 s 60 listy každý. Motiv je inspirován říší Empire z filmové ságy Star Wars. Sešity jsou vhodné pro psaní poznámek, kreslení nebo tvorbu příběhů.
- Dva sešity s celkem 120 listy formátu A6
- Autentický motiv Star Wars Empire s licencí
- Kompaktní formát vhodný pro nošení
- Vhodné pro děti od 3 let i dospělé fanoušky
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CATA EMPIRE KD 303060 (30306020)
Komínová digestoř CATA EMPIRE KD 303060 v bílé barvě a rustikálním stylu s bukovou lištou. Disponuje výkonem odsávání 297 m3/h, třemi rychlostmi a mechanickým ovládáním. Součástí je LED osvětlení, zpětná klapka a tepelná ochrana motoru.
- Rustikální design s ozdobnou bukovou lištou
- Tři rychlosti odsávání s mechanickým ovládáním
- Integrované LED osvětlení pracovní plochy
- Tepelná pojistka proti přehřátí motoru
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CATA EMPIRE VD 202050 Bílá (20205020)
Výsuvná vestavná digestoř CATA EMPIRE VD 202050 v bílé barvě šířky 50 cm je určena pro menší kuchyně. Nabízí výkon odsávání 266 m³/h, recirkulační režim a hlučnost 62 dB. Standardní výbavu tvoří tukový filtr, LED osvětlení a klapka se dvěma křidélky.
- Kompaktní vestavný design pro menší kuchyně do 20 m²
- Recirkulační režim a účinné odsávání 266 m³/h
- Moderní vybavení: LED osvětlení, zpětná klapka, 2 filtry
- Snadná instalace a nenáročná údržba
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Fevered Planet - John Vidal
A timely and urgent investigation from John Vidal, Environment Editor of the Guardian for nearly thirty years, into how the destruction of nature is releasing disease into our societies''Urgent, fascinating and essential'' GEORGE MONBIOT''A searing, vital work'' BETTANY HUGHESCovid-19, mpox, bird flu, SARS, HIV, AIDS, Ebola; we are living in the Age of Pandemics – one that we have created. As the climate crisis reaches a fever pitch and ecological destruction continues unabated, we are just beginning to reckon with the effects of environmental collapse on our global health.Fevered Planet exposes how the way we farm, what we eat, the places we travel to and the scientific experiments we conduct create the perfect conditions for deadly new diseases to emerge and spread faster and further than ever. Drawing on the latest scientific research and decades of reporting from more than 100 countries, former Guardian environment editor John Vidal takes us into deep, disappearing forests in Gabon and the Congo, valleys scorched by wildfire near Lake Tahoe and our densest, polluted cities to show how closely human, animal and plant diseases are now intertwined with planetary destruction. He calls for an urgent transformation in our relationship with the natural world, and ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Vrazi paměti - Pierre Vidal-Naquet
Pierre Vidal-Naquet (1930-2006) byl vynikající francouzský historik, odborník na dějiny starého Řecka. Mezi jeho díla patří Économies et Sociétés en Grčce ancienne (Hospodářství a společnost ve starém Řecku, 1972, spoluautor Michel Austin), Le Chasseur noir. Formes de pensées et formes de société dans le monde grec (Černý lovec. Formy myšlení a společenského uspořádání řeckého světa, 1981) či Le Miroir brisé: tragédie athénienne et politique (Rozbité zrcadlo: athénská tragédie a politika, 2002). Jako angažovaný intelektuál vystoupil koncem 60. let proti francouzské koloniální válce v Alžírsku, věnoval se dokumentaci studentského hnutí v roce 1968 a také spolu s Michelem Foucaultem a Jeanem-Marie Domenachem zakládal v roce 1971 Skupinu pro informování o vězeňství. Nemalé úsilí věnoval rovněž boji proti historickému revizionismu, tedy snahám o popření holocaustu. Jeho klíčové texty k této otázce jsou shrnuty právě ve svazku Vrazi paměti.
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Fevered Planet - John Vidal
Covid-19, mpox, bird flu, SARS, HIV, AIDS, Ebola; we are living in the Age of Pandemics one that we have created. As the climate crisis reaches a fever pitch and ecological destruction continues unabated, we are just beginning to reckon with the effects of environmental collapse on our global health. Fevered Planet exposes how the way we farm, what we eat, the places we travel to and the scientific experiments we conduct create the perfect conditions for deadly new diseases to emerge and spread faster and further than ever. Drawing on the latest scientific research and decades of reporting from more than 100 countries, former Guardian environment editor John Vidal takes us into deep, disappearing forests in Gabon and the Congo, valleys scorched by wildfire near Lake Tahoe and our densest, polluted cities to show how closely human, animal and plant diseases are now intertwined with planetary destruction. He calls for an urgent transformation in our relationship with the natural world, and expertly outlines how to make that change possible.
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George Sand - Severine Vidal
A graphic biography of female novelist George Sand, whose life and work championed women’s rights, gender expression, and sexual liberation A scrupulously researched and tenderly revealing biography of one of the great pioneering figures of 19th-century French literature. Born in 1804—at a time when women were deprived of their civil rights (along with minors, criminals, and the insane)—Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin grew up to defy those norms, both in her life and her writing. Adopting the gender-neutral pen name George Sand, and in a career lasting over forty years as a novelist and playwright, she is best remembered today for the affairs and friendships she enjoyed with men: the composer Chopin; the painter Delacroix; the novelist Balzac. But this moving biographical portrait, written by Séverine Vidal and illustrated by Kim Consigny, restores her to the center stage she always commanded in her lifetime. Not just as the daring, scandalously cross-dressing, bisexual, cigarette-smoking divorcée novelist, but as the brilliant chronicler of her changing time—and therefore of ours.
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Sweet Vidalia - Lisa Sandlin
''A generous story about the quiet heroism of older women. This heartwarming novel by a crime writer will help to brighten a bleak January '' The TimesFor readers of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler, a life-affirming novel about marriage, friendship and the powerful dignity of a woman forced to rebuild her life - unexpectedly and alone - in 1960s Texas.She made herself see Robert with the kids, telling stories of crafty, talking rabbits and determined turtles, his face bright with meanings, with silliness. Made herself see the two of them laughing together in bed, they had done that. That was true. Through the years, they''d had happiness and closeness. They had.As Eliza sits at her husband''s funeral, still stunned by the suddenness of his death, she discovers a lie that turns her life upside down. Almost overwhelmed by the dawning understanding that she has known nothing true about her life, Eliza can''t see a way forward at first. How should she come to terms with all that has been a lie? How can she live with herself?But Eliza has a core of resourceful steel that does not let her down and an innate emotional generosity that she clings to, faced ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Hundred: What You Learn in a Lifetime - Valerio Vidali, Heike Faller
Do you want to know what life has in store? It''s all here in this book. All the little things we learn in the course of our lives. A page a year, from nought to a hundred.5: You learn that boys and girls fall in love. Incredible!13: When will your parents learn? Not in front of your friends.36: A dream came true, but it feels different than you thought. 45: Do you like yourself as you are?75: You learn to unlearn things. Can you still do a somersault? 86: Everything can be different in every moment. How does our perception of the world change in the course of a lifetime? When Heike Faller''s niece was born she began to wonder what we learn in life, and how we can talk about what we have learnt with those we love. And so she began to ask everyone she met, what did you learn in life? Out of the answers of children''s writers and refugees, teenagers and artists, mothers and friends, came 99 lessons: that those who have had a difficult time appreciate the good moments more. That those who have had it easy find it harder getting old. That a lot ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Sweet Vidalia - Lisa Sandlin
For readers of Elizabeth Strout and Anne Tyler, a life-affirming novel about marriage, friendship and the powerful dignity of a woman forced to rebuild her life - unexpectedly and alone - in 1960s Texas.She made herself see Robert with the kids, telling stories of crafty, talking rabbits and determined turtles, his face bright with meanings, with silliness. Made herself see the two of them laughing together in bed, they had done that. That was true. Through the years, they''d had happiness and closeness. They had.As Eliza sits at her husband''s funeral, still stunned by the suddenness of his death, she discovers a lie that turns her life upside down. Almost overwhelmed by the dawning understanding that she has known nothing true about her life, Eliza can''t see a way forward at first. How should she come to terms with all that has been a lie? How can she live with herself?But Eliza has a core of resourceful steel that does not let her down and an innate emotional generosity that she clings to, faced with an almost overwhelming sense of bitterness. Signing up to business classes so she can make a living, she moves into a hotel, The Sweet Vidalia, ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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In My Feelings - Vidal Annan
Give teens the tools to decipher their emotions, understand themselves, and improve their lives. The simple and empowering message of In My Feelings is that emotions, especially unpleasant ones, are not just to be avoided, controlled, or treated. Emotions can serve as a source of information that teens can use to make decisions and help them live their best lives. The path to emotional health for teens lies in improving their ability to recognize, understand, manage, and use emotions. Dr. Vidal Annan encourages teens to think of emotions as messengers or sources of data that they can access and use to set and achieve goals, and to continue to grow and develop. In My Feelings starts by exploring what it means to be a teenager, what emotions are, and why people have them. In the second part of the book, Dr. Annan delves into specific emotions that teens may be experiencing daily. In My Feelings helps teens develop their emotional literacy and tap into the power of their emotions to improve their mental health.
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Translation and Objects - Mª Carmen Africa Vidal Claramonte
Translation and Objectsoffers a new and original perspective in Translation Studies, originating from the conviction that in today’s world translation is pervasive. Building on the ideas of scholars who have expanded the boundaries of the discipline, this book focuses on the analysis of objects that migrants carry with them on their journey of migration.The ideas of displacement and constant movement are key throughout these pages. Migrants live translation literally, because displacement is a leitmotif for them. Translation and Objects analyzes migrant objects—such as shoes, stones, or photographs—as translation sites that function as expressions as well as sources of emotions. These displaced emotional objects, laden with meanings and sentiments, tell many stories, saying a great deal about their owners, who almost never have a voice. This book shows how meaning is displaced through the materiality, texture, smells, sensations, and forms of moving objects.Including examples of translations that have been created from a no-nlinguistic perspective and exploring linguistic issues whilst connecting them to other fields such as anthropology and sociology, Vidal sets out a broad vision of translation. This is critical reading for translation theory courses within Translation Studies, comparative literature, and cultural studies.With the exception of Chapter 3, no part of ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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From Ted to Tom - Edward Gorey, Tom Fitzharris
On the envelopes of letters sent to a dear friend, the famed artist and writer Edward Gorey drew dozens of original illustrations—illustrations now collected in this volume along with marvelously playful selections from the correspondence, all never before seen by the public until now.From Ted to Tom will be published in the centenary year of Edward Gorey''s birth.When Tom Fitzharris met Edward "Ted" Gorey in 1974, the two quickly struck up a friendship. Over the next year Gorey sent a total of fifty letters to Fitzharris. Every envelope Fitzharris received was illustrated by Gorey, and filled with surprises: typewritten letters with news and opinions from Gorey''s life, handwritten note cards with unexpected quotes, sketches, inside jokes, and a host of other joyous miscellany.Assembled here for the first time, these envelopes and their contents deliver all the humor, imagination, gossip, and wonder that came with being Edward Gorey''s pen pal.
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The Deductions of Colonel Gore - Lynn Brock
This brand new edition of the first novel to feature the officer and gentleman detective Colonel Wickham Gore includes the first ever reprint of the only Colonel Gore novella, Too Much Imagination.Colonel Gore is reunited with old friends at a dinner party to mark his return from service in Africa, but is shocked to discover that one of them has fallen victim to a callous blackmailer. When the antagonist is found dead, Gore finds that civilian life can be as challenging as anything in the army, especially when one of your friends may have become a killer . . . but which one?Once famous in the West End and on Broadway for plays written as ‘Anthony Wharton’, Dublin-born Alexander McAllister had become a publican in Surrey when, as ‘Lynn Brock’, his writing career took off again with the creation of country detective Colonel Wickham Gore. Described by Rose Mcaulay as ‘a very clever writer: a gift for drawing life-like people and a lively sense of dramatic incident’, Brock became a pillar of the Golden Age with his Colonel Gore whodunits and pioneering psychological novels including the lurid Nightmare.This Detective Club classic is introduced by Rob Reef, author of the John ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Making Empire - Prof Jane Ohlmeyer
Ireland was England''s oldest colony. Making Empire revisits the history of empire in Ireland—in a time of Brexit, ''the culture wars'', and the campaigns around ''Black Lives Matter'' and ''Statues must fall''—to better understand how it has formed the present, and how it might shape the future.Empire and imperial frameworks, policies, practices, and cultures have shaped the history of the world for the last two millennia. It is nation states that are the blip on the historical horizon. Making Empire re-examines empire as process—and Ireland''s role in it—through the lens of early modernity. It covers the two hundred years, between the mid-sixteenth century and the mid-eighteenth century, that equate roughly to the timespan of the First English Empire (c.1550-c.1770s).Ireland was England''s oldest colony. How then did the English empire actually function in early modern Ireland and how did this change over time? What did access to European empires mean for people living in Ireland? This book answers these questions by interrogating four interconnected themes. First, that Ireland formed an integral part of the English imperial system, Second, that the Irish operated as agents of empire(s). Third, Ireland served as laboratory in and for the English empire. Finally, it examines the ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Armies of the Byzantine Empire, 395-1204 - Gabriele Esposito
The Byzantine Empire originated in AD 395 from the definitive subdivision of the Roman Empire into two distinct political entities: the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire. While the Western Empire disappeared in 476, due to Germanic invasions, the Eastern Empire endured for centuries. During Justinian’s reign (527-565) a good portion of the western territories were reconquered for a time and the Empire retained a distinctive ‘Roman’ nature at least until the reign of Heraclius (610-641). But during his reign, the Eastern Empire came under attack from the expanding Muslim Arabs, losing a much of its original Eastern territories. With Imperial power weakened and restricted largely to the Balkans and Anatolia, the ‘Roman’ nature of the Eastern Empire became progressively more Greek and transformed into what we know as ‘the Byzantine Empire’ (though they called themselves Romans to the end). Despite being surrounded by enemies, the Byzantines defended their remaining domains for a further half a millenium, their territories expanding and contracting with fluctuating fortunes. This tenacious survival was largely due to the ability of their military to adapt (as Roman armies always had) to emerging threats from a wide variety of enemies. The Byzantine Empire collapsed only in 1204, ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Déšť? Běžíš dálBěžecké boty Nike Winflo 11 Gore-Tex ti umožní běhat i v tom nejhorším počasí. Nepromokavá membrána Gore-Tex udrží tvoje nohy v suchu, tlumení Cushlon 3.0 s jednotkou Nike Air se postará o pohodlí a reflexní detaily tě ochrání při běhu za šera. Díky širší přední části máš dost prostoru pro prsty, takže tě boty netlačí ani při delších trasách.Výhody:▪ Gore-Tex membrána chrání před deštěm a vlhkostí.▪ Tlumení Cushlon 3.0 + Nike Air vrací energii do každého kroku.▪ Reflexní prvky zvyšují bezpečnost při špatné viditelnosti.▪ Širší přední část poskytuje více prostoru a komfortu.▪ Odolná gumová podrážka se spolehlivou trakcí na mokru.Běž v klidu i v dešti – Winflo 11 Gore-Tex tě nenechají na holičkách.PodrážkaGuma. S gumovou podrážkou se prostě nedá nic zkazit. Dlouho vydrží, lehce se čistí a má skvělou trakci.TechnologieCushion 3.0 pěna je jako super pohodlná matrace pro vaše chodidla – měkká, pružná, ale přesto odolná, takže zvládne maratony i sprinty do obchodu. Je to třetí generace tlumicí technologie, která zajišťuje, že každý krok bude jako na obláčku (ale s lepším gripem). A hlavně – tahle pěna se jen tak „neprošlape“, takže bude sloužit věrně a dlouho!Nike Air. Technologie funguje na principu stlačeného vzduchu uzavřeného v pevné a ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Déšť? Běžíš dálBěžecké boty Nike Winflo 11 Gore-Tex ti umožní běhat i v tom nejhorším počasí. Nepromokavá membrána Gore-Tex udrží tvoje nohy v suchu, tlumení Cushlon 3.0 s jednotkou Nike Air se postará o pohodlí a reflexní detaily tě ochrání při běhu za šera. Díky širší přední části máš dost prostoru pro prsty, takže tě boty netlačí ani při delších trasách.Výhody:▪ Gore-Tex membrána chrání před deštěm a vlhkostí.▪ Tlumení Cushlon 3.0 + Nike Air vrací energii do každého kroku.▪ Reflexní prvky zvyšují bezpečnost při špatné viditelnosti.▪ Širší přední část poskytuje více prostoru a komfortu.▪ Odolná gumová podrážka se spolehlivou trakcí na mokru.Běž v klidu i v dešti – Winflo 11 Gore-Tex tě nenechají na holičkách.PodrážkaGuma. S gumovou podrážkou se prostě nedá nic zkazit. Dlouho vydrží, lehce se čistí a má skvělou trakci.TechnologieCushion 3.0 pěna je jako super pohodlná matrace pro vaše chodidla – měkká, pružná, ale přesto odolná, takže zvládne maratony i sprinty do obchodu. Je to třetí generace tlumicí technologie, která zajišťuje, že každý krok bude jako na obláčku (ale s lepším gripem). A hlavně – tahle pěna se jen tak „neprošlape“, takže bude sloužit věrně a dlouho!Nike Air. Technologie funguje na principu stlačeného vzduchu uzavřeného v pevné a ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Nike Winflo 11 GORE-TEX Womens Waterproof Road Running Shoes 38,5
Déšť? Běžíš dálBěžecké boty Nike Winflo 11 Gore-Tex ti umožní běhat i v tom nejhorším počasí. Nepromokavá membrána Gore-Tex udrží tvoje nohy v suchu, tlumení Cushlon 3.0 s jednotkou Nike Air se postará o pohodlí a reflexní detaily tě ochrání při běhu za šera. Díky širší přední části máš dost prostoru pro prsty, takže tě boty netlačí ani při delších trasách.Výhody:▪ Gore-Tex membrána chrání před deštěm a vlhkostí.▪ Tlumení Cushlon 3.0 + Nike Air vrací energii do každého kroku.▪ Reflexní prvky zvyšují bezpečnost při špatné viditelnosti.▪ Širší přední část poskytuje více prostoru a komfortu.▪ Odolná gumová podrážka se spolehlivou trakcí na mokru.Běž v klidu i v dešti – Winflo 11 Gore-Tex tě nenechají na holičkách.PodrážkaGuma. S gumovou podrážkou se prostě nedá nic zkazit. Dlouho vydrží, lehce se čistí a má skvělou trakci.TechnologieCushion 3.0 pěna je jako super pohodlná matrace pro vaše chodidla – měkká, pružná, ale přesto odolná, takže zvládne maratony i sprinty do obchodu. Je to třetí generace tlumicí technologie, která zajišťuje, že každý krok bude jako na obláčku (ale s lepším gripem). A hlavně – tahle pěna se jen tak „neprošlape“, takže bude sloužit věrně a dlouho!Nike Air. Technologie funguje na principu stlačeného vzduchu uzavřeného v pevné a ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Déšť? Běžíš dálBěžecké boty Nike Winflo 11 Gore-Tex ti umožní běhat i v tom nejhorším počasí. Nepromokavá membrána Gore-Tex udrží tvoje nohy v suchu, tlumení Cushlon 3.0 s jednotkou Nike Air se postará o pohodlí a reflexní detaily tě ochrání při běhu za šera. Díky širší přední části máš dost prostoru pro prsty, takže tě boty netlačí ani při delších trasách.Výhody:▪ Gore-Tex membrána chrání před deštěm a vlhkostí.▪ Tlumení Cushlon 3.0 + Nike Air vrací energii do každého kroku.▪ Reflexní prvky zvyšují bezpečnost při špatné viditelnosti.▪ Širší přední část poskytuje více prostoru a komfortu.▪ Odolná gumová podrážka se spolehlivou trakcí na mokru.Běž v klidu i v dešti – Winflo 11 Gore-Tex tě nenechají na holičkách.PodrážkaGuma. S gumovou podrážkou se prostě nedá nic zkazit. Dlouho vydrží, lehce se čistí a má skvělou trakci.TechnologieCushion 3.0 pěna je jako super pohodlná matrace pro vaše chodidla – měkká, pružná, ale přesto odolná, takže zvládne maratony i sprinty do obchodu. Je to třetí generace tlumicí technologie, která zajišťuje, že každý krok bude jako na obláčku (ale s lepším gripem). A hlavně – tahle pěna se jen tak „neprošlape“, takže bude sloužit věrně a dlouho!Nike Air. Technologie funguje na principu stlačeného vzduchu uzavřeného v pevné a ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Déšť? Běžíš dálBěžecké boty Nike Winflo 11 Gore-Tex ti umožní běhat i v tom nejhorším počasí. Nepromokavá membrána Gore-Tex udrží tvoje nohy v suchu, tlumení Cushlon 3.0 s jednotkou Nike Air se postará o pohodlí a reflexní detaily tě ochrání při běhu za šera. Díky širší přední části máš dost prostoru pro prsty, takže tě boty netlačí ani při delších trasách.Výhody:▪ Gore-Tex membrána chrání před deštěm a vlhkostí.▪ Tlumení Cushlon 3.0 + Nike Air vrací energii do každého kroku.▪ Reflexní prvky zvyšují bezpečnost při špatné viditelnosti.▪ Širší přední část poskytuje více prostoru a komfortu.▪ Odolná gumová podrážka se spolehlivou trakcí na mokru.Běž v klidu i v dešti – Winflo 11 Gore-Tex tě nenechají na holičkách.PodrážkaGuma. S gumovou podrážkou se prostě nedá nic zkazit. Dlouho vydrží, lehce se čistí a má skvělou trakci.TechnologieCushion 3.0 pěna je jako super pohodlná matrace pro vaše chodidla – měkká, pružná, ale přesto odolná, takže zvládne maratony i sprinty do obchodu. Je to třetí generace tlumicí technologie, která zajišťuje, že každý krok bude jako na obláčku (ale s lepším gripem). A hlavně – tahle pěna se jen tak „neprošlape“, takže bude sloužit věrně a dlouho!Nike Air. Technologie funguje na principu stlačeného vzduchu uzavřeného v pevné a ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Déšť? Běžíš dálBěžecké boty Nike Winflo 11 Gore-Tex ti umožní běhat i v tom nejhorším počasí. Nepromokavá membrána Gore-Tex udrží tvoje nohy v suchu, tlumení Cushlon 3.0 s jednotkou Nike Air se postará o pohodlí a reflexní detaily tě ochrání při běhu za šera. Díky širší přední části máš dost prostoru pro prsty, takže tě boty netlačí ani při delších trasách.Výhody:▪ Gore-Tex membrána chrání před deštěm a vlhkostí.▪ Tlumení Cushlon 3.0 + Nike Air vrací energii do každého kroku.▪ Reflexní prvky zvyšují bezpečnost při špatné viditelnosti.▪ Širší přední část poskytuje více prostoru a komfortu.▪ Odolná gumová podrážka se spolehlivou trakcí na mokru.Běž v klidu i v dešti – Winflo 11 Gore-Tex tě nenechají na holičkách.PodrážkaGuma. S gumovou podrážkou se prostě nedá nic zkazit. Dlouho vydrží, lehce se čistí a má skvělou trakci.TechnologieCushion 3.0 pěna je jako super pohodlná matrace pro vaše chodidla – měkká, pružná, ale přesto odolná, takže zvládne maratony i sprinty do obchodu. Je to třetí generace tlumicí technologie, která zajišťuje, že každý krok bude jako na obláčku (ale s lepším gripem). A hlavně – tahle pěna se jen tak „neprošlape“, takže bude sloužit věrně a dlouho!Nike Air. Technologie funguje na principu stlačeného vzduchu uzavřeného v pevné a ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Déšť? Běžíš dálBěžecké boty Nike Winflo 11 Gore-Tex ti umožní běhat i v tom nejhorším počasí. Nepromokavá membrána Gore-Tex udrží tvoje nohy v suchu, tlumení Cushlon 3.0 s jednotkou Nike Air se postará o pohodlí a reflexní detaily tě ochrání při běhu za šera. Díky širší přední části máš dost prostoru pro prsty, takže tě boty netlačí ani při delších trasách.Výhody:▪ Gore-Tex membrána chrání před deštěm a vlhkostí.▪ Tlumení Cushlon 3.0 + Nike Air vrací energii do každého kroku.▪ Reflexní prvky zvyšují bezpečnost při špatné viditelnosti.▪ Širší přední část poskytuje více prostoru a komfortu.▪ Odolná gumová podrážka se spolehlivou trakcí na mokru.Běž v klidu i v dešti – Winflo 11 Gore-Tex tě nenechají na holičkách.PodrážkaGuma. S gumovou podrážkou se prostě nedá nic zkazit. Dlouho vydrží, lehce se čistí a má skvělou trakci.TechnologieCushion 3.0 pěna je jako super pohodlná matrace pro vaše chodidla – měkká, pružná, ale přesto odolná, takže zvládne maratony i sprinty do obchodu. Je to třetí generace tlumicí technologie, která zajišťuje, že každý krok bude jako na obláčku (ale s lepším gripem). A hlavně – tahle pěna se jen tak „neprošlape“, takže bude sloužit věrně a dlouho!Nike Air. Technologie funguje na principu stlačeného vzduchu uzavřeného v pevné a ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Nike Winflo 11 GORE-TEX Womens Waterproof Road Running Shoes 40
Déšť? Běžíš dálBěžecké boty Nike Winflo 11 Gore-Tex ti umožní běhat i v tom nejhorším počasí. Nepromokavá membrána Gore-Tex udrží tvoje nohy v suchu, tlumení Cushlon 3.0 s jednotkou Nike Air se postará o pohodlí a reflexní detaily tě ochrání při běhu za šera. Díky širší přední části máš dost prostoru pro prsty, takže tě boty netlačí ani při delších trasách.Výhody:▪ Gore-Tex membrána chrání před deštěm a vlhkostí.▪ Tlumení Cushlon 3.0 + Nike Air vrací energii do každého kroku.▪ Reflexní prvky zvyšují bezpečnost při špatné viditelnosti.▪ Širší přední část poskytuje více prostoru a komfortu.▪ Odolná gumová podrážka se spolehlivou trakcí na mokru.Běž v klidu i v dešti – Winflo 11 Gore-Tex tě nenechají na holičkách.PodrážkaGuma. S gumovou podrážkou se prostě nedá nic zkazit. Dlouho vydrží, lehce se čistí a má skvělou trakci.TechnologieCushion 3.0 pěna je jako super pohodlná matrace pro vaše chodidla – měkká, pružná, ale přesto odolná, takže zvládne maratony i sprinty do obchodu. Je to třetí generace tlumicí technologie, která zajišťuje, že každý krok bude jako na obláčku (ale s lepším gripem). A hlavně – tahle pěna se jen tak „neprošlape“, takže bude sloužit věrně a dlouho!Nike Air. Technologie funguje na principu stlačeného vzduchu uzavřeného v pevné a ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Dakine SEQUOIA GORE-TEX GLOVE (SPTdakin216nad)
Lyžařské rukavice pro ženy, extra teplé, Gore-Tex membrána, možnost sepnutí rukavic, ergonomický tvar, vnitřní poutka na zápěstí a nepromokavé Dakine SEQUOIA GORE-TEX GLOVE jsou neopomenutelnou součástí výbavy pro všechny nadšence do lyžování nebo jízdy na snowboardu. Tyto lyžařské rukavice se z hlediska tepelného komfortu zařadily do kategorie extra teplé, takže uchovají vaše ruce v teple i v opravdovém mraze. Na tepelném komfortu má zásluhu materiál Primaloft a ukrývají v sobě membránu Gore-Tex, díky které vykazují nepromokavost, větruvzdornost a prodyšnost. Jistě se vám zalíbí jejich klasický prstový styl. Ten je mezi lyžaři oblíbený díky snazší manipulaci s předměty a jednodušším úchopu hůlek. Provedení Dakine SEQUOIA GORE-TEX GLOVE je s membránou. Tyto lyžařské rukavice jsou ve velikosti S. Důležité vlastnosti rukavic Dakine SEQUOIA GORE-TEX GLOVE Lyžařské rukavice jsou nutnou součástí výbavy pro lyžaře i snowboardisty Rukavice Dakine disponují obvodem...
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Grundéns kalhoty buoy x gore-tex 3l bib anchor - xxl
Objevte perfektní kalhoty pro rybáře, kteří potřebují vynikající funkčnost a komfort i v extrémních podmínkách. Kolekce Buoy X od Grundéns představuje nejodolnější produktovou řadu s nejlepší technologií voděodolnosti a prodyšnosti, která je podpořena garancí GORE-TEX "Guaranteed to Keep You Dry". Díky 220g 100% voděodolnému materiálu s garancí GORE-TEX "Keep You Dry Promise", zůstanete v suchu i za nejhorších podmínek. Prodyšná 3L GORE-TEX polyesterová tkanina zajišťuje maximální komfort. Kalhoty disponují nastavitelnými kšandami, praktickými kapsami s patentkami a zipy pro bezpečné uložení vašich věcí. Hlavní vlastnosti: Voděodolnost: 100% 220g voděodolný materiál GORE-TEX "Keep You Dry Promise". Prodyšnost: 3-vrstvá prodyšná GORE-TEX polyesterová tkanina umožňující optimální cirkulaci vzduchu Odolnost: pevný materiál odolný vůči vnějším vlivům Funkční detaily: Přední zipové zapínání, nastavitelné kšandy Grundéns, dvě kapsy s robustním zapínáním na cvočky, kapsy na ruce se zipem pro zahřátí rukou. Buoy X Pants jsou dokonalou volbou pro každého, kdo hledá maximálně odolné a komfortní kalhoty pro rybaření. S těmito kalhotami od značky Grundéns budete připraveni na jakékoliv počasí.
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Grundéns kalhoty downrigger gore-tex bib anchor - l
Downrigger Bib překonávají očekávání ve všech směrech. Nabízejí špičkovou nepromokavost a prodyšnost s garancí GORE-TEX® GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU DRY™. Díky dvouvrstvé konstrukci látky s integrovanou vlhkost-odvádějící podšívkou byl vytvořen odolný vnější materiál, aniž by se omezilo pohodlí. Kalhoty jsou vyrobené z 185 g dvouvrstvé prodyšné polyesterové tkaniny GORE-TEX. Tento materiál nabízí vynikající voděodolnost s garancí GORE-TEX "Keep You Dry Promise", a vysokou prodyšnost s hodnotou 2L m². Díky těmto vlastnostem vám kalhoty poskytnou komfort a ochranu v náročných podmínkách. Specifikace produktu: Materiál: 185g 100% nepromokavý GORE-TEX polyesterový materiál Konstrukce: Dvouvrstvá prodyšná látka s vlhkost odvádějící podšívkou Zipy: Centrální přední zip odolný proti korozi, zipy na spodní části nohavic pro snadnější oblékání přes boty Kapsy: Kapsy na zahřívání rukou Garance: GORE-TEX® GARANTOVANĚ VÁS UDRŽÍ V SUCHU™
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Grundéns kalhoty downrigger gore-tex bib anchor - xxl
Downrigger Bib překonávají očekávání ve všech směrech. Nabízejí špičkovou nepromokavost a prodyšnost s garancí GORE-TEX® GUARANTEED TO KEEP YOU DRY™. Díky dvouvrstvé konstrukci látky s integrovanou vlhkost-odvádějící podšívkou byl vytvořen odolný vnější materiál, aniž by se omezilo pohodlí. Kalhoty jsou vyrobené z 185 g dvouvrstvé prodyšné polyesterové tkaniny GORE-TEX. Tento materiál nabízí vynikající voděodolnost s garancí GORE-TEX "Keep You Dry Promise", a vysokou prodyšnost s hodnotou 2L m². Díky těmto vlastnostem vám kalhoty poskytnou komfort a ochranu v náročných podmínkách. Specifikace produktu: Materiál: 185g 100% nepromokavý GORE-TEX polyesterový materiál Konstrukce: Dvouvrstvá prodyšná látka s vlhkost odvádějící podšívkou Zipy: Centrální přední zip odolný proti korozi, zipy na spodní části nohavic pro snadnější oblékání přes boty Kapsy: Kapsy na zahřívání rukou Garance: GORE-TEX® GARANTOVANĚ VÁS UDRŽÍ V SUCHU™
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The Neverending Empire - Aldo Cazzullo
From the international bestselling author and notable journalist Aldo Cazzullo comes a brilliantly researched and extremely accessible journey through the history and legacy of the Roman Empire.“The only way to narrate over a thousand years of history is to understand what it has left us. To tell the reasons, the things and the stories, thanks to which Roman civilization is aliveâ€.From its mythical foundations and epic construction to its enduring historical and cultural impact, the ancient Roman Empire has long fascinated readers across the world. In The Neverending Empire esteemed Italian journalist Aldo Cazzullo describes an exciting new historical perspective: that the Roman Empire never fell. In fact, its influence reaches further and deeper than ever.Beginning with the origins of Rome, and the literary myth of Aeneas and Romulus, Cazzullo takes the reader on a page-turning voyage through ancient history, bringing to life the most captivating moments and characters of a dominant Empire: the republican age, with heroic men and women willing to die for their country. The adventure of coup plotters like Catiline and revolutionaries like Spartacus, the slave who inspired rebels of every age. The extraordinary stories of Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus, two of the greatest leaders ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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The British Empire - Ashley Jackson
From the eighteenth century until the 1950s the British Empire was the biggest political entity in the world. The territories forming this empire ranged from tiny islands to vast segments of the world''s major continental land masses. The British Empire left its mark on the world in a multitude of ways, many of them permanent. In this Very Short Introduction, Ashley Jackson introduces and defines the British Empire, reviewing its historiography by answering a series of key questions: What was the British Empire, and what were its main constituent parts? What were the phases of imperial expansion and contraction and the general causes of expansion and contraction? How was the Empire ruled? What were its economic effects? What were the cultural implications of empire, in Britain and its colonies? What was life like for people living under imperial rule? What are the legacies of the British Empire and how should we view its place in world history?ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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The British Empire’s Regulars 1880 - 1914 - Wendell Schollander
The history of the British Army''s multi-racial forces that supported the empire''s global dominance through economic power, a strong navy, and formidable military presence.What allowed the British to create and hold its empire? In 1914 the British had the largest empire in the world. The sun literally never set on its holdings. The Empire rested on three strong pillars - British economic might, a powerful fleet and its multi race armies. The wealth provided by British industry provided the sinews of British power. The fleet protected the arteries along which British products reached the world and the UK projected its power. But its wealth and strong navy would not allow England to guard the North-West Frontier of India, or march to Peking or Ethiopia or fight foes as varied as the Sikhs, Maori and Zulus. In The British EmpireÂ’s Regulars - 1880-1914 the army and men that won and held the empire are covered in detail. In most books these men are as anonymous as pawns on a chessboard. The book gives a definitive account of the many different ethnic groups that served. Sikhs, Scots, Gurkhas, Ibos and more are all here. The work explains what contribution each made to ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Empire - Jeremy Paxman
From the bestselling author of The English comes Empire, Jeremy Paxman''s history of the British Empire accompanied by a flagship 5-part BBC TV series, for readers of Simon Schama and Andrew Marr.The influence of the British Empire is everywhere, from the very existence of the United Kingdom to the ethnic composition of our cities. It affects everything, from Prime Ministers'' decisions to send troops to war to the adventurers we admire. From the sports we think we''re good at to the architecture of our buildings; the way we travel to the way we trade; the hopeless losers we will on, and the food we hunger for, the empire is never very far away.In this acute and witty analysis, Jeremy Paxman goes to the very heart of empire. As he describes the selection process for colonial officers (''intended to weed out the cad, the feeble and the too clever'') the importance of sport, the sweating domestic life of the colonial officer''s wife (''the challenge with cooking meat was "to grasp the fleeting moment between toughness and putrefaction when the joint may possibly prove eatable"'') and the crazed end for General Gordon of Khartoum, Paxman brings brilliantly to life the tragedy and ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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The Empire - Michael Ball
Welcome to The Empire Theatre1922. When Jack Treadwell arrives at The Empire, in the middle of a rehearsal, he is instantly mesmerised. But amid the glitz and glamour, he soon learns that the true magic of the theatre lies in its cast of characters - both on stage and behind the scenes.There's stunning starlet Stella Stanmore and Hollywood heartthrob Lancelot Drake; and Ruby Rowntree, who keeps the music playing, while Lady Lillian Lassiter, theatre owner and former showgirl, is determined to take on a bigger role. And then there's cool, competent Grace Hawkins, without whom the show would never go on . . . could she be the leading lady Jack is looking for?When long-held rivalries threaten The Empire's future, tensions rise along with the curtain. There is treachery at the heart of the company and a shocking secret waiting in the wings. Can Jack discover the truth before it's too late, and the theatre he loves goes dark?Musical theatre legend Michael Ball brings his trademark warmth, wit and glamour to this, his debut novel.Enjoy the show!Look out for the next Empire Theatre novel, A BACKSTAGE BETRAYAL. Pre-order now. Real readers love The Empire'A charming, captivating, majestic, electrifying, exciting and ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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A new focus on...The British Empire, c.1500–present for KS3 History - Thorne Sally, Tom Allen, Richard Kennett, David Hibbert, Zaiba Patel, Salma Ba
It''s time to tell the story of the Empire from the perspectives of peoples who were colonised.Understand the nuances of the British Empire in different periods and places as you examine this complex, controversial history with respect and rigour.> Explore differing experiences around the world. This book has more breadth and depth than any other, helping pupils to consider what the Empire meant for people in Ireland, America, the Caribbean, India, China, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Iraq, Palestine and Britain, across a period of over 500 years.> Look at the Empire like a real historian. Influenced by recent historical scholarship, we give agency to the indigenous people of the colonies and tell their stories for the first time in a school textbook. By focusing on consequences or experiences and asking better questions, we move far away from the traditional balance sheet approach.> Diversify your KS3 curriculum. Designed to be used flexibly, the book contains short enquiries that can be slotted into any schemes of work that you follow. Structured into three key periods, it empowers you to teach the Empire in a way that suits you and your pupils, whether that''s chronologically, geographically or thematically.> Benefit from the insight of ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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Revolution Empire - Rob Travalino
In a bleak, dystopian future surveillance state, a band of teens rises from society’s lowest classes to incite an eerily familiar revolution.“I was born here, in this forgotten hole a mile un’er t’Empire streets. They call it t’Sewers. T’is the place where Boss Dog Magistrate dumps his trash. Us…” Huddled under a narrow slash of light in a dank and debris-strewn alley of Regent Street, seventeen-year-old Donovan Washington Rush quickly scribbled the words across the cracked, yellowed pages of an old hand-bound journal. Barely bigger than his hand, the book overflowed with a lifetime of maps, all surrounded by musings on freedom, tyranny, and rights. It was all that was left of Donovan’s father, Dr. Princeton Rush, a man long since thought dead by the Empire’s hand. Here in the relative anonymity of the underground maze he called home, Donovan knew he was being watched—not just by the hidden electronic eyes of the Empire, but by the people of the Sewers themselves, compelled to complicity by the Empire’s constant messages of fear and reprisal. The Empire had its eyes everywhere. For Donovan, possessing such a book as Dr. Rush’s journal was a “Black Flag” offense—an act of subversion punishable by ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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The Empire's Ruin - Brian Staveley
''Brian Staveley’s storytelling gets more epic with every book, and The Empire’s Ruin takes it to a whole new level'' – Pierce Brown, author of Red RisingThe Empire''s Ruin is the first book in the epic fantasy Ashes of the Unhewn Throne trilogy by Brian Staveley. If you liked Game of Thrones, you''ll love this.One soldier will bear the hopes of an empireThe Kettral were the glory and despair of the Annurian Empire – elite soldiers who rode war hawks into battle. Now the Kettral’s numbers have dwindled and the great empire is dying. Its grip is further weakened by the failure of the kenta gates, which granted instantaneous access to its vast lands.To restore the Kettral, one of its soldiers is given a mission. Gwenna Sharpe must voyage beyond the edge of the known world, to the mythical nesting grounds of the giant war hawks. The journey will take her through a land that warps and poisons all living things. Yet if she succeeds, she could return a champion, rebuild the Kettral to their former numbers – and help save the empire. The gates are also essential to the empire’s survival, and a monk turned con-artist may hold the ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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The Fall of the Roman Empire - Peter Heather
The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors Rome called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling an Empire that had dominated their lives for so long. A leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, Heather relates the extraordinary story of how Europe''s barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled the empire apart. He shows first how the Huns overturned the existing strategic balance of power on Rome''s European frontiers, to force the Goths and others to seek refuge inside the Empire. This prompted two generations of struggle, during which new barbarian coalitions, formed in response to Roman hostility, brought the Roman west to its knees. The Goths first destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Hadrianople in 378, and went on to sack Rome in 410. The Vandals spread devastation in Gaul and Spain, before conquering North Africa, the breadbasket of the Western Empire, in 439. We then meet Attila the Hun, whose reign of terror swept from Constantinople to Paris, but ... Unknown localization key: "more"
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