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«Едва-ли кто станетъ оспаривать ту истину, что мы мало знакомы съ нашими окраинами вообще, не только отдаленными или недавно присоединенными, но даже и съ тѣми, которыя уже цѣлыя столѣтія срослись съ нашимъ государственнымъ и народнымъ организмомъ и, давнымъ давно, гонятъ свою кровь къ сердцу Россіи…» Произведение дается в дореформенном алфавите.

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How to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today.Maps have influenced humanity in many unexpected ways: life, death, sexual reproduction, espionage, war and peace. How to Draw a Map traces the story of mapmaking – cartography – from the first scratchings on the cave wall to the detailed high-tech ‘navigator’. This is the story of human conceptions, often misconceptions, of our world. It is also a very personal story about a mapmaker’s journey through life – the exciting new perspectives and the occasional misadventures.Over the last 5,000 years societies and empires have risen and fallen; most, if not all, attempt to record their own visions of our world. In the 15th century, Europeans developed a global reach with their oceanic ships, exploring outward into the world, revealing new possibilities, peoples and opportunities. Mapmakers recorded this journey, revealing to us a window into past triumphs and disasters. The story continues into our own day when diplomats carve up our globe, presenting what we now see as the ‘modern’ world.In How to Draw a Map, father and son cartographers Alexander and Malcolm Swanston demonstrate the skill, creativity and care involved in the timeless art of creating maps – and what these artefacts reveal about the legion of mapmakers who went before us.

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Из Нью-Йорка – в Сан-Франциско. Из Сан-Франциско – в Лос-Анджелес. Из Лос-Анджелеса – в Нью-Орлеан. Из Нью-Орлеана?.. Забыты жены и подружки, домашний уют и попытки обрести успех и место в официальной литературной номенклатуре. Тысячами дорог ложится Америка под колеса старенького автомобиля. Все новыми и новыми лицами, судьбами и историями предстает она перед двумя закадычными друзьями – молодым писателем и пламенным «бунтарем без причины». Таков роман «На дороге», впервые опубликованный в 1957 году. Он был вдребезги разбит критикой, но, несмотря на это, стал сначала национальным, а затем и международным бестселлером. Он справедливо входит в число самых культовых книг в истории мировой литературы, включен в списки лучших произведений XX века по версиям «Time», «Le Monde», «BBC» и «Observer» и до сих пор продается огромными тиражами. Но что важнее всего – эта книга уже седьмой десяток лет вдохновляет все новые и новые поколения юношей и девушек, отказывающихся жить по законам скучной и ограниченной буржуазной морали. Книга содержит нецензурную брань.

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Катастрофа мирового масштаба застаёт молодого амбициозного начальника посреди Москвы. Мир уже не будет прежним, но накопленные знания и навыки никуда не делись. Помогут ли они ему? Изменится ли он сам? Выжить любой ценой – оно того стоит?

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What leads us to believe in monsters? What happens when we meet the brutal creatures of our nightmares?Tales of the yeti, the ‘Abominable Snowman’ of the Himalayas, have been recorded for centuries. This huge, ape-like, hairy creature has tantalised explorers, mountaineers and locals with curious footprints and elusive appearances. But until recently, no one has been able to identify what this mythical creature might be, or even determine if it is real.On an expedition to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, Graham Hoyland found and filmed footprints of the mythical yeti in a part of the country that has never before been visited by Western explorers. In a lost valley near the unclimbed mountain Gangkar Punsum, Hoyland believes he was stalked by the mysterious yeti, a beast so unspeakably powerful that locals say it can kill a yak with one savage blow of its fist.As he delves into the fascinating history of this ancient legend, Hoyland hears tales of the yeti from Sherpas who have tried and failed to track it. He explores the literary hinterland behind the legend and searches for the yeti’s American cousin Bigfoot, the Loch Ness monster and her African relative Mokèlé-Mbèmbé. From the dubious, mystical pseudo-science of the Nazis in the 1930s to our current era of ‘post-truth’ and ‘fake news’, Hoyland examines the age-old cultural phenomena that have shaped our collective consciousness and fuelled a belief in the existence of these monstrous creatures.

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Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in the fascinating book that orginally accompanied his journey for the BBC1 series.'Stephen Fry is a treasure of the British Empire.' – The GuardianStephen Fry has always loved America, in fact he came very close to being born there. Here, his fascination for the country and its people sees him embarking on an epic journey across America, visiting each of its 50 states to discover how such a huge diversity of people, cultures, languages, beliefs and landscapes combine to create such a remarkable nation.Starting on the eastern seaboard, Stephen zig-zags across the country in his London taxicab, talking to its hospitable citizens, listening to its music, visiting its landmarks, viewing small-town life and America's breath-taking landscapes – following wherever his curiosity leads him.Stephen meets a collection of remarkable individuals – American icons and unsung local heroes alike. Stephen starts his epic journey on the east coast and zig-zags across America, stopping in every state from Maine to Hawaii. En route he discovers the South Side of Chicago with blues legend Buddy Guy, catches up with Morgan Freeman in Mississippi, strides around with Ted Turner on his Montana ranch, marches with Zulus in New Orleans' Mardi Gras, and drums with the Sioux Nation in South Dakota; joins a Georgia family for thanksgiving, 'picks' with Bluegrass hillbillies, and finds himself in a Tennessee garden full of dead bodies.Whether in a club for failed gangsters (yes, those are real bullet holes) or celebrating Halloween in Salem (is there anywhere better?), Stephen is welcomed by the people of America – mayors, sheriffs, newspaper editors, park rangers, teachers and hobos, bringing to life the oddities and splendours of each locale.A celebration of the magnificent and the eccentric, the beautiful and the strange, Stephen Fry in America is our author's homage to this extraordinary country.

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When the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era of seismic change.With new research and previously unseen first-hand accounts, Gareth Russell peers through the most famous portholes in the world to follow six travellers. Amongst them, a Jewish-American immigrant, an American movie star, a member of the British nobility, and a titan of industry. Setting these lives against that of the Titanic, Russell investigates social class, technological advancement, political turmoil and pioneering ambition in an age that swang between folly and brilliance, hubris and triumph.A dramatic history of human endeavour told through extraordinary, diverse personalities, The Ship of Dreams dispels myth to revive the story of a ship that was to become symbolic of its own doomed era.Previously published as The Darksome Bounds of a Failing World.

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDONIn Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real messages from the backs of old postcards.‘Sublimely funny’ Jason Hazeley, author of the Ladybird Books for Grown Ups‘My favourite Twitter account is now my favourite book. Irresistible!’ Jill Mansell‘This book is an absolute treat’ Holly Walsh‘Transfixing, beguiling, warmly haunting. These are the ghosts of a childhood’ Robin Ince‘A hilarious and occasionally disturbing look at how the British remain resolutely small-minded wherever they go’ Charlie Higson‘Six by four inch portions of pure heaven’ Rachel Johnson‘Somehow both poignant and deeply creepy’ Samira Ahmed‘One of Twitter’s most nourishing concepts – each one arriving like a bonsai Alan Bennett play’ Danny Baker‘Beautiful. Inspiring. Educational. Hilarious’ Emma Freud‘One of the saddest and funniest picture books you're ever likely to read’ Owen Hatherley, author of The Ministry of Nostalgia‘Hilarious, haunting, silly, poetic and profound’ Danny Wallace‘A book of rare and genuine beauty’ James O’Brien, LBC

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