Дэвид Кинг – лучшие книги

Дэвид Кинг много лет собирает документы, фотографии и произведения искусства советской эпохи. Он является автором, составителем и дизайнером многих иллюстрированных изданий, посвященных тому времени, включая фотобиографию Льва Троцкого и книгу "Рядовые граждане" - галерею тюремных фотоснимков более полутора сотен советских людей, ставших невинными жертвами сталинского террора. Его последняя на сегодняшний день работа - фундаментальный альбом "Россия под красной звездой: история Советского Союза с 1917 года до смерти Сталина в плакатах, фотографиях и графике из коллекции Дэвида Кинга", название которого говорит само за себя. Представляемый сегодня российскому читателю альбом "Пропавшие комиссары" получил широкую известность и был переведен на многие языки мира. Материалы альбома легли в основу передвижной выставки, которая с 1998 года с успехом путешествует из страны в страну.

1814 год.
Побежденный Наполеон сослан на Эльбу.
Главы 216 больших и малых государств собрались в Вене, чтобы на руинах разрушенной наполеоновской империи построить новую Европу...
Перед ними стояло множество сложнейших дипломатических и политических проблем, требовавших немедленного решения. Что делать с побежденной Францией?
Как разделить только что освобожденные земли?
Какую компенсацию предложить семьям погибших?
Венский конгресс прославился как самая изощренная "битва дипломатов", в которой сошлись лучшие политические умы тогдашней Европы - элегантный и расчетливый австрийский князь Меттерних, гений и циник - французский посланник Талейран, интеллектуал Александр I и хладнокровный британский лорд Каслри.
Но что же происходило за кулисами Венского конгресса?
Книга Дэвида Кинга поможет читателю словно собственными глазами увидеть это.

Альбом включает более 200 фотографий из личных дел осужденных, расстрелянных в 1937-1940 гг. Представленные на фотографиях люди, преимущественно обычные граждане, не имевшие никакого отношения к политике. Вряд ли кто-нибудь из них думал, что будет расстрелян, но страх уже пронзил их души.

Now in paperback, Red Star Over Russia is a breathtaking visual history, using posters, photographs, paintings, magazine covers, advertisements, and ephemera to illustrate the dramatic birth and eventual decline of the Soviet Union. The book plunges the reader into the shattering events that brought hope, chaos, heroism, and horror to the citizens of the world’s first workers’ state. The Russian Revolution produced some of the most important advances in art, photography, and graphic design in the 20th century. More than 550 of these widely influential materials are reproduced here, accompanied by David King’s accessible text. King rescues from obscurity many lost heroes and villains through the work of the most brilliant Soviet artists, many of them anonymous or long forgotten.

Conversing in English in a work context is often not a problem for speakers of other languages, but outside that context many learners lack confidence and experience difficulties. 'Socialising' helps learners of business English to develop the skills and language they need to establish and build effective social relationships with present and future business partners.

Find out what life was like in colonial America from the people who lived it! This first book in the American Heritage American Voices series will give you a rare glimpse into the day-to-day experiences of early Americans. You'll learn from fourteen-year-old George Washington about his Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour (such as «Do not laugh too much or too loud in public.»); you'll read the testimony of an accused witch from the Salem witch trials; and you'll hear about the terrible conditions African slaves suffered when they were brought to America, from one of the slaves who survived. You'll also find out about what led up to the Boston Tea Party, what happened to the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and the daring mission of the first submarine (in 1776!). From Columbus's letter describing his first voyage to America to the Constitution of the United States, Colonies and Revolution presents a wealth of period documents, including diaries, letters, articles, advertisements, speeches, and more, from both famous figures and ordinary citizens. Find out how all of these American voices working together helped to make this country what it is today.

Death in the City of Light is the gripping, true story of a brutal serial killer who unleashed his own reign of terror in Nazi-Occupied Paris. As decapitated heads and dismembered body parts surfaced in the Seine, Commissaire Georges-Victor Massu, head of the Brigade Criminelle, was tasked with tracking down the elusive murderer in a twilight world of Gestapo, gangsters, resistance fighters, pimps, prostitutes, spies, and other shadowy figures of the Parisian underworld.   The main suspect was Dr. Marcel Petiot, a handsome, charming physician with remarkable charisma.  He was the “People’s Doctor,” known for his many acts of kindness and generosity, not least in providing free medical care for the poor.  Petiot, however, would soon be charged with twenty-seven murders, though authorities suspected the total was considerably higher, perhaps even as many as 150.Who was being slaughtered, and why?  Was Petiot a sexual sadist, as the press suggested, killing for thrills?  Was he allied with the Gestapo, or, on the contrary, the French Resistance?  Or did he work for no one other than himself?  Trying to solve the many mysteries of the case, Massu would unravel a plot of unspeakable deviousness.  When Petiot was finally arrested, the French police hoped for answers. But the trial soon became a circus.  Attempting to try all twenty-seven cases at once, the prosecution stumbled in its marathon cross-examinations, and Petiot, enjoying the spotlight, responded with astonishing ease.  His attorney, Rene Floriot, a rising star in the world of criminal defense, also effectively, if aggressively, countered the charges.  Soon, despite a team of prosecuting attorneys, dozens of witnesses, and over one ton of evidence, Petiot’s brilliance and wit threatened to win the day.Drawing extensively on many new sources, including the massive, classified French police file on Dr. Petiot, Death in the City of Light is a brilliant evocation of Nazi-Occupied Paris and a harrowing exploration of murder, betrayal, and evil of staggering proportions.

Aims to help learners of Business English to develop the skills and language needed to establish and build effective social relationships with business partners.

Offering both real-world and theoretical perspectives, this book features exceptionally comprehensive yet manageable coverage of a broad spectrum of E-commerce essentials from a global point of view. Extremely