The crocodilian is an ancient animal whose ancestors have roamed the earth since the time of the dinosaurs. While continents drifted, ice ages thawed and once-prolific species became extinct, the crocodilian survived it all. Today, the Australian saltie, Chinese alligator, Indian gharial and black caiman are just some of the twenty-three species of descendants found across the world.

Предлагаю Вашему вниманию прекрасно иллюстрированное издание: более 300 фотографий Второй Мировой войны. Битва за Курск.

В сборник включены следующие произведения:
1. Choke
2. Diary
3. Fight Club
4. Fugatives Refugees
5. Invisible Monsters
6. Lullaby
7. Snuff
8. Survivor
9. The Ghost Who Came to Say He Was Sorry
10. Fight Club (на итальянском)

Everyone knows who were the most famous people of World War II. But who were the most influential? Whose words and deeds had the greatest impact on that war, before, during, or afterward? The most famous individuals of the war like Winston Churchill, Charles De Gaulle, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Hirohito, Adolf Hitler are examined. In addition, there are individuals far less famous- that are also discussed.

From the fall of the Bastille to the rise of Napoleon, Paris was the stage for most of the greatest crises of the French Revolution. Indeed, for many historians, the Revolution was a distinctly Parisian phenomenon, restricted to the galleries of the Tuileries and the chambers of the Jacobin Club. But Paris was only one setting for a national terror which was frequently and painfully felt outside the capital. What happened during these momentous years beyond Paris? How did the revolution spread from the capital and how did it affect people living in the provinces?

Written by an authoritative team of experts, this book gives guidance as to the types of building stock offering greatest potential for conversion that are likely to be viable and sustainable. The team of authors includes historians, researchers, conservationists, designers and entrepreneurs. The book covers a wide range of issues from analysis of different types of industrial building and conservation policy to a useful illustrated case study section presenting successful initiatives in different environments and countries.

British fighters had been among the world's finest during the Second World War. Many of them, such as the Hawker Hurricane and the Typhoon rocket-firing fighter, were the result of the design teams headed by Sydney Camm, who had been Hawker's chief designer since 1925. His greatest post-war creation, the Hunter, beckoned, but bringing this project (and others) to fruition would prove difficult.

Learn how to fight to the death utilizing the 100 most lethal kicks, shutos and blows known to the worlds greatest karate masters. More than 100 dramatic photos cover snap kicks, heel kicks, vital points of the head and chest, shutos, palm heels, ridge hands and streetfighting with karate.

"Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters by Marilyn Monroe" is an event - an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe's humanity.

"Мэрилин Монро. Жизнь, рассказанная ею самой" впервые дает возможность увидеть настоящую Монро, разглядеть ее личность за атрибутами Голливудской звезды, всегда сопровождавшими ее; из этой книги мы, наконец, узнаем о том, что происходило в жизни урожденной Нормы Джин Мортенсен (впоследствии крещеной Нормы Джин Бейкер) с ее собственных слов, написанных ею прежде всего для себя, а значит настоящих.

Since Wikipedia was launched online in 2001 as "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit," it has blossomed to more than a billion words spread over 10 million articles in 250 languages, including 2.5 million articles in English, according to Wikipedia cofounder Wales in the foreword. Lih, a Beijing-based commentator on new media and technology for NPR and CNN, researched Wikipedia and collaborative journalism as a University of Hong Kong academic, and he has been a participating "Wikipedian" himself for the past five years. He notes the site has "invigorated and disrupted the world of encyclopedias... yet only a fraction of the public who use Wikipedia realize it is entirely created by legions of unpaid and often unidentified volunteers." Other books have surfaced (How Wikipedia Works; Wikinomics), but Lih's authoritative approach covers much more, from the influence of Ayn Rand on Wikipedia cofounder Jimmy Wales and the "burnout and stress" of highly active volunteer editor-writers to controversies, credibility crises and vandalism.