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Àííîòàöèÿ: Felimid mac Fal, Bard of Erin, descendant of Druids and the Tuatha de Danaan, the ancient faery race of Ireland, is a fugitive. Most of lowland Britain and the Saxon shore has become rather too hot for him, and London is no better - a Roman city still (though the Romans are long gone), with its straight lines and ordered forms which nullify his bardic powers. Flight seems prudent, and with his enemies in hot pursuit, Felimid sets sail - only to find himself in the clutches of Gudrun Blackhair, the most notorious pirate on the northern sea. And in such dangerous company, Felimid sets out on a new quest - to the perilous lands of the Norse Gods. Magical adventure in a rumbustious world where natural and supernatural are equally at home.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Mary Queen of Scots. The Story of Mary Queen of Scots - 2004 ([Bringing Scotland's story to life])

Àííîòàöèÿ: Provides comprehensive, practical description and discussion of the functions of personnel management, supported by extensive illustrative material and evidence from current practice. The text has a logical structure: each part begins with a chapter on the strategic aspects of personnel management within the wider organisation; this is followed by chapters covering the core operational aspects; the final chapter in each part covers the practical skills of interaction needed by a personnel manager. Beyond updating the material to reflect legislative changes, current business practice and ... read more

Àííîòàöèÿ: This is a great surging novel about the amassing of a colossal fortune , the political power that comes with it, and the operation of a curse laid on an Irish-American dynasty and the ruthless driving man who founded it. Joseph Francis Xavier Armagh was thirteen years old when he first saw America through a dirty porthole on the steerage deck of The Irish Queen. It was the early 1850's and he was a penniless immigrant, an orphan cast on a hostile shore to make a home for himself and his younger brother and infant sister. Some seventy years later, from his deathbed, Joseph Armagh last glimpsed his adopted land from the gleaming windows of a palatial estate. A multi-millionaire, one of the most powerful and feared men, Joseph Armagh had indeed found a home. CAPTAINS AND KINGS is the story of the price that was paid for it in the consuming, single-minded determination of a man clawing his way to the top; in the bitter-sweet bliss of the love of a beautiful woman; in the almost too-late enjoyment of extraordinary children; and in the curse which used the hand of fate to strike in the very face of success itself. Once again, Taylor Caldwell has looked into America's roistering past as a setting for a drama of the consequences of savage ambition - and its meaning then and now.

Àííîòàöèÿ: When Ginny became pregnant as an undergraduate years ago she never regretted her decision to leave university and raise her daughter as a single mum. Now, though, with nineteen-year-old Marie off travelling in her gap year, a blast from the past brings surprising news that threatens to throw her well-ordered life into disarray...And then suddenly Ginny's sister, impulsive, free-spirited Charlotte, returns from abroad. She has always prided herself on taking the road less travelled but now, bringing with her a surprise of her own, is she finally ready to settle down? Or does her heart lie somewhere further afield? And both Ginny and Charlotte are baffled by their mother's behaviour. Surely a woman whose husband has left her for another woman should be displaying more emotion than what Jane exhibits! Is she hiding her grief beneath her calm exterior or could she really be happier living alone! Everything seems to be falling apart. But maybe it's just falling into place.