Ïîèñê ïî êàòàëîãó ïå÷àòíûõ èçäàíèé

Àííîòàöèÿ: This useful compendium provides both background information and current public policy discussions on an organization that a large segment of society knows little about. The article and opinion pieces on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) represent a diversity of views on the origins, operations, and effectiveness of the IMF. The book specifically examines the mission and operations of the IMF, now more than fifty years old, and the effects of its financing programs and loan conditions on the countries accepting IMF funding. The editors look at the historical record as well as recent IMF activity in Mexico, East Asia, and Russia and present a dialogue on »mission creep.« Finally, the book presents opposing viewpoints on whether the IMF should continue to exist.

Àííîòàöèÿ: For Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, their proximity to the Russian Federation and fear of a possible resurgence of an existential threat from that direction meant that NATO membership was the issue of immediate urgency, with the guarantee of Article 5 as the ultimate shield. But NATO itself was not united in viewing enlargement as necessarily to be desired. At the political level the initial views of member states varied from strongly supportive to, at best, lukewarm. Many senior NATO military figures warned that an enlargement of the Alliance would weaken its core defence capability. The Nordic neighbours argued that national security could be preserved without the need to join an alliance and were ambivalent about extending the reach of NATO to the Russian border. Russia itself fought hard to prevent this happening.While the high-level arguments were debated, and the case eventually won, a process of security sector reform had to be worked out and put in place in readiness for meeting the standards of the EU and NATO. This was particularly challenging for the Baltic states, who had not just to reform existing organisations, but to create and then harmonise new defence structures.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Íåêîãäà îçëîáëåííûé ñêèòàëåö, à íûíå ìîãóùåñòâåííûé êîðîëü, Éîðã Àíêðàò â ñâîè äâàäöàòü ñóìåë ìíîãîãî äîñòè÷ü, õîòÿ åìó òàê è íå óäàëîñü îòîìñòèòü îòöó, è ïðèçðàêè ïðîøëîãî âñå åùå òåðçàþò åãî äóøó. Íî êàê áû òåðíèñòà íè áûëà åãî òðîïà, Éîðã ãîòîâ ñäåëàòü ñëåäóþùèé øàã â ñâîåì âîñõîæäåíèè. Åãî öåëü - ñòàòü èìïåðàòîðîì, îäíàêî ýòîò òèòóë íåâîçìîæíî çàâîåâàòü ñ ïîìîùüþ ìå÷à, ïðàâèòåëü äîëæåí áûòü èçáðàí. Íà ïàìÿòè íûíå æèâóùèõ íèêòî íèêîãäà íå óäîñòàèâàëñÿ ïîäîáíîé ÷åñòè, íî Éîðã òâåðäî íàìåðåí èçìåíèòü ýòî. Îí îáíàðóæèâàåò óòðà÷åííûå ìåõàíèçìû ïðåäêîâ è ñîáèðàåòñÿ âîñïîëüçîâàòüñÿ èìè, íî íà åãî ïóòè âñòàåò âðàã, ñ êàêèìè îí íèêîãäà íå ñòàëêèâàëñÿ—

Àííîòàöèÿ: "Keller's Adjustment," by Lawrence Block: Block returns to everyone's favorite hitman, Keller, from his bestsellers The Hit Man and The Hit List. In the Aftermath of 9/11, Keller is questioning his life and the choices he's made, dealing out philosophy and murder on a meandering road trip from one end of the America to the other. "Forever" by Jeffery Deaver: Talbot Simms is an unusual cop. He's a statistician with the Westbrook County Sheriff's Department. When wealthy county residents begin killing themselves one after another, Simms begins to believe that there is something more at play. And what he discovers will change his life . . . forever

Àííîòàöèÿ: Ýòà êíèãà — ïîäëèííûé ïèð äëÿ ÷óâñòâ, íå èñòîðè÷åñêàÿ ðåêîíñòðóêöèÿ, íî æèâîå ÷óäî, ÿðêîñòüþ îïèñàíèé íå óñòóïàþùåå «Ïàðôþìåðó» Ïàòðèêà Çþñêèíäà. Ýòî èñòîðèÿ ñèðîòû, êîòîðûé ïîñòóïàåò â óñëóæåíèå íà êóõíþ â îãðîìíîé äðåâíåé óñàäüáå, à çàòåì ñòàíîâèòñÿ ñàìûì çíàìåíèòûì ïîâàðîì ñâîåãî âðåìåíè. Ýòî ðàçâîðà÷èâàþùàÿñÿ â òåíè äðåâíåé ëåãåíäû èñòîðèÿ íåâîçìîæíîé ëþáâè, íàä êîòîðîé íå âëàñòíû ñîñëîâíûå ðàçëè÷èÿ, âîéíà èëè ðåâîëþöèÿ. Âåäü ïåðâîå çàäàíèå, êîòîðîå ïîëó÷àåò Äæîí Ñàòóðíàëë, íå ïîâàðåíîê, íî óæå ïîâàð, êàæåòñÿ ñîâåðøåííî íåâûïîëíèìûì: ïðîÿâèâ ÷óäåñà êóëèíàðíîãî èñêóññòâà, çàñòàâèòü ëåäè Ëóêðåöèþ ïðåêðàòèòü ãîëîäîâêó—

Àííîòàöèÿ: Journalist Grobel, who literally wrote the book on interviewing (The Art of the Interview), puts his talent on full display in this compilation of interviews conducted with Al Pacino over 25 years, giving the reader as much insight into interviewing style as into the legendary actor. Notoriously private, Pacino shares stories about his formative years, his preference for the theater over movies and how he handles criticism. Pacino's views on acting, punctuated by stories of preparing for iconic roles like Tony Montana in Scarface, are fascinating, and his obvious passion for and dedication to acting in all its forms is inspiring. But it's the personal side of Pacino many readers will look for, and Grobel does a deft and graceful job eliciting tales from the actor's upbringing and notorious fear of romantic commitment. Although the two are friends, Grobel maintains a respectful distance in the book, allowing Pacino the slack to cut things short or-after a few attempts-decline to answer. Part of the book's draw, however, is witnessing the two become closer as the years go by, their conversations becoming less formal and more intimate, making for increasingly engaging and illuminating reading. Until the famously shy Pacino authorizes a proper, official biography, this title makes a fine substitute

Àííîòàöèÿ: Throughout its history, America has been the scene of multiple encounters between communities speaking different languages. Literature has long sought to represent these encounters in various ways, from James Fenimore Coopers frontier fictions to the Jewish-American writers who popularised Yiddish as a highly influential modern vernacular. While other studies have concentrated on isolated parts of this history, Lawrence Rosenwalds book is the first to consider the whole story of linguistic representation in American literature, and to consider as well how multilingual fictions can be translated and incorporated into a national literary history. He uses case studies to analyse the most important kinds of linguistic encounters, such as those between Europeans and Native Americans, those between slaveholders and African slaves, and those between immigrants and American citizens. This ambitious, engaging book is an important contribution to the study of American literature, history and culture

Àííîòàöèÿ: Sixteen stories through which can be traced Lawrence's development in his twenties.

Àííîòàöèÿ: England, My England is a collection of short stories whose theme is the decline of English vitality. Lawrence was obsessed with this idea and never seemed to realize it grew from his own circumstances, which were dire and unusual.

Àííîòàöèÿ: The Virgin and the Gipsy was discovered in France after D. H. Lawrence s death in 1930. Immediately recognized as a masterpiece in which Lawrence had distilled and purified his ideas about sexuality and morality, The Virgin and the Gipsy has become a classic and is one of Lawrence s most electrifying short novels. Set in a small village in the English countryside, this is the story of a secluded, sensitive rector s daughter who yearns for meaning beyond the life to which she seems doomed. When she meets a handsome young gipsy whose life appears different from hers in every way, she is immediately smitten and yet still paralyzed by her own fear and social convention. Not until a natural catastrophe suddenly, miraculously sweeps away the world as she knew it does a new world of passion open for her. Lawrence s spirit is infused by all his tenderness, passion, and knowledge of the human soul.

Àííîòàöèÿ: The thirteen short stories, written 1924-28, are set in Europe and America and reflect Lawrence s experiences in the postwar period. Many were considerably revised; some were completely rewritten. The editors give composition histories and discuss publication difficulties. Appendixes record manuscript revisions for three stories and give complete, unpublished early versions of four. Notes elucidate literary allusions and give biographical information. An unpublished fragment, A Pure Witch, is also included.

Àííîòàöèÿ: The Prussian Officer and Other Stories, Lawrence's first collection of short stories, was published in England in 1914 and in the USA in 1916. It contains some of the greatest stories he ever wrote: 'Odour of Chrysanthemums', 'Daughters of the Vicar', 'The Prussian Officer', and 'The White Stocking', with settings ranging from the mining community of Eastwood to Germany before the First World War. The text of this new edition is based on Lawrence's manuscripts, typescripts and corrected proofs, and is the first to remove the corruptions introduced by copyists, typists and printers. The introduction sets out the history of each story and of the collection itself. There is a textual apparatus recording variant readings and full notes explain historical references and other allusions, dialect forms and foreign words. Two important appendixes print the earliest surviving fragment of 'Odour of Chrysanthemums' and the 1911 version of 'Daughters of the Vicar'.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Lawrence wrote nearly 1,000 poems during a short lifetime in which he was also astonishingly prolific in other spheres - fiction, travel writing, essays, criticism, letters and plays. Lawrence was not simply a novelist who dabbled in other forms. His characteristic vision informed everything he wrote, especially his poetry. At three important phases of his life it became the primary channel of his experience and creative energy - the first year of his relationship with Frieda, the two years in Sicily, and the last year of his life. Bringing together the best of his poetry this volume demonstrates that Lawrence is a great poet in every sense including the technical ... The form is the perfect incarnation of the content, the perfect vehicle for the liveliness of thought and feeling, the freshness, and depth of perception, the wit and wisdom he has to offer.

Àííîòàöèÿ: In January 1921, D. H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda visited Sardinia, a Mediterranean island west of Italy. Although the trip lasted only nine days, Lawrence wrote an intriguing account of Sardinian life that not only evokes the place, people, and local customs but is also deeply revealing about the writer himself. Remarkable for its metaphoric and symbolic descriptions, the book is transfused with the author's anger and joy. His prejudices and his political prophecies make Sea and Sardinia a unique and dynamic piece of travel writing. This Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics edition reproduces the Cambridge text, which restores censored passages and corrects corrupt textual readings to reveal -- for the first time -- the book Lawrence himself called "a marvel of veracity." Also featured are an illuminating Introduction by Lawrence scholar Mara Kalnins, a Chronology, Explanatory Notes, and an Italian Glossary.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Lawrence was a good traveller in these parts and he spent a lot of time carefully observing the Indians he met along the way. He was particularly interested in the ways of thought of the Indians and their religious beliefs and the ways their ideas differed from yours and mine. On simple concepts like time and distance, for example: "To an Indian, time is a vague, foggy reality. There are only three times: en la manana (morning); en la tarde (afternoon); en la noche (night). But to the white monkey (you and me) there are exact spots of time, such as five o'clock and half past three." The Indian's concept of God was different from ours. "With the Indians...there is strictly no god. The Indian does not consider himself as created and therefore external to God, or the creature of God. There is, in our sense of the word, no God. But all is godly. There is no great mind directing the universe. Yet the mystery of creation, the wonder and fascination of creation shimmers in every leaf and stone... There is no God looking on. The only God there is is involved all the time in the dramatic wonder and inconsistency of creation. God is immersed, as it were, in creation, not to be separated or distinguished. There can be no ideal God." Lawrence does a wonderful job of digging into this exotic culture and explaining to us the significance of Indian rituals and dances. I particularly liked one of his statements: "The Indian is completely immersed in the wonder of his own drama." There is also a lovely example of descriptive travel writing in "Market Day", a chapter that makes you slow down your reading pace to savor the beautiful descriptions of small things like a bird's flight or flowers in a doorway. I guess this is the difference between reading and information-processing, which we do so much of today.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Written at the height of D.H. Lawrence s creative energies, Twilight in Italy (1916) is composed of seven short pieces that sparkle with the humor and lively sensory images for which he is known. Features an Introduction by Anthony Burgess.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Love Among the Haystacks and Other Stories gathers together all of Lawrence s short stories not collected in the Prussian Officer volume. It offers a range of work from Lawrence s earliest surviving published story, A Prelude, to New Eve and Old Adam written at the height of his early maturity in 1913. Each story in this edition appears in a new, authoritative text based on the manuscripts, typescripts, corrected proofs and early printings drawn from libraries and private collections in England, Italy and America. All the stories have thus been stripped of the layers of errors introduced by typists, editors and printers in their previous publication. John Worthen s introduction sets out the composition and publication history of each story, and gives a full account of the context in which it was created. A textual apparatus records all variant readings and explanatory notes explain allusions, dialect forms and foreign words.

Àííîòàöèÿ: The Plumed Serpent is set in Mexico in the 1920s, an era of political turmoil, and centres on a revolutionary movement to revive the religion of the ancient Aztecs. The brilliant vision of place, the violent action and the rituals and myth for the new religion all combine to make it one of Lawrence's most vivid novels. The Cambridge edition establishes for the first time a meticulously edited text based on the manuscript, typescript and proof material, nearly all of which survives. Several lengthy passages rejected in the course of composition and here included in the textual apparatus offer a close look at the intricacies of Lawrence's progress toward a final conception of the novel. Full annotation and appendixes on Mexican politics and Aztec religion are also provided to assist in comprehending the often arcane concepts to which Lawrence applied his imaginative power.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Soon the primroses are strong on the ground. There is a bank of small, frail crocuses shooting the lavender into this spring. And then the tussocks and tussocks of primroses are fully out, there is full morning everywhere on the banks and roadsides and stream-sides, and around the olive roots, a morning of primroses underfoot, with an invisible threading of many violets, and then the lovely blue clusters of hepatica, really like pieces of blue sky showing through a clarity of primrose.