Simon: 5480 books
by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2009
This revelatory account unveils how Stalin became Stalin, examining his shadowy journey from obscurity to power—from master historian Simon Sebag Montefiore.
Based on ten years of research, Young Stalin—companion to the prizewinning Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar—is a brilliant prehistory...
The Voyage of Saint Brendan by William Caxton, 1483
Modern Spelling Version Edited by Simon Webb
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
'And soon after came to them an horrible fish, which followed the ship long time, casting so much water out of his mouth into the ship, that they supposed to have been drowned...'
Saint Brendan sets off from Ireland with fourteen companions, and sees many strange sights in 'the great sea ocean,...
The Romanovs
1613-1918
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?
This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas,...
Die Romanows
Glanz und Untergang der Zarendynastie 1613-1918
Language: German
Release Date: October 27, 2016
"Exzellent! Dagegen ist ›Game of Thrones‹ das reinste Kaffeekränzchen." Antony BeevorDie prunkvolle und blutige Geschichte der sagenumwobenen Dynastie der Romanows, die Russland jahrhundertelang bescherrschte und bis heute prägt.Wie kein anderes Adelsgeschlecht sind die Romanows der...
Katharina die Große und Fürst Potemkin
Eine kaiserliche Affäre
Language: German
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Die vielleicht größte Romanze der GeschichteKatharina die Große war eine Frau von berüchtigter Leidenschaft, politischer Brillanz und faszinierendem Charme. Fürst Potemkin – ein gut aussehender Lebemann und äußerst gewandter Politiker - war die Liebe ihres Lebens, heimlicher Gemahl und Mitherrscher....
The Wise King
A Christian Prince, Muslim Spain, and the Birth of the Renaissance
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
An illuminating biography of Alfonso X, the 13th-century philosopher-king whose affinity for Islamic culture left an indelible mark on Western civilization
"If I had been present at the Creation," the thirteenth-century Spanish philosopher-king Alfonso X is said to have stated, "Many...
by Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon
Language: French
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Language: French
Release Date: October 22, 2018
**** Cet ebook bénéficie d'une mise en page esthétique optimisée pour la lecture numérique ****
Saint-Simon, qui fut l’un des proches de Louis XIV, est célèbre pour ses Mémoires, une oeuvre monumentale en vingt volumes dans laquelle il décrit méticuleusement, tel un journaliste,...
by Simon Yates
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2009
Simon Yates, author of Against the Wall, takes us back to his early years as a climber - the escapades and excitement of a young life lived on the edge and for the moment, when experience was all-important and dramatic achievements and failures came as naturally as the hair-raising risks themselves.
A...
The Stig
The Untold Story
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Who is The Stig? Where did he come from? Why does he never speak?
To answer these questions, award-winning biographer Simon du Beaumarche spent a year chasing The Stig and talking to those closest to him, including Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and leading figures from Formula...
Jump-Starting America
How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
The untold story of how America once created the most successful economy the world has ever seen and how we can do it again.
The American economy glitters on the outside, but the reality is quite different. Job opportunities and economic growth are increasingly concentrated in a few crowded...
Empieza con el porqué
Cómo los grandes líderes motivan a actuar
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 7, 2018
Nueva edición en castellano del primer libro de Simon Sinek que en poco tiempo ya se ha convertido en un clásico ya que es la base de uno de los vídeos TED más visionados.Para Sinek, lo importante no es tanto qué es lo que haces como el porqué lo haces. Lo esencial es saber por qué haces lo...
by Simon Moss
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2014
'A GOOD, DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE MAN WHO COMES ACROSS AS A COMPLEX, ECCENTRIC AND DRIVEN CHARACTER' - THE TIMESIn November 2013, Martin O'Neill was appointed manager of the Republic of Ireland's national football team, with Roy Keane as his assistant manager. For Ireland, and for football itself,...
by Dr. Sidney B. Simon, Howard Kirschenbaum, Leland W Howe
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2009
Are you getting what you want out of life? Do you know where you draw the line when it comes to sex, money, cheating on your income tax ... or accepting an indecent proposal? Becoming aware of your values is the key to making wise choices in all aspects of your life, from picking a partner to buying...
Anglo Republic
Inside the bank that broke Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2011
As late as 2007, Anglo Irish Bank was a darling of the markets, internationally recognized as one of the fastest growing financial institutions in the world. By 2008, it was bust. The Irish government's hopeless attempts to save Anglo have led the state to ruin - culminating in a punitive IMF bailout...