Russian Century

Bayes' rule appears to be a straightforward, one-line theorem: by updating our initial beliefs with objective new information, we get a new and improved belief. To its adherents, it is an elegant statement about learning from experience. To its opponents, it is subjectivity run amok. Sharon Bertsch McGrayne here explores this controversial theorem and the human obsessions surrounding it.

Ken Follett's World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics. Fall of Giants is his magnificent new historical epic. The first novel in The Century Trilogy, it follows the fates of five interrelated families - American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh - as they move through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.

The One State is the perfect society, ruled over by the enlightened Benefactor. It is a city made almost entirely of glass, where surveillance is universal and life runs according to algorithmic rules to ensure perfect happiness. And D-503, the Builder, is the ideal citizen, at least until he meets I-330, who opens his eyes to new ideas of love, sex and freedom.

Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion. When Samson Kolechko's father is murdered, his last act is to save his son from a falling Cossack sabre. Deprived of his right ear instead of his head, Samson is left an orphan, with only his father's collection of abacuses for company. Until, that is, his flat is requisitioned by two Red Army soldiers, whose secret plans Samson is somehow able to overhear with uncanny clarity.

Oksana Zabuzhko, Ukraine's leading public intellectual, is called upon to make sense of the unthinkable reality of our times. In this breathtaking short story collection, she turns the concept of truth over in her hands like a beautifully crafted pair of gloves. From the triumph of the Orange Revolution, which marked the start of the twenty-first century, to domestic victories in matchmaking, sibling rivalry, and even tennis, Zabuzhko - manages to shock the listener by juxtaposing things as they are.

The older we get, the less we are able to think. The brain starts to degrade. This process is inevitable if we are not regularly engaged in the development of the brain. This book presents a set of methods for the development of mental abilities of the brain. They not only help to preserve the clarity of your mind for years to come but also will allow you to open new facets of your ability.

This nation's Cold War and Global War on Terror defense structures need an update. U.S. Naval Power in the 21st Century provides such a framework for the changed world we live in, offering a roadmap that shows how the U.S. can field a war-winning fleet that can also compete aggressively in peacetime against dangerous competitors.

Departing from a simple linear history, The Soviet Century traces all the continuities and ruptures that led from the founding revolution of October 1917, to the final collapse of the late 1980s and early 1990s, passing through the Stalinist dictatorship, the impossible reforms of the Khrushchev years, and the glasnost and perestroika policies of Gorbachev.

In 1921, after six years of unrelenting war and revolution, Russia was in ruins. The economy had collapsed, the country was ravaged by disease and starvation claimed the lives of millions. People were so desperate for food that there were reports of cannibalism, reports that were revealed to be horribly accurate. Remarkably, it was a young American aid worker who uncovered the truth, and, even more remarkably, it was the US-backed charity that had sent him to Russia that would save Lenin’s fledgling government by feeding his people.

In Mind Power: Into the 21st Century, John Kehoe has articulated a set of life-changing principles for charting a course to success and happiness. More than that, however, Mind Power: Into the 21st Century presents a remarkably specific and practical guide.

Entre las dos grandes guerras mundiales se originaron varios movimientos de vanguardia en el arte, incluso en la música, que, al poco de nacer, iban acompañados ya de una posvanguardia; ello explica la diversidad de estilos que configuran la mayoría de las décadas del siglo XX. Un compositor ruso, cuya extensa obra es síntesis del romanticismo e impresionismo, abrió vías hacia el vanguardismo.

Priznaytes, chasto li vyi, uznavaya o tom, chto kto-to razbogatel, zlilis i zavidovali? "Konechno, legko razbogatet, kogda ni sovesti, ni styida i lyudey "razvodit" ne boishsya" - vorchite vyi. Tak znayte - s takim nastroem vyi nikogda ne stanete uspeshnyim! Davno proshli te vremena, kogda vse dengi sosredotochivalis v rukah vladeltsev zavodov, gazet, parohodov...Segodnya bogatyim mozhet stat lyuboy chelovek, kotoryiy etogo deystvitelno zhelaet!

Самая популярная в мире книга среди изданий о достижении успеха, одна из первых в сегменте о личной эффективности и богатства! Более сорока переизданий только в США! Более 20 миллионов проданных копий! Это знаменитый бестселлер «Думай и богатей» Наполеона Хилла! Аудиокнигу в России представляет издательство AB Publishing. Книга журналиста и психолога Наполеона Хилла впервые была издана в 1937 году. Но все советы, данные в ней, актуальны и поныне. Причем рекомендации Хилла вы успешно сможете применить не только для достижения богатства, но и успеха в любой сфере развития человека. Используя де…

Для одного молодого человека, которого угораздило как-то повстречаться с настоящим демоном, наступила полоса невезения, в результате чего он вынужден терзаться многочисленными вопросами и самостоятельно находить на них ответы.

"Четвертая магическая война" - фантастический роман Владимира Мясоедова, вторая книга цикла "Ведьмак двадцать третьего века", жанр боевое фэнтези, героическое фэнтези, попаданцы.

Мисс Бирма – эпический роман Чармен Крейг о любви и войне, кровных узах и политике. Жесткий и романтичный, исторически точный и многослойный, роман переносит нас в самую гущу бурных событий в Бирме середины XX века. Накануне Второй мировой Бирма – сегодняшняя Мьянма – колония Британской империи, и впереди у нее суровые потрясения. Вторжение японцев и оккупация, националистический режим, долгая кровопролитная гражданская война... Драматичная история страны, как в зеркале, отражается в одной семье.

Трудно жить в мире, полном магии. Особенно если он не родной, хотя местами и похож. Увы, сложно искать сходства и отличия между лучшими достопримечательностями разных измерений, когда уже не первый год идет Четвертая Мировая Война. Впрочем, есть у Олега Коробейникова и некоторые поводы для радости....

"Худой мир" - фантастический роман Владимира Мясоедова, пятая книга цикла "Ведьмак двадцать третьего века", жанр боевое фэнтези, героическое фэнтези, попаданцы.

Люди подчас выживают там, где выжить, казалось бы, невозможно. Боевой маг третьего ранга Олег Коробейников пережил падение с парашютом без самого парашюта, но оказался практически без ничего посреди сибирской тайги, где нечего есть, но зато полно хищных зверей, древних мутантов и других опасностей.

Finland, 1901. Eeva, the young orphaned daughter of a revolutionary, is sent from the orphanage to work as housekeeper for Thomas, a widowed country doctor. Her enigmatic presence disturbs Thomas as much as it fascinates him, shattering all the certainties of his life. Eeva longs to be back in Helsinki with the comrades of her childhood, particularly Lauri. But life there is full of danger.