Blood and Water
Автор: David Gilmartin
Год издания: 0000
The Indus basin was once an arid pastoral watershed, but by the second half of the twentieth century, it had become one of the world’s most heavily irrigated and populated river basins. Launched under British colonial rule in the nineteenth century, this irrigation project spurred political, social, and environmental transformations that continued after the 1947 creation of the new states of India and Pakistan. In this first large-scale environmental history of the region, David Gilmartin focuses on the changes that occurred in the basin as a result of the implementation of the world’s largest modern integrated irrigation system. This masterful work of scholarship explores how environmental transformation is tied to the creation of communities and nations, focusing on the intersection of politics, statecraft, and the environment.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Автор: Дж. К. Роулинг
Год издания:
"There it was, hanging in the sky above the school: the blazing green skull with a serpent tongue, the mark Death Eaters left behind whenever they had entered a building… wherever they had murdered…"
When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world, and Hogwarts itself is not safe. Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: there is a Death Eater amongst them. Harry will need powerful magic and true friends as he explores Voldemort's darkest secrets, and Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny…
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Bijdragen tot den waterstaat der Nederlanden
Автор: Willem Boudewijn Donker Curtius
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Полный вариант заголовка: «Bijdragen tot den waterstaat der Nederlanden : bijzonder in opzigt tot zeker ontwerp van den inspecteur-generaal J. Blanken J. Z., tot afdamming der river de merwede / door W. B. Donker Curtius».
The battle of Waterloo
Автор: Группа авторов
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Полный вариант заголовка: «The battle of Waterloo : containing the accounts published by authority, British and foreign, and other relative documents, with circumstantial details, previous and after the battle, from a variety of authentic and original sources : to which is added, an alphabetical list of the officers killed and wounded, from 15-th to 26-th june, 1815, and the total loss of each regiment, with an enumeration of the Waterloo honours and privileges, conferred upon the men and officers, and lists of regiments, etc. entitled thereto : illustrated by a panoramic sketch of the field of battle, and a plan of the position and movements, with those of the Prussians, traced / by a near observer».
Waterman
Автор: Александр Староверов
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Александр Староверов родился в Москве, до сорока лет занимался бизнесом, потом глубоко и своеобразно осознав мысль, что слово дороже денег, начал писать. Судя по отзывам читателей его романов, писать у него получается. Счастье, считает Александр, это когда получается! Что угодно получается, но особенно – найти в себе человека. Именно это является основной темой книг А. Староверова.