Краткое описание: Патрик Колум (1881–1972), известный ирландский писатель из окружения Джеймса Джойса, был страстным любителем и популяризатором мифов разных народов. Его «Дети Одина» — это удивительно свежее, пронизанное ощущением юной первозданности и притом кристально ясное изложение чарующе-путаных легенд и сказаний древней Скандинавии. Книга иллюстрирована рисунками талантливого американского художника Вилли Погани (1882–1956), придающими ей особую прелесть. Адресованная подросткам, она может послужить любому взрослому прекрасным путеводителем по лабиринтам германо-скандинавской мифологии.

Краткое описание: Данный определитель знакомит читателей с историей русского холодного оружия. В нём впервые представлены - оружие XVIII-XX вв., экспериментальное оружие советского периода, штыки. Книга предназначена для военных историков, музейных работников, криминалистов, художников театра и кино, коллекционеров и широкого круга читателей, интересующихся военной историей.

Краткое описание: Данный определитель знакомит читателей с историей русского холодного оружия. В нём впервые представлены - оружие XVIII-XX вв., экспериментальное оружие советского периода, штыки. Книга предназначена для военных историков, музейных работников, криминалистов, художников театра и кино, коллекционеров и широкого круга читателей, интересующихся военной историей.

Краткое описание: British Columbia and the Canadian Rockies, which stretch across the provincial border into Alberta, are extravagantly scenic and quietly sophisticated. The diversity of landscapes is astounding: You’ll travel from cactus-studded desert to soaring mountaintops and on to wilderness ocean beaches. You can visit traditional Native Canadian villages, thread through market stalls in the largest Chinese community outside of Asia, and cheer on cowboys at an old-fashioned rodeo.

Краткое описание: Before we started to discover what was out there, we had a few sleepless nights panicking about what we could find for free in Britain. We had terrible illusions of dragging the family around dusty museums full of shards of Roman pottery in forgotten glass display cabinets and of having to point out things like, ‘Hey look - another sharp stone that might have been a flint thousands of years ago’. We’d be sitting in forlorn parks talking up a dilapidated round-about and a rusty slide.

Краткое описание: There’s a joke Brazilians like to tell: When the world was created, one of the archangels peered over God’s shoulder at the work in progress and couldn’t help noticing that one country had been especially favored. “You’ve given everything to Brazil,” the archangel said. “It has the longest beaches, the largest river, the biggest forest, the best soil. The weather’s always warm and sunny, with no floods, hurricanes, or natural disasters at all.

Краткое описание: For the past 25 years, downtown Boston has changed in some significant way almost daily. A gargantuan construction project with a cute name (the Big Dig) proceeded slowly but unstoppably, making a mile-long strip of prime real estate look like a scene from a post-apocalyptic movie before it finally looked better. Today, the elevated highway that once sliced across the city like a green scar is a distant memory, and the green we see everywhere is the color of trees, plants, and flowers.

Краткое описание: New York feels like it’s coming back - the stock market is up and there’s energy in the streets. September 11 is always with us, but we move on, refusing defeat, shopping our hearts out if only out of patriotism. The PATH station has reopened at the site of the World Trade Center, and Century 21, across the street, is going gangbusters. The world goes round.

Краткое описание: As this series moves into its 20th year, it seems that all things come round. When we started this series, the dollar was very strong, and people were shopping for shipping. Now it’s the other way around. London is painfully expensive. The dollar is the weakest it has been in ages - which, of course, can change by the time you are reading this.

Краткое описание: While Paris may have been the co-star in the final episodes of Sex and the City, it is France that’s the real star of this edition - making it clear that on the one hand there’s Paris, and on the other, France. The two are very, very different. This edition will be most helpful for those who plan to drive around the French countryside.