Jaroslav Rek Ordre des livres (chronologique)

No less than the collapse of the Roman Republic or the Persian invasion of Greece, the evolution of an Arab empire is one of the supreme narratives of ancient history; a story dazzlingly rich in drama, character and achievement. Just like the Romans, the Arabs came from nowhere to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion - except that they achieved their conquests, not over the course of centuries, as the Romans did, but in a matter of decades. Just like the Greeks during the Persian wars, they overcame seemingly insuperable odds to emerge triumphant against the greatest empire of the day - not by standing on the defensive, however, but by hurling themselves against all who lay in their path. IN THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD effectively completes Tom Holland's trilogy describing the Ancient World. It represents an extraordinary achievement by the most exciting and readable young British historian working today

More than two centuries after Fletcher Christian's mutiny against Lieutenant Bligh aboard the Bounty, the details of this adventure remain compelling and vivid. Caroline Alexander revitalizes this historical event by centering her narrative on the court-martial of the ten mutineers captured in Tahiti and brought to justice in England. This fresh perspective breathes new life into the saga, using the colorful language of the captured men to recreate the pivotal moments of April 1789. Christian's breakdown set in motion a fateful journey: Bligh and his loyalists embarked on a historic open boat voyage, revealing Bligh's prowess as a navigator, while Christian faced a restless exile, and the mutineers awaited their trial. Each character emerges fully developed, caught in a drama that could lead to the gallows. Alexander illustrates how one defendant, in a desperate bid to avoid execution, transformed the mutiny into the enduring myth of the tyrannical Bligh. Ultimately, she posits that the Bounty mutiny was ignited by the unpredictable dynamics between strong personalities in close quarters. Her account of the voyage, trial, and the fates of Bligh, Christian, and the mutineers unfolds as an epic tale of ambition, passion, pride, and duty at the dawn of the Romantic era.

Emma Watson, qui mène une brillante carrière dans la recherche médicale, s'est entraînée pour la mission de sa vie : étudier des organismes vivants dans l'espace. Son mari, Jack McCallum, dont elle est séparée, partageait le même rêve de voyage spatial, mais un problème de santé l'a cloué au sol. Il assiste donc en simple spectateur aux exploits de sa femme, qui se prépare pour sa première mission à bord de l'ISS, la Station spatiale internationale. Mais, dès son arrivée à bord de la station, les choses tournent mal pour Emma, chargée d'observer l'évolution en apesanteur d'archéobactéries remontées des profondeurs marines, dont la nature mortelle n'a pas été révélée à la NASA. Placées sous microgravité, les cellules contaminent l'un après l'autre les membres de l'équipage, qui agonisent dans d'atroces souffrances. Emma doit mobiliser toute son énergie pour empêcher le microbe mortel, baptisé la " chimère ", de proliférer, tandis que, sur Terre, Jack et la NASA luttent contre le temps pour la sauver...

Dejiny judaizmu sú zároveň dejinami náboženstva i dejinami národa. Autor približuje judaizmus ako živé náboženstvo. Načrtáva židovskú vieru a jej prejavy, predstavuje tóru ako podstatu judaizmu a sabat ako ústrednú myšlienku, ktorou judaizmus prispel do západnej spoločnosti. Vysvetľuje komplex ideí a zákonov o povahe života, ktoré sú vlastné judaizmu, približuje duchovnú cestu sviatkami a význam modlitby. Nájdeme tu aj výklad striebornej šnúry ako neporušenej nite tradície, ktorá premosťuje generácie. Hebrejská abeceda, poznámky, odporúčaná literatúra, register.

Kniha popisuje v té době aktuální tématiku - ohrožení světa atomovou zbraní. Členové posádky atomové ponorky jsou vmanipulování do situace, kdy si mají myslet, že každou chvíli vypukne III. světová válka. Ovšem hazardní plány generálů přestanou být realitou v okamžiku, kdy se ponorka stává neovladatelnou z pobřežních stanovišť a je řízena zvnitřku ponorky. A sáhnout na knoflík pro odpálení hlavic je tak jednoduché.