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"Volt benne valami elpusztíthatatlan, valami elemien sugárzó, melyet később idő, nyomorúság, magány és csalódások sem tudtak meghamisítani. Zsüli néni igazi nő volt, a fin de siecle remekműve, ritka tünemény." (Márai Sándor)
A lassan feledésbe merülő írónő M. Hrabovszky Júlia nem csupán azért érdekes emlékiratszerző, mert Márai Sándor nagy-nagynénje, hanem azért is, mert nyitott, fogékony asszony, aki hosszú élete során nagyon sok történelmi és társadalmi eseményt tapasztalt közelről s örökítette meg élményszerűen. Ő még látta a magyar millenniumot, az 1900. évi párizsi világkiállítást, az első világháborút, a történelmi Magyarország felbomlását és számtalan más fordulatot a második világháború bezárásáig. Sorsa nagyon különböző helyzetekbe, sőt országokba sodorta: Budán és Kassán gyerekeskedett, bácskai és bánáti városokban bálozott, Bécsben és Herkulesfürdőn nevelősködött, éveket töltött Párizsban, fiatalasszonyként Bukarestbe költözött, és rengeteget utazott Ausztriában, Olaszországban, Franciaországban. Élt szegényen és jómódúan, ünnepelt társasági kedvencként és keményen dolgozó, független értelmiségi nőként, boldog asszonyként és magányos özvegyként, rangos lapok külföldi tudósítójaként és az irodalomból "kikopott" szerény nyelvtanárnőként, de mindig megmaradt "grande dame"-nak.
"Kedves öcsém Márai Sándornak megígértem, hogy megírom memoirjaimat, mert hosszú életemnek vannak érdekes pillanatai, főleg azok számára, akik szeretnek. Te, Sanyikám, annyi jelét adtad ragaszkodásodnak, hogy igyekezni fogok megírni visszaemlékezéseimet..." - így kezdődik a letehetetlen emlékirat.
Részlet Steinert Ágota irodalomtörténész utószavából: Egy polgárasszony vallomásait olvashatja az olvasó, ha kezébe veszi Hrabovszky Júlia emlékiratát, mely osztályának erényeit és hibáit egyaránt tükrözi. Erényeit magától értetődő természetességgel képviseli: a szellemi igényességet, a függetlenség vágyát, a kreativitást, azt a fajta tartást, amely független az élethelyzetek változásától. Ugyanakkor maga vallja be, hogy osztálya - talán méltányosabbak vagyunk, ha azt mondjuk: osztálya számos tagjának - előítéleteit is elfogadja, ezért tesz olykor éles, néhány esetben kifejezetten sértő, elfogadhatatlan antiszemita megjegyzést, noha magát korántsem tartja antiszemitának. Alapvető élménye a trianoni veszteség, s az, hogy a későbbiekben az elcsatolt területek visszaszerzésében közreműködött Mussolini és Hitler, elhomályosítja éleslátását, nem ismeri fel demagógiájuk embertelenségét, nem veszi észre, hogy a revízióért milyen nagy árat kell majd Magyarországnak fizetnie. Sokáig élt Márai Sándor nagy-nagynénje, és sokat megért, jót is, rosszat is, jól és rosszul is. Megpróbálta értelmezni mindazt, ami vele történt, hol sikerrel, hol sikertelenül. Ha végigolvassuk emlékiratát, bizonyára nemcsak történelmünk közel száz évét ismerjük meg jobban, de azt a mindennapi életet is, amelyre és amelyből a történelem épül. Ezeket a mindennapokat elsősorban a nők alakították. A nők - lányok és asszonyok, nagyanyáink és dédanyáink -, akik nem pusztán elviselték, de vállalták is sorsukat, szívósan, bátran, olykor hősiesen...
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Rome Eternal City
A thrilling portrait of the city at the heart of Western civilization, brought to life in twenty-two scenes from its 2,500-year history. Why does Rome continue to exert a hold on the world's imagination? Ferdinand Addis brings the myth of Rome alive by concentrating on vivid episodes from its long and unimaginably rich history. Each of his beautifully composed chapters is an evocative, self-contained narrative, whether it is the murder of Caesar; the near-destruction of the city by the Gauls in 387 BC; the construction of the Colosseum and the fate of the gladiators; Bernini's creation of the Baroque masterpiece that is St Peter's Basilica; the brutal crushing of republican dreams in 1849; the sinister degeneration of Mussolini's first state, or the magical, corrupt Rome of Fellini's La Dolce Vita.
This is an epic, kaleidoscopic history of a city indelibly associated with republicanism and dictatorship, Christian orthodoxy and its rivals, high art and low life in all its forms.
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Libya - From Colony to Revolution
Since Qaddafi's ousting in 2011, Libya has been beset by instability and conflict. To understand the tumultuous state of the country today, one must look to its past. With great clarity and precision, renowned regional expert Ronald Bruce St John examines Libya's long struggle to establish its political and economic identity amidst the interference of external actors keen to exploit the country's strategic importance. This authoritative history spans the time of the early Phoenician and Greek settlements, colonization by Mussolini's Italy, Qaddafi's four decades of rule and, in this updated edition, the internal rivalries that have dominated the country in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. Essential reading for those seeking a greater understanding of this complex North African state, Libya: From Colony to Revolution is an insightful history, rich in detail and analysis.
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A House in the Mountains
The extraordinary story of the courageous women who spearheaded the Italian Resistance during the Second World War
In the late summer of 1943, when Italy changed sides in the War and the Germans - now their enemies - occupied the north of the country, an Italian Resistance was born. Ada, Frida, Silvia and Bianca were four young Piedmontese women who joined the Resistance, living clandestinely in the mountains surrounding Turin. They were not alone. Between 1943 and 1945, as the Allies battled their way north, thousands of men and women throughout occupied Italy rose up and fought to liberate their country from the German invaders and their Fascist collaborators.
The bloody civil war that ensued across the country pitted neighbour against neighbour, and brought out the best and worst in Italian society. The courage shown by the partisans was exemplary, and eventually bound them together as a coherent fighting force. The women's contribution was invaluable - they fought, carried messages and weapons, provided safe houses, laid mines and took prisoners. Ada's house deep in the mountains became a meeting place and refuge for many of them.
The death rattle of Mussolini's two decades of Fascist rule - with its corruption, greed and anti-Semitism was unrelentingly violent, but for the partisan women it was also a time of camaraderie and equality, pride and optimism. They had proved, to themselves and to the world, what resolve, tenacity and, above all, exceptional courage could achieve.
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A második világháború teljes története - 6. Az eur
A hatodik kötetben a Memphis Belle nevű amerikai bombázógép személyzete elindul az utolsó bevetésre; tudják, hogy statisztikailag lehetetlen, hogy mindannyian épségben térjenek haza. A német haderő döntő offenzívát indít Kurszk térségében, és kirobban a második világháború legádázabb tankcsatája. A Bletchley Park zseniális matematikusai feltörik a megfejthetetlennek hitt Enigma kódját. Otto Skorzeny és kommandója egy öngyilkosnak tartott akcióban kiszabadítja Mussolinit, miközben a szövetséges flotta már közeleg az olasz partok felé…
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The Desert War
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, The Desert War is an accessible. insightful and authoritative introduction to the standoff between the Axis and Allies in the harsh deserts of North Africa.
Historian, author and broadcaster James Holland draws on the latest research and interviews with participants to bring colour, detail and a fresh perspective to the story of how the British blunted Mussolini's ambitions in Africa, making Italy a liability rather than an asset to Germany.
Inside, you'll discover how tactics, organisation and new technologies were brought to bear, about the different challenges faced by both the Axis and the Allies, and, above all, the skill, bravery and endurance of those engaged in a contest that was of critical importance to the outcome of the war.
Written by the leading lights and most outstanding communicators in their fields, the Ladybird Expert books provide clear, accessible and authoritative introductions to subjects drawn from science, history and culture.
For an adult readership, the Ladybird Expert series is produced in the same iconic small hardback format pioneered by the original Ladybirds. Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.
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Giro dItalia
Born of tumult in 1909, the Giro d'Italia helped unite a nation. Since then it has reflected it too; the race's capricious and unpredictable nature matching the passions and extremes of Italy itself. A desperately hard race through a beautiful country, the Giro has bred characters and stories that dramatise the shifting culture and society of its home: Alfonsina Strada, who cropped her hair and raced against the men in 1924. Ottavio Bottecchia, expected to challenge for the winner's Maglia Rosa in 1928, until killed on a training ride, probably by Mussolini's Black Shirts. Fausto Coppi, the metropolitan playboy with amphetamines in his veins, guided by a mystic blind masseur; and his arch rival Gino Bartali; humble, pious and countrified (and brave: recently it emerged he smuggled papers for persecuted Jewish Italians). The Giro's most tragic hero - Marco Pantani, born to climb but fated to lose. Halted only by World Wars, the Giro has been contested since 1909. The 2017 edition will be its one hundredth. This book celebrates it in all its kaleidoscopic glory.
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Numero Zero
"From the best-selling author of The Name of the Rose and The Prague Cemetery, a novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder. A newspaper committed to blackmail and mud slinging, rather than reporting the news. A paranoid editor, walking through the streets of Milan, reconstructing fifty years of history against the backdrop of a plot involving the cadaver of Mussolini's double. The murder of Pope John Paul I, the CIA, red terrorists handled by secret services, twenty years ofbloodshed, and events that seem outlandish until the BBC proves them true. A fragile love story between two born losers, a failed ghost writer, and a vulnerable girl, who specializes in celebrity gossip yet cries over the second movement of Beethoven's Seventh. And then a dead body that suddenly appears in a back alley in Milan. Set in 1992 and foreshadowing the mysteries and follies of the following twenty years, Numero Zero is a scintillating take on our times from the best-selling author of The Nameof the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum".
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The Communist
A unique political coming of age story, now in English for the first time An NYRB Classics Original Walter Ferranini has been born and bred a man of the left. His father was a worker and an anarchist; Walter himself is a Communist. In the 1930s, he left Mussolini's Italy to fight Franco in Spain. After Franco's victory, he left Spain for exile in the United States. With the end of the war, he returned to Italy to work as a labor organizer and to build a new revolutionary order. Now, in the late 1950s, Walter is a deputy in the Italian parliament. He is not happy about it. Parliamentary proceedings are too boring for words: the Communist Party seems to be filling up with ward heelers, timeservers, and profiteers. For Walter, the political has always taken precedence over the personal, but now there seems to be no refuge for him anywhere. The puritanical party disapproves of his relationship with Nuccia, a tender, quizzical, deeply intelligent editor who is separated but not divorced, while Walter is worried about his health, haunted by his past, and increasingly troubled by knotty questions of both theory and practice. Walter is, always has been, and always will be a Communist, he has no doubt about that, and yet something has changed. Communism no longer explains the life he is living, the future he hoped for, or, perhaps most troubling of all, the life he has led.
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Lacná kniha Le compagnon de voyage (-70%)
Fable pudique, baroque et pleine d'humanité, Le compagnon de voyage a pour cadre l'Italie de 1943. Apres le renversement de Mussolini et le chaos que provoque la signature de l'armistice, les hommes de troupe, désormais sans ordres et sans chefs, décident de rentrer chez eux...
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Lacná kniha Le compagnon de voyage (-50%)
Fable pudique, baroque et pleine d'humanité, Le compagnon de voyage a pour cadre l'Italie de 1943. Apres le renversement de Mussolini et le chaos que provoque la signature de l'armistice, les hommes de troupe, désormais sans ordres et sans chefs, décident de rentrer chez eux...
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Lacná kniha Misteriosa Fiamma
Questo romanzo, benché illustrato a colori, dominato dalla nebbia. Nella nebbia si risveglia Yambo, dopo un incidente che gli ha fatto perdere la memoria. Accompagnandolo nel lento recupero di se stesso, la moglie lo convince a tornare nella casa di campagna dove ha conservato i libri letti da ragazzo, i quaderni di scuola, i dischi che ascoltava allora. Cos in un immenso solaio tra Langhe e Monferrato Yambo rivive la storia della propria generazione, tra Giovinezza" e "Pippo non lo sa", tra Mussolini, Salgari, Flash Gordon e i suoi temi scolastici di piccolo balilla. Si arresta di fronte a due vuoti ancora nebbiosi, le tracce di un'esperienza forse atroce vissuta negli anni della Resistenza e l'immagine di una ragazza amata a sedici anni."
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Big Caesars and Little Caesars
Who said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in modern times it's become a strangely neglected subject. Ferdinand Mount opens up a fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seize power and why they fall.
There is a comforting illusion shared by historians and political commentators from Fukuyama back to Macaulay, Mill and Marx, that history progresses in a nice straight line towards liberal democracy or socialism, despite the odd hiccup.
In reality, every democracy, however sophisticated or stable it may look, has been attacked or actually destroyed by a would-be Caesar, from Ancient Greece to the present day. Marx was wrong. This Caesarism is not an absurd throwback, it is an ever-present danger.
There are Big Caesars who set out to achieve total social control and Little Caesars who merely want to run an agreeable kleptocracy without opposition: from Julius Caesar and Oliver Cromwell through Napoleon and Bolivar, to Mussolini, Salazar, De Gaulle and Trump. The saga of Boris Johnson and Brexit frequently crops up in this author's narrative as a vivid, if Lilliputian instance of the same phenomenon.
The final part of this book describes how and why would-be Caesars come to grief, from the Gunpowder Plot to Trump's march on the Capitol and the ejection of Boris Johnson by his own MPs, and ends with a defence of the grubby glories of parliamentary politics and a thought-provoking roadmap of the way back to constitutional government.
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