Robin Harris Libros

Olonkho, the epic narrative and song tradition of Siberia’s Sakha people, declined to the brink of extinction during the Soviet era. In 2005, UNESCO’s Masterpiece Proclamation sparked a resurgence of interest in olonkho by recognizing its important role in humanity’s oral and intangible heritage. Drawing on her ten years of living in the Russian North, Robin P. Harris documents how the Sakha have used the Masterpiece program to revive olonkho and strengthen their cultural identity. Harris’s personal relationships with and primary research among Sakha people provide vivid insights into understanding olonkho and the attenuation, revitalization, transformation, and sustainability of the Sakha’s cultural reemergence. Interdisciplinary in scope, Storytelling in Siberia considers the nature of folklore alongside ethnomusicology, anthropology, comparative literature, and cultural studies to shed light on how marginalized peoples are revitalizing their own intangible cultural heritage.

Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the twentieth century. With the possible exception of Winston Churchill, no other Prime Minister has had such an impact on modern British history. Like it or not, her radical social and economic policies have made Britain the country it is today. Without Margaret Thatcher there could have been no New Labour, no Tony Blair and no David Cameron. Now Robin Harris, for many years Thatcher's speechwriter, trusted adviser and the draftsman of two volumes of her autobiography, has written the defining book about this indomitable woman. He tells her extraordinary life story, from humble beginnings above her father's grocer's shop in Grantham, her early days as one of the first women in Westminster who became known as 'Thatcher milk-snatcher' during her days in the Ministry for Education and then as Prime Minister. We follow her through the 'Winter of Discontent', the tribulations of the miners' strike and the Falklands War. And Harris writes a stunning account of her exit from power and tells of her life after number 10.

This new title in the "Test your vocabulary series" focuses on the development of an individual's facility with business English.

A renegade bishop and aristocratic revolutionary, he helped make and break the power of Napoleon. With bravura he then dominated the Congress of Vienna which re-shaped Europe, but soon discovered that the Bourbons had, in his own words, 'learned nothing and forgotten nothing'. Disgrace followed. The Revolution of July 1830 finally brought a renewal of Talleyrand's former influence. So, in his late seventies, he arrived as ambassador in London, where he and his beautiful companion, the duchesse de Dino, dazzled and captivated British society. At the end, his famous death-bed reconciliation with the Catholic Church created almost as great a scandal as his notorious early life. In this authoritative new biography, Talleyrand emerges as always ahead of his times. He urged the advantages of peace, while Europe was racked by war; he consistently advocated political moderation, a free press and a liberal constitution; he was a forceful proponent of Anglo-French entente; he understood the importance of free trade as the route to national prosperity; and he foresaw the rise of America as a great power. Robin Harris depicts a statesman of truly world-class stature.

Životopis Margarety Thatcherové (1925–2013), trojnásobné britské premiérky, je fascinujícím příběhem dívky z malých poměrů, která se pod dohledem přísného, avšak laskavého otce vypracovala k významné historické roli. V době jejího politického zrání byla Británie svobodná, ale vyčerpaná válkou a ztrátou impéria, což vedlo k postupnému úpadku průmyslu a ekonomické svobody. Vzdělaní konzervativní politici byli ovlivněni předválečnou krizí a věřili, že stát musí řídit ekonomiku. Z krize však mohou povstat velcí politici, kteří voličům předloží, co demokracie nesnáší – pot a slzy. V atmosféře nepochopení a rozdělené veřejnosti se odehrálo drama, které ukázalo, že prosperita vychází z vnitřního vztahu svobody a soukromého majetku. Margareta se statečně postavila socialistům, odborům a státní byrokracii. Sověti ji označili za „Železnou lady“, která ve studené válce zvítězila. I když dnes už nikdo nepropaguje státní průmysl, regulace a byrokracie se opět zvyšují, ohrožující ekonomickou svobodu a tím i demokracii. Zápas Margarety Thatcherové je proto důležitým poučením a varováním pro současnost.