Good writing isn't an easy task for all of us, even for… get ready for it, Stephen King! This article he wrote in 1988 describes how he learned to write and started his career. Enjoy his 12 tips that will teach you to write like a King in ten minutes.

Seven million people in the “breadbasket of Europe” were deliberately starved to death at Stalin’s command. This story has been suppressed for half a century. Now, a survivor speaks.In 1929, in an effort to destroy the well-to-do peasant farmers, Joseph Stalin ordered the collectivization of all Ukrainian farms. In the ensuing years, a brutal Soviet campaign of confiscations, terrorizing, and murder spread throughout Ukrainian villages. What food remained after the seizures was insufficient to support the population. In the resulting famine as many as seven million Ukrainians starved to death.This poignant eyewitness account of the Ukrainian famine by one of the survivors relates the young Miron Dolot’s day-to-day confrontation with despair and death—his helplessness as friends and family were arrested and abused—and his gradual realization, as he matured, of the absolute control the Soviets had over his life and the lives of his people. But it is also the story of personal dignity in the face of horror and humiliation. And it is an indictment of a chapter in the Soviet past that is still not acknowledged by Russian leaders.

EXO – группа с неземным талантом, которая штурмом захватила этот мир. Их запоминающиеся песни, волшебная музыка, клипы и невероятные перфомансы покорили миллионы фанатов. Такие синглы как «Growl», «Call me baby», «Monster», «Ko Ko Bop», «Universe» и «Tempo» взлетели на вершины чартов практически на всей территории планеты Земля. Каждый из студийных альбомов группы был распродан тиражом более одного миллиона копий. Перед вами первая в России история воплощения невероятной идеи музыканта и продюсера SM Entertainment Ли Сумана, стоявшего у истоков K-POP. Он решил создать две одноименные группы, которые будут продвигаться параллельно в Китае и Южной Корее: так на свет появились коллективы ЕХО-К и ЕХО-М. Их описывали так: «Новая группа, которая отныне будет лидировать на мировой музыкальной арене!» Они дебютировали в один день, в одно время, с одной песней, и это стало одним из самых необычных и долгожданных появлений за всю историю К-рор!

Мир игр Fallout суров. Это хаос постапокалипсиса и непрерывная борьба за выживание. Мечты о счастливом будущем человечества остались в прошлом, а впереди игрока ждут опасности Пустошей. И тем не менее даже в этой жестокой реальности остается место для сострадания, героизма и исследования нового. Создателям игры удалось совместить постапокалиптические мотивы «Безумного Макса» и элементы ретро-футуризма с механиками ролевых игр, что сделало мир Fallout по-настоящему уникальным. Автор книги подробно анализирует и рассказывает, как создавалась эта великая серия игр и почему она полюбилась миллионам геймеров.В формате a4.pdf сохранен издательский макет книги.

Многие, очень многие скажут: зачем писать грамотные тексты, ведь читатели все равно схавают, какое бы гавно не настрочил бывалый и не очень автор? И будут правы. Прошли времена, когда читатель наслаждался текстом, красивым написанием и описанием, когда автор «играл» сюжетом, персонажами, словно бликами на волнах моря, раскрашивая текст прелестными завитушками сюжета. Сегодня пипл схавает любое гавно, был бы секс позаковыристее. И забудет название, автора и сам текст сразу же, как дочитывает до последней точки. Если дочитает. Что хочу рассказать вам я? Я хочу объяснить, как писать тексты, которые будут запоминаться и которые будут лежать на чужих компах в папочке избранное. Хочу поделиться секретами мастерства. Собственно, прочитать о них вы можете в сети, вряд ли я буду сильно оригинальной в этом плане. Но когда они лежат в одном месте, то и пользоваться такой «шпорой» гораздо удобнее. Здесь будет только практика и способы применения знаний на практике, без всякой другой ерунды и научного словоблудия. Возможно, вы тут же достанете иголки и шпильки и, хитро прищурившись, спросите: «Ты кто такой? Самый умный, да?» Нет, я не самый умный, есть и поумнее, я даже не самый наглый, наглее видали, я просто опытный.

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В работе в яркой и доступной форме представлены ответы на наиболее типичные вопросы и аргументы противников легализации короткоствольного оружия. В итоге делается вывод, что их позиция имеет скорее эмоциональные, нежели разумные основания.

A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today’s world, written by one of America’s most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state

A Fascist, observes Madeleine Albright, “is someone who claims to speak for a whole nation or group, is utterly unconcerned with the rights of others, and is willing to use violence and whatever other means are necessary to achieve the goals he or she might have.”

The twentieth century was defined by the clash between democracy and Fascism, a struggle that created uncertainty about the survival of human freedom and left millions dead. Given the horrors of that experience, one might expect the world to reject the spiritual successors to Hitler and Mussolini should they arise in our era. In Fascism: A Warning, Madeleine Albright draws on her experiences as a child in war-torn Europe and her distinguished career as a diplomat to question that assumption.

Fascism, as she shows, not only endured through the twentieth century but now presents a more virulent threat to peace and justice than at any time since the end of World War II. The momentum toward democracy that swept the world when the Berlin Wall fell has gone into reverse. The United States, which historically championed the free world, is led by a president who exacerbates division and heaps scorn on democratic institutions. In many countries, economic, technological, and cultural factors are weakening the political center and empowering the extremes of right and left. Contemporary leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are employing many of the tactics used by Fascists in the 1920s and 30s.

Fascism: A Warning is a book for our times that is relevant to all times. Written by someone who has not only studied history but helped to shape it, this call to arms teaches us the lessons we must understand and the questions we must answer if we are to save ourselves from repeating the tragic errors of the past.

Eric Schlosser has visited the state of the art labs where scientists recreate the flavours and smells of everything from cooked chicken to fresh strawberries in the test tube and he has spoken to workers at meatpacking plants with some of the worst safety records in the world. He explores the links between Hollywood and the fast food trade, and the tactics used to target ever younger consumers. In a meticulously researched and powerfully argued account, Fast Food Nation reveals the full price of our appetite for instant gratification.

THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL ITWith authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump’s White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries, files and documents. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence.Fear is the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published during the president’s first years in office.

For decades, acclaimed author John Barth has strayed from his Monday-through-Thursday-morning routine of fiction-writing and dedicated Friday mornings to the muse of nonfiction. The result is Final Fridays, his third essay collection, following The Friday Book (1984) and Further Fridays (1995). Sixteen years and six novels since his last volume of non-fiction, Barth delivers yet another remarkable work comprised of 27 insightful essays.With pieces covering everything from reading, writing, and the state of the art, to tributes to writer-friends and family members, this collection is witty and engaging throughout. Barth’s “unaffected love of learning” (San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle) and “joy in thinking that becomes contagious” (Washington Post), shine through in this third, and, with an implied question mark, final essay collection.

В книге Роджера Криттендена «Fine Cuts. Интервью о практике европейского киномонтажа» собраны интервью известных европейских режиссеров монтажа из Австрии, Бельгии, Финляндии, Португалии и России. В книге собраны все аспекты постпродакшена: например, о звукомонтаже расскажет Ларри Сайдер, основатель легендарной Школы звука, а о специфике создания саундтрека – обладатель «Оскара» Дарио Марианелли («Искупление»).

A riveting collection of literary journalism by the bestselling author of The Perfect Storm, capped off brilliantly by a new Afterword and a timely essay about war-torn Afghanistan—a superb eyewitness report about the Taliban’s defeat in Kabul—new to book form. Sebastian Junger has made a specialty of bringing to life the drama of nature and human nature. Few writers have been to so many disparate and desperate corners of the globe. Fewer still have met the standard of great journalism more consistently. None has provided more starkly memorable evocations of extreme events. From the murderous mechanics of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone, to an inferno forest fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho, to the forensics of genocide in Kosovo, this collection of Junger’s reporting will take readers to places they need to know about but wouldn't dream of going on their own. In his company we travel to these places, pass through frightening checkpoints, actual and psychological, and come face-to-face with the truth.

Who is this Vladimir Putin?Who is this man who suddenly—overnight and without warning—was handed the reigns of power to one of the most complex, formidable, and volatile countries in the world?How can we trust him if we don’t know him?First Person is an intimate, candid portrait of the man who holds the future of Russia in his grip. An extraordinary compilation of over 24 hours of in-depth interviews and remarkable photographs, it delves deep into Putin’s KGB past and explores his meteoric rise to power. No Russian leader has ever subjected himself to this kind of public examination of his life and views. Both as a spy and as a virtual political unknown until selected by Boris Yeltsin to be Prime Minister, Putin has been regarded as man of mystery. Now, the curtain lifts to reveal a remarkable life of struggles and successes. Putin’s life story is of major importance to the world.

Pulitzer Prize winner Sheri Fink’s landmark investigation of patient deaths at a New Orleans hospital ravaged by Hurricane Katrina—and her suspenseful portrayal of the quest for truth and justiceIn the tradition of the best investigative journalism, physician and reporter Sheri Fink reconstructs 5 days at Memorial Medical Center and draws the reader into the lives of those who struggled mightily to survive and to maintain life amid chaos.After Katrina struck and the floodwaters rose, the power failed, and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers chose to designate certain patients last for rescue. Months later, several health professionals faced criminal allegations that they deliberately injected numerous patients with drugs to hasten their deaths. Five Days at Memorial, the culmination of six years of reporting, unspools the mystery of what happened in those days, bringing the reader into a hospital fighting for its life and into a conversation about the most terrifying form of health care rationing.In a voice at once involving and fair, masterful and intimate, Fink exposes the hidden dilemmas of end-of-life care and reveals just how ill-prepared we are in America for the impact of large-scale disasters—and how we can do better. A remarkable book, engrossing from start to finish, Five Days at Memorial radically transforms your understanding of human nature in crisis.

Никто не любит рассказывать о своих ошибках и просчетах, а уж тем более бизнесмены – ведь это прямая угроза их имиджу и деловой репутации. Но телевизионный журналист Боб Селлерс сумел развязать язык 30 ведущим бизнес-лидерам современности, среди которых Джек Уэлч, Питер Линч, Джим Крамер, Билл Гросс и многие другие. Они искренне и откровенно рассказали автору о своих провалах и ошибках, которые круто и в положительную сторону изменили их карьеру и жизнь.Как же научиться превращать просчеты в прорывы? Прочитайте эту книгу, и вы научитесь не бояться неудач, а извлекать из них всю возможную выгоду: мобилизовать все свои возможности, увидеть проблему в новом свете, вовремя сменить карьеру и курс. Так действуют самые выдающиеся бизнесмены мира, и их опыт будет интересен как топ-менеджерам и предпринимателям, так и всем, кто стремится к успеху и личной эффективности.Для руководителей, владельцев бизнеса и широкого круга читателей.

Allegations of Russian conspiracies meddling in the affairs of Western countries have been a persistent feature of Western politics since the Cold War – allegations of Russian interference in the US presidential election are only the most recent in a long series of conspiracy allegations that mark the history of the twentieth century. But Russian politics is rife with conspiracies about the West too. Everything bad that happens in Russia is traced back by some to an anti-Russian plot that is hatched in the West. Even the collapse of the Soviet Union – this crucial turning point in world politics that left the USA as the only remaining superpower – was, according to some Russian conspiracy theorists, planned and executed by Russia’s enemies in the West.

This book is the first-ever study of Russian conspiracy theories in the post-Soviet period. It examines why these conspiracy theories have emerged and gained currency in Russia and what role intellectuals have played in this process. The book shows how, in the new millennium, the image of the ‘dangerous, conspiring West’ provides national unity and has helped legitimize Russia’s rapid turn to authoritarianism under Vladimir Putin.

From Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Russian Far East, journalist Ben Judah has travelled throughout Russia and the former Soviet republics, conducting extensive interviews with President Vladimir Putin’s friends, foes, and colleagues, government officials, business tycoons, mobsters, and ordinary Russian citizens. Fragile Empire is the fruit of Judah’s thorough research: a probing assessment of Putin’s rise to power and what it has meant for Russia and her people.Despite a propaganda program intent on maintaining the cliché of stability, Putin’s regime was suddenly confronted in December 2011 by a highly public protest movement that told a different side of the story. Judah argues that Putinism has brought economic growth to Russia but also weaker institutions, and this contradiction leads to instability. The author explores both Putin’s successes and his failed promises, taking into account the impact of a new middle class and a new generation, the Internet, social activism, and globalization on the president’s impending leadership crisis. Can Russia avoid the crisis of Putinism? Judah offers original and up-to-the-minute answers.From Publishers WeeklyJudah’s dynamic account of the rise (and fall-in-progress) of Russian President Vladimir Putin convincingly addresses just why and how Putin became so popular, and traces the decisions and realizations that seem to be leading to his undoing. The former Reuters Moscow reporter maps Putin’s career and impact on modern Russia through wide-ranging research and has an eye for illuminating and devastating quotes, as when a reporter in dialogue with Putin says, “I lost the feeling that I lived in a free country. I have not started to feel fear.” To which Putin responds, “Did you not think that this was what I was aiming for: that one feeling disappeared, but the other did not appear?” His style, however, feels hurried, an effect of which is occasional losses of narrative clarity. In some cases limited information is available, and his pace-maintaining reliance on euphemistic, metaphorical, and journalistic language can leave readers underserved and confused. Judah is at his best when being very specific, and perhaps the book’s achievement is that it makes comprehensible how Putin got to where he is; those wondering how Putin became and remained so popular will benefit from this sober, well-researched case. (June)Book DescriptionA journalist’s lively, inside account of Russian President Putin’s leadership, his achievements and failures, and the crisis he faces amidst rising corruption, government dysfunction, and growing citizen unrest.

This collection of notes and essays on Kipling’s world travels reveals a man bursting with self-deprecating wit, keen observational powers, and an intelligent awareness of his own cultural biases and prejudices. First published in 1899, this volume serves as a delightful reminder of Kipling’s genius.