Häftad, Engelska, 1996
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2003
329 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2011
121 kr
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Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea.Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's place of exile on what is now the coast of Romania; the decline and fall of Byzantium; the mysterious Christian Goths; the Tatar Khanates; the growth of Russian power across the grasslands, and the centuries of war between Ottoman and Russian Empires around the Black Sea. He examines the terrors of Stalinism and its fascist enemy, both striving for mastery of these endlessly colourful and complex shores, and investigates the turbulent history of modern Ukraine.WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR 'A brilliant biography of place' Guardian'Every page is freighted with rich and fascinating detail' Independent - E-bokEngelska, 2011
207 kr
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Beautifully written, intelligent and provocative reflections on the world scene as Ascherson looks first at the painful business of being English in a period of decline marked by public nastiness and private confusion. He goes on to attack - in an important and original series of arguments -the politics of ''Stonehenge'': the UK''s archaic and undemocratic constitution, and finally examines the temptations of state power in Mrs Thatcher''s decade. Next, Ascherson takes us on a personal tour of Europe, ''the barbaric continent'', exposing some ugly hatred and memories lurking beneath the cultured surface; he writes movingly about the courage and sacrifice that nations at their best can draw out. His meditations on Eastern Europe, ''Waltzing With Molotov'', are exemplary for their critical sympathy. In the book''s final section, a vivid and memorable collection of sectarians, spies, traitors, heroes, monsters and victims reveals a lot about fear and hope in the closing years of this dangerous century. - E-bokEngelska, 2011
208 kr
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What has happened in Poland? Poland has erupted four times in the last twenty five years, but only the events of 1980 have had comprehensive media coverage. As a result, many questions have been raised in the minds of Western observers. How were such changes possible? What forces lay behind them? In what way did the workers'' strike relate to the demands for political democracy? Although a colourful and vivid eye-witness account of the 1980 upheavals, it is to these questions that Neal Ascherson''s brilliant and thoughtful analysis mainly addresses itself. Viewing the situation in perspective, he argues that the Polish working class has brought about a controlled revolution, but is not intent on taking power for itself: the real heirs to the gains of 1980 and 1981 are likely to be the intelligentsia, in or out of the Communist Party. It is this social and political ferment that poses fundamental questions about the future of the whole Soviet system in Eastern Europe. - Häftad, Engelska, 2013
250 kr
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Beautifully written, intelligent and provocative reflections on the world scene as Ascherson looks first at the painful business of being English in a period of decline marked by public nastiness and private confusion. He goes on to attack - in an important and original series of arguments -the politics of 'Stonehenge': the UK's archaic and undemocratic constitution, and finally examines the temptations of state power in Mrs Thatcher's decade. Next, Ascherson takes us on a personal tour of Europe, 'the barbaric continent', exposing some ugly hatred and memories lurking beneath the cultured surface; he writes movingly about the courage and sacrifice that nations at their best can draw out. His meditations on Eastern Europe, 'Waltzing With Molotov', are exemplary for their critical sympathy. In the book's final section, a vivid and memorable collection of sectarians, spies, traitors, heroes, monsters and victims reveals a lot about fear and hope in the closing years of this dangerous century. - Häftad, Engelska, 2013
250 kr
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What has happened in Poland? Poland has erupted four times in the last twenty five years, but only the events of 1980 have had comprehensive media coverage. As a result, many questions have been raised in the minds of Western observers. How were such changes possible? What forces lay behind them? In what way did the workers' strike relate to the demands for political democracy? Although a colourful and vivid eye-witness account of the 1980 upheavals, it is to these questions that Neal Ascherson's brilliant and thoughtful analysis mainly addresses itself. Viewing the situation in perspective, he argues that the Polish working class has brought about a controlled revolution, but is not intent on taking power for itself: the real heirs to the gains of 1980 and 1981 are likely to be the intelligentsia, in or out of the Communist Party. It is this social and political ferment that poses fundamental questions about the future of the whole Soviet system in Eastern Europe. - Häftad, Engelska, 2015
155 kr
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Black Sea is a homage to an ocean and its shores, from the earliest times to the present. It explores the culture, history and politics of the volatile region which surrounds the Black Sea.Ascherson recalls the world of Herodotus and Aeschylus; Ovid's place of exile on what is now the coast of Romania; the decline and fall of Byzantium; the mysterious Christian Goths; the Tatar Khanates; the growth of Russian power across the grasslands, and the centuries of war between Ottoman and Russian Empires around the Black Sea. He examines the terrors of Stalinism and its fascist enemy, both striving for mastery of these endlessly colourful and complex shores, and investigates the turbulent history of modern Ukraine.WITH A FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR 'A brilliant biography of place' Guardian'Every page is freighted with rich and fascinating detail' Independent - E-bokEngelska, 2017
123 kr
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A STORY OF SABOTAGE, BETRAYAL AND THE TERRIBLE SADNESS OF EXILE. ''Remarkable''The Times. ''A magnificent novel''The Times. ''Gripping''The Spectator. Scotland, 1940: The Fronsac, a French warship, blows up in the Firth of Clyde. The disaster is witnessed by three locals. Jackie, a young girl who thinks she caused the explosiong by running away from school. Her mother Helen, a spirited woman married to a dreary young officer; and their lodger, a Polish soldier whose country has just been erased from the map by Hitler and Stalin. All their lives will be changed by the death of the Fronsac. - Häftad, Engelska, 2025
144 kr
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In Stone Voices, Neal Ascherson weaves together a story of the deep past - the time of geology and archaeology, of myth and legend - with the story of modern Scotland and its identity. Stirring, insightful and beautifully crafted, and occupying that borderland between history, memoir, politics and geography, Stone Voices forms a unique exploration of a fascinating and ever-evolving country. - E-bokKroatiska, 2017
157 kr
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Zadivljujuća povijest jednoga od najzanimljivijih i najturbulentnijih prostora europske povijesti
Knjiga Crno more posveta je jednome moru i njegovim obalama, ali i zadivljujuće čitko razmišljanje o euroazijskoj povijesti od najstarijih vremena do danas. Ono priziva kulturu, povijest i politiku nestabilnog područja oko Crnoga mora. Ascherson pritom oživljava svijet Herodota i Eshila; mjesto Ovidijeva progona na kojem je danas najveća rumunjska luka; dolazak barbarskih Skita i Sarmata; uspon i pad Bizantskoga Carstva; misterioznu energiju kršćanskih Gota; osnutak tatarskih kanata; pojavu Kozaka i rast ruskoga utjecaja te potom stoljeća rata između Osmanskoga i Ruskoga Carstva radi prevlasti nad Crnim morem; kao i teror fašizma i staljinizma te njihovu težnju za prevlasti nad ovim beskrajno uzbudljivim i kompleksnim obalama.
Ne bez razloga, Ascherson knjigu o Crnome moru započinje s Krimom, poluotokom koji je stoljećima funkcionirao kao pozornica za događaje koji su bili važni za cijelo područje oko Crnoga mora i njegove narode. Grci su Krim pretvorili u središte svoga trgovačkog carstva. To su učinili i Mlečani i Đenovljani tisuću godina kasnije. U 19. stoljeću tu se vodio Krimski rat, a u 20. stoljeću ovaj poluotok bio je poprište možda najgorih Hitlerovih i Staljinovih strahota. Godine 2014. Krim je bio uzrok spora između Ukrajine i Ruske Federacije, tzv. Krimske krize, koja je de facto završila ruskom aneksijom poluotoka te rezultirala političko-vojnim sukobom između tih dviju velikih zemalja koji još uvijek nije završen. Područje oko Crnoga mora pretvorilo se u opasnu zonu o kojoj će ovisiti budući odnos Rusije i Zapada...
Crno more je maestralno napisano djelo, ključno za razumijevanje jednoga od najzanimljivijih i najturbulentnijih prostora europske povijesti, mjesta na kojem završava Europa, mjesta gdje se rodio »barbarizam«.
- Häftad, Engelska, 2003
114 kr
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Neal Ascherson is one of Britain's finest writers in an undefinable genre that fuses history, memoir, politics and meditations on places. His books on Poland and his collected essays on the strange Britain to which he returned from Europe in the mid-1980s were deeply influential. In 1995, Black Sea won critical praise in many languages and several literary prizes. Stone Voices is Ascherson's return to his native Scotland. It is an exploration of Scottish identity, but this is no journalistic rumination on the future of that small nation. Ascherson instead weaves together a story of the deep past - the time of geology and archaeology, of myth and legend - with the story of modern Scotland and its rebirth. Few writers in these islands have his ability to write so well about the natural context of history.
