1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996391107703316

Autore

Evelyn John <1620-1706.>

Titolo

Kalendarium hortense, or, The gard'ner's almanac, directing what he is to do monthly throughout the year, and what fruits and flowers are in prime [[electronic resource] /] / by John Evelyn .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed for Francis Fawces ..., 1699

Edizione

[The ninth edition, with many useful additions.]

Descrizione fisica

[20], 181, [15] p., 1 leaf of plates : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

CowleyAbraham <1618-1667.>

Soggetti

Gardening

Gardening - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Added t.p. engraved.

Errata: p. [15] at end.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cancel t.p. (corresponding to Keynes's second issue of this edition).

"The garden," by Abraham Cowley: prelim. p. [7]-[20].

Reproduction of original in Cambridge University Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0021



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974291703321

Autore

Brown Archie <1938->

Titolo

The Gorbachev factor / / Archie Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

9786612052224

9780191573989

0191573981

9780191520808

0191520802

9781282052222

1282052225

9780192880529

0192880527

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 406 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

947.085/4/092

Soggetti

Soviet Union Politics and government 1985-1991

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback 1997"--T.p. verso.

Originally published: 1996.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-390) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; List of Plates; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration; 1 Introduction; 2 The Making of a Reformist General Secretary; 3 In the Portals of Power; 4 The Power of Ideas and the Power of Appointment; 5 Gorbachev and Economic Reform; 6 Gorbachev and Political Transformation; 7 Gorbachev and Foreign Policy; 8 The National Question, the Coup, and the Collapse of the Soviet Union; 9 Conclusions; Notes; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author writes about Gorbachev, both as the statesman and as the man. He explores how an ordinary man can become a world leader, wielding enormous power.