Added by: otherwordly | Karma: 222.41 | Fiction literature | 11 August 2008
7
Book Description
UNCERTAIN VISION
For a twentieth-century man, Conrad Stargard had done a lot in thirteenth-century Poland. In just nine years, he had "discovered" universal education, aircraft, radios, steamboats, and machine guns. More important, he had prepared Poland to defeat the bloodthirsty Mongols in 1241.
But now that the Mongol hordes had arrived, something was disturbing the flow of history. Even the Time Masters who secretly watched over Conrad couldn't predict his future, because they no longer even knew their own past . . .
Added by: otherwordly | Karma: 222.41 | Fiction literature | 11 August 2008
8
Book Description
NEW LIGHT ON THE PAST
Conrad Stargard, a twentieth century Pole marooned in thirteenth century Poland, had just ten years to prevent the Mongol hordes from slaughtering everyone in Poland.
So he "invented" all the modern advances--things like prefabricated housing, Playboy Clubs, steam engines, universal education, cloth factories, and belly dancing.
But wars are fought by warriors, not strong economies, and Conrad needed the very best. So he set out to create an army . . .
Added by: otherwordly | Karma: 222.41 | Fiction literature | 11 August 2008
3
Somehow, Conrad found himself under investigation by the Inquisition, got himself knighted, was granted his own fief, and made a few enemies.
Somehow, he had to round up a few vassals, build himself a city, and figure out how to survive armed combat against the Champion of the Teutonic Knights, one of the Toughest Men Alive.
Somehow, Conrad Stargard, faithful Roman Catholic and stalwart Socialist of the Peoples Republic of Poland, 20th Century, had been marooned in Poland, A.D. 1231.
Added by: otherwordly | Karma: 222.41 | Fiction literature | 11 August 2008
3
Book Description THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB
One moment Conrad Schwartz was a hungover hiker in the mountains of modern Poland, the next he was running for his life from an angry Teutonic knight.
At first Conrad just thought he'd stumbled across a mad hermit. But several days of ever stranger events convinced him that he had somehow been stranded in A.D 1231.
And that meant Conrad had to turn Medieval Poland into the most powerful country in the world. Otherwise the Mongols were destined to destroy it-in just ten years!
Marie Curie: A Biography
While Curie is often portrayed as a stern, one-dimensional woman so totally committed to her science that she was incapable of complex emotions, the truth is that the opposite is the case. "Marie Curie: A Biography" covers her entire lifetime, beginning with her early life and education in a Poland under the oppressive rule of the czar of Russia.
The book discusses all aspects, both personal and scientific, of her fascinating life.
