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• Introduction
• Part I: Rise. New York, 1784
• Astoria, 1810
• Massacre Opera House, 1849
• 840 Fifth Avenue, 1908
• Waldorf-Astoria, 1928
• Hever Castle, 1916
• Part II: Fall. Rokeby, 1875
• Halifax, April 15, 1912
• Blackwell's Island, 1910
• Mrs. Astor's Bar, 1910 to 1966
• Ferncliff, 1952
• The last Astor, 2013
• Epilogue.

"The story of the Astors is an extraordinary but true tale of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention--and of cunning, determination, hard work, hubris, infighting, and greed. One of the wealthiest men to have ever lived, John Jacob Astor first arrived in New York in 1783 and built a fortune through a ruthless expansion of his beaver trapping business, which he grew into an empire through real estate that enriched him at the expense of Manhattan's poorest residents. In later generations, Astors ruled Gilded Age New York society--Caroline Schermerhorn Astor essentially invented it--and got into the hospitality business with the legendary Waldorf-Astoria hotel, among others. Yet for all their unimaginable success, the Astors also endured crushing tragedy and reversals of fortune. John Jacob Astor IV perished in the Titanic disaster, its most famous victim. His cousin William Waldorf Astor renounced the United States. Rifts would split siblings and pit cousins against one another, legal battles would create irreparable divides, and mansions would be built and razed, or fall into disrepair. By 2009, when Brooke Astor's son, was convicted of defrauding his elderly mother--who had herself married into the family for money--the Astor dynasty was effectively over. In this unconventional, page-turning historical biography, featuring black-and-white and color photographs, Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe chronicle the lives of the Astors and offer a window onto the making of America itself"--Dust jacket flap.

• Part I: Eastern seaboard. Getting her camera, May-August 1949
• Daddy and Mummy, 1929-1948
• Part II: Europe. A new language, August-October 1949
• Paris, October-November 1949
• The "terrific" vacation, November 1949-January 1950
• Autonomy, January-June 1950
• Liberté, June-September 1950
• Part III: Families. East Hampton, September 1950
• Newport, September-October 1950
• Part IV: Writing. George Washington University, October-December 1950
• Last semester, January-March 1951
• Vogue, April-June 1951
• Lee, June-September 1951
• Office clerk, September-December 1951
• Palm Beach, December 1951
• Part V: The paper. The blue room, January 1952
• Out on the street, February 1952
• Byline, March 1952
• Working woman, April 1952
• A second dinner, May-June 1952
• Part VI: The campaign. Hyannis Port, July 1952
• Summer in the city, August-September 1952
• Massachusetts, October-November 1952
• Palm Beach, II, November-December 1952
• Inauguration, January 1953
• Part VII: Courtship. Love and sex, February 1953
• Meeting of the minds, March 1953
• The Vietnam report, March-April 1953
• Dating, April-May 1953
• Coronation, May-June 1953
• Engagement, June 1953
• Partner, July-September 1953.

"Camera Girl brings to cinematic life Jackie Kennedy's years as a young woman chafing at the expectations of her family and her era as she seeks to follow her dreams of becoming a famous writer. Set primarily during the underexamined years of 1950-1954, when Jackie was 20 to 25 years old, the book recounts the extraordinary story of her late college years, coming-of-age, and her life as a young female journalist. Before she met Jack Kennedy, Jacqueline Bouvier was a columnist at the Washington Times-Herald, the paper's "Inquiring Camera Girl," who posed intelligent and amusing questions to the public on the streets of D.C. (while also snapping their photos with her unwieldy Leica camera). She then fashioned the results into a daily column, 600 of which were published in total. Carl Anthony, author and leading expert on First Ladies, uses these columns and other writings of hers from that time, as well as a trove of revealing interviews he has conducted with her friends and colleagues, to offer a fresh and modern perspective on the young woman who would later become one of the world's most beloved icons. It's a glamorous, surprising, and distinctly feminist story about a woman determining her own priorities and defining herself, told with admiration and empathy, as well as journalistic rigor and historical accuracy"-- Provided by publisher.

• Together and apart
• Privileged prodigies
• Promise and disruption
• Caught in the whirlwind
• Arguing Aristotle
• Inventing a world history
• From peace to chaos
• Nemesis : Mahmud of Ghazni
• Ibn Sina, encyclopedist
• Expanding the known world
• Ibn Sina's adventures
• Biruni's masterpiece
• The canon of medicine
• Biruni's canon for Masud
• The cure
• Biruni's encore
• Ibn Sina's encore
• Biruni and Ibn Sina through the ages
• Biruni and Ibn Sani, a millennium on.

• Wspomnienia : z lat 1893-1938 / Maria Janina Kośmińska
• Jak to pamiętam / Czesław Kośmiński

• Together and apart
• Privileged prodigies
• Promise and disruption
• Caught in the whirlwind
• Arguing Aristotle
• Inventing a world history
• From peace to chaos
• Nemesis : Mahmud of Ghazni
• Ibn Sina, encyclopedist
• Expanding the known world
• Ibn Sina's adventures
• Biruni's masterpiece
• The canon of medicine
• Biruni's Canon for Masud
• The cure
• Biruni's encore
• Ibn Sina's encore
• Biruni and Ibn Sina through the ages
• Biruni and Ibn Sani, a millennium on.

"This is a book about two of the most outstanding thinkers to have lived between ancient Greece and the European Renaissance: Ibn Sina and Biruni. Both are known to specialists who have explored and analyzed their writings (what remains of them) for 150 years. But the general public has yet to discover these men and to appreciate their achievements. I hope this will help in that effort"-- Provided by publisher.

REISIPÄEVIK, mille pani 1935. aastal kirja noor viljandlanna Berta Teder. Bussireis viis Itaaliasse, kuid teel vaadati ka teisi maid ning nendegi muljed talletas Berta oma päevikusse. Nüüd on need juba ajalugu: muutunud on riikide piirid, paljude linnade nimed ja kuuluvus, II maailmasõjas hävinud arhitektuurimälestised. Praegust olukorda samal marsruudil valgustavad tekstile lisatud kommentaarid ning reisipiltidele ja -postkaartidele lisatud tänapäevased vaated samadest paikadest.Raamatu lõpus on ka ülevaade kahe reisiselli, Berta ja Ursula, elukäigust.

• Al-Juzʼ al-awwal. Fī riḥāb Ḥantūb wa-Jāmiʻat al-Kharṭūm wa-awrāq ukhrá
• al-juzʼ al-thānī. Kuntu mudīran li-Jāmiʻat al-Kharṭūm wa-kānat ʻalá katifī ṣakhrah thaqīlah
• al-juzʼ al-thālith. al-jāmiʻāt al-jadīdah, waqfah lil-taqyīm.

• al-Juzʼ al-awwal. Tārīkhuhum wa-ansābuhum.

• الجزء الأول. تاريخهم وأنسابهم