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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Jet Li, George Kee Cheung, James Wong, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Marco Mak, Bolo Yeung, Kai Wong, Louis Koo, Ronny Yu, Michelle Ye, Cheng Xiao-Xing, Jimmy Wang Yu, Daniel Wu Yanzu, Charlie Shin, Ge You, Danny Pang, Yuan Muzhi, Liu Ye, Sihung Lung, Chen Kun, Danny Chan Kwok Kwan, Alexander Fu Sheng, Lee Hoi-Chuen, Duncan Lai, Byron Mann, Shaobo Qin, You Yong, Ning Cai, Huang Xiaoming, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, Zhang Fengyi. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Jet Li (李連杰 en chinois, Lǐ Liánjié en hànyǔ pīnyīn) est un pratiquant d'arts martiaux et acteur, né le 26 avril 1963 à Pékin (Chine). Il pratique les arts martiaux chinois dès son plus jeune âge, et à partir de 11 ans, gagne 5 fois le titre de champion national chinois de Wushu. Il accompagne alors certaines visites officielles chinoises à l'étranger. Á 16 ans, en 1979 il fait ses débuts au cinéma dans la série des Temple Shaolin qui est immédiatement un succès national en Chine. Artiste martial surdoué, doté d'une maîtrise technique impressionnante, perfectionniste et travailleur, il est souvent comparé, à tort ou à raison, à Bruce Lee. Il va devenir célèbre à l'étranger en travaillant avec Tsui Hark sur la fameuse série des Il était une fois en Chine en 1991, où il fait la démonstration de son art du combat. Il tournera d'ailleurs une nouvelle version du film de Bruce Lee : La fureur de vaincre. Repéré par Hollywood, il va se faire connaître aux États-Unis et en Europe dans un rôle de méchant dans L'arme fatale 4, en 1998. Il va ensuite tourner d'autres films occidentaux, notamment avec Luc Besson comme producteur, mais continue parallèlement à tourner en Chine, avec le réalisateur Zhang Yimou, et dans la province de Hong Kong. Dans les années 20...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Sun Yat-Sen, Yang Ti-Liang, Charmaine Sheh, Candy Lo, Kenix Kwok, Roger Kwok, Louis Koo, Heather Fong, Melissa Ng, Sharon Chan, Sun Fo, Sammy Leung, Kenneth Tsang, Li Qihong, Tang Ti-Sheng, Lü Wencheng, Tang Shaoyi, Chen Genkai, Kwok Tak-Seng, Tong King-Sing, Lu Hao-Tung, Skye Chan, Lu Muzhen, Yeung Kai Yin, Kuan Huang. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 114. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sun Yat-sen (pinyin: Sn Yixin; 12 November 1866 12 March 1925) was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Nationalist China, Sun is frequently referred to as the Father of the Nation. Sun played an instrumental role in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty in October 1911, the last imperial dynasty of China. He was the first provisional president when the Republic of China (ROC) was founded in 1912 and later co-founded the Kuomintang (KMT) where he served as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China, and remains unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. Although Sun is considered one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile. After the success of the revolution, he quickly fell out of power in the newly founded Republic of China, and led successive revolutionary governments as a challenge to the warlords who controlled much of the nation. Sun did not live to see his party consolidate its power over the country. His party, which formed a fragile alliance with the Communists, split into two factions after his death. Sun's chief legacy resides in his developing a political philosophy known as the Three Principles of the People: nationalism, democracy, and the people's livelihood. The birth na...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=88483 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Paul Kruger, Louis Botha, Koos de La Rey, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Thomas François Burgers, Petrus Jacobus Joubert, Pieter Gert Wessel Grobler, Piet Cronje, Andries Pretorius, Schalk Willem Burger. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger (10 octobre 1825-14 juillet 1904) - plus communément appelé Paul Kruger - était un homme politique boer, président de la république sud-africaine du Transvaal en Afrique du Sud de 1883 à 1902. Les origines familiales de Paul Kruger en Afrique du Sud remontent à Jacob Kruger (1690-1749). Celui-ci était né près de Berlin en Prusse et avait débarqué dans la colonie du Cap en 1714 comme soldat au service de la compagnie néerlandaise des Indes orientales. Il s'était par la suite installé dans la colonie en tant que fermier. Parmi ses descendants, certains étaient devenus des Trekboers (des nomades) qui avaient finalement pris racine dans la région de Cradock. Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger est né le 10 octobre 1825 à Zoutpansdrift, près de Venterstad dans la colonie du Cap, Afrique du Sud. Il est le fils de Kasper Jan Hendrik Kruger, et de Elsie Fransina née Steyn. Il ne passe que trois mois à l'école et fait l'essentiel de son éducation au milieu du Veld. Sa famille fait partie des quatorze mille Boers qui émigrent de la colonie du Cap dans les années 1835-1840 lors du Grand Trek.Menée par son père, Casper Kruger, la famille de Paul Kruger rejoint d'abord le convoi de Piet Retief en 1836 avec lequel elle participe aux combats contre les Zoulous. Les Kruger se joignent ensuite au convoi de Hendrik Potgieter avec lequel ils franchissent le fleuve Vaal en 1838. Casper Kruger et son frère participent alors à la fondation de Potchefstroom, ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Chapters: Boer Generals, South African Air Force Generals, South African Army Generals, Jan Smuts, Koos de La Rey, Louis Botha, Jt Durrant, Leonard Beyers, Constand Viljoen, Magnus Malan, Ben Viljoen, Piet Joubert, J. B. M. Hertzog, Isaac Pierre de Villiers, Dan Pienaar, Christiaan de Wet, Pierre Van Ryneveld, Schalk Willem Burger, Rudolph Hiemstra, Piet Cronjé, Alexander Alfred Hayton, Carlo Gagiano, Christoffel Venter, Andreas Liebenberg, Johannes Geldenhuys, Kalfie Martin, Solly Shoke, Charles 'pop' Fraser, Robert 'bob' Rogers, Willem Louw, Petrus Jacobs, Barend Viljoen, Jacobus Verster, Jan Kemp, Nicolas Smit. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 124. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts OM CH ED KC FRS PC (24 May 1870 11 September 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948. He served in the First World War and as a British field marshal in the Second World War. For most of his public life, Smuts, like many other European-descended (e.g. Afrikaner) residents of South Africa, advocated racial segregation, and was opposed to the unilateral enfranchisement of native South Africans, fearing that it would lead to the loss of white power over the native people. However, in 1948 the Smuts government issued the Fagan Report, which stated that complete racial segregation in South Africa was not practical and that restrictions on African migration into urban areas should be abolished. In this, the government was opposed by a majority of Afrikaners under the political leadership of the National Party who wished to deepen segregation and formalise it into ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=204687 ... Read more

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Chapters: Jan Smuts, Fritz Joubert Duquesne, Koos de la Rey, Louis Botha, Arthur Alfred Lynch, Ben Viljoen, Deneys Reitz, Christiaan de Wet, John MacBride, John Blake, Alexander Guchkov, Schalk Willem Burger, Niko Bagrationi, Piet Cronjé, Jacob van Deventer, Andries Brink, Leo Pokrowsky, Jan Kemp,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 96. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts OM CH ED KC FRS PC (24 May 1870 - 11 September 1950) was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948. He served in the First World War and as a British field marshal in the Second World War. For most of his public life, Smuts, like many other European-descended (e.g. Afrikaner) residents of South Africa, advocated racial segregation, and was opposed to the unilateral enfranchisement of native South Africans, fearing that it would lead to the loss of white power over the native people. However, in 1948 the Smuts government issued the Fagan Report, which stated that complete racial segregation in South Africa was not practical and that restrictions on African migration into urban areas should be abolished. In this, the government was opposed by a majority of Afrikaners under the political leadership of the National Party who wished to deepen segregation and formalise it into a system of apartheid. This opposition contributed to his narrow loss in the 1948 general election. He led commandos in the Second Boer War for the Transvaal. During the First World War, he led the armies of South Africa against Germany, capturing German South-West Africa and commanding the British Army in East Africa. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=204687 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Jan Smuts, Koos de La Rey, Louis Botha, Ben Viljoen, Piet Joubert, J. B. M. Hertzog, Christiaan de Wet, Schalk Willem Burger, Piet Cronjé, Jan Kemp, Nicolas Smit. Excerpt:Benjamin Johannes Viljoen Benjamin Johannes Viljoen (7 September 1869 - 14 January 1917) was a general in the Boer army. He was born in a cave in the Wodehouse district of the Cape Colony . This was the temporary residence of the Viljoen family while their farm house was being constructed. He spent his early years on the Varkiesdraai farm near Umtata . He attained the position of Assistant Commandant-General of the Transvaal Burgher Forces and was member for Krugersdorp in the Transvaal Volksraad . Krugersdorpse Vrywilligerskorps and the Volksraad In 1890 he moved to Johannesburg and in 1896 he founded the Krugersdorpse Vrywilligerskorps experiencing combat with the Jameson Raiders. On the Uitlander issue, Viljoen was an ally of Paul Kruger . He is famously attributed to saying in the Volksraad that it was time to put trust in "God and the Mauser" . Outbreak of War With the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War he first did service in the Colony of Natal . He led the Johannesburg Commando, the great nemesis of the Uitlanders and he fought at the Battle of Elandslaagte on 21 October 1899. When the front disintegrated, he joined up with other Boers to stop the British march on Pretoria . When British General Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton crossed the Vaal River on 26 May 1900, Viljoen and his Johannesburg Commando confronted him with De la Rey and the Lichtenburg Commando. Guerilla war With the end of the conventional phase of the war, he formed a powerful guerilla commando consisting of men from Johannesburg, Krugersdorp, Boksburg and the North and East Transvaal. His success resulted in him attaining the high... ... Read more

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Chapters: Jan Marijnissen, Eduard Fimmen, Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis, Louis Fles, Harry Van Bommel, Koos Vorrink, Agnes Kant, Jan de Wit, Gerardus Johannes Geers, Eugène Godfried, Nol Maassen. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Johannes Guillaume Christianus Andreas "Jan" Marijnissen (·)) (born 8 October 1952) is a Dutch politician. He has been chairman of the Dutch Socialist Party since 1988 and a member of the House of Representatives since 1994. He was a member of the Communist Unity Movement of the Netherlands (Marxist-Leninist) in the early 1970s until in 1972 he became a member of what is now the Socialist Party. He worked as a benchman and welder (19741985). He was a member of the city council in Oss (19761993), a member of the Provinciale Staten in North Brabant (19871989), and the political and parliamentary leader of the Socialist Party (19942008). Under his leadership, the Socialist Party became the third largest parliamentary party with the Dutch general elections in 2006. In 2008, he resigned as political leader of the Socialist Party for health reasons. Marijnissen has been the chairman and leader in the parliament for the SP since 1989. He is said to appeal to the 'common man', because of his use of simple language. His appeal is also explained by some observers by his capacity of presenting himself as a valid, more social alternative for the PvdA, which moved into a more centrist third way direction by advocating welfare reforms under the leadership of prime minister Wim Kok and his so-called Purple Cabinets (1994-2002). Critics of Marijnissen call his leadership style authoritarian, because he is presumed to have a tight grip on his party. They also disparage his stubborn, traditional leftist defence of the Dutch social securit...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1280917 ... Read more

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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Jan Smuts, Louis Botha, James B. Hertzog, Koos de La Rey, Christiaan de Wet, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Petrus Jacobus Joubert, Piet Cronje, Andries Pretorius, Schalk Willem Burger, Constand Viljoen, Magnus Malan, Daniel Johannes Theron, Dan Pienaar, Marmaduke Pattle. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870-1950) était un homme politique d'Afrique du Sud, général boer, maréchal de l'Empire britannique, ministre de la justice du Transvaal puis successivement, pour l'Union d'Afrique du Sud, de la défense, de l'intérieur, des finances, de la justice et encore de la défense ainsi que premier ministre de 1919 à 1924 et de 1939 à 1948.Membre du cabinet impérial de Winston Churchill durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, il est l'un des fondateurs de la Société des Nations en 1920 et de l'ONU en 1945. Il fut notamment le principal rédacteur du préambule de la charte des Nations-unies. Jan Smuts est né le 24 mai 1870 dans une famille afrikaner de Bovenplaats près de Riebeeck West, district de Malmesbury dans la colonie du Cap. Fils cadet d'une famille de six enfants, ses ancêtres sont des néerlandais du côté paternel et des huguenots français du côté maternel. Son père, Jacobus Abraham Smuts, était un fermier mais aussi un notable, plus tard député de la circonscription de Malmesbury au parlement de la colonie du Cap. Sa mère, née Catherina Petronella, était la sœur du prédicateur de l'Église réformée hollandaise. De bonne éducation, cultivée, musicienne, elle avait appris le français au collège du Cap ce qui en faisait une érudite pour l'époque notamment au sein de sa communauté rurale. En 1878, la famille Smuts déménagea à Klipfontein, une vingtaine de kilomètres plus loin. Fils cadet...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more