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The Lynx, an autobiographical account chronicling his extraordinary life behind the Iron Curtain and the daring path that ultimately led to his escape. Raised under the weight of Soviet-era restrictions, Nickolich lived through political tension, cultural control, and the constant pressure of surveillance—experiences that shaped both his character and his storytelling voice.

Im August 1897 bricht der belgische Kommandant Adrien de Gerlache auf, um die Antarktis zu erobern. Bereits auf dem Weg gen Süden gibt es zahlreiche Rückschläge: Stürme, Beinahe-Meutereien, Strandungen. Als der nach Ruhm strebende de Gerlache schließlich vor der Wahl steht, geschlagen nach Hause zurückzukehren oder kurz vor Wintereinbruch tiefer ins Eis zu fahren, entscheidet er sich für Letzteres – mit fatalen Folgen. Die Belgica bleibt im Packeis stecken.

Two Jewish girls born six months apart–Judit Grünfeld (Judy Abrams) in Hungary and Eva Felsenburg (Marx) in Czechoslovakia–are separated from their parents and forced to "pass" as Christian children. Theirs are the amazingly parallel but unique stories of two children who were able to survive when so many others perished.

A Holocaust survivor from Belgium recounts memories of her childhood and her escape from the Nazis in hiding and on the run, reflecting on the nature of memory and on the enduring effects of the Holocaust and trauma.

El Director es un retrato íntimo de las encrucijadas éticas, las relaciones personales, las amistades y deslealtades que se viven cuando se ocupa el despacho de uno de los grandes diarios del país. David Jiménez hizo carrera cubriendo guerras, desastres y revoluciones durante casi dos décadas antes de ser nombrado director de El Mundo. Lo que parecía un reto ilusionante - dirigir el diario en el que entró como becario a los 23 años.

The Story of My Experiments with Truth is the compelling autobiography of Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi, who inspired millions with the sheer strength of his personal actions and steadfast upholding of the twin principles of truth and non-violence in the face of the most adverse circumstances. Starting from his birth, this autobiography traces the extraordinary journey of an ordinary man who went on to become a Mahatma. Divided into five sections, the listener is moved by the stark honesty with which Gandhi has written his autobiography

Sobel instead exposes the real Coolidge, whose legacy as the most Jeffersonian of all twentieth-century presidents still reverberates today. Sobel delves into the record to show how Coolidge cut taxes four times, had a budget surplus every year in office, and cut the national debt by a third in a period of unprecedented economic growth.

For decades, people have tried to persuade the leader of the Cuban Revolution to tell his own life story. Ignacio Ramonet, the celebrated editor in chief of Le Monde diplomatique, has finally succeeded. For the first time, in a series of extensive and probing interviews, Fidel Castro describes his life from the 1950s to the present day.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY “A shining portrait of a presciently modern political genius maneuvering in a gilded age of wealth, optimism, excess and American global ascension.”—San Francisco Chronicle “[Theodore Rex] is one...

From Leonardo Da Vinci to John Dee and Comenius, from George Eliot to Oliver Sacks and Susan Sontag, polymaths have moved the frontiers of knowledge in countless ways. But history can be unkind to scholars with such encyclopaedic interests. All too often these individuals are remembered for just one part of their valuable achievements. In this engaging, erudite account, renowned cultural historian Peter Burke argues for a more rounded view. 

In the spring of 1933, more than 8,000 Jewish musicians, actors, and other artists were expelled from their positions with German orchestras, opera companies, and theater groups. Later that year, the Jüdische Kulturbund, or Jewish Culture Association, was created to allow Jewish artists to perform for Jewish audiences.

Brought to you by Penguin. The 2019 Costa Book of the Year and Biography Winner. How do you keep fighting in the face of unimaginable horror? Narrated by David Rintoul, this is the untold story of one of the greatest heroes of the Second World War. In the summer of 1940, after the Nazi...

"An exemplary biography—exhaustively researched, fair-minded and easy to read. It can nestle on the same shelf as David McCullough’s Truman, a high compliment indeed." —The Wall Street Journal The definitive biography of Herbert Hoover, one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth...

The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. Contents: William the Conqueror, the first Norman King of England Saladin, historic Muslim leader Genghis Khan, famous leader of the Mongol empire Catherine the Great, the woman who turned Russia into an empire Abraham Lincoln who stopped...

Мы знаем Уинстона Черчилля как ярчайшего политического и государственного деятеля, борца с нацизмом, наконец, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе. В ходе опроса, проведенного Би-би-си в 2002 году, англичане признали его величайшим британцем в истории. Однако Черчилль был прежде всего человеком своего времени, а значит, страстным защитником Британской империи и имперской идеи. Именно к этой стороне его политической деятельности, без которой портрет Черчилля был бы не полон, обращается известный британско-пакистанский писатель, историк, публицист и общественный деятель Тарик Али.

«Репортаж с петлей на шее» был написан известным чехословацким журналистом и антифашистом, активным участником Сопротивления Юлиусом Фучиком весной 1943 года в застенках пражского гестапо—за три месяца до казни, между избиениями, допросами и пытками. Тонкие листы папиросной бумаги и карандаш втайне передал ему тюремный надзиратель Адольф Колинский, с риском для жизни помогавший чешским коммунистам. Завершенную книгу удалось по частям вынести из тюрьмы. В 1945 году освобожденная из концлагеря жена Фучика Густа собрала все спрятанные листы и опубликовала их.

Discover the remarkable life of Boudica... Boudica was the queen of her people, a proud Celtic tribe in the east of England, and she took that responsibility seriously. In a time when the Romans sought to add the British Isles to their ever-growing empire, she stood as the last line of defense between her tribe and total subjugation. And so, with nothing left to lose, she did what few had ever dared: she led her people in open revolt against the mightiest empire on earth.

Лев Троцкий не исчезает из нашей исторической памяти. Выдающийся революционный деятель и талантливый автор, он был движущей силой потрясений, которые в значительной степени определили политические контуры XX века. Одновременно интеллектуал мирового уровня и человек, способный на узкий идеологический догматизм, эффективный военный стратег и искусный дипломат и политик, он не сумел разыграть свои карты в борьбе за власть против Сталина в 1920‑х годах.

Your soul code is the guide for people who know they're meant for more. You're not broken. You're not behind. You're not too late. You've just been trying to live someone else's version of your life.

Explore the joys and benefits of home education through the lives of 10 home-educated figures from history. Reimagine Home Education with these 10 Historical Heroes Institutional schools are falling short, not only in fostering creativity and virtue in children but in nearly every key area. But...