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For all the literature about Adolf Hitler, there have been just four seminal biographies; this is the fifth, a landmark work that sheds important new light on Hitler himself. Drawing on previously unseen papers and a wealth of recent scholarly research, Volker Ullrich reveals the man behind the public persona, from Hitler's childhood, to his failures as a young man in Vienna, to his experiences during the First World War, to his rise as a far-right party leader.

Die mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnete Journalistin der New York Times enthüllt, warum dem Ex-Präsident das Comeback gelingen kann. Sie ist Donald Trumps erklärte Lieblingsfeindin unter den Journalisten, niemand hat die Berichterstattung über den Präsidenten stärker geprägt als sie: Maggie Haberman erhielt für ihre Reportagen den Pulitzer-Preis und hat das Phänomen Trump ergründet wie kein anderer. Er selbst nennt sie "meine Psychiaterin". Immer wieder ist sie es, die als erste über Trumps Machenschaften berichtet.

Die ganze Dramatik des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts, in dem die französische Revolution dem Absolutismus der Bourbonen den Garaus macht, lässt sich am Schicksal der österreichischen Kaisertochter Marie Antoinette nachvollziehen. Dauphine mit 15 – Königin von Frankreich mit 19, unberührt vom Wandel der Welt um sie herum im Kokon von Versailles Königin des Rokoko. Mit vollen Händen wirft sie das Geld für jede Art von Luxus aus dem Fenster, während das französische Volk hungert.

One of today’s premier biographers, Jean Edward Smith, has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. This is a portrait painted in broad strokes and fine details. We see how Roosevelt’s restless energy, fierce intellect, personal...

A groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un—from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump—by a leading American expert “Shrewdly sheds light on the world’s most recognizable mysterious leader, his life and what’s really going on...

The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career - 1958 to 1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin’s bullet to reach its mark.

The New York Times bestseller! "A thriller-like, propulsive tour through 1968, told by a man who is in love with American politics and who knows how all the dots connect. Brilliant and totally engrossing." -Rachel Maddow "Delightful...brings to life the most fascinating election of modern times...

In her memoir, Giorgia Meloni speaks about herself in depth for the first time. She talks about her roots, her childhood, and her relationship with her mother Anna, her sister Arianna, her grandparents Maria and Gianni, and the pain of her father’s absence. She shares her visceral passion for politics, which took her from her neighborhood of Garbatella to the Government as a Minister, and then to the leadership of Fratelli d’Italia and the European Conservatives.

«Pretendo reivindicar con este libro la vigencia del México profundo y sus civilizaciones originales, sometidas y negadas […] , pues considero una ingratitud no reconocer que, debido a esas raíces y enseñanzas, los mexicanos de hoy somos libres, fraternos, trabajadores, honestos y felices. Por esas benditas culturas nuestro país ha resistido todo tipo de calamidades y su pueblo, aunque eventualmente desfallece, siempre se levanta y vuelve a ponerse de pie para seguir caminando hacia el porvenir».

The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham, “a big, grand, absorbing exploration of not just Jefferson and his role in history but also Jefferson the man, humanized as never before” (Entertainment Weekly) “Probably the best single-volume...

Acclaimed journalist Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team, who granted him unprecedented access. Time correspondent Simon Shuster chronicles the life and wartime leadership of...

From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, “splendid” (The Washington Post) biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and Nobel Prize–winning humanitarian. Jonathan Alter tells the epic story of an...

Après la libération de Paris en août 1944, « l'homme de personne » est devenu « le premier des Français ». À partir d'archives inédites – celles en particulier du fonds de Gaulle que l'auteur a été le premier à explorer – il renouvelle la connaissance de cette période au fil d'une dramaturgie où l'analyse psychologique du personnage principal se mêle aux péripéties politiques qui ont émaillé ce parcours tumultueux.

Rage is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster and racial unrest. Woodward, the #1 international bestselling author of Fear: Trump in the White House, has uncovered the precise moment the president was...

New York Times Bestseller Editors' Choice —New York Times Book Review ""Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your faith in our country."" —James Mattis, General, U.S. Marines (ret.) & 26th...

Drawing on previously unavailable material and never-before-opened archives, An Unfinished Life is packed with revelations large and small -- about JFK's health, his love affairs, RFK's appointment as Attorney General, what Joseph Kennedy did to help his son win the White House, and the path JFK...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz NAMED ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2020 BY The Washington Post HuffPost The Seattle Times Lit...

"Die Schätze meines Lebens." Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandelas Bekenntnisse legen offen, was der Friedensnobelpreisträger und Vater der südafrikanischen Regenbogen-Nation all die Jahre unter Verschluss gehalten hat: persönliche Notizen, Tagebuchaufzeichnungen und Briefe aus über fünf Jahrzehnten seines Lebens. In seinem geheimen "Schatzhaus" hat er sie alle verwahrt.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER ""Brutal."" —Huffington Post ""Scathing."" —New York Post ""[D]epicts Biden's decline in vivid detail."" —Politico “So many revelations.” —Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe ""Bombshell."" —Jesse Watters...