Ergebnis für "Sand" in Historisch

Ed Sanders gave listeners their clearest insight yet into the disturbing world of Charles Manson and his followers when he published The Family in 1971. Continuing that journalistic tradition, Sanders presents the most thorough look ever into the heartbreaking story of Sharon Tate, the iconic actress who found love, fame, and ultimately tragedy during her all-too-brief life.

Acclaimed author Patricia O’Toole’s “superb” (The New York Times) account of Woodrow Wilson, one of the most high-minded, consequential, and controversial US presidents. A “gripping” (USA TODAY) biography, The Moralist is “an essential contribution to presidential history”...

Michel Franceschi en Ben Weider keren terug naar het einde van de 18e eeuw en bieden een andere kijk op deze periode en de meest opmerkelijke persoon die het voorbracht. Ze presenteren Napoleon als kind van de revolutie en voorvechter van de democratie. Hun Napoleon is een man die nooit zelf een oorlog verklaarde, maar zo'n bedreiging vormde voor de gevestigde orde dat grootschalig conflict onvermijdelijk was.

An “ambitious, thorough, supremely researched” (The Washington Post) biography of the extraordinary, tragic life of America’s twentieth president—James Garfield. In “the most comprehensive Garfield biography in almost fifty years” (The Wall Street Journal), C.W. Goodyear charts the...

Winner, American Battlefield Trust Prize for History Winner, Library of Virginia Literary Award for Nonfiction Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography A “compelling portrait” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize­–winning author) of the controversial Confederate general who later...

[कफर जसन फरस क रद दय]अफगनसतन क एक शहर, नशपर; हनद सभयत स जड य परचन शहर फरस क शह क समरजय क एक हसस थ यह शहर उस समय क शयद अफगनसतन क सबस बड शहर रह हग नशपर म तब लगभग 20 लख स भ अधक लग रह करत थ मगल जस ह इस शहर पर टट पड, कफ बड नरसहर नशपर म करत हय लगभग 17 लख लग क इस शहर म मत क घट उतर गय नशपर क औरत क हरण कर लय गय और वरध करन वल हर परष क मर गय"सबस बड खश अपन दशमन क ततर-बतर कर भगन, उसक शहर क रख म तबदल हत दखन, उसस पयर करन वल क आसओ म डब हए दखन, और उसक पतनय और बटय क अपन गद म इकटठ करन ह" -

Discover the tumultuous life of Edgar Allan Poe, the legendary gothic author, marked by literary genius and personal tragedy, and explore the haunting themes that defined his timeless creations. From excerpts of his chilling tales like The Tell-Tale Heart and The Raven to insightful commentary and unforgettable quotes about and from Poe himself, this book paints a vivid portrait of the man behind the pen.

From the author of Unlikely Allies and Indivisible comes the remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States. No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and...

A rich and comic portrait of the radical changes in American life and the literary world over the last eighty years. An autobiography usually requires a justification. The great autobiographies—those by Benvenuto Cellini, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Brooks Adams—were...

From the author of the New York Times bestsellers First Women and The Residence, an intimate, news-making look at the men who are next in line to the most powerful office in the world—the vice presidents of the modern era—from Richard Nixon to Joe Biden to Mike Pence. Vice presidents occupy...

The untold story of the extraordinary fight to defend American wilderness from McCarthyism, and the radical couple who led the charge—and inspired a future of conservation In late-1940s America, few writers commanded attention like Bernard DeVoto. Alongside his brilliant wife and editor, Avis...