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A striking, nuanced biography of Nero—the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars—and a vivid portrait of ancient Rome “Exciting and provocative . . . Nero is a pleasure to read.”—Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian...

Was steckt hinter den Führungspersönlichkeiten von Lincoln, Gandhi, Mandela, Einstein und Gates? Noch besser: Wie können Sie genauso erfolgreich werden wie die oben genannten Leader? "Ein Anführer ist am besten, wenn die Leute kaum wissen, dass es ihn gibt, wenn seine Arbeit getan, sein Ziel erreicht ist, werden sie sagen: Wir haben es selbst getan." - Lao Tzu. Die Art und Weise, wie Sie über Führung denken, bildet die Grundlage für Ihre Motivation.

Great Contemporaries profiles towering figures ranging from Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Lawrence of Arabia and Leon Trotsky to Charlie Chaplin, H. G. Wells, Rudyard Kipling and George Bernard Shaw. Written in the decade before Churchill became prime minister, the essays in Great Contemporaries focus on the challenges of statecraft at a time when the democratic revolution was toppling older regimes based on tradition and aristocratic privilege.

A charged biography of a notorious Nazi art plunderer and his career in the postwar art world. Bruno Lohse (1911-2007) was one of the most notorious art plunderers in history. Appointed by Hermann Göring to Hitler's special art-looting agency, he went on to supervise the systematic theft and distribution of more than 22,000 artworks, largely from French Jews; helped Göring develop an enormous private art collection; and staged 20 private exhibitions of stolen art in Paris's Jeu de Paume museum during the war.

Roosevelt was a cowboy, a boxer, a politician, a war hero, a father, a devoted husband, and most of all, a real human being. I hope you will listen to this book in his own words and get to know one of America's presidents, and I hope that you will come to appreciate him as much as I have.

Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) - the only English commoner to become the overall head of state - is one of the great figures of history, but his character was very complex. He was at once courageous and devout, devious and self-serving; as a parliamentarian, he was devoted to his cause; as a soldier, he was ruthless. Cromwell's speeches and writings surpass in quantity those of any other ruler of England before Victoria, and, for those seeking to understand him, he has usually been taken at his word. In this remarkable new work, Ronald Hutton untangles the facts from the fiction.

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 Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic from Norfolk. Having married in c. 1393, given birth to 14 children, and pursued unsuccessful ventures in brewing and milling, Kempe made a vow of chastity and embarked on a life of prayer, penance, and pilgrimage.

Set sail on a thrilling voyage into the mysterious and treacherous world of the notorious pirate, Blackbeard, in this riveting biography that unveils the man behind the legend. In Blackbeard, the high seas come alive as we chart the tumultuous life of Edward Teach, the infamous pirate who struck fear into the hearts of sailors and coastal communities alike.

The Tudors are England's most notorious royal family. But, as Leanda de Lisle's gripping new history reveals, they are a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family's obscure Welsh origins and the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a queen's lap - and later her bed.

St. Paul is known throughout the world as the first Christian writer, authoring fourteen of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament. But as Karen Armstrong demonstrates in St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate, he also exerted a more significant influence on the spread of Christianity throughout the world than any other figure in history.

Ein Glücksfall für die Historiker: Harry Graf Kessler (1868 - 1937) beschreibt das Zeitgeschehen in den Jahren 1923 und 1924. Die Ruhrbesetzung durch die Franzosen ist das Thema des Jahres 23. Kessler bemüht sich als Diplomat über das englische Establishment Brücken zu bauen zu den verstockten Franzosen. Wir erleben mit wie wichtig ausgewogene Formulierungen und Zeitpunkte sind, wie vorsichtig man mit den verschiedenen Gesprächspartnern zu sein hat, den Ärger und die Geduldserfordernis dieses Geschäftes.

Eighty years on, Churchill's Few: The Battle of Britain tells the dramatic story, in their own words, of five brave young men who fought in the skies to prevent Hitler's invasion of Britain.

Thomas Arundel was a pivotal figure in English politics at the turn of the fifteenth century. His career began in 1373 when, at the age of just twenty, he was ordained as bishop of Ely. By 1396, he had become archbishop of Canterbury, but after being exiled for his opposition to Richard II he orchestrated a revolution in which he and Henry Bolingbroke overthrew the king. By the end of his life, he had begun the task of suppressing Lollardy and served as Chancellor of England on five separate occasions.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one...

This revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores the story of the most essential Founding Father—the one who stood behind the change that sparked the American Revolution. “A glorious book that is as entertaining as it is vitally important.” —Ron Chernow, #1 New...

Eine etwas andere DDR-Geschichte: ironisch, rotzig, zärtlich. Mit tiefgründigem Humor erzählt Bastienne Voss von der Zeit mit ihrem Opa Gustav, dem "Oberirren mit dem KZ-Koller", und ihrer Oma Wilma. "Zuerst hatte ich einen Großvater, dann eine Großmutter und dann Eltern und alles andere, was so zum Leben gehört. Großvater hatte ein Ding zu laufen. Dass er sich das im KZ weggeholt hatte, wusste ich damals noch nicht. Jedenfalls ließ er an dem Ding, das er zu laufen hatte, alle teilhaben, und so hatte auch Großmutter bald ein Ding zu laufen. Bei mir wuchs das Ding von Jahr zu Jahr, bis es hier und da mein sogenanntes Normalverhalten überschattete. In unserer Familie hatten also mindestens drei Leute eine Macke: Opa, Oma und ich. 13 Jahre lang polterte Großvater durch mein Leben. 13 Jahre lang fürchtete ich mich vor dem Tyrannen und Wundertäter, den ich abgöttisch liebte."

A vivid narrative that recreates the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome’s first modern” poet, and follows a young man’s journey through a world filled with all the indulgences and sexual excesses of the time, from doomed love affairs to shrewd political maneuvering and backstabbing—an...

SpeechWorks presents this collection of the greatest speeches of great women. Represented here are some of the most famous women of recent history, including athletes, politicians, businesswomen, diplomats, heads of state, activists, philanthropists, and more. You will hear the actual voices of these women, recorded at public functions at which they were the featured speakers.

"Geschichten sind das, was uns verbindet und uns daran erinnert, dass Hoffnung immer möglich ist." - Heather Morris. In diesem inspirierenden Werk für das Leben präsentiert Heather Morris die Geschichten der bemerkenswerten Menschen, denen sie auf ihrem Weg begegnet ist, und die Lektionen, die sie für uns bereithalten. Sie erzählt von der Weisheit ihres Großvaters, der Neugier ihrer Kinder und der unendlichen Güte von Lale Sokolov, dem Tätowierer von Auschwitz.