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In November 2014, 13 members of the Biden family gathered on Nantucket for Thanksgiving, a tradition they had been celebrating for the past 40 years; it was the one constant in what had become a hectic, scrutinized, and overscheduled life. The Thanksgiving holiday was a much-needed respite, a time to connect, a time to reflect on what the year had brought, and what the future might hold. But this year felt different from all those that had come before.

Nur sechs Tage lang, vom 7. bis zum frühen Morgen des 13. April 1919, währte die Bayerische Räterepublik, die auch als "Dichterrepublik" in die Geschichte einging und deren wichtigstes Sprachrohr der Anarchist Erich Mühsam war. Sechs Tage, die bis heute sozialrevolutionäre Träume von einer gesellschaftlichen Alternative zu Parlamentarismus einerseits und Parteidiktatur andererseits beflügeln.

The harrowing, true account from the brave men on the ground who fought back during the Battle of Benghazi -- and the basis of the movie starring Jon Krasinski and directed by Michael Bay. 13 Hours presents, for the first time ever, the true account of the events of September 11, 2012, when...

In this compelling, eye-opening story of six women who exercised power against the odds-and one, Jane Grey, who never got the chance-acclaimed historian Helen Castor explores the provocative subject of women and power in England. “The boy in the bed was just fifteen years old. He had been...

No family in the past two centuries has been as constantly at the center of Europe's great events, has featured such varied and spectacular personalities, has had anything close to the wealth of the Rothschilds. To this day they remain one of the most powerful and wealthy families in the world. In Frederic Morton's classic tale, the family is brought vividly to life.

*A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR* A concise, brilliant, and trenchant examination of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s successful lifelong quest for the presidency by National Book Award winner Evan Osnos. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has been called both the luckiest man and the...

At the height of the Cold War, JFK risked committing the greatest crime in human history: starting a nuclear war. Horrified by the specter of nuclear annihilation, Kennedy gradually turned away from his long-held Cold Warrior beliefs and toward a policy of lasting peace. But to the military and intelligence agencies in the United States, who were committed to winning the Cold War at any cost, Kennedy's change of heart was a direct threat to their power and influence.

Ihre Mission als Journalistin und politische Aktivistin: denen eine Stimme zu geben, die keine mehr hatten.

Nach einem Putsch im Juli 1936 brach in Spanien der Bürgerkrieg aus, der bei vielen Intellektuellen überall in der Welt Solidarität mit der bedrohten Republik auslöste. Arthur Koestler ging zu jenen Zeiten direkt zu Anfang des Konfliktes als Kriegsberichterstatter nach Spanien. Den Fall Málagas im Februar 1937 erlebte er mit und wird gefangen genommen. Noch bevor er als Gefangener nach Sevilla verlegt wird, werden während seiner Isolierhaft, die nur fünf Tage dauerte, fünftausend Menschen erschossen.

Born into one of the wealthiest families in America—he was the youngest son of Standard Oil scion John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the celebrated patron of modern art Abby Aldrich Rockefeller—David Rockefeller has carried his birthright into a distinguished life of his own. His dealings with...

This magnificent biography of Henry VIII is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most spectacular court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. An entertaining narrative packed with colourful description and a wealth of anecdotal evidence, but also a comprehensive analytical study of the development of both monarch and court during a crucial period in English history.

An unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantv°namo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantv°namo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime...

An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. The monarchy is one of Britain’s longest surviving institutions – as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting...

Geschichten von Leidenschaft, Seelenverwandtschaft, Hindernissen und Zweisamkeit - lange Lieben, die bewegen! Liebe, die ein Leben lang hält - alle träumen davon, nur wenigen ist sie vergönnt. Und doch hört man immer wieder von Paaren, denen dieses Glück gelungen ist. Ab der ersten Zigarette wie bei Helmut Schmidt und Loki, nach arrangierter Hochzeit im Falle von Friedrich Wilhelm III. von Preußen und Königin Luise, eins im Schreiben bei Christa und Gerhard Wolf, Seelenverwandte wie Yves Saint Laurent und Pierre Bergé.

Florence Nightingales vorgezeichnete Zukunft: schöngeistige Ausbildung, Hochzeit, Hausfrau und Mutter. Doch bestärkt durch ihren Glauben kämpfte sie um ihren Traum: Menschen zu helfen, die unter widrigsten Bedingungen in englischen Hospitälern dahinvegetierten. Im Krimkrieg wurde sie zur Nationalheldin und ging als "Die Lady mit der Lampe" in die Geschichte ein.

The story of Donald Trump’s rise to power is the story of a buried American history - buried because people in power liked it that way. It was visible without being seen, influential without being named, ubiquitous without being overt. Sarah Kendzior’s Hiding in Plain Sight pulls back the veil on a history spanning decades, a history of an American autocrat in the making. In doing so, she reveals how our continual loss of freedom, the rise of consolidated corruption, and the secrets behind a burgeoning autocratic United States have been hiding in plain sight for decades.

Since September 11, 2001, the Western world has been preoccupied with Islam and its role in terrorism. Yet, public debate about the faith is polarized. One camp praises "the religion of peace", while the other claims all Muslims are terrorists. Canadian human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed believes both sides are dangerously wrong. In Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam, Yasmine speaks her truth as a woman born in the Western world yet raised in a fundamentalist Islamic home. Despite being a first-generation Canadian, she never felt at home in the West.

Pippa Goldschmidt ist in England geboren, wohin ihr jüdischer Großvater Ernst 1936 vor den Nazis fliehen musste. Ein Großvater, von dem sie kaum mehr weiß, als dass er einer der wenigen Menschen war, die im Ersten Weltkrieg für und im Zweiten Weltkrieg gegen Deutschland gekämpft haben. Nach dem Brexit beantragt Pippa Goldschmidt die deutsche Staatsbürgerschaft und zieht nach Frankfurt a. M., die ehemalige Heimat von Ernst. Sie möchte herausfinden, ob sie sich dort zu Hause fühlen kann, ohne von ihrer Familiengeschichte überwältigt zu werden.

A New York Times Bestseller A multigenerational saga of two families, who rose from immigrant roots to the pinnacle of wealth and power, that tracks the unraveling of American democracy. In American Oligarchs, award-winning investigative journalist Andrea Bernstein tells the story of the Trump...

Written by a prize-winning NPR veteran who spent years covering Latin America, this blend of biography, history, and political reporting details the events that lead to the American invasion of Panama.