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"Der Fürst von echter Art ist nicht da zum Genießen, sondern zum Arbeiten", meinte Friedrich der Große und hielt sich daran. Dieser König war eine Ausnahme, das wußten schon die Zeitgenossen.Wo fand man einen Monarchen, der wie ein Eremit lebte, der aufstand, wenn andere Herrscher zu Bett gingen, der sein Vergnügen nicht im Ballsaal oder am Spieltisch suchte, sondern in geistreicher Unterhaltung in der Potsdamer Tafelrunde?

The searing, visionary memoir of founding Black Panther Huey P. Newton Tracing the birth of a revolutionary, Huey P. Newton's famous and oft-quoted autobiography is as much a manifesto as a portrait of the inner circle of America's Black Panther Party. From Newton's impoverished childhood on the...

This program is read by the author. The empowering, inspiring, patriarchy-smashing first audiobook by podcast star Drew Afualo. With a new afterword from the author! Drew Afualo is best known as the internet’s “Crusader for Women” and is at the head of a new generation of entertainment’s...

Wer den Einfluss verstehen will, den China auf die deutsche Wirtschaft ausübt, muss den Namen Gerhard Ludwig Flatow kennen. Er war wohlhabender Stahldirektor und Kommunist, Abenteurer und Lobbyist, sprach fließend chinesisch und wurde in den Fünfziger und Sechziger Jahren zum wichtigsten Agenten der Chinesen in Deutschland. Dabei hat er es verstanden, völlig unbekannt zu bleiben–bis der Wirtschaftspublizist und Chinakenner Bernd Ziesemer die Fäden zusammenführte und entdeckte, dass ein Maoist und ein Industrieller ein und dieselbe Person waren.

From award-winning journalist and author Isabel Vincent, a revelatory portrait of RFK Jr., tracing his astonishing journey from young socialite to environmental activist, his battles with addiction, and his rise to the Trump administration’s Secretary for Health and Human Services, based on...

3 februari 2025. Voor het eerst in de geschiedenis legt een Vlaams-nationalist de eed af als premier van België. De man die twintig jaar lang voorzitter is geweest van een partij die volgens haar statuten streeft naar een onafhankelijke Vlaamse republiek moet de monarchie België uit de crisis halen. Zijn naam: Bart De Wever. In 2004 voorzitter geworden van een partij die slechts via een kartel boven de kiesdrempel was geraakt. Quasi niemand gaf toen een cent om De Wevers politieke carrière en om de toekomst van zijn N-VA.

Andrée Blouin—once called the most dangerous woman in Africa—played a leading role in the struggles for decolonization that shook the continent in the 1950s and '60s, advising the postcolonial leaders of Algeria, both Congos, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea, and Ghana. In this autobiography...

François Mitterrand, figure emblématique de la Ve République, a marqué la France de son empreinte durable. Cette biographie, présentée par les historiens Judith Bonnin et Pierre-Emmanuel Guigo, explore les multiples facettes de cet homme complexe : son ascension politique, ses choix controversés, ses passions et ses contradictions, pour révéler l'homme derrière le président, dans une biographie riche et nuancée.

2026 Audie Award winner for Best History/Biography! "Ron Butler's narration is a master class in maintaining the listener's attention over the course of a lengthy audiobook. He makes every change in tone, volume, and pace with careful purpose, creating a seamless listening experience." —...

Written between 1717 and 1790, and originally referred to by its author as simply Memoirs, Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography is considered the pioneering example of the genre. In this influential account of the American Dream in action, Franklin recounts his early life, his inventions, his quest for virtue and self-improvement, and his political achievements. The unfinished work is a vivid depiction of life in early America, as well as a relatable and inspiring portrait of one of its revolutionary thinkers.

Brought to you by Penguin. A captivating portrait of number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis’s political awakening, told through the extraordinary lives of five women, and the West’s tumultuous history from 1924 to the present. Eleni put an arm around him and said: ‘Come, come, life...

How do you rebuild yourself when your whole world changes overnight? Thrust onto the public stage at fifteen years old after the Taliban's brutal attack on her life, Malala quickly became an international icon known for bravery and resilience. But away from the cameras and crowds, she spent...

“The story of what Dakota did . . . will be told for generations.”—President Barack Obama, from remarks given at Meyer’s Medal of Honor ceremony In the fall of 2009, Taliban insurgents ambushed a patrol of Afghan soldiers and Marine advisors in a mountain village called Ganjigal. Firing...

Vividly written and exhaustively researched, Jonathan Eig’s King: A Life is the first major biography in decades of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.—and the first to include recently declassified FBI files. In this revelatory new portrait of the preacher and activist who shook the world, the bestselling biographer gives us an intimate view of the courageous and often emotionally troubled human being who demanded peaceful protest for his movement but was rarely at peace with himself.

Der Lebensrückblick eines außergewöhnlichen Mannes: Ralf Dahrendorf, den viele durch seine öffentlichen Gespräche mit Rudi Dutschke 1968 erinnern werden, lässt sein Leben Revue passieren - von seiner Kindheit im Nazi-Deutschland als Sohn eines sozialdemokratischen Widerstandskämpfers über sein Studium bis zum Beginn seiner Karriere als Wissenschaftler, Politiker und Journalist. Dieses "Patchwork", wie er das, was er dem Leser damit bot, nannte, bietet ungewöhnliche Einblicke in das Leben einer großen Persönlichkeit.

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Transformative ... If Tobia aspires to the ranks of comic memoirists like David Sedaris and Mindy Kaling, Sissy succeeds." --The New York Times Book Review A heart-wrenching, eye-opening, and giggle-inducing memoir about what it's like to grow up not sure if you're (a) a...

Written by Martin Luther King, Jr. himself, this astounding autobiography brings to life a remarkable man changed the world —and still inspires the desires, hopes, and dreams of us all. Martin Luther King: the child and student who rebelled against segregation. The dedicated minister who...

“A detailed and dramatic narrative of the rise of the modern right...It's an amazing story, and Perlstein, a man of the left, does it justice” (William Kristol, The New York Times Book Review) Before the Storm begins at the tail end of the 1950s, with America affluent, confident, and...

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.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, BY THE AUTHOR OF UNLEASHED 'A stunning tour de force' - Sunday Telegraph 'Genuinely clever... this book sizzles.' - The Times Ex-Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes on Winston Churchill - a biography like no other. Brexit, pandemic, economic crisis: Boris Johnson's...