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Günter Guillaume war ganz nah dran an Willi Brandt. Als der DDR-Agent enttarnt wurde, trat der Kanzler zurück - es war die größte Spionageaffäre der deutschen Geschichte. Doch Guillaume war nur die Spitze des Eisbergs, es gab Tausende Stasi-Spitzel, die aus dem "Operationsgebiet" BRD berichteten. Über Jahre hinweg streuten sie aktiv Fehlinformationen, um die BRD-Regierungen und führende Persönlichkeiten zu diffamieren. Heribert Schwan hat über 80.000 Seiten Stasi-Akten gesichtet, um die Ausmaße der DDR-Spionage im Westen nachzuvollziehen.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times From the editor of The New Yorker: a riveting account of the collapse of the Soviet Union, which has become the standard book on the subject. Lenin’s Tomb combines the global vision of the best historical...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The acclaimed author of A Higher Call and Devotion presents the “engrossing” (CNN) true story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich during World War II, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel—and forge an enduring...

Wie entsteht Macht? Wie wird sie begründet und erhalten? Und welche Rolle spielen dabei Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft? Anhand von Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, Friedrich II., Otto von Bismarck und dem NS-Regime analysiert Bestseller-Autor Christopher Clark, wie unterschiedlich Geschichtsbewusstsein und die eigene Verortung in der Geschichte bei den verschiedenen Machthabern ist. Inmitten des Brexit, der Präsidentschaft von Donald Trump ‎und Putins vierter Amtszeit, wirft Clark aber auch einen kritischen Blick auf unsere eigene Epoche und die momentanen Strukturen von Selbstlegitimation und Machtverständnis.

An in-depth, authoritative account of the fall of 1914 on the Western Front and the First Battle of Ypres, a true turning point in World War I and in modern warfare—by the founding editor of MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History “A masterful and heartbreaking book . . . If you want...

"Ich brauche Munition, keine Mitfahrgelegenheit". Im Februar 2022 geht dieser Satz um die Welt. Über Nacht wird Wolodymyr Selenskyj vom angeschlagenen Präsidenten der gefühlt fernen Ukraine zur zentralen Figur im Kampf für ein freies Europa. So wenig sich der Westen trotz des Kriegs im Donbass für die Ukraine interessierte, so wenig war bekannt über den Mann, der vom Juristen zum Komiker zum Staatsmann geworden war und nach den Maidan-Protesten gegen Korruption und für eine Annäherung an Europa antrat.

In light of Russia's aggressive 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Goodbye, Eastern Europe is a crucial, elucidative read, a sweeping epic chronicling a thousand years of strife, war, and bloodshed, from pre-Christianity to the fall of Communism—illuminating the remarkable cultural significance and...

The extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat—and what it means for how we should. The Nobel laureate Otto Warburg—a cousin of the famous finance Warburgs—was widely regarded in his day as one of the most important biochemists of the...

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French Revolutionary Wars—and whose exploits were immortalized in his son’s novels The Count...

“Massive, beautiful . . . unquestionably some of the best writing on Spain [and] the best that Mr. Michener has ever done on any subject.”—The Wall Street Journal Spain is an immemorial land like no other, one that James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and celebrated...

What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait. “[An] infectious sense of narrative momentum . . . Its energy is unflagging...

An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in history Born at a time when Christianity...

In a tale replete with scandal and opulence, Luke Barr, author of the New York Times bestselling Provence, 1970, transports readers to turn-of-the-century London and Paris to discover how celebrated hotelier César Ritz and famed chef Auguste Escoffier joined forces at the Savoy Hotel to spawn...

In 1991, acting on a tip from a local fisherman, two scuba divers discovered a sunken German U-boat–complete with its crew of 60 men–not too far off the New Jersey coast. The divers, realizing the momentousness of their discovery, began probing the mystery. Over the next six years, they...

Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites, and enduring legacy...

Als Kreuzfahrer gegen den Faschismus, der Europa und die halbe Welt zu erdrosseln drohte, waren die besten von ihnen ausgezogen. Amerikas junge Männer, die Ideale der Demokratie und der Menschlichkeit im Herzen, so landen sie 1944 auf dem europäischen Kontinent. Bald aber stellt die Demontage jeglicher Ideale durch Karrieresucht, Schieberei und Intrigen die jungen Helden vor unausweichliche Entscheidungen. Aufrechte Kreuzfahrer gegen den Faschismus oder käufliche Weiberhelden?

The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “addictively readable” (The Washington Post) inside story of the British royal family’s battle to overcome the dramas of the Diana years—only to confront new, twenty-first-century crises “Frothy and forthright, a kind of Keeping Up with the Windsors...

The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and...

From the moment Peter Mayle and his wife, Jennie, uprooted their lives in England and crossed the Channel permanently, they never looked back. Here the beloved author of A Year in Provence pays tribute to the most endearing and enduring aspects of his life in France—the charming and indelible...