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Containing footnotes and an extensive bibliography, this edition of Franz Mehring's classic biography is designed to assist the English-speaking reader towards a better understanding of Marx, his wo……続きを見る

Edward Carpenter: In Appreciation, first published in 1931, presents a collection of tributes to and reminiscences about the renowned socialist poet, pioneering gay rights activist, environmentalist……続きを見る

Churchill examines the influential career of Winston Churchill, British Prime Minster during the Second World War and from 1951–55. It discusses his early career as Secretary of State for War and Ai……続きを見る

Bismarck was arguably the most important figure in nineteenth-century European history after 1815. In this biography, Edgar Feuchtwanger reassesses Bismarck's significance as a historical figure. He……続きを見る

Choice Outstanding Academic Title Everything began to unravel on October 5, 1986, when a Nicaraguan soldier downed an American plane carrying arms to “Contra” guerrillas, exposing a tightly held U.S……続きを見る

Four score and seven years ago . . . . Are any six words better known, of greater import, or from a more crucial moment in our nation's history? And yet after 150 years the dramatic and surprising s……続きを見る

As our 27th president from 1909 to 1913, and then as chief justice of the Supreme Court from 1921 to 1930, William Howard Taft was the only man ever to lead two of America’s three governing branches……続きを見る

In 1840s Rhode Island, the state’s seventeenth-century colonial charter remained in force and restricted suffrage to property owners, effectively disenfranchising 60 percent of potential voters. Tho……続きを見る

Éducateur de rue, co-fondateur du Syndicat de la magistrature, en juin 1968, premier directeur de la CNIL, conseiller du Premier ministre durant dix ans, expert indépendant de l'ONU pendant trente-q……続きを見る

Dans le second volume de ses Mémoires, Jacques Chirac aborde avec une grande liberté de ton les deux mandats de sa présidence, la plus longue de la Ve République après celle de François Mitterrand. ……続きを見る

Apa Pant comes of a former ruling family in India, the Pratinidhis of Aundh, who played their part in the stirring history of the Maratha struggle for the failing power of the Moghul Empire. In his ……続きを見る

This is an autobiography of a first generation Indian South African, Goonam, who defied all odds and society norms to go to Edinburg to study medicine. Dr Goonam returned to South Africa in 1936 and……続きを見る

Portrait du héraut d'une société où le mensonge avéré vaut autant que la vérité, où le simplisme des idées - pourvu qu'elles soient flamboyantes - l'emporte sur l'intelligence des faits, où les conn……続きを見る

Dans le combat politique, les femmes n'ont plus rien à envier aux hommes. Elles arrivent ! Les femmes sont encore minoritaires dans le paysage politique français. Mais les voici partout en première ……続きを見る

The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight. In May of 1856, the steamboat Effie Afton barreled into a pillar of t……続きを見る

"[A]n astonishingly interesting interpretation…Fox is wonderfully shrewd and often dazzling." ーJill Lepore, New York Times Book Review Abraham Lincoln remains America’s most beloved leader. The fac……続きを見る

This new biography provides a full account of Leon Trotsky's political life, based upon a wealth of primary sources, including previously unpublished material. Ian D. Thatcher paints a new picture o……続きを見る

The new edition of this extremely well-received political biography of Vladimir Putin builds on the strengths of the first edition to provide the most detailed and nuanced account of the man, his po……続きを見る

Every generation needs to reinterpret its great men of the past. Akbar Ahmed, by revealing Jinnah's human face alongside his heroic achievement, both makes this statesman accessible to the current a……続きを見る

First published in 2004. It may well be that genius begins where fear ends: not to be afraid to question what is known, not to be afraid to be original. David Ben-Gurion did not try to imitate anyon……続きを見る

Oliver Cromwell is one of the most puzzling and controversial figures in English history. In this excellent introduction, Barry Coward uses Cromwell's own words and actions to analyse the life of Ol……続きを見る

The story of Fidel Castro has few parallels in contemporary history. None of the outstanding Third World leaders of the twentieth-century played such a prominent and restless part on the internation……続きを見る

Judith Brown explores Nehru as a figure of power and provides an assessment of his leadership at the head of a newly independent India with no tradition of democratic politics. 続きを見る

Adolf Hitler has left a lasting mark on the twentieth-century, as the dictator of Germany and instigator of a genocidal war, culminating in the ruin of much of Europe and the globe. This innovative ……続きを見る

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932 is the first volume in William Manchester's epic three volume The Last Lion - the best-selling and definitive biography of one o……続きを見る

"Masterful . . . The collaboration completes the Churchill portrait in a seamless manner, combining the detailed research, sharp analysis and sparkling prose that readers of the first two volumes ha……続きを見る

One of the finest books to emerge from the Vietnam experience, The Living and the Dead presents a brilliant study of Robert McNamara, his decision-making during the war, and the way his decisions af……続きを見る

The crucial importance of Karl Marx’s thought for his own time and for ours is beyond dispute, but the there have always been two considerable impediments to understanding: first, the supposed compl……続きを見る

Vladimir Poetin, die in maart 2012 voor de derde keer tot president van Rusland werd verkozen, is veruit de meest invloedrijke en mysterieuze politicus ter wereld. Hoewel hij al lange tijd wereldwij……続きを見る

Empire of Corruption is Vladimir Soloviev’s attempt to share his opinions on Russia’s ways of dealing with corruption. With a certain irony, Soloviev calls the issue ‘the Russian national pastime’, ……続きを見る