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Frances Perkins (1880-1965) was the first woman appointed to a U.S. cabinet post and the longest-serving Secretary of Labor. Perkins had a long and illustrious record as a social activist: she reorg……続きを見る

The Roman hero was Caesar. He was born just one hundred years before the Christian era. His renown does not depend, like that of Alexander, on foreign conquests, nor, like that of Hannibal, on the t……続きを見る

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 ye……続きを見る

“Abraham Lincoln [in a past life] had been a yogi in the Himalayas.” ーParamhansa Yogananda, author of the classic Autobiography of a Yogi Abraham Lincoln was a yogi. No . . . there is no record tha……続きを見る

Die autonome Szene, die seit den 1970er Jahren als Teil der Anti-Atomkraft-, radikalen Frauen- und Hausbesetzer-Bewegung und schließlich durch ihre antifaschistischen Aktivitäten auf sich aufmerksam……続きを見る

La confiance de mes concitoyens m’a revêtu du titre de législateur. Ce titre, je l’aurais certes décliné, si je l’avais compris comme faisait Rousseau. « Celui qui ose entreprendre d’instituer un pe……続きを見る

La confiance de mes concitoyens m’a revêtu du titre de législateur. Ce titre, je l’aurais certes décliné, si je l’avais compris comme faisait Rousseau. « Celui qui ose entreprendre d’instituer un pe……続きを見る

The study of history, like the study of a landscape, should begin with the most conspicuous features. Not until these have been fixed in memory will the lesser features fall into their appropriate p……続きを見る

BENJAMIN WEST. SIR ISAAC NEWTON. SAMUEL JOHNSON. OLIVER CROMWELL. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. QUEEN CHRISTINA. 続きを見る

In the decades preceding the Civil War, few figures in the United States were as influential or as controversial as Sam Houston. In Sam Houston, James L. Haley explores Houston’s momentous career an……続きを見る

The United States has looked inward throughout most of its history, preferring to avoid "foreign entanglements," as George Washington famously advised. After World War II, however, Americans became ……続きを見る

The purpose of this book is "to give the essential facts of American history by sketching in broad outline the men who made that history." It contains chapters on The Beginners; Washington to Lincol……続きを見る

With unequaled authority and dramatic detail, the first volume of Charles Moore's authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher reveals as never before the early life, rise to power, and initial period ……続きを見る

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “illuminating” (USA Today) biography, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham chronicles the life of George Herbert Walker Bush. “Destiny and Power reflects ……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur Martin Luther King et son combat pour les droits civiques en moins d’une heure ! Le 4 avril 1968, de passage à Memphis, Martin Luther King, leader de la……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur le scandale du Watergate en moins d’une heure ! Dans la nuit du 17 juin 1972, à Washington, cinq personnes s’introduisent dans l’immeuble du Watergate, ……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur John Adams en moins d’une heure ! Si les États-Unis d'aujourd’hui doivent beaucoup à John Adams, le président a longtemps occupé un rôle secondaire dans……続きを見る

Sorbonne-educated and the author of almost 30 books, Ramin Jahanbegloo, a philosopher of non-violence in the tradition of Tolstoy and Gandhi, was arrested and detained in Iran’s notorious Evin priso……続きを見る

Sun Tzu considered war as a necessary evil that must be avoided whenever possible. The war should be fought swiftly to avoid economic losses: "No long war ever profited any country: 100 victories in……続きを見る

Eleanor Roosevelt was quoted as saying "You get more joy out of the giving to others, and should put a good deal of thought into the happiness you are able to give." World-renowned, respected, and a……続きを見る

中国的未来何去何从，这不但是政坛巨星、富商巨贾考虑的问题，他也同样和我们每个平常的市井小人息息相关。关注每一个寻常百姓的生活，了解他们中的每一个凡夫俗子的所思所想，以及他们不同寻常的人生经历，这恰恰……続きを見る

Over fifty years after the Situationist International appeared, its legacy continues to inspire activists, artists and theorists around the world. Such a legend has accrued to this movement that the……続きを見る

After World War II, American statesman and scholar Lincoln Gordon emerged as one of the key players in the reconstruction of Europe. During his long career, Gordon worked as an aide to National Secu……続きを見る

In The Lion's Pride, Edward J. Renehan, Jr. vividly portrays the grand idealism, heroic bravery, and reckless abandon that Theodore Roosevelt both embodied and bequeathed to his children and the tra……続きを見る

I joined the teachers’ revolution of the 60s, expecting to work for a just and honored profession. Colliding symbiotic values fomented into the experiences that defined my future. The established or……続きを見る

Der kubanische Staatschef Fidel Castro ist eine der interessantesten und umstrittensten Persönlichkeiten des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts - Mythos und Ikone gleichermaßen. Der Jesuitenschüler und Großgr……続きを見る

A harrowing account of a scholar’s imprisonment during China's Cultural Revolution, this monumental memoir is one of the few surviving recordings of the movement’s opposition The Chinese Cultural Re……続きを見る

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: La Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen) is one of the fundamental documents of the French Revolution, defining a set of i……続きを見る

Ronald Reagan's Cold War strategy was well established in his first year in office and did not change throughout his presidency. It was to make absolutely sure in the minds of the Soviets that they ……続きを見る

The literature on Boris Yeltsin is vast. Memoirs have been produced not only by politicians – first-hand participants in the events, Yeltsin himself penned three volumes of recollections – but also ……続きを見る