CK - Political 18

2018 and 2019 Washington State Book Award Finalist (Biography/Memoir) • Excerpted in The Atlantic and Politico • TIME Magazine – One of 6 Books to Read in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of Martin Lut……続きを見る

Am 8. Oktober 1978 passierte der Kanadier William Dyson am Flughafen in Chicago ohne Probleme die Einreisekontrollen. Zwei Tage später hörte er auf zu existieren. Dysons Identität war eine Erfindung……続きを見る

»Alan Parker will mich für den Film ›Midnight Express‹, Hauptrolle, ich soll einen kiffenden Ami spielen.« »Ist doch toll!«, rief Klaus. »Mach das! Damit schaffst Du Hollywood!« Ich ließ meine Butte……続きを見る

Wer so tief im braunen Sumpf steckt, schafft es nicht über Nacht hinaus. Heidi wächst in der alles umfassenden Ideologie einer Nazi-Familie heran, in militanten Jugendgruppen und Kameradschaften. Mi……続きを見る

Bereits als Kind ist Prinz Harry ein echter Kämpfer mit einer Vorliebe für das Militär. Ein ganz besonderer Moment ereignet sich während eines Aufenthalts in Deutschland. Zusammen mit seiner Mutter ……続きを見る

Summary Part two of the three-part autobiography of Mocienne Petit Jackson starts with an extended description of the kidnapping of Mocienne and her life in The Netherlands. Subsequently we read how……続きを見る

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass. It is generally held to be the most famous of a ……続きを見る

The only book written by Jack Layton (1950-2011) on his political life and vision, this is the former NDP leader's passionate call to action and will inspire all Canadians to embrace a better future……続きを見る

Readers are in for a rare treat with this memoir of Beaton Tulk, the seventh premier of Newfoundland and Labrador. From teacher to businessman to politician, the gentleman from Bonavista Bay has led……続きを見る

Non esiste un altro uomo al mondo che è stato descritto così spesso come Che Guevara. E‘ stato amato e idolatrato da un’intera generazione. Il suo coraggio e la sua volontà di cambiare qualcosa coll……続きを見る

The People of the Abyss (1903) is a book by Jack London about life in the East End of London in 1902. He wrote this first-hand account after living in the East End for several months, sometimes stay……続きを見る

The Pergamum Collection publishes books history has long forgotten. We transcribe books by hand that are now hard to find and out of print. 続きを見る

**A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES, TLS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times T……続きを見る

Born in 1920 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Junius Scales, whose great-uncle had been governor of the state, grew up in the privileged environment of his family’s estate. The only black people he kn……続きを見る

“[A] wide-ranging and nuanced group portrait of the Founding Fathers” by a Pulitzer Prize winner (The New Yorker). In the early 1770s, the men who invented America were living quiet, provincial live……続きを見る

***Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography* *Winner of the Los Angeles Times Prize for Biography* *Winner of the 2019 Hitchens Prize* "Portrays Holbrooke in all of his endearing and exasperati……続きを見る

Een modern, waargebeurd sprookje vol drama, liefde & vriendschap - maar dan in het beroemdste kantoor ter wereld! Beck is 25 wanneer ze in 2012 per ongeluk in het Witte Huis belandt. Ze is net in Wa……続きを見る

Die Berichterstattung zu Björn Höcke besteht überwiegend aus Meinungen ü b e r ihn. Äußerungen v o n ihm sind den Medien eher selten zu entnehmen. Wenn es dann doch geschieht, werden seine Worte nur……続きを見る

SOLDIER, ESCAPER, SPYMASTER, POLITICIAN – Airey Neave was assassinated in the House of Commons car park in 1979. Forty years after his death, Patrick Bishop’s lively, action-packed biography examine……続きを見る

Physically below average, accident prone and a speech impediment. These are not qualities that would ordinarily produce one of the greatest leaders in modern history, fortunately Churchill was no or……続きを見る

From his early start as a passionate pro-labour and anti-apartheid campaigner in Britain in the 1960s, to championing and defending the rights of workers in South Africa for the last 30 years, Patri……続きを見る

Die Autobiografie des ersten Reichskanzlers des Deutschen Reiches, dessen Gründung er maßgeblich voran getrieben hatte. 続きを見る

La profession de foi du Président de la République du Sénégal. Accablée par trois siècles d'esclavage, humiliée durant la longue nuit coloniale, bousculée par les drames de la décolonisation, l'Afri……続きを見る

Winner, ISHS Best of Illinois History Award, 2019 In this groundbreaking environmental biography of Abraham Lincoln, James Tackach maps Lincoln’s lifelong relationship with the natural world from hi……続きを見る

Monsieur, Puisque vous jugez à propos de me demander quelle est mon opinion sur la tolérance que les différentes sectes des chrétiens doivent avoir les unes pour les autres, je vous répondrai franch……続きを見る

Lila Banks Cockrell has been an important voice in San Antonio politics and public life for more than six decades. In Love Deeper Than a River, she recalls her life as a public servant in the city s……続きを見る

In the most compelling political memoir this century, Patrick Brown takes you through his rise in politics, his successes as well as his failures. But on January 24, 2018, Patrick Brown and his team……続きを見る

Extrait : Monsieur, Puisque vous jugez à propos de me demander quelle est mon opinion sur la tolérance que les différentes sectes des chrétiens doivent avoir les unes pour les autres, je vous répond……続きを見る

Esta obra revela detalhes da vida e da intimidade de Itamar Franco, o político mineiro que assumiu os destinos da nação e proporcionou ao país uma nova era de amadurecimento político e de estabilida……続きを見る

Winner, Lincoln Group of New York Award of Achievement 2019 From multiple personal tragedies to the terrible carnage of the Civil War, death might be alongside emancipation of the slaves and restora……続きを見る