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Child of the Great Depression, teenage "Duchess of Palms" beauty queen, wife of an acclaimed novelist and later of a brilliant U.S. congressman, and ultimately a successful single working woman and mother, Nadine Eckhardt has lived a fascinating life. In this unique, funny, and honest memoir, she recounts her journey from being a "fifties girl" who lived through the men in her life to becoming a woman in her own right, working toward her own goals.

Las cosas pueden ser diferentes. Se pueden cambiar, siempre que exista la voluntad, también individual, de hacerlo. Se pueden hacer grandes cambios pero podemos empezar también por cambiar pequeñas cosas. Los cambios uno a uno significan poco, pero la acumulación de muchos pequeños cambios puede hacer que el mundo sea diferente. Eso nos dice la jueza Manuela Carmena, que en este libro nos ofrece ejemplos de lo que ha sido, a lo largo de su vida, su lucha contra la injusticia, la corrupción y la burocracia.

The autobiographical journey of Dnyaneshwar Mulay. The voyage begins from a small village on the Maharashtra-Karnataka border and extends beyond the corridors of power in Delhi and high tables of diplomacy overseas. The narrative goes beyond what an individual goes through in life. In a subtle way, it traces the journey of socio-eco-political changes that have occurred in independent India.

After 30 years of service, Neil Basu retired from the Metropolitan Police as the most senior officer of colour in the UK and only the fourth in its history to reach such a rank. Turmoil chronicles his rise to the top, the deep-seated discrimination he encountered at every level, and the ever-present shadow of racism that ran throughout his career.

To a unique degree, Christopher Steele has been an eyewitness observer of modern Russian history. He was a British diplomat and intelligence professional in Moscow when the Soviet Union was collapsing. Steele was there when the putsch against Mikhail Gorbachev took place and when Boris Yeltsin took over the newly independent Russia. After Vladimir Putin came to power, Steele rose to become one of British government’s leading Russia experts and played a central role in the investigation into the Kremlin-ordered murder of Alexander Litvinenko.

Ein Leben für die PolitikHans Peter Doskozil ist ein Politiker, der polarisiert – und Erfolge feiert. In diesem Buch spricht der Sozialdemokrat erstmals selbst: über seinen Weg vom Polizisten zum Landeshauptmann des Burgenlands; über seine Verbundenheit und seine Konflikte mit der SPÖ; über sein Verhältnis zu Macht und Populismus, zu Hausverstand und Sachverstand; über seine Freundschaft zu Kurt Kruch und seinen Kampf gegen Korruption und Machtmissbrauch; über seine Kehlkopferkrankung und wie er gelernt hat, damit zu leben.

For the first time, The Kennedys' New York: American Royalty in the Greatest City in the World reveals how New York City played a critical role in the Kennedy family saga. Through exhaustive research, the book will present listeners with a wealth of new and often surprising facts about America’s most fascinating family while explaining in detail how the time they spent in New York shaped the course of their lives. The Kennedys' New York provides listeners with a guidebook to the places that played a crucial role in this great American story.

Versäumnisse aus 16 Jahren Merkel werfen Fragen auf. Hier sind die Antworten. Deutschland ist enttäuscht und Merkels Politik auf vielen Feldern gescheitert: Russland, Energieversorgung, Verteidigung, Integration. Der klimafreundliche Umbau der viertgrößten Volkswirtschaft ist steckengeblieben. Was wie Stabilität aussah und wofür Deutschland international beneidet wurde, war vielfach auf Kante genäht. Eckart Lohse begleitet Merkel seit ihren Bonner Jahren journalistisch. Für dieses Buch hat er mit zahlreichen Politikern über das gesprochen, was Merkel angetrieben und gebremst hat.

Rom hält den Atem an, als Gaius Julius Caesar während der Senatssitzung am 15. März 44 v. Chr. unter den Dolchen der Verschwörer fällt – tödlich verwundet durch mindestens 23 Stiche. Wie konnte es nur so weit kommen? Wer waren die Täter? Und vor allem: Welche Motive trieben sie zu dem Mord? Als historischer Ermittler haucht Michael Sommer dieser weltberühmten Kriminalgeschichte neues Leben ein und lässt die beteiligten Akteure samt ihren Beweggründen, Ambitionen und Hoffnungen wieder lebendig werden. Das Attentat mag Caesar unerwartet getroffen haben, doch aus heiterem Himmel kam es nicht.

Alla tragedia di Giulio Regeni, scomparso il 25 gennaio 2016 al Cairo, il mondo della politica non ha ancora risposto. Non ha risposto l’Egitto di Al Sisi. Che, anzi, continua a sabotare le indagini sul sequestro, la tortura e l’omicidio del figlio di Paola Deffendi e Claudio Regeni: in quasi quattro anni gli egiziani hanno ucciso cinque innocenti, inventato storie incredibili, falsificato documenti per allontanare i sospetti dai loro apparati. Senza però riuscirci.

Genghis Khan built a formidable land empire, but he never crossed the sea. Yet by the time his grandson Kublai Khan had defeated the last vestiges of the Song empire and established the Yuan dynasty in 1279, the Mongols controlled the most powerful navy in the world. How did a nomad come to conquer China and master the sea? Based on ten years of research and a lifetime of immersion in Mongol culture and tradition, Emperor of the Seas brings this little-known story vibrantly to life.

In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol.

Hassan Nemazee was born in 1950 in Washington D.C. He attended Harvard College, graduating with honors in 1972. He moved to Iran, forging joint ventures with many prestigious American and British companies. In 1978, during the Islamist Revolution, he was forced to leave the country. The new regime confiscated the Nemazee family’s assets, homes, businesses, and charities. Returning to the United States, he rebuilt his life. His new businesses flourished, and he welcomed three children.

Compared to other more long-lived political figures, Robert F. Kennedy’s career was brief. He first emerged on the national stage as attorney general under his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In this role, he became a vigorous advocate for civil rights and cracked down on organized crime by going after mob bosses and high-profile Mafia families. Following his brother’s assassination in 1963, RFK transitioned to a role in the Senate, representing New York.

A respectful, thoughtful, yet clear-eyed reframing of a national hero’s personal and political odyssey, My Father’s House is John Conyers III's love letter to his father and a record of his own journey. Conyers reveals a towering figure in modern American political history and an ordinary family man; a leader whose work in Washington necessitated his many absences as a father from a son coming of age in Detroit.

Издание представляет перевод книги Тары Рид Left Out: When The Truth Doesn't Fit In (Исключенная: когда неугодна правда), опубликованной в США в 2021 году. Автор рассказывает о том, как столкнулась с харассментом, работая личным помощником сенатора Джо Байдена, и была уволена после того, как решилась обвинить своего босса в сексуальных домогательствах. После избрания Байдена президентом США Тара Рид подверглась преследованиям со стороны его администрации, ФБР и СМИ и вынуждена была запросить политическое убежище в России.

This memoir lays bare Byrne’s integral involvement in the “Russian Collusion Delusion” and the Clinton Investigation, exposing them as deceptive maneuvers orchestrated on an unsuspecting public. As the story unfolds, Byrne becomes a national lightning rod, branded the “kingpin” by PBS in 2021 and identified as the Department of Homeland Security’s top domestic threat in August 2022.

La vida de Benjamín Franklin es importante para todos, principalmente por el papel que desempeñó en la independencia de los Estados Unidos y en su establecimiento como nación. Franklin comparte con Washington los honores de la Revolución y de los acontecimientos que condujeron al nacimiento de la nueva nación. La Autobiografía de Benjamin Franklin es un libro fácil de leer que contiene información para mejorar como persona.

Historia życia jednej z najsłynniejszych monarchiń w dziejach, kobiety inteligentnej i namiętnej, która przez 35 lat rządziła potężnym krajem. Francuski pisarz i filozof Denis Diderot napisał o niej, że była „władczynią z duszą Cezara i wdziękami Kleopatry”. Stwierdzenie to trafnie ujmuje dwie sfery życia Katarzyny, które wzajemnie się przenikały. Z jednej strony była polityczką z krwi i kości, z drugiej zaś kobietą pełną pasji, kolekcjonującą nie tylko dzieła sztuki, lecz także kochanków, których zmieniała jak rękawiczki.

Karl Marx – Begründer des Marxismus und Sozialismus. Der Autor und Herausgeber Bert Alexander Petzold erläutert verständlich und strukturiert Basiswissen zum Begründer des Marxismus. Karl Marx (1818–1883) wurde am 5. Mai 1818 in Trier geboren, stammte aus einer wohlhabenden jüdischen Familie und studierte, unter dem Einfluss des Philosophen Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Rechtswissenschaften und Philosophie in Bonn und Berlin. Marx trat radikalen Kreisen bei, arbeitete als Journalist und wanderte, behördlich verfolgt, im Jahr 1843 nach Paris aus.