Biography: historical, political and military

The complete war memoirs of the resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who led France out of its darkest hour during the Nazi occupation during World War II.

Die Abenteuer des als Emin Pascha berühmt gewordenen Isaak Eduard Schnitzer (1840-1892) haben seit dem Kaiserreich Generationen von Lesern seiner Reiseberichte fasziniert.

From the award-winning creator of Roseanne, Home Improvement, and several blockbuster films, comes Glimpses, a collection of stories filled with hope, humanity, and humor and an invitation to see goodness and grace in our everyday moments.

In 1910, Crystal Eastman was one of the most conspicuous progressive reformers in America.

The Hopkins Touch offers the first portrait in over two decades of the most powerful man in Roosevelt's administration.

The book illuminates Calvin's thought by placing it in the context of the theological and exegetical traditions--ancient, medieval, and contemporary-- that formed it and contributed to its particular texture.

General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the "e;George Washington"e; of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement.

In the rotunda of the nation's Capital a statue pays homage to three famous nineteenth-century American women suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B.

The book illuminates Calvin's thought by placing it in the context of the theological and exegetical traditions--ancient, medieval, and contemporary-- that formed it and contributed to its particular texture.

With a single shot from a pistol small enough to conceal in his hand, John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865.

Deng Xiaoping joined the Chinese Communist movement as a youth and rose in its ranks to become an important lieutenant of Mao's from the 1930s onward.

Deng Xiaoping joined the Chinese Communist movement as a youth and rose in its ranks to become an important lieutenant of Mao's from the 1930s onward.

In the rotunda of the nation's Capital a statue pays homage to three famous nineteenth-century American women suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B.

Carl von Clausewitz's masterwork, On War, is generally considered the greatest text on military theory ever written.

Carl von Clausewitz's masterwork, On War, is generally considered the greatest text on military theory ever written.

"e;Dear Brother,"e; Jane Manning James wrote to Joseph F.

"e;Dear Brother,"e; Jane Manning James wrote to Joseph F.

Over the last decade, "e;New Atheists"e; such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have pushed the issue of atheism to the forefront of public discussion.

Over the last decade, "e;New Atheists"e; such as Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have pushed the issue of atheism to the forefront of public discussion.

The Hopkins Touch offers the first portrait in over two decades of the most powerful man in Roosevelt's administration.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final book offers an intimate look at her extraordinary life and details her lifelong pursuit for gender equality and a ';more perfect Union.

Between 1880 and 1930, Southern mobs hanged, burned, and otherwise tortured to death at least 3,300 African Americans.

General Simon Bolivar (1783-1830), called El Liberator, and sometimes the "e;George Washington"e; of Latin America, was the leading hero of the Latin American independence movement.

Sex, privilege, corruption, and revenge--these are elements that we expect to find splashed across today's tabloid headlines.

For nearly three years, Walt Whitman immersed himself in the devastation of the Civil War, tending to thousands of wounded soldiers and recording his experiences with an immediacy and compassion unequaled in wartime literature anywhere in the world.

The number of people claiming no religious affiliation has skyrocketed in recent years, and that growth shows no signs of slowing down.

The number of people claiming no religious affiliation has skyrocketed in recent years, and that growth shows no signs of slowing down.

The Education of John Adams is the first biography of John Adams by a biographer with legal training.

The Education of John Adams is the first biography of John Adams by a biographer with legal training.

A moving, thrilling account of one man's extraordinary escape from the Nazis - as told by his great-grandson.

La América Latina del siglo XX reedita un recurso, ampliamente usado en otras épocas, presentes en la Ley del Talión, en la crucifixión, o en los Tribunales de la Inquisición: la tortura.

The Sunday Times bestseller - Health Secretary Wes Streeting's inspiring East End growing up memoir.

Many books have been written about the Second World War and the majority of them either concentrate on a particular battle, campaign or unit.

Stationen der Lebensgeschichte eines Sozialdemokraten, der polarisiertHans Peter Doskozil ist ein Politiker aus Überzeugung.

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family.

A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family.

Throughout her prodigious life, activist and lawyer Pauli Murray systematically fought against all arbitrary distinctions in society, channeling her outrage at the discrimination she faced to make America a more democratic country.

Throughout her prodigious life, activist and lawyer Pauli Murray systematically fought against all arbitrary distinctions in society, channeling her outrage at the discrimination she faced to make America a more democratic country.

Known as "e;the queen of the platform,"e; Ernestine Rose was more famous than her women's rights co-workers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.

Known as "e;the queen of the platform,"e; Ernestine Rose was more famous than her women's rights co-workers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.

Sex, privilege, corruption, and revenge--these are elements that we expect to find splashed across today's tabloid headlines.

For nearly three years, Walt Whitman immersed himself in the devastation of the Civil War, tending to thousands of wounded soldiers and recording his experiences with an immediacy and compassion unequaled in wartime literature anywhere in the world.

With a single shot from a pistol small enough to conceal in his hand, John Wilkes Booth catapulted into history on the night of April 14, 1865.

When Rome defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra and annexed Egypt, the rule of the longest-lived of the Hellenistic dynasties and one of the most illustrious in Egyptian history came to an end.

When Rome defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra and annexed Egypt, the rule of the longest-lived of the Hellenistic dynasties and one of the most illustrious in Egyptian history came to an end.

William Tecumseh Sherman, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole War, became one of the best-known generals in the Civil War.

William Tecumseh Sherman, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole War, became one of the best-known generals in the Civil War.

The diaries of the last British Governor of Hong Kong, published on the 25th anniversary of the handoverIn June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not (as other British colonies over the decades) for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased 99 years previously.

The incredible memoir of Elaine Brown - the first woman leader of the Black Panthers'Here I was, a woman, proclaiming supreme power over the most militant organization in America'In 1974 Elaine Brown became the first woman leader of the Black Panther Party.