Biography: historical, political and military

Lionel 'Rusty' Bernstein was arrested at Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, on 11 July 1963 and tried for sabotage, alongside Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and other leaders of the African National Congress and Umkhonto we Sizwe in what came to be known as the Rivonia Trial.

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The varied career of Walter Hines Page affected many facets of the American political and social milieu from the end of Reconstruction through World War I.

This work probes into the socio-political and cultural setting in South Texas (1915-1992) via data found in the private archival collection of Adela Sloss-Vento; it focuses on her role as an activist, writer and civil/human rights pioneer.

Sliding out of the shadows of World War Two, the de Havilland Vampire - accompanied by the distinctive whine of its Goblin engine - quickly proved itself an effective alternative to piston-powered fighters.

The “captivating” true story of the notorious Gilded Age madam who inspired the Belle Watling character in Gone with the Wind (The Wall Street Journal).

The story of the prophet Elijah's transformation from fierce zealot to compassionate hero and cherished figure in Jewish tradition "e;In a series on Jewish Lives, this volume is about the Jewish life-the one that goes on forever.

Nur Jahan was one of the most powerful and influential women in Indian history.

Wenn vom Irak die Rede ist, geht es um Krieg, um Islamismus, Terror und Hass.

One of America's favorite teachers, Natalie Goldberg has inspired millions to write as a way to develop an intimate relationship with their minds and a greater understanding of the world in which they live.

A revealing biography of Sidney Reilly, the early twentieth-century virtuoso of espionage Sidney Reilly (c.

A thorough and effectively executed study, this biography will appeal to anyone interested in Stonewall Jackson and the military history of the Civil War.

Pioneering African American journalist Ida B.

This volume considers women's roles in the conflicts and negotiations of the early modern world.

"e;If one aspires to live a noble and meaningful life, you'll find an exemplar here.

Featuring the remarkable stories of nine US Representatives who helped shape America, Courage in The People's House is a ';reminder of how courage can make a difference, and how, especially in the darkest of times, the lessons of history are most needed' (Booklist).

The first authoritative biography of Slobodan MilosevicSlobodan Milosevic died in 2006 in his prison cell in The Hague, putting a premature end to his trial for war crimes during the Yugoslav Wars.

Dorothy Garrod opened many doors; not only was she the first female professor at Cambridge University, but she illuminated - and in some cases initiated - some of prehistoric archaeology's most central issues.

Well documented by public records, actual court reports, and newspaper accounts, this book is a true story of greed, ambition and murder in the first degree.

Gerhard Thybens Leidenschaft für das Fliegen wurde schon im Kindesalter geweckt, als ihm sein Vater eines Tages einen Bauplan für ein Modellsegelflugzeug schenkte.

The subject of a BBC TV series on Charles I The prize-winning biography of Charles I * Winner of the HWA Crown for Best Work of Historical Non-Fiction 2018 ** Times Book of the Year ** Shortlisted for the Catholic Herald Biography Award 2019 *Less than forty years after the golden age of Elizabeth I, England was at war with itself.

One of the world's most ancient cultures, India can be understood and explained in as many ways as humans can possibly devise.

'A concise study of one of the most fascinating and evil men in history.

Hitlers letztes Aufgebot war minderjährig.

An insider’s view of Libya’s fallen dictator by the woman who served as his longtime troubleshooter and confidante.

When current and former residents of Buxton gather for Homecoming, they share memories of fishing for smelt, practising for the North Buxton Maple Leaf Band, building the local museums; of Sunday School picnics and grandma's pumpkin pies.

Born to poor tenant farmers in a log cabin in Graves County, Kentucky, Alben Barkley (1877--1956) rose to achieve a national political stature equaled by few of his contemporaries.

**The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020****The Times Best Biography Audiobook of the Year 2021**'Vickers gives breathing, alarming life to a woman who puzzled and thrilled her contemporaries'SUNDAY TIMES 'Best Paperbacks of 2021'A continuously astonishing and ultimately moving account of a unique figure, the stuff of great literature' Simon Callow, SUNDAY TIMES'Gripping .

The Wipers Times was the Private Eye of the Ypres Salient during World War One.

The remarkable life of Paul Robeson, quintessential Harlem Renaissance man: scholar, all-American, actor, activist, and firebrandBorn the son of an ex-slave in New Jersey in 1898, Paul Robeson, endowed with multiple gifts, seemed destined for fame.

World War II created the union between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, molding it from start to finish, while the partnership itself shaped many of the most significant moments of the war and the peace that followed.

John Hume, Ireland's greatest peace-maker, is widely recognised as the architect of the Northern Ireland peace process.

In 1860, Somerset Place was one of the most successful plantations in North Carolina and its owner one of the largest slaveholders in the state.

In light of recent controversies and legal actions related to America's treatment of enemy prisoners in the Middle East and Guantanamo Bay, the regulation of government during wartime has become a volatile issue on the global scene.

Two of the twentieth century's most fascinating figures, Ernest Hemingway and Ho Chi Minh, grappling with a world in which Western culture and their respective governments were failing them, came to Paris at the same time in the 1920s.

This biography tells the story of Andre and Magda Trocme, two individuals who made nonviolence a way of life.

For the first time, Ciro Bustos, Che's right-hand man in the struggle for Argentina, tells his story.

There are love stories and then there's Days Like These-the story of Kristian and Rachel Anderson.

In 1939, a ten-year-old Igor Golomstock accompanied his mother, a medical doctor, to the vast network of labour camps in the Russian Far East.

While the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A.

A study of the later years of the English monarch as seen through the men she surrounded herself with in her court.

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David Lloyd George is widely regarded as one of the most effective British prime ministers of the twentieth century.

The Revolution of '28 explores the career of New York governor and 1928 Democratic presidential nominee Alfred E.

The ashes of Herbert Norman now lie in the British cemetery at Rome, near those of Shelley and Keats.

Anne Super was born in 1938 in Warsaw.

Rund 300 Dörfer und Kleinstädte im alemannischen Raum zwischen Zürich und Straßburg haben ab dem 15.