Biography: historical, political and military

Der Redakteur der Frankfurter Zeitung und Herausgeber der FAZ war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Journalisten des 20.

Die Autobiografie des Zen-Meisters Thich Nhat Hanh über die Anfänge eines beispiellosen spirituellen LebenswegsWie wurde Thich Nhat Hanh zu einem spirituellen Meister?

By the spring of 1941, the enemy had taken much of Southern Europe: Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, and with Italy in the Axis it stood to dominate.

At the age of four or five, a young boy made his way to the piano in his Chicago home and picked out a recognizable tune.

The legacy of the historic mutual aid organizing by US Mexicans, with its emphasis on self-help and community solidarity, continues to inform Mexican American activism and subtly influence a number of major US social movements.

What buried secret lies beneath the stones of one of England's greatest former churches and shrines?

This is the first and only biography of Jeane Kirkpatrick, who became an iconic figure in the 1980s as Ronald Reagan's UN ambassador and the most forceful presence in the administration, outside of the President himself, in shaping the Reagan Doctrine and fighting the Cold War to a victorious conclusion.

Over 500 letters from the correspondence of a Delaware political figure in the Revolution and signer of the Declaration of Independence, published for the first time.

An illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century English man of letters and patron of the artsHorace Walpole (1717-1797) was a collector, printer, novelist, arbiter of taste, and renowned writer of letters.

This book is an indispensable guide to how to write articles, choose journals, and deal with revisions or rejection.

An elucidating biography of one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century Pyotr Demianovich Ouspensky was a complex and romantic soul.

"e; When the Japanese Imperial Forces invaded the Philippine Islands at the onset of World War II, they quickly rounded up Allied citizens on Luzon and imprisoned them as enemy aliens.

None of the founding fathers seems more elusive than Thomas Jefferson.

Steele and his comrades expected war to be a glorious adventure, their personal intersection with events of historic importance.

Wesley Hill ist schwul.

Can a barren city lot become a church?

Auteur-compositeur-interprète, écrivain, animateur, scénariste, metteur en scène et acteur: Félix Leclerc avait toutes les cordes à son arc.

Perfect for fans of Jane Austen, this updated edition of Paula Byrne's debut book includes new material that explores the history of Austen stage adaptations, why her books work so well on screen, and what that reveals about one of the world's most beloved authors.

Assessing the legendary Frenchman and his remarkable military career on both sides of the Atlantic The Marquis de Lafayette is an icon of both American and French history.

This is the first biography of Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, a key figure in the early development of airpower, whose significant and varied achievements have been overlooked because of his subsequent involvement in the fall of Singapore.

Die Kanzler der Weimarer Republik wirkten in einer Epoche, den "Goldenen Zwanzigern", die durch extreme Gegensätze gekennzeichnet war: Kriegsniederlage, wirtschaftliche Dauerkrise und langsam heraufziehende Diktatur auf der einen Seite, demokratischer Neuanfang, Aufbruch in die Moderne und kulturelle Blüte auf der anderen Seite.

Jeb Bush: Aggressive Conservatism in Florida describes the rise of John Ellis (Jeb) Bush, the second son of former President George H.

William Jervois was a military engineer who rose to prominence as a result of Lord Palmerston's extensive programme of fortification against a feared French invasion in the middle years of the nineteenth century.

After graduating from West Point in 1892, Charles Pelot Summerall (1867-1955) launched a distinguished military career, fighting Filipino insurgents in 1899 and Boxers in China in 1900.

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First Lady Betty Ford will long be remembered for her active support of the Equal Rights Amendment, her struggles with breast cancer and substance abuse, and her later involvement with the addiction treatment center that bears her name.

Conrad Black, bestselling author of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom, Richard M.

This Element argues that editing is computational, and that such ''computations'' enable new methods of publishing, reading, and experiences.

'We are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go, Always a little further; it may be, Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow.

The poignant and unforgettable true account of the deep, loving friendship between a handsome physician and the former First Lady, as seen on PBS's The Roosevelts: An Intimate History';I love you as I love and have never loved anyone else.

Radical leaders of the 1960s and '70s come to vivid life in this volume of revealing profiles from two veteran journalists.

In central Brussels stands a statue of a young woman.

From World War II to high above the Earth to Vietnam, this memoir tells the story of fighter pilot Howard C.

The second edition of this biography of humanitarian Albert Schweitzer has been updated to include documents discovered since the work was originally written, including the letters between Schweitzer and Helene Bresslau written during the ten years before their marriage.

The essays collected here, prepared by a think tank of the Elijah Interfaith Academy, explore the challenges associated with sharing wisdom--learning, teachings, messages for good living.

Who killed JFK?

This is the story of Tom Phelps and the 'other Kokoda Track'.

An in-depth biography of a charismatic labor leader, anarchist, and early opponent of Italian fascism.

Major General Johnson Hagood (1873-1948) was one of South Carolina's most distinguished army officers of the twentieth century.

I know in my heart that man is good.

Starting in the early 1900s, male and female elementary schoolteachers in Italy gained increasing awareness of the role of social workers in the fight against illiteracy and in creating civic consciousness based on widespread, qualified education.

This candid memoir recounts the author's nearly four years in the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment--a.

Two high-achieving African-Americans in the U.

"e;A WWII soldier's rosy letters home are juxtaposed with his recollections of combat's harrowing on-the-ground reality in this immersive debut memoir.