Biography: historical, political and military

Few lives shed more light on the complex relationship between Jews and Christians during and after the Holocaust--or provide a more moving portrait of courage--than Oswald Rufeisen's.

The perfect Christmas gift, this beautiful book explains how the bearded, red clad, big bellied, reindeer driving jovial gent came to be the face of Christmas, and reveals the historical origins of Saint Nicholas over seventeen hundred years ago in the Eastern Roman Empire.

"e;Americans interested in history need to make the pilgrimage to Gettysburg,"e; writes Gabor Boritt in the Acknowledgments.

Civil War officer, Reconstruction "e;carpetbagger,"e; best-selling novelist, and relentless champion of equal rights--Albion Tourge battled his entire life for racial justice.

Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy.

The perfect Christmas gift, this beautiful book explains how the bearded, red clad, big bellied, reindeer driving jovial gent came to be the face of Christmas, and reveals the historical origins of Saint Nicholas over seventeen hundred years ago in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Douglas Haig is probably the most controversial figure in British military history.

Douglas Haig is probably the most controversial figure in British military history.

Subtitle: Faith, Doubt and Everyday Life.

How Tory Governments Fall is a landmark study of the forces that shape - and ultimately destroy - political power.

The biography of one of Britain's greatest explorers by a brilliant young writer.

A thoroughly updated history of the legendary French Foreign Legion by the bestselling author of Who Dares WinsTony Geraghty analyses the legend and re-examines the battle honours of the Foreign Legion, and his revelations illuminate the darker side of its historic relationship to the motherland.

An amazing collection of eyewitness accounts of the British experience in World War II.

Why Men Don't Iron is an eye-opening, mind-blowing book on how the major sex differences in our brains impact on our daily lives and behaviour.

A kooky, quirky, cheeky US debut.

A classic Bolger novel, following the lives of three women.

Colonel Gadaffi's Hat is both a gripping and deeply moving account of the Libyan uprising from the lone journalist who was able to report from the rebel army convoy that captured Green Square, in the heart of Tripoli.

Originally published in 1998.

From the bestselling writer of 'The History of God' and the widely acclaimed 'Islam - A Short History' comes Karen Armstrong's 'Muhammad'.

"Empecé a escribir este libro poco después de la muerte de Ernesto Guevara.

The seventh volume of Mikhail Vostryshev's series is dedicated to the most dramatic period in the history of the Soviet Union — the years of the Great Patriotic War.

Se suele decir que "la vida es corta" o que "solo hay una vida", pero tras leer el libro de Lorena Perelló, esa percepción cambia por completo: la vida es eterna, la existencia continúa.

Yuri Andropov, having become the head of the Soviet state, suddenly dared to "rebel" - he decided to rebuild the country according to his own understanding.

La vida política de Carlos Medina Plascencia estuvo antecedida por una rica trayectoria que dio forma a su carácter y a sus posteriores acciones públicas.

The fifth volume of Mikhail Vostryshev's series is dedicated to the time of industrialization, when the main values ​​were labor and personnel capable of solving key problems in the construction of a socialist state.

"El análisis de la psicología comunitaria parte de fundamentos críticos de la investigación acción-participativa como modelo de intervención que conjuga a la teoría con la práctica para la transformación social.

The second volume of Mikhail Vostryshev's series covers the difficult period of Soviet Russia's recovery after the Civil War.

La vida de América Scarfó, mítica figura del anarquismo, recordada por su relación amorosa con Severino di Giovanni, narrada por primera vez por su nieto, Ariel Wainer.

In the tenth volume of Mikhail Vostryshev's series, dedicated to the first decade of Leonid Brezhnev's rule, the author examines in detail the period when the Soviet Union continued to strengthen its position as a world power.

The ninth volume of Mikhail Vostryshev's series covers a turning point in the history of the Soviet Union — the reign of Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev.

Esta obra constituye todo un muestrario del pensamiento y la vida de Viktor E.

"Ocupo la cel·la 16 d'un bloc en què hi ha divuit presos polítics més.

The Eustace Diamonds Anthony Trollope - The third novel in Anthony Trollope's Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds bears all the hallmarks of his later works, blending dark cynicism with humor and a keen perception of human nature.

To be born in a castle, into one of the most important aristocratic families in Croatia, only to leave everything behind.

En 1518, un cuarto de siglo después de Cristóbal Colón, un exiliado portugués, Magallanes, logró convencer al rey de España, Carlos I, de que le proporcionara una flota con el fin de explorar el mar que separaba Asia de América, el continente descubierto por Colón unos años antes.

Dies sind die Lebenserinnerungen Artur Plaisiers, herausgegeben von seinem Sohn Detlef.

Almost a quarter of a century ago, first in the West and then in Russia, the book of the grandmaster of Stalin's political intelligence, Pavel Sudoplatov, "Intelligence and the Kremlin.

Michael Stolowitzky, hijo único de una acaudalada familia judía polaca, tiene tres años cuando estalla la guerra y su familia lo pierde todo.

Ob Charlotte Corday, Else Lasker-Schüler, Sarah Bernhardt oder Mata Hari – ihre Namen sind den meisten Menschen geläufig, doch wer waren diese Frauen wirklich?

Libertad Demitrópulos construye una biografía novelada de Eva Perón donde logra un sutil entramado entre los documentos de su vida política y la ficción.

The third volume of Mikhail Vostryshev's series is dedicated to the period of formation of Soviet Russia in the 1920s, when the country, having survived bloody wars and revolution, remained predominantly agrarian.

En doscientos años de vida republicana, si un signo nos ha definido ha sido el del militarismo invadiendo el ámbito de la ciudadanía.

Was geschieht, wenn Du entdeckst, dass ein Angehöriger in die Verbrechen des nationalsozialistischen Regimes verwickelt war?