Europa auf den Barrikaden1848 – was für ein Jahr: Die Rufe nach Grundrechten und Demokratie wurden lauter, hitzige Debatten wurden zu Barrikadenkämpfen, die Monarchie geriet endgültig ins Wanken.
Jose Maria Martin Patino (1925-2015) fue un destacado protagonista de la transicion espanola a la democracia, como estrecho colaborador del Cardenal Tarancon en la diocesis de Madrid.
The Sunday Times bestsellerThe New York Times bestsellerA Guardian Summer Reading Hottest Book PickThis is not just a book for people who follow politics, but for anyone who has ever doubted themselves, or wanted to make a difference.
A New York Public Library and Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2025 Published to coincide with the hundredth anniversary of his birth, the first major study of Malcolm X's influence in the sixty years since his assassination, exploring his enduring impact on culture, politics, and civil rights.
'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee ChildFIVE DARING ESCAPES CARRIED OUT BY THE FAMOUS FIGHTING FORCE DURING WWIIFrom the infamous 1944 desert campaign to the unforgiving terrain of the Vosges Mountains; from a perilous escape across Europe aided by Resistance networks to three Captains fleeing an Italian Prisoner of War camp in 1943, and a death-defying return to Britain via boat, tunnel and train.
This inspiring biography explores the life and faith of Saint Francis of Assisi, the thirteenth-century Italian mystic who founded the Franciscan order.
In the centenary year of the Great War, names such as Ypres, the Marne, the Somme, Passchendaele are heavy with meaning as settings for the near-destruction of a generation of men.
Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who find themselves facing extraordinary circumstances and, through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history.
'I cannot think of a better biography of a spy chief'Richard Davenport-Hines, The SpectatorSir Maurice Oldfield was one of the most important British spies of the Cold War era.
Airstrikes rain down, Gatling guns pound, and snipers lurk in the distance-welcome to the combat aid station of a young doctor embedded with the heavily weaponized 1st Marines Division as the Battle of Fallujah boils over.
An astounding true story of a young woman driven deeply by her desire to escape chauvinism blazes a whirlwind path full of mystical encounters and unexpected adventures.
"Strafsoldaten sind zum Sterben da", das ahnt auch Helmut Kalmeder, der wegen seiner Begeisterung für kommunistische Ideen bereits seit vier Jahren im KZ in Dachau ist.
Die Kompanie Müller ist nur noch ein auf dreiundzwanzig Mann zusammengeschmolzener Soldatenhaufen, der auf verlorenem Posten versucht, gegen das unbarmherzige Schicksal anzugehen.
Als im Januar 1945 die deutschen Truppen im Raum Warschau dem Druck der Roten Armee nicht mehr standhalten können und zurückweichen, verlieren die beiden Obergefreiten Röttger und Sailer den Anschluss an ihre Einheit.
