The incendiary untold story of Ireland's response to the most significant public health emergency of the past century, woven from a wealth of original research and dozens of interviews with ministers, politicians, public health experts, essential workers, and ordinary people on whom the crisis exacted a personal toll.
Die wichtigsten Porträts des bekannten Literaturkritikers aus zwanzig Jahren: spannend erzählte Begegnungen mit Büchern und deren Verfassern - von Marcel Proust bis Christoph Ransmayr.
The very first time Honduran environmental activist Berta Caceres met the writer Nina Lakhani, Caceres said, "e;The army has an assassination list with my name at the top.
The Siege of Sarajevo remains the longest siege in modern European history, lasting three times longer than the Battle of Stalingrad and over a year longer than the Siege of Leningrad.
REDISCOVER THE FORGOTTEN ART OF ASKING IN THIS NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING BOOK 'Amanda Palmer joyfully shows a generation how to change their lives' Caitlin Moran'To read Amanda Palmer's remarkable memoir about asking and giving is to tumble headlong into her world' Elizabeth Gilbert'The Art of Asking is a book about cultivating trust and getting as close as possible to love, vulnerability, and connection.
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A WATERSTONES POLITICS PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR, 2018 The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide.
Zwei Jahre vor dem Olympiaanschlag 1972 lag München schon einmal im Brennpunkt des Terrors: mit einer blutigen, wenn auch gescheiterten Flugzeugentführung auf dem Flughafen Riem, einem Brandanschlag auf das Israelitische Gemeindehaus, bei dem sieben Holocaustüberlebende starben, und Paketbombenattentaten auf zwei Verkehrsflugzeuge, von denen das eine notlanden konnte, während das andere abstürzte und alle 38 Passagiere und 9 Besatzungsmitglieder in den Tod riss.
________________'This anthology will help turn your intellectual understanding of oppression into an emotional one' - New Statesman'Thanks for being who you are and for giving us such exposure to wonderful people.
Gillian Rose (1947-1995) was a highly original, enigmatic and pugnacious thinker, whose work draws together Continental philosophy, sociology, modern / post-modern Jewish and Christian reflection on ethics.
Wenn Priester zur Vernehmung bittenFür hunderttausende Angestellte der katholischen Kirche, für Lehrer, Ärzte und Kindergartenleiter, gilt bis heute: Wer katholisch getraut ist und eine neue Beziehung eingeht, riskiert seinen Job.
Women have always constituted at least half of the church's membership, but for almost 2,000 years were excluded from any significant part in its leadership.
Die Geschichte des größten Daten-Leaks aller Zeiten – die Quelle ist anonym, die Betroffenen sind alles andere als dasAlles beginnt spät am Abend mit einer anonymen Nachricht: "Hallo.
This is a book of anecdotes - a product of my reflections on both my personal and professional life as a young Tunisian female journalist, coming to work for the 'largest broadcaster in the world' and live in the big city, that is London all by myself.
Through an investigation of the Holloway prison writings of the suffragette Katie Gliddon, Mireille Fauchon explores illustration as a social research tool and creates within this book a model of practice-based enquiry.
On November 4, 2008, the election of Barack Hussein Obama as the forty-fourth president of the United States showed that the country had finally overcome its most hurtful, shameful, and enduring legacy—slavery.
How is popular knowledge of war shaped by the stories we consume, what are the boundaries of this knowledge, and how are these boundaries policed or contested by journalists producing knowledge from war zones?
After discovering a derelict record plant on the edge of a northern English city, and hearing that it was once visited by David Bowie, Karl Whitney embarks upon a journey to explore the industrial cities of British pop music.
In Crossing the Line, former BBC journalist and best-selling author Martin Dillon recalls his courageous journalistic career spent 'on the edge' during the worst years of the modern Troubles.
DIE KONKRETE ANLEITUNG ZUM EFFEKTIVEN, GEWALTFREIEN WIDERSTAND von dem international bekannten »Widerstandsguru« (Tagesspiegel) und Politaktivisten Srdja PopovicNichts ist wirksamer als gewaltfreier Widerstand.
In acht Stationen berichtet Verena Dohrn von den Grenzlandschaften Europas, wo einst jüdische, slawische und deutsche Strömungen aufeinandertrafen und miteinander verschmolzen.
From the history-steeped 'home of cricket' at Lord's, to the mecca of Indian cricket at Eden Gardens, this encompassing guide ranges across five continents to bring you the best cricket venues the world has to offer.
Ralph Cohen was highly regarded as the visionary founding editor of New Literary History, but his own theoretical essays appeared in such a scattering of publications that their conceptual originality, underlying coherence, and range of application have not been readily apparent.
On November 4, 2008, the election of Barack Hussein Obama as the forty-fourth president of the United States showed that the country had finally overcome its most hurtful, shameful, and enduring legacy—slavery.
As we approach the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we have a chance to see more clearly how they were a turning point in America's relationship with the world.