Blisteringly passionate, Venus, Vanishing by Rebecca Birrell is a page-turning debut novel of desire, art, and the stories lost to the darkness of history.
Triple Award Winner, including Silver Nautilus Book Award and Independent Publisher Bronze Medal for Memoir, and Next Generation Book Award Finalist for SpiritualityTo the chagrin of her parents, Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust, the author became a Buddhist at 19, nearly tearing her family apart.
Am Beispiel der Stadt Koln wird die Bedeutung der Kommunen beim Wiederaufbau nach 1945 deutlich, vor allem durch die Finanzierung als zentrales Fundament fur dessen Erfolg.
¿Qué tienen en común las fotografías de vejaciones humanas de Abu Ghraib, el álbum de Auschwitz y las fotos de prisioneros arrancadas por los torturadores de las más feroces dictaduras de Chile, Argentina, Brasil o Camboya?
Creado en 1944 por el jurista Raphael Lemkin, el término «genocidio» designa un tipo de crimen masivo por el que un grupo es destruido intencionadamente, de forma total o parcial, en nombre de criterios nacionales, étnicos, raciales o religiosos.
Nunca se había visto en la Historia un tipo de violencia como la desencadenada por los nazis, tanto en Alemania como fuera de su país, tras su llegada al poder en 1933: ¿Cómo una sociedad, culta, patria de filósofos, músicos, premios Nobel.
Raja Shehadeh, ganador del premio Orwell de escritura política en 2008, abogado de derechos humanos y el escritor palestino más destacado en la actualidad, detalla la historia del conflicto palestino-israelí: desde la creación del Estado de Israel en 1948, que desencadenó el desplazamiento obligado de la población palestina, creando fracturas que siguen estallando de forma violenta y trágica hoy en día, hasta el fracaso de los acuerdos de Oslo, el progresivo endurecimiento de la ocupación de los territorios palestinos y las crecientes fracturas en la clase política israelí, para la que un enemigo común palestino es un bálsamo útil.
60 héroes de la Resistencia y la Segunda Guerra Mundial busca dar a conocer, de forma sencilla, corta y amena, los actos heroicos de personas que no dudaron en poner en peligro sus vidas por salvar la de otros.
A devastating, meticulous account of the history of Israel s destruction of Gaza from an acclaimed architect and investigator'Urgent and essential' DAVID WENGROW'Extraordinary' ILAN PAPP Eyal Weizman is one of the world s leading experts on the relationship between violence, conflict and the environment, both built and natural.
From the caveman selecting the right stick to the Babylonian priest who predicted an eclipse and claimed credit for it, the weaponization of knowledge is as old as human civilization.
First serious examination of the curious demise of Reichsfuhrer SS Heinrich Himmler that also investigates an extraordinary web of secret deals and international intrigue.
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'I will recommend it to everyone' Alastair Campbell'World-renowned historian Laurence Rees lays out a past that is also eerily a cautionary tale for our future if we are not careful' Anthony Scaramucci'There are lots of moments when you can t help but have a shudder through the spine .
Ukrainische, russische, belarussische und deutsche Autor:innen untersuchen den Vernichtungskrieg der DeutschenDer deutsche Vernichtungskrieg in der Sowjetunion kostete 14 Millionen sowjetische Zivilist:innen das Leben.
Close, close beneath the land I had once rooted myself in and loved, lay a land filled with violence, injustice and hatredOn 22 April 1962 what remains of G ran Rosenberg s family embark from his native Sweden to make Israel their new home.
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Natalie Livingstone's deeply researched, unfailingly fascinating book gives the many extraordinary women at or near the centre of the Nuremberg trials their proper, important, and often ignored place in history' Salman Rushdie'Brilliant .
The Man Who Saved Mengele's Twins: Leadership, Survival, and Moral Courage Inside Auschwitz Concentration Camp is a riveting account of extraordinary bravery in the darkest chapters of human history.
For more than half a century, historians, theologians, and moral philosophers have wrestled with one of the most consequential questions of the twentieth century: What was the true role of Pope Pius XII during the Holocaust?
A young man journeys from Paris to Rwanda to discover the truth about his mother s past and the country of her birth, from bestselling and prize-winning Rwandan-French novelist and hip-hop artist Ga l Faye A luminous poetic quality unforgettable Le la Slimani Utterly, captivatingly brilliant Philippe SandsMilan the twelve-year-old son of a French father and a Rwandan mother blames flunking his exams on the emotional trauma of the genocide in his mother s homeland.
The remarkable true story of friendship, resilience and survival against the odds'A remarkable tale of survival' Jeremy Dronfield, bestselling author of The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz'It's an account of astounding courage and resourcefulness .
WINNER of 75th Nation al Jew ish Book Award: BiographyFinalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2026 FIVE STARS Magnificent Telegraph Compulsively readable Financial Times Gripping and timely The Times'Crackingly told' Philippe Sands'A kind of masterclass' Sebastian JungerTHE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING, COSTA PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE VOLUNTEERThe true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after WWII to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past.
THE BOOK: In every generation, according to Jewish tradition, thirty-six just men, the Lamed-waf, are born to take the burden of the world's suffering upon themselves.
Discover unrelenting spirit and strength in the extraordinary true story of Franci: a woman who survived the holocaust against all of the odds'Achingly moving, gives much-needed hope.
BOOK 9 OF THE LADYBIRD EXPERT HISTORY OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR, FROM AWARD-WINNING HISTORIAN JAMES HOLLANDFeaturing stunning illustrations from Keith Burns, bringing the story to life in vivid detailWhy did the Allies attack on D-Day?
If human rights are considered the most essential quality of human existence, then this book represents a lifetime devoted to the fight for those rights Ai WeiweiIn three decades under the leadership of Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch conducted investigations in 100 countries to uncover abuses and pressured offending governments to stop them.
'A superb work of scholarship, full of riveting detail' Sunday TimesA powerful and revelatory history book about the bloodlands - the lands that lie between Stalin's Russia and Hitler's Germany - where 14 million people were killed during the years 1933 - 1944.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2022'Superb' The Times'Engrossing and revelatory' Observer'Powerful, compelling and meticulously researched' New StatesmanA new book from the award winning author of In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz,Do Not Disturb explores the controversial career of Paul Kagame and the legacy of the Rwandan genocideDo Not Disturb is a dramatic recasting of the modern history of Africa's Great Lakes region, an area blighted by the greatest genocide of the twentieth century.
FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2026'Remarkable' GUARDIAN'Anyone disturbed and frightened by our current moral and intellectual morass should read it' PANKAJ MISHRAA leading genocide scholar explores the history of Zionism, Israel s lurch towards extreme oppression and violence, and why it stands accused of crimes against humanityProfessor Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv and served in the Israel Defence Forces during the Yom Kippur War.
Compiled by bestselling author susan abulhawa, an Arabic-English bilingual anthology of true stories from eighteen young Palestinian writers trying to survive the genocide in Gaza.
A New Yorker staff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this "e;unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war"e; (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain)'The book we need right now' Atul Gawande, author of Being MortalWhat do we owe the past?
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERA History Today Best Book of the Year 2025 Elegantly written and powerfully argued it ranks among the best works on this terrible period Sunday TimesA biographical study of Hitler's inner circle offers a new way to understand the horrors of the Nazi regimeWhy did so many Germans take part in the crimes of Nazi Germany?
Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before.
Preorder the new Mr Ps book 'How to Survive the School Year' - out 29/08/24THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming book from your favourite teacher duo and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast)Remember the distant days of lockdown and those futile attempts to homeschool distracted, disinterested kids?
'Anyone interested in the future of autocracy should buy it' Anne Applebaum, author of Twilight of Demoracy**Shortlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Literature**A devastating account of China's genocide of the Uyghurs, by a leading Uyghur activist and Time #100 nomineeNury Turkel was born in a 're-education' camp in China at the height of the Cultural Revolution.
