Shortlisted for the 2018 RBC Taylor prize for literary nonfiction';A riveting tale of the previously unknown and fascinating story of the unsung angels who strove to foil the Final Solution.
In this fascinating new book, bestselling author and historian Nathaniel Lande explores the Great War at the heart of the twentieth century through the prism of theater.
Shall Not be Infringed: The New Assaults on Your Second Amendment is a history of the relatively short gun control debate in America and a revealing description of how those hostile to the Second Amendment use polls, studies, and numbers to confuse the public.
Take someone with superior intelligence, unusual strength, perfect vision, catlike reflexes, exceptional marksmanship, and nerves of steel and you just might have what it takes.
In 2009, three US professors with access to Adolf Hitlers alleged remains startled the world with scientific DNA proof that the skull and bones that Russia had claimed since the end of World War II were Hitlers actually belonged to a middle-aged woman whose identity remains unknown.
Published for the first time in 1904, The Evolution of Modern Liberty was originally intended to be a comparison study of the American and French bills of rights.
*WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION* *THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE TIMES, NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, AND PROSPECT* If I had to name a single book that makes sense of these last few dark years, it would be this one New York Times A deeply compelling read urgent and necessary Evening StandardNaomi Klein, author of era-defining bestsellers, The Shock Doctrine, This Changes Everything and No Logo, is back with her most compulsive and personal book yet: a revelatory journey into the mirror world of our polarised ageWhen Naomi Klein discovered that a woman who shared her first name, but had radically different, harmful views, was getting chronically mistaken for her, it seemed too ridiculous to take seriously.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;New Worlds for Old - A Plain Account of Modern Socialism (The original unabridged edition)"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Dieser Band beschäftigt sich mit Eduard Bernsteins revisionistisch-reformistischem Sozialismuskonzept, das die grundlegenden Ziele der Sozialdemokratie mit einer klaren Gesellschaftsanalyse zu einer Reformstrategie verband, und fragt ob sein Denken heute in der Krise der SPD und der politischen Linken helfen kann und welche Bedeutung sein Werk für das Verständnis der Gegenwart und die Gestaltung der Zukunft hat.
The revered Bible scholar and author of The Historical Jesus explores the Christian culture warsthe debates over church and statefrom a biblical perspective, exploring the earliest tensions evident in the New Testament, and offering a way forward for Christians today.
En este libro se realiza un estudio discursivo e histórico- conceptual sobre el populismo y la(s) Violencia(s) en América Latina a partir de dos experiencias disímiles, el primer peronismo en Argentina y el gaitanismo en Colombia.
Desde abajo, desde arriba realiza un recorrido social y político de la gestación y proceso del cambio de época progresista en Nuestra América, que muestra su apogeo desde inicios de Siglo XXI hasta 2015, surcado por la mayor crisis del capitalismo conocida.
How and why cities have become the predominant sites for revolutionary upheavals in the contemporary worldExamining the changing character of revolution around the world, The Revolutionary City focuses on the impact that the concentration of people, power, and wealth in cities exercises on revolutionary processes and outcomes.
In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.
Jerome Corsi's newest opus, No Greater Valor, examines the Siege of Bastogne-one of the most heroic victories of WWII-with a focus on the surprising faith of the Americans who fought there.
'A fine and deeply affecting work of history and memoir' Philippe SandsDecades ago, the historian Bernard Wasserstein set out to uncover the hidden past of the town forty miles west of Lviv where his family originated: Krakowiec (Krah-KOV-yets).
El funcionamiento de una democracia depende en gran medida del comportamiento y la capacidad de los partidos políticos para representar los intereses de los ciudadanos y elaborar alternativas políticas.
A provocative look at the central role of slavery in Augustine's religious, ethical, and political thoughtAugustine believed that slavery is permissible, but to understand why, we must situate him in his late antique Roman intellectual context.
El famoso senador independiente de Estados Unidos, con una carrera de treinta y cinco años en el servicio público, hizo campaña para la presidencia de Estados Unidos, movilizando a gente de todo el país, poniendo la justicia económica, racial y social en el centro de atención.
En el apogeo del esfuerzo bélico estadounidense, la aviación norteamericana encargó a John Steinbeck que escribiera Bombs Away, un informe esencial en tiempo de guerra y un relato verídico de sus experiencias con las tripulaciones de bombarderos durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
En el verano de 1968, en plena Guerra de Vietnam y tras turbios sucesos como el asesinato de Martin Luther King o el de Bobby Kennedy, los republicanos se reunieron en Miami y eligieron como candidato al impopular Richard Nixon, mientras los demócratas apoyaban en Chicago la candidatura del ineficaz vicepresidente Hubert Humphrey.
La renombrada socióloga Arlie Hochschild se embarca en un interesante viaje que invita a la reflexión desde su liberal Berkeley, en California, hasta las profundidades de Luisiana, un bastión de la derecha conservadora.
