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The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904-2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy. Drawing on many previously untapped sources, Frank Costigliola's biography offers a new picture of a man of extraordinary ability and ambition whose idea of containing the Soviet Union helped ignite the Cold War but who spent the next half century trying to extinguish it. Always prescient, Kennan in the 1990s warned that the eastward expansion of NATO would spur a new cold war with Russia.

Die Geschichte einer Kämpferin im Regenwald – für ihr Volk, für ihre Wurzeln, gegen die Zerstörung. "Wir sind einer der letzten Stämme, die eurer Zivilisation unterworfen wurden. Das bedeutet, dass wir einer der letzten Stämme sind, die euch beschreiben können, wie leichtfüßig wir einmal durch das Land gelaufen sind. Es hat uns Tausende von Jahren gekostet, den Amazonas-Regenwald kennenzulernen, seine Wege und seine Geheimnisse zu verstehen und zu lernen, wie wir in ihm und mit ihm leben können. Und es hat eure Zivilisation nur ein paar Jahrzehnte gekostet, um ihn zu zerstören."

Zehn kurze Biografien berühmter Menschen werden präsentiert, das Wichtigste kurz und knapp auf den Punkt gebracht. Unterhaltung und Wissen in einem! Mit dabei: Alexander der Große, Napoleon Bonaparte, König Artus, Karl der Große, Kaiser Friedrich I Barbarossa, Richard Löwenherz, Kaiser Friedrich II, König Heinrich VIII von England, König Ludwig XIV von Frankreich, Zar Peter der Große.

Designed to convey Washington's deep sense of duty and commitment to peace, this biographical tribute delves into his pivotal role as Commander-in-Chief during the American Revolutionary War. Explore Washington's decisive leadership, from the challenging early years of the colonial army to the strategic crossing of the Delaware River, the harsh winter at Valley Forge, and the pivotal battles that shaped the nation's destiny.

Tsarina Catherine the Great, German-born ruler of Russia: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Vladimir Lenin, Russian revolutionary and founder of the Soviet Union: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Otto von Bismarck, Prussian chancellor and famous leader of the German Empire: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Mary Stuart, Queen Elizabeth I of England's adversary and Queen of Scots: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Shocking, but laced with wry humour, Vladimir Pereverzin’s extraordinary story is of an ordinary man whose comfortable life is upended. Refusing to give false testimony against Yukos owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky, he is plunged into lengthy, brutal incarceration in Russia’s nightmarish prisons and penal colonies, including some in which political prisoner Alexei Navalny has been held.

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker—how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance.

Wolfgang Schäuble war eine politische Ausnahmeerscheinung. Nur wenige haben die Bundesrepublik in vergleichbarem Maße geprägt. Die unmittelbar vor seinem Tod fertiggestellten »Erinnerungen« bieten einen einzigartigen Einblick in die Geschichte unseres Landes und in die verborgenen Mechanismen des politischen Betriebs. Sie sind die Bilanz eines politischen Lebens, ein Vermächtnis der Werte und Haltungen, für die Wolfgang Schäuble ein Leben lang stand.

Jürgen Todenhöfer zieht die Bilanz seines ungewöhnlichen Lebens, das oft abseits des Mainstreams verlief und Gefahren und Kontroversen nie auswich. Er schildert seinen lebenslangen Kampf gegen Krieg und Rassismus, gegen politische, religiöse und kulturelle Intoleranz, gegen Ungerechtigkeit und Armut. Todenhöfer nimmt uns mit zu den Krisenherden der Welt, die er in den letzten Jahrzehnten aufgesucht hat, und erzählt davon, wie er seine weltweiten Kontakte nutzte, um vor allem Kindern in Kriegsgebieten zu helfen und weltweit Waisenhäuser, Krankenhäuser und Schulen zu errichten.

When he woke up in jail in Fairfax County, Virginia, in 2015, Tim Murtaugh had no way of knowing he'd be a senior leader on the reelection campaign for the president of the United States less than four years later.

From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin’s bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial control over the state of Louisiana. A man of shameless ambition and ruthless vindictiveness, Long orchestrated elections, hired and fired thousands at will, and deployed the state militia as his personal police force. And yet, paradoxically, as governor and later as senator, Long did more good for the state’s poor and uneducated than any politician before or since. Outrageous demagogue or charismatic visionary?

As emperor, Julian set about reforming the administration, conquering new territories, and reviving ancient religions. He was scorned in his time for repudiating Christianity and demonized as an apostate for willfully rejecting Christ. Through the centuries, Julian has been viewed by many as a tragic figure who sought to save Rome from its enemies and the corrupting influence of Christianity. Christian writers and historians have seen Julian much differently: as a traitor to God and violent oppressor of Christians.

On 20th January 2001, after nearly thirty years in politics — eight of them as President of the United States — Bill Clinton was suddenly a private citizen. Only fifty-four years old, full of energy and ideas, he wanted to make meaningful use of his skills, his relationships with world leaders, and all he’d learned in a lifetime of politics, but how? Citizen is Clinton’s front-row, first-person chronicle of his post-presidential years and the most significant events of the twenty-first century.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris began their transition to the White House in the most unusual of circumstances: a global pandemic, a sitting president violently refusing to accept the results of the election, and a historic racial reckoning all posed profound questions about how they would staff large parts of the government and articulate policy remedies to pressing problems in just eleven weeks.

Zehn kurze Biografien berühmter Menschen werden präsentiert, das Wichtigste kurz und knapp auf den Punkt gebracht. Unterhaltung und Wissen in einem! Mit dabei: George Washington, Königin Elisabeth II, Winston Churchill, Helmut Schmidt, Helmut Kohl, Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Golda Meir.

Екатерина Великая!.. Действительно она была великая во всех своих замыслах, работах и творческом размахе на всём протяжении своей довольно долгой жизни, половину из которой - тридцать четыре года - она правила государством Российским. Пётр прорубил окно в Европу - Екатерина на месте окна устроила широко раскрытые двери, в которые входило в Россию всё передовое, разумное, мудрое, что было в Западной Европе.

Joseph Beuys, deutsche Künstlerlegende und politischer Aktivist: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!