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As the daughter of a decorated general in the Imperial Russian army, Alexandra Kollontai was a member of the elite from birth. From that comfortable perch, she might easily have lived out her days in the drawing rooms and social circles of St. Petersburg's upper classes. Instead, she devoted her life to tearing that world apart.

Twenty kings. Twenty centuries. Twenty murders that bent the arc of civilization. From Julius Caesar's assassination on the Ides of March to King Faisal's shooting in a Riyadh palace, the killing of a sovereign has never been merely the end of a life — it has always been the beginning of a transformation. Regicide traces one pivotal royal murder from each century between the 1st and the 20th, revealing the systemic failures, factional conspiracies, and human blind spots that brought down the most powerful leaders on earth.

Castro: A Biography by Consent offers the most comprehensive and in-depth life history of one of the most iconic and controversial revolutionary leaders of the modern world. Respected by some, despised by others, Fidel Castro was a force to reckon with, and Claudia Furiati spent nine years of intensive research unraveling and chronicling his story through seven decades of Cuban history.

From Deadwood to Aberdeen, Vermillion to Belle Fourche, the frontier towns of South Dakota were populated by some of the toughest and most dangerous characters in the West. Chief Two Sticks led a starving band of rebels on a desperate path of destruction. Bud Stevens's murder of a cattle king's...

Als Freda McDonald 1906 in einem Armenviertel in Saint Louis zur Welt kommt, deutet nichts darauf hin, dass sie als Josephine Baker als erster afroamerikanischer Superstar die Welt erobern wird. Die Chancen stehen denkbar schlecht, für die uneheliche Tochter einer Wäscherin, die Gesetze der Rassentrennung ins Gegenteil zu verkehren, doch Josephine Baker hält sich an keine Regeln, sie macht ihre eigenen.

Two Jewish girls born six months apart–Judit Grünfeld (Judy Abrams) in Hungary and Eva Felsenburg (Marx) in Czechoslovakia–are separated from their parents and forced to "pass" as Christian children. Theirs are the amazingly parallel but unique stories of two children who were able to survive when so many others perished.

A Holocaust survivor from Belgium recounts memories of her childhood and her escape from the Nazis in hiding and on the run, reflecting on the nature of memory and on the enduring effects of the Holocaust and trauma.

The exceptional tale of an unorthodox, seventeenth–century married couple whose rags-to-riches story fundamentally rewrites our knowledge of American history at its very beginnings. A man thought to be Muslim from Morocco and a German barmaid are hardly the image we have of America's founders...

In quiet, lovely prose, Julie Brill has delivered a powerful reminder of why our stories—personal, familial, historical—are so crucial. A moving excavation of a family story.–Menachem Kaiser, author of Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure Discover a powerful, untold chapter of Holocaust history and a daughter’s enduring quest to know the story that began a generation before her birth.

The Lynx, an autobiographical account chronicling his extraordinary life behind the Iron Curtain and the daring path that ultimately led to his escape. Raised under the weight of Soviet-era restrictions, Nickolich lived through political tension, cultural control, and the constant pressure of surveillance—experiences that shaped both his character and his storytelling voice.

Im August 1897 bricht der belgische Kommandant Adrien de Gerlache auf, um die Antarktis zu erobern. Bereits auf dem Weg gen Süden gibt es zahlreiche Rückschläge: Stürme, Beinahe-Meutereien, Strandungen. Als der nach Ruhm strebende de Gerlache schließlich vor der Wahl steht, geschlagen nach Hause zurückzukehren oder kurz vor Wintereinbruch tiefer ins Eis zu fahren, entscheidet er sich für Letzteres – mit fatalen Folgen. Die Belgica bleibt im Packeis stecken.

Bloomsbury presents Eminence: Cardinal Richelieu and the Rise of France by Jean-Vincent Blanchard, read by Craig Van Ness. Chief Minister to King Louis XIII, Cardinal Richelieu was the architect of a new France in the seventeenth century and the force behind the nation's rise as a European power...

'Brilliant . . . A great book' Rod Liddle 'Utterly shocking. Blunt wasn't just an arch-traitor. He was a callous mass-murderer. A war criminal no less. And it's hard to say which is the greater sucker punch - Blunt's dark treachery, or the British establishment's cover up of his crimes. It is...

Bloomsbury presents Hammer of the Gods: King Olaf's Viking Conquest by Don Holloway, read by Mark Meadows. Weaving together Norse sagas and Anglo-Saxon chronicles to vividly depict the violence and spectacle of the Viking age, Don Hollway brings the legendary Olaf Tryggvason to life. Hammer of...

Мы знаем Уинстона Черчилля как ярчайшего политического и государственного деятеля, борца с нацизмом, наконец, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе. В ходе опроса, проведенного Би-би-си в 2002 году, англичане признали его величайшим британцем в истории. Однако Черчилль был прежде всего человеком своего времени, а значит, страстным защитником Британской империи и имперской идеи. Именно к этой стороне его политической деятельности, без которой портрет Черчилля был бы не полон, обращается известный британско-пакистанский писатель, историк, публицист и общественный деятель Тарик Али.

«Репортаж с петлей на шее» был написан известным чехословацким журналистом и антифашистом, активным участником Сопротивления Юлиусом Фучиком весной 1943 года в застенках пражского гестапо—за три месяца до казни, между избиениями, допросами и пытками. Тонкие листы папиросной бумаги и карандаш втайне передал ему тюремный надзиратель Адольф Колинский, с риском для жизни помогавший чешским коммунистам. Завершенную книгу удалось по частям вынести из тюрьмы. В 1945 году освобожденная из концлагеря жена Фучика Густа собрала все спрятанные листы и опубликовала их.

Discover the remarkable life of Boudica... Boudica was the queen of her people, a proud Celtic tribe in the east of England, and she took that responsibility seriously. In a time when the Romans sought to add the British Isles to their ever-growing empire, she stood as the last line of defense between her tribe and total subjugation. And so, with nothing left to lose, she did what few had ever dared: she led her people in open revolt against the mightiest empire on earth.

Your soul code is the guide for people who know they're meant for more. You're not broken. You're not behind. You're not too late. You've just been trying to live someone else's version of your life.

Лев Троцкий не исчезает из нашей исторической памяти. Выдающийся революционный деятель и талантливый автор, он был движущей силой потрясений, которые в значительной степени определили политические контуры XX века. Одновременно интеллектуал мирового уровня и человек, способный на узкий идеологический догматизм, эффективный военный стратег и искусный дипломат и политик, он не сумел разыграть свои карты в борьбе за власть против Сталина в 1920‑х годах.

Drawing on formerly inaccessible notebooks and manuscripts, This Dark Night constructs a portrait of Brontë, her famous writing sisters Charlotte and Anne, and the effect of their sisters’ and mother’s tragic deaths. In the first full-length biography in over twenty years, renowned scholar Deborah Lutz sketches the days of a woman crafting otherworldly fiction while running her father’s parsonage: writing interweaving with household work, daydreaming, and exploring the rough-hewn outdoors.