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»Denn das Genie ist ein Meteor, dazu bestimmt zu verbrennen, um sein Jahrhundert zu erleuchten.«

So beschrieb ein junger, noch gänzlich unbekannter französischer Leutnant namens Napoleon Buonaparte im Jahre 1791 in einem moralphilosophischen Essay die Rolle Alexanders des Großen. Er dürfte kaum geahnt haben, dass er damit eine Selbstbeschreibung seines Lebens gab, wie sie treffender kein Historiker je hätte formulieren können. Kometengleich ging sein Stern auf – und ebenso rasch verglühte er.

Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who...

In 1947, India became independent, but was divided into two nations, forever changing the country and the lives of its inhabitants. The Indian Mate: Volume 1 charts the journey of one such family caught in the middle of the biggest migration in human history, along with around 14 million others...

In the face of upheaval, displacement, and war, the Schapiro family’s journey stands as a testament to resilience and steadfast devotion to Yiddishkeit. Drawing on richly detailed narratives and over 550 archival documents and photographs, this book chronicles not only the Schapiro family's extraordinary path, but also the broader saga of the Lubavitch community as it endured Soviet repression, crossed a devastated Europe, and helped rebuild Jewish life in postwar America.

Der Müllner-Peter von Sachrang ist eine Legende. Er war Arzt, Apotheker und ein ausgezeichneter Musiker, dessen Werke heute noch gespielt werden. In dem kleinen Dorf im Aschauer Tal an der Grenze zwischen Bayern und Tirol erlebt er die napoleonische Besatzung. Als junger Mann soll er Priester werden. Er entschließt sich gegen diesen Weg und bringt damit die ganze Gemeinde gegen sich auf. Aber stets hilft ihm seine Begabung einen Weg in die Herzen der Menschen zu finden. Ebenso schwer hat er es mit der Frau an seiner Seite.

Untold true stories of fascinating lives throughout history to the modern day from the host of the popular?Half-Arsed History?podcast. The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of tells the tales of the overlooked names of history, the individuals who lived fascinating, absurd, or simply...

Savings Pre-order Price Guarantee. Terms The throne of England hung in the balance, and every prince in Europe wanted to claim it. When Elizabeth I ascended the throne in 1558 she became the most eligible woman in Europe. All saw the same prize: marry Elizabeth, rule England. Ambassadors flooded...

Cyrus the Great by Harold Lamb is a gripping biography that brings to life the extraordinary rise of one of history’s most visionary conquerors. In the turbulent sixth century B.C., Cyrus emerges from a rugged mountain kingdom to unite the fractious Persian tribes and forge an empire that would stretch from the Mediterranean to the Indus River.

I 1953 udkom De fordømtes legion, en krigsknaldroman om skyttegravslivet i et strafferegiment, baseret på forfatterens egne oplevelser som frivillig soldat i tysk tjeneste under Anden Verdenskrig. Gennem de næste ti år blev Sven Hazel et af Danmarks mest berømte forfatternavne. Hans romaner...

Martin Q. Magnussen er tidligere politimand og forfatter til flere opsigtsvækkende bøger om besættelsestiden – senest bestselleren Den Falske Løjtnant. Nu sætter han modstandsbevægelsens mest kendte sabotør under lup. Dette er den ufortalte historie om Bent Faurschou Hviid. Manden...

Den 30. april 2023 sluttede Lizette Risgaards over 40 år lange liv i den danske fagbevægelse. Det var ikke med hendes gode vilje. Enden på Lizette Risgaards formandskab i Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation kom efter historier i medierne om, at hun skulle have chikaneret en række unge mænd...

Forstå fænomenet Elon Musk Techmogulen, der med raketter, satellitter, sociale medier og kunstig intelligens gør, som han vil. Manden, der med brutalitet, dristighed og teknologisk indsigt er blevet verdens rigeste og mest magtfulde erhvervsmand. Men hvad sker der, når hans ambitioner...

Der er så meget lærdom og erfaring at hente hos de generationer, som vi står på skuldrene af. I GAMMELKLOG fortæller 15 danskere over 70 om de valg, der har været med til at forme deres liv. Hvad har betydet noget for dem? Hvordan har de håndteret udfordringer? Hvad ville de have gjort...

The gripping story of the fall of Heinrich Himmler--the man who sought to perfect genocide—as he becomes the most hunted war criminal in history during the convulsive final days of the Third Reich Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, Gestapo, and Waffen-SS, rose to all but supreme power as...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Stefan Zweig published Magellan in 1938, writing from English exile as Europe collapsed into nationalism. He'd fled Austria after the Nazi annexation, watching the cosmopolitan continent he valued being destroyed. The timing shaped the book...

In this biography of Maimonides, the medieval philosopher, physician, and religious thinker, Alberto Manguel examines the question of his universal appeal. Moses ben Maimon, or Maimonides (1138–1204), was born in Córdoba, Spain. The gifted son of a judge and mathematician, Maimonides fled Córdoba with his family when he was thirteen due to Almohad persecution of all non-Islamic faiths. Forced into a long exile, the family spent a decade in Spain before settling in Morocco. From there, Maimonides traveled to Palestine and Egypt, where he died at Saladin’s court.

Alexandra Kollontai was a key leader of the Russian Socialist movement, the only woman in the early Soviet government, and one of the most famous women in Russian history. She worked tirelessly all her life as a speaker, writer, and organizer for women's emancipation. This compelling biography recounts her life for an emerging generation of fighters for women's liberation.

The extraordinary life of history's first modern lesbian who inspired the television series Gentleman Jack. Anne Lister's journals were so shocking that the first person to crack their secret code hid them behind a fake panel in his ancestral home. Anne Lister was a Regency landowner, an intrepid world traveller...and an unabashed lover of other women. In this bold new biography, prizewinning author Angela Steidele uses the diaries to create a portrait of Anne Lister as we've never seen her before: a woman in some ways very much of her time and in others far ahead of it.

Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most memorable books in the face of the holocaust that Nazi Germany and its collaborators unleashed on European Jews between 1941 and 1945 across German-occupied Europe. Anne Frank was a German-born Jew hiding in Amsterdam with her family in 1942 when Nazis occupied Holland. She started keeping a diary in hiding - a diary she’d received for her 13th birthday from her parents.

Depuis 1936, après la remilitarisation de la Rhénanie, Hitler jouit du soutien de la grande majorité des Allemands. L'Allemagne prospère grâce à la reprise économique et accumule les succès diplomatiques, cependant que l'autorité charismatique d'Hitler soumet les milieux d'affaires et l'armée, qui souscrivent à sa volonté de domination du continent européen.