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In 1980 Thomas Keneally walked into a shop in Beverley Hills to buy a briefcase, an impulse that was to change his life. For the owner, Leopold Pfefferberg, had a story he'd been trying to interest writers and Hollywood in for years. It was the story of Oskar Schindler. In Searching for Schindler, Keneally describes how he went on to discover the full, extraordinary tale of the Aryan who risked his life to save hundreds of Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, interviewing many of the survivors around the world.

Alexander Hamilton: Founding Father chronicles the remarkable life of one of America's most controversial and significant founding fathers. From his humble beginnings in the British West Indies to his eventual rise to power in the United States government, Hamilton's story is one of perseverance and ambition. Through his contributions to the establishment of the country's banking and currency systems and his role in the ratification of the United States Constitution, Hamilton left an indelible mark on American history.

Have you ever wondered what growing up was like in the 1920s in Virginia? I grew up as one of 11 children, and all of us were born at home. My name is Jane, and I wrote most of this book a long time ago. Not only will I tell you some of my memories, I will also introduce you to my brothers and sisters. Since we all went to a church four miles from home, we also share a perfect poem about it written by one of my best friends, Margie.

Musska is the story of a young boy born in Kandahar, Afghanistan. He was raised by his grandparents after his father was assassinated and his mother abandoned her family. His family flees the dangers of Kandahar and continues to move until they reach Karachi, Pakistan, all while evading extremists that are abducting and murdering people that were affiliated with the Afghan government.

Roosevelt was a force of nature in his mental toughness, temperament, and work ethic. Although he was far from perfect, he was a creative problem solver who never backed down from a challenge. What drove him to such levels of personal transformation, confidence, heart, and conviction? Let’s find out.

The son of a former slave, Pertinax was the Roman Emperor who proved that no matter how lowly your birth, you could rise to the very top through hard work, grit and determination. This previously untold story brings a fascinating and important figure out of the shadows. A self-made everyman, a man of principle and ambition, a role model respected by his contemporaries, Pertinax's remarkable story offers a unique and panoramic insight into the late 2nd century AD Principate Empire.

Salon Kitty was the most notorious brothel in the decadent Berlin of the Weimar Republic - the city of Cabaret. But after the Nazis took power, it became something more dangerous: a spying centre with every room wired for sound, staffed by women agents specially selected by the SS to coax secrets from their VIP clients. Masterminded by Reinhard Heydrich, the spymaster whom Hitler himself called 'the man with the iron heart', the exclusive establishment turned listening post was patronised by the Nazi leaders themselves, not knowing that hidden ears were listening.

Elixir tells the story of Edouard Laugier and Auguste Laurent, the son of a perfumer and a fellow aspiring chemist, who met on the Left Bank while pursuing their passion for science. Spurned by the scientific establishment, the pair ended up working out of Edouard's family perfume shop, Laugier père et fils. By day they prepared the revitalizing elixirs and rejuvenating eaux it was famous for, but by night using the ingredients of the perfumery and the principles of alchemy, they pursued the secret of life itself.

In Becoming Hitler, award-winning historian Thomas Weber examines Adolf Hitler's time in Munich between 1918 and 1926, the years when Hitler shed his awkward, feckless persona and transformed himself into a savvy opportunistic political operator who saw himself as Germany's messiah. The story of Hitler's transformation is one of a fateful match between man and city. After opportunistically fluctuating between the ideas of the left and the right, Hitler emerged as an astonishingly flexible leader of Munich's right-wing movement.

"Oft taten wir nichts anderes als schauen. Zu schauen gab es immer etwas." Während der "Optionszeit" verließen viele Südtiroler Familien ihre Heimat, um in eigens errichteten Wohneinheiten in Österreich und Deutschland ein neues Zuhause zu finden. Margit Weiß wuchs in den Sechziger- und Siebzigerjahren in einer solchen Südtirolersiedlung auf. Mit den Augen eines Kindes betrachtet sie den damaligen Alltag und die illustren Persönlichkeiten in der Siedlung: Da gibt es den blumenpflückenden Herrn Maier, die Fani-Tant mit ihren Liebschaften oder den geliebten Großvater Carlo.

One of the most famous queens in history, Mary Stuart lived in her homeland for just twelve years: as a dauntless child who laughed at her friends' seasickness as they sailed to safety in France and later, on her return as an eighteen-year-old widow to take control of a nation riven with factions, dissent, and religious strife. Brief though her in time Scotland was, her experience profoundly influenced who she was and what happened to her.

Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history. He was a cultural innovator, a relentless self-promoter, and an astute diplomat—the peace treaty signed after the Battle of Kadesh was the first in recorded history. He outbuilt every other Egyptian pharaoh, leaving behind the temples of Abu Simbel; the great hypostyle hall of Karnak; the tomb for his wife Nefertari; and his own memorial, the Ramesseum.

Eine unglaubliche und inspirierende Geschichte über die Flucht aus der DDR. Das Werk "Die Flucht aus der DDR – Mein Weg in die Freiheit" thematisiert das Leben einer Frau, die als Zeitzeugin 60 Jahre nach ihrer Flucht sowie 30 Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung auf ihr Leben in der DDR sowie in der Bundesrepublik zurückschaut.

A “gripping” (Kati Marton, author of The Chancellor) historical investigation and family memoir that intertwines the iconic narrative of Anne Frank with the untold story of Bep Voskuijl, her protector and closest confidante in the Annex, bringing us closer to understanding one of the great secrets of World War II.

The first major new biography of Martin Luther King Jr in over 40 years, Jonathan Eig's superb King is based on years of research, hundreds of interviews with those who knew him and many thousands of previously unreleased documents, including a huge cache from the FBI. Eig reveals King's story to be more compelling and more complex than we knew. Eig's fascinating biography not only shines new light on King's remarkable career, but also humanises him so that he becomes more than a symbol of hope and defiance, but a man with flaws, a sense of humour, as a father and a husband.

La familia Medici bien puede presumir de haber sido una de las más influyentes y decisivas en el curso de la historia italiana y mundial. Su contribución al mundo del arte y de la cultura en general es incalculable y abarca siglos de una historia tan apasionante como fastuosa. En este audiolibro, el autor Lorenzo de Medici, descendiente directo de la propia familia y autor de éxito en la actualidad, realiza una repaso pormenorizado de la historia de su linaje, un linaje que aún a día de hoy es sinónimo de Renancimiento.

Carter B. Forbes was born in Texas in 1905 and said, "I don’t remember a thing about it, and if I had, my mother would have been the most embarrassed woman in twenty-seven counties." And the stories go on from there. He grew up in the first part of the 20th century on a farm in the panhandle of Texas and tells the tales of his life that reveal the character of the time, the place, and the man involved.

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. ABOUT SIR THOMAS MORE: There are some writers who are chiefly interesting in themselves, and some whom chance and the agreement of men have picked out as symbols and convenient indications of some particular group or temperament of opinions.

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. ABOUT CHESTERTON AND BELLOC: It has been one of the less possible dreams of my life to be a painted Pagan God and live upon a ceiling. I crown myself becomingly in stars or tendrils or with electric coruscations (as the mood takes me), and wear an easy costume free from complications and appropriate to the climate of those agreeable spaces.

She Loves You, book three in the John Lennon Series, lets you ride along with John Lennon and The Beatles on the whirlwind tour that was 1963 to early 1964. You'll accompany John and Brian on holiday in Spain, sit with The Beatles on the Roy Orbison Tour, and experience the wild emergence of Beatlemania as the boys tour England, Ireland, Wales, Sweden and Paris, France.