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Дневник Анны Франк удивительное документальное произведение, созданное в годы нацистской оккупации Нидерландов. Любая дневниковая запись ценна своей искренностью, открытостью и откровенными суждениями об описываемых событиях.

How do you steal a library? Not just any library but the most secret archive in the world. The answer is to be a librarian. To be so quiet, that no-one knows what you are up to as you toil undercover over decades and so low key, that even after your escape, aided by MI6, no-one even notices you are gone. The Spy in the Archive is the remarkable story of how Vasili Mitrokhin – an introverted archivist who loved nothing more than dusty files – ended up changing the world.

The Oxford English Dictionary has long been associated with elite institutions and Victorian men; its longest-serving editor, James Murray, devoted 36 years to the project, as far as the letter T. But the Dictionary didn't just belong to the experts; it relied on contributions from members of the public. By the time it was finished in 1928 its 414,825 entries had been crowdsourced from a surprising and diverse group of people, from archaeologists and astronomers to murderers, naturists, novelists, pornographers, queer couples, suffragists, vicars and vegetarians.

At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you’ve got the plague. From a young Elizabeth Tudor, the orphan facing deadly intrigue at court, to a teenage Richard Burton, the rugby-obsessed son of a Welsh miner, historian Alice Loxton explores Britain’s past through the lives of eighteen figures at this crucial age.

In “the most comprehensive Garfield biography in almost fifty years” (The Wall Street Journal), C.W. Goodyear charts the life and times of one of the most remarkable Americans ever to win the Presidency. Progressive firebrand and conservative compromiser; Union war hero and founder of the first Department of Education; Supreme Court attorney and abolitionist preacher; mathematician and canalman; crooked election-fixed and clean-government champion; Congressional chieftain and gentleman-farmer; the last president to be born in a log cabin; the second to be assassinated.

Er war der geistige Wegbereiter des Nationalsozialismus. Sein Name gilt als Inbegriff des skrupellosen Demagogen und der Massenmanipulation: Joseph Goebbels. Was wir heute als "fake news" und "Verschwörungstheorien" kennen, hat er als "Reichsminister für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda" in einer bis dahin unbekannten Weise als Mittel der Politik eingesetzt und perfektioniert. Der "Triumph der Lüge", den er anstrebte, führte zu Terror, Krieg und Massenmord.

Across three marriages and decades of civil war, Margaret endured loss, intrigue and exile – yet lived to see her only son crowned Henry VII, the first Tudor king. Against a backdrop of shifting power and danger, she helped broker the union that ended the Wars of the Roses, shaped the early Tudor court, and played a formative role in the life of her grandson, Henry VIII.

Tennyson rose to eminence as rapid and revolutionary discoveries were being made in the fields of biology, astronomy, geology, and marine science. It was a period of immense change akin to our own. For the first time, people were pursuing answers to questions that had felt previously unknowable—about biological evolution, the notion of a godless, unpitying universe, and of planetary extinction. These were as terrifying to Tennyson as climate catastrophe is to us today.

Throughout his long and illustrious career, Benjamin Franklin nursed a not-so-secret desire to annex Canada and make it American. When he was not busy conducting scientific experiments or representing American interests at home and abroad, Benjamin Franklin hatched one plan after another to join Canada to the American colonies and then later to the United States. These were not solely intellectual efforts. He went to Montreal in 1776 to try to turn around the faltering occupation by American forces.

Parker unlocks secrets that point to more complex motivations within the marauding army that in the late-9th century voyaged to the shores of eastern England in its sleek, dragon-prowed longships. Exploring legends from forgotten medieval texts, and across the varied Anglo-Saxon regions, she depicts Vikings who came not just to raid but also to settle personal feuds, intervene in English politics and find a place to call home. Native tales reveal the links to famous Vikings like Ragnar Lothbrok and his sons, Cnut, and Havelok the Dane.

Den anden bog om Helvig Pedersdatter handler om 1800-tallet, den danske guldalder, set gennem en af periodens anonyme skikkelser - en tjenestepige. De store politiske omvæltninger i slutningen af 1840'erne mærkes i Thy kun som svage dønninger, men da Helvigs herskab har stærke tyske rødder, får krigsårene alvorlig indflydelse på livet på hovedgården Øland. Indførelsen af den almindelige værnepligt betyder, at næsten hver eneste gård i Danmark har en søn 'indkaldt til Krigstjeneste', som der står i folketællingen fra 1850.

The Death of Rodolfo – The Bicycle Boat. When my father, Rodolfo Loredan Gannon died, there was no obituary. There were no tributes, no headlines, only quiet calls to the few who understood the weight of his absence. For over fifty years, he worked beyond the public eye, trusted by those whose choices shaped careers, countries, and the course of events most people never knew were being decided. His name appeared nowhere, yet his presence was everywhere. This is my account of the man I knew and the world he brought me into, even as I fought him the whole way.

In her international bestseller SPQR, Mary Beard told the thousand-year story of ancient Rome. Now she shines her spotlight on the emperors who ruled the Roman empire, from Julius Caesar (assassinated 44 BCE) to Alexander Severus (assassinated 235 CE). Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius.

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.

Aaron Burr. Founding Father. Vice President. And the man who shot Alexander Hamilton dead in cold blood. But that was just the beginning. In Burr: America’s First Supervillain, JJ uncovers the real story of the most dangerous man in early American history — a man who fought in the Revolution, rose to the top of the political ladder, and then tried to build an empire of his own. From his cold childhood and battlefield exploits, to the infamous duel and the treason trial of the century, this is a biography that reads like a thriller — because it is one.

Als Lea Ypi im Internet ein ihr unbekanntes Foto entdeckt, das ihre Großeltern 1941 beim Après-Ski in den italienischen Alpen zeigt, fragt sie sich, was sie wirklich über ihre Familie weiß. Warum hat ihre geliebte Großmutter Leman, genannt Nini, Französisch gesprochen, wenn sie doch in Saloniki aufgewachsen war, als Enkelin eines Würdenträgers? Was hatte sie bewogen, als junge Frau Griechenland zu verlassen und auf eigene Faust nach Tirana zu gehen?

In London, in the summer of 1928, as usual, a misty haze fell over the city. It was early September, and warm, damp humidity lingered over the lush countryside. In Paddington, drizzle clung to the air as Alexander Fleming—a well-known scientist—climbed the stairs to the second floor of St. Mary’s Hospital After a few weeks away for a much-needed vacation in Suffolk,

In this memoir of his childhood, Harvey recreated the daily struggles of life in postwar rural Ireland and bomb-shattreed London. Ireland, just 30 years removed from 700 years of British domination, had scarcely emerged from the 19th century. London, shrouded in fog and greasy coal soot, was the epicenter of an exhausted debtor nation, still clinging to an image of British exceptionalism as a young Queen Elizabeth took the throne and the empire circled the drain.

Cuando se temía una invasión por parte de Estados Unidos, el presidente Plutarco Elías Calles emprendió una vasta obra de reconstrucción material e institucional. Hombres como Alberto J. Pani, Luis Montes de Oca, Manuel Gómez Morin, Moisés Sáenz y Gonzalo Robles, entre otros, se encargaron de realizar esa obra creativa con tiempo limitado y pocos recursos, pero también con claridad, profesionalismo y patriotismo.

Drawing on the latest archaeological discoveries, Dr. Jess Venner brings the ancient streets to life through the eyes of those who lived, worked, loved, and ultimately met their fate in Pompeii. Richly evocative and immersive, The Lost Voices of Pompeii vividly recreates the final twenty-four hours before the eruption, reminding us exactly what – and who – was lost in 79 AD.