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Drawing on their unrivalled access throughout the Labour party, the Times and Sunday Times investigative duo behind Left Out now present the explosive inside story of Labour’s transformation and general election under Starmer. This is the definitive telling of a momentous time for the party: either their election as the first Labour government since the Blair/Brown era, or a catastrophic mishandling of a huge lead in the opinion polls. Either way, the story centres on Starmer's relentless and single-minded pursuit of power, and on the inevitable turmoil and carnage.

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price was nine months pregnant and due to give birth the night she attended her high school formal. With her baby tucked in her arms, she completed year 12 from her hospital bed. Early in their relationship, she took her future husband, Colin, to the Alice Springs morgue to identify the body of a family member who'd been killed. Nothing about the life of this passionate and steely Warlpiri woman could ever be described as ordinary.

Five years after the Civil War, North Carolina Republican state senator John W. Stephens was found murdered inside the Caswell County Courthouse. Stephens fought for the rights of freedpeople, and his killing by the Ku Klux Klan ultimately led to insurrection, Governor William W. Holden's impeachment, and the early unwinding of Reconstruction in North Carolina.

Republican President William McKinley transformed America during his two terms as president. Although he does not register large in either public memory or in historians' rankings, in this revealing account, Robert W. Merry offers "a fresh twist on the old tale . . . a valuable education on where America has been and, possibly, where it is going" (The National Review).

In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They had won the first civil war and the king was in custody, but disagreements over the way forward had led to a stalemate. As the leader of one party, Oliver Cromwell found himself again at the center of events. In the second volume of his pioneering biography, Ronald Hutton traces Cromwell's career from 1647 through to his seizure of supreme power.

In I Lived to Tell the Story, Tamika Mallory takes us beyond the headlines and podiums, offering an unfiltered look at the moments that shaped her—not just as an activist but as a woman navigating love, loss, and self-discovery. From her early days as the daughter of civil rights organizers in Harlem to her battles with the personal pain that many never imagined—the trauma of sexual assault, the pressures of motherhood, the fallout of public scrutiny, and the fight to reclaim her peace—this is Tamika as the world has never seen her before.

Der nächste Kanzler? Friedrich Merz hat es gegen alle Widerstände und nach mehreren Anläufen an die Spitze der CDU geschafft. Jetzt hat der Kandidat der Union gute Aussichten, der nächste Bundeskanzler zu werden. Wer ist dieser Friedrich Merz, der nach seinem Ausstieg aus der Politik ein beispielloses Comeback versucht? Er provoziert mit Debatten über die »Leitkultur« und hat sich als Gegenentwurf zu Angela Merkel präsentiert. Wie verlief sein Weg an die Macht? Was sind seine politischen Standpunkte? Und was hätten wir von einem Kanzler Merz zu erwarten?

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK. Prenumele lor sunt banale: Inessa, Clara, Nadia, Magda, Felismina, Elena, Jiang Qing, Catherine, dar numele de familie spun totul: Mussolini, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Salazar, Mao, Ceauşescu, Bokassa. Unele sunt femei puternice, în stare să influenţeze decisiv hotărârile bărbaţilor din vieţile lor, pe când altele sunt doar victime şi au parte de un destin tragic. Unele se află în lumina reflectoarelor, sunt seducătoare sau stârnesc atenţie, în vreme ce altele sunt sortite să rămână mereu în umbră.

Artist. Public intellectual. Political activist. James Baldwin was all of these and more. Raised in the slums of Depression-era Harlem in New York City, Baldwin would become an author and activist of international renown—one whose legacy has continued long beyond his death in 1987. Who was James Baldwin? How did he become the master of multiple literary genres and a champion for some of the era’s most notable political and social causes? And how is his influence still being felt today?

సీనియర్ జర్నలిస్ట్ ఎం వీ ఆర్ శాస్త్రి ఎన్నో గొప్ప రచనలు చేశారు. ఆయన చేసిన అనేక రచనలు ముఖ్యంగా చారిత్రిక రాజకీయ అంశాల పైనే ఉన్నాయి. భారత దేశ స్వతంత్ర సమరయోధుడు సుభాష్ చంద్ర బోస్ జీవితం పైన కూడా ఆయన ఒక అద్భుత పుస్తకాన్ని రాశారు. భారత స్వాతంత్ర్య పోరాట ప్రధాన ఘట్టాలు, వాటిలో బోస్ పాత్ర, ప్రభావాలపై విఖ్యాత రచయిత ఎం.వి.ఆర్.శాస్త్రి విలక్షణ విశ్లేషణ చేసారు. అందులో భాగంగా నేతాజీ దేశంనుంచి తప్పించుకు పోయిన ఎడ్వెంచర్ ను చిత్రించిన తొలి అధ్యాయం 'ది గ్రేట్ ఎస్కేప్'. ఆయన ఎలా దేశం నుంచి తప్పించుకుపోయారనే అంశాన్ని కళ్ళకి కట్టినట్టు ఇంటరెస్టింగ్ గా పాఠకుల ముందుకు తీసుకొచ్చారు.

It's an autobiographical work by the well-known social worker and Magsaysay award winner Prakash Amte. It talks about his struggles in helping the tribals of central and western India, move towards their up-liftment. Prakash Amte is the famous social activist and Gandhi ji's humble disciple, late Baba Amte's son.

आजादी के बाद देश में अक्सर ये माना जाता था कि नेताजी सुभाष चंद्र बोस का निधन विमान हादसे में नहीं हुआ है. वो जल्द अज्ञातवास से वापस स्वदेश लौटेंगे और तब देश में आमूलचूल बदलाव आएगा. ये तो चर्चाओं की बात थी लेकिन नेताजी आजादी की लड़ाई के दौरान आजाद हिंद फौज के सहयोगियों से एक खास इच्छा जाहिर करते थे.

Zachary Taylor might not be the first name that comes to mind when you think about US presidents. Known as “Old Rough and Ready” for his no-nonsense style and countless military victories, Taylor was a war hero long before he reluctantly stepped into politics. He didn’t seek fame or power, but his victories in the Mexican-American War made him one of the most popular people in America and ultimately propelled him to the presidency.

United States, early 1800’s. On a Maryland plantation, a young child is cruelly separated from his mother, setting the stage for the dehumanizing conditions of slavery that would define his early life. The brutal attempts to break Douglass's spirit only serve to strengthen his resolve to escape from that life. Despite the obstacles, the young boy is determined to educate himself, and he secretly learns to read and write.

In 1979, Loretta Ross was a single mother who’d had to drop out of Howard University. She was working at Washington, DC’s Rape Crisis Center when she got a letter from a man in prison saying he wanted to learn how to not be a rapist anymore. At first, she was furious. As a survivor of sexual violence, she wanted to write back pouring out her rage. But instead, she made a different choice, a choice to reject the response her trauma was pushing her towards, a choice that set her on the path towards developing a philosophy that would come to guide her whole career.

This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized narratives. Counterculture brilliantly interrogates the diversity of counterculture and the interwoven relationship between each individual legacy. From Anarchism to the Harlem Renaissance, Alex Zamalin unveils the humanity behind these romanticized figures and popularized movements to capture revolutionary freedom in action.

10 women social reformers who fought to bring change in India

मशहूर राजनेता शरद पंवार की आत्मकथा 'ऑन माय टर्म्स' का यह प्रभावशाली हिंदी अनुवाद हमारा शरद पंवार के जीवन से अंतरंग परिचय तो करवाता ही है, इस पुस्तक में उन्होंने गठबंधन की राजनीति, कांग्रेस के भीतर लोकतंत्र के क्षरण, कृषि और उद्योग की स्थिति और भावी भारत के लिए सामाजिक समरसता तथा उदार दृष्टिकोण की अहमियत पर अपने विचार प्रकट किए हैं.

عن الرجل الذي حكم الاتحاد السوفيتي (Soviet Union) لأكثر من عقدين من الزمن بقبضة فولاذية، وزمنٍ من الرعب. الحاكم الذي سعى لتحديث بلاده وهزم النازية. ذلك هو جوزيف ستالين (Joseph Stalin).