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How often do you think about the Roman Empire? Do you fantasize what it would be like to have unlimited wealth and power? History is littered with corrupt and authoritative leaders—people who have sunk so low that they cease to be celebrated. Ancient Rome is no exception. Infamous Roman Emperors uncover the worst of the worst, revealing the darkest rulers of the ancient Roman world. This Roman Empire history book explores sordid scandal, shocking betrayal, insatiable lust, and unimaginable conquest.

After going through three elderly leaders in three years, Mikhail Gorbachev was chosen as the new General Secretary of the Soviet Union at the relatively youg age of 54 in March 1985. Gorbachev hoped to build the Soviet economy to relieve the persistent shortages of consumer goods it faced, which were caused by enormous military spending of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev tried to introduce some economic reforms, but they were blocked by communist hardliners. Gorbachev then came to the belief that the Soviet economy could not improved without political reform as well.

“Game-changing . . . How history should be written.” — Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon: A Life [An] ambitious re-examination of the intersection of gender and monarchy.” — New York Times Book Review Queen Elizabeth I was all too happy to play on courtly conventions of gender when it...

Por primera vez, el papa Francisco cuenta la historia de su vida, revisitada a través de los acontecimientos que marcaron a la humanidad en los últimos ochenta años, desde el estallido de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en 1939, cuando el futuro pontífice era un niño, hasta nuestros días. Vida...

George Washington, Founding Father and first President of the USA: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Abraham Lincoln, American president and savior of the union: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

John F. Kennedy, American president and mythical figure: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Helmut Schmidt, legendary German chancellor: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

El nombre de Adolf Hitler ha pasado a la historia de la humanidad como uno de sus más oscuros recuerdos. Adolf Hitler, nacido en 1889, intentó en su juventud ingresar en la Academia de Bellas Artes de Viena, pero fue rechazado. Más tarde, se alistó en el Ejército alemán para luchar durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Terminada la guerra se convirtió en un espía militar, encargado de denunciar y acabar con movimientos socialistas o pacifistas. En ese momento comenzó la demonización del judaísmo internacional, Hitler abandonó el Ejército, se inscribió en el Partido Nacionalsocialista Obrero Alemán.

'Michael Sheridan is one of the best informed and wisest writers on China' - Chris Patten, last governor of Hong Kong The Red Emperor presents an eye-opening portrait of Xi Jinping, the man who presides over 1.4 billion people and the second largest economy on earth. Born a 'princeling' to one...

Queen Elizabeth II of England, longest reigning sovereign ever: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Read offers the first book focused on Lincoln's understanding of majority rule. He also highlights the similarities and differences between the threats to American democracy in Lincoln's time and in our own.

Helmut Kohl, German federal chancellor: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

This experienced author describes the personality of the first Czech president within the context of 20th-century history. He artfully combines historical occurrences with personal accounts, describing the nature of a totalitarian society and the unwavering pursuit of truth by individuals. Young listeners will acquire a lucid understanding of figures like Masaryk and Hitler, the aftermath of the Munich Betrayal, and the milieu in which Václav Havel came of age.

José “Pepe” Mujica es un ex guerrillero que llegó a ser presidente de su país, Uruguay, haciéndose mundialmente conocido por sus propuestas políticas transformadoras y su estilo campechano. Integrante de Tupamaros en los ´60 y ´70, Mujica se fugó con sus compañeros en dos oportunidades de la cárcel. La dictadura militar volvió a capturarlo y lo mantuvo en prisión bajo duras condiciones. Ya en democracia se volvió uno de los exponentes más queridos del Frente Amplio, la coalición de centroizquierda que ganó las elecciones en 2004, cortando con una larga historia de alternancia conservadora en Uruguay.

Las circunstancias misteriosas de su asesinato. Los efectos duraderos de su breve presidencia en EE.UU. Esos son los motivos por los que todavía se habla mucho de John F. Kennedy. Hijo de una familia de tradición diplomática con vínculos controversiales, Kennedy se alzó como un líder político joven, sorprendente y carismático. Se postulaba como un renovador de la democracia norteamericana, a la cual buscaba exportar alrededor del mundo en plena competencia con la URSS.

Behind the demeanor that made Dwight D. "Ike" Eisenhower so popular was a cold-as-steel intelligence that kept his country prosperous and out of danger. Because his operating methods were so deeply hidden, it is only in the past few decades that historians have grasped the full extent of his achievements. Ike in Love and War shows the hidden sacrifices that made Eisenhower remarkable. It probes the mission that was driving him: the quest to reconcile his skill as a fighter with his mother's pacifism, which led him to become the greatest peacekeeper of his age.

Read by the author. Enjoy a fascinating and novel look at the U.S. presidents, the first families, and American history—all through the lens of hair. In Combing Through the White House, you will explore American history in a whole new way, as you discover how hair has influenced the presidency...

The ancient Sibylline prophecies had foretold that the Roman Empire would last for 1000 years. As the time for the expected dissolution approached in the middle of the third century AD, the empire was lapsing into chaos, with seemingly interminable civil wars over the imperial succession. The western empire had seceded under a rebel emperor and the eastern empire was controlled by another usurper. Barbarians took advantage of the anarchy to kill and plunder all over the provinces.

Theodore Roosevelt largely is known today by stereotypes and his many accomplishments—but the full and fascinating essence of the man is fading. In this book, TR charges back! Historian Rick Marschall has collected almost five hundred quotations, descriptions, impressions, and memories of the "Most Interesting American" derived from vintage newspapers, magazines, scrapbooks, diaries, letters, and so much more. In chapters devoted to his personality as a family man, a conservationist, an intellectual, patriot, activist, and as an American TR comes alive as never before seen.