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Heirs to the renowned German-American Bergdoll Beer fortune at a young age, the Bergdoll boys used their millions to become champion race car drivers and pioneer aviation heroes in the early 1900s. Then, just as Grover is trying to buy a bigger plane to set more records and attempt to fly to Europe a decade before Lindbergh, they're snared by vengeful local military draft officials. Running and hiding from their war duty, the fugitives are so reviled by nationalistic Americans that two older brothers change their names to avoid infamy.

This is my story of survival during and after Hurricane Helene in Burnsville, North Carolina. It was a time when there was no power, water, cell phones, or outside communication at all. We were trapped in a seven-mile radius. All the roads to leave were destroyed.

From the assassination of his father to the explosive political and personal intrigues of his reign, this fresh biography reveals as never before the passions that drove King James I.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author and Fox News Channel’s Chief Political Anchor, a captivating biography of Theodore Roosevelt, the stalwart naturalist, writer, ranchman, soldier, president, and avatar of our modern era.

Prize-winning historian Helen Castor delivers a compelling, eye-opening examination of women and power in England, witnessed through the lives of six women who exercised power against all odds—and one who never got the chance.

Despite the key part he played in the country's founding, few Americans today have heard of John Dickinson. Early chroniclers and historians, seeking to create a patriotic narrative and taking their cues from his political enemies, cast him as a coward and Loyalist for not signing the Declaration. Many later historians have simply accepted and echoed this distorted and dismissive view. Jane Calvert's fascinating, authoritative, and accessible biography restores him to a place of prominence in the nation's formative years.

Step into the captivating life of Saartjie Baartman, an ordinary and curious 18-year-old whose dreams led her from the familiar shores of Cape Town to the distant lands of England and Paris. Little did she know that her voyage would take a tragic turn, transforming her life into a harrowing tale of exploitation and dehumanization. In this powerful biography, Saartjie’s true story is finally given a voice, allowing her to recount her experiences firsthand.

If you want to know how to live beyond the age of 99 with joy in your heart, then listen to this book. Share in the wisdom, stories, and adventures of a man living through the 20th century, who fought the Nazis first in Africa and then in Europe, never being able to return home in three years. Born shortly after the First World War when peace was thought to be guaranteed, his exploits throughout his life rival any of today’s adventurers. This is also a story of a romance told in letters, the trials of a working-class family, and how friendships support us through the ups and downs of life.

Stark. Lebendig. Inspirierend. Spanien, 16. Jahrhundert: Das Schicksal einer Frau ist vorgezeichnet: Ehe oder Kloster. Doch Teresa von Avila liebt ihre Unabhängigkeit und ist nicht bereit, andere über sich bestimmen zu lassen. Verzweifelt und mit unbändiger Lebenslust sucht sie trotz aller Rückschläge ihren Weg. Die spätere Schutzpatronin Spaniens begehrt mutig auf und startet ein lebensgefährliches Unterfangen, um ihren Traum zu verwirklichen. Aber nicht nur die Macht der Inquisition tritt ihr entgegen.

Het schokkende verhaal van de man die gedwongen werd de oorlogsmisdaden van de nazi's vast te leggen. Iedereen kent de foto's van de gevangenen in Auschwitz en die van de slachtoffers van ­Mengeles wetenschappelijke onderzoeken. Maar wíe nam die foto's? Een SS'er? Mengele zelf? Wilhelm Brasse, gevangene nummer 3444 in ­Auschwitz, werd van 1940 tot 1945 gedwongen om met 'Deutsche Gründlichkeit' elk gruwelijk detail van het kampleven op foto's vast te leggen.

Das Besondere an dieser Biografie Benjamin Franklins ist, dass er diese selber geschrieben hat. Dieser Umstand mag den einen oder anderen vorschnellen Kritiker dazu verleiten, den vorliegenden Text als geschönt oder nicht literarisch einzustufen, allerdings ist erstaunlicherweise genau das Gegenteil der Fall. Eine wunderbare Persönlichkeit und Sachlichkeit ist in Franklins Schreibstil gepaart mit einer weit überdurchschnittlichen Eleganz in Wortwahl und Ausdruck.

In una narrazione intima e naturalmente poetica, Gianna Manzini ripercorre la propria infanzia, esplorando il complesso rapporto con il padre, Giuseppe Manzini, fervente anarchico scomparso nel 1925 dopo un'aggressione fascista. Un padre che alla figlia trasmette la sua più profonda convinzione: "Non basta averlo un ideale; bisogna esserne degni: capaci cioè di sacrificargli qualsiasi cosa, a cominciare da se stessi". Un padre che nella figlia si riconosce: "Tu" disse infine "sei come me." Pensava: "Non ti tireresti indietro, tu".

كتاب تجد فيه السيرة الكاملة لأسامة بن لادن كما رواها ابنه عمر وزوجته نجوى ودوَّنتها جين ساسون صديقتهما الموثوقة. يعرِّفنا بحياته الشخصية وأسراره الدفينة، من خلال أقرب الناس إليه. يدخل إلى عمق تفكير أسامة بن لادن ومخطّطاته، مانحاً القارئ قدرة استقراء وتوقّع تحرّكات بن لادن المستقبلية.يتابع نشاطاته السياسية والعسكرية وانطلاق حركته الجهادية. يتناول تمركزه في أفغانستان ومغادرتها وعودته إلى السعودية وارتباطه الملتبس بأحداث 11 أيلول/سبتمبر، كما يرصد تحركاته المعلنة والسرية وإقامته الاختيارية والقسرية في مختلف المدن والكهوف!

Ce livre raconte la vie de William Harben Carthew (1938-2023), alias Jean-Michel Beigbeder, l’homme qui choisissait les puissants en France, à la fin du XXe siècle. Comme il est dangereux d’écrire sur son père mort ! On risque de faire la connaissance posthume d’un espion franco-américain. De découvrir son enfance sinistre dans un pensionnat militaire catholique. D’en vouloir à sa famille qui a pourtant sauvé des juifs sous l’Occupation.

"A un tratto, la ruota del destino diede un giro. La vicenda di Craxi entrò nella fase finale, quella della vita e della morte. In poche settimane la situazione sarebbe precipitata, in modo insieme epico e grottesco. Iniziava una tragedia. Che tanti in principio considerarono una farsa. Perché l'Italia è convinta di essere un Paese comico, al più melodrammatico. Invece la storia unitaria del nostro Paese è una storia tragica." Aldo Cazzullo atterra a Tunisi a fine ottobre del 1999. In Italia è appena arrivata la notizia del ricovero di Bettino Craxi.

The Fencers is the third volume in a trilogy of autobiographical Cold War Escape stories. It is both an immigrant's narrative of seeking a better life and a brighter future and a sports memoir focusing on two Olympic fencers—one representing Canada, the other Romania.

In 1894, a remarkably self-possessed American woman, with no formal education to speak of, stood before a British court seeking damages for libel from the trustees of the British Museum. It was yet another stop along the unpredictable route that was Victoria Woodhull’s life. Born dirt-poor in an obscure Ohio settlement, Woodhull was the daughter of an illiterate mother entranced by the fad of Mesmerism—a therapeutic pseudoscience—and a swindler father whose cons exploited his two daughters.

Alexander the Great changed the world that he knew—but how he did it, and how much of his story is truth and how much is invented, is hard to tell. One of our most important sources for his achievements and personality is Plutarch's Life of Alexander, and this is the first detailed commentary on it for over fifty years, along with a thorough introduction and translation. It is a sister volume to the author's 2011 edition (also in the Clarendon Ancient History Series) of Plutarch's Caesar, the Life paired with Alexander in Plutarch's series of Parallel Lives.

We take you through the life of the master strategist Chanakya and his Arthashastra, the best treatise on statecraft, economic policy, and military strategy in the world.

كان بنيامين فرانكلين يعتبر من أبرز محبي الاستيقاظ المبكر، وكان مشهورًا بمقولته الشهيرة: "النوم المبكر والاستيقاظ المبكر يجعلان الإنسان يتمتع بالصحة والثراء والحكمة". وكان يبدأ كل صباح في الخامسة صباحًا ويسأل نفسه: "ما هو الاختيار الذي سأتخذه اليوم؟"