Autobiography: historical, political and military Books
Simon & Schuster The Road Taken: A Memoir
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Simon & Schuster American Reboot: An Idealist's Guide to Getting
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Simon & Schuster One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search
Book SynopsisOne of Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of the Year * Winner of the National Jewish Book Awards for Holocaust Memoir and Sephardic Culture * Recipient of the Jewish Book Council’s Natan Notable Book Award * Winner of the Sophie Brody Medal The remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with the author over the course of six years bring to life the vibrant world of Jewish Rhodes, the deportation to Auschwitz that extinguished ninety percent of her community, and the resilience and wisdom of the woman who lived to tell the tale.With nearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi had never before spoken in detail about her past. Then she met Michael Frank. He came to her Greenwich Village apartment one Saturday afternoon to ask her a question about the Juderia, the neighborhood on the Greek island of Rhodes where she’d grown up in a Jewish community that had thrived there for half a millennium. Neither of them could know this was the first of one hundred Saturdays over the course of six years that they would spend in each other’s company. During these meetings Stella traveled back in time to conjure what it felt like to come of age on this luminous, legendary island in the eastern Aegean, which the Italians conquered in 1912, began governing as an official colonial possession in 1923, and continued to administer even after the Germans seized control in September 1943. The following July, the Germans rounded up all 1,700-plus residents of the Juderia and sent them first by boat and then by train to Auschwitz on what was the longest journey—measured by both time and distance—of any of the deportations. Ninety percent of them were murdered upon arrival. Probing and courageous, candid and sly, Stella is a magical modern-day Scheherazade whose stories reveal what it was like to grow up in an extraordinary place in an extraordinary time—and to construct a life after that place has vanished. One Hundred Saturdays is a portrait of one of the last survivors drawn at nearly the last possible moment, as well as an account of a tender and transformative friendship between storyteller and listener, offering a powerful “reminder that the ability to listen thoughtfully is a rare and significant gift” (The Wall Street Journal).
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Simon & Schuster So Help Me God
Book SynopsisThe autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence.Loyalty is a Vice President’s first duty; but there is a greater one—to God and the Constitution. Mike Pence spent more hours in the Oval Office than any of his predecessors. On the surface, the affable evangelical Christian from a gas-station-owning family in Indiana wouldn’t seem to have much in common with a brash real estate mogul from New York. But the unlikely duo formed a tight bond. Pence was at Donald Trump’s side when he enacted historic tax relief, when he decided to take more assertive stances toward China and North Korea, and when he appointed three Supreme Court justices. But the relationship broke down after the 2020 election. On January 6, 2021, as the president pressured him to overturn the election, a mob erected a gallows on Capitol Hill and its members chanted “Hang Mike Pence!” as they rampaged through the halls of Congress. The vice president refused to leave the Capitol, and once the riot was quelled, he reconvened Congress to complete the work of a peaceful transfer of power. So Help Me God is the chronicle of the events and people who forged Mike Pence’s character and led him to that historic moment. His father, a Korean War combat veteran, was a formidable influence, but so was the Indiana history professor who inspired his devotion to the Constitution. And it was in college and law school that he embraced his Christian faith and met the love of his life, Karen—the two pillars that support him every day. You will read how his early political career was full of missteps that humbled him and how, as a talk radio host, Pence found his voice and the path that led him to Congress, the governor’s office in Indiana, and back to Washington as vice president. This is the inside story of the Trump administration by its second highest official—what he said to the president and how he was tested. The relationship begins in Indiana, when Pence sees how Trump connects with working-class voters. After the election, the vice president comes to appreciate how Trump maintains that connection through unvarnished tweets and how his unorthodox style led to historic breakthroughs, from tax cuts to trade deals, from establishing the United States Space Force to the first new peace agreement in the Middle East in more than twenty-five years. This is the most robust defense of the Trump record of anyone who served in the administration. But it is also about the private moments when Pence pushed back forcefully, how he navigated through the Mueller investigation, his damage control after Charlottesville, and his work on healing racial rifts after the murder of George Floyd. Pence was at the forefront when “history showed up” in the form of a devastating pandemic, and he provides a detailed account of leading the task force that circumvented bureaucracies to slow the disease in its tracks. Yes, it sometimes involved brokering peace between a president with an itchy Twitter finger and an agitated New York governor, but above all, it meant giving states and America’s eager entrepreneurs the power to come up with the solutions we needed. The result was the fastest development of life-saving vaccines in history. In So Help Me God, Pence shows how the faith that he embraced as a young man guided his every decision. It is a faith that guided him on that historic day and that keeps him happily at peace, ready to accept the next challenge.Trade Review"Every serious memoir to emerge from the last administration has revealed the existence of, in essence, two Donald Trumps. One is funny, perceptive, charming and has an instinctive rapport with ordinary people. This Trump loves his family and country and fiercely guards the interests of those close to him. The other Trump is erratic, vengeful, detached from principle, deeply narcissistic and capable of shocking acts of betrayal. Most people see one or the other, generally according to their politics, but both are the complicated reality that is Donald J. Trump. Former Vice President Mike Pence’s memoir captures both iterations of the man better than any previous book." — The Wall Street Journal "The blunt facts of [Pence's] bravery in remaining at the Capitol and his insistence that Congress reconvene that very evening to complete its work speak for themselves... his honorable conduct during a dark and dangerous day for the nation makes for more compelling stump-speech material than most politicians can muster... Remarkable." — The Washington Post "intimate. It does offer a truly distinctive window into the Trump phenomenon, from unlikely election winner to unwilling election loser, recounting conversations and deliberations to which he alone was privy... Pence acted so admirably on January 6. Not only did he stand up to the mafioso tactics of Trump and his henchmen... but Pence also refused to leave the Capitol that day, defying his own Secret Service detail and insisting that the work of Congress to certify the election results be completed in the face of bloodshed and death. Pence deserves the gratitude of every American for his courage and conviction in that moment." — The Atlantic
£28.00
Simon & Schuster So Help Me God
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling autobiography of former Vice President Mike Pence.Loyalty is a Vice President’s first duty; but there is a greater one—to God and the Constitution. Mike Pence spent more hours in the Oval Office than any of his predecessors. On the surface, the affable evangelical Christian from a gas-station-owning family in Indiana wouldn’t seem to have much in common with a brash real estate mogul from New York. But the unlikely duo formed a tight bond. Pence was at Donald Trump’s side when he enacted historic tax relief, when he decided to take more assertive stances toward China and North Korea, and when he appointed three Supreme Court justices. But the relationship broke down after the 2020 election. On January 6, 2021, as the president pressured him to overturn the election, a mob erected a gallows on Capitol Hill and its members chanted “Hang Mike Pence!” as they rampaged through the halls of Congress. The vice president refused to leave the Capitol, and once the riot was quelled, he reconvened Congress to complete the work of a peaceful transfer of power. So Help Me God is the chronicle of the events and people who forged Mike Pence’s character and led him to that historic moment. His father, a Korean War combat veteran, was a formidable influence, but so was the Indiana history professor who inspired his devotion to the Constitution. And it was in college and law school that he embraced his Christian faith and met the love of his life, Karen—the two pillars that support him every day. You will read how his early political career was full of missteps that humbled him and how, as a talk radio host, Pence found his voice and the path that led him to Congress, the governor’s office in Indiana, and back to Washington as vice president. This is the inside story of the Trump administration by its second highest official—what he said to the president and how he was tested. The relationship begins in Indiana, when Pence sees how Trump connects with working-class voters. After the election, the vice president comes to appreciate how Trump maintains that connection through unvarnished tweets and how his unorthodox style led to historic breakthroughs, from tax cuts to trade deals, from establishing the United States Space Force to the first new peace agreement in the Middle East in more than twenty-five years. This is the most robust defense of the Trump record of anyone who served in the administration. But it is also about the private moments when Pence pushed back forcefully, how he navigated through the Mueller investigation, his damage control after Charlottesville, and his work on healing racial rifts after the murder of George Floyd. Pence was at the forefront when “history showed up” in the form of a devastating pandemic, and he provides a detailed account of leading the task force that circumvented bureaucracies to slow the disease in its tracks. Yes, it sometimes involved brokering peace between a president with an itchy Twitter finger and an agitated New York governor, but above all, it meant giving states and America’s eager entrepreneurs the power to come up with the solutions we needed. The result was the fastest development of life-saving vaccines in history. In So Help Me God, Pence shows how the faith that he embraced as a young man guided his every decision. It is a faith that guided him on that historic day and that keeps him happily at peace, ready to accept the next challenge.
£16.99
HarperCollins Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian
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£29.99
Blackstone Publishing My Dear Boy: A World War II Story of Escape,
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£26.21
Blackstone Publishing We March at Midnight: A War Memoir
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£21.59
Allen & Unwin Women, Equality, Power: Selected speeches from a
Book SynopsisWomen, Equality, Power is a celebration of an outstanding leader who continues to strive and work for change, and it's a rallying call for other women leaders, whether they are in positions of political, economic or social power.Helen Clark has been a political leader for more than 40 years, since first running in local elections in the 1970s. She entered New Zealand parliament as a 31-year-old in 1981, led the Labour Party to victory in 1999 and was Prime Minister of New Zealand for nine years. She then took on a critical international role as Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme in New York. One of her key focuses throughout this time has been the empowerment of women, and she has paved the way for other women to step up and lead. With a foreword by the Rt Hon. Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand, this is a timely and important book.'If more issues of importance to women are to rise to the top of political, legislative and budget priorities, more women must sit at the top tables . . . Women must be drivers of development - not just passive beneficiaries of plans designed by others.' HELEN CLARK ONZ'Helen Clark often said, and continues to say, that having women in leadership positions not only sends a powerful message to other women but also changes societies' perceptions of gender roles and encourages girls to believe that no door is closed to them.' JACINDA ARDERN, PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND
£17.00
Hachette Livre - BNF Mémoires de Napoléon Bonaparte . Manuscrit Venu de Sainte-Hélène (Éd.1821)
£13.00
Bohlau Verlag Schreiben für die Weiße Sache: General Aleksej
Book SynopsisEin russischer General 50 Jahre Tagebuch. Aleksej von Lampe hat am Schreibtisch und nicht auf dem Schlachtfeld für die Weiße Bewegung gekämpft und ein umfassendes Archiv hinterlassen. Er verfolgte zwei Ziele: die Schaffung eines Gegennarrativ zu dem der Bolschewiki und die Deutungshoheit über den Kampf der Weißen und die Geschichte des russischen Exils nach 1917. Sein Tagebuch bietet nicht nur Einblicke in das Innenleben eines zarischen Offiziers in der Emigration, sondern ein faszinierendes Panorama der russischen Lebenswelt im Berlin der 1920er und 1930er Jahre sowie der Pariser Nachkriegszeit. Diese biographische Mikrostudie untersucht die autobiographische Praxis eines zentralen Akteurs des Russischen Berlins, das Selbstverständnis eines Emigranten sowie seine Strategien und Handlungsspielräume in Zeiten radikaler politischer Umbrüche.
£83.25
Verlag Herder Deutschland Aus Der Vogelperspektive: Eine Kleine
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£18.00
Georg Olms Verlag AG Escape from Baghdad
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£35.99
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Fragmente aus der Endzeit: Negatives
Book SynopsisWie lässt sich Geschichte von ihrem möglichen Ende her begreifen? Der deutsch-jüdische Schriftsteller und Philosoph Günther Anders (1902-1992) ist für seine Deutungen der atomaren Endzeit bekannt. Anna Pollmann rekonstruiert aus Anders' philosophischen und literarischen Schriften sein negatives Geschichtsdenken von der Genese in den 1930er Jahren bis hin zur Rezeption seiner Endzeitdiagnosen in den neuen sozialen Bewegungen. Das Buch erzählt von der Zerrüttung des Geschichtsbewusstseins im 20. Jahrhundert. Es macht sichtbar, wie sehr sich diese auch in der Form seines Werkes spiegelt. Die Zäsuren von Auschwitz und Hiroshima werden dabei in ihrer jeweils unterschiedlichen Bedeutung für die Grenzen historischen Denkens behandelt. Die Topografie von Anders' Emigration und Remigration nachzeichnend, führt die Studie an biografische Stationen wie Paris, Los Angeles, Berlin und Wien und in die ideengeschichtlichen Kontexte seines Geschichtsdenkens.
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Lady Charlotte Blennerhassett (1843--1917):
Book SynopsisWhen Lady Charlotte Blennerhassett died in the middle of the First World War in 1917, she was mourned by contemporaries on both sides of the front as the "last European". In fact, her life was shaped by the great religious-cultural and political-social lines of conflict between the founding of the Reich and World War II - and this from a genuinely European transnational perspective: the Bavarian noblewoman and Anglo-Irish woman by marriage led a life between Munich, Paris and London, that should make her an "enemy alien" in her own hometown during the World War. Her constant struggle for self-assertion as an author and scientist was not only intellectually motivated, but also an economic imperative given the family's economic and social decline. Last but not least, the student of the controversial church historian Ignaz von Döllinger was committed for life as a combative liberal Catholic for freedom of science and conscience.
£100.79
Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Mit Dem Kinderheim Auf Der Flucht: Annemarie
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£43.21
Georg Olms Verlag AG Escape from Baghdad
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£35.99
Schwabe Verlagsgruppe AG Life Writing Zwischen Republik Und Prinzipat:
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£81.70
Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh Katharina Von Bora
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£18.61
Lexxion The Survival of an Incorrigible Optimist: From
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£24.94
Bridges Publishing Blood and Oil in the Orient
£17.63
Tuttle Publishing Gossamer Years: Love, Passion and Marriage in Old
Book Synopsis"A self-portrait devastating in its honesty…written passionately and without a thought to how readers might judge her actions."—Donald KeeneGossamer Years is a remarkably frank diary written by an unnamed noblewoman in Tenth-century Japan—the same period as Murasaki Shikibu's celebrated Tale of Genji. In her diary, the author describes her tempestuous and unhappy marriage and growing indignation at the many rival wives and mistresses taken by her husband, as was commonplace at the time. Too impetuous to play the role of a subsidiary wife, the author protests the marriage system in one of Japanese literature's earliest portrayals of the difficulties faced by women in a male-dominated society. Skillfully translated by Edward Seidensticker, a preeminent scholar of Japanese literature, this book represents an extraordinary flowering of realistic expression in ancient Japan and an attempt, unique for its age, to treat the human condition with frankness and honesty.A new introduction by Japanese literary scholar Dennis Washburn provides valuable insights into the author's world and examines the book's lasting importance. With dozens of beautiful images illustrating court life in the Heian period, Gossamer Years is a timeless and intimate glimpse into married life and social mores in traditional Japan.Trade Review"Just like The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon, this is a diary from Heian Era of Japan, although unlike Sei Shonagon and Murasaki, this diary takes place prior to when they got to shine, and I can't help but get the feeling that it influenced Murasaki Shikibu a lot. …the supplemental information added by the translator is very helpful. PS, love the cover." --Svetlana's Reads and Views
£11.69
Motilal Banarsidass, The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty: Memoirs
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£30.39
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. One Life is not Enough: An Autobiography
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£26.85
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Political Memoirs of an Indian Revolutionary:
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£41.25
Deep & Deep Publications Autobiographical Writings of Mahatma Gandhi
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£14.24
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Restless as Mercury: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
Book SynopsisM.K. Gandhi's autobiography, "The Story of My Experiments with Truth," reveals his life, family, work, challenges, fasts, jail stints, and political engagements in South Africa. Divided into six books, it portrays his evolution into a leader of disciplined mass movements before returning to India in 1914.
£27.74
Roli Books Pvt Ltd The Frontier Gandhi: My Life and Struggle: The
Book SynopsisAffectionately known as ‘Bacha’ Khan or ‘Badshah’ Khan amongst his people, Khan Abdul Ghaffar’s life was dedicated to the social reform of the Pukhtuns, who traditionally adhere to a strict code of life called ‘Pukhtunwali’, which is governed by rather rigid tribal norms. Bacha Khan is an acknowledged leader in the hearts of the Pukhtuns across the world, due to his life long struggle to modernise Pukhtun society and his teachings of non-violence, adopted by his Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of God) party, during the struggle for independence against the British. He stands tall in the pantheon of leaders of the movement for independence. A close associate of Mahatma Gandhi, his success in mobilising the Pukhtuns of the North-West Frontier Province and the Tribal Areas through a non-violent struggle, had significant bearing on this movement, in which the Khudai Khidmatgar allied with the Indian National Congress. The Pushto edition of Bacha Khan’s autobiography was first published in 1983 in Afghanistan, when he was 93 years old. Nearly four decades later the book has been translated and published for the first time in English. This translation was painstakingly done by Sahibzada at the request of Shandana Humayun Khan, to whom he has dedicated the book. Shandana’s maternal great-grandfather was Qazi Ataullah, a close lieutenant of Bacha Khan’s and a key figure in the Khudai Khidmatgar movement. Before the translation process started, Sahibzada and Shandana visited several members of Bacha Khan’s family including his grandsons Nasir Ali Khan, Asfandayar Wali Khan and Saleem Jan. The translator shared a close friendship with Bacha Khan’s son, Abdul Ghani Khan, the greatest Pukhtun poet of the century. The book is a result of the participation of several members of his family and those who have spent their lives studying Bacha Khan’s philosophy. For the first time Bacha Khan’s thoughts on Pukhtun society, his vision for a more equitable world achieved along the lines of non-violence have been researched, translated and made available for the world in his own words.
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Vitasta Publishing Pvt.Ltd Upendra Nath Banerjee: Memoirs Of A Revolutionary
Book SynopsisWithin the pages of this book lie the forgotten chapters of Bengal''s revolutionary history; the stories of those unsung heroes of our freedom struggle, whose legacies have been lost in the elusive shadows of time. What remains are their names etched on unfamiliar roadssilent reminders that are rarely acknowledged or retained in the memories of those who pass. Amidst the vibrant streets of Kolkata, there is an Upendra Nath Banerjee Road, a tribute to a fearless revolutionary and thinker and his immense contribution to our freedom movement, but few may appreciate the sacrifices of the person it honours. Memoirs of a Revolutionary, a translation of the Bengali classic, Nirbasiter Atmakatha, Upendra Nath Banerjee wrote himself.
£15.19
Anagrama El Nazi Perfecto: El Descubrimiento del Secreto
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£22.97
Museum Tusculanum Press Føreren har Ordet!.: Frits Clausen om sig selv og
Book SynopsisFøreren har ordet! Frits Clausen om sig selv og DNSAP (The Leader Has the Floor! Frits Clausen about himself and the DNSAP) contains both the autobiography and the party history that Clausen wrote during his imprisonment, a number of letters and articles from 1915-47 and also hitherto unpublished illustrations.
£61.19
Peeters Publishers A Curious and Convivial Traveller: Edward Roger
Book SynopsisIn 2001 the British Museum acquired the first of two ancient Egyptian stelae from the collection of the traveller Edward Roger Pratt (1789-1863) of Ryston Hall, Norfolk, and discovered his 1832-34 unpublished journals for Greece and Egypt and the 136-page album with his own drawings, watercolours, and paper impressions of bas-reliefs from a solo Nile voyage to the Second Cataract. Pratt recorded ancient monuments and sites, many later damaged or destroyed. In Greece Pratt travelled widely and adventurously with scholarly architects and artists studying ancient Greek sites, while in Egypt his guides were the works of the French Egyptologists Jean-François Champollion and Dominique Vivant Denon. A gregarious and enthusiastic traveller, Pratt was supported by extensive consular networks, expatriate communities and other travellers. In this volume his life and travels are reconstructed from his many journals, the travel journals for Greece and Egypt are transcribed and annotated, his maps and plans reproduced, his dispersed antiquities collection reconstructed, and the album drawings are identified and published in colour.
£120.00
Manohar Publishers and Distributors Serving India: A Political Biography of Subimat
Book SynopsisThis is the first academic biography of Subimal Dutt, best known as India's longest serving Foreign Secretary, covering the nearly nine eventful decades of his life. It tells the story how a Bengali village boy without any connections had one of the most distinguished careers of his generation without ever forgetting his roots. Struggling all his life between professional ambition and deep spirituality, Dutt never transformed into one of those brown Englishmen' so typical of South Asia's civil servants, but remained a strictly impartial, straightforward and incorruptible officer of as he formulated it himself the vernacular type'. Intellect and discipline brought him into the Indian Civil Service and soon to Delhi, where he excelled as an outstanding administrator and moved into the field of foreign relations.
£59.84
HarperCollins India Turning Points:: A Journey Through Challenges
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£7.64
Speaking Tiger Publishing Private Limited Never Tell Them we are the Same people: Notes on
Book SynopsisSo while the army was now led by non-fanatical professional, religious fundamentalists with little electoral clout could still openly hurl obscenities about Benazir at a PPP rally.
£14.99
HarperCollins India My Life in Indian Politics
Book SynopsisIn this candid account of her life, Kidwai assesses not just her own contribution to public life, but also provides an honest appraisal of the turn in fortunes of the political party she has remained a loyal member of. The reader is treated to rare glimpses into the homes, lives and the hurly-burly of election campaigns over the decades.
£20.42
Double 9 Books Eminent Victorians
Book SynopsisEminent Victorians is a seminal work of biography and social commentary published by British writer and critic Lytton Strachey. By offering four unique portrayals of notable Victorian people, the book challenges the standard approach to biography. Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr. Thomas Arnold, and General Charles Gordon are among Strachey's subjects. Strachey takes a sarcastic and critical perspective to their lives, rather than offering hagiographic narratives. He examines their shortcomings, paradoxes, and character complexity, presenting the human side of these great figures. Strachey's style is funny and astute, providing readers with a new perspective on these great figures. When it was initially released, the book's satirical tone and unorthodox biographical format generated quite a stir. Strachey's presentation of these illustrious Victorians as flawed and deficient questioned the conventional veneration for the era's heroes and heroines. Eminent Victorians is more than just a biography compilation; it's a critique of the Victorian society and beliefs that these figures embodied. Strachey's work was influential in altering the biography genre and encouraging a more nuanced and critical assessment of historical characters.
£13.49
Zubaan Doing Time with Nehru – The Story of an
Book SynopsisIt’s midnight and there are fists pounding on the door. Authoritative voices shouting, “We’re coming in! Get on the floor!” A few terrorized minutes later a family member is dragged out by armed men, disappearing into the night. This scenario is the greatest fear of many twentieth-century families—and to the unlucky, it’s a lived reality. For the ethnic Chinese who had been settled in Northern India for many years, 1962 was filled with moments of terror like these. After the Sino-Indian Border War broke out in 1962, on the authorization of Prime Minister Nehru more than two thousand Chinese-Indians were torn from their homes and placed in local jails before being transported more than one thousand miles to the Deoli internment camp in the Rajasthan desert. Born in Calcutta in 1949 and raised in Darjeeling, Yin Marsh was just thirteen years old when first her father was taken and then she, her grandmother, and eight year old brother were forcibly removed from their home and thrown first into Darjeeling Jail. Upon arrival in Deoli, Yin and her family were assigned to the same bungalow where Prime Minister Nehru himself had done time during India’s war for independence. Eventually released, Yin emigrated to America with her mother. She attended college, married, and raised her own family, all without telling the story of her emotional trauma. It wasn’t until her own college-age daughter began to ask questions and when a friend’s wedding would require her to return to her homeland that Yin was finally able to face what had happened to her and her family. In the fascinating memoir Doing Time with Nehru, the little-known history of how the Chinese were treated in post-Independence India is brought to light and through Yin’s story, readers can glimpse the hardship, cruelty, and harsh lessons required for survival.
£11.50
Pentagon Press When People Doubted My Ability to Walk I Decided
Book SynopsisThe very existence of everything in this world is from absolute nothing. You need darkness to feel the presence of light!As I sat down in the chaotic Mumbai suburbs trying to fathom limitless sea of human population around me, it made me realise that there is no limit to the limitlessness. For all who have spent even a little of their time in Mumbai would understand what the city teaches them.... to celebrate humanity. Humanity in all its manifestations; Good, bad, ugly, it doesn’t matter.Born in these very bylanes of the `city limitless` was a child who decided to fly when people doubted his ability to walk!
£8.76
Lector House Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin: Edited By
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£13.30
OM Books International Escape from Pakistan: A War Hero's Chronicle
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£16.70
Manohar Publishers and Distributors The Babur-Nama: Memoirs of Babur
Book SynopsisAlternatively known as Tuzuk-i-Baburi, The Babur-Nama is an autobiography written by the first Mughal emperor Zahir-ud-Din Muhammad Babur (ad 1483-1530). Originally written in Chaghatai Turkish, it was later translated into Persian by the Mughal noble and poet, Abdur Rahim Khan-i-Khanan in ad 1589-90. The original Chaghatai text has survived partially, but most of it seems to have been lost. The original manuscripts are kept in various libraries across the UK, Russia, US, and India. Babur's biography starts with his father Umar Sheikh Mirza, who died in an accident when Babur was twelve years old. Babur's observations on society, polity, culture, flora, fauna, military equipment cum battles, genealogies, along with history, and architectural styles of both Central Asia and India are recorded in a very meticulous manner. In particular, his reflections on gender relations and his political campaigns are quite noteworthy. His campaigns include the conquest of Samarkand, Kabul and the first battle of Panipat in ad 1526 are recorded.
£63.18
Amsterdam University Press Growing Up Communist in the Netherlands and
Book SynopsisGrowing Up Communist in the Netherlands and Britain: Childhood, Political Activism, and Identity Formation documents communists’ attempts, successful and otherwise, to overcome their isolation and to connect with the major social and political movements of the twentieth century. Communist parties in Britain and the Netherlands emerged from the Second World War expecting to play a significant role in post-war society, due to their domestic anti-fascist activities and to the part played by the Soviet Union in defeating fascism. The Cold War shattered these hopes, and isolated communist parties and their members. By analysing the accounts of communist children, Weesjes highlights their struggle to establish communities and define their identities within the specific cultural, social, and political frameworks of their countries.Trade Review“Excellent – well researched, convincing in its argument, and a valuable contribution to communist (and wider social) history.”– Matthew Worley, Professor of Modern History, University of Reading; Co-founder and editor of Twentieth Century Communism “Elke Weesjes has built on the work of the historians of communism who have charted the study of daily communist lives as they were lived, not as simply an expression of Soviet policies. She skillfully compares the British and Dutch communist movements, specifically the experiences of children growing up in “red” families. Breaking new methodological and historiographical ground, this book captures the subjective experience of mid-twentieth century communist life in these two countries and how this influenced the forms of radicalism that emerged in the 1960s and beyond.”– Paul C. Mishler, Associate Professor of Labor Studies, Indiana University; author of Raising Reds: Young Pioneers, Radical Summer Camps, and Communist Political Culture in the United States 1922-1956 (Columbia University Press, 1999)Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1 Introduction: Cradle Communists and Oral History Part I 2 Under the Party’s Wing: Communist Youth Organisations 1920-1956 Foundation years Class Against Class and Popular Front The Spanish Civil War The Second World War Promising years: 1945-1948 Isolation: 1948-1956 3 Out of the Shadows: Communist Youth Organisations 1957-1968 The ban-the-bomb movement The politicisation of youth The student movement The anti-Vietnam War movement Old guard vs. new guard 4 Fragmentation and Demise: Communist Youth Organisations 1969-1991 Gender roles, sexuality and the feminist movement The anti-racist movement The gay rights movement The final years Part II 5 From Heroes to Villains: The Second World War and '1956' Resistance and war trauma '1956' 6 Private Spheres: Communist Home Life Politics at home Cultural upbringing Child-rearing mores 7 Public Spheres: Neighbourhood, School and Work School and education Work and careers Anti-communism – MI5 and the BVD Working mothers Money and poverty Summer camps and holidays Friendships and relationships 8 Epilogue: Looking Back 9 Afterword List of Abbreviations Bibliography Index
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www.bnpublishing.com My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla
£12.34
Gefen Publishing House Portrait of a Holocaust Child: Memories &
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£14.39
Gefen Publishing House Never Again! Yet Again!: A Personal Struggle with
Book SynopsisIn this remarkable introduction, Stephen D Smith, the new Executive Director of the USC Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education, describes the inspiring journey he and his family took in creating the first Holocaust centre in Britain. This story was written in response to many questions. It replies with a powerful challenge to all who think that ''never again'' is really worth the struggle. The Australian Centre for Jewish Civilisation hosts this lecture by Stephen Smith, the new director of the Shoah Foundation Institute at the University of Southern California and co-founder of the Aegis Trust. In his powerful address, Smith discusses the past century of crimes against humanity and genocide: the links between them, and the ways to understand them in order to avoid them in the future.
£14.39
Gefen Publishing House From the Holocaust to a New Dawn
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£22.09
Gefen Publishing House Theodor Herzl: A New Reading
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