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Basic Books The Hidden Hitler
Book SynopsisLothar Machtan makes a compelling case that Adolf Hitler was homosexual, and that one cannot begin to understand him, his entry into politics, and the early Nazi movement without a clear understanding of this aspect of his identity. Recent books on the Nazi movement have argued that the Third Reich was a fundamentally sordid regime. Machtan provides powerful new evidence in support of this view. This side of Hitler and his Munich clique, as Goebbels put it, has never been so vividly evoked. As an intimate portrait of Hitler and as a surprising portrait of the homoerotic nature of the early Nazi movement, The Hidden Hitler is a major and certainly controversial contribution to the biographical literature.
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Basic Books On The Edge
Book SynopsisFilled with fascinating insights into the collective emotional life of inner-city kids, this book is also a highly original history of the erosion of urban community life since World War II.Table of ContentsThe Dimensions Of A Historical Tragedy * The Explosion of Inner-City Desperation * The Limits of Alienation Poor Black Children And Americas Grand Delusions * The American Traditions of Poor Black Families * Poor Black Children and American Racism * Poor Black Children and American Abundance * Poor Black Children and American Violence * Conclusion: Toward the Stemming of a Historical Tide
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Dover Publications Inc. A Burst of Light
Book SynopsisThe self-described black feminist lesbian mother poet used a mixture of prose, theory, poetry, and experience to interrogate oppressions and uplift marginalized communities. She was one of the first black feminists to target heteronormativity, and to encourage black feminists to expand their understanding of erotic pleasure. She amplified anti-oppression, even as breast cancer ravaged her ailing body. — Evette Dionne, Bustle MagazineA great American theorist of race, gender, living, and dying, poet and activist Audre Lorde created a body of work that was ahead of its time in its embrace of intersectionality. Lorde''s writings have become increasingly influential since her death in 1992, contributing to the timeliness of her 1988 American Book Award-winning collection, A Burst of Light.From reflections on her struggle with cancer to thoughts on lesbian sexuality and African-American identity in a straight white man''s world, Lorde''s voice remains enduringly relevant. Those who practice and encourage social justice activism frequently quote her exhortation, Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. In addition to the journal entries of A Burst of Light: Living with Cancer, this edition includes an interview, Sadomasochism: Not About Condemnation, and three essays, I Am Your Sister: Black Women Organizing Across Sexualities, Apartheid U.S.A., and Turning the Beat Around: Lesbian Parenting 1986, as well as a new Foreword by Sonia Sanchez.When I don''t know what to do, I turn to the Lorde. — Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Bitch Media
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Dover Publications Poems by First Ladies The FirstEver Anthology
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University of California Press Mirza Malkum Khan
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Cambridge University Press The Lord of Uraniborg A Biography of Tycho Brahe
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Cambridge University Press Augustus
Book SynopsisAugustus, Rome's first emperor, is one of the great figures of world history and one of the most fascinating. In this lively and concise biography Karl Galinsky examines Augustus' life from childhood to deification. A transformative leader, Augustus engineered profound change in Rome and throughout the Mediterranean world.Trade Review'Of all the great men of the ancient world, Augustus is the most elusive. Doing equal justice to his ruthlessness and his statesmanship is a difficult task, but Karl Galinsky manages it with clarity, sympathy, and good sense. Learned but readable, this portrait of the first of the Roman emperors is a brilliant achievement.' T. P. Wiseman, Emeritus Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University of Exeter'Drawing on a lifetime's research, Galinsky has produced a magisterial summation of Augustus's life, combining precision and clarity with the readability of a best-selling biography.' Carin Green, University of Iowa'Galinsky's study is the best succinct introduction to the age of Augustus in English. His insightful synthesis of the whole range of evidence (prose and verse texts, monuments, coins, and objects of art) provides an excellent account of Augustus's personal story within the larger context of the political and social conditions of his day.' Harriet I. Flower, Princeton University'Galinsky's mastery of the material is on display on every page of this new biography of Augustus. Generously illustrated and enhanced by many tools to help the beginner, this will surely become the standard introduction to the life and times of Rome's first emperor.' Carlos Noreña, University of California, Berkeley'Students starting a course on the wider period or Augustus in particular will find this invaluable. Anyone else with an interest in the theme, or who simply wants to gain a glimpse of such a remarkable and important historical figure, can do no better than to start with this short book.' Dr Adrian Goldsworthy, adriangoldsworthy.comTable of Contents1. From Velitrae to Caesar's heir; 2. Power struggles and civil war; 3. The experiment of the principate; 4. The challenge of pax Augusta; 5. Augustus at home: friends and family; 6. Cultural vitality; 7. The Augustan empire: unity and diversity; 8. The final days and an assessment.
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Transworld Publishers Ltd Evita The Woman With The Whip
Book SynopsisMaria Eva Duarte de Peron was born in poverty in 1919 and died of cancer in 1952, at the age of 33, the richest and most powerful woman in Argentina. Her story is one of the most fantastic in history. Driven by a compelling ambition, she made her way to Buenos Aires and set about becoming an actress. In a very short time she had climbed to the top of Argentina''s military-social ladder until at last she met Colonel Juan Peron -and her climb took a new direction.Here is the story of ''Evita'' and how her rise to power became an almost unbelievable account of intrigue, bloodshed, and pure chicanery. Her multimillion-dollar tour of Europe; her setting up of the Eva Peron Foundation whereby she cornered the market on clothes, toys, books, groceries, imported drugs, medical equipment, and housing; her impassioned campaign speeches; her shameless flaunting of jewels and clothes in the very faces of her worshipping ''shirtless ones'' - these are but a few of the facets of her incre
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Transworld Publishers Ltd When The Hills Ask For Your Blood A Personal
Book SynopsisDavid Belton worked as a producer at BBC Newsnight in the 1990s where, amongst many foreign assignments, he covered the civil war in Bosnia and the genocide in Rwanda. In 2002, he co-wrote the story and produced the award-winning feature film Shooting Dogs based on real events that had taken place during the Rwandan genocide. He has since produced and directed many critically acclaimed and award-winning documentaries for British and American television. He lives in Oxford with his family.Trade ReviewTremendous. A moving and haunting tribute to the human spirit -- WILLIAM BOYDDavid Belton has written something very special, a work of non-fiction that has a novel’s power to move, enchant and challenge. This elegantly-written book is much more than a history, a work of lyrical beauty that will stand as a memorial not just for those who died in the genocide but to those of us who struggle to make a difference. -- Tim Butcher, author of BLOOD RIVERComplex, compassionate and scathing… Much of the writing … has a literary power that lifts it above normal journalistic or non-fiction practice: Jean-Pierre’s confinement in his mud-walled hole has shades of Beckett, and both Odette and Curic seem like Brechtian heroes. * Giles Foden *Belton excavates the truth and layers the political, social and military dimensions of the conflict onto three peoples’ stories, to produce a book that is both illuminating and profoundly moving. -- Aminatta Forna * Independent *Brings the story right up to date, confronting the dilemmas and tensions that lie not far below the surface ... * Observer *
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Lulu.com Big Al Zombies and the Man on the Moon
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Faber & Faber Houdinis BoxOn the Arts of Escape
Book SynopsisIn his most captivating book to date, Adam Phillips explores mankind''s on-going fascination with ideas of escape. Taking as his starting point the life and works of Harry Houdini - ''the greatest magician the world has ever seen'' - he considers why some people might become compulsive escape artists, whereas others appear to find freedom in self-imposed confinement.''A rare achievement - as remarkable a piece of work as Houdini ever performed himself.'' Daily TelegraphTrade Review'Though Phillips' territory is complication, he reports back in the simplest of words. He is perhaps single-handedly continuing the tradition of the world's best essayists! Observer; 'A rare achievement - as remarkable a piece of work as Houdini ever performed himself; Daily Telegraph
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Faber & Faber The Dead Man in the Bunker Discovering My Father
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Schelli Rothi If the Shoe Fits
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Samantha Tilly Mui Melting Pot Stories and Recipes from a Chinese
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Sarah Tuck Books Sarah Tuck Creative Writing Journey
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Dr. Erica Miller Dont Tell Me I Cant Do It Living Audaciously in
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Jurline Redeaux Conversations With Mom Life Lessons of Love
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On A Roll A Bakers Recipe to Revitalize
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HarperCollins Publishers Elli
Book SynopsisAmong the most moving documents I have read in years You will not forget it' Elie WieselFrom her small, sunny hometown between the beautiful Carpathian Mountains and the blue Danube River, Elli Friedmann was taken at a time when most girls are growing up, having boyfriends and embarking upon the adventure of life and thrown into the murderous hell of Hitler''s Final Solution.When Elli emerged from Auschwitz and Dachau just over a year later, she was fourteen. She looked like a sixty year old.This account of horrifyingly brutal inhumanity and dogged survival is Elli''s true story.Trade Review'Breathtaking lucidity … ELLI is destined to join the classics of Holocaust literature' – CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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Crown True Believer The Rise and Fall of Stan Lee
Book SynopsisThe definitive, revelatory biography of Marvel Comics icon Stan Lee, a writer and entrepreneur who reshaped global pop culture—at a steep personal cost HUGO AWARD FINALIST • EISNER AWARD NOMINEE • “A biography that reads like a thriller or a whodunit . . . scrupulously honest, deeply damning, and sometimes even heartbreaking.”—Neil GaimanStan Lee was one of the most famous and beloved entertainers to emerge from the twentieth century. He served as head editor of Marvel Comics for three decades and, in that time, became known as the creator of more pieces of internationally recognizable intellectual property than nearly anyone: Spider-Man, the Avengers, the X-Men, Black Panther, the Incredible Hulk . . . the list goes on. His carnival-barker marketing prowess helped save the comic-book industry and superhero fiction. His cameos in Marvel movies have charmed billions. When he died in 2018, grief poured in
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Penguin Putnam Inc Chuck Yeager
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Random House USA Inc Stand in My Window
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Random House USA Inc Charlie Hustle
Book SynopsisPete Rose is a legend. A baseball god. He compiled more hits than anyone in the history of baseball, a record he set decades ago that still stands today. He was a working-class white guy from Cincinnati who made it; less talented than tough, and rough around the edges. He was everything that America wanted and needed him to be, the American dream personified, until he wasn?t.In the 1980s, Pete Rose came to be at the center of one of the biggest scandals in baseball history. He kept secrets, ran with bookies, took on massive gambling debts, and he was magnificently, publicly cast out for betting on baseball and lying about it. The revelations that followed ruined him, changed life in Cincinnati, and forever altered the game.Charlie Hustle tells the full story of one of America?s most epic tragedies?the rise and fall of Pete Rose. Drawing on firsthand interviews with Rose himself and with his associates, as well as on investigators'' reports, FBI and court records, archives, a mountain of press coverage, Keith O?Brien chronicles how Rose fell so far from being America?s ?great white hope.? It is Pete Rose as we''ve never seen him before.This is no ordinary sport biography, but cultural history at its finest. What O?Brien shows is that while Pete Rose didn?t change, America and baseball did. This is the story of that change.
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Penguin Random House Group Legacy
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Penguin Publishing Group Royal Audience
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iUniverse Pancho Villa
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iUniverse So You Think You Hear Voices And What to Expect
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iUniverse Pediatrician Soldier The Man the Kids call Dr
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iUniverse On Falcons Wings An Intrepid Generation
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iUniverse Angel of the East Indies Biography of the Van
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Larkspur Books Thomas Jordans Diary
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Algirdas Gamziukas Changes A Memoir
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Lulu Press Let the Truth Be Told Life of Women on the Down
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An Englishman in New York
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So the Woman Went Her Way
Book SynopsisIn this inspiring book an extraordinary journalist tells the story of her spiritual coming-of-age, speaking with candor of the pain and triumph at the core of the female religious experience.Married young and unknowingly to an underworld figure, Lynne Bundesen fled with the children and began a journey that would take her to war-torn Cambodia, China, Israel, and Europe, as well as deep within her own heart and soul. It also chronicles her search for meaning and wholeness and her unexpected discovery of the inspiration and power she found through the women of the Bible.
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Harvard University Press Methodists and Muslims
Book SynopsisBoth memoir and critique, Methodists and Muslims follows Richard Bulliet's expansive career, starting with his beginnings in Illinois to his entrée into the then-arcane field of Islamic Studies and culminating in the controversial visit to New York City by President Ahmadinejad of Iran.Trade ReviewIt would take most people many lifetimes to cover the ground that Professor Bulliet has covered, both intellectually and geographically. From his Midwestern roots to his deep Middle Eastern engagement, from the Koran to comic books, a record of a truly unique life and mind. -- D. B. Weiss, cocreator of Game of ThronesBulliet has a way of connecting the dots that informs, entertains, or even startles on occasion. Who knew that the founding fathers of Wahhibism and Methodism were born in the same year? What does that have to do with the life and education of the author? A lot, as it turns out. Read it. You’ll see. -- Gary Sick, author of The October Surprise and moderator of Gulf/2000Bulliet parallels his own adventures in academe and abroad, with a view from the inside—and the edge—of the entire field of American Middle East Studies from the 1960s to the present. Laced with iconoclastic observations, Bulliet trains his unrelenting sights on that most problematic and enduring descriptor: Orientalist. -- Denise A. Spellberg, author of Thomas Jefferson’s Qu’ran: Islam and the FoundersFilled with crisp memories refracted through passionate self-reflection, Bulliet’s narrative journey vividly conveys the quest to understand oneself while thinking deeply yet broadly about others, issues, and the momentous impacts of seemingly localized events. A must-read! -- Jamsheed K. ChoksyRichard Bulliet’s passion for academic excellence, combined with his emphasis on ‘diversity and a little bit of craziness,’ is reflective of his unique vision as well as the broader possibilities that refreshingly run counter to conventional historical study. -- Nina Ansary, author of Anonymous Is a Woman: A Global Chronicle of Gender InequalityAt its heart Methodists and Muslims is a page-turning story of how a white male, from a Methodist family in Rockford, Illinois, became an Ivy League professor of medieval Islamic history. Writing from the vantage point of retirement, the scars of loss (both personal and professional), and the insatiable curiosity of an eclectic mind, Bulliet challenges the over-determinacy of humanistic ‘models’ like Orientalism by telling us a story—his story. -- Anver Emon
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Harvard University Press In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl
Book SynopsisThe first biography of Zelia Nuttall (18571933), a pioneering Mexican-American anthropologist whose work on Aztec cosmology and mastery of ancient codices helped shape our understanding of pre-Columbian Mexico. Grindle captures the appeal and contradictions of this trailblazing woman, who brought a new rigor to the study of ancient civilizations.Trade ReviewThis vibrant biography follows the complex, captivating figure of Zelia Nuttall, a self-taught scholar of ancient Mesoamerica and a pioneer of modern anthropology…Grindle paints an indelible portrait of a woman both charming and challenging, whose boldness could slip easily into imperiousness, and whose zeal could lead her astray. * New Yorker *Zelia Nuttall was the first anthropologist to accurately decipher the Aztec calendar stone. In this first published biography of the pioneering social scientist, Merilee Grindle examines the then-new field of anthropology, which employed few women. She explores how Nuttall’s dogged research contributed to our understanding of the history and culture of ancient Mexico. * Christian Science Monitor *What a woman! And what a fabulous life to unearth. Zelia Nuttall was incredibly smart, determined, a divorced single mother in a man’s world, a great scholar, and an original thinker—yet today she’s completely forgotten. Merilee Grindle has dug deep into the archives and uncovered her fascinating story. -- Andrea Wulf, author of The Invention of NatureZelia Nuttall comes alive in all her fascinating contradictions in Merilee Grindle’s capable hands. Nuttall came of age in the nineteenth century and thought nothing of removing Mexico’s antiquities, or supporting Porfirio Díaz. But she was also a world-traveling single mother who studied Nahuatl with a native speaker, convinced Franz Boas to take Mexican students, ferreted out a previously unknown pre-Columbian codex, made a leap forward in our understanding of the Mesoamerican calendar, and chose to spend her declining years in her beloved Mexico, her mother’s native country. Grindle’s biography challenges our modern smugness and reminds us that our roots as scholars are more complex than we often acknowledge. -- Camilla Townsend, author of Fifth Sun: A New History of the AztecsGrindle unearths the story of the pioneering anthropologist Zelia Nuttall, whose study of Aztec culture and cosmology transformed our understanding of pre-Columbian Mexico. She was the first to accurately decode the Aztec stone calendar, and also rediscovered countless pre-Columbian texts previously thought to have been lost—all the while juggling single motherhood with her career. * The Millions *This biography of Nuttall…does justice to a remarkable but forgotten scholar. -- Andrew Robinson * Nature *Zelia Nuttall was a major figure in the rediscovery of ancient Mexico, yet today she is barely remembered. Merilee Grindle has marshaled an impressive amount of evidence to tell Nuttall’s story afresh and restore her to her rightful place in the annals of anthropology. -- Toby Wilkinson, author of A World Beneath the Sands: The Golden Age of EgyptologyAs a teenager on a seemingly endless grand tour of Europe, Zelia Nuttall described her globe-trotting Californian family as ‘wanderers in the highway of nations.’ In Merilee Grindle’s deft telling, we see Nuttall grow into a brilliant and focused interpreter of the secrets of ancient nations, a founder of the modern science of anthropology, a bold female traveler on time’s highway whose life story illuminates our twenty-first-century struggle to apprehend the ravages of civilization. -- Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life and Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for BreakfastZelia Nuttall was a pioneering anthropologist whose many contributions ranged from decoding a giant Aztec calendar to burnishing the reputation of the sixteenth-century English navigator Sir Francis Drake. In this beautifully crafted biography, Grindle situates Nuttall’s work in Mexico in the lead-up to the 1910 revolution. Her research helped Mexicans understand their pre-Columbian national heritage, in its sophisticated engineering, gardening, artistry, and cosmology, as being as glorious as that of Mediterranean societies in the classical era. -- Richard Feinberg * Foreign Affairs *[A] fascinating biography of Mexican-American anthropologist Zelia Nuttall…[whose work] helped shape the field of archaeology and the scientific study of the history of humankind in the Americas…Defying her cultural constrictions, she exerted a significant impact on the values and methodologies of institutions. -- Seonaid Valiant * ReVista *Grindle combines a rousing tale of archaeological discovery with an incisive description of how institutional marginalization occurs, tracing how Nuttall’s legacy was ignored by subsequent generations of anthropologists. This enjoyable account restores to prominence an influential figure in her field. * Publishers Weekly *Grindle does not allow discursions into Nuttall’s scholarly interests to slow down the strong narrative pace of her book. … Specialised knowledge of a particular profession provides captivating details as our protagonist navigates the events and personalities of world history. -- Matthew Restall * History Today *
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Simon & Schuster Ltd Kaffir Boy
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Princeton University Press Brennan and Democracy
Book SynopsisExplores the apparently conflicting commitments of a democratic governmental system where key aspects of such important social issues as affirmative action, campaign finance reform, and abortion rights are settled not by a legislative vote but by the decisions of unelected judges.Trade Review"Michelman has crafted a provocative book on democratic constitutionalism that deserves serious attention by persons interested not simply in Brennan's legal thought but in the debate on what makes for a decent and legitimate democracy."--David E. Marion, Political Science Quarterly "Clearly the justice would be pleased by the provocative, thoughtful, craftsmanship of this work... [A] fine contribution to scholarship."--ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1. Brennan's Constitutional Democracy 3 Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory 3 The Paradox of Constitutional Democracy 4 Democracy, Individuals, and Self-Government 11 The Substantive Conception of Democracy 16 A Paradox of Democratic Commitment 33 The Procedural Conception of Democracy 34 The Remaining Possibility for Self-Government in Politics 51 Politics and Knowledge 54 Distrust and Democracy (Responsive Democracy with a Difference) 57 Brennan on Democracy 60 Chapter 2. Brennan's Democratic Liberalism 63 The Judge as Political Theorist 63 Liberal Political Thought 65 Justice Brennan and Liberal "Romance" 68 Community 89 Equality, Groups, and Positive Social Rights 119 Summation: Who Is Brennan to Us? 133 Epilogue 139 Index 147
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Princeton University Press Sick Souls Healthy Minds
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Philosophy, Association of American Publishers""One of Next Big Idea Club's Most Anticipated Nonfiction Books of Spring"
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Vintage Eden
Book SynopsisAnthony Eden, who served as both Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, was one of the central political figures of the twentieth century. He had good looks, charm, a Military Cross from the Great War, an Oxford first and a secure parliamentary constituency from his mid-twenties. He was Foreign Secretary at the age of 38, and the first British statesman to meet Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin. Eden''s dramatic resignation from Neville Chamberlain''s Cabinet in 1938, outlined here in the fullest detail yet, made an international impact.This ground-breaking book examines his controversial life and tells the inside story of the Munich crisis (1938), the Geneva Conference (1954), Eden''s battles with Churchill over the modernisation of the post-war Conservative Party and his rivalry with Butler and Macmillan in the early 1950s, culminating in a fascinating analysis of the Suez crisis.Trade Review[A] biography of almost unqualified excellence. -- Roy Hattersley * New Statesman *The best-life of this ill-starred politician that we are likely to get...the skilful way he has paced his narrative...vivid...some of the disclosures are pure, unalloyed joy...Thorpe has painted a sympathetic enough portrait but he has not tried to blot out all the warts...excellent. -- ANTHONY HOWARD * SUNDAY TIMES *Sympathetic and authoraitative...This biography, while solidly based on a myriad primary sources and a comprehensive range of secondary ones, flows easily with many nice touches...easily the best friendly account. -- INA GILMOUR * FINANCIAL TIMES *A biography of almost unqualified excellence...comprehensive, authoritative, balanced and invariably (throughout more than 600 pages) readable...In a year or more of notable biographies, there has been nothing to touch it...as told by D.R. Thorpe it is a history of exceptionally high quality. -- Roy Hattersley * New Statesman *
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Vintage Alfred Russel Wallace
Book SynopsisIn 1858, aged thirty-five, weak with malaria, isolated in the remote Spice Islands, Alfred Russel Wallace wrote to Charles Darwin: he had, he said excitedly, worked out a theory of natural selection. Darwin was aghast - his work of decades was about to be scooped. Within a fortnight, his outline and Wallace''s paper were presented jointly in London. A year later, with Wallace still at the opposite side of the world, On the Origin of Species was published. Wallace had none of Darwin''s advantages or connections. Born in Usk, Gwent, in 1823, he left school at fourteen and in his mid-twenties spent four years in the Amazon collecting for museums and wealthy patrons, only to lose all his finds in a shipboard fire in mid-Atlantic. He vowed never to travel again. Yet two years later he was off to the East Indies, beginning an eight-year trek over thousands of miles; here he discovered countless unknown species and identified for the first time the point of divide between Asian and Australian
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reuven Shiloah the Man Behind the Mossad Secret Diplomacy in the Creation of Israel
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Duckworth Books The Nine Lives of John Ogilby Britains Master Map
Book SynopsisIn this enlightening book, Alan Ereira brings a fascinating hidden history to light, and reveals that Ogilby's celebrated Britannia is far more than a harmless road atlas: it is, rather, filled with secrets designed to serve a conspiracy of kings and England's undoing. The Nine Lives of John Ogilby is the story of a remarkable man, and of a covertTrade Review‘A spectacular book with a wide range of insights to the 17th Century’ * Terry Jones *Ereira is justly proud… situates Britannia in its political context, connecting it to Charles II’s military purposes and need to crush rebellion' * Guardian *‘Compelling... a terrific subject for a biography... Ereira’s enthusiasm is infectious [and his] generous biography conveys both the irrepressible energy and the shifty elusiveness of Ogilby.’ * TLS *Britannia was created by a cunning Scot, to help the monarch’s absolute ascendancy over the whole of Britain. The secret is finally out.' * Scotsman *
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International Publishers Co Inc.,U.S. Big Bill Haywoods Book The Autobiography of Big
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James Clarke & Co Ltd Britains Greatest Prime Minister HB
Book SynopsisBritain''s Greatest Prime Minister: Lord Liverpool unpicks two centuries of Whig history to redeem Lord Liverpool (1770-1828) from ''arch-mediocrity'' and establish him as the greatest political leader the country has ever seen.In the past, biographers of Lord Liverpool have not sufficiently acknowledged the importance of his foremost skill: economic policy (including fiscal, monetary and banking system questions). Here, Hutchinson''s decades of experience in the finance sector provide a more specialised perspective on Liverpool''s economic legacy than most historians are able to offer.From his adept handling of unparalleled economic and social difficulties, to his strategic defeat of Napoleon and unprecedented approach to the subsequent peace process, Liverpool is shown to have set Britain''s course for prosperity and effective government for the following century. In addition to granting him his rightful place among British Prime Ministers on both domestic and foreign policy grounds,Trade Review"Martin Hutchinson, one of the rarest of Wall Street's birds of plumage - a true original thinker - here makes the persuasive case that the greatest of Britain's prime ministers is a man whose name perhaps few Americans have ever heard. This splendid, erudite, fast-moving biography assures Lord Liverpool of the recognition he so richly deserves." James Grant, Founder and Editor, Grant's Interest Rate Observer "Meticulously researched, beautifully written and enlivened by the author's mischievous wit, Britain's Greatest Prime Minister is a tour de force in political biography and provides a deep sense of the tumultuous and challenging times in which Lord Liverpool lived. An added bonus is Hutchinson's unconventional assessment of the good, the bad, the mediocre and the dregs among UK prime ministers." Kevin Dowd, Durham University "Martin Hutchinson has written a masterly biography rooted in political economy that promotes the once-despised Lord Liverpool to the first rank of prime ministers. He demonstrates how Liverpool's shrewd financial policy laid the foundations for defeating Napoleon, restoring post-war stability at home and in Europe, and strengthening Britain's economic and strategic world dominance. It's an impressive story, still largely unknown, and Hutchinson's telling is powerful and readable in equal measure." John O'Sullivan, Editor-at-large of National Review and author of The President, the Pope and the Prime Minister "Hutchinson writes clearly and briskly, making even minor matters interesting... a remarkable book." Lord Lexden, The House Magazine Jan 2021, pp.39 "He has written a first-rate political biography which is essential reading for all who are interested in the period." Michael Arnold, Historical Association, 26th January 2021Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Note on Nomenclature Note on Money I. Introduction II. Early Years until the Death of Pitt, 1770-1806 III. De Facto Primus inter Pares, 1806-11 IV. Year of Destiny, 1812 V. Years of Victory, 1813-15 VI. Penury and Progress, 1815-19 VII. Challenges, Recovery and Transition, 1820-23 VIII. Bubble, Reform, Death and Oblivion, 1824-28 IX. Conclusion Appendix: Liverpool's letter to the Bank of England Bibliography Index
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Manchester University Press Victorians in Theory From Derrida to Browning
Book SynopsisThis book will fascinate anyone interested in the Victorians or theory. Each chapter pairs a poet with a theorist: Robert Browning meets Jacques Derrida; Christina Rossetti encounters Luce Irigaray; Matthew Arnold is after Michel Foucault; Gerald Manley Hopkins dreams with Jacques Lacan; and Elizabeth Barrett Browning haunts Hélène Cixous.Table of ContentsIntroduction: 'Between two worlds' 1. 'The lowest room': Christina Rossetti through Irigaray's 'Speculum' other than writing 2. The buried lives of silence: Foucault after Arnold 3. Dieu: from Browning , from Derrida Part II: Specters of sludge, or Mr Derrida the medium 4. 'no one dreams': Where Hopkins was, there Lacan will be 5. 'the ends of being': Between Aurora Leigh and Helene Cixous
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Pluto Press Lenin
Book SynopsisA modern take on a revolutionary icon, by an acclaimed scholar of communist historyTrade Review'A welcome gift: guidance from a generous, experienced, and wise comrade when we need it most. Highlighting Lenin's flexibility and cultivation of collective leadership, Le Blanc brings out the practical activism, principled politics, and revolutionary patience crucial to organizing the oppressed on a rapidly over-heating planet.' -- Jodi Dean, author of 'Comrade: An Essay on Political Belonging''Crackling with intellectual life … Paul confronts opposing views, brings in evocative quotations from dead witnesses and living scholars, and wrestles with the most difficult interpretive questions. Don’t read this book to learn ‘the truth about Lenin’, read it to enter into Lenin’s world and to face the choices that he too faced.' -- Lars T. Lih, author of 'Lenin Rediscovered''This fresh and nuanced examination … is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand Lenin's historical role and his relevance to today's movements for transformative change.' -- Ian Angus, author of 'The War Against the Commons: Dispossession and Resistance in the Making of Capitalism''A wonderful sketch of Lenin’s life and times, illustrating both Lenin’s complex personality and his remarkable insights ... With an excellent timeline, biographic sketches of the main characters, and a thorough bibliography ... this book is perhaps the best introduction to Lenin available in English.' -- Michael D. Yates, Director of Monthly Review Press and author of 'Can the Working Class Change the World?''Well-researched and dutifully contextualized, Le Blanc paints a striking portrait of Lenin as an unwavering champion of democracy.' -- Cliff Connolly, 'Cosmonaut''Fantastic, very interesting and important for our times.' -- Tamás Krausz, author of 'Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography''Brilliant … a tireless catalogue on the past and future of Lenin, Leninism, and revolution, offering indispensable insights into what is to be done amid the cascading catastrophes of today and tomorrow.' -- Ankica Čakardić, author of 'Like a Clap of Thunder: Three Essays on Rosa Luxemburg''Historian and activist Paul Le Blanc considers what the author of 'What is to be Done' has to say to today's radicals. What emerges are valuable contributions to the struggle against the ongoing catastrophes of war, poverty and climate chaos.' -- Alex de Jong, co-director of International Institute for Research and Education, Amsterdam'In lucid, jargon-free prose, Paul Le Blanc forces us to question what we thought we knew about the great revolutionary. Unpicking tenacious myths in a reasoned and discriminating tone, 'Lenin' is un-hagiographic and sometimes even impious. The result is a Lenin ripe for rediscovery, whose ideas are less distant than we might think.' -- Alan Wald, H. Chandler Davis Collegiate Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan'An incisive, engaging overview of Lenin and his revolutionary ideas.' -- Eric Blanc, author of 'Revolutionary Social Democracy: Working-Class Politics Across the Russian Empire, 1882-1917''From feminists to environmental activists, from trade unionists to those active in the movement for Black Lives, or justice for Trans, there's something here for all who believe that forging revolution and transformation of society will be necessary to … win liberation for all humanity.' -- Linda Loew, longtime socialist, feminist and union activist'Produced, with great skill – a compressed and very readable account of Lenin's life and ideas which is honest, attractive, and non-hagiographical.' -- Mike Taber, editor, 'Under the Socialist Banner: Resolutions of the Second International, 1889-1912''With great power of synthesis, the book addresses and clarifies fundamental issues of the Leninist struggle and is indispensable reading for the international left.' -- Flo Menezes, Brazilian composer, musical scholar, and revolutionary militantTable of ContentsPrologue: What’s the Point? 1. Who was Lenin? 2. Theory, Organization, Action (1901-1905) 3. The Revolutionary Explosion of 1905 4. Comrades and Coherence (1905-1914) 5. Engaging with Catastrophe (1914-1917) 6. The 1917 Revolution 7. Revolutionary Internationalism (1882-1922) 8. Besieged Fortress (1918-1922) 9. Unexplored Mountain (1922-1923) 10. Commit Yourself and Then See… Chronology of Lenin’s Life Biographical Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index
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