Titoli in Storico

In seiner Autobiographie zeichnet Gavin Newsom seinen Weg auf die große politische Bühne nach. Er berichtet von den Erlebnissen, die ihn dazu inspirierten, Politiker zu werden – und von den Werten und Idealen, die ihn als Mensch prägen. Gavin Newsom wurde in San Francisco geboren, und seine Eltern ließen sich scheiden, als er noch klein war. Seine Kindheit verbrachte er zwischen zwei Welten: Seine Mutter hatte drei Jobs, um für ihre Kinder sorgen zu können, unterdessen führte sein Vater Newsom ihn in eine Gesellschaft ein, in der Reichtum und Beziehungen bestimmend waren.

A memoir of a child's forced relocation to Siberia under Stalin's Gulag system reveals the potential for true human kindness in the face of extraordinary hardship. In April of 1940, six-year-old Ida woke to the sound of pounding on her door. Soviet soldiers forcibly packed her and her mother onto a train with thousands of their neighbors and deported them to remote Siberia, leaving them stranded to survive the brutal winter in subhuman conditions.

‘[A] rich, stylish and immersive epic’ Irish Independent ‘Deeply researched and fascinating’ The Guardian ‘[Rory Carroll is] an exceptionally gifted storyteller’ Max Hastings ‘A gripping read’ The i Paper ‘A thrilling account of one of the most unpredictable, memorable and...

Publicada en 1929, "Fouché, el genio tenebroso", es una de las mayores obras maestras de Stefan Zweig. Una obra apasionante e hipnótica, que no deja indiferente a nadie. Joseph Fouché (1759 - 1820) fue uno de los personajes más controvertidos de la Revolución Francesa. Hipócrita, tenebroso y maquiavélico, votó a favor de la muerte de Luis XVI y María Antonieta y fue responsable de sangrientas represalias. Luego, sintiéndose amenazado por Robespierre, participó activamente en la conspiración termidoriana.

Eclesiástico español, Santo de la Iglesia Católica y segundo Arzobispo de Lima, fue también Misionero y organizador de la Iglesia Sudamericana, pasando buena parte de su vida en el Perú, al cuidado de débiles y enfermos. También es venerado por la Iglesia anglicana, su ejemplo de amor y desprendimiento traspasaron fronteras.

Conquistador español de Puerto Rico y descubridor de Florida, y eterno buscador de la 'fuente de la eterna juventud', fue paje en la corte de Fernando el Católico y combatió en la conquista del reino de Granada. Sin embargo, tras su primer viaje a América lo con Cristóbal Colón en 1493, alcanzaría la inmortalidad histórica.

Billy the Kid was a real-life outlaw, a cattle rustler in the Southwest who was wanted - dead or alive. One fateful night in 1881, he was shot and killed in a darkened room by nemesis Sheriff Pat Garrett. With this account, the sheriff aimed to set the record straight about his final showdown with the Kid. Since its publication, The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid has served as a primary source on this legendary outlaw’s life for historians and storytellers alike.

Here's a biographical profile of Charles Goodyear, the man who gave the world one of its most useful products - vulcanized rubber. Natural rubber, the milky sap of rubber trees, is not a very practical commodity. It melts in hot weather or cracks and freezes in cold weather. In 1839, Charles Goodyear came across a process that made rubber so useful it changed the world we live in. A century later there were 122 rubber factories in Ohio.

In the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic, its uncertain future contested by the two major political parties of the day: the well-moneyed Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, and the populist Republicans, led by Aaron Burr. The two finest lawyers in New York, Burr and Hamilton were bitter rivals both in and out of the courtroom, and as the next election approached - with Manhattan likely to be the swing district on which the presidency would hinge - their animosity reached a fever pitch.

Jana Hensel war dreizehn, als die Mauer fiel. Von einem Tag auf den anderen war ihre Kindheit zu Ende. Die vertrauten Dinge des DDR-Alltags verschwanden gleichsam über Nacht – plötzlich war überall Westen, die Grenze offen, die Geschichte auch. Eine ganze Generation machte sich daran, das veränderte Land neu zu erkunden. Jana Hensel erzählt von ihrem Leben in der Schwebe zwischen Ost und West.

Xi Jinping herrscht über 1,4 Milliarden Menschen und die zweitgrößte Volkswirtschaft der Welt. Dennoch ist überraschend wenig über ihn bekannt. Der erfahrene Auslandskorrespondent Michael Sheridan hat alles zusammengetragen, was er in 20 Jahren aus Insiderberichten und eigenen Reportagen über den chinesischen Staatspräsidenten recherchieren konnte, und zeichnet das bislang wohl detaillierteste Bild des starken Mannes in Peking und seines Werdegangs.

An authoritative biography of Thomas Arundel, the English archbishop who overthrew a king Thomas Arundel was a pivotal figure in English politics at the turn of the fifteenth century. His career began in 1373 when, at the age of just twenty, he was ordained as bishop of Ely. By 1396, he had...

Zanim powstała Lista Schindlera, był człowiek, który przez 46 lat walczył, by świat usłyszał prawdę. Leopold „Poldek” Page—ocalały z Holokaustu—nie pozwolił zapomnieć o odwadze, która ocaliła życie 1300 Żydów. To opowieść o spotkaniu, które zmieniło bieg historii. O cichym bohaterze, który przekazał dalej największe świadectwo XX wieku.

Brought to you by Penguin. For the first eighteen years of Simon Weisz’s life his parents were at pains to keep their past concealed from him. All he knew for sure was that they had grown up in Hungary and that they had arrived in Britain after the Second World War. It was only as he reached...

Considered by many to be the authoritative biography on Andrew Jackson, Robert Remini's examination reviews in depth the political career and personal life of one of the country's most memorable leaders. It is the definitive summary of a man who in turn defined an era, captured in a form that would appeal to both novice students and learned history buffs.

For hundreds of years, the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table has been one of the world's most precious literary possessions. In 1902, the distinguished American artist Howard Pyle undertook to retell and illustrate this classic. His four-volume work has long been considered one of the outstanding interpretations of the Arthurian cycle.

Before his fiftieth birthday, Teddy Roosevelt had served as a state legislator in New York, undersecretary of the navy, police commissioner of New York City, governor of New York, and two terms as Vice President and then president of the United States. He also had run a cattle ranch in the Dakota Territories, had worked as a journalist and editor, conducted scientific expeditions on four continents, raised five children, and enjoyed a fulfilling marriage with his wife. No wonder he continues to capture our imaginations as he did the loyalty and respect of his own time.

In seinen Memoiren beschreibt Willy Beckel viele Aspekte des Alltags, die das Leben von Kindern und Jugendlichen während des Deutschen Kaiserreichs in den Jahren um 1912 prägten. Sie bleiben spannend zu lesen, da sie eine längst vergangene Welt beschreiben, die heute noch Relevanz hat. Das Leben einer städtischen Großfamilie, die meist im Mittelpunkt steht, fehlt nicht in dieser Hommage an seine Eltern, die viele bedeutende Ereignisse in Leipzig während der Kaiserzeit erzählt. Seine Memoiren sind gute intellektuelle und zeitlose Gedankenkost.

Step into one of the earliest and most powerful works of American literature with A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson by Mary Rowlandson. First published in 1682, this gripping firsthand account chronicles Rowlandson’s eleven-week captivity during King Philip’s War and her struggle for survival in the harsh New England wilderness. Blending spiritual reflection, colonial history, and personal endurance, Rowlandson’s narrative offers an unfiltered glimpse into early American frontier life.

The story of a fervent atheistic communist woman in Moscow who was denied entrance to medical school because she was Jewish. She applied to leave Russia and was denied, thus becoming a Refusenik. It describes her two-year tortuous struggle to leave, her humorous adjustment to American society, and her challenging journey to become a physician and learn what it meant to be Jewish. Her historian husband interweaves her life with the history of Soviet Russia and the Cold War period, including the fail of the Soviet Union.