Résultats pour "A" dans Historiques

In a world obsessed with finding the perfect mentor, we often overlook the most enduring guides of all, the ones who can't meet us for coffee, but whose lessons echo across generations. New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews shows how the completed lives of those hold the keys to clarity...

Officers' Mess is a story of resilience, betrayal, courage and faith. It is an inimitable recounting of the author's experiences as a young girl during a turbulent chapter of Sri Lankan (Ceylon) history. Set against the backdrop of the attempted coup d'état in 1962, it delves into the social and political events that shaped the lives of her unforgettable family. When she was 10 years old, her father and uncle, both majors in the Ceylon Army, were imprisoned and tried for conspiring to overthrow the nationalist government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the world's first female prime minister.

In Vienna, 1919, a gaunt, silver-haired man knocks on his sister's door. She refuses to open it. As far as the family knows, Chaim Zeidler died years ago on a battlefield in Galicia—they sat shiva, they mourned him, they let him go. So when he calls his own name through the wood, she screams that he's a dibbuk: a ghost come back to haunt the living. He isn't. He survived.

Envied by Lord Byron, admired by Jane Austen, read avidly by the British royalty: this is the story of ‘The Great Maria’. Maria Edgeworth, known to her contemporaries as 'the Great Maria', was one of the most important authors of the Regency era. Her work was the envy of Lord Byron, Humphry...

Argentinien und die Fußball WM 2026 – Die Geschichte der argentinischen Nationalmannschaft Kaum ein Land lebt den Fußball mit einer vergleichbaren Leidenschaft wie Argentinien. Dieses Hörbuch erzählt die bewegende Geschichte der Albiceleste – von den ersten britischen Einflüssen im...

The late, legendary performer and activist’s candid reflections on American race relations and social movements, based on previously unpublished conversations with the award-winning historian Harry Belafonte was more than a bestselling folk singer and Hollywood’s first Black matinée idol...

A Fight for a Cup of Chai is a short, accessible nonfiction audiobook about labor, migration, and resilience—told through lived experience. Set in Nepal, the story follows a young factory worker navigating poverty, work, and identity while revealing the human cost behind global supply chains. What begins as a personal journey opens into larger questions of dignity, sacrifice, and belonging.

Brasilien ist mehr als eine Fußballnation – Brasilien ist ein Gefühl. Kaum ein anderes Land hat den Weltfußball so nachhaltig geprägt wie die Seleção. Fünf Weltmeistertitel, unzählige Weltstars und ein Spielstil, der Generationen von Fußballfans begeistert hat, machten Brasilien zum...

Among the figures of early Roman history, few stand out quite like Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a man who to his contemporaries stood as the very image of the Roman Vir Bous (the Good Man). His life, whether viewed through the lens of ancient writers or treated as something of a foundational myth, has shaped Western thought surrounding civic duty and the restraint of power for more than 2,000 years.

Österreich auf dem Weg zur Fußball WM 2026 – Die Geschichte des österreichischen Fußballs Dieses Hörbuch erzählt die faszinierende Geschichte des österreichischen Fußballs – von seinen Ursprüngen im England des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts bis zur modernen Nationalmannschaft auf dem Weg...

Deutschland und die Fußball WM 2026 – Die Geschichte der deutschen Nationalmannschaft Kaum eine Nation hat die Geschichte des Fußballs so nachhaltig geprägt wie Deutschland. Von den Anfängen des Spiels im ausgehenden neunzehnten Jahrhundert bis hin zur Nationalmannschaft auf dem Weg zur...

The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV, ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in 17th-century Europe. Now, Antonia Fraser goes behind the well-known tales of Louis' accomplishments and follies, exploring in riveting detail his intimate relationships with women.

A tender and quietly powerful memoir tracing one man’s life through changing times, from rural Ireland to Apartheid-era South Africa, love, loss, and resilience.

El relato complementario de una época apasionante Diecisiete periodistas, una mesa, un invitado de excepción y una consigna: estrictamente confidencial. En 1979, un grupo de jóvenes reporteros con ganas de informarse sobre los resortes de la naciente democracia impulsó una serie de...

Un recorrido por la memoria familiar siguiendo las huellas geográficas, mentales y sociales de todo un siglo en nuestro país. Tal vez el más difícil de los sujetos de estudio sea nuestra propia familia. Esta historia nace del relato fragmentado e interrumpido de los abuelos, pero también de...

Una mirada personal y lúcida sobre las Fuerzas Armadas, la España democrática y sus amenazas Las Fuerzas Armadas españolas son una de las instituciones que han de velar por la seguridad de la sociedad y proteger su integridad ante cualquier tipo de amenazas. La de las Fuerzas Armadas es una...

A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a leading historian on women’s suffrage and power While this nation has yet to elect its first woman president—and though history has downplayed her role—just over a century ago a woman became...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER From one of Canada’s most beloved performing artists comes an audacious work of non-fiction that explores the stories that shape us and the reach that the past can have across generations "Thomson makes visible the ghosts of the Great War, untangling themes of loss...

George Mergenthaler, the grandson of the inventor of the Linotype, was an only child, and at the time of his birth in 1920, became the sole male heir the family fortune. Tall, handsome, Ivy League educated, speaking fluent German and French, "Merg" as he was know to his friends, did what many in his generation did following the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor: He enlisted in the Army.

The focus of this book is on Juan Bautista Valdés’ grandson José Mariano de Jesús Valdés, who was born in Barranco at around1806, during the Spanish governance of New Mexico. Biographies of José Mariano de Jesús and his children give background to the history of the Valdés family in New Mexico and Southern Colorado.