Résultats pour "David" dans Sciences politiques

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning, bestselling biography of America’s founding father and second president that was the basis for the acclaimed HBO series, brilliantly told by master historian David McCullough. In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life journey...

Brought to you by Penguin. Shortlisted for the 2021 Baillie Gifford prize and the 2021 Costa Biography Award. Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on earth, a place where communist ideals had officially replaced religion. Albania, the last Stalinist outpost in Europe, was almost...

Joseph Campbell famously compared mythology to a kangaroo pouch for the human mind and spirit: “a womb with a view.” In Myths to Live By, he examines all of the ways in which myth supports and guides us, giving our lives meaning. Love and war, science and religion, East and West, inner space and outer space - Campbell shows how the myths we live by can reconcile all of these pairs of opposites and bring a sense of the whole.

An explosive, headline-making portrait of Allen Dulles, the man who transformed the CIA into the most powerful—and secretive—colossus in Washington, from the founder of Salon.com and author of the New York Times bestseller Brothers. America’s greatest untold story: the United States’...

Vividly written, The Infidel and the Professor is a compelling account of a great friendship of two towering Enlightenment thinkers that had great consequences for modern thought. David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime, he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was a revered professor of moral philosophy and is now often hailed as the founding father of capitalism.

“In Dark Towers, David Enrich tells the story of how one of the world’s mightiest banks careened off the rails, threatening everything from our financial system to our democracy through its reckless entanglement with Donald Trump. Darkly fascinating and yet all too real, it’s a tale that...

In Gendered Species: A Natural History of Patriarchy, Dr. Tamás Dávid-Barrett, an evolutionary behavioural scientist at the University of Oxford, takes us on a captivating journey to uncover the scientific logic behind one of humanity’s most enduring and contentious questions. With an interdisciplinary lens spanning anthropology, biology, sociology, economics, and psychology, this groundbreaking book draws on research conducted across forty countries and five continents.

We live in an age of addiction, from compulsive gaming and shopping to binge eating and opioid abuse. Sugar can be as habit-forming as cocaine, researchers tell us, and social media apps are hooking our kids. But what can we do to resist temptations that insidiously and deliberately rewire our brains? Nothing, David Courtwright says, unless we understand the history and character of the global enterprises that create and cater to our bad habits.

David Andersson is a writer and humanist based in New York City. He focuses on issues of global justice, collective consciousness, and nonviolent transformation inspired by Silo. English Editor with Pressenza International Press Agency and is the author of The White-West: A Look in the Mirror, a collection of op-eds examining the dynamics of Western identity and its global impact. CounterPunch, denikreferendum.cz, Mobilized News, Countercurrents, LA Progressive, TFF • Transnational Foundation & Jan Oberg, DefendDemocracy.Press, and Dissident Voice have published his recent work. Many of his ...

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER A vital exploration as we head into the 2026 midterm elections of how right-wing extremism, media manipulation, and ideological echo chambers have eroded critical thinking and deepened political divisions—and how we can fight back to save our...

¿Sabías que uno de los extremos más prometedores del fútbol brasileño casi abandona su sueño antes de brillar en Europa? David Neres Campos ha recorrido un camino extraordinario desde las calles de São Paulo hasta convertirse en una de las figuras más emocionantes del fútbol mundial. Este podcast te sumerge en la fascinante historia de vida del talentoso futbolista brasileño. Descubre cómo superó las adversidades en su juventud, su meteórico ascenso en el Ajax de Ámsterdam, y su impacto en la selección brasileña. A través de una narrativa envolvente, exploramos los momentos ...

From the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bad Religion, a powerful portrait of how our wealthy, successful society has passed into an age of gridlock, stalemate, public failure, and private despair. The era of the coronavirus has tested America, and our leaders and institutions...

¿Qué convierte a un joven de Manchester en una leyenda mundial del fútbol y un ícono de estilo que trasciende el deporte? La respuesta está en la extraordinaria vida de David Beckham. Este podcast biográfico te lleva por el fascinante recorrido vital del futbolista inglés que conquistó los campos más importantes del mundo. Desde sus humildes inicios en la academia del Manchester United hasta convertirse en una superestrella global, exploramos los momentos decisivos que forjaron su carrera deportiva y su imperio mediático. Descubre los secretos detrás de sus legendarios tiros libres,...

Quem foi Baptista-Bastos Davide e por que sua história merece ser contada em cada detalhe? Neste podcast, mergulhamos na trajetória fascinante de uma das figuras mais marcantes da literatura e do jornalismo português, explorando sua vida, obra e legado de forma dinâmica e envolvente. Em episódios curtos e diretos, revelamos os momentos decisivos que moldaram sua personalidade, suas influências literárias e o impacto profundo que deixou na cultura lusófona. Da infância às grandes realizações, cada capítulo desta biografia relâmpago traz contexto histórico, curiosidades ...

The author of such acclaimed books as The Hero With a Thousand Faces and The Power of Myth discusses the primitive roots of mythology, examining them in light of the most recent discoveries in archaeology, anthropology, and psychology.

David Sedgwick’s latest book takes the listener on a disturbing journey deep into the realms of mistruth and deception to reveal, for the very first time, the many tricks and subterfuges used by the British Broadcasting Corporation. Every time we engage with BBC content, the author argues, we are exposing ourselves to a very dark art: the art of brainwashing. Wilful, deceitful and incessant, Orwellian parallels define the modern corporation and should chill the soul of all who cherish freedom and liberty. Mind control is here. This is not fiction.

...And What Do You Do? is a hard-hitting analysis of the royal family, exposing its extravagant use of public money and the highly dubious behaviour of some among its ranks, whilst being critical of the knee-jerk sycophancy shown by the press and politicians. Baker also considers the wider role the royals play in society, including the link with House of Lords reform, and the constitutional position of the monarch, which is important given Prince Charles’ present and intended approach. 

Narrated by the author himself, in this provocative follow up to his New York Times bestselling The Echo Machine, David Pakman offers a dire warning on the cultural and technological forces that are already melting our brains and transforming the pursuit of truth into an almost impossible, even...

Immerse yourself in the captivating life and adventures of David Davy Crockett, an iconic 19th-century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, and politician, often referred to as the King of the Wild Frontier. From his ancestors journey to the American wilderness, through his thrilling experiences with the Indians, his political journey from Tennessee to the U.S. House of Representatives, to his valorous stand at the Battle of the Alamo, this narrative offers an authentic account of Crocketts life. Witness the world through the eyes of this remarkable figure and discover the incidents and ...