Résultats pour "Georges" dans Politique

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Juliet Aubrey, who won the BAFTA for Best Actress for her role as Dorothea in the BBC serial Middlemarch. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Rosemary Ashton. George Eliot's most ambitious novel is a masterly...

Brought to you by Penguin. BRITAIN'S MOST BELOVED STORYTELLER RETURNS WITH A TWISTING ADVENTURE OF OBSESSIVE LOVE AND ELEGANT ESPIONAGE . . . Gabriel Dax, travel writer and accidental spy, is back in the shadows. Unable to resist the allure of his MI6 handler, Faith Green, he has returned to a...

At first glance, the murder of Peggy Frampton looks like a burglary gone wrong. But DS George Cross, with his meticulous methods, thinks otherwise. The victim, a former mayor of Bristol, is now an online influencer whose forthright opinions attract the kind of attention that most people would like to avoid. There's no shortage of suspects. Cross's investigation will lead him from Peggy's unfaithful husband to her gambling-addicted son, to a scorned former lover with a grudge. But she also has political enemies in her past.

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays, now with a Victoria Cross, has three main talents - horsemanship, facility with foreign languages and fornication. A reluctant military hero, Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century, despite trying his utmost to escape them all. What caused the Indian Mutiny?

Brought to you by Penguin. 'All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others' When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a cunning...

La satira classica della rivoluzione russa di George Orwell è una parte intima della nostra cultura contemporanea, citata così spesso che tendiamo a dimenticare chi ha scritto le parole originali. È un resoconto della coraggiosa lotta che trasforma la fattoria terriera del signor Jones in fattoria degli animali, una società interamente democratica costruita sul credo che tutti gli animali sono creati uguali. Per intelligenza, i maiali Napoleone, Squealer e Palla di neve emergono come leader della nuova comunità in una sottile evoluzione che porta una insidiosa familiarità.

From #1 New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Brad Thor, another pulse-pounding political thriller in the Scot Harvath series. July 4th weekend, New York City: As thousands of holiday travelers make their way out of Manhattan, a flawlessly executed terrorist attack...

Un rotundo alegato a favor de la libertad y en contra del totalitarismo que se ha convertido en un clásico de la literatura del siglo XX. Esta sátira de la Revolución rusa y el triunfo del estalinismo, escrita en 1945, se ha convertido por derechos propio en un hito de la cultura contemporánea y en uno de los libros más mordaces de todos los tiempos. Ante el auge de los animales de la Granja Solariega, pronto detectamos las semillas de totalitarismo en una organización aparentemente ideal.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Spring of the Ram by Dorothy Dunnett, read by John Banks. In 1461, the mysterious enigmatic Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by none other than Cosimo de' Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and the last jewel...

The story takes place in an imagined future, the year 1984 when much of the world has fallen victim to perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance, historical negationism, and propaganda. Great Britain, known as Airstrip One, has become a province of a totalitarian superstate named Oceania that is ruled by the Party who employs the Thought Police to persecute individuality and independent thinking. Big Brother, the leader of the Party, enjoys an intense cult of personality despite the fact that he may not even exist.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Exit West written and read by Mohsin Hamid. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2017. This is Nadia. She is fiercely independent with an excellent sense of humour and a love of smoking alone on her balcony late at night. This is Saeed. He is sweet and...

Die Welt ist in die drei Machtblöcke Ozeanien, Eurasien und Ostasien aufgeteilt, die sich, in ständig wechselnden Koalitionen, in dauerhaftem Krieg miteinander befinden. Die Handlung des Romans spielt in Ozeanien, das Nord- und Südamerika, die britischen Inseln, Australien und das südliche Afrika umfasst, wobei Winston Smith im „Landefeld 1“ (England) lebt. In dem diktatorisch und totalitär geführten Staat unterdrückt eine vom – nie wirklich sichtbaren – Großen Bruder.

Man beraubt sie der Früchte ihrer Arbeit, sperrt sie ein, beutet sie aus. Die Tiere auf dem Gutshof haben genug und proben den Aufstand - für eine bessere Welt, in der alle Tiere gleich und frei sind. Doch bald zeigt sich: Gleich heißt nicht gleich, und Freiheit ist ein kurzer Traum.

During a dark period in the history of the United States, a few powerful government officials twisted the meaning of our laws and trivialized universal human rights principles. This novel peels back a deceitful veneer of legal gamesmanship to reveal flagrant violations of international law and the US Constitution. The narrative exposes the criminal actions of individuals who continue to make bold assertions that torture is not torture, that what they did was necessary, and that torturers are above the law.

Following the worst terrorist attacks in American history on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush pledged to bring those responsible to justice, especially the mastermind, Osama bin Laden. After failing to capture Bin Laden in Afghanistan, George W. Bush shifted his attention and that of his country to Saddam Hussein and Iraq, neither of which had anything to do with the 9/11 attacks (as history has proven).

1984 (Neunzehnhundertvierundachtzig), geschrieben von 1946 bis 1948 und erschienen im Juni 1949, ist ein dystopischer Roman von George Orwell, in dem ein totalitärer Überwachungsstaat im Jahr 1984 dargestellt wird. Hauptperson der Handlung ist Winston Smith, ein einfaches Mitglied der diktatorisch herrschenden, fiktiven Staatspartei Sozialistische Partei Englands, auf die sich die herrschende politische Ideologie Engsoz stützt.

Die Welt ist in die drei Machtblöcke Ozeanien, Eurasien und Ostasien aufgeteilt, die sich, in ständig wechselnden Koalitionen, in dauerhaftem Krieg miteinander befinden. Die Handlung des Romans spielt in Ozeanien, das Nord- und Südamerika, die britischen Inseln, Australien und das südliche Afrika umfasst, wobei Winston Smith im "Landefeld 1" (England) lebt. In dem diktatorisch und totalitär geführten Staat unterdrückt eine vom – nie wirklich sichtbaren – Großen Bruder.

Die Welt ist in die drei Machtblöcke Ozeanien, Eurasien und Ostasien aufgeteilt, die sich, in ständig wechselnden Koalitionen, in dauerhaftem Krieg miteinander befinden. Die Handlung des Romans spielt in Ozeanien, das Nord- und Südamerika, die britischen Inseln, Australien und das südliche Afrika umfasst, wobei Winston Smith im „Landefeld 1“ (England) lebt. In dem diktatorisch und totalitär geführten Staat unterdrückt eine vom – nie wirklich sichtbaren – Großen Bruder.

Cansados del abuso y explotación que sufren, los animales dentro de la granja de los Jones se sublevan contra sus dueños humanos y los derrocan. La revolución fracasa cuando se crean rivalidades entre los animales dentro de la granja, e incluso algunos animales se alían con los Jones, amos que previamente derrocaron. Al traicionar su propia identidad y los intereses de su clase, se crea una nueva clase de burocracia en la granja, la cual refleja la estructura de una idealizada organización totalitarista.

Edição especial de A Revolução dos Bichos, na qual a clássica fábula política de George Orwell se transforma em uma experiência sonora cativante. Com um...