Résultats pour "Kurt" dans Histoire

Evil Geniuses is the secret history of how, over the last half century, from even before Ronald Reagan through Donald Trump, America has sharply swerved away from its dream of progress for the many to a system of unfettered profit and self-interest for the few. As the social liberation of the 1960s finally ended in the chaos of Vietnam and Watergate, a cabal of rich industrialists, business chiefs, wide-eyed libertarians and right-wing economic radicals were waiting, determined to claw back everything they saw as rightfully theirs. 

This WWII memoir by a decorated Nazi officer and war criminal offers a vivid account of German operations across Europe and the Eastern Front. Known for his bold and aggressive leadership, Kurt "Panzer" Meyer was one of the most highly decorated German soldiers of World War II. He successively...

Some people vanished without a trace. Others died under circumstances that never stopped raising questions. In every case, the official story left something behind. The World’s Conspiracy Files: Book 4 investigates twenty famous and lesser-known mysteries involving unexplained disappearances, suspicious deaths, unsolved murders, possible assassinations, criminal cover-ups, secret operations, and historical cases that remain impossible to forget. From D. B.

Diese authentische Sozialgeschichte der USA zeigt, wie alltäglicher Widerstand eine Supermacht formte. Perfekt für das tägliche Pendeln oder das konzentrierte Lernen, lässt dich dieses packende Hörerlebnis tief in die raue, inspirierende Realität der Vergangenheit eintauchen. Von den...

Entdecke in diesem historischen Sachbuch, wie die Agrarrevolution unsere Zivilisation und soziale Ungleichheit erschuf. Perfekt für das konzentrierte Zuhören beim Pendeln, nimmt dich diese augenöffnende Zeitreise mit zu den tiefsten Wurzeln der Menschheit. Erweitere deinen intellektuellen...

Kurt Eichenwald—New York Times bestselling author of Conspiracy of Fools and The Informant—recounts the first 500 days after 9/11 in a comprehensive, fly on the wall, compelling page-turner as gripping as any thriller. In 500 Days, master chronicler Kurt Eichenwald lays bare the harrowing...

Das Hörbuch gibt die Fakten zum Ersten Weltkrieg und deren Folgen umfassend wieder.

Kort før sin død fortalte den irske oprører og ballademager Brendan Behan sin livshistorie til forlagskonsulenten Rae Jeffs. Selvom han beretter om slagsmål, drukkenskab og livet som en forhenværende ungdomsforbryder, så sidder man tilbage med et varmt billede af Brendan Behan. Bag den hårde overflade gemte sig en godhjertet, blid dreng, der trods sit vilde liv aldrig blev forhærdet. Den engelske presse skrev: "...en livfuld beskrivelse af hans farverige, larmende og urolige liv...en stærk bog...der er ingen tvivl om, at stemmen er Behans...

The 15th century Romanian Prince Vlad III Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, is one of the most fascinating personalities of medieval history. Already during his own lifetime, his true story became obscured by a veil of myths. As a result, he has been portrayed both as a bloody tyrant - who degenerated down throughout the centuries into the fictional vampire of the same name created by Bram Stoker at the end of the 19th century - and as a national and Christian hero who bravely fought to defend his native land and all of Europe against the invading Turkish infidels.

Von einer Hölle in die nächste … Spüren Sie dem schier unvorstellbaren Martyrium des Soldaten Kurt K. Keller nach. Kurt K. Keller, Jahrgang 1925, trat im April 1943 seinen Dienst bei der Wehrmacht an – ihm sollte ein bewegtes Soldatenleben bevorstehen: Am 6. Juni 1944, dem D-Day, gehörte Keller zu den Verteidigern am blutigen Strandabschnitt Omaha Beach, wo Tausende US-Soldaten direkt in den deutschen Kugelhagel hineinrannten.

The true tale about the Nazi's horrific actions to euthanize Germany's disabled persons during WWII.

At a time when internet dating is booming across all ages and classes and women are setting the agenda as never before, some things have not changed: you can’t always leave love to chance. And whether the search begins with an app in the 21st century or a visit to two young but savvy matchmakers in the 1940s, the desire for lifelong happiness with a perfectly suited partner remains the same.

Few perspectives epitomize the sheer drama and sacrifice of combat more perfectly than those of the fighter pilots of World War II. As romanticized as any soldier in history, the World War II fighter pilot was viewed as larger than life: a dashing soul waging war amongst the clouds. In the 65-plus years since the Allied victory, stories of these pilots' heroics have never been in short supply. But what about their adversaries - the highly skilled German aviators who pushed the Allies to the very brink of defeat?

Could death be a quality? A place? Not an ending, but an occurrence that changes those it happens to? In Kurt Vonnegut: Reporter on the Afterlife, Vonnegut skips back and forth between life and the Afterlife as if the difference between them were rather slight. In light hearted interviews with Sir Issac Newton, Adolf Hitler, Isaac Asimov, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, William Shakespeare, Joan of Arc, and Kilgore Trout, among others - Vonnegut trips down “the blue tunnel to the pearly gates” in the guise of a roving reporter for public radio, all the while dodging the crotchety bureaucrat, ...

It is hard to put this podcast in one specific category since it will cover a wide area of topics as well as people. This is just another to spark conversation, provoke thoughts. As well as an excuse to spend time talking to friends.

Simply stated, Kurt Cobain changed the cultural conversation in his all-too-brief life, and even after his shattering death. With interviews and commentary from all corners of the pop culture universe, from the people who knew Cobain to those who continue to help his legend grow, Here We Are Now explores what a singular life meant, and how that meaning can be measured, when and if it can be.

Perhaps an important question deals with whether China has been able to convert its rising power into international influence and, if so, whether this influence extends to the international system as a whole or exists on a country-to-country basis. It is widely assumed that China's growing capabilities and activities translate into influence, but the linkage remains assumed and not proven.

“Ho conosciuto Kurt Cobain - La storia dei Nirvana in Italia” è un podcast narrativo in 7 puntate realizzato nel trentennale dalla scomparsa di Kurt Cobain.“HCKC” è una serie podcast a taglio documentaristico con interviste e suoni di repertorio: un mosaico di aneddoti e racconti di chi a quei concerti era presente, di chi li ha organizzati, dei gestori dei locali, di chi ha conosciuto personalmente i componenti della band. Un road movie sonoro che conduce lungo i tragitti percorsi dal furgone dei Nirvana in Italia e ripercorre i fatti salienti di quelle date.Dal tour del ‘89 al ...

In New York City's business districts, billions of dollars are traded every day and power deals are closed every minute. Within the hundreds of skyscrapers there are dedicated messenger centers that insure and time to the minute the delivery of business documents used to complete deals large and small. Kurt Boone has worked as a foot messenger for over 14 years, rushing throughout the city in all weather conditions, picking up and delivering these critical business documents.

Wie war es früher im Dorf und auf dem Bauernhof? Berührende Erzählungen von Frauen und Männern, die vor dem 2. Weltkrieg auf dem Bauernhof aufgewachsen sind und oft ihr ganzes Leben in der Landwirtschaft tätig waren, geben Einblicke in eine nach und nach verschwundene Welt. Dabei geht es nicht um Nostalgie oder Verklärung, sondern um ein realistisches Abbild der keineswegs idyllischen bäuerlichen Existenz in Österreich.