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A gripping new biography of one of the most influential and fascinating figures in classical history: Cicero When the Roman statesman Cicero was murdered in 43 BCE, his head was cut off and his tongue pierced with pins – a final, brutal act of revenge against a man whose words had shaped a...

The best-selling author of Bringing Down the House (63 weeks on the New York Times best seller list and the basis for the hit movie 21) and The Accidental Billionaires (the basis for the Academy Award-winning film The Social Network) delivers an epic drama of wealth, rivalry, and betrayal among megawealthy Russian oligarchs - and its international repercussions.

A dual biography of Julius Caesar and Cato the Younger that offers a dire warning: republics collapse when partisanship overrides the common good. In Uncommon Wrath, historian Josiah Osgood tells the story of how the political rivalry between Julius Caesar and Marcus Cato precipitated the end of...

Since the Renaissance, Julius Caesar has been idolized as a superman. There is no doubt that Caesar was an extraordinary man. But as General Fuller points out, Caesar was more extraordinary for his reckless ambition, matchless daring, and ruthless tyranny than for his skills as a military commander. Caesar continually had to extricate himself from the results of mistaken judgments. His unpremeditated Gallic conquest was just one of Fuller's many examples.

Dieses Hörbuch enthält folgende Essays: Die Spike, Eine Hinrichtung, Erinnerungen an eine Buchhandlung, Einen Elefanten erschießen, Down the Mine, Nord und Süd, Die spanische Bohne ausschütten, Marrakesch. Geboren in der ehemaligen britischen Kolonie Indien verlief das Leben von George Orwell alles andere als geradlinig.

Bloomsbury presents Goodbye to Russia written and read by Sarah Rainsford. A DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES AND PROSPECT POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST BOOK BY A NON-PARLIAMENTARIAN IN THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS 'Quite simply the best and most powerful book I’ve read this...

角栄はなぜ葬られたのか？　新証言と膨大な資料を駆使した人気作家渾身の超弩級ノンフィクション！

While serving as an assistant to Vice President George H. W. Bush, Chase Untermeyer concluded that the only way to learn how the US government really works was to leave the silken cocoon of the White House and seek a position in one of the departments or agencies. Inside Reagan’s Navy offers an engaging, up-close narrative of Untermeyer’s experiences in the Pentagon, interwoven with descriptions of events and people, humorous anecdotes, and telling quotations.

A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights movement and played a deeply influential role in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., helping to mold him into an international symbol of nonviolence.

Wie ist es, wenn man sich am Ende seines Lebens fragen muss, ob man wirklich so objektiv über das Weltgeschehen berichtet hat, wie man bisher glaubte? Kann eine Kamera lügen? Gibt es eine Sicht der Sieger, die so anders ist, als die der Besiegten? Die amerikanische Kriegsreporterin Maggie ist mit ihren Kameras überall dort, wo gerade Geschichte geschrieben wird. Sie fotografiert die fallenden Bomben der Deutschen auf Moskau, die Leichenberge im KZ Buchenwald, die Familien der Selbstmörder im Rathaus in Leipzig. Maggie überfliegt die zerstörten deutschen Städte im Auftrag der U.S.

汉光武帝刘秀消除了分裂，完成了统一祖国的伟大事业，并且以柔术治国，采取了适应社会发展的一系列政治、经济、文化措施……漢光武帝劉秀消除了分裂，完成了統一祖國的偉大事業，並且以柔術治國，採取了適應社會發展的一系列政治、經濟、文化措施……

On March 7, 2004, former SAS soldier and mercenary Simon Mann prepared to take off from Harare International Airport. His destination was Equatorial Guinea; his intention was to remove one of the most brutal dictators in Africa in a privately organized coup d’état. The plot had the tacit approval of Western intelligence agencies, and Mann had already planned, overseen, and won two wars in Angola and Sierra Leone. So why did it go so wrong?

A survivor of government sanctioned mind control under the MK Ultra system, Cathy has spent the last three decades exposing hidden truths and reclaiming her sovereignty — one word at a time. While her testimony has rattled institutions, these poems reveal the quieter revolution: the return of her own free thought.

This was Alan Clark’s first volume of diaries and the only one that he recorded. As such it is a unique and historical record and reminder of the man and his work. To hear Alan Clark reading the book in his marvelously rich voice adds immeasurably to the pleasure of these informative and entertaining diaries. The recording covers two Parliaments and constitutes the most outspoken and revealing account of British politics ever written.

Verfolgt und um ihr Leben fürchtend muss Anna Seghers 1941 Europa verlassen. Fortan lebt sie bis 1947 im mexikanischen Exil. Hier schreibt sie ihre großen Romane, erlebt die Veröffentlichung und den Erfolg von "Das siebte Kreuz", hier trifft sie auf schillernde Personen wie Pablo Neruda und Frida Kahlo. Mit den anderen Exilanten Egon Erwin Kisch und dem Verleger Walter Janka teilt sie die Sorge um die Daheimgebliebenen und die um die Lage in Europa.

The life of Augustus is historically important because his leadership marked out a new era in the story of the Roman world - an era that would see the expansion of the Roman Empire across the Mediterranean and beyond. However, the influence of the Roman Empire extended much farther than its territory and had a profound effect on the development of Western culture.

Mummy's Still Here is the sequel to Jeanne D'Olivier's novel Mummy Where Are You? This novel tells the harrowing story of how a mother who reported the sexual abuse of her son was persecuted by the system and eventually lost her child to the very person he alleged had abused him. Charlotte continues to fight for her son through a series of endless court hearings and against all odds, leaving no stone unturned in her attempt to save her child and bring him home safely.

Sulla had become renowned in Rome as a general during the Jugurthine, Social, and Mithridatic Wars, but naturally he is now remembered for the gruesome acts committed during his tenure as Rome’s first lifelong dictator. Sulla’s unprecedented period of one-man rule is viewed by many historians as a means of re-establishing peace and order in Roman politics while safeguarding the Republican system from abuse by powerful individuals.

To all appearances, John Wilder has all the trappings of success, circa 1960: a promising career in advertising, a loving family, a beautiful apartment, even a country home. John’s evenings are spent with associates at quiet Manhattan lounges and his weekends with friends at glittering cocktail parties. But something deep within this seemingly perfect life has long since gone wrong.

The Romans hated Pompey’s greedy father, Strabo, with a vengeance. Yet when Pompey rose in prominence, Plutarch notes that he developed the opposite character, and the Romans loved him for it. Pompey had many great accomplishments in his military and political life, but his legacy lies in forming the First Triumvirate with Crassus and Caesar. When the alliance eventually dissolved, and Pompey fled from Caesar to his death, the Roman world would never be the same.