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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. Midnight, Tuesday 6 June 1944: the beginning of D-Day, the operation to invade Nazi-occupied Western Europe and initiate the final phase of World War II. A vast undertaking, it involved 12,000 aircraft and an amphibious assault of almost 7...

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour… Sir Winston Churchill was a soldier, journalist, writer, Nobel Prize winner and, above all, a leader. Conservative then Liberal then Conservative again, his political instincts won him a sustained career at the summit of British government...

Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. In a writing career that spanned over twenty years during the explosion of poetic and theatrical creativity of late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods, William Shakespeare produced a body of work that has become the bedrock of human...

There are moments in history when a simple phrase becomes more than words. It becomes a rallying cry, a vision, and a movement that shapes a nation’s destiny. Make America Great Again, MAGA, wasn’t just a campaign slogan. It was a spark that lit the fire of millions of Americans who felt left behind, unheard, and overlooked. It was a call to stand tall again, to remember who we are, and to reclaim the promise of the American dream.

He came in a sealed train, carrying nothing but rage, theory, and a plan to burn the world. LENIN: The Man Who Lit the Fuse is the explosive true story of how one man hijacked a crumbling empire, rewired history in blood and steel, and vanished into a myth that still haunts the planet. From the 1905 revolution to the Red Terror, from exile to empire, from bulletproof theory to flesh-and-blood consequences—this is Lenin without euphemism. Visionary and vicious. Strategic and ruthless. Less a man than a detonation. He didn’t just change Russia. He lit the fuse for everything that came after.

In her memoir, Giorgia Meloni speaks about herself in depth for the first time. She talks about her roots, her childhood, and her relationship with her mother Anna, her sister Arianna, her grandparents Maria and Gianni, and the pain of her father’s absence. She shares her visceral passion for politics, which took her from her neighborhood of Garbatella to the Government as a Minister, and then to the leadership of Fratelli d’Italia and the European Conservatives.

In The Myth of the Caudillo, Davis Truman unveils the untold story of how Spain’s dictator didn’t just win a civil war—he reinvented the past to secure his future. Through propaganda, censorship, and the rewriting of national memory, Franco transformed himself from a ruthless general into “El Caudillo,” the savior Spain supposedly needed.

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as vice president from January to April 1945 under FDR and as a US senator from Missouri from 1935 to January 1945. The following recording is an August 9, 1945, radio address President Harry S. Truman gave on the results of the Potsdam Conference and the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.

With the in-depth reportage and insightful analysis of American Carnage, Front Row at the Trump Show, and Confidence Man, a seasoned TIME reporter’s authoritative narrative history of the MAGA movement—a freshly reported “how did we get here” chronicle that traces the political DNA and...

This book, Napoleon Bonaparte: Strategist, Statesman, Legend, explores ten essential chapters of his extraordinary life, from his Corsican roots to his rise as Europe’s most feared general, from the grandeur of his empire to the bitterness of his exile. It paints a vivid portrait of a man who changed history not only with the sword, but with the pen and the law.

From the New York Times bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hemingses of Monticello comes a groundbreaking collection of Thomas Jefferson’s writings on race.

Das wegweisende Hörbuch der ehemaligen Ministerpräsidentin Finnlands In Hope in Action nimmt Sanna Marin die Leser*innen mit auf die außergewöhnliche Reise ihrer bahnbrechenden Karriere und teilt ihre Vision einer neuen Art der Führung. Als sie im Alter von nur 34 Jahren finnische Ministerpräsidentin wurde, schrieb Marin als jüngstes Staatsoberhaupt der Welt Geschichte und fesselte die Aufmerksamkeit der Öffentlichkeit mit ihren fortschrittlichen Ideen und ihrem dynamischen Regierungsansatz. Ihre Geschichte ist eine Geschichte der Resilienz und des Triumphs.

Before the statue, before the speeches, before the myth — there was just Abraham Lincoln: a tall, awkward kid from a log cabin who read too much and believed in something bigger than himself. This is the story of how he rose from dirt-floor beginnings to become the president who held the United States together in its darkest hour. From the courtroom in Springfield to the fields of Gettysburg, from quiet heartbreaks to bold proclamations, Lincoln faced a nation on fire and refused to let it burn to the ground.

Experience the raw, unflinching drama of America's most pivotal moments, from the brutal formation of its colonies to the explosive battles of the Civil War. Dive into the lives of people who shaped history: resilient pioneers conquering untamed prairies, enslaved individuals fighting for freedom, daring immigrants chasing the American Dream, and fearless gunslingers redefining law and order in the Wild West.

An accessible and entertaining biography of our nation’s greatest public servant and original political maverick John Quincy Adams, from the bassist of the Grammy-nominated band the Avett Brothers. During the tumultuous period between the era of the Founding Fathers and the disunion of the...

Two iconic dynasties—the Kennedys and the Windsors—whose glamour and ambition defined an era. ** For fans of FX’s new Ryan Murphy limited series Love Story. ** For nearly a century, two families an ocean apart have captured the world’s collective imagination: the British Windsors and the...

Franklin Pierce was president of the United States during one of the most pivotal periods in American history. He was the 14th president, and during his tenure leading the nation, he had to deal with multiple points of upheaval. He was the captain of the ship, but the boat had sprung multiple leaks. Even so, he managed to expand its scope. Building upon the vast territorial gains of his predecessor President James Polk, he executed the Gadsden Purchase, adding some 30,000 square miles to the Union.

The Checkers speech was made on September 23, 1952, by Sen. Richard Nixon in Los Angeles, six weeks before the 1952 U.S. presidential election, in which he was the Republican nominee for Vice President. Nixon had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him for his political expenses. His place was in doubt on the Republican ticket, so he flew to L.A. and delivered an address in which he defended himself, attacked his opponents, and urged the audience to contact the Republican National Committee to tell it whether he should remain on the ticket.

From historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands comes an inspiring portrait of George Washington that examines his unrivaled leadership in the birth of America. From his early military career and role among the Virginia gentry, to his leadership during the American Revolution and...

Los malos de la historia: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz «Los sombreros enormes se estorban entre ellos, el gentío trae puestas camisetas que presumen el verde nacional, el entusiasmo se desboca, y en las tiendas de electrodomésticos los televisores encendidos están a punto de dar cuenta del evento que ha estado acaparando la curiosidad y el apetito para entender cómo se puede armar la alegría.