Títulos em História

La storia dell'editoria è la storia dell'emancipazione di un mestiere da un altro. Questo volume delinea tale parabola, ponendo in rilievo la relazione che intercorre fra libri e società, industria editoriale e storia nazionale. Ripercorrendo le vicende di alcune case editrici - fra cui Zanichelli, Treves, Bemporad, Hoepli, Laterza, Mondadori, Einaudi, Feltrinelli, Adelphi, Sellerio - e concentrando l'attenzione su alcune questioni trasversali alla loro attività, traccia un quadro non solo dell'editoria italiana, ma anche dell'Italia dei libri dall'età liberale a quella repubblicana.

The horses he names in The Chosen Few include the sprinters, the stayers and the freakish all-round competitors who could do everything. But he also teases out myths and mistakes, pulls focus on racing's history and ponders the tantalising list of 'coodabeen' champions whose careers were cut short. The result is a collection of stories about beauty and bravery, speed and greed.

Cosa significa ricordare la Resistenza? Paolo Malaguti prende le mosse da una salita in bicicletta sul Monte Grappa per avviare un viaggio intimo e lucido nei luoghi, nelle tracce, nei silenzi della memoria resistenziale italiana. Ma ben presto il racconto si allarga, intrecciando la riflessione sulla storia con quella, attualissima, sulla memoria e sulla scuola: perché la Resistenza non è (solo) un capitolo da manuale, ma un laboratorio civile e pedagogico in cui misurare il valore della democrazia, della parola, del dissenso.

Brought to you by Penguin. The Number 1 Bestseller Ireland in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was not a good place to be a woman. Among the wave of emigrants from Ireland to North America were many, many young women who travelled on their own, hoping for a better life. Some lived...

Russian composers now had to create work that served the socialist state, and all artistic production was scrutinized for potential subversion. The Sound of Utopia offers a vivid portrait of Soviet musicians and composers struggling to create art in this climate of terror. Some successfully toed the ideological line, diluting their work in the process; others ended up facing the Gulag or even death.

The Cold War is often remembered as a contest of missiles, rhetoric, and nuclear brinkmanship. But beneath the headlines, another kind of power quietly held Europe together. It wasn’t glamorous. It didn’t roar across television screens in columns of tanks or dramatic speeches. It lived in schedules, shipping routes, fuel calculations, rail timetables, warehouse inventories, and the disciplined precision of men and women who understood a hard truth: deterrence is only credible if you can move.

Any war is a mix of patriotism, brotherhood, and a whole lot of luck. This is the incredible, oftentimes hilarious story of Pat Moffett, a very lucky twenty-year old, a self-admitted street-smart wise-ass kid from Brooklyn who joined the United States Army’s famed 101st Airborne Division, and was shipped 8,000 miles away to the bloody war in Vietnam—and somehow, despite one misadventure after another, lived to tell this tale.

In The Hidden History of Love, listeners embark on a journey through centuries of passion, secrecy, and longing—from the divine unions of ancient myth to forbidden romances behind palace walls, from the coded letters of the Renaissance to the quiet revolutions of modern hearts.

Jesse Helms didn’t move with the times, he stood in front of them and said “No.” For over three decades, Senator Jesse Helms turned obstruction into strategy, morality into legislation, and the culture war into his personal mission field. From North Carolina radio rants to the halls of Congress, Helms made his name by drawing hard lines and refusing to budge. He fought civil rights, foreign aid, gay rights, and modern art with the same unwavering conviction and changed the shape of American conservatism in the process.

When The War Ended, and the Future Began: Ten Global Turning Points from the Ruins to the Cold War is a powerful, accessible journey through the decade that reshaped modern civilisation. Written for general readers, Cyril Marlen brings the post-war world to life with clarity, human detail, and a strong narrative flow, showing how the aftermath of World War II created the political order, global tensions, and everyday realities we still live with today.

استَحقَّ «أحمد بن طولون»، مؤسِّس الدولة الطولونية في مصر، أن تُخلَّد سيرتُه في ذاكرة التاريخ، فلا نَزالُ نَذكُره حتى الآن بمسجده الشهير الذي يتَّسم بروعة البناء المعماري الفريد، باقيًا على حالتِه الأصلية، شاهِدًا على عظَمةِ دولته ومَبلغِ حضارتها التي ملأَت أصداؤها الآفاق. إنه «أحمد بن طولون» الذي نجح بجدارته وقُدرته الحربية أن ينقلَ مصر (بعد أن أُسنِدَت إليه ولايتُها) من ولايةٍ تابعة للخلافة العباسية، إلى دولةٍ مستقلة تَنعَم بالاستقلال في شتَّى مَناحي الحياة، ظلَّ يحكُمها هو وخلفاؤه لسنواتٍ عديدة.

على الرغم من صغر حجم هذا الكتاب إلا أنه يحتوي على فوائد جمَّة؛ وذلك لأنه جمع بين التاريخ والرحلة، حيث يسرد تاريخ الأندلس منذ أقدم العصور؛ متتبِّعًا تاريخها قبل وصول العرب لها، وفتحها على يد «طارق بن زياد»، ثم دخول «عبد الرحمن الداخل» وتأسيسه مملكة عربية، ويُظهر «محمد كرد» مواطن القوة التي مكَّنت العرب من تأسيس دولة وحضارة، حينما كانت أوروبا تغوص في الظلمات.

An honest assessment of the spiritual ground we inhabit begins by acknowledging the criticisms many Canadians have about the church are valid. We have to see that the church's traditional treatment of women, our inability to calmly address the shifting moral norms of our society, our pandering, or our obsession with certain church models and church language has worked against us. We have to admit Christianity has been used as a tool of oppression.

أكثر من خمسة قرون مضت منذ ضاع الفردوس، وانتهى الوجودُ العربيُّ في تلك البقاع الإسبانيَّة التي شهدت فتراتٍ من الإشراقِ والتألُّقِ الآخذِ بالألباب، شاغلِ الناس قديمًا وحديثًا.

لعل أصدق وصف لهذا الكتاب أنه يمثل بحق مرآة العصر، فقد تناول فيه «عبد العزيز البشري» بالنقد والتحليل عددًا من أبرز شخصيات عصره في مختلف المجالات؛ كالسياسة، والطب، والفن، والشعر، والاقتصاد. هؤلاء الذين ساهموا في صناعة تاريخ مصر في تلك الحقبة، والذين ما زالوا حتى الآن مادة أساسية للبحث والاستقصاء. ويعكس لنا المؤلف صورة ألمع شخصيات العصر بالنسبة للأدباء والمفكرين، ولا يخفى على القارئ اللبيب الاتجاه السياسي الذي يمثله المؤلف؛ الأمر الذي ظهر جليًّا فى كتابته، حيث أشاد بدور كل من «سعد باشا زغلول» و«مصطفى باشا النحاس».

In Left of Leadership, Scott Stalker reveals the often-overlooked foundations that determine success or failure as a leader. Drawing from his remarkable journey—rising from a challenging childhood to a decorated 30+ year career in the Marine Corps and serving as the Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Defense Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Cyber Command, and Space Command—Stalker shares the critical steps to prepare for leadership before it begins.

If you have ever wondered exactly how we got from the Christian society of the early centuries, united in its faithfulness to apostolic tradition, to the fragmented and secular state of the West today, The Age of Division will answer all your questions and more. In this second of a four-volume cultural history of Christendom, author John Strickland applies insights from the Orthodox Church to trace the decline and disintegration of both East and West after the momentous but often neglected Great Schism.

He looked like a movie star. He sounded like the future. And for a moment, he made America believe in something again. But behind the charm, the suits, and the speeches, John F. Kennedy was walking a tightrope between legacy and rebellion. Between image and truth. Between power and the people who actually run things. JFK: The Man Who Went Off Script isn’t just another presidential biography. It’s a sharp, unflinching look at how one man stepped out of the role he was born to play and what happened when he did. From the dynastic grip of Joe Kennedy Sr.

Discover the Secret of Turning Hearts to Allah Through DuʿāʾDuʿāʾ — the intimate act of calling upon Allah — is the essence of worship and the believer’s strongest connection to the Divine. This comprehensive book takes you on a spiritual journey into the meaning, power, and practice of supplication in Islam, supported by Qur’anic verses, authentic hadiths, classical tafsir, and insights from great scholars.

عقب قراءة أحد تلامذة الإمام رشيد رضا للمقالات التي كان يكتبها أمير البيان «شكيب أرسلان» في الجرائد العربية، ورؤيته لما تلقته هذه المقالات من صدى واسع واهتمام كبير لدى القراء، أرسل إلى أستاذه الإمام يتساءل؛ لماذا لا يكتب شكيب أرسلان عن أسباب تأخر المسلمين وتقدم غيرهم، خاصة أن للأمير رؤية تاريخية واسعة، ومعرفة حضارية كبيرة، وخبرة سياسية لا يستهان بها، ما يجعل تشخيصه للمحنة التاريخية تشخيصًا دقيقًا، وبالفعل أرسل رشيد رضا بتلك الرسالة إلى الأمير شكيب أرسلان، فما كان منه إلا أن استجاب لهذا المطلب فأفاض وأفاد.