Títulos em Históricas

This is a unique first-hand account of what it was like to be a Jewish refugee imprisoned in Britain and Canada during World War II. Its immediacy is what makes it such a valuable eyewitness account. While there are other memoirs written decades after internment, Walter Igersheimer wrote this book shortly after he was deported from Canada because the Liberal government in the 1940s did not want Jews to become Canadian citizens.

From the prize-winning and bestselling biographer of Shelley and Coleridge, and author of the landmark, critically acclaimed The Age of Wonder, this is a book about the new science and scepticism of the 19th century; about ideas of geology and deep time, the vast beauty and the terror looming before all those who saw deeper into the stars and studied the new cosmology.

Cold and Greedy can best be described as a 21st century, nonfiction version of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand. It validates the philosophical underpinnings of The Fountainhead by applying them in the real world. This is a true story of one man's heroic efforts to overcome, against all odds, a brutal attack by a billionaire heiress and her hired goon. And it is narrated here by the author with the first-person passion this story deserves.

John Barletta was a Vietnam veteran and Secret Service agent who spent over a decade with the Reagans, poised to give his own life at any moment to save the fortieth president of the United States. His superior riding skills made Barletta the perfect choice to protect Reagan during his frequent visits to the ranch. Over time, he got to know Reagan as few others did.

Dopo il successo di Putin e Ucraina, Nicolai Lilin ci racconta l'enigma Rasputin, una delle figure più affascinanti, controverse e misteriose della storia russa. Rasputin è stato tante cose: un mistico rozzo ma con grande seguito, un guaritore, un seduttore, un visionario dai tratti profetici, un manipolatore di anime morte, per dirla con Gogol, un abile e furbo stratega. Un "impostore" dalla vita piena di contraddizioni, un arrampicatore sociale, un genio che sapeva parlare al cuore delle persone semplici e non solo. Aveva ai suoi piedi la dinastia dei Romanov.

In 1978, the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland, known as The Troubles, had reached a boiling point. Hundreds of members of the Irish Republican Army, determined to drive the hated British out of the province—killing soldiers and police, detonating bombs, while arming themselves with firearms and explosives—had been arrested and incarcerated in the notorious British prison known as the Maze.

The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in 1536 was unprecedented in English history and never before has there been a book devoted entirely to her fall. But here Alison Weir has reassessed the evidence and created a richly researched and detailed portrait of the last days of one of the most influential and important figures in English history.

Discover the riveting tale of youthful idealism, adventure, and survival with "Rosebud Farm: The Journey of Young Idealists" by Louella Bryant, skillfully narrated by Butch Bryant. This gripping audiobook takes you back to 1970, where a group of young American ex-pats from wealthy families abandons their conventional lives to establish an ideal society at Rosebud Farm in Far North Queensland. Join Charlie Dean, a headstrong resident of the farm, as he decides to leave the comforts of his new home to explore Southeast Asia.

We could all write a book about our life's adventures, growing up and experiencing life on the planet Earth. It's like I've been living two different lives; a programmed one and a liberated one. I have had adventures, experienced romance, and started my life over at least a half dozen times. I have experienced a broken heart four different times by four different wives, but I have been single now for fourteen years!

Щоденник Анни Франк ("Щоденник", "Сховище. Щоденник у листах") — записи нідерландською мовою, які вела єврейська дівчинка Анна Франк з 12 червня 1942 по 1 серпня 1944 року в період нацистської окупації Нідерландів.З початку 1944 року Франк почала літературно обробляти свої записи, сподіваючись на публікацію щоденника після звільнення Нідерландів, проте ця робота залишилася незавершеною.Останній запис у щоденнику датований 1 серпня 1944 року. А через три дні гестапо заарештувало всіх, хто ховались в притулку. Анна Франк померла в концтаборі Берґен-Бельзен.

Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon, wife of Prime Minister Anthony Eden, once famously said: 'For the past few weeks I have really felt as if the Suez Canal was flowing through my drawing-room.' With her impressive intellect and acerbic wit, she was a highly influential muse to many leading figures over several decades.

Shortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay, a woman clad in black emerged from the shadows and strode across the crowded deck. Reaching under her veil, she drew a small pistol and aimed it directly at a well-dressed man sitting quietly with his wife and children. The woman fired a single bullet into his chest. “I did it and I don’t deny it,” she said when arrested shortly thereafter. “He ruined me and my daughter.”

Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the twelfth century, he is the Islamic world's preeminent hero. A ruthless defender of his faith and leader, he possessed qualities that won admiration from his Christian foes.

Atatürk'ü en doğru ve en yalın biçimde herkese anlatabilecek tek kitap: Dersimiz: Atatürk. Tarih, savaşlarda düşmana galip gelen büyük komutanlarla dolu. Tarihte milletlerini daha ileriye götürmek için çalışan birçok önemli önder var. Ama hiçbiri Atatürk gibi anılmıyor, özlenmiyor. Tarih sayfalarında uyuyorlar. Çünkü aralarında Atatürk gibi hem vatanını düşmanlardan temizleyip yeni bir devlet kuran, hem milletini sömürüden, hurafelerden, ortaçağlılıktan kurtarıp çağdaş uygarlığa kavuşturan biri yok.

Kitapta altı anı-öykü yer alıyor. Kitapla aynı adı taşıyan ilk öyküde Muzaffer İzgü'nün Adana'da geçen çocukluğuna yolculuk yaparız. Atatürk, Adana'ya gelir ve onu çok seven küçük Muzaffer, babasıyla birlikte Atatürk'ü görmeye gider. Onun konuşmasını dinler. Atatürk'ün “Çok çalışmalıyız” sözü aklından yaşamı boyunca çıkmayacaktır. İkinci öyküde, İzgü'nün yoksulluk ama mutluluk içinde yaşadıkları ev anlatılır. Muzaffer'e tiyatro ve kitap sevgisini veren halk kütüphanesine düşer yolumuz. Yaprak adlı öykü, İzgü'nün ilkokul günlerine tanıklık eder.

Göklerin sınırsız ihtimalleri içinde var olmayı seçen, çağının ötesinde bir özgür ruh. Defalarca engellenmesine rağmen kuş olup engelleri aşan, ismini tüm dünyaya duyuran bir gök prensi. Zekâsı ve azmi ile yılmadan uçak yapımına devam etmiş durdurulamaz bir dâhi. Cumhuriyet değerleriyle yaşayıp yıldızlaşan Vecihi Hürkuş’un hayatının her bir satırı size ilham kaynağı olacaktır.

Tanıdığınız için gurur duyduğunuz insanlar vardır. Benim için Beybaba bunların en başında gelir. Hatta bana Allah’ın en büyük hediyelerinden biridir. Bunun iki nedeni var. Birincisi, iki dedem de ben doğmadan vefat etmişti, bana dedelik yaptı. İkincisi, bir insan düşünün, neredeyse yüzyıllık. Padişah Vahdettin zamanında yaşamış, Atatürk’le göz göze gelmiş, iki metre yakınına kadar girmiş, cenazesine katılmış. Doğduğunda Türkiye Cumhuriyeti yoktu. O canlı bir tarih. 67 Eylül Olayları, II. Dünya Savaşı, Menemen Vakası, darbeler. Bu ülkenin yakın tarihine tanıklık etmiş. Daha önemlisi subay olduğu için ülkeyi karış karış gezmiş.

İçindeki sesi dinle, hayal et, iste, çalış ve başar. Yeryüzündeki ilk robotu yapan, ilginç icatlarıyla tarihe damgasını vuran, Anadolu topraklarının yetiştirdiği mucitle tanışmaya hazır mısınız? Cezeri, ortaçağın en büyük mühendislerinden. Onun gizemli hayatını ve Mezopotamya'nın sırını, edebiyatımızın güçlü kalemi Mavisel Yener'in içtenlikli dilinden okurken şaşıracak, sıradışı bir maceraya yelken açacaksınız.

A fascinating life story intertwined with the history of the Navajo tribe. This is the story of a woman born in an earthen floored hogan on the Navajo Reservation in northern Arizona, educated in government-run boarding schools, denied marriage to the man she loved in favor of tradition and denied her birthright by family. Despite these roadblocks, she continued her education in the medical field. At times, she was sought out by the rich and famous people to provide care for their loved ones.

Larissa was born in northern Russia, the daughter of a Soviet army officer from a noble family who survived the siege of Leningrad by eating cats’ tails and being evacuated over the ice. Francis was the grandson of an Iraqi Jew, forever feeling out of place in his adopted country of England. How they could meet and instantly understand each other so profoundly that both were prepared to risk heartbreak, and in her case, retribution, to be together is the story of this book.