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Sie sind literarische Legenden. Adrienne Monnier und Sylvia Beach haben mit ihren benachbarten Buchhandlungen über Jahrzehnte das literarische Paris geprägt. Doch 1940, mit der deutschen Besatzung, ändert sich auch für sie alles. Aus der literarischen Oase im Herzen der Stadt wird ein Zufluchtsort für deutsch-jüdische Exilanten und ein Ort des Widerstands. Uwe Neumahr erzählt in seinem bewegenden Buch die Geschichte dieses großen Paares und ihrer Freunde.

A landmark memoir told through the campaigns and battles that Margaret has been involved in over the years, from being a rebellious teenager to a battling granny. Here, she shares anecdotes and stories that are interesting, important and funny. She draws lessons from her experiences, many of...

Walking defines us as human beings. But how much do we know about the paths that we walk? Why do they matter? What caused so many to be lost? And can we create more of them? In The Path More Travelled, acclaimed geographer and travel writer Nicholas Crane explores the hidden history of Britain's...

Durante casi ocho siglos, cristianos y musulmanes se enfrentaron en una prolongada y compleja lucha por el control de la península Ibérica. En este libro, el filólogo y escritor Antonio Puente Mayor recorre la historia de la Reconquista a través de los santos que acompañaron su avance, desde la caída del reino visigodo hasta la toma de Granada en 1492. Figuras como Santo Domingo de Silos, Santa Casilda de Toledo, Santa Áurea de San Millán, San Raimundo de Fitero o San Pedro Nolasco formaron parte de ese ejército de Dios que contribuyó a forjar lo que hoy conocemos como España.

How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping, timely book, Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain. Over the course of 12,000 years of continuous human occupation, the British landscape has been transformed form a European peninsula of glacier and tundra to an...

Año 711, las huestes musulmanas han tomado Hispania por la fuerza de la espada y avanzan imparables. El reino visigodo de Toledo se desmorona y los nuevos amos toman su botín. Entre los cientos de cautivos se encuentra Egilo, la altiva y orgullosa viuda de Rodrigo. Una mujer destinada a adentrarse en la anónima niebla del pasado que, sin embargo, se convertirá en pieza clave de un momento histórico convulso. La última reina goda es una novela de pequeños y grandes personajes que asistieron al amanecer de un nuevo mundo, donde el peligro y las amenazas eran constantes.

The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politics.

The richness of the Irish language is closely tied to the natural landscape and offers a more magical way of seeing the world. Most people associate Britain and Ireland with the English language, a vast, sprawling linguistic tree with roots in Latin, French, and German. But the inhabitants of these islands originally spoke another tongue. Look closely enough and English contains traces of the Celtic soil from which it sprung, found in words like bog, loch, cairn, and crag. Today, this heritage can be found nowhere more powerfully than in modern-day Gaelic.

The British Crown is in crisis, with constitutional threats at home and abroad. Since their infamous 'Megxit' split from the Royal Family, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have dominated global headlines. Ferociously controversial, not least for demanding privacy while seeking the spotlight, the Sussexes have remained a subject of gripping fascination for both supporters and cynics alike. Both camps are united on one platform: what is the endgame? Fighting to preserve their royal titles and privileges, In their attempts to create a Sussex brand the couple have fuelled bitter hostility.

Castles have been built to defend humanity for millennia – from the walls of Troy over three thousand years ago and the desert bastion of Krak des Chevaliers in Syria; to Windsor Castle and the Tower of London; to Himeji in Japan and the Maginot Line in the Second World War. They have inspired terror and ambition, foiled conquering forces, and been deployed as the ultimate expression of wealth, status and supremacy.

Fünf Beispiele von vielen aus diesem Buch, das die Menschen und Ereignisse der Nachkriegszeit lebendig werden lässt, den Tanz zwischen Trümmern, das Drama der deutschen Teilung, die Erfahrung einiger »Wunder« – vom »Wirtschaftswunder« bis zum »Wunder von Bern«. Gleichzeitig beschreibt es Kontinuitäten über das Schwellenjahr 1945 hinweg. Gab es die »Stunde Null«? So einfach war es damals nicht.

Paris is one of the most recognisable cities on the planet. Its skyline is etched into our minds with the Eiffel Tower rising above the rooftops, the Arc de Triomphe commanding the Champs-Élysées, and the Louvre guarding masterpieces beneath its glass pyramid. Yet for all its fame, Paris holds secrets—curious, quirky, and quietly astonishing facts that even many Parisians don’t know.

Behind every great novel lies a city of unseen lives. Quiet History Behind Les Misérables invites listeners into the everyday world of ordinary people living in 19th-century Paris—the workers, vendors, mothers, children, and laborers who formed the living backdrop of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece. This book does not retell the story of Les Misérables. Instead, it explores the real social fabric that made such a story possible.

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.

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.

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.

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.

'The perfect observer of a UK in crisis' JAMES HAWES, author of The Shortest History of England Welcome to the Kingdom of Contradictions Global yet insular, tolerant yet suspicious, proudly pragmatic yet profoundly sentimental. The United Kingdom inspires fierce loyalty and endless argument. Ten...

'BURN THIS!' Why did so many letters between Lady Frances and Lady Betty Balfour begin this way? What did they have to hide? Alike in so many ways - political, passionate, argumentative and deeply intelligent. It's no surprise that once Frances and Betty became sisters-in-law, they became close...

La Armada española encarna una gran historia de éxito, a pesar de las numerosas mentiras que persiguen sus principales victorias y sus supuestas derrotas. En estas páginas se analiza la rivalidad con Inglaterra que ha dado lugar a tanta desinformación. Ni España perdió el tridente de los mares en el siglo XVI ni la Armada Invencible fue la gran derrota militar que la propaganda anglosajona dejó escrita. Lejos de ser una fuerza anticuada o en decadencia, el poderío español se mantuvo en vanguardia desde los albores de la Edad Moderna hasta comienzos del siglo XX.