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You simply couldnt stand by with your arms folded.These were the words of Samuel Beckett who famously returned to France from a holiday in Ireland when World War II broke out. His clandestine work against the Nazi occupation of Europe is well documented, but there were many other ordinary Irish people who joined the underground network.Some took up arms. Others gathered intelligence, sheltered fugitives, committed acts of sabotage or broke codes. This new history tells the stories of those forgotten Irish men and women.Discover Captain John Keany from Cork, who parachuted into occupied Italy to help the local Resistance; Margaret Kelly, the Dublin founder of the world-famous Bluebell Girls cabaret troupe in Paris, who hid her Jewish husband; and Catherine Crean, the Irish governess born on Moore Street, Dublin, who was sent to a concentration camp for helping Allied airmen in Belgium.These, and many more stories, span the course of World War II and remind us of the power of individuals to make a difference.An eye-opening account of how ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations helped to fight the Nazis David McCullaghA truly important and groundbreaking book Mary Kenny

Quase três séculos de história. 30 imperadores. Uma obra aclamada pela críticaUma novo olhar sobre o Império Romano Mary Beard regressa à Roma Antiga para nos contar a história dos imperadores que go

A Telegraph Book of the YearRevelatory and propulsively arranged.The New York TimesWest Germany, 1968. Like everywhere else in the Western world, the young generation is pushing for radical change, still suffering the after-effects of the Second World War. Many stream out of the lecture halls and onto the streets. Some into the underground. And some into the practice basements, in search of the soundtrack of the movement.The unique and adventurous sounds that German bands like Can, Neu!, Amon Duul, Popul Vuh, Tangerine Dream, Faust, Cluster or Kraftwerk produced back then, now known as Krautrock, are considered a blueprint for modern rock music. And the stream of their creative admirers and continuators has been constantly widening since the first fans like David Bowie and Iggy Pop: whether Blur, Aphex Twin, Sonic Youth, Radiohead or the Red Hot Chilli Peppers.In Neu Klang, Christoph Dallach interviewed its pioneers, including Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay of CAN; Neu!s Michael Rother; Dieter Moebius of Cluster; Klaus Schulze of Tangerine Dream; Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk, Brian Eno and many others. Their answers combine to form an oral history that points far beyond the individual band histories: on the one hand, into the past, to Nazi teachers, post-war parental homes, free jazz, terrorism, LSD and extremely long hair; but just as much into the future, to global recognition, myth-making, techno or post-rock.

An absorbing and eye-opening account of what the Plantagenets did for us. - HELEN CASTORBurt and Partington show precisely and engagingly why the Middle Ages matter. - DAN JONESBetween 1199 and 1399, English politics was high drama. These two centuries witnessed savage political blood-letting - including civil war, deposition, the murder of kings and the ruthless execution of rebel lords - as well as international warfare, devastating national pandemic, economic crisis and the first major peasant uprising in English history.Arise, England uses the six Plantagenet kings who ruled during these two centuries to explore Englands emergent statehood. Drawing on original accounts and arresting new research, it draws resonances between government, international relations, and the abilities, egos and ambitions of political actors, then and now. Colourful and complicated, and by turns impressive and hateful, the six kings stride through the story; but arguably the greatest character is the emerging English state itself.

The Falklands Saga presents abundant evidence from hundreds of pages of documents in archives and libraries in Buenos Aires, La Plata, Montevideo, London, Cambridge, Stanley, Paris, Munich and Washington DC, some never printed before, many printed here for the first time, in English and, where different, in their original languages, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Latin or Dutch. It provides the facts to correct the fallacies and distortions in accounts by earlier authors.It reveals persuasive evidence that the Falklands were discovered by a Portuguese expedition at the latest around 1518-19, and not by Vespucci or Magellan.It demonstrates conclusively that the Anglo-Spanish agreement of 1771 did not contain a reservation of Spanish rights, that Britain did not make a secret promise to abandon the islands, and that the Nootka Sound Convention of 1790 did not restrict Britains rights in the Falklands, but greatly extended them at the expense of Spain.For the first time ever, the despairing letters from the Falklands written in German in 1824 to Louis Vernet by his brother Emilio are printed here in full, in both the original German and in English translation, revealing the total chaos of the abortive 1824 Argentine expedition to the islands.This book reveals how tiny the Argentine settlement in the islands was in 1826-33. In April 1829 there were only 52 people, and there was a constant turnover of population; many people stayed only a few months, and the population reached its maximum of 128 only for a few weeks in mid-1831 before declining to 37 people at the beginning of 1833.This work also refutes the falsehood that Britain expelled an Argentine population from the Falklands in 1833. That myth has been Argentinas principal propaganda weapon since the 1960s in its attempts to undermine Falkland Islanders right to self-determination. In fact Britain encouraged the residents to stay, and only a handful left the islands.A crucial document printed here is the 1850 Convention of Peace between Argentina and Britain. At Argentinas insistence, this was a comprehensive peace treaty which restored "perfect friendship" between the two countries. Critical exchanges between the Argentine and British negotiators are printed here in detail, which show that Argentina dropped its claim to the Falklands and accepted that the islands are British. That, and the many later acts by Argentina described here, definitively ended any Argentine title to the islands.The islands history is placed in its world context, with detailed accounts of the First Falklands Crisis of 1764-71, the Second Falklands Crisis of 1831-3, the Years of Confusion (1811-1850), and the Third Falklands Crisis of 1982 (the Falklands War), as well as a Falklands perspective on the First and Second World Wars, including the Battle of the Falklands (1914) and the Battle of the River Plate (1939), with extensive details and texts from German sources.The legal status of the Falklands is analysed by reference to legal works, to United Nations resolutions on decolonisation, and to rulings by the International Court of Justice, which together demonstrate conclusively that the islands are British territory in international law and that the Falkland Islanders, who have now (2024) lived in their country for over 180 years and for nine generations, are a unique people who are holders of territorial sovereignty with the full right of external self-determination.

The Falklands Saga presents abundant evidence from hundreds of pages of documents in archives and libraries in Buenos Aires, La Plata, Montevideo, London, Cambridge, Stanley, Paris, Munich and Washington DC, some never printed before, many printed here for the first time, in English and, where different, in their original languages, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Latin or Dutch. It provides the facts to correct the fallacies and distortions in accounts by earlier authors.It reveals persuasive evidence that the Falklands were discovered by a Portuguese expedition at the latest around 1518-19, and not by Vespucci or Magellan.It demonstrates conclusively that the Anglo-Spanish agreement of 1771 did not contain a reservation of Spanish rights, that Britain did not make a secret promise to abandon the islands, and that the Nootka Sound Convention of 1790 did not restrict Britains rights in the Falklands, but greatly extended them at the expense of Spain.For the first time ever, the despairing letters from the Falklands written in German in 1824 to Louis Vernet by his brother Emilio are printed here in full, in both the original German and in English translation, revealing the total chaos of the abortive 1824 Argentine expedition to the islands.This book reveals how tiny the Argentine settlement in the islands was in 1826-33. In April 1829 there were only 52 people, and there was a constant turnover of population; many people stayed only a few months, and the population reached its maximum of 128 only for a few weeks in mid-1831 before declining to 37 people at the beginning of 1833.This work also refutes the falsehood that Britain expelled an Argentine population from the Falklands in 1833. That myth has been Argentinas principal propaganda weapon since the 1960s in its attempts to undermine Falkland Islanders right to self-determination. In fact Britain encouraged the residents to stay, and only a handful left the islands.A crucial document printed here is the 1850 Convention of Peace between Argentina and Britain. At Argentinas insistence, this was a comprehensive peace treaty which restored "perfect friendship" between the two countries. Critical exchanges between the Argentine and British negotiators are printed here in detail, which show that Argentina dropped its claim to the Falklands and accepted that the islands are British. That, and the many later acts by Argentina described here, definitively ended any Argentine title to the islands.The islands history is placed in its world context, with detailed accounts of the First Falklands Crisis of 1764-71, the Second Falklands Crisis of 1831-3, the Years of Confusion (1811-1850), and the Third Falklands Crisis of 1982 (the Falklands War), as well as a Falklands perspective on the First and Second World Wars, including the Battle of the Falklands (1914) and the Battle of the River Plate (1939), with extensive details and texts from German sources.The legal status of the Falklands is analysed by reference to legal works, to United Nations resolutions on decolonisation, and to rulings by the International Court of Justice, which together demonstrate conclusively that the islands are British territory in international law and that the Falkland Islanders, who have now (2024) lived in their country for over 180 years and for nine generations, are a unique people who are holders of territorial sovereignty with the full right of external self-determination.

Trapped in History tells how the British colonised Kenya and how African nationalism arose under Jomo Kenyatta. It describes the terrifying first attacks by the guerrilla freedom fighters known as Mau Mau. Though defeated, the Mau Mau hastened the end of British rule in Kenya. Trapped in History explores the effect the uprising on the author, who grew up as a child in the Kenya colony. The book is both a history, as well as a memoir, of the end of Empire.

Marian Finucane was a trailblazing broadcaster, the first to champion womens issues on air, and respected for her fairness, empathy and doggedness. One of a small group of Irish people known simply by their first name, the nation mourned when she died suddenly, aged 69, in January 2020.But John Clarke, Marians widower, doesnt use her moniker instead, he calls her Finucane. It highlights the gap between the woman so many felt they knew and the woman he loved the real Marian who was by turns curious, fiery, emotional, stubborn, charming and endlessly excited by life.When John and Marian first got together, they promised each other that theyd never be boring. What ensued was forty years of conversation and thousands of miles travelled. Finucane & Me is an unexpected love story: the story of two people who made a pact for madness; the story of a never-ending search for meaning; the story of two people who lived life to its fullest.

Os anteriormente chamados Lengua, atualmente Enxel, eram vagamente conhecidos durante a colônia espanhola do Paraguai. A retirada dos Mbaya Caduveos no final do século XVlll da margem direita do Rio

When Brian Dowling and Arthur Gourounlian announced they were expecting their first child, with Brians sister Aoife acting as their surrogate, it felt like their family dream was finally coming true. Their daughter, Blake, was born in September 2022, but their happily-ever-after has not been without its troubles.Now Brian and Arthur detail their crazy journeys and the sliding-doors moments that brought them together to create a family of their own. Following Arthurs journey to escape war-torn Armenia and Brians path to self-acceptance after being catapulted into the spotlight as a young gay man in the early noughties, and the sudden death of his mother, this is a story of the pain that life can sometimes bring, but ultimately it is a story about love in all its many magical forms.From births to marriages to deaths, and everything in between, this heartfelt memoir brings Arthur and Brians positive and inspiring attitude to the page.

Premiado com o Prêmio Abril de Jornalismo em 1985 (empatado em primeiro lugar como matéria de cultura com uma reportagem de Mário Sérgio Conti, então diretor de revista VEJA), quando ainda era um esb

Ao contrário do que se costuma afirmar, o Brasil nunca esteve isolado do mundo ao seu redor. Na verdade, sua história nos mostra um caso fascinante de inserção naquele tumultuado século XIX, depois d

"An informative, provocative and deeply personal account of a distinguished life in law and politics." Lord Pannick QC"A brave trailblazer for human rights." Sir Harold Evans, former editor of the Sunday Times"In his eloquent memoir, Anthony Lester weaves the story of the expansion of human rights at home and abroad This rich history by a great human rights lawyer is a reminder that hope dies last, and that we cannot give up hope." Margaret H. Marshall, former Chief Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts***I have been a campaigner in many human rights causes, some successful, some less so, some failed. My mother once said, Anthony, we had such a fine system until you ruined it! I hope she was wrong.Over the course of his illustrious, pioneering and sometimes controversial career, Anthony Lester transformed Britains approach to human rights. As a brave and creative lawyer, and as a peer in the House of Lords, he worked tirelessly to combat abuses of public power and to introduce new legal frameworks for human rights, equality and free speech.In these honest and remarkable personal memoirs, which map the history of human rights in this country over the past half-century, Anthony Lester explores the social conditions and interior circumstances that shaped his life as a relentless and passionate campaigner for equality and justice.

O que é o tempo? Como ele foi vivido ao longo da história, e como ele se apresenta no mundo atual? O tempo pode ser acelerado, retardado, economizado, temido? A resposta a essas perguntas e a muitas outras e aqui oferecida ao leitor por meio de uma incrivel viagem por diferentes povos, epocas e lugares, cada um com suas ideias, palavras, imagens, tecnicas e sentimentos em relaço a esse componente fundamental da nossa existencia. Explorando uma enormidade de temas e de perspectivas, com uma abrangencia geografica a escala do globo, Joo Paulo Pimenta traz no apenas um detalhado estudo das representaçes sociais do tempo, mas igualmente das multiplas açes concretas tomadas para seu ordenamento, contagem e controle. Seus nove capitulos cruzam, a cada passo, as ciencias naturais e os sistemas simbolicos e religiosos, as forças economicas e os quadros politicos e sociais. No menos notavel e o emprego sofisticado de uma variada documentaço visual, que nos convida a ampliar nosso olhar para como o tempo representa uma dimenso constitutiva essencial do que nos faz humanos. Com uma escrita clara, elegante e direta, O Livro do Tempo marcara epoca e ativara tanto o historiador profissional como o leitor cultivado.

Emigrierte judische Juristen, Historiker, Archivare und Aktivisten und ihre individuellen Zugange zum humanitaren Volkerrecht.Emigrierte judisch-europaische Juristen waren im 20. Jahrhundert wichtige Trager eines rechtlichen Internationalismus und interkultureller Konzepte im Volkerrechtsdenken, die teilweise in die Nachkriegsdiskurse einflossen, vielfach aber auch vergessen oder an den Rand gedrangt wurden. Der interdisziplinare Band konzentriert sich auf eine Reihe internationaler Juristen, Historiker, Archivare und Aktivisten und deren individuelle Zugange zum humanitaren Volkerrecht. Mit Hilfe eines biografischen Zugangs werden subjektive Erfahrungen wie akademische Sozialisation, ideologische und religiose Uberzeugungen, soziale Marginalisierung, politische bzw. rassistische Verfolgung und erzwungene Auswanderung in den Blick genommen. Zudem wird danach gefragt, inwiefern sich solche Erfahrungen in Vorstellungen von Universalismus und Partikularismus, Kosmopolitismus und Souveranitat, nationaler Selbstbestimmung, Staatsburgerschaft und Staatenlosigkeit, kollektiven Minderheitenrechten und individuellen Menschenrechten niederschlugen.English:Jewish emigre lawyers, historians, archivists and activists and their individual approaches to International Humanitarian Law.Jewish-European emigre lawyers in the twentieth century were important agents of legal internationalism and served as carriers of intercultural concepts of international legal thought; concepts, which fed into postwar discourses, but were also often forgotten or marginalized. This interdisciplinary volume focusses on a range of international lawyers, historians, archivists and activists and their individual approaches towards International Humanitarian Law. It uses a biographical lens to analyze the impact of subjective experiences like academic socialization, ideological and religious viewpoints (Weltanschauung), social marginalization, political and racial persecution, and forced emigration. Moreover, it investigates the extent to which the emigrants experiences shaped typical notions of twentieth century politics and law, such as universalism and particularism, cosmopolitanism and sovereignty, national self-determination, citizenship and statelessness, collective minority rights, and individual human rights.

Desde pequenas somos ensinadas a ser mulher, desde a infância quando começamos a nos desenvolver, aquela famosa frase: você já é uma mocinha, acompanhada de responsabilidades nos acompanhava de fato,

Known by mariners since Viking times as a safe anchorage in notoriously savage waters, Scapa Flow is the seaway that runs between the Orkney mainland and the island of Hoy. As the northern base of the Royal Navy and Allied fleets in two world wars, it witnessed some of the most seminal events in modern naval history. It was from here that The Grand Fleet set off in 1916 to do battle at Jutland; it was from that Lord Kitchener sailed to his death aboard the Hampshire; it was here that the surrendered German fleet was scuttled in May 1919; and it was here that 800 sailors lost their lives in October 1939 when HMS Royal Oak was torpedoed by a German submarine. The late W.S. Hewisons book is the ultimate history of this remarkable place. In addition to the military story, he also tells about the impact war had on the native island community as their remote archipelago was transformed into the hub of Britains naval war machine.

The tiny diamond-shaped island of Pabay lies in Skyes Inner Sound, just two and a half miles from the bustling village of Broadford. One of five Hebridean islands of that name, it derives from the Norse papa-ey, meaning island of the priest. Many visitors since the first holy men built their chapel there have felt that Pabay is a deeply spiritual place, and one of wonder. These include the great 19th-century geologists Hugh Miller and Archibald Geikie, for whom the islands rocks and fossil-laden shales revealed much about the nature of Creation itself. Len and Margaret Whatley moved to Pabay from the Midlands and lived there from 1950 until 1970. Leaving a landlocked life in Birmingham for the emptiness of an uninhabited island was a brave and challenging move for which nothing could have prepared them. Christopher Whatley, their nephew, was a regular visitor to Pabay whilst they lived there. In this book, based on archival research, oral interviews, memory and personal experience, he explores the history of this tiny island jewel, and the people for whom it has been home, to create a vivid picture of the trials, tribulations and joys of island life.

Frankreich ist die funftgrote Volkswirtschaft, Atommacht und eines der wichtigsten Lander der Erde. Nun steht das Land vor einem epochalen Einschnitt. Seit Marine Le Pen von ihrem Vater, dem Antisemiten Jean-Marie Le Pen, die Fuhrung des auslanderfeindlichen, antiislamischen, rechtsextremistischen Front National (FN) ubernommen hat, eilt die Partei von Erfolg zu Erfolg. Bei den Europawahlen erhielt sie die meisten Stimmen. Wird Le Pen im Mai 2017 die nachste franzosische Prasidentin?Tanja Kuchenbecker hat den beispiellosen Aufstieg Marine Le Pens uber viele Jahre hautnah verfolgt, auch in personlichen Begegnungen. Anschaulich und voller spannender unbekannter Details beschreibt sie ihre Motive, ihre Strategie und ihre Vernetzungen in ganz Europa. Und sie zeigt, wie die gefahrlichen Ziele und Werte Le Pens und des FN bis in die breite Gesellschaft hinein salonfahig wurden. Marine Le Pens Weg konnte sich zur Blaupause auch fur ihre Partner in Deutschland, Osterreich und ganz Europa entwickeln.

Goethe esteve na Itália entre setembro de 1786 e abril de 1788. A infinidade de assuntos dos quais se ocupou ao longo dessa permanência reflete os múltiplos interesses do autor, ao mesmo tempo em que