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The men and women who created todays liberal, democratic, globalised world order may now have left public office, but they have not retired. So, what are they doing, and how does it affect the rest of us? In The Ex Men, Giles Edwards sets out to answer that question, uncovering the many ways in which former Presidents and Prime Ministers continue to affect global public life.From running international organisations to monitoring elections, advising companies and charities and giving hundred-thousand-dollar speeches, Giles takes us inside this often-hidden world. He has interviewed more than twenty former leaders, from Presidents overthrown in coups to winners of Nobel Prizes. He has spent time at their clubs and resorts, spoken to the people who work with them, and to the organisations and individuals who hire them.

In 2013, Mick May was diagnosed with the fatal asbestos-linked cancer, mesothelioma, whose average medical life expectancy is 10 months. Seven years later he is flourishing, full of joie de vivre, with a long life-expectancy ahead of him. His case has made medical history and is giving new hope to a multitude of terminally ill cancer sufferers around the world.Micks medical journey makes for a fascinating read as it weaves from the pain of his many treatments to the pleasures of his frequent fishing trips to British and exotic international rivers.Threaded into this are snapshots of Micks creation and leadership of a leading offender rehabilitation charity; his deepening religious faith; his successful legal action against the merchant bank whose offices exposed him to asbestos in the 1980s; his chairmanship of a school ravaged by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, and the happiness of his family life with his remarkable wife and six children.

The official account of the Royal Artillerys activities in the Normandy campaign, this volume breaks down the historic achievements of the Regiment, integrating newly published research with a detailed account of their activities, logistics and equipment in the offensive.Essential for currently serving members of the Royal Artillery, Gunners in Normandy includes mention of every regiment that served, a Roll of Honour, and a list of the dead by unit.This book presents the definitive record of events, assembled from interviews with veterans, papers and documents from the Firepower Archives, terrain studies, personal memoirs, war diaries and other official documents. Serious students of the battle for Normandy should find this essential reading, with comprehensive coverage of the role of the Royal Artillery, and much material not published anywhere else, including orders of battle, the details of targets engaged by the guns and their effectiveness.

I suppose you know who I am? I was in charge of the actions in Germany and Poland and Czechoslovakia. I am prepared to sell you one million Jews: Goods for blood Blood for goods. These were the chilling words uttered by one of the most notorious Nazi bureaucrats, SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, to a young Jewish businessman called Joel Brand in the spring of 1944. Brand embarked on a desperate mission to persuade the Allies to barter with Eichmann and failed. At the same time, the SS deported hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau packed in cattle trains. The majority were gassed, then incinerated. For decades after 1945, many blamed the Allies for callously abandoning a million Hungarian Jews to their fate. In Deception, Christopher Hale presents a new account of the Brand Mission based on evidence in the national archives of Germany, Hungary, Britain and the United States. Hale reveals that Eichmanns offer formed one part of a monstrous deception designed to outwit the leaders of the last surviving Jewish community in Europe. The deception was more complex and from the German point of view more successful than any operation mounted by the secret services of the Allied governments.

The Flemish are among the most important if under-appreciated immigrant groups to have shaped the history of medieval and early modern Scotland. Originating in Flanders, Northern Europes economic powerhouse (now roughly Belgium and the Netherlands), they came to Scotland as soldiers and settlers, traders and tradesmen, diplomats and dynasts, over a period of several centuries following the Norman Conquest of England in the eleventh century. Several of Scotlands major families the Flemings, Murrays, Sutherlands, Lindsays and Douglases for instance claim elite Flemish roots, while many other families arrived as craftsmen, mercenaries and religiously persecuted emigres. Adaptable and creative people, Flemish immigrants not only adjusted to Scotlands very different environment, but left their profound mark on the countrys economic, social and cultural development. From pantiles to golf, from place names to town planning, the evidence of Flemish influence is still readily traceable in Scotland today. This book examines the nature of Flemish settlement in Scotland, the development of economic, diplomatic and cultural links between Scotland and Flanders, and the lasting impact of the Flemish people on Scottish society and culture.

The North East is probably Englands most distinctive region. A place of strong character with a very special sense of its past, it is, as William Hutchinson remarked in 1778, truly historical ground.This is a book about both the ancient Anglian kingdom of Northumbrian, which stretched from the Humber to the Scottish border, and the ways in which the idea of being a Northumbrian, or a northerner, or someone from the North East, persisted in the area long after the early English kingdom had fallen. It examines not only the history of the region, but also the successive waves of identity that that history has bestowed over a very long period of time. Successful nations write about themselves in these terms; so why not regions? Northumbria existed before England began but is still with us in name, and in the way we think about ourselves.A series of sections, entitled Christian Kingdom, Borderland and Coalfield, New Northumbria, Cultural Region and Northumbrian Island, explore the region on the grand scale, from the very beginning, and bring a sharp sense of history to bear on the various threads that have influenced the making of modern regional identity.The book is a work of exceptional scholarship. Never before have so many acclaimed historians addressed together the issues which have affected this special region. Clearly written, and rich in ideas, chapters explore the physical origins of Northumbria and consider just how the pressing political and military claims of adjoining states shaped and tempered it. There are further chapters on art, music, mythology, dialect, history, economy, poetry, politics, religion, antiquarianism, literature and settlement. They show how Northumbrians have lived and died, and looked forward and back, and these accounts of the North Easts past will surely help in the shaping of its future.

Die kraftvolle und inspirierende Autobiografie der ehemaligen First Lady der USAMichelle Obama ist eine der uberzeugendsten und beeindruckendsten Frauen der Gegenwart. Als erste afro-amerikanische First Lady der USA trug sie mageblich dazu bei, das gastfreundlichste und offenste Weie Haus zu schaffen, das es je gab. Sie wurde zu einer energischen Fursprecherin fur die Rechte von Frauen und Madchen in der ganzen Welt, setzte sich fur einen dringend notwendigen gesellschaftlichen Wandel hin zu einem gesunderen und aktiveren Leben ein und starkte auerdem ihrem Ehemann den Rucken, wahrend dieser die USA durch einige der schmerzlichsten Momente des Landes fuhrte. Ganz nebenbei zeigte sie uns noch ein paar lassige Dance-Moves, glanzte beim "Carpool Karaoke" und schaffte es obendrein auch, zwei bodenstandige Tochter zu erziehen mitten im gnadenlosen Blitzlichtgewitter der Medien.In diesem Buch erzahlt sie nun erstmals ihre Geschichte in ihren eigenen Worten und auf ihre ganz eigene Art. Sie nimmt uns mit in ihre Welt und berichtet von all den Erfahrungen, die sie zu der starken Frau gemacht haben, die sie heute ist. Warmherzig, weise und unverblumt erzahlt sie von ihrer Kindheit an der Chicagoer South Side, von den Jahren als Anwaltin und leitende Angestellte, von der nicht immer einfachen Zeit als berufstatige Mutter sowie von ihrem Leben an Baracks Seite und dem Leben ihrer Familie im Weien Haus. Gnadenlos ehrlich und voller Esprit schreibt sie sowohl uber groe Erfolge als auch uber bittere Enttauschungen, den privaten wie den offentlichen. Dieses Buch ist mehr als eine Autobiografie. Es enthalt die ungewohnlich intimen Erinnerungen einer Frau mit Herz und Substanz, deren Geschichte uns zeigt, wie wichtig es ist, seiner eigenen Stimme zu folgen.

A chronological survey of the worlds most influential books.Many books have become classics, must-reads or overnight publishing sensations, but how many can genuinely claim to have changed the way we see and think?In 100 Books that Changed the World, authors Scott Christianson and Colin Salter bring together an exceptional collection of truly groundbreaking books from scriptures that founded religions, to scientific treatises that challenged beliefs, to novels that kick-started literary genres. This elegantly designed book offers a chronological survey of the most important books from around the globe, from the earliest illuminated manuscripts to the age of the ebook publication. Entries include: The Iliad and The Odyssey, Homer (750 BC), Gutenberg Bible (1450s), The Quran (AD 609632), On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres, Nicolaus Copernicus (1543), Shakespeares First Folio (1623), Philosophae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Isaac Newton (1687), The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith (1776), The Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft (1792), On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (1859), Das Kapital, Karl Marx (1867), The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud (1899), The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank (1947), Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (1964), A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking (1988).

The story of the struggle for womens suffrage is not just that of the Pankhursts and Emily Davison. Thousands of others were involved in peaceful protest - and sometimes more militant activity - and they included women from all walks of life. This book presents the lives of forty-eight less well-known women who tirelessly campaigned for the vote, from all parts of Great Britain and Ireland and from all walks of life. They were the hidden heroines who paved the way for women to gain greater equality in Britain.

Ao adotar seu pseudônimo, George Sand havia decidido se tornar uma escritora profissional. História da minha vida é uma das obras mais importantes da autora, cuja edição inaugural se deu em 1856, por

Revered by some as the Arab Garibaldi, maligned by others as an intriguer and opportunist, Fawzi al-Qawuqji manned the ramparts of Arab history for four decades. As a young officer in the Ottoman Army, he fought the British in World War I and won an Iron Cross. In the 1920s, he mastered the art of insurgency and helped lead a massive uprising against the French authorities in Syria. A decade later, he reappeared in Palestine, where he helped direct the Arab Revolt of 1936. When an effort to overthrow the British rulers of Iraq failed, he moved to Germany, where he spent much of World War II battling his fellow exile, the Mufti of Jerusalem, who had accused him of being a British spy. In 1947, Qawuqji made a daring escape from Allied-occupied Berlin, and sought once again to shape his regions history. In his most famous role, he would command the Arab Liberation Army in the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. In this well-crafted, definitive biography, Laila Parsons tells Qawuqjis dramatic story and sets it in the full context of his turbulent times. Following Israels decisive victory, Qawuqji was widely faulted as a poor leader with possibly dubious motives.The Commander shows us that the truth was more complex: although he doubtless made some strategic mistakes, he never gave up fighting for Arab independence and unity, even as those ideals were undermined by powers inside and outside the Arab world. In Qawuqjis life story we find the origins of todays turmoil in the Arab Middle East.

For Britain the nineteenth century began, in military terms, with the global upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars and ended with a modern conflict in which machine-guns and a scorched-earth policy were deployed against the Boers. In between there was a supposed peace, marred only by glorious, if tragic, enterprises in the Crimea, Africa and Afghanistan, against the Zulus, the Boers, the Mahdi and Indian mutineers, providing the battles whose names remain proudly emblazoned on regimental banners: Balaclava, Sevastopol, Alma, Lucknow, Kabul, Khartoum, Omdurman. These are the campaigns, it seems, that forged an Empire unparalleled in size before or since, and built the careers of such military leaders as Garnet Wolseley and Lord Kitchener. They were the source of many Boys Own stories and novels, as well as romantic cinema epics full of dramatic cavalry charges with sabres drawn against hordes of painted savages.

Few battles attract interest so much as the Battle of Kursk. Operation Zitadelle, the code name given by Hitler to the Wehrmachts last offensive on the Eastern Front in July 1943, has acquired an almost mythic status as one of the greatest clashes of armour in the history of warfare. Long been depicted as the the swan song of the German tank arm by virtue of the huge tank losses experienced by the Germans; the reality, in light of the emergence of new information proved it to be anything but, with historians previously accepting without question exaggerated Soviet accounts of the battle. For all the resources devoted to this operation by the Germans, Zitadelle was an abysmal failure; and whilst they were not outfought by the Red Army at Kursk, they were out-thought by commanders of outstanding quality. Zitadelle describes the German and Soviet tactics and explores the realities of the battles on sodden ground that culminated in the defeat of the panzers and the Soviet advance on the Reich.

Cursed Kings tells the story of the destruction of France by the madness of its king and the greed and violence of his family. In the early fifteenth century, France had gone from being the strongest and most populous nation state of medieval Europe to suffering a complete internal collapse and a partial conquest by a foreign power. It had never happened before in the countrys history - and it would not happen again until 1940.Into the void left by this domestic catastrophe, strode one of the most remarkable rulers of the age, Henry V of England, the victor of Agincourt, who conquered much of northern France before dying at the age of thirty-six, just two months before he would have become King of France.Following on from Divided Houses (winner of the Wolfson History Prize and shortlisted for the Hessel-Tiltman), Cursed Kings is the magisterial new chapter in one of the great historical works of our time (Allan Massie).

From humble Glasgow beginnings, Colin Campbell rose to become Scotlands finest general and a favourite of Queen Victoria. In his fifty-year career he fought through the Peninsula, the Crimea, China and India, and still found time to contain a slave revolt, a Chartist revolution and Irelands Tithe War. Through a combination of personal courage, compassionate leadership and genius for military strategy he became an idol for the men who served under him. This undisputed hero, whose memory has grown faint beside celebrated warriors of the Victorian age, was a soldier ahead of his time the first working-class field marshal, with strong humanitarian leanings and an instinct for harnessing the power of the press. In the first major biography of Campbell since 1880 his career is radically reinterpreted and the life of this very private man is revealed. Victorias Scottish Lion was shortlisted for The Society for Army Historical Researchs 2015 Templar Prize.

On 7 August 1914 a French corps attacked towards Mulhouse in Alsace and was immediately thrown back by the Germans. On 14 August, two weeks before Tannenberg and three weeks before the Battle of the Marne, the French 1st and 2nd Armies attacked into Lorraine, and on 20 August the German 6th and 7th Armies counterattacked. After forty-three years of peace, this was the first test of strength between France and Germany. In 1929, Karl Deuringer wrote the official history of the battle for the Bavarian Army, an immensely detailed work of 890 pages, chronicling the battle to 15 September. Here, First World War expert and former army officer Terence Zuber has translated and edited this study to a more accessible length, while retaining over thirty highly detailed maps, to bring us the first account in English of the first major battle of the Great War.

In Sachsen ist die demokratische Grundordnung gefahrdet. Zwischen Gorlitz und Leipzig sind rechtsextreme Einstellungen vor allem unter Jugendlichen weit verbreitet. Anett Stromer belegt mit dieser empirischen Studie, was Medien fast taglich berichten: Rund jeder funfte Jugendliche in diesem Bundesland denkt "rechts" - und 29 Prozent der ubrigen Befragten neigen deutlich zu rechtsextremistischem Gedankengut. Die U-18-Bundestagswahl 2009 brachte ans Licht: Jugendliche hatten der NPD in Dresden zu 17 Prozent und in Zwickau zu 22 Prozent der Stimmen verholfen. Das hat Folgen: Neben der NPD und ihrer Jugendorganisation sowie der "Jungen Landsmannschaft Ostdeutschland" buhlen rund 30 Kameradschaften um Anhanger und konservieren "rechtes" Gedankengut auch im fortgeschrittenen Alter. Durch das Gruppengefuhl bestarkt, veruben Rechtsextremisten ihre Straftaten in den Innenstadten sogar auf offener Strae. Mit einem Fragebogen untersucht die Autorin rechtsextreme Einstellungen bei sachsischen Jugendlichen in Abhangigkeit von Faktoren wie Geschlecht, Schulbildung oder Lebenszufriedenheit. Konkret und anschaulich geht sie zudem auf individuelle Faktoren wie Elternhaus, Peergroup und gesellschaftliche Bedingungs- und Erhaltungsfaktoren mit ihren Angeboten an Musik, Kleidung usw. ein. Rechtsextremismus ist kein typisch sachsisches Phanomen - vielmehr ein Grundproblem der deutschen Gesellschaft.

In Humphrey Carpenters own words, This is the story of the longest-ever literary party, which went on in Montparnasse, on the Left Bank, throughout the 1920s.This book, to continue to quote Carpenter himself, is chiefly a collage of Left-Bank expatriate life as it was experienced by the Hemingway generation - "The Lost Generation", as Gertrude Stein named it in a famous remark to Hemingway.There are brief portraits of Gertrude Stein, Natalie Clifford Barney and Sylvia Beach, who moved to Paris before the First World War and provided vital introductions for the exiles of the 1920s. The main narrative, however, concerns the years 1921 to 1928 because these saw the arrival and departure of Hemingway and most of his Paris associates.He is a compelling guide, catching the kind of idiosyncratic detail or incident that holds the readers attention and maintains a cracking pace. Anyone wanting an introduction to the constellation of talent that made the Left Bank in Paris during the Twenties a second Greenwich Village would find this a useful and inspiring book.Times Educational Supplement

John Griggs four volume life of Lloyd George is one of the great political biographies. This, the final volume, opens with Lloyd Georges succession to the Premiership in December 1916, when Britain faced starvation and defeat through the German U-boat campaign, its allies France, Russia and Italy were tottering, the Liberal Party was bitterly divided and unrest in Ireland was growing. Worst of all, military chiefs regarded themselves as at least the equals of the government. To resolve these crises required ruthlessness, political genius and leadership of the highest order. In this thrilling book we see one of Britains most resourceful Prime Ministers in brilliant action, steering his country to victory.It is a tragedy John Grigg didnt live to complete his magnum opus but what exists is a masterpiece. Faber Finds is reissuing the four volumes: The Young Lloyd George, Lloyd George: The Peoples Champion 1902-1911, Lloyd George: From Peace to War 1912-1916, Lloyd George: War Leader 1916-1918.With the volume, Grigg crowns the edifice of one of the great biographies of our time. Anthony Howard - Sunday TimesA fitting climax to a path-breaking study. John Campbell, Independent, Books of the YearSuperb... the fullest account we shall ever have of Lloyd Georges career as a wartime Prime Minister. It is a fascinating story and is told with panache, vigour, clarity and impartiality by a great biographer... brings out as never before the brilliance of Lloyd Georges finest hour. Robert Blake, Evening StandardA major publishing event... Grigg mingles factual precision, high-interest value and judgements which are mostly as wise as they are forthright. Roy Jenkins, Sunday Telegraph, Books of the YearGripping... essential... This wonderful biography, clear and authoritative, every page a lesson in how to write narrative history, well up to its preceding volumes, recreates both a time of acute national danger and an extraordinary man. Max Egremont, Financial Times

Rufus Isaacs was in his day the first commoner to rise to the rank of marquess since the Duke of Wellington. Born into a lively Jewish family, he left school aged 14, yet made his name as a brilliant QC before being elected to the Commons as a Liberal in 1904. Smeared during the Marconi scandal of 1913 he survived to be appointed Lord Chief Justice, and elevated to the peerage in 1914. He would go on to be Ambassador to the United States, Viceroy of India, and Foreign Secretary. For this major work, first published in 1982, Denis Judd drew upon private papers in order to place Rufus Isaacs complex career in perspective and so provide an overdue reassessment of one of the most outstanding public figures of the twentieth century.Excellent. A.J.P. Taylor, ObserverA lucid and revealing book Geoffrey Moorhouse, TimesThe best biography [of Lord Reading] to have appeared so far. Robert Blake, Evening Standard