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A stalwart anti-racist and anti-apartheid campaigner. Doreen (Baroness) LawrenceFrom fighting for Nelson Mandelas freedom to exposing his betrayal under Jacob Zuma, a 50 year story of constant campaigning. Sir Trevor McDonald, broadcasterThe powerful and timely story of Peter Hains political life fighting South African apartheid and modern-day corruption.Peter Hain has had a dramatic 50-year political career, in Britain and his native South Africa. This is the story of that extraordinary journey, from Pretoria to the House of Lords.Hain vividly describes his anti-apartheid parents arrest and harassment in the early 1960s, the hanging of a close white family friend, and enforced London exile in 1966. After organising militant anti-Springbok demonstrations he became Public Enemy Number One in the South African media. Narrowly escaping jail for disrupting all-white South African sports tours, he was framed for bank robbery and nearly assassinated by a bomb.He used British parliamentary privilege to expose looting and money laundering in President Jacob Zumas administration, informed by his government deep throat, and likely influenced Zumas resignation. Hain ends by exhorting South Africa to reincarnate Nelson Mandelas vision and integrity for the future.Praise for A Pretoria Boy:Peters gripping story and his passionate activism resonates with me over our common (African) childhood and exile in Britain. Natasha Kaplinsky, broadcasterA tour de force over an extraordinary half century of campaigning for justice. Helen Clark, former New Zealand Prime Minister and United Nations Development ChiefTalk about courage and chutzpah - this young un helped topple apartheid! Ronnie Kasrils, former ANC underground chief and Minister

A biografia de um líder que transformou o mundo.Quando em 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev se tornou líder da União Soviética, esta era uma das duas superpotências mundiais. Em 1989, a sua política liberal da

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

Uber die Exiljahre in der Turkei, in denen der deutsch-judische Literaturwissenschaftler Erich Auerbach sein Hauptwerk Mimesis verfasste, ist bis heute nur wenig bekannt. Eine groe Uberraschung war daher die Entdeckung der Vortrage, Aufsatze und kurzeren Beitrage, die Auerbach nach der Vertreibung aus Deutschland (1935) wahrend des Exils in Istanbul geschrieben hat. Sie wurden zuerst in turkischer Sprache veroffentlicht und erscheinen nun in diesem Band zum ersten Mal in deutscher Ubersetzung.Erich Auerbach hatte aufgrund der raumlichen und kulturellen Distanz seines Exils das immer schneller ins Verderben sturzende Europa von auen zu betrachten. Diese besondere Situation pragte seinen Blick. Istanbul bedeutete fur ihn aber nicht nur eine sichere Entfernung zu den schrecklichen Ereignissen in Deutschland, sondern ermoglichte zugleich eine produktive, wenn auch schwierige Auseinandersetzung mit den offenen Problemen eines Landes, das sich in einer heiklen politischen Ubergangsphase befand.Deutlicher als in allen anderen seiner Schriften ubernimmt Auerbach hier die Rolle des Kulturhistorikers und engagierten Intellektuellen: Er untersucht Phanomene und Protagonisten der europaischen Geschichte unter dem Gesichtspunkt der gegenwartigen sozialen und politischen Lage. Der Krieg, die Entstehung der Nationalsprachen, die Beziehung zwischen historischem Absolutismus und moderner Demokratie bilden zusammen mit der Schilderung von groen Figuren wie etwa Dante, Machiavelli oder Montesquieu den Ausgangpunkt fur eine kulturgeschichtliche Deutung, in der die zeitgenossische Krisensituation im Lichte der Losungsversuche der Vergangenheit betrachtet wird.

Edição do 75º aniversário - "Nós que vivemos não é uma história sobre a Rússia Soviética em 1925. É uma história sobre ditadura, qualquer ditadura, em qualquer lugar, em qualquer momento, quer seja a

For the last 60 years, J. I. Packer has exerted a steady and remarkable influence on evangelical theology and practice. His many books, articles, and lectures have shaped entire generations of Christians, helping elevate their view of God and enliven their love for God. In this new biography, well-known scholar Leland Ryken provides readers with a compelling overview of Packers interesting life and influential legacy. Exploring his childhood, college days, theological education, and professional life in both England and America, this volume combines detailed facts with personal anecdotes so as to paint a holistic portrait of the man himself. Finally, Ryken identifies lifelong themes evident in Packers life, ministry, and writings that shed light on his enduring significance for Christians today.

La straordinaria storia di Sergio Porcarelli,figlio di madre sopravvissuta libica,di padre sopravvissuto a rastrellamento nazista,sopravvissuto a leucemia,sopravvissuto a atti persecutori,mutilato chirurgicamente,diversamente abile, maamante della vita e generoso verso gli altri.

Geburtstrauma durch Sauerstoffmangel, neurologische Funktionsstorungen, TetraspastikDas E-Book Wackeltante wird angeboten von BoD - Books on Demand und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert:Geburtstrauma, Hirnschadigung, Tetraspastik, Autobiografie, Erfahrungen

Napoleon Bonapartes campaign in Russia in from 24 June to abt 5 December 1812 remains one of the greatest military disasters of all times.The hot weather and the forced marches making the soldiers sick reduced Napoleons Grande Armee fom abt 450.000 to only 120.000 a the time he reached Moscow. More famous is the bitter winter during the withdrawal which reduced his fighting force to an est 1.500 and only abt 100.000 made it back. Napoleon didnt have the supplies the Russians had.The great battles were few as the Russians avoided most of them and instead they employed scorched earth and guerilla tactics to beat Napoleon. His Russia campaign would lead to the end of his grip on Europa.The campaign is full of great names on both sides and it is impossible to do justice to them all in a small book like this one. Many famous artists have depicted this epic war. We hope the readers will enjoy our selection of art work.

Note: this title has a separate workbook.Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) continues to fascinate even today, more than 200 years after his death. His legacy is shown in beautiful paintings.He was an unrivalled general, although he did make occasional mistakes both on the tactical and the strategic level - the most significant was his attack on Russia, which annihilated most of his Grande Armee and led to his downfall.Napoleon institutionalized plunder and destruction in a way mostly only known by more primitive invaders. Both he and his generals and soldiers stole incredible amounts of cultural property and wantonly destroyed much moreNapoleon did leave some durable institutions on which modern France is built upon, including the Napoleonic Code, the judicial system, the central bank and the countrys financial organization, military academies, and a centralized university. We hope the reades will enjoy our seletion of artwork.

Joaquín Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 - died in Cercedilla 1923) is one of the most successful Spanish painters ever. He was a genius in capturing the essence of the scene he was painting. In Joaquín Sorolla Portraits 3 1911 -1920 Sorolla paints still paints many important portraits although in the course of preparing for his grand masterpiece "The Vision of Spain", which hangs in the Hispanic Society of America, he did not have the same amount of time available. Sorolla also indulged in painting gardens as relaxation from the gigantic "The Vision of Spain" project.The portraits provide a deep and interesting look into both American and Spanish society in this period. In his early years Sorolla often showed social realism, in his culmination period showed the increasingly wealthy sitters that came to him and in his final period he is a celebrated portraitist of rich Americans and a cultural and political elite in Spain.

The Play of Emotion and Fantasy is the book about the arts of the in Finland living Dutch Visual Artist and Interior Architect Willem Krijgsman (born in 1953, Delft). The book contains a large collection of his early artworks.In the form of two separate, interesting interviews, he takes the reader with him by showing his works through many fantastic colour photos and pictures. He explains his process of creation and artistic developments. He is showing us, how he goes from paper collages to assemblages, from assemblages via junk art into drawing, followed by his later discovery of clay, that developed into love for modelling clay.In this rich, with photographs and drawings, illustrated book Krijgsman shows his love for the arts in general. Making art, by discovering and researching art forms, is his most important motivation.He wants, that his book of arts is working as if being in an exhibition situation. The reader can go through different stages of his artistic creations. Explanations and names under the pictures, if so, are kept to a minimum, not to disturb the viewers own interpretation.The artist, living in Finland since 1981, has held many solo exhibitions in his home country, especially in Helsinki and Vantaa. He has also taken part in many group exhibitions and gained publicity. Though not internationally known, his wonderful artworks are very much on the level and worthwhile exploring. They show a really motivated, talented and sincere visual artist at work.Willem Krijgsman has published in Finnish, in 2023, the book Fifty-Fifty (BoD, ISBN: 978-952-80-9321-3) telling his integration process into the Finnish society via intertextual collages using e.g. paintings from Golden Age of Finnish Art.

Sigüenza célèbre les 900 ans de la Reconquête musulmane du 12 au 14 juillet 2024. Depuis lors, elle est fondamentalement une ville chrétienne sous la direction des évêques. Elle fut une ville chrétie

Me Rea ja Lea olimme tilanneet matkan Teneriffalle. Matkan tarkoituksena oli juhlistaa Rean elakkeelle jaamista. Meilla oli mukanamme vaaleanpunainen kirjanen, johon kirjoitimme tapahtumia matkastamme. Matkahan tehtiin vuonna 2013. Vaaleanpunainen kirja on ollut laatikossa piilossa useat vuodet ja eraana paivana se tupsahti esille. Se aikaansai sen, etta nyt meilla on oikea kirja kirjoitettuna matkastamme. Matkan haluamme jakaa kaikkien teidan kanssanne. Mukavia lukuhetkia.

Mein Leben gleicht einem Wunder. Es stand anscheinend unter einem besonderen Schutz. Trotz furchterlicher Erlebnisse konnte ich durch auergewohnliche Fugungen psychisch uberleben und zu einer guten Entwicklung finden. Ohne Gott ware ich an den schrecklichen Ereignissen zerbrochen. Um die Groe dieses wundersamen Geschehens sichtbar zu machen, reicht es nicht aus, die heilenden Vorgange darzustellen. Nur wenn ich auch die verstorenden Sachverhalte aufzeige, ist es moglich, das Ausma der besonderen Fugungen zu begreifen, das meinem Leben eine unerwartete Wendung gab.

Frutto di un certosino lavoro di ricomposizione di una quantita enorme di materiale disperso in una varieta eterogenea e frammentaria di fonti, il presente lavoro costituisce in assoluto la prima raccolta organica strutturata cronologicamente e non secondo criteri tematici delle lettere edite di Luigi Pirandello.I tre tomi di cui lopera si compone includono complessivamente 1.747 lettere, 72 cartoline, 67 telegrammi, 34 vaglia, 16 cartolinotti e 3 biglietti da visita entro un arco temporale di mezzo secolo di rapporti epistolari con 109 destinatari diversi tra il 1886 e il 1936.Premessa da un saggio introduttivo di Roberto Loi Piras comprendente la storia dei carteggi, il censimento delle lettere e delle parti mancanti o espunte anche nelle edizioni piu autorevoli, lanalisi critica delle edizioni disponibili con una problematizzazione di questioni di ordine prettamente filologico o legate alla corretta datazione di alcune epistole, una mappatura degli originali, la segnalazione di alcuni inediti e il catalogo, lopera risulta essere il piu completo quadro disponibile per quanto concerne la parabola umana e intellettuale di Pirandello ma anche uno specchio della temperie della cultura italiana durante il cruciale snodo del passaggio dallillusione post-risorgimentale alla crisi dello Stato liberale allavvento e stabilizzazione del fascismo.

Die junge judische Lyrikerin Selma Merbaum starb 1942 mit 18 Jahren in dem deutschen Zwangsarbeitslager Michailowka in der heutigen Ukraine. Nur 57 handschriftlich niedergeschriebene Gedichte umfasst ihr schmales Werk Blutenlese, das auf abenteuerliche Weise uberlebt hat und auf der letzten Seite mit dem Satz abschliet: Ich habe keine Zeit gehabt zuende zu schreiben In jahrelanger Forschung hat Marion Tauschwitz Daten, Ereignisse und Fakten zum Leben der jungen Kunstlerin zusammengetragen, Archivmaterial aus der Ukraine, aus England, den USA und Deutschland ausgewertet, Dokumente geborgen, Zeitzeugen ausfindig gemacht und die faszinierende, gleichermaen einfuhlsame wie wissenschaftlich fundierte Biografie verfasst. Gleich nach seinem Erscheinen machte das Werk Furore und entfaltete ungeahnte Wirkung: Zeitzeugen aus aller Welt lieferten erganzende Erinnerungen an Selma Merbaum. Mit neuen Dokumenten, einer neuen Einleitung sowie drei bisher unbekannten Fotos und einer Zeittafel erweitert Tauschwitz in dieser Neuausgabe ihrer Biografie das bisherige Bild der groen Lyrikerin.

Alan Parker will mich fur den Film Midnight Express, Hauptrolle, ich soll einen kiffenden Ami spielen.Ist doch toll!, rief Klaus. Mach das! Damit schaffst Du Hollywood!Ich lie meine Butterbrezel sinken und fragte: Seit wann geht es um Hollywood es geht um den Kampf um Befreiung!Christof Wackernagel ist seit seinem funfzehnten Lebensjahr ein gefragter Schauspieler. 1977 hatte er die Moglichkeit gehabt, in einer internationalen Produktion mitzuwirken, doch er beschloss, sich stattdessen der RAF anzuschlieen. RAF oder Hollywood erzahlt die Geschichte vor Wackernagels Zeit in der RAF. So ist das Buch zwar keine Autobiografie, Abrechnung oder Bitte um Absolution, aber dennoch eine autobiografisch vorgetragene Antwort auf die Frage, warum er sich dem bewaffneten Untergrund anschloss. Wackernagel berichtet aus der jeweiligen Zeit, was ihn beeinflusste und ihn seine Meinung bilden lie, und gibt somit stets den damaligen Zeitgeist wieder, ohne aus heutiger Sicht zu urteilen.

A cien años de su nacimiento, celebra el inigualable legado de «la Reina de la Salsa».En los años sesenta, Celia Cruz emprendió una nueva vida lejos de su Cuba natal, el lugar donde brilló por primer

LAS ESPERADAS MEMORIAS DE UNA DE LAS LÍDERES POLÍTICAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DE NUESTRO TIEMPO.Durante dieciséis años, Angela Merkel asumió la responsabilidad de gobernar Alemania y dirigió el país a través de numerosas crisis, moldeando la politica nacional, europea e internacional con su actitud y sus decisiones. En sus memorias, la politica recuerda su vida en dos Estados alemanes: en la RDA hasta 1990, y luego en la Alemania reunificada. ¿Como logro ella, una mujer del Este, llegar a la cima de la CDU y convertirse en la primera canciller de una Alemania unida? ¿Y como llego a convertirse en una de las jefas de gobierno mas poderosas del mundo occidental? ¿Que la guio? En Libertad, Angela Merkel nos habla de la vida cotidiana en la Cancilleria, asi como de los dramaticos dias y noches en que tomo decisiones trascendentales en Berlin, Bruselas y otros lugares. Traza las largas lineas de cambio en la cooperacion internacional y revela la presion que soportan los politicos hoy en dia cuando se trata de encontrar soluciones a problemas complejos en un mundo globalizado. Nos lleva entre bastidores de la politica internacional y muestra la importancia que pueden tener las conversaciones personales, asi como sus limites. Merkel reflexiona sobre las condiciones para la accion politica en una epoca de creciente confrontacion. Sus recuerdos ofrecen una vision unica de los entresijos del poder y constituyen un decidido alegato en favor de la libertad.¿Que es para mi la libertad? Esta pregunta ha ocupado toda mi vida. Politicamente, por supuesto, porque la libertad requiere condiciones democraticas, sin democracia no hay libertad, ni Estado de Derecho, ni proteccion de los derechos humanos. Pero la pregunta tambien me preocupa a otro nivel. Para mi, libertad significa descubrir donde estan mis propios limites y caminar hasta ellos. Para mi, libertad es no dejar de aprender, no quedarme quieta, ir mas alla, incluso despues de dejar la politica. ANGELA MERKEL