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Crown Prince Rudolf of Habsburg was destined to rule one of Europes most powerful empires. As the only son of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress Elisabeth, he was the great hope of a dynasty struggling to maintain its influence in a rapidly changing world. A brilliant mind and a progressive thinker, Rudolf sought to modernize the Austro-Hungarian Empire, embracing liberal ideals that often put him at odds with the rigid traditions of the imperial court.Yet behind the grandeur of royal life, Rudolf wrestled with deep personal conflicts. Trapped between duty and his own convictions, isolated from both his fathers authority and his mothers affections, he found solace in intellectual pursuits, political discourse, and forbidden love. His tragic fate at Mayerling remains one of historys great mysterieswas it despair, conspiracy, or something even darker?In The Last Hope of the Habsburgs, Ferdinand von Arx paints a vivid portrait of a prince who dared to challenge his destiny. This compelling biography offers fresh insights into Rudolfs struggles, ambitions, and the turbulent forces that shaped his lifeand his tragic end.An enthralling story of power, idealism, and the weight of a fading empire.

Mansa Musa, the legendary ruler of the Mali Empire, was more than just the wealthiest man in historyhe was a visionary leader who transformed West Africa into a thriving center of trade, culture, and learning. From his empires vast gold reserves to the bus-tling trade routes that connected Africa to the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Musas reign defined an era of unprecedented prosperity.In The Wealth of Nations: Mansa Musa and the Mali Empire, Ibrahim Sissoko explores how this enigmatic ruler leveraged economic strength, diplomatic acumen, and cultural patronage to elevate Mali into a global power. Through detailed historical analysis, this book uncovers the significance of Mansa Musas pilgrimage to Mecca, his investments in education and architecture, and his lasting influence on the African and Islamic worlds.A compelling journey through the golden age of West Africa, this book sheds light on the enduring legacy of a ruler whose wealth was measured not just in gold, but in the intel-lectual and economic advancements that shaped civilizations for centuries.

ENGENHEIROS DO CAOSAos olhos dos seus eleitores, as *deficiências* dos líderes populistas se transformam em qualidades, sua inexperiência demonstra que não pertencem ao círculo da "velha política", e

From 1940, Leon Weintraub (born 1926) was forced by the Nazis to live with his family in the Litzmannstadt ghetto and perform forced labour. The skills he learnt there probably saved him from death: when the ghetto was dissolved in 1944, the prisoners were deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and killed. Weintraub, however, managed to pass himself off as a labour prisoner and thus escape being murdered. In the turmoil of the final months of the war, he survived several of the Nazis brutal deportation operations until he finally managed to escape on one of the transports. Most of his family did not survive the Holocaust. In conversations with journalist Magda Jaros, Leon Weintraub talks about his childhood in od and his life after the war: his medical studies in Gottingen, his career in Poland and his emigration to Sweden due to the anti-Semitic March riots in 1968. It is the story of reconciliation after unspeakable sufferingbut also a warning.Despite the horrors that Leon Weintraub experienced in his life, he constantly believes that dialogue and mutual respect are the way to improve the world. And these are not just words, but are followed by actions. He constantly repeats to all close and familiar people that everyone should approach everyone with respect, because religion, nationality or skin color do not count, but the human-human relationship is the most important. The determination with which he wants to convey his message to Poles, Germans and Jews who have been united and divided by history, arouses my great admiration.Joanna Podolska, director of the Dialogue Center Marek Edelman in od

In the sequel to award-winning playwright Seamus ORourkes popular first memoir, Standing in Gaps, this innocent Leitrim lad finally flees the nest, briefly sampling life in New York, Dublin and London, before inevitably returning to his beloved, duller-than-dishwater home, to a life which now includes alcohol, Dr. Hook and some low-budget romance.But man does not live on romance alone and Seamus needs to get to the bottom of his general uselessness, spurred on as always by his ever-the-realist father, who prophesied his mediocrity from an early age. Seamus continues to underachieve whilst struggling to interpret his Auld Lads advice and watered down compliments You werent as bad as I often saw ya, They must be badly stuck, if they asked you and the classic What kind of an eejit are ya? in a memoir that captures the innocence and the absurdity of rural life in 1980s and 1990s Ireland.

A biografia definitiva de Napoleão. O historiador Adam Zamoyski apresenta o homem para além da lenda. Um retrato íntimo e completo do homem que mudou a História.Napoleão inspira visões apaixonadas e,

Irene Schweizer: jazz pianist, activist, icon. A self-taught musician from the Swiss village of Schaffhausen, at the age of 19 she won first prize at the Zurich amateur jazz festival. (The festival had not anticipated that a woman might win: first prize was a mens shirt.) The creative journey of this young woman from the north of Switzerland led her inexorably to experimental music: from the London jazz club Ronnie Scotts and the Zurich club Africana to avant-garde stages in Wuppertal, Berlin, Willisau, Chicago, and New York; from concerts with Don Cherry, Louis Moholo and George Lewis to solo appearances as a celebrated artist in theSwiss temples of high culture: the Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre and the Zurich Tonhalle. She fought constantly for artistic freedom and autonomy. Her committed action against apartheid and for womens rights resulted in her surveillance by Swiss intelligence agencies, revealed in the "secret files scan- dal" of 1989. Undaunted, Schweizer persisted in her activism for left politics in Switzerland.Christian Broecking has researched and written the biography of one of the most exceptional musicians of the post-war period in Europe.

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe não deve sua fama como gênio universal apenas à sua obra literária. Homem de múltiplos talentos e interesses, dedicou-se também à reflexão sobre a literatura e as artes e a

Livro de estreia da chef Paola Carosella, Todas as sextas é uma obra para você se inspirar!"Não consegui parar de ler [...] Fiquei apaixonada pela história [da Paola]" – Ana Maria Braga no programa M

Crónicas y Testimonios de un salubrista. Ni silencios ni secretismos" es una serie de escritos y publicaciones de vivencias del autor, el doctor Luis Suárez Rosas (La Habana, Cuba, 9 de octubre de 1948).En las primeras tres decadas del siglo XXI escribio sus impresiones de acontecimientos importantes para el, que parten desde sus ancestros familiares, cubanos y españoles; transcurren por hechos vividos como niño, adolescente, joven, adulto y adulto mayor en Cuba y allende sus fronteras; resaltando la posibilidad de coincidir en su tiempo como alumno, compañero y amigo de grandes salubristas de la Salud Publica de Cuba en la etapa posterior al 1 de enero de 1959, personalidades que recuerda con respeto y devocion como sus personajes inolvidables.En "Cronicas y Testimonios de un salubrista. Ni silencios ni secretismos", el autor evoca con respeto y admiracion a su profesor y amigo, el doctor Francisco Rojas Ochoa (1930-2020). El autor destaca que en el año 2013 la Revista Cubana de Salud Publica, dirigida por el Profesor Rojas Ochoa, le publico en la Seccion Debate el articulo de su autoria El silencio epidemiologico y la etica de la salud publica cubana. Años despues, el 20 de octubre de 2017, en el entonces recien publicado libro del doctor Rojas Ochoa Actor y Testigo, en su presencia le escribio de su puño y letra esta dedicatoria personal: A Luis Suarez, que no encontrara aqui silencios o secretismo, como has dado lecciones que otros no aprendieron.Aquel articulo, la dedicatoria del Profesor Rojas Ochoa y la necesidad de preservar la memoria historica de la salud publica de Cuba, fundamental para entender el presente y construir un futuro mejor, evitando repetir errores del pasado, han servido como linea argumental para el nacimiento de este libro escrito por un salubrista, por un ser humano."

When Carolyn Weber moved to Oxford University to study, she didnt expect to find God there. But she did. As she grappled with her newest and most important relationship, she also found that there was another invitation: to think bigger about love.In these pages we follow the journey Weber began in her first memoir, Surprised by Oxford, from her relationship with her sometimes-absent father to the ups and downs of love, marriage, and parenthood.Now a literature professor, Weber reflects on her relationship with a sometimes-absent father and how that has shaped her. Through her personal story, as well as spiritual, theological, and literary reflection, Sex and the City of God explores what life looks like when we choose to love God first.

Giuseppe Mayno della Spinetta (sobborgo d’Alessandria), il bandito di Marengo, è un brigante che ha fatto parlare di sé nella prima metà dell’Ottocento. Ha dato del filo da torcere alle autorità fran

Angela Merkel hat nach mehr als zehn Jahren Amtszeit als Bundeskanzlerin langst internationalen Kultstatus erreicht. Eigentlich musste die Welt nach einer so langen Amtszeit alles uber die Politikerin und promovierte Physikerin aus der ehemaligen DDR wissen. Aber gerade ihr Verhalten in der Fluchtlingskrise hat das Interesse neu geweckt auch beim politischen Gegner: Wie tickt die Kanzlerin? Was denkt sie uber die Turkei und was uber Seehofer? Wieso reist sie einmal im Jahr nach China? Wie ist das mit ihren Blazern, was bedeuten Begriffe wie merkeln? Das Merkel-Lexikon beantwortet diese Fragen aus dem Blickwinkel eines Insiders der Berliner Politikszene. Das Merkel-Lexikon wird online weitergefuhrt: Auf seinem Blog https://merkel-lexikon.de aktualisiert der Autor Andreas Rinke regelmaig seine Eintrage zum Buch. So bleibt das Nachschlagewerk immer auf dem neuesten Stand.

El Bicentenario de la Independencia del Perú nos alcanza en un contexto de crisis que evidencia la necesidad de hacer una reflexión profunda sobre nuestra historia y evolución como república. Pero, ademas del reconocimiento de nuestras debilidades a lo largo de la historia, es tambien importante reconocer que se ha hecho bien y quienes han dejado o siguen dejando una huella positiva en nuestro camino como pais.En 2010, la Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC) invito a reconocidos profesionales e intelectuales de diversas generaciones e ideologias para que escriban sobre veinte ilustres peruanos cuyas biografias edificantes e ideas han guiado y marcado la historia del pais en distintos ambitos. Hoy, publica nuevamente estos ensayos y suma a cinco autores y cinco personajes mas. De esta manera, llega al lector 25 peruanos del sigloxx.Los personajes, cuyas vidas estan retratadas en este libro, son Manuel Gonzalez Prada, Julio C. Tello, Francisco Garcia Calderon, Victor Andres Belaunde, Jose de la Riva-Aguero y Osma, Cesar Vallejo, Honorio Delgado, Jose Luis Bustamante y Rivero, Pedro G. Beltran, Jose Carlos Mariategui, Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, Raul Porras Barrenechea, Luis Alberto Sanchez, Jorge Basadre, Doris Gibson, Jose Maria Arguedas, Fernando Belaunde Terry, Jose Abelardo Quiñones Gonzales, Luis Bedoya Reyes, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Fernando de Szyszlo, Blanca Varela, Tilsa Tsuchiya, Luis Banchero Rossi, y Mario Vargas Llosa.

Este libro se centra en cuatro plataformas temáticas que intentan aproximarse al contexto de la independencia durante los gobiernos de San Martín y Bolívar en el Perú. Primero se analizan los proyectos politicos que se plantearon en el siglo XIX, de tendencia liberal, que llevaron a cambiar la propuesta de una monarquia constitucional a una alternativa republicana. Luego, se habla sobre la guerra, la poblacion y la etnicidad para estudiar las agendas politicas de los sectores populares, sobre todo en cuanto a la abolicion de la esclavitud, la ciudadania republicana y la situacion del indigena en este periodo de transicion. Asimismo, se toca el tema de la educacion, la sociabilidad y el genero, en especial el papel de la mujer en las independencias de Peru, Mexico y Chile. Por ultimo, se analiza el impacto del Congreso Anfi ctionico de Panama de 1826, convocado por Bolivar, reconocido como el embrion de la Organizacion de Estados Americanos, para concluir con el analisis del denominado panamericanismo bolivariano.

«[Un libro que] sigue siendo vigente y piedra de toque dentro de la literatura mexicana», Elena Poniatowska.A Pancho Villa lo persigue la sombra de hombre sanguinario, reputación que, sin embargo, no

Federalismo y descentralización en la Nueva Granada. Autonomía local y poder municipal en la constitución del Estado, 1848-1863 busca responder a tres interrogantes: ¿cómo caracterizar el federalismo de mediados de siglo XIX en la Nueva Granada?, ¿cuales fueron sus contenidos y manifestaciones?, ¿a partir de que coordenadas se articulo un proyecto federal? Cuestionando el relato historico sobre el federalismo que se construyo en los albores de la Independencia, que lo asocio con la guerra civil, el desorden y la inestabilidad politica, en este libro se analiza la manera como se enuncio un proyecto federal que intento responder al desafio de construir un Estado nacional capaz de equilibrar las fuerzas regionales y diseñar un aparato institucional que le diera sentido a la diversidad politica, social, cultural y geografica del pais. El federalismo neogranadino encontro su propia identidad en el cruce con el proceso de descentralizacion politica, administrativa y fiscal que se adelanto desde la decada de 1840. A partir de la discusion en torno a los limites, la naturaleza y el significado de la autonomia local y el poder municipal, la descentralizacion se consolido como un proyecto politico que reformulo las relaciones entre las localidades y las autoridades nacionales y abrio el camino para el establecimiento de la republica federal. El libro explora, de esta manera, el desarrollo del federalismo y la descentralizacion en la Nueva Granada a mediados del siglo XIX, sus alcances y limitaciones, las tensiones que produjeron y las transformaciones politicas que desencadenaron.

«Obras completas» es la recopilación de obras de Francisco Bilbao, compiladas y editadas por su hermano, Manuel Bilbao. Entre los textos publicados en esta obra dividida en dos tomos se encuentran al

The first biography of one of the twentieth centurys foremost champions of Hebridean culture. The American-born folklorist and musician Margaret Fay Shaws passion for the Hebrides led her to the island of South Uist in 1929 and then to Canna in 1935 as the wife of the eminent folklorist John Lorne Campbell. Her extraordinary work in documenting and preserving traditional Gaelic songs and customs remains a vital resource for understanding Hebridean music, and the Campbells house on Canna is a unique collection of priceless material celebrating the Hebridean world. This vast archive also includes Margarets collection of still and film photography, which capture the essence of island life at a time when old traditions were vanishing. This book celebrates the legacy and life of a remarkable woman, who herself wrote with such wit and flair of her travels and adventures and which took her from turn of-the-century Pennsylvania to 1920s New York, Paris, Nova Scotia and the Hebrides, where she lived until her death in 2004. Fiona J. Mackenzie has been named as one of The Lists Hot 100 Arts and Culture Contributors in Scotland for 2025.