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Ein morderischer Dialog unter Brudern als deutsche Sezierstunde: erschutternd, schonungslos, abgrundig. Normans verzweifelte Liebe zum Vater Hans Frank, Hitlers Generalgouverneur in Polen, der in Nurnberg hingerichtet worden ist, lasst seinen Bruder Niklas nicht los. Sie ringen um die Wahrheit von Gefuhlen, die Macht der Verdrangung und die Frage: Wie uberlebe ich es, das Kind des "Schlachters von Polen" zu sein? Nach Buchern gegen seinen Vater und seine Mutter gelingt Niklas Frank nun ein dusteres dokumentarisches Kammerspiel uber seinen alkoholkranken Lieblingsbruder, uber sich und uber ihr Verhaltnis zum Vater. Der eine verteidigt ihn trotz Scham und Schmerz, der andere verachtet und hasst ihn. Tief dringt Niklas in Normans Seelenleben und Erinnerungen ein, martert ihn mit Briefen der Familie und Dokumenten, die er ein Leben lang gesammelt hat. Unnachgiebig zerlegt er Normans widerspruchliche Wahrheiten und verzweifelte Abwehrkampfe um sein Bild des Vaters. Ein bislang einzigartiger Versuch, den Massenmord an den Juden als familiares Erbe zu verarbeiten.

Wenn Amelia Kinkade mit wilden, in Freiheit lebenden Tieren Kontakt aufnimmt, bekommt man Gansehaut. Da bittet sie telepathisch eine Horde von Elefanten, die eigentlich die Nahe von Menschen scheut, darum, zum Eingang eines Naturparks zu kommen. Die wilden Typen lassen nicht lange auf sich warten, einige betreten sogar das Gebaude der Parkverwaltung, um Kinkade zu begruen wahrend der Parkbesitzer vor Angst erstarrt...Die Begegnungen von Amelia Kinkade mit Tieren grenzen mitunter sogar fur Experten an ein Wunder, die New York Times zahlt Kinkade zur besten Tierkommunikatorin der Welt.Doch das Anliegen der Tierschutzerin, die von den Cherokee-Indianern abstammt, ist es nicht, mit ihren auergewohnlichen Fahigkeiten zu glanzen. Kinkades Herzensanliegen ist es, uns zu zeigen, wie intelligent und weise Tiere tatsachlich sind und uns zu ermutigen, dafur einzustehen, dass das Leiden, das Menschen Tieren zufugen, endlich ein Ende hat.

«¡Qué mujer! Y qué vida tan fabulosa.ZeliaNuttall era increíblemente inteligente, decidida,una madre soltera en un mundo de hombres,una gran erudita y una pensadora original.MerileeGrindle ha investi

Un relato cautivador y personal de la historia según se va forjando, del presidente que nos ha inspirado a creer en el poder de la democracia.En este extraordinario primer volumen de sus esperadas memorias presidenciales, Barack Obama narra la historia de su sorprendente evolucion de ser un joven en busca de su identidad a convertirse en lider del mundo occidental, describiendo con increible detalle tanto su formacion politica como los momentos cumbre del primer periodo de su historica presidencia, una epoca de una gran conmocion y de profunda transformacion.Obama invita a sus lectores a un viaje cautivador que va desde sus mas tempranas aspiraciones politicas, pasando por la decisiva victoria de Iowa que demostro el poder del activismo comunitario, hasta la emotiva noche del 4 de noviembre de 2008, cuando fue elegido el presidente numero 44 de los Estados Unidos, convirtiendose en el primer afroamericano en ocupar el mas alto cargo de la nacion.El autor reflexiona sobre la presidencia ofreciendo un analisis unico y profundo tanto del alcance como de los limites que tiene el poder presidencial, y brinda una vision singular sobre el funcionamiento de la politica bipartidista de los Estados Unidos y la diplomacia internacional. Obama lleva a los lectores al interior de la Oficina Oval y de la Sala de Crisis de la Casa Blanca, a Moscu, Cairo, y Beijing, entre otros lugares. Somos espectadores de su pensamiento mientras compone su gabinete, lidia con una crisis financiera global, mide a Vladimir Putin, vence obstaculos aparentemente insuperables para lograr la aprobacion del Affordable Care Act, se enfrenta a generales sobre la estrategia de Estados Unidos en Afganistan, aborda la reforma de Wall Street, responde al devastador derrame de petroleo de Deepwater Horizon, y autoriza la Operacion Neptune Spear que termina con la muerte de Osama bin Laden.Una tierra prometida es excepcionalmente intimo y reflexivo, narra la apuesta de un hombre con la historia, la fe de un organizador comunitario puesto a prueba ante el mundo. Obama expone el dificil equilibrio entre hacer campaña politica como afroamericano -cargando con las expectativas de una generacion ilusionada por ideales como esperanza y cambio- y enfrentar el desafio moral de tomar decisiones de gran trascendencia. Obama habla con franqueza de la fuerte oposicion que sufrio tanto en su pais como en el extranjero, revela como la vida en la Casa Blanca afecto a su esposa y a sus hijas, y no teme confesar sus inseguridades ni decepciones. Sin embargo, nunca duda de su conviccion de que, dentro del gran experimento americano, el progreso siempre es posible.Este libro escrito magistralmente refleja la conviccion de Barack Obama de que la democracia no es un regalo divino, sino algo cimentado en la empatia y el comun acuerdo, que construimos juntos dia a dia.Reseña: Barack Obama es un gran escritor. [...] es placentero leer, frase por frase, la prosa magnifica sobre los lugares, el detalle granular y vivido. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The New York TimesLo que le distingue no es solo la extension y el detallismo, sino lo que la escritora nigeriana Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describio en su critica del libro como "un interrogatorio salvaje a si mismo"; una reflexion sobre los verdaderos motivos que impulsan sus decisiones.Agenci...

Esta es una biografía totalmente innovadora y apasionante de la figura más destacada de la historia de España del siglo XIX: Baldomero Espartero (1793-1879). No sólo narra su vida, sino que procura tambien iluminar aspectos mas generales de la historia contemporanea de España y contribuir a una nueva forma de entender el siglo XIX.No hubo un solo Espartero, coherente y consistente. Era un hombre de guerra que entendia que la solucion militar no siempre es la mejor. El general que podia enfervorizar a sus hombres con sus arengas y cuya audacia era decisiva en el campo de batalla se quedaba casi sin palabras en el Parlamento y vacilaba en momentos de crisis politicas, pero se aproximo mas que nadie antes de 1870 a ser un jefe de Estado verdaderamente constitucional. Era un nacionalista español para quien la unidad nacional era el santo grial y el mismo su campeon. Era un monarquico ferviente que paso toda su vida publica sosteniendo un trono amenazado, pero que respaldo la Republica cuando esta llego. Valoraba la lealtad a los amigos por encima de todo y la cultivo en su vida politica, por lo que pago un alto precio. Fue un marido fiel y cariñoso, emocionalmente dependiente de la mujer que tanto hizo a favor de su carrera, Jacinta, en parte la otra protagonista de esta historia.

Gilles de Rais es un personaje controvertido, luchó junto a Juana de Arco, y, según interpretan algunos, llegando a ser su confidente y uno de los pocos amigos verdaderos que intentaron salvarla, convirtiendose por ello en un heroe nacional, para despues caer en desgracia al descubrirse que habia violado y asesinado brutalmente a multitud de niños, convirtiendole por tanto en uno de los monstruos mas impactantes de su tiempo y que ha sido inspiracion de personajes literarios de gran crueldad.Las dos visiones del mismo personaje conviven en la memoria popular y tanto heroe o villano la gente opina sobre el mas por empatias no aclaradas que por haber estudiado la verdad sobre el personaje. Heers realiza en este libro la labor de investigacion propia de un historiador, nos muestra los documentos de la epoca, estudia los hechos y todos los detalles que han llegado hasta hoy y que nos pueden servir para entender al personaje, y lo hace sin dejar de mostrar sus dudas ante hechos no demostrables y lo que es imposible de rebatir; de esta manera consigue llevarnos a traves de una investigacion historica de un personaje tal y como un historiador deberia hacer y a la vez nos explica cual es la labor del mismo y como se enfrenta a sus dudas e interpretaciones.

A story of faith, fanaticism, and the uncanny power of the imagination.The dawn of the Victorian era: the world is changing rapidly. Poverty and the workhouse cast long shadows across rural England, and a traditional way of life is coming to an end.In the villages and fields of Kent, the discontented find an unlikely champion in John Nicholls Tom. Calling himself Sir William Courtenay, he appears to the local magistrates and gentry as a madman, a charlatan, or a dangerous radical. But for the labouring people he is the New Messiah, come to lead them in a revolt against the forces of oppression, and to herald the end of the world.But equality and wealth redistribution are dangerous ideas, and in May 1838 Toms crusade ignites into bloody violence. The confrontation that follows will shock the country, and become known as the last battle ever fought on English soil.Mad Toms Rising presents an alternative vision of early Victorian England, as a place of mystical religious faith, riot and disturbance, surveillance and insecurity, arson and uproar. Drawing on original sources, it reconstructs the strange and astonishing events of that time, and the lives and experiences of those forever marked by them.

Its one of those books that you can either read chronologically from front to back cover, or dip in and out of at leisure. It should keep many a dad happily occupied over ChristmasThe Irish IndependentIreland, under both the Irish Free State and after full independence, has now had just over 100 years of autonomous national political leadership.This book, based on Iain Dales blockbuster podcast, tells the story of Irish politics over the past century by examining the lives and actions of each Irish Taoiseach, from W.T. Cosgrave to Micheal Martin. 15 leading Irish historians, journalists and politicians write essays on each of these figures, showing in the process how Ireland developed from a poor ex-colony to a successful, modern country at the heart of the European Union. In the process, the contributors examine the importance of topics such as the power of the Roman Catholic Church, changing social mores, Irelands relationship with the UK, and its economic development.This is a must read for anyone interested in Irish politics at a time of potential far-reaching change for the republic.

In 1989, Irish doctor Geraldine Osborne, her artist husband Danny, and their three young childrenages five, two, and oneembarked on an extraordinary adventure: to spend a year living in one of the most isolated parts of the world, the tiny Inuit settlement of Grise Fiord, over a thousand kilometres above the Arctic Circle.Danny wasnt a stranger to Arctic extremes. In 1981, he took part in the first Irish Arctic Expedition. But his urge to reconnect with the Arctic never leftand in 1989, he convinced Geraldine to pack up their young family to spend the dark winter at temperatures below -40 C living in this northernmost community of Canada while training their dog team and preparing for a perilous dog-sledge journey across the frozen sea to retrace the route of the last Inuit migration to Greenland in the following spring.Written with warmth, humour, and unflinching honesty, Somewhere Cold explores their remarkable year in the High Arctic as Geraldine balances maternal instincts to protect her children from hazards with the desire to embrace this once-in-a-lifetime adventure. Along the way, they form deep connections with the local Inuit community, who share their traditional knowledge, country food, and exceptional resilience. A compelling blend of travel narrative, family memoir and cultural observation, richly illustrated with photographs, Somewhere Cold is about pushing boundaries, embracing the unknown and discovering that sometimes the most valuable lessons come from unexpected places.Insights into contemporary Nunavut life have recently hit the headlines via the Netflix Show North of North, and Somewhere Cold portrays an equally engaging period when Inuit life was still in transition.

Government agencies and rival factions were closing in. His look-alike had already fallen victim to professional hitmen and his once-powerful allies in Cuban intelligence and the DEA could no longer guarantee his safety. How did a boy from Manchester revolutionise the criminal world and become the largest marijuana trafficker in American history?This is the never-before-told story of Harold Derber, the debonair British Merchant Navy veteran who invented the modern drug trade with his groundbreaking invention: the drug mothership. Through his ghost fleet of drug ships, Derber eventually become the chief supplier of marijuana to post-war America. This gripping true tale follows Derber from humble beginnings in Manchester, England to his assassination in the sun-kissed streets of Miami. Along the way, Derbers story takes in some of the most significant events of the twentieth century - the Second World Wars Battle of the Atlantic, the Cuban Revolution and the murky shadows of the Cold War.Shedding light on a litany of plots including arms and refugee smuggling, large-scale stock fraud and Derbers rise to the pinnacle of the drug world, this remarkable transatlantic story paints a complex picture of a singular figure and brings his extraordinary life into focus for the first time.

My story is no different from countless other youngsters. I could easily have fallen into a life of crime, violence, alcohol, drugs and despair. I could have chosen to follow the negative path and repeat the cycle but instead I chose to dwell on the positive moments. It really doesnt matter where you start but where you finish.Under the smiling face of Glasgows Miles Better, poverty and violence still loom large. Not everyone makes it out. But Scott Kyle did.Latch-key kid from the back streets of Rutherglen to award-winning actor and producer on red carpets around the world, Scotts story is one of hope.With unflinching honesty and heart, he shares his journey, from a boy searching for belonging to a man determined to give back.Its Not Where You Start is more than a story of survival its a testament to the transformative power of love, laughter and compassion.

"To understand the most disruptive economic ideas of the 21st century, you must first understand the man behind them. This compelling biography provides the essential human story behind the intellectual firebrand who has challenged a global orthodoxy."Neil Wilson, Gower Initiative for Modern Money Studies, UK."Warren Mosler is the most impressive economic thinker of the last 50 years. His ability to think clearly and isolate the signal from the noise is unmatched. Hopefully, his ideas will guide our societies in the 21st century."Dirk Ehnts, Speaker of the Board, Pufendorf Gesellschaft for Political Economy, Berlin."Warren Mosler can be described as a renaissance man. He is driven not only by intellectual curiosity and an enthusiasm for exploring many dimensions of life but primarily by a thirst for change and a desire to support people with generosity and commitment. This book will allow broader audiences to gain an understanding of his groundbreaking insights including and beyond his economic wisdom."Daniel Kostzer, Chief Economist of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-CSI), Brussels."Im proud to count Warren Mosler as a friend and congratulate Phil Armstrong on bringing to a large audience this account of his life, his wildly diverse talents, and his many contributions to clarifying the economics of money."James K. Galbraith, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.

No primeiros dias do vero de 1828, ocorreu um fato estranho e inquietante em Nuremberg, destinado a despertar a curiosidade de todos os habitantes da cidade: apareceu um rapaz de aproximadamente dezessete anos, vestido com roupas camponesas, que balbuciava palavras incompreensiveis e andava como uma criança que ensaiasse os primeiros passos. Desorientado e surpreso, olhava ao redor como se visse o mundo pela primeira vez, com os olhos semicerrados para se proteger da luz, repetindo uma unica frase: "Queria tornar-me um cavaleiro como meu pai". Sua origem permanecia misteriosa.Com sua notavel capacidade de sondar a alma humana, Jakob Wassermann narra a comovente e aterradora historia de Kaspar Hauser, o enigma vivo destinado a se tornar to popular que foi chamado de "filho da Europa". Na traduço de Adonias Filho, e acompanhada de uma introduço do autor, o leitor tera contato com a obra-prima que representa o mais profundo esforço ja feito para penetrar no misterio que envolve Kaspar Hauser.

My family and I feel so fortunate that my fathers wisdom and zest for new challenges both in business and life live on in this valuable gift to guide us into the future. - ADRIANA CISNEROS-At 18 years old, Diego Cisneros spent all his savings on the down payment of a truck in Caracas. He never imagined that this would be the first step in building a family business that has grown, transformed, and reinvented itself countless times over a century, eventually becoming a transnational conglomerate leading over 30 companies in the communication, telecom, publicity, tourism, and real estate development sectors.Throughout these pages, Gustavo Cisneros chronicles the process of entrepreneurial transformation that the Cisneros Organization has undergone since its foundation (at the hands of his father, Diego), his own leadership, and now under the direction of his daughter, Adriana. This is a fascinating retelling of entrepreneurial triumph, filled with lessons on success in a world where the only constant is change.

"I dont want to write an architectural bible. I want to sell stories that show what defines me and my work." Matteo ThunIn the world of design and architecture there are few personalities whose influence is as profound and lasting as that of Matteo Thun. From pioneering resorts, company headquarters, public buildings, residential and office buildings around the world to the iconic Illy espresso cup, the renowned architect has left his unmistakable signature everywhere and his designs have shaped our perception for decades. His impressive product design, imposing architecture and pioneering concepts bear witness to more than 40 years of professional experience and a life that unfolds between the vibrant metropolises of Milan and Munich. Numerous fascinating stories have emerged from this exciting journey through life. As an author, Matteo Thun has now captured these stories in a captivating book that has been created for his admirers, companions and perhaps also a little bit for himself.

Affonso Celso esposava ideias de intelectuais que tinham considerado o Brasil uma espécie de paraíso terrestre. Pedro de Rates Henequim chegou a dizer que os descobridores tinham visto na praia os rastros de Ado e Eva quando daqui foram expulsos pelo Arcanjo So Miguel, uma especie de chefe da Casa Militar de Deus. De todo modo, as belezas naturais do Pais, destacadas com tanta emoço por Affonso Celso, fervoroso catolico, so ainda hoje inegaveis e de facil comprovaço, começando pelo Amazonas, embora talvez quem lute pela preservaço do ambiente nem sempre se de conta de que seus patrocinadores tem outros interesses, sem excluir a diversidade e o subsolo.

"Immerse yourself in the historic events of the Jacobite Rebellion and join Bonnie Prince Charly, the real Charles III, in his quest for the throne. Learn about the political intrigue, heroic battles, and long-term repercussions of this tumultuous time. This engrossing nonfiction text takes a detailed look at the background, motives, and consequences of the rebellion while illuminating the complex personality of Bonnie Prince Charly. An essential work for anyone interested in Scottish history and the Jacobite legacy."

A powerful, poignant and pacey adoption memoir which reads like a thriller New York Times. Donnas birth parents were infamous con artists at the heart one of the USs biggest crime investigations of the 1960s. Adoption, Family and FraudWhen her adoptive mother died in 2009 Donna Freed set out to track down her birth mother. What she discovered was truly shocking - she was the daughter of a pair of infamous con artists, at the heart of one of the biggest true crime stories to grip the USA in the 1960s. Previously redacted records from the infamous *Louise Wise Services in New York revealed that Donnas mother (27, Jewish and single), her father (40, Catholic, married with 4 children), had hatched a plan to defraud an insurance company and run off to Spain to raise Donna. Further investigation revealed that in 1967, Donnas mother, Mira Lindenmaier, faked her own death in a drowning accident off City Island in the Bronx for the double indemnity insurance money. Donna loved her tricky, unconventional adoptive mother, but was now keen to meet her birth mother and find out how and why her parents abandoned her. How would she feel towards Mira, her real Mum. How has becoming a mother herself impacted on her feelings towards her two mothers? Gripping and fast-paced, this extraordinary memoir is also incredibly moving tackling fundamental questions about motherhood and identity, nature vs nurture.

The fifth daughter in a patriarchal society, and an indigenous Bedouin in Israel, Amal came into this world fighting for her voice to be heard in a community that did not prize girls. At birth it was only her father who looked at her and said "I see hope in her face. I want to call her Amal [hope] in the hope that Allah will give us boys after her." Five brothers were indeed to follow.Hope is a Womans Name is a rare look at Bedouin life from the even rarer perspective of a Bedouin girl. Amal challenged authority from birth, slowly learning where her communitys boundaries lay and how to navigate them.As a shepherd at the age of 6, Amal led her flock of sheep across the green mountains of Laqiya, her village in the Negev in southern Israel. Given such responsibility, though rarely recognition, Amal came to understand her community and forge her skills as a leader.Aged 13 and frustrated by the constraints put on her education as a girl, Amal set up literacy classes for the adult women in her village. She aimed to teach them not only how to read, but to value education itself: "I wanted them to taste an education so that they would never again deprive their daughters of one." This was the beginning of a lifelong career initiating projects that would help create change for the Bedouin a minority within Israels Palestinian minority and for their women in particular. She established economic empowerment programmes for marginalized women, helped found an Arab-Jewish school, and created organizations to promote shared society.At every turn she had to face the challenges of tradition as well as the prejudices of Israeli society to create new possibilities that would allow women to empower themselves.Amal has learnt to embrace every aspect of her complicated identity Bedouin, Arab, woman, Palestinian and Israeli citizen to help create social change, build bridges with other communities and inspire hope.Hope is a Womans Name is an intimate portrayal of a little-known culture and its strengths, values, morals and boundaries. It is a rare and moving story.