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Three years ago, Rishi Sunak was an unknown junior minister in the Department of Local Government. By the age of thirty-nine, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, grappling with the gravest economic crisis in modern history. Michael Ashcrofts new book charts Sunaks ascent from his parents Southampton pharmacy to Oxford University, the City of London, Silicon Valley and the top of British politics. It is the tale of a super-bright and hard-grafting son of immigrant parents who marries an Indian heiress and makes a fortune of his own; a polished urban southerner who wins over the voters of rural North Yorkshire and a cautious, fiscally conservative financier who becomes the biggest-spending Chancellor in history. Sunak was unexpectedly promoted to the Treasurys top job in February 2020, with a brief to spread investment and opportunity as part of Boris Johnsons levelling up agenda. Within weeks, the coronavirus had sent Britain into lockdown, with thousands of firms in peril and millions of jobs on the line. As health workers battled to save lives, it was down to Sunak to save livelihoods. This is the story of how he tore up the rulebook and went for broke.

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.

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

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.

Rosa von Zehnle (Herausgeber) Laokoon mit Handtuchern Anthologie von Erstlingswerken unbekannter Autoren Mit einem Gruwort von Waldtraut Lewin Es geht um Befindlichkeiten. Es geht um Liebe oder verwandte Empfindungen. Und Schreiben kann befreien, kann den Weg zu sich selbst und zu anderen offnen. Nichts kann besser sein, als etwas zu sagen; ein Stab und eine Stutze auf dem Weg. Waldtraut Lewin Sechs Geschichten und ein Zusatztext von neuen und noch unbekannten Autoren werden hier prasentiert, wovon jeder auf seine Weise den Aspekt einer besonderen Art zu lieben behandelt. So unspektakular diese Erzahlungen sind, so vernichtend waren die Folgen fur die Autoren personlich, kame ihre besondere Eigenschaft ans Tageslicht. Diese Anthologie X entstand aus einem Laien-Literaturwettbewerb, welcher weltweit der bisher einzige seiner Art ist. InhaltsverzeichnisVorwort des Herausgebers von Rosa von Zehnle Gruwort von Waldtraut Lewin Einleitendes vom Literaturpreisspender von Sakura Die sechs Beitrage des Wettbewerbs: Titelgeschichte - Laokoon mit Handtuchern von Lothar - Tarian und er Feuervogel - von Antbully Yukihime - "Eine Geschichte in sechzehn Bildern von Bernd (Preistrager 2015) - Lauter verpate Chancen von Eric Duncan - Marilyne von Hugendobler - Studentische Praktik von Lothar Beitrag auerhalb des Wettbewerbs: Wolken uber Deichvorland von Friedrichskoog von Sakura Anhang: Literaturauswahl, kleine belletristische Bucherliste zur Thematik.

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

Last updated in 2001, John Rentouls acclaimed Tony Blair: Prime Minister returns with an extensive new assessment of Blairs premiership after 9/11 - from the Iraq war and relations with Gordon Brown to his departure from Downing Street and political afterlife. Well written, thoroughly researched and informed by the balanced and subtle insights of a skilled journalist... Especially good on the influences that have shaped Mr Blair.EconomistUtterly scrupulous in presenting the [] information... [W]hen Rentoul occasionally presents his own judgements, they can rarely be faulted. Peter Oborne, Sunday ExpressWritten with care, thought... and a fine understanding of political nuances. Ben PimlottAn extraordinary achievement, flashing with a peculiarly devastating form of sympathy. Craig Brown, Mail on SundayWith further updates, this biography will almost certainly become the definitive one. Rachel Sylvester, Daily Telegraph

He proclaimed himself a genius and raged against the slightest criticism from fellow scholars; he was a Marxist who despised the Idiot People; he could be generous and affectionate yet hurled insults at his friends; he inveighed against Puritanism but was himself in many ways a Puritan: A. L. Rowse was a man of many contradictions.In this clear-sighted and absorbing biography, Richard Ollard examines the many sides of Rowses Protean personality to reveal a man who, whatever he was responding to - public affairs, the arts, natural beauty or events in his personal life - did so with tremendous energy and passion.An urbane study of the celebrated historian. Antonia Fraser, Daily MailStrikes a perfect balance between the Jekyll Rowse and the Hyde Rowse. Bevis Hillier, SpectatorExcellent. Katherine Duncan-Jones, TLS

I agree with Lord David [Cecil] that Melbourne as a friend or relative must have been one of the most delightful, wise and entertaining of men, but in public life I believe him also to have been ambitious, cynical and almost wholly without political principle. He was, in short, much less of a carefree amateur, much more of a politician. Philip Ziegler, from his PrefaceFirst published in 1976, Philip Zieglers Melbourne drew on hitherto unused material and made an unprecedently searching assessment of the eminent Whig statesman of the 1830s/40s. It is extraordinary enough that Queen Victorias first Prime Minister should have been dragged through the courts by an aggrieved husband not once but twice. Yet Melbournes problematic personal life is only one reason why Ziegler, even-handed and scrupulous, was compelled to test the validity of Victorias famous final judgement that Melbourne was not a good or firm minister.

This richly enjoyable biography of the great Victorian novelist reminds us how truly revolutionary was George Eliot... [Ashton] provides luminously sane readings of the marvellous novels. A.N. Wilson, Evening StandardExcellent... Ashton cites Eliots achievement in a literary landscape which moves from Scott and George Sand to Dickens, Tennyson and Browning... a fluent, vivid book... it makes one thrill again to the breadth of Eliots genius and the passionate, vulnerable nature that accompanied her wide-ranging mind. Jenny Uglow, Independent on SundayAn extremely impressive work... the George Eliot who emerges from Professor Ashtons book is a remarkable woman of exceptional integrity whose life expresses the spirit of the Victorian age, even as it goes against the very grain of it. Susie Boyt, Sunday Express

The great Russian explorer Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839-1888) made an indelible contribution to the worlds atlases, and its store of zoological and botanical knowledge, as a consequence of his four arduous and dangerous expeditions through the Central Asia of Western Mongolia, Eastern Turkestan and Northern Tibet. Donald Rayfields biography of Przhevalsky - first published in 1976 and drawing on the exporers diaries, letters, and published works - tells the thrilling story of the explorers groundbreaking journeys, undertaken in an age of extreme political sensitivity between Russia, China and Britain. A rich portrait emerges of an extraordinary Byronic character who was ill-suited to civilisation but much at home with the loneliness and hardship of the nomadic life. A rigorous army officer and a phenomenal shot, gifted also with a photographic memory, Przhevalsky became one of the most widely-admired men in Russia, and Rayfield adroitly explores the grounds of his reputation.

[Edward] FitzGerald (1809-1883) won a small piece of immortality with his translation-adaptation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam... but in every other way he seems to have successfully avoided fulfilment. A godless Epicurean, he lived in permanent virginity, never pressing his homosexual desires beyond a number of sentimental crushes... The son of a fabulously rich heiress, he rarely travelled... Though he had many friends he also had a perverse penchant for alienating them... [Robert Bernard] Martin argues that FitzGeralds greatest achievement, outside the Rubaiyat, is his letters, which certainly have grace and a wistful charm.Kirkus ReviewThere is [] something sad about the life of this loving and never quite satisfied man... Mr. Martins biography is splendid reading, and it is a real credit to it that he makes us feel the sadness.New York Times

Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856-1941) was a scholar and socialist who found his métier on the cusp of the twentieth century, as a war correspondent who would go on to chronicle the major wars and civil conflicts of his time, from South Africa and Russia to India and the Balkans. Reporting from the Western Front in 1918 he was wounded at the Dardanelles. Nevinsons work was marked by a strong sense of conscience and underscored by activism: directing relief work in Macedonia and Albania, campaigning against the dreadful mistreatment of bonded labourers in Portuguese Angola, and supporting female suffrage in Britain. (He would marry the suffragette Evelyn Sharp.) Nevinson wrote three volumes of autobiography: Changes and Chances (1923), More Changes, More Chances (1925), and Last Changes, Last Chances (1928). Fire of Life, first published in 1935, is an expert abridgement of this trilogy.

Sir Richard Grenville (1542-1591), English sea captain and explorer, became a legendary figure in the resistance to the Spanish Armada, dying as a result of wounds sustained at the helm of the galleon Revenge in the Battle of Flores: a fight in which he struggled against overwhelming odds.First published in 1937, Sir Richard Grenville of the Revenge was A.L. Rowses first full-length historical monograph. There is no doubt that Mr Rowses book will establish itself as the standard biography of Grenville, and he deserves our unstinting thanks for the patient research that he has put into it. J.E. Neale, Sunday TimesMagnificent... I was delighted, too, by the masterful descriptions of the Elizabethan era and the brilliant figures of that age. Lloyd George, in a letter to A.L. Rowse

The best one-volume study of Churchill yet available. David Cannadine, ObserverMagisterial. Vernon Bogdanor, New StatesmanA tour de force... A masterly chronicle of Churchill as a domestic figure rather than as the bulldog wartime leader, and one of the most subtle portraits of him as a politician. Addison revises the view of Churchill as uninterested and out of his depth in domestic affairs, painting instead a nuanced picture of a canny parliamentarian. Churchill changed parties twice but managed to accomplish the change, writes Addison, with exceptional dexterity, making it appear as if he were maintaining his principles while the parties changed theirs... Addisons most interesting assertion is that the rise of Hitler saved Churchill from drifting into right-wing irrelevance. Most impressively, Addison doesnt settle for easy classifications, admitting that Churchill... is a man of whom almost everything that can be said is true in part.Kirkus Review

Jan Marshs book is the best researched and fullest biography of Rossetti we have yet had. Fiona MacCarthy, New York Review of BooksAlthough never formally part of the Pre-Raphaelite poetic school, which included her brother Gabriel, William Morris, and Algernon Swinburne, Christina Rossetti has always been linked to it. [Jan Marsh] gives full attention to both the individual and her unique variety of fantastic and devotional poetry... Marsh delineates an appealing person while examining her adolescent nervous breakdown, abortive engagement to a lapsed Catholic painter, frustrated love for an absentminded scholar, and relationships with her devout but hearty sister, Maria, and with her brothers... The authors steady, sympathetic course through Rossettis divided life enables readers to delve into the intense and original self most fully expressed in her poetry.Kirkus Review

Keith Douglas was almost certainly the greatest poet of the Second World War. He was killed in Normandy three days after D-Day. He was only twenty-four. His short life was one of contradictions: the gifted artist and romantic, always in love with the wrong girl also enjoyed soldiering and was quick to volunteer at the beginning of the war. The brave and resourceful tank commander with the Sherwood Rangers in the Western Desert, in the campaign of which his Alemein to Zem Zem is the classic account, was also an outspoken critic of the military establishment and often in trouble with his superiors. There was always another side to Keith Douglas: difficult, even arrogant, he was at the same time, as Desmond Graham, observes in his original preface, generous, sensitive to the difficulties of others, remorselessly honest, energetic, and passionately, innocently open. Douglas made in his brief life some friends who never forgot him, and whose memories of him have contributed much to this book.For this biography, Desmond Graham had access to much private and unpublished material. From that, interviews, Keith Douglas own poems, letters and drawings emerges a definitive biography.An almost unqualified success . . . Mr Graham has used his material with great skill and tact. Roy FullerIt is difficult to imagine a better biography than this being written about Keith Douglas . . . Desmond Graham provides us with an astonishing amount of information. Stephen SpenderExtremely well-done . . It is written with authority and it will be standard. Peter LeviSumptuously evocative John Carey

The 2004 report of the Hutton Inquiry created todays BBC. It cost the corporation its Chairman and Director General and seemed to many to usher in an age of self-doubt and caution. It was also the end of the most extraordinary experiment in news management Britain has ever seen - the decade of Alastair Campbell, Tony Blairs spin doctor, charged with delivering what Peter Mandelson described as New Labours mission to create the truth. But Lord Hutton condemned the BBC and its journalism without hearing a single word from the man who put the sexed up dossier story on the air: Today editor Kevin Marsh. Had Hutton done so, his conclusions would surely have been very different. Now outside the BBC, Marsh can tell for the first time the inside story of Andrew Gilligans notorious 6.07 broadcast on the Today programme. He explains how he was certain the story of the sexed up dossier was true, but also how Gilligans flawed reporting fatally damaged the BBCs case. And he tells of his growing disillusionment with the British medias aptitude and appetite for holding power to account - or even telling the truth. Stumbling Over Truth is an important book for anyone who wants to understand the toe-to-toe confrontations between Tony Blairs government and the BBC, and the fight to resist unremitting government attempts to manipulate the media.