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The global powerhouse that is the United States of America is younger even than the British Museum Guinness and the flushing toilet In 2026 it will celebrate its 250th birthday How did this vast land long inhabited by diverse indigenous cultures come to be dominated by English speakers How has it grappled with the stark contradictions between its ideals of liberty and the grim reality of genocide and slavery This extraordinary collection of fifty distinct states has weathered immense and recent challenges including a Civil War that was still raging as the first London Underground station opened How did this melting pot of peoples and ideas not only endure but rise to dominate global politics commerce culture and warfare What insights does this rich history offer about an increasingly divided nation and the world that moves to its rhythm Is this the twilight of American supremacy signalling a shift toward a more introspective nation A Short History of America is rich with vivid characters from arrogant conquistadors and idealistic revolutionaries to imperial presidents and presents a narrative so astonishing it often feels like fake news This is a gripping must read for anyone seeking to make sense of our world today

Los cuatro hombres que decidieron la suerte de un continenteCuatro grandes príncipes nacieron en el curso de una década: Enrique VIII de Inglaterra, Francisco I de Francia, Carlos V de Alemania y I de España y Soliman el Magnifico. Todos ellos dejaron una profunda huella en la historia de sus reinos. No podrian haber sido mas distintos entre si, pero, juntos, dominaron el mundo. A principios del siglo XVI, una era marcada por el Renacimiento, los inicios del protestantismo, las guerras de religion y la expansion del dominio occidental hacia el Atlantico, estos cuatro reyes, a veces aliados, a menudo enemigos y siempre rivales, sentaron las bases de la Europa moderna.De los escandalos de las seis esposas de Enrique VIII al monacato de Carlos V; desde el Campo del Paño de Oro, el esplendido encuentro de torneos, festines y bailes tan lujosos que casi vacio las arcas de Francia e Inglaterra, a la piramide de celebracion que Soliman erigio con dos mil cabezas humanas tras la batalla de Mohacs; desde la mano de seis dedos de Ana Bolena, supuesta señal de su condicion de bruja, hasta la verdadera historia del halcon maltes, el historiador John Julius Norwich nos ofrece en Cuatro principes una apasionante historia de historias a traves de las vidas de estos cuatro magnificos monarcas y sus reinados, que cambiaron el destino del continente europeo.

From the author of Dunkirk Fight to the Last Man and Enigma The Battle for the Code a deep dive into the Second World War s maritime epic in the Arctic In a reconfiguration of recent events in Ukraine it is 1941 and Russia has been invaded The terms of the new alliance were that Western nations would ship urgently needed war materials to Russia via the shortest but most dangerous route sailing north of the Arctic Circle while being hunted by U boats the Luftwaffe and a surface fleet spearheaded by Tirpitz and Scharnhorst This endeavour was called the Arctic convoys Battle of the Arctic is about the conflict and naval battles that unfolded while Allied naval and merchant seamen airmen submariners soldiers and intelligence officers delivered on this wartime commitment to Russia from 1941 45 passing through terrific storms snow ice and Arctic mirages When ships went down in seas so cold that a man could die after just five minutes of immersion it triggered events reminiscent of the do or die moments during the sinking of the Titanic As is shown in this description the aftermath of such incidents was harrowing Men perished one by one in lifeboats and as castaways on deserted Arctic islands where they were stalked by polar bears Frostbitten and wounde

One of Smithsonian Magazine s Ten Best Travel Books of 2021 A personal and historical exploration of the Bears Ears country and the fight to save a national monument

Bestselling historian and social media sensation Alice Loxton embarks on an epic walk retracing the funeral route of England s most forgotten Queen and uncovering historical secrets along the way

After the collapse of Soviet communism the West convinced itself that liberal democracy would be the dominant system of governance However in February 2022 Vladimir Putin proved it is unwise to make such predictions In the early years of Putin s presidency he appeared to commit himself to friendship with the West But the Putin of those years is unrecognisable today an autocratic nationalist dedicated to repression at home and anti Western militarism abroad So what happened Was he lying when he proclaimed his support for freedom democracy and friendship with the West Or was he sincere Did he change his views at some stage between then and now And if that is the case what happened to change him Putin and the Return of History examines these questions in the context of Russia s thousand year past tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin s politics of aggression the enduring terror of encirclement by outsiders the subjugation of the individual to the cause of the state the collectivist values that allow the sacrifice of human lives in battle the willingness to lie and deceive the co opting of religion and the belief in Great Russia s mission to change the world

Vital important WILLIAM DALRYMPLE Perspective shattering CAROLINE SANDERSON Uncovers a world of which few are fully aware COLIN THUBRONFor over 1 400 years Muslims have been an integral part of Europe s story yet their contributions have been pushed to the margins or erased altogether In Muslim Europe award winning author Tharik Hussain restores this forgotten history In a revelatory journey across the continent we tread in the footsteps of the first Muslims who arrived on European soil in 647 AD We travel through Cyprus Sicily Malta Portugal and Spain learning about the continent s great Caliphate culture and Muslim commonwealth encountering red haired European Sultans and Arabic speaking Christian Kings the Sufi lodges of Cyprus and the palaces of Sicily Forgotten Muslim pioneers like Abbas Ibn Firnas gave us flight Ibn Rushd gifted us modern philosophy and the cross fertilisation of faiths and cultures birthed Europe s Christian Renaissance For twelve centuries Muslim Europe was a sanctuary for the continent s Jews Recalling the poignant voices of Hasdai Ibn Shaprut and Abraham Ibn Daoud Jews flourished under Muslim protection triggering the Jewish Golden Age For the first time Muslim Europe lays bare the cause of our collective Islamic amn

This is the story of the superbly elegant early eighteenth century Pallant House in Chichester It s the story of 19 Princelet Street in Spitafields built for a Huguenot silk weaver ultimately a synagogue It s also the story of among others a row of two up two downs in Toxteth a block of flats in London s East End and what Ideal Home s magazine described in 1926 as Britain s first modern house in Northampton Together these buildings reveal the ways in which English homes have developed and changed over the past few centuries At the same time as Dan Cruickshank shows they have much to tell us about the lives of their first occupants their aspirations their struggles their place within society and relationship with their local community The English House brilliantly weaves these two strands together blending architectural and social history to create a series of brilliantly observed portraits of fascinating buildings

An urgent indispensable guide to why Taiwan matters for China the West and everyone s future An erudite primer Brown s mission to educate westerners about Taiwan and why it matters is a critical one which makes this book well worth reading SUNDAY TIMES Anyone with a care to avoid a third world war between China and the US should read this book JACK STRAW An authoritative primer to all things Taiwan BARBARA DEMICK When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949 two Chinas were born Mao s Communists won and took China s mainland Chiang Kai shek s Nationalists fled to Taiwan island Since then China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy and an economic success story just one of its companies produces over 90 per cent of the semiconductors that power the world s economy It is a free and vibrant society For the United States and the West the island is a bastion of freedom against China s assertive presence in the region And yet China increasingly bellicose under Xi Jinping insists Taiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it Should China blockade the island and mount an invasion it would set off a chain reaction that would pitch it against the

Como primer intérprete occidental de la sociedad japonesa, Lafcadio Hearn no tuvo parangón en su época. Sus numerosos libros sobre el país del Sol Naciente despertaron la fascinación de los lectores, que se rindieron ante su agudo poder de observacion y ante la viveza de sus descripciones. Hoy en dia, mas de un siglo despues, los textos de Hearn conservan su validez porque supieron capturar la esencia de un pais, una esencia que ha cambiado mucho menos de lo que sugieren las apariencias de vanguardia, tecnologia y neones. El caracter y la tradicion japoneses son en esencia los mismos que Hearn plasmo, y por esta razon sus libros siguen siendo extremadamente reveladores para los lectores de Occidente.

La historia de la constitución argentina de 1949 ha ido de la mano de la del peronismo, el movimiento inaugurado por Juan Domingo Perón que marcó para siempre la historia argentina. Fue, entonces, un proceso constituyente impulsado por este movimiento, permitio la reeleccion de su lider en 1952 y su constitucion fue derogada por el gobierno de facto que derroco a Peron en 1955. Asi, lo que genera el peronismo en propios y adversarios, lo replica esta constitucion: la constitucion "maldita", relegada por la historia constitucional a las ambiciones politicas del general argentino. Este volumen, sin embargo, propone una mirada distinta. Recupera su legado como una constitucion obrera, y pone el foco no en los grandes nombres del derecho, sino en sus verdaderos protagonistas y destinatarios: los trabajadores. Desde esa perspectiva, las fuentes aqui reunidas -discursos clave de la Asamblea Constituyente, analisis doctrinarios sobre los derechos laborales incorporados por primera vez a la constitucion, y peticiones de trabajadores y trabajadoras que vieron en ese proceso una oportunidad para ser escuchados- permiten repensar criticamente la relacion entre derecho, poder y pueblo. Este volumen invita a mirar a la historia constitucional argentina, y latinoamericana,

Una obra definitiva y magistral de una etapa determinante de la historia de Europa. Nuevo prólogo de Timothy Garton Ash «Realmente soberbia. Una obra maestra.» Ian Kershaw En 1945 Europa se encontrab