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For all the literature about Adolf Hitler, there have been just four seminal biographies; this is the fifth, a landmark work that sheds important new light on Hitler himself. Drawing on previously unseen papers and a wealth of recent scholarly research, Volker Ullrich reveals the man behind the public persona, from Hitler's childhood, to his failures as a young man in Vienna, to his experiences during the First World War, to his rise as a far-right party leader.

Hague shows how Wilberforce, after his agonising conversion to evangelical Christianity, was able to lead a powerful tide of opinion, as MP for Hull, against the slave trade, a process which was to take up to half a century to be fully realised. Indeed, he succeeded in rallying to his cause the support in the Commons Debates of some the finest orators in Parliament, having become one of the most respected speakers of those times.

The Sunday Times bestselling biography of one of the towering figures in British history who became Prime Minister at the age of twenty-four, written by the youngest-ever leader of the Tory Party. The younger William Pitt – known as the ‘schoolboy’ – began his days as Prime Minister in...

At the dawn of the 20th century, humanity was facing global disaster. Mass starvation, long predicted for the fast-growing population, was about to become a reality. A call went out to the worlds scientists to find a solution. This is the story of the two enormously gifted, fatally flawed men who found it: the brilliant, self-important Fritz Haber and the reclusive, alcoholic Carl Bosch. Together they discovered a way to make bread out of air, built city-sized factories, controlled world markets, and saved millions of lives.

Die Geschichte einer Flucht aus der DDR im Sommer 1989, eingerahmt in die historischen Ereignisse von damals. Halle Neustadt, 27. Januar 1989 (Deutsche Demokratische Republik). Ganz leise bewege ich mich mitten in der Nacht vom Flur aus durch das Wohnzimmer in Richtung Balkon. Bloß nicht meine Eltern aufwecken. Nur schnell 2 Flaschen Bier holen und wieder raus aus der Wohnung. Auf dem Rückweg im Wohnzimmer klingelt plötzlich das Telefon. Samstag Nacht, 2 Uhr morgens. Nach kurzem zögern gehe ich ran damit das laute klingeln niemanden aufweckt. “Hallo?” frage ich in die Stille.