Títulos en Política y activismo

Personaje fascinante y contradictorio, es uno de los políticos estadounidenses más recordados de la segunda mitad del siglo XX. Tras convertirse en el primer católico que accedía a la presidencia, impulsó una serie de reformas que quedaron truncadas por su misterioso asesinato en 1963, un magnicidio cuyos móviles nunca han quedado del todo esclarecidos y que ha dado lugar a múltiples conjeturas.

Ernesto Guevara de la Serna, detto "El Che", è stato la figura cardine dei movimenti rivoluzionari che hanno infiammato l'America Latina e Cuba negli anni '60...

The first lady of the United States of America and the first African-American in that position. A huge advocate of women. One of the most iconic and fascinating people of our times. Michelle Obama talks about her life with honesty and humor, in the same way she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revealing, Becoming is an intimate account by a sensitive and strong woman who consistently rose above the expectations of others. Her story inspires to do the same.

From the shadows of City Hall to the silence of closed-door meetings, Jasmine Ray reveals her untold role in the life of New York City’s mayor, Eric Adams. Their hidden relationship—marked by intimacy, sacrifice, and betrayal—mirrors the larger struggles of politics itself: the tension between personal humanity and public expectation. But this story is bigger than two people. Through Willie Lynch and Unapologetically Black, Ray confronts the legacies of race, division, and identity that still shape America.

Sie erkämpfte sich den Thron gegen ihre Geschwister und schützte ihr Reich über Jahrzehnte gegen die übermächtigen Römer. Sie paktierte mit Julius Cäsar und Marcus Antonius und galt deshalb schon zu ihrer Zeit als machtgierige Verführerin. Doch sie war etwas anderes als das: eine kluge Frau, die sich intelligent für ihr Reich einsetzte, ihre Macht geschickt ausweitete – und dabei nicht einmal die eigene Familie schonte.

Murder, mob rule, and the making of Abraham Lincoln—the story of three racially motivated murders in Mississippi River towns from 1835 to 1838 that inspired the speech that put Lincoln on the national map—the Lyceum Address.

Der Theaterstar Tilla Durieux, die Schriftsteller Manès Sperber und Ernst Toller, der Dramatiker Franz Theodor Csokor, der Maler Richard Ziegler und viele andere – sie alle flohen vor Hitler nach Südosteuropa und fanden dort Unterschlupf. Doch diese erste Balkanroute ist heute so gut wie vergessen. Marie-Janine Calic ruft sie in Erinnerung und erzählt berührende Geschichten von Mut und Menschlichkeit, von Elend und Verrat, von Rettung und Untergang.

«Ordine compagni!» è la frase che risuona tra i cordoni di manifestanti incaricati di salvaguardare la compattezza e la sicurezza del corteo. È il Sessantotto, si aprono gli anni delle rivolte e delle stragi; quelli passati alla storia come "anni di piombo", solcati dalla paura e dalla voglia di cambiare il mondo, dal desiderio di riscatto e dalla lotta politica. Il Servizio d'ordine si identifica quindi come il braccio armato che coordina e protegge studenti e operai scesi in piazza, i rivoluzionari, i ribelli, i sognatori.

Dagobert, Napoléon, Henri IV, Clemenceau ou Jacques Chirac, Marie-Antoinette ou Jeanne d'Arc, 40 personnages incontournables de notre histoire s'allongent sur le divan du Docteur Michel Kummer et se confient pour révéler quelques secrets de leur personnalité forcément complexe, de leurs troubles ou de leurs différences. Sa galerie de portraits est impitoyable : rois bipolaires, souffrant du syndrome de Stockholm, présidents pervers narcissiques et complexes d'Œdipe en série !

Rupert L Swan a pris soin d'analyser le comportement physique et mental de Barack Obama pour pointer les 100 gestes et attitudes qui font de lui une personnalité à la séduction universelle. Barack Obama est sans doute aujourd'hui la personnalité la plus charismatique du monde.

Anna Politkovskaja è una giornalista russa uccisa, a quarantotto anni, nel 2006 a Mosca. Con i suoi capelli grigi e gli occhialini in metallo, è diventata un'icona della libertà di espressione. Nella sua vita ha raccontato molte storie, ma nessuno aveva ancora raccontato la sua. Ora, eccola. Quella di Anna è, prima di tutto, una storia d'amore. A diciotto anni incontra Sasha, che diventerà un giornalista di successo.

"Scott Jennings is a Patriot from the Great State of Kentucky... A Revolution of Common Sense was directly inspired by my Inaugural Address and the many Common Sense actions we have taken in our effort to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN.... Scott totally gets it and, unlike the many Fake News books...

Divorziata, carismatica, ambiziosa e regina di stile: per lei Edoardo VIII lasciò il trono inglese. La sua debolezza? Quella di tante donne: affidare il suo destino nelle mani di un uomo.

Nell'agosto 1991, Tiziano Terzani - che già nel febbraio precedente ha potuto visitare le isole Curili e Sachalin, estremo avamposto dell'Unione Sovietica - inizia, come membro di una spedizione sovietico-cinese, un lungo viaggio sul fiume Amur per osservare da vicino la situazione del paese nelle sue zone asiatiche più periferiche.

Cleopatra Thea Philopator se negó a hacer lo que le dijeron. En una época en la que el patriarcado negaba la ciudadanía plena incluso a las mujeres romanas más elitistas, Cleopatra gobernaba su Egipto decidida a mantenerlo independiente y libre del control romano, a cualquier precio que fuera necesario. Demonizada como una simple seductora por Cayo Julio César Octavio (el futuro César Augusto) y sus aliados políticos, Cleopatra VII demostró ser igual a tres de los hombres más poderosos del mundo romano: Cayo Julio César, Marco Antonio y Octavio César.

Roger's autobiography Outsider is a moving yet hopeful book about rape, suicide, mental illness, and the journey toward a life of dignity. Interwoven with glamorous assignments and close relationships with world royalty, his life has contained streaks of darkness and deep trauma.

Dom Pedro II foi um dos personagens mais populares do século XIX. Sempre em busca do consenso e das ideias majoritárias, fez de seu país a primeira grande democracia da América Latina durante seu reinado, de 1840 a 1889. Em O imperador republicano, dom Pedro II é apresentado sob um novo ponto de vista: não apenas como um monarca democrático, abolicionista e progressista, mas como um intelectual, educador e cidadão brasileiro.

Part memoir and part manifesto, Tell Me My Story is one leader's message of hope and offers a map to healing for those doing humanitarian work. It's also a reminder: This service and the people who do it are crucial to our world, and we must equip, empower, and encourage them to work as the best version of themselves—for themselves, for their loved ones, and for the people they serve.

JEFFERSON: The Man Who Owned the Dream is a sharp biography of America’s third president—not as a myth, not as a monument, but as a man. From the pen that drafted the Declaration to the plantation that paid his bills, this book traces Thomas Jefferson’s full arc without apology, spin, or blind hero worship. You’ll see the Enlightenment thinker. The political operator. The architect of Monticello. The author of liberty. The father of enslaved children. And the man who helped design a system built to break itself. No sermons. No soft gloves. Just the facts and the fallout.

When Jens Stoltenberg took office as secretary general of NATO in 2014, the world was already changing. What followed was a decade marked by war, diplomatic crises, and decisions that helped shape the West’s shared security. On My Watch takes listeners behind closed doors and offers rare insight into how the world’s most powerful military alliance handles crises.