Títulos en Era moderna

In 2020, the world faced its biggest crisis in a generation: a global pandemic. In the UK, it exposed deep divisions within society and laid bare a toxic culture war that had been raging beneath the surface. From the outset, Piers Morgan urged the nation to come to its senses, once and for all, and held the government to often ferocious account over its handling of the crisis. COVID-19 shed shocking light on the problems that plague our country. Stockpilers and lockdown-cheats revealed our grotesque levels of self-interest.

"La tregua" è il racconto del ritorno di Primo Levi, il seguito di "Se questo è un uomo", che racconta le esperienze dell'autore durante il lungo viaggio attraverso Russia e Europa dell'Est per tornare alla sua Torino. Un viaggio assurdo, fatto di incontri con persone di civiltà e lingue diverse ma tutte vittime della stessa guerra. "Ci sono voluti anni per capire che quello che veniva etichettato come un testimone era uno dei più grandi scrittori del Novecento non soltanto italiano: cioè che era il migliore dei testimoni proprio perché grande scrittore."

In 1848, The Communist Manifesto was published by two émigrés from Germany. Marx and Engels' apocalyptic vision of an insatiable system that penetrates every corner of the world reduces every relationship to that of profit, and burst asunder the old forms of production and of politics. It is still a recognisable picture of our world—the vampiric energy of the system being once again highly contentious. This is a strikingly imaginative take on Marx and what his most haunting book has to say to us today.

On a sunny September day in 1931, Soviet spy Stanislav Shumovsky walked down the gangplank of the SS Europa and into New York, concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students. Joseph Stalin had sent him to acquire American secrets to help close the USSR’s yawning technology gap. In this thrilling history, Svetlana Lokhova takes the listener on a journey through Stalin’s most audacious intelligence operation, piecing together every aspect of Shumovsky’s life and character using information derived from American and Russian archives.

How did communism become such a pervasive economic and political philosophy? Why did it first take root in early 20th-century Russia? These and other questions are part of a fascinating story whose drama has few equals in terms of sheer scale, scope, or human suffering and belief. These 12 lectures invite you to go inside communism’s journey from a collection of political and economic theories to a revolutionary movement that rocked the world.

Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion and a life-long committed Darwinist, abridges and reads this special audio version of Charles Darwin's famous book. A literally world-changing book, Darwin put forward the anti-religious and scientific idea that humans in fact evolved over millions of generations from animals, starting with fish, all the way up through the ranks to apes, then to our current form.

Frank Ledwidge offers a sweeping look at the history of air warfare, introducing the major battles, crises, and controversies where air power has taken center stage and exploring the changes in technology and air power capabilities over time. Considering whether bombing has ever been truly effective, he discusses whether wars can be won from the air and concludes by analyzing whether there is a future for manned air power, or if it is inevitable that drones will dominate 21st-century war in the air.

They said it never happened. That’s exactly how the CIA wanted it. In Covert CIA Missions, George T. Masterson delivers a raw, insider’s look at the CIA’s most secretive operations—from Reagan-era black ops and Cold War espionage to psychological warfare, MK-Ultra, and mind control experiments on civilians. This audiobook takes you behind the redacted lines of America’s most dangerous intelligence machine. If you’re ready to hear what they never wanted you to know, press play.

Uncover the chilling rise—and catastrophic fall—of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich in this gripping account of ambition, manipulation, and ultimate downfall. How did an Austrian-born soldier rise from obscurity to command the world’s most feared regime? Dictator’s Path traces Hitler’s calculated ascent to power, his brutal strategies for domination, and the unraveling of the Nazi empire during World War II.

World War II Epic Saga: A Gripping Journey Through History’s Greatest ConflictBy Elie GleichgevichtStep into the heart of World War II with this immersive and emotionally powerful historical account. From the storm that led to war to the battlefields, resistance movements, and silent suffering of prisoners, this gripping audiobook uncovers the triumphs and tragedies that shaped the modern world. •A Frontline Experience: Witness the harrowing battles, covert espionage, and pivotal moments that changed the course of history.

Through powerful storytelling and in-depth analysis, Empire of Darkness explores how Hitler manipulated democracy, weaponized propaganda, and led Germany into global conflict. From the Treaty of Versailles to the final days in the Führerbunker, this audiobook uncovers the horrors of the Holocaust, Nazi superweapons, and the brutal battles that shaped history.

Ukraine expert Adrian Karatnycky provides an eyewitness account of the history of the modern Ukrainian state and of the nation through the tenures of the six presidents who have led Ukraine since the collapse of the USSR, including Volodymyr Zelensky. Karatnycky shows how—despite the influence of corrupt oligarchs, pressures from Russia, and the legacies of Soviet rule—an inclusive and united Ukrainian nation has emerged that inspires the world as it defends the principle that states and peoples have the right to their national sovereignty.

In the 1840s, the Donnelly family immigrates from Ireland to the British province of Canada. Almost immediately problems develop as the patriarch of the family is sent to the Kingston Penitentiary for manslaughter, leaving his wife to raise their eight children on her own. The children are raised in an incredibly violent community and cultivate a devoted loyalty to their mother and siblings, which often leads to problems with the law and those outside of the family.

Few, if any, 20th-century political leaders have enjoyed greater popularity among their own people than Hitler did in the decade or so following his rise to power in 1933. The personality of Hitler himself, however, can scarcely explain this immense popularity or his political effectiveness in the 1930s and '40s. His hold over the German people lay rather in the hopes and perceptions of the millions who adored him. Based largely on the reports of government officials, party agencies, and political opponents, Kershaw's study charts the creation, growth, and decline of the Hitler myth.

The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the 20th century. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it has become possible to step back and see the full picture. Starting with an overview of the roots of the revolution, Fitzpatrick takes the story from 1917, through Stalin's "revolution from above", to the great purges of the 1930s.

On March 29, 1863, 12-year-old Frederick Grant, the eldest son of Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, arrived at his father’s headquarters at Young’s Point, Louisiana. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee was preparing to move against Vicksburg, Mississippi, and young Fred had no intention of missing out on the adventure. His incredible journey would consume more than three months and would not end until shortly after the surrender of the Confederate bastion on the Fourth of July. Posterity is the beneficiary of the younger Grant’s brief memoir on the subject, which Albert A.

All'alba del 26 aprile 1986, all'01:23:40, Aleksandr Akimov preme l'interruttore per l'arresto di emergenza del quarto reattore nucleare di Chernobyl. Quel gesto costringe alla permanente evacuazione di una città e sancisce l'inizio di un disastro nucleare che ha segnato la storia del mondo e il destino dell'Unione Sovietica. Seguiranno decenni di storie contraddittorie, esagerate e inesatte.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It was the most influential marriage of the nineteenth century–and one of history’ s most enduring love stories. Traditional biographies tell us that Queen Victoria inherited the throne as a naïve teenager, when the British Empire was at the height of its power...

Nei primissimi anni del '500, il Rinascimento italiano tocca il suo apogeo, grazie alla felice congiuntura determinata dall'incontro tra le ambizioni universalistiche di papi come Giulio II Della Rovere (1503-13) e Leone X Medici (1513-20), che sognano di far rivivere, nel segno della Chiesa di Cristo, i fasti e l'immagine dominatrice dell'antica Roma caput mundi, e il vertiginoso talento di artisti come Bramante, Michelangelo e Raffaello, capaci di rendere tangibile e visibile questo sogno.

When Louisa Deasey receives a message from a Frenchwoman called Coralie, who has found a cache of letters in an attic, written about Louisa’s father, neither woman can imagine the events it will set in motion. The letters, dated 1949, detail a passionate affair between Louisa’s father, Denison, and Coralie’s grandmother, Michelle, in post-war London. They spark Louisa to find out more about her father, who died when she was six.