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‘’F *** ing brilliant. I would describe it as like a bag of political nuts – moreish and fabulously salty’ JOE LYCETT A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Planes, Trains and Toilet Doors is an entertaining and original romp through the highs and lows of British political history and the unlikely...

From day one, the truth behind JFK's assassination has been mired in controversy and dispute. The Warren Commission, established just seven days after Kennedy's death, delved into the who, what, when, and where of the tragedy, and over the course of the following year compiled an 889-page report that arrived at the now widely contested conclusion: Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole assassin. In Who Really Killed Kennedy?, Jerome R. Corsi, Ph.D., provides listeners with the ultimate JFK assassination theory book.

An “exciting and enlightening revisionist history” (Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author) of 1950s America that upends the myth that the decade was one of conformity and celebrates a few solitary, brave, and stubborn individuals who pioneered the radical gay rights, feminist...

En 1960, René Lévesque fait le saut en politique avec l’« équipe du tonnerre » de Jean Lesage. Ministre des Ressources naturelles, l’ancien journaliste pilote le projet de nationalisation de l’électricité. Sa conviction profonde que le Québec doit être maître de son destin l’incite à fonder le Mouvement souveraineté-association, puis le Parti québécois.

This audiobook would be great for people who want to change the way of thinking and the way of looking at the world. In this audiobook, there are 50 phrases of geniuses who have marked their era and I hope that you can learn something from them.

In an extraordinary career David Fenton has learned firsthand what to do—and not to do—to propel progressive causes into the public eye and create real, impactful, lasting change.

50 Things to Know About the First Ladies by author Margaret Strolle offers a approach to learning about the first ladies that is simple yet informative. Most books on first ladies tell you anecdotes about all the first ladies individually. Although there's nothing wrong with that, this audiobook streamlines the information for the casual first-ladies scholar, teaching you the highlights in easily digestible paragraphs. Based on knowledge from the world's leading experts, this audiobook will help you sound like an expert on the first ladies.

“A time capsule of adventuresome sleuthing [that] traces the contours of U. S. political history.” —The Washington Post The Los Angeles Times once called Terry Lenzner “one of the most powerful and dreaded private investigators in the world.” Since graduating from Harvard Law School...

¿Qué opinaría Franco de los suyos si levantara la cabeza? El 20 de noviembre de 1975, la vida para la familia Franco cambió para siempre. El apellido que hasta entonces solo suponía privilegios empezó a ser también una fuente de resquemores y hasta un estigma. A lo largo de cinco décadas, los descendientes del dictador han vivido mil y un escándalos, aparte de dos entierros. El primero, en el Valle de los Caídos, fue seguido de un largo peregrinaje por el desierto y de años de desunión por parte de la viuda, la hija y los nietos.

‘Buy it for yourself, your husband or partner. Most importantly, buy it for your children’ Sunday Express Essential reading from Catherine Mayer, recently named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Global Policy on Gender Equality. Not a single country anywhere in the world has...

A deeply reported exploration of former President Joe Biden, as told through his extended family. Coming off of the 2020 election, The Bidens tells the Biden Family story in full, from the secrets lurking in the deep recesses of Joe's family tree to his son Hunter's foreign deal-making...

From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale. Across the...

Med kilder helt tæt på Mogens Amdi Pedersen og aktiviteterne i Tvind fortæller Pia Elers den fascinerende historie om en flok unge, der med en karismatisk leder i spidsen ville forandre verden, men som i dag fremstår som en lukket kapitalistisk koncern. Hun var selv medlem af Lærergruppen i 1970’erne og har derfor på egen hånd oplevet det fantastiske fællesskab, der blev skabt omkring opbygningen af Skolesamvirket, men har også været vidne til, hvordan gruppepres kunne drive folk ud på selvmordets rand. Hun fortæller om Amdi Pedersen og hans livsværk - på godt og ondt.

Best-selling author and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel has influenced millions around the globe with his lessons of compassion and love in the face of hardship. Born in 1928, Wiesel found himself in a fight for his life during World War II as he was persecuted for his faith and eventually sent to Auschwitz. Following World War II, Wiesel used his life to tell of the tragedies he witnessed in hopes future generations would not make the same mistakes.

La figura del presidente del consiglio Giuseppe Conte, in cinque articoli di Repubblica: Conte, il premier prestanome schiacciato dal duello tra Di Maio e Salvini, di Filippo Ceccarelli; Il segreto di Salvini, la pulsione vincente, di Massimo Recalcati; Conte e il concorso alla Sapienza costruito su misura, di Corrado Zunino; Salvini, una dottrina contro la democrazia, di Massimo Giannini; Salvini indagato e il corto circuito dei followers al Viminale, di Sebastiano Messina.

Conte sotto esame, la polemica sulla cattedra in sei analisi di Repubblica: Conte e il concorso alla Sapienza costruito su misura, di Corrado Zunino; Governo, quel concorso tra amici che diede a Conte la cattedra universitaria, di Giuliano Foschini e Marco Mensurati; Conte fece causa alla Rai con Alpa. Poi il collega lo promosse all'esame di Giuliano Foschini; Come fermare il declino delle competenze, di Nadia Urbinati; Caso concorso, Conte collaboratore di Alpa ma lo studio cancella il nome, di Giuliano Foschini e Marco Mensurati.