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The day of 9 Thermidor (July 27, 1794) is universally acknowledged as a major turning-point in the history of the French Revolution. At midnight, Maximilien Robespierre was planning to destroy one of the most dangerous plots that the Revolution had faced. By midnight at the close of the day, his world had been turned upside down. He was an outlaw, on the run, and himself wanted for conspiracy against the Republic. He shot himself shortly afterwards. Half-dead, the guillotine finished him off. The Fall of Robespierre provides an hour-by-hour analysis of these twenty-four hours.

'Endlessly fascinating. Cram's story sizzles with adventure.' Giles Milton, Sunday Times A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of Alastair Cram, brilliantly told by the American author, David Guss. Cram was taken...

The revealing story of the legendary Wallis Simpson’s controversial and formative year in China in the 1920s. ‘Compelling’ Dr Amanda Foreman ‘Fascinating’ Lisa See ‘Riveting’ Anne Sebba ‘Surprising’ Anne de Courcy ‘Convincing’ Hugo Vickers ‘Intriguing’ Julia Boyd ‘A...

The brilliant and sometimes scandalous lives of twenty-one women who made French history. From Eleanor of Aquitaine to Edith Piaf, Colette to Coco Chanel, discover the lives of 21 women who made French history. French women have always had so much more to say than ‘let them eat cake’! Whether kicking the English out of Orléans, marching on Versailles or running messages for the French resistance, their stories of courage, creativity and genius have long defined French history.

"I Reportage di Repubblica" raccolgono i grandi racconti pubblicati sul quotidiano, come la serie "Super8 - Le storie al rallentatore". In ciascun episodio, mettendo in pausa il flusso incessante delle notizie, le firme del giornale accompagnano il lettore alla scoperta di luoghi, personaggi e vicende tramite una narrazione dal respiro lento e approfondito.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the world’s most innovative thinkers explores what it means to be human in an age of bewilderment. “Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the...

O novo livro do autor de Sapiens e Homo Deus explora as grandes questões do presente e o que podemos fazer para melhorá-lo. Como podemos nos proteger de guerras nucleares, cataclismos ambientais e crises tecnológicas? O que fazer sobre a epidemia de fake news ou a ameaça do terrorismo? O que...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “bracing” (Vox) guide for surviving and resisting America’s turn towards authoritarianism, from “a rising public intellectual unafraid to make bold connections between past and present” (The New York Times) “Timothy Snyder reasons with unparalleled...

En 1929 el mundo observó conmocionado cómo el mercado alcista de Wall Street se desplomaba y desataba una crisis que transformaría a una generación. Con un acceso inigualable a documentos históricos y otros recién descubiertos, Sorkin nos lleva al caos de aquel año, tras las bambalinas de la batalla librada entre Nueva York y Washington, de la mano de las fascinantes personalidades de los protagonistas del desastre. Los altibajos del crack del 29 reflejan de un modo inquietante el mundo actual, donde se disparan los mercados y las tensiones políticas.

"XX Discorsi" è il podcast che accompagna l’ascoltatore in un viaggio nella RetoStoria, la storia interpretata attraverso la retorica dei grandi discorsi. I fatti del XX secolo sono illustrati attraverso i discorsi pronunciati dai suoi protagonisti. Dal discorso del presidente statunitense Thomas Woodrow Wilson, che nel 1918 provò a “progettare” un mondo in pace, fino all’ultimo discorso di François Mitterand del 1995, che chiuse idealmente il secolo.

人類史上最も急激な進歩と破壊が交錯した激動の世界史を追体験し、果てしない戦争と科学技術の光と影が織りなす100年の軌跡をひもときます。毎日の通勤時間や夜の静寂の中で、かつて永遠の繁栄を信じた人々の足元に...

Erlebe packende Zeitgeschichte, in der grenzenloser technologischer Fortschritt auf absolute globale Zerstörung prallt. Egal, ob du beim täglichen Pendeln faszinierendes Wissen sammeln oder abends tief in vergangene Welten abtauchen willst, diese dramatische chronologische Erzählung fesselt...

自由と平等という崇高な理想と、差別や戦争という過酷な現実の狭間で引き裂かれた20世紀アメリカ史の真髄を、名もなき市民の視点から紐解く没入型歴史ドキュメンタリー。大統領の決断や国際政治の裏側で、工場労働...

Con la misma prosa inteligente, fresca, y provocadora, Harari vuelve a librerías con un nuevo título, 21 lecciones para el siglo XXI, en el que examina algunas de las cuestiones más urgentes de nuestro presente. El hilo dorado que recorre este estimulante nuevo libro es el desafío de mantener nuestro enfoque colectivo e individual frente al constante y desorientador cambio que estamos viviendo ¿Somos aún capaces de entender el mundo que hemos creado?

在短短百年间从矛盾丛生的新兴强国蜕变为称霸全球的超级大国，这场充满阶级博弈与结构性冲突的美国历史演变，彻底重塑了现代世界的权力格局。只需要两小时的通勤或专注时光，你就能以全景视角俯瞰二十世纪的沧桑巨...

Bloomsbury presents 21 Days to Baghdad by Heather Marie Stur, read by Amy Finegan. An authoritative military history of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom, describing the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the siege and fall of Baghdad, and the nation-building mission that...

Con la misma prosa inteligente, fresca y provocadora, Harari vuelve a librerías con un nuevo título, 21 lecciones para elsiglo XXI, en el que examina algunas de las cuestiones más urgentes de nuestro presente. El hilo dorado que recorre este estimulante nuevo libro es el desafío de mantener nuestro enfoque colectivo e individual frente al constante y desorientador cambio que estamos viviendo.

Wer waren die Nazis? Verfolgten sie kriminelle Absichten, oder waren sie »gewöhnliche Deutsche«? Was brachte sie dazu, furchtbare Gräuel gegen wirkliche oder eingebildete Feinde zu begehen oder zu billigen? Warum waren so viele Deutsche an den Verbrechen beteiligt? Wie kam es, dass sie Hitler fast bis zum Ende folgten? Der renommierte Historiker Richard J. Evans zeichnet oft verblüffend neue Porträts der Männer und Frauen, die NS-Deutschland schufen und ihm dienten.

The #1 New York Times bestseller, now in an expanded audiobook edition that includes detailed historical context for the democracy-threatening Ukrainian conflict and a call to action for modern times. This edition includes the bestselling original essay collection On Tyranny, read by the author...

A highly illustrated history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521, an epic clash of civilisations that saw the destruction of the Aztec Empire. In 1519, the Conquistador Hernán Cortés landed on the mainland of the Americas. His quest to serve God, win gold, and achieve glory...