Historiske og politiske biografier

William Pearson is a retired design engineer who for much of his life has been an amateur historian and archaeologist. Articles by him on these subjects have appeared in the journals of various societies in the north-east of England. He is a former Member of the Institute of Linguists and currently a member of the English Place-Name Society, the Cleveland and Teesside Local History Society and the Teesside Archaeological Society, having served as Chairman of the last. Decades ago, friendships were established with certain Danes in Stockton-on-Tees who were fellow employees of his company. This led to living abroad, including a period in Copenhagen. As a result of a growing awareness of the wider culture of Scandinavia, interest was aroused in the effects that the Viking interventions had on Britain.Erik Bloodaxe and Egil Skallagrimsson came to the fore, both for their narrative possibilities and examples of how events of the Viking period have come to be distorted and misunderstood. The eventual result is this book. The life of Erik begins with his background and career in Norway followed by his overseas adventures. After seizing power in northern England he met a violent death there. Also covered is much of the life of the Icelander Egil Skallagrimsson, who tried his best to be a thorn in the side of Erik and his wife Gunnhild. After Erik fell his kin fought desperately to maintain eminence. The western Viking movement was due to revive in a more organised form, but after sporadic outbursts of warfare eventually subsided to emerge as modern nations whose folk were still to be culturally productive like their Viking forebears, but without their collective tendency to violence.To obtain a complete account the sources were ransacked. Certain anomalies showed up involving the identities of some of the characters and the places where events are said to or are believed to have taken place. Attention was directed to solving these problems. Discrepancies in the relationship between three English kings in the mid tenth century and Scandinavians are particularly serious, but can be resolved with certain adjustments. For instance, students of these times have long disputed the location of the important Battle of Brunanburh. Yet another site is proposed, this being not so very far from York.Cover design is by Luke Pearson, the author's grandson and a prolific graphic artist. It is based on suggestions provided by the author. Apart from comic books, such as the popular "Hilda and the ...." series, his work has now been extended into the realm of animated film.

Jerry Evans was a student-athlete in high school and at UCLA. He played basketball for John Wooden, competed in track for Ducky Drake, both coaching legends, and played on the second UCLA Volleyball team to win a national collegiate volleyball championship before volleyball became an NCAA sport. He was involved in sports for most of his life. Upon graduation from UCLA, he received an ROTC commission as a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in the US Army. He served in the Army for 25 years in both Infantry and Military Intelligence. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel after serving in Korea, Panama, Germany, Vietnam, and the United States. After the Army, he was the Human Resource Director for the St Francis Hotel in San Francisco and later a Labor Relations/Management Consultant for 14 major hotels in San Francisco. He is now retired, living with his wife, Rose, in Rancho Mirage, CA. Their combined family has given them 8 children, 14 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

"J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man is the first truly balanced and thoroughly scrutinized life of the Civil War's most famous cavalry commander. It examines in detail both his human and soldierly gifts as well as the professional and personal deficiencies that have escaped the attention of earlier biographers distracted by his flamboyant personality and the hero-worshipping reminiscences of subordinates and staff officers"--

This edition contains a description of the days of the Prophet's life, such as Friday, the day of Eid, the days of Ramadan, the most difficult day, and the happiest day in his life. It also attached drawings and pictures showing the prophetic environment, building, food and dishes.

Go inside the mind of Putin and discover what makes this ruthless, brutal, and amoral dictator tick.Following the celebrations of the Millennium and our entry into the 21st century, it was to be hoped that the days when a brutal dictator could bring mindless death and destruction to another country, and even to his own people, were over, and that the lessons of the past had been well and truly learned. A forlorn hope, as it transpires, for yet another monster has raised its ugly head above the slimy cesspit which such monsters inhabit, one to rival those of the past such as Stalin, Hitler, and Pol Pot. For now, we have Vladimir Putin, a depraved, deranged, warmongering megalomaniac who threatens the peace of the entire planet.In former times the appropriate description of Putin would have been 'evil'; 'a monster'; 'the Devil incarnate'; 'ghoulish', 'an excrescence', etc, but we no longer live in the Middle Ages and such appellations no longer suffice. And anyway, what adjective exists to describe a person who has no respect for human life? In their place we have the terminology of modern-day psychiatry. So, is it possible to get inside the mind of Putin and discover what makes this ruthless, brutal, and amoral dictator 'tick'?The answer is 'Yes', but it is not to be found in any textbook of psychiatry. Instead, the clues are to be found in a scientific paper, published by a female psychiatrist as long ago as the year 1997, and in the known side effects of the illness from which he is currently suffering.A new and unique insight is now offered into the mind of Putin, one which has not previously been advanced.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER?At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan's new book chronicles ten days that tested us and ultimately showed us at our best. It's a captivating story about what's worth fighting for, an antidote to cynicism that will make you believe again.??President Barack Obama, via TwitterFrom Barack Obama's chief speechwriter Cody Keenan, a spellbinding account of the ten most dramatic days of the presidency, when a hate-fueled massacre and looming Supreme Court decisions put the character of our country on the line, and a president's words could bring the nation together or tear it apart.A white supremacist shooting and an astonishing act of forgiveness. A national reckoning with race and the Confederate flag. The fate of marriage equality and the Affordable Care Act. Grace is the propulsive story of ten days in June 2015, when Obama and his chief speechwriter Cody Keenan composed a series of high-stakes speeches to meet a succession of stunning developments.Through behind-the-scenes moments?from Obama's suggestion that Keenan pour a drink, listen to some Miles Davis, and ?find the silences,? to the president's late-night writing sessions in the First Family's residence?Keenan takes us inside the craft of speechwriting at the highest level for the most demanding of bosses, the relentlessly poetic and perfectionist Barack Obama. Grace also delivers a fascinating portrait of White House insiders like Ben Rhodes, Valerie Jarrett, Jen Psaki, and the speechwriting team responsible for pulling it all off during a furious, historic stretch of the Obama presidency?including a gifted fact-checker who took Keenan's rhetoric to task before taking his hand in marriage. Grace is the most intimate writing that exists on the rhetorical tightrope our first Black president had to walk, culminating with an unforgettable high point: Obama stunning everybody by taking a deep breath and leading the country in a chorus of ?Amazing Grace.?

'I SEEK A KIND PERSON WHO WILL EDUCATE MY INTELLIGENT BOY, AGED 11.'In 1938, Jewish families are scrambling to flee Vienna. Desperate, they take out adverts offering their children into the safe keeping of readers of a British newspaper, the Manchester Guardian. The right words in the right order could mean the difference between life and death.Eighty-three years later, Guardian journalist Julian Borger comes across the advert that saved his father, Robert, from the Nazis. Robert had kept this a secret, like almost everything else about his traumatic Viennese childhood, until he took his own life. Drawn to the shadows of his family's past and starting with nothing but a page of newspaper adverts, Borger traces the remarkable stories of his father, the other advertised children and their families, each thrown into the maelstrom of a world at war.From a Viennese radio shop to the Shanghai ghetto, internment camps and family homes across Britain, the deep forests and concentration camps of Nazi Germany, smugglers saving Jewish lives in Holland, an improbable French Resistance cell, and a redemptive story of survival in New York, Borger unearths the astonishing journeys of the children at the hands of fate, their stories of trauma and the kindness of strangers.I Seek a Kind Person is a gripping family memoir of grief, courage and hope, connecting us with multiple generations, distant continents and the hidden histories of our almost unimaginable past.

This is the story of my life in 2022 when I retired from a career in public libraries after 44 years and moved back to the UK after living in Canada for 10 years

This is the story of my life in Thunder Bay, NW Ontario, during year 2 of the Covid pandemic. It includes my visits to provincial parks in the summer and fall of 2021 and my visit to the UK at Xmas to see my son for the first time in 2 years.

Em 1492, três navios liderados pelo explorador genovês Cristóvão Colombo chegaram ao Novo Mundo. Embora o explorador Viking Leif Eriksson tivesse descoberto as Américas quase 500 anos antes, Colombo e os seus homens foram os primeiros a estabelecer contacto duradouro com os povos indígenas do continente. Embora a sua expedição tenha trazido uma enorme riqueza à coroa espanhola e feito da Espanha a principal potência colonial da Europa, o tratamento dos conquistadores americanos nativos foi brutal, e a sua violenta imposição dos valores e sistemas de crenças europeus significa que a conquista pode ser classificada como um verdadeiro etnocídio. Em apenas 50 minutos, descobrirá como as descobertas de Colombo revolucionaram a nossa compreensão da geografia do mundo e aprenderá sobre o seu importante e controverso papel na história europeia. Este livro simples e informativo proporciona uma discussão aprofundada das quatro expedições de Colombo e das descobertas que ele fez em cada uma delas. Inclui também uma biografia completa, uma introdução valiosa ao contexto político, social e económico e uma avaliação do impacto das suas expedições, dando-lhe toda a informação essencial sobre este explorador influente.

Martin Luther King foi um pastor americano que desempenhou um papel importante no Movimento dos Direitos Civis dos anos 50 e 60. King era mais conhecido pelo seu papel na sensibilização para as questões raciais nos Estados Unidos e na emancipação dos afro-americanos. Foi um defensor da não-violência e fez progressos significativos em direcção a uma América mais igualitária. Em apenas 50 minutos, descobrirá como as suas acções influenciaram os acontecimentos no seu país durante décadas e compreenderá o seu profundo impacto na vida dos negros americanos. Este livro simples e informativo oferece uma discussão aprofundada dos momentos chave da ilustre carreira política do Rei, incluindo os Montgomery Bus Boycotts, a Marcha sobre Washington e a fundação da Conferência de Liderança Cristã do Sul. Inclui também uma biografia completa, uma introdução valiosa ao contexto político, social e económico e uma avaliação do impacto do activismo do Rei, dando-lhe toda a informação essencial de que necessita sobre este Prémio Nobel da Paz.

Diana, Princesa de Gales, foi uma importante activista humanitária nas décadas de 1980 e 1990. Após o seu casamento com o Príncipe Carlos, ganhou-lhe um título real, tornando-se uma activista cada vez mais activa em questões como o alívio da SIDA e a eliminação de minas terrestres. No entanto, as alegações de infidelidade e intensa atenção dos meios de comunicação social logo colocaram o seu casamento sob forte pressão e causaram uma fenda entre Diana e a família real que nunca passou até à sua súbita morte em 1997. Em apenas 50 minutos, descobrirá como Diana utilizou a sua posição como membro da família real para se tornar uma das filantropos mais eficazes e amadas do século XX. Este livro simples e informativo oferece uma discussão aprofundada de momentos chave na vida de Diana, incluindo o seu casamento com o Príncipe Carlos, o seu trabalho como filantropo e as circunstâncias da sua morte em 1997. Inclui também uma biografia completa, uma introdução valiosa ao contexto político, social e económico e uma avaliação do legado de Diana, dando-lhe toda a informação essencial sobre a realeza favorita da Grã-Bretanha.

Descubra tudo o que precisa de saber sobre Mao Tse Tung em menos de uma hora! Uma figura controversa, Mao Tse Tung é um dos mais importantes líderes políticos do século XX. Honrado como um deus na China, onde a sua imagem está em todo o lado, Mao tinha, no entanto, sangue nas mãos: acredita-se que quase 70 milhões de chineses morreram como resultado das suas políticas...

Louis XVI of France, who was guillotined in 1793 during the Revolution and Reign of Terror, is commonly portrayed in fiction and film either as a weak and stupid despot in the thrall of his beautiful, shallow wife, Marie Antoinette, or as a cruel and treasonous tyrant. Historian John Hardman disputes both these versions in a fascinating new biography of the ill-fated monarch. Based in part on new scholarship that has emerged over the past two decades, Hardman's illuminating study describes a ruler possessing sharp insight, uncommon political acumen, andA a talent for foreign policy, yet one whose great misfortune was to be caught in the violent center of a major turning point in history. Hardman's dramatic reassessment of the reign of Louis XVI sheds a bold new light on the man, his actions, his world, and his policies, including the king's support of America's War of Independence, the intricate workings of his court, the disastrous Diamond Necklace Affair, and Louis's famous dash to Varennes.

"A biography of Lydia Hamilton Smith (1813-1884), a prominent African American businesswoman in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and the longtime housekeeper and life companion of the state's abolitionist congressman Thaddeus Stevens"--

" Dans un livre intitulé : « Documents sur les Tou-kiue (Turcs) occidentaux », publié en 1903 par l¿Académie des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg, j¿ai eu l¿occasion de citer quelques extraits de la grande encyclopédie Tch¿e fou yuen koei rédigée vers l¿an 1013 par une commission de lettrés. Il m¿a paru utile de compléter ce travail en traduisant tous les textes qui, dans cette encyclopédie, peuvent intéresser l¿histoire des Tou-kiue occidentaux. Tel est l¿objet du présent article." Édouard Chavannes1, né à Lyon le 5 octobre 1865 et mort à Paris le 29 janvier 1918, est un archéologue et sinologue français. Érudit prolifique et influent, Chavannes fut l¿un des sinologues les plus accomplis de l¿ère moderne et, malgré son décès relativement précoce en 1918 à l'âge de 52 ans, est le digne successeur des grands noms de la sinologie française du xixe siècle, tels que Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat et Stanislas Julien. C'est en grande partie grâce à son travail que la sinologie est devenue une discipline respectée au sein des sciences humaines françaises.

" Le décor dans l¿art populaire chinois est presque toujours symbolique ; il exprime des v¿ux. Pour constater la vérité de cette proposition, il suffit de jeter les yeux sur les objets qui sont à l¿usage de tous, tels que les porcelaines, les broderies, le papier à lettres, les amulettes ; partout nous verrons se reproduire des motifs d¿ornementation qui ont un sens ; ce sens peut être plus ou moins caché, mais il importe de le découvrir si l¿on veut comprendre la raison d¿être du décor lui-même. Pour rendre notre étude plus claire, nous commencerons par analyser l¿un après l¿autre les divers procédés par lesquels l¿idée s¿exprime ; nous chercherons ensuite à énumérer et à classer ces idées elles-mêmes." Édouard Chavannes, né à Lyon le 5 octobre 1865 et mort à Paris le 29 janvier 1918, est un archéologue et sinologue français.

Martin Luther King by¿ amerykäskim pastorem, który odegrä wän¿ rol¿ w Ruchu Praw Obywatelskich w latach 50. i 60. King by¿ najbardziej znany ze swojej roli w podnoszeniu ¿wiadomo¿ci na temat kwestii rasowych w Stanach Zjednoczonych oraz w emancypacji Afroamerykanów. By¿ zwolennikiem niestosowania przemocy i dokonä znacz¿cego post¿pu w kierunku równiejszej Ameryki. W ci¿gu zaledwie 50 minut dowiesz si¿, jak jego dziäania wp¿yn¿¿y na wydarzenia w jego kraju na kolejne dekady i zrozumiesz jego g¿¿boki wp¿yw na ¿ycie czarnych Amerykanów. Ta prosta i pouczaj¿ca ksi¿¿ka oferuje dok¿adne omówienie kluczowych momentów w znakomitej karierze politycznej Kinga, w tym bojkotu autobusu w Montgomery, Marszu na Waszyngton i zäo¿enia Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Zawiera tak¿e pe¿n¿ biografi¿, cenne wprowadzenie do kontekstu politycznego, spo¿ecznego i ekonomicznego oraz ocen¿ wp¿ywu aktywizmu Kinga, daj¿c ci wszystkie niezb¿dne informacje o tym laureacie Pokojowej Nagrody Nobla.

Martin Luther King was een Amerikaanse dominee die een belangrijke rol speelde in de Burgerrechtenbeweging van de jaren vijftig en zestig. King stond vooral bekend om zijn rol in de bewustwording van de rassenproblemen in de Verenigde Staten en in de emancipatie van Afro-Amerikanen. Hij was een voorstander van geweldloosheid en boekte aanzienlijke vooruitgang in de richting van een gelijkwaardiger Amerika. In slechts 50 minuten komt u te weten hoe zijn acties de gebeurtenissen in zijn land voor de komende decennia hebben beïnvloed en begrijpt u zijn diepgaande invloed op het leven van zwarte Amerikanen. Dit eenvoudige en informatieve boek biedt een grondige bespreking van de belangrijkste momenten in King's illustere politieke carrière, waaronder de Montgomery Bus Boycotts, de March on Washington en de oprichting van de Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Het bevat ook een volledige biografie, een waardevolle inleiding tot de politieke, sociale en economische context en een evaluatie van de impact van King's activisme, waardoor u alle essentiële informatie krijgt over deze Nobelprijswinnaar voor de vrede.

Martin Luther King è stato un pastore americano che ha svolto un ruolo importante nel Movimento per i diritti civili degli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta. King è noto soprattutto per il suo ruolo di sensibilizzazione sulle questioni razziali negli Stati Uniti e per l'emancipazione degli afroamericani. Fu un sostenitore della non violenza e compì progressi significativi verso un'America più equa. In soli 50 minuti, scoprirete come le sue azioni hanno influenzato gli eventi del suo Paese per i decenni a venire e capirete il suo profondo impatto sulla vita dei neri americani. Questo libro semplice e informativo offre una discussione approfondita dei momenti chiave dell'illustre carriera politica di King, tra cui i boicottaggi degli autobus di Montgomery, la Marcia su Washington e la fondazione della Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Include anche una biografia completa, una preziosa introduzione al contesto politico, sociale ed economico e una valutazione dell'impatto dell'attivismo di King, fornendo tutte le informazioni essenziali su questo premio Nobel per la pace.

" C'est à Condorcet que l'on doit la théorie la plus complète et la plus moderne de l'école républicaine. Deux textes en organisent le développement, Les Cinq mémoires sur l'instruc- tion publique publiés en 1791 et le Rapport sur l'instruction pu- blique publié en 1792. On trouvera dans le présent volume le texte intégral des Mémoires. Pour la première fois, l'idée phi- losophique de l'institution scolaire est pensée dans sa complexité et en rapport avec la souveraineté populaire : protéger les savoirs contre les pouvoirs, considérer l'excellence comme la forme la plus haute de l'égalité, voir en chaque enfant un sujet rationnel de droit, se garder d'assujettir l'instruction publique aux volontés particulières et à l'utilité immédiate, telles sont quelques-unes des thèses majeures proposées par Condorcet. Ce faisant, il soutient qu'instruire n'est ni informer ni conformer et que c'est peut-être trop en faire que d'instaurer une « éducation nationale ».

" Le présent ouvrage résume et complète mon Histoire politique de la Chine, (Textes Historiques), et mon Histoire des Croyances religieuses et des Opinion philosophiques en Chine, auxquelles je renverrai souvent, par les lettres TH et HCO respectivement. Il se compose de trois parties. Un précis. Un index biographique. Un index bibliographique. Le Précis expose succinctement la suite des événements arrivés en Chine au cours des âges, depuis le commencement de son histoire jusqüen 1911, mettant le lecteur à même de situer dans leur cadre les hommes et les choses."