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Revolution Francaise
The extraordinary story of how an outsider candidate - an unknown technocrat and economics minister on the fringes of French politics - made his way to the Élysée palace, with new material and expert analysis of recent events including the gilets jaunes protests.
Two years after Emmanuel Macron came from nowhere to seize the French presidency, Sophie Pedder, The Economist's Paris bureau chief, tells the story of his remarkable rise and time in office so far. In this updated edition, published with a new foreword, Pedder revisits her analysis of Macron's troubles and triumphs in the light of the gilets jaunes protests.
Eighteen months after he led his own audacious insurgency against France's established parties Macron would face another popular insurrection. This time, he was the target. In her vivid account, Pedder analyses the first real political crisis of Macron's tenure, how the movement emerged on roundabouts and in cyberspace, its impact on his plans to transform France, and the repercussions for representative democracy.
On the eve of important European elections, and with nationalist and populist forces rising across the continent, she considers whether Macron can still hope to hold the centre ground, work with Germany to rebuild post-Brexit Europe, and defend the multilateral liberal order.
Meticulously researched, enriched by interviews with the French president, and written in Pedder's gripping and immensely readable style, this is the essential, authoritative account for anyone wishing to understand Macron and the future of France in the world. Now updated with new material including interviews with Emmanuel Macron.
Kommunista voltam - A vakhittől az autonómiáig
"Harmincéves emigrációmból hazatérve ordító hiányát tapasztaltam a kommunista múlttal őszintén szembenéző, személyes dokumentumoknak. Mélységes sajnálatomra Hazajöttem című, 2006-ban megjelent könyvem csak részben töltötte be a feladatát, a sztorikban gazdag önéletrajz csapdájába esve írásom csak felületesen érintette ezt a központi témát. Jelen könyvem kísérlet, melyben megpróbálok szembenézni a kommunista múlttal."
1956 után Magyarországot elhagyva az ENSZ szervezeteinek szabadúszó projektkonzultánsaként több kontinensen is a harmadik világ, a globális dél felzárkóztatásával, annak problémáival foglalkozott.
A rendszerváltás utáni hazatérését követően polgárjogi aktivista, az Autonómia Alapítvány alapítójaként számos civil szervezet - Rádió C, NEKI, Pakiv, Tolencia-díj - alapításában közreműködött, és foglalkozott a magyarországi cigányság helyzetével, felzárkóztatásával.
E rendkívül gazdag életút bemutatására vállalkozik a kötet.
Something Lost, Something Gained
What would it be like to sit down for an impassioned, entertaining conversation with Hillary Clinton? In Something Lost, Something Gained, Hillary offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach.
She describes the strength she draws from her deepest friendships, her Methodist faith, and the nearly fifty years she’s been married to President Bill Clinton—all with the wisdom that comes from looking back on a full life with fresh eyes. She takes us along as she returns to the classroom as a college professor, enjoys the bonds inside the exclusive club of former First Ladies, moves past her dream of being president, and dives into new activism for women and democracy.
From canoeing with an ex-Nazi trying to deprogram white supremacists to sweltering with salt farmers in the desert trying to adapt to the climate crisis in India, Hillary brings us to the front lines of our biggest challenges. For the first time, Hillary shares the story of her operation to evacuate Afghan women to safety in the harrowing final days of America’s longest war. But we also meet the brave women dissidents defying dictators around the world, gain new personal insights about her old adversary Vladimir Putin, and learn the best ways that worried parents can protect kids from toxic technology. We also hear her fervent and persuasive warning to all American voters. In the end, Something Lost, Something Gained is a testament to the idea that the personal is political, and the political is personal, providing a blueprint for what each of us can do to make our lives better.
Hillary has “looked at life from both sides now.” In these pages, she shares the latest chapter of her inspiring life and shows us how to age with grace and keep moving forward, with grit, joy, purpose, and a sense of humour.
Churchill: A Life
The classic, bestselling, official biography of Winston Churchill, back in print for the first time in two decades
Drawing on decades of unprecedented access to Winston Churchill’s family and estate, this classic bestseller remains the definitive biography of Britain’s greatest prime minister. At once intimate and vastly ambitious, it transforms our understanding of who Churchill was and what he accomplished.
Politics On the Edge
A searing insider’s account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabinet minister and co-presenter of breakout hit podcast The Rest Is Politics
The Times Political Book of the Year
Over the course of a decade, Rory Stewart went from being a political outsider to standing for prime minister – before being sacked from a Conservative Party that he had come to barely recognise.
Uncompromising, honest and darkly humorous, this is his story of the challenges, absurdities and realities of political life. Instantly praised as a new classic, it is an astonishing portrait of our turbulent times.
Korespondence T. G. Masaryk - Josef Svatopluk Machar. Svazek IV. (1901-1932)
Komentovaná edice vychází v ediční řadě Korespondence TGM, navazuje na již vydané svazky obsahující korespondenci z let 1893–1895, 1896 a 1897–1900. Editováno je celkem 230 dokumentů zachycujících vztah T. G. Masaryka a J. S. Machara v dlouhém časovém rozmezí posledních let habsburské monarchie počátku 20. století přes přeryv první světové války až do počátku třicátých let, kdy přátelství obou protagonistů skončilo zásadní roztržkou a rozchodem. V korespondenci se odráží široké spektrum témat, od české a rakousko-uherské politiky, kulturního dění, osobního a rodinného života, dobových polemik a sporů až po literární tvorbu obou osobností. Po vzniku Československa v roce 1918 reflektuje i zásadní změnu postavení obou pisatelů ve společnosti a postupnou proměnu jejich vzájemného vztahu. Publikace je též standardně vybavena úvodní studií, jmenným rejstříkem, soupisem dokumentů a obrazovou přílohou.
Alfred Rosenberg
Deníky ideologa nacistické strany a státu (1893-1946), který se již velmi záhy stal jedním z nejradikálnějších antisemitů a až do samého konce aktivně podporoval nacistickou vyhlazovací politiku. Rosenberg v denících věnuje pozornost aktuálnímu dění a otevřeně prezentuje své úvahy o nacionálněsocialistickém světovém názoru, jehož byl horlivým propagátorem, o boji proti křesťanství, o nadřazenosti germánské rasy. V souvislosti se svým jmenováním ministrem pro Východ se zabývá způsoby, jak ovládnout východní národy, židobolševismem a řešením židovské otázky. Otevřeně píše o svých nedobrých vztazích s některými dalšími nacistickými veličinami (Goebbelsem, Himmlerem, Ribbentropem a dalšími), naopak až devótní úctou zahrnuje svého vůdce.
Working
Robert A. Caro is one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation, whose landmark biographies are widely hailed as masterpieces.
This is the captivating account of his life as a writer, describing the sometimes staggering lengths to which he has gone in order to produce his books and offering priceless insights into the craft of non-fiction writing, be it the pursuit of truth, the writer's process, the art of interviewing or the creation of literature.
Including several of Caro's most famous speeches and interviews as well as new material, this is the self-portrait of a man who knows the meaning and importance of great story-telling - and, like all his books, is an utterly riveting example of that too.
Elizabeth and Margaret
They were the closest of sisters and the best of friends.
But when, in a quixotic twist of fate, their uncle Edward VIII decided to abdicate the throne, the dynamic between Elizabeth and Margaret was dramatically altered. Forever more, Margaret would have to curtsey to the sister she called 'Lillibet'. And bow to her wishes.
Elizabeth would always look upon her younger sister's antics with a kind of stoical amusement but Margaret's struggle to find a place and position inside the royal system - and her fraught relationship with its expectations - was often a source of tension. Famously, the Queen had to inform Margaret that the Church and government would not countenance her marrying a divorcee, Group Captain Peter Townsend, forcing Margaret to choose between keeping her title and royal allowances or her divorcee lover.
From the idyll of their cloistered early life, through their hidden wartime lives, into the divergent paths they took following their father's death and Elizabeth's ascension to the throne, this book explores their relationship over the years. Andrew Morton, renowned bestselling author of Diana: Her True Story, offers unique insight into these two drastically different sisters - one resigned to duty and responsibility, the other resistant to it - and the lasting impact they have had on the Crown, the royal family and the way it has adapted to the changing mores of the twentieth century.
The Strongman : Vladimir Putin and the Struggle for Russia
Vladimir Putin has turned Russia from fledgling democracy into a police state, and in 2020 a constitutional change gave him the means to stay in power until 2036. In this acclaimed political biography, former BBC Moscow correspondent Angus Roxburgh charts the dramatic fight for Russia's future under Putin. Roxburgh shows how the former KGB man evolved from reformer to autocrat, how he sought the West's respect but earned its fear and contempt.
Drawing on dozens of exclusive interviews in Russia, where he worked for a time as a Kremlin insider advising Putin on press relations, as well as in the US and Europe, Roxburgh also argues that the West threw away chances to bring Russia in from the cold, by failing to understand its fears and aspirations following the collapse of communism. This updated edition includes new chapters on Putin and Donald Trump, on Russia's wars in Ukraine and Syria, and on Putin's ruthless attempt to rout all political opposition.
Long Walk To Freedom
The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape Nelson Mandela's destiny. Emotive, compelling and uplifting, Long Walk to Freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader.
Václav Majer, hlava neústupná, srdce odvážné
Václav Majer (22. 1. 1904 Pochvalov – 26. 1. 1972 Cheverly, Maryland, USA) je známý především z krátkého poválečného období let 1945–1948, tedy takzvané třetí republiky, kdy byl hlavním představitelem „pravicového“ křídla v sociálnědemokratické straně. Kniha se však neomezuje pouze na tuto vrcholnou etapu Majerova politického angažmá, nýbrž sleduje celou jeho kariéru, která započala zkraje dvacátých let na Lounsku a uzavřela se o padesát let později na předměstí Washingtonu. Během půlstoletí zastával Václav Majer různé posty, od regionálního stranického funkcionáře přes ministra až po předsedu exilové sociální demokracie. Kromě analýzy jeho veřejných aktivit a proměn jeho vztahů s ostatními individuálními i kolektivními politickými aktéry publikace rovněž přináší pohled na formování a působení jednoho proudu v sociální demokracii. Proudu, o němž je s ohledem na jeho obezřetný přístup ke KSČ možné hovořit jako o sociálnědemokratické pravici.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character.
Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin’s life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and Paris and back, Walter Isaacson chronicles the adventures of the runaway apprentice who became, over the course of his eighty-four-year life, America’s best writer, inventor, media baron, scientist, diplomat, and business strategist, as well as one of its most practical and ingenious political leaders. He explores the wit behind Poor Richard’s Almanac and the wisdom behind the Declaration of Independence, the new nation’s alliance with France, the treaty that ended the Revolution, and the compromises that created a near-perfect Constitution.
In this colorful and intimate narrative, Isaacson provides the full sweep of Franklin’s amazing life, showing how he helped to forge the American national identity and why he has a particular resonance in the twenty-first century.
A Different Kind of Power
This is not just a book for people who follow politics, but for anyone who has ever doubted themselves, or wanted to make a difference.
The deeply personal memoir from the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to become a mother in office.
Jacinda Ardern grew up the daughter of a police officer in small-town New Zealand, but as the 40th Prime Minister of her country, she became a global icon for her empathetic leadership that put people first. She guided her country through unprecedented challenges, from the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks to a global pandemic. She advanced visionary policies to address climate change and child poverty. And all while juggling first-time motherhood in the public eye.
This is the inspiring story of how a Mormon girl plagued by self-doubt changed our assumptions of what a leader can be. A Different Kind of Power is more than a political memoir. Powerfully evocative and refreshingly open, it is a profound insight into how it feels to lead and it asks: what if you, too, are capable of more than you ever imagined?
Franz Josef Strauss
Neúprosný běh dějin se nezastavil ani před taktickými obraty bavorského ministerského předsedy a diplomovaného historika Franze Josefa Strausse. A přesto žádný jiný německý politik, kromě Konrada Adenauera a Willyho Brandta, tak neovlivnil dějiny Spolkové republiky jako tento konzervativní intelektuál z Mnichova. Syn řezníka, který se chtěl původně stát učitelem historie, se na tvorbě německých dějin přímo podílel. Přeměna Bavorska ze zemědělské země v nejvyspělejší region střední Evropy je nerozlučně spojena s jeho jménem.
Kniha je rozsahem, pojetím a způsobem zpracování určena všem, kteří se chtějí dozvědět více podrobností o dramatickém a aktivitou naplněném životě významného evropského politika, muže, který vskutku ovlivnil nejen dějiny své země, nýbrž i kontinentu a celého světa.
Johnson at 10
After his dramatic rise to power in the summer of 2019 amid the Brexit deadlock, Boris Johnson presided over the most turbulent period of British history in living memory. Beginning with the controversial prorogation of Parliament in August and the historic landslide election victory later that year, Johnson was barely through the door of No. 10 when Britain was engulfed by a series of crises that will define its place in the world for decades to come. From the agonising upheaval of Brexit and the devastating Covid-19 pandemic to the nerve-shredding crisis in Afghanistan and the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Johnson's government ultimately unravelled after just three years.
This gripping behind-the-scenes work of contemporary history maps Johnson's time in power from start to finish and sheds new light on the most divisive Prime Minister to have led the United Kingdom since Thatcher. Based on more than 200 interviews with key aides, allies and insiders, Johnson at 10 gives the first full account of Johnson's premiership, the shockwaves of which are still felt today.
The Great Successor
The Great Successor is an irreverent yet insightful quest to understand the life of Kim Jong Un, one of the world's most secretive dictators. Kim's life is swathed in myth and propaganda, from the plainly silly--he supposedly ate so much Swiss cheese that his ankles gave way--to the grimly bloody stories of the ways his enemies and rival family members have perished at his command.
One of the most knowledgeable journalists on modern Korea, Anna Fifield has exclusive access to Kim's aunt and uncle who posed as his parents while he was growing up in Switzerland, members of the entourage that accompanied Dennis Rodman on his quasi-ambassadorial visits with Kim, and the Japanese sushi chef whom Kim befriended and who was the first outsider to identify him as the inevitable successor to his father as supreme ruler. She has been able to create a captivating portrait of the oddest and most isolated political regime in the world, one that is broken yet able to summon a US president for peace talks, bankrupt yet in possession of nuclear weapons. Kim Jong Un; ridiculous but deadly, and a man of our times.
Brezhnev
Leonid Brezhnev was leader of the Soviet Union for eighteen years, a term of leadership second only in length to that of Stalin. He presided over the Brezhnev Doctrine, which accelerated the Cold War, and led the Soviet Union through catastrophic foreign policy decisions such as the invasion of Afghanistan. To many in the West, he is responsible for the stagnation (and to some even collapse) of the Soviet Union. But much of this history has been based on the only two English-language biographies (both published before Brezhnev's death and without access to archival sources) and Brezhnev's own astonishingly untrue memoirs - written for propaganda purposes.
Newly translated from German, Schattenberg's magisterial book systematically dismantles the stereotypical and one-dimensional view of Brezhnev as the stagnating Stalinist by drawing on a wealth of archival research and documents not previously studied in English. The Brezhnev that emerges is a complex one, from his early apolitical years, when he dreamed of becoming an actor, through his swift and surprising rise through the Party ranks. From his hitherto misunderstood role in Khrushchev's ousting and appointment as his successor, to his somewhat pro-Western foreign policy aims, deft consolidation and management of power, and ultimate descent into addiction and untimely death. For Schattenberg, this is the story of a flawed and ineffectual idealist - for the West, this biography makes a convincing case that Brezhnev should be reappraised as one of the most interesting and important political figures of the twentieth century.
Kategória literatúry Biografie - Politika je fascinujúcim žánrom, ktorý ponúka vhľad do životných príbehov významných politických osobností. Tieto biografie umožňujú objaviť a porozumieť rozhodujúcim okamihom, výzvam, úspechom a neúspechom týchto výnimočných jednotlivcov, ktorí formovali politické dejiny.
V tejto kategórii môžeme nájsť biografie politických lídrov, prezidentov, premiérov, diktátorov, diplomatov a iných vplyvných osobností. Tieto príbehy nám poskytujú pohľad na ich politický vývoj, motivácie, stratégie a rozhodnutia, ktoré ich priviedli na významné miesta v politickom svete.
Biografie politických osobností nám umožňujú spoznať ich politické ideály, hodnoty a ich vplyv na spoločnosť. Sledujeme ich politickú kariéru, rozhodovacie procesy, vnútorné zápasy a vzťahy s inými politickými aktérmi. Získavame hlbší vhľad do politických udalostí, ktoré formovali ich vedenie a politické smerovanie.
Tieto biografie tiež odhaľujú osobné výzvy, ktorým sa politické osobnosti museli čeliť, ako aj ich schopnosť riadiť krízy a dosiahnuť politické zmeny. Získavame porozumenie ich politického prezierania, strategického myslenia a schopnosti vyvíjať vplyv na politické dianie.
