Títulos en Políticos

Best known as Henry V's Agincourt bride from Shakespeare's Henry V, Catherine de Valois was an extraordinary woman of faith, courage, and conviction in an age of politically powerful women.

This is how Emmanuel Carrère, the magnetic journalist, novelist, filmmaker, and chameleon, describes his subject: "Limonov is not a fictional character. There. I know him. He has been a young punk in Ukraine, the idol of the Soviet underground; a bum, then a multimillionaire's butler in Manhattan; a fashionable writer in Paris; a lost soldier in the Balkans; and now, in the fantastic shambles of postcommunism, the elderly but charismatic leader of a party of young desperadoes."

We keep in our mind for some reason as we grow and get older that George Washington wore false wooden teeth and that is why you never see a picture of him smiling. The explanation sounds good when you are a child, and at that time you can’t refute that story. In this version, you will find things about George Washington that might surprise you and that you did not know before you listen to this audiobook. You will find out that he was the type of man that tried to lay things out in such a way as to make his opponent look bad or if need be, to bend the truth if necessary.

Antonia Ax:son Johnson är i dag Sveriges rikaste kvinna men var under flera år på 90-talet ytterst nära att förlora hela sin familjekoncern. SEB planerade i hemlighet för en konkurs och en styckning av företagsgruppen. Det var bäddat för en såväl ekonomisk som personlig katastrof. Genom en kombination av uthållighet, lite tur och framför allt ”street smartness” lyckades hon dock, mot alla odds, vända utvecklingen och kom istället ut som en vinnare. Den här boken berättar hur det gick till.

Winston Churchill understood and wielded the power of words throughout his six decades in the public eye. His wartime writings and speeches revealed both his vision for the future and his own personal feelings, fascinating generation after generation with their powerful style and thoughtful reflection. In this book Churchill's official biographer, Martin Gilbert, has skilfully selected 200 extracts from his entire oeuvre of books, articles and speeches that reflect his life story, career and philosophy.

Brief biographies of 16 great Englishwomen who lived before the 20th century. In a time when women were rarely noted, these women made such an impact that their names are still known today.

Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) was an international celebrity in her youth. But in 1963, the year of the Profumo Affair, the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged that his adulterous wife had slept with over 80 men behind his back. The duke won a divorce, and Margaret was abandoned by most of her friends. Lyndsy Spence tells a tragic story of the life and downfall of this fascinatingly complex woman, and shows how she fell victim to a cruel husband, harsh social mores, and an unforgiving class.

Mab Segrest explores her singular experience as a white lesbian organizing against a virulent Far Right movement in North Carolina in this best-selling political memoir.

Ayn Rand’s complicated notoriety as popular writer, leader of a political and philosophical cult, reviled intellectual, and ostentatious public figure endured beyond her death in 1982. In the 21st century, she has been resurrected as a serious reference point for mainstream figures, especially those on the political right, from Paul Ryan to Donald Trump. Mean Girl follows Rand’s trail through the 20th century from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War and traces her posthumous appeal and the influence of her novels via her cruel, surly, sexy heroes.

When Ann Richards delivered the keynote of the 1988 Democratic National Convention and mocked President George H. W. Bush - "Poor George, he can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth" - she instantly became a media celebrity and triggered a rivalry that would alter the course of American history. In 1990, Richards won the governorship of Texas, upsetting the GOP's colorful rancher and oilman Clayton Williams. The first ardent feminist elected to high office in America, she opened up public service to women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asian Americans, gays, and the disabled.

Updated with a new preface by the author, this captivating biography of America’s 40th president recounts Ronald Reagan’s life - from his poverty-stricken Illinois childhood to his acting career to his California governorship to his role as commander in chief - and examines the powerful myths surrounding him, many of which he created himself. Praised by some for his sunny optimism and old-fashioned rugged individualism, derided by others for being a politician out of touch with reality, Reagan was both a popular and polarizing figure in the 1980s United States.

George Washington, a Biography by Douglas Southall Freeman was the second great historical masterpiece by him to win the Pulitzer Prize, awarded posthumously in 1958. Freeman completed six volumes of this magnificent biography, but died before finishing the seventh and final volume, concluded for him by his research associates in 1957. In Volume One, Young Washington, we follow the development of George from childhood to young manhood. It is an extraordinary tale of youthful vigor and determination.

Volume Two opens in late 1754. Having resigned his commission in the Virginia militia, Washington pondered his future as a soldier. But by the spring of 1755, he had been made aide de camp to British general Edward Braddock. It was to prove a fateful event. Washington accompanied Braddock on his disastrous expedition to capture Fort DuQuesne (Pittsburgh), but the small army was ambushed and Braddock killed. Young Washington distinguished himself in the hopeless battle and subsequent retreat.

Volume Four opens as the British abandoned Boston in March 1776. They moved their troops to Long Island and their fleet to New York Harbor. Washington, anticipating such a strategy, came out to face the Redcoats in Brooklyn, but was driven back to the city. More British troops arrived, forcing Washington to withdraw north. As the winter of 1777 approached with Redcoats occupying Philadelphia, Washington restricted the British army's supply line. But almost nobody believed the British could be defeated and few believed Washington's army could survive.

This book is an exhilaration search-and-destroy mission on the higher slopes of our political culture. By turns comic and deeply serious, it is the most acute assessment so far of the Kennedy phenomenon.

Jair Bolsonaro in Brasile, Matteo Salvini in Italia. I due leader possono essere considerati il simbolo della nuova destra in crescita sia in Sudamerica che in Europa. Le parole d'ordine, la comunicazione, i tratti comuni e le differenze tra i due politici.

Boris Johnson, l'ex sindaco di Londra che si schierò a sorpresa per l'uscita dall'Ue durante la campagna refendaria, sarà il premier che gestirà la Brexit fissata al 31 ottobre, con ancora molte incognite. Il nuovo primo ministro britannico divide, ai molti sostenitori si oppongono numerosi detrattori e i giudizi sono estremi: è uno statista o un clown? Sarà un Dr. Jekyll o un Mr. Hyde?

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.

A 35 anni dalla morte, Giovanna Casadio e Filippo Ceccarelli ricordano il leader comunista Enrico Berlinguer, la sua figura così lontana dai politici di oggi e lo storico strappo da Mosca.

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.