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Defying Hitler: A Memoir

par Sebastian Haffner, Oliver Pretzel ...

Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner (translated from the German by Oliver Pretzel; 78,000 words and 15 photographs)Defying Hitler was written in 1939 and focuses on the year 1933, when, as Hitler assumed power, its author was a 25-year-old German law student, in training to join the German courts as a junior administrator. His book tries to answer two questions people have been asking since the ... En savoir plus

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Defying Hitler by Sebastian Haffner (translated from the German by Oliver Pretzel; 78,000 words and 15 photographs)Defying Hitler was written in 1939 and focuses on the year 1933, when, as Hitler assumed power, its author was a 25-year-old German law student, in training to join the German courts as a junior administrator. His book tries to answer two questions people have been asking since the
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Geschichte eines Deutschen

Die Erinnerungen 1914-1933

par Sebastian Haffner, Oliver Pretzel ...

»Eine fulminante Entdeckung: Sebastian Haffners erstes Buch, vielleicht sein bestes überhaupt.« Die Zeit»Die Hellsichtigkeit seines Buches ist – viele zeitgeschichtliche Darstellungen später – immer noch unerreicht. Sebastian Haffner macht begreiflich, wie Hitler möglich wurde.« Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungEiner der hellsichtigsten, aufschlussreichsten Texte über Deutschland in der Zeit nach dem ... En savoir plus

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»Eine fulminante Entdeckung: Sebastian Haffners erstes Buch, vielleicht sein bestes überhaupt.« Die Zeit»Die Hellsichtigkeit seines Buches ist – viele zeitgeschichtliche Darstellungen später – immer noch unerreicht. Sebastian Haffner macht begreiflich, wie Hitler möglich wurde.« Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungEiner der hellsichtigsten, aufschlussreichsten Texte über Deutschland in der Zeit nach dem
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Churchill

par Sebastian Haffner, Oliver Pretzel ...

Written in the tradition of Stefan Zweig’s biographical studies, Haffner’s Churchill is a concise, effective, warts-and-all analysis of one of the giants of the twentieth century. Beginning with a brief history of the Churchill family, Haffner examines the future Prime Minister’s childhood; his early failures in school and in politics; his indomitable energy and drive; how he managed to become an ... En savoir plus

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Written in the tradition of Stefan Zweig’s biographical studies, Haffner’s Churchill is a concise, effective, warts-and-all analysis of one of the giants of the twentieth century. Beginning with a brief history of the Churchill family, Haffner examines the future Prime Minister’s childhood; his early failures in school and in politics; his indomitable energy and drive; how he managed to become an
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Defying Hitler

A Memoir

par Sebastian Haffner ...

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8 heure 19 min

When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died at age ninety-one in 1999, a manuscript was discovered among his unpublished papers that offers a compelling eyewitness account of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He describes the country's inflation and the political climate that contributed to Hitler's rise to power and also examines the pervasive influence of such groups as the Free Corps and ... En savoir plus

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When the famous German author Sebastian Haffner died at age ninety-one in 1999, a manuscript was discovered among his unpublished papers that offers a compelling eyewitness account of the rise of Hitler and Nazism. He describes the country's inflation and the political climate that contributed to Hitler's rise to power and also examines the pervasive influence of such groups as the Free Corps and
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Wagnerism

Art and Politics in the Shadow of Music

par Alex Ross ...

Lu par Alex Ross ...

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28 heure 25 min

This program is read by the author, and includes excerpts from Richard Wagner's musical compositions throughout.A New York Times Notable Books of 2020Alex Ross, renowned New Yorker music critic and author of the international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics—an aesthetic war zone where the ... En savoir plus

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This program is read by the author, and includes excerpts from Richard Wagner's musical compositions throughout.A New York Times Notable Books of 2020Alex Ross, renowned New Yorker music critic and author of the international bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics—an aesthetic war zone where the
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Stalingrad

par Vasily Grossman ...

Lu par Leighton Pugh, Elliot Levey ...

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37 heure 14 min

In April 1942, Hitler and Mussolini meet in Salzburg where they agree on a renewed assault on the Soviet Union. Launched in the summer, the campaign soon picks up speed, as the routed Red Army is driven back to the industrial center of Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga. In the rubble of the bombed-out city, Soviet forces dig in for a last stand.The story told in Vasily Grossman's Stalingrad ... En savoir plus

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In April 1942, Hitler and Mussolini meet in Salzburg where they agree on a renewed assault on the Soviet Union. Launched in the summer, the campaign soon picks up speed, as the routed Red Army is driven back to the industrial center of Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga. In the rubble of the bombed-out city, Soviet forces dig in for a last stand.The story told in Vasily Grossman's Stalingrad
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Unbelievable

My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History

par Katy Tur ...

Lu par Katy Tur ...

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7 heure 44 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCalled ""Disgraceful,"" ""third-rate,"" and ""not nice"" by Donald Trump, NBC News correspondent Katy Tur reported on—and took flak from—the most captivating and volatile presidential candidate in American history. Tur lived out of a suitcase for a year and a half, following Trump around the country, powered by packets of peanut butter and kept clean with dry shampoo. She ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERCalled ""Disgraceful,"" ""third-rate,"" and ""not nice"" by Donald Trump, NBC News correspondent Katy Tur reported on—and took flak from—the most captivating and volatile presidential candidate in American history. Tur lived out of a suitcase for a year and a half, following Trump around the country, powered by packets of peanut butter and kept clean with dry shampoo. She
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Secondhand Time

The Last of the Soviets

par Svetlana Alexievich ...

Lu par Amanda Carlin, Mark Bramhall, Cassandra Campbell, Kimberly Farr, Kirby Heyborne, Hillary Huber, Rebecca Lowman, Jorjeana Marie, Coleen Marlo, Kathleen McInerney, Fred Sanders ...

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22 heure 58 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia, from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature**NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNEROne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus ... En savoir plus

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia, from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature**NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNEROne of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus
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Hitler's Willing Executioners

Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust

par Daniel Jonah Goldhagen ...

Lu par Kevin T. Collins ...

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26 heure 25 min

This groundbreaking international bestseller lays to rest many myths about the Holocaust: that Germans were ignorant of the mass destruction of Jews, that the killers were all SS men, and that those who slaughtered Jews did so reluctantly. Hitler's Willing Executioners provides conclusive evidence that the extermination of European Jewry engaged the energies and enthusiasm of tens of thousands of ... En savoir plus

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This groundbreaking international bestseller lays to rest many myths about the Holocaust: that Germans were ignorant of the mass destruction of Jews, that the killers were all SS men, and that those who slaughtered Jews did so reluctantly. Hitler's Willing Executioners provides conclusive evidence that the extermination of European Jewry engaged the energies and enthusiasm of tens of thousands of
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Von Bismarck zu Hitler

Ein Rückblick

par Sebastian Haffner ...

Der Klassiker jetzt auch als eBook.In seinem letzten großen Werk beschreibt Sebastian Haffner die Geschichte des Deutschen Reichs – die Geschichte eines unaufhaltsamen Niedergangs, von der Gründung des Kaiserreichs bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs.»Ein bewegendes, manchmal sehr persönliches Vermächtnis eines Publizisten, der wie kein Zweiter mit seinen Arbeiten das historische Bewusstsein der ... En savoir plus

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Der Klassiker jetzt auch als eBook.In seinem letzten großen Werk beschreibt Sebastian Haffner die Geschichte des Deutschen Reichs – die Geschichte eines unaufhaltsamen Niedergangs, von der Gründung des Kaiserreichs bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs.»Ein bewegendes, manchmal sehr persönliches Vermächtnis eines Publizisten, der wie kein Zweiter mit seinen Arbeiten das historische Bewusstsein der
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The Righteous Mind

Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

par Jonathan Haidt ...

Lu par Jonathan Haidt ...

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11 heure 1 min

Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.His starting point is moral intuition—the nearly instantaneous perceptions we all ... En savoir plus

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Why can’t our political leaders work together as threats loom and problems mount? Why do people so readily assume the worst about the motives of their fellow citizens? In The Righteous Mind, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt explores the origins of our divisions and points the way forward to mutual understanding.His starting point is moral intuition—the nearly instantaneous perceptions we all
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Why Nations Fail

The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

par Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson ...

Lu par Dan Woren ...

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17 heure 55 min

NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity”“A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don’t.”—The New York TimesFINALIST: ... En savoir plus

$28.00 CAD

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NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity”“A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don’t.”—The New York TimesFINALIST:
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