Politics & Social Sciences

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Inglorious Empire written and read by Shashi Tharoor....

Acclaimed mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik demystifies The Bhagavad Gita for the contemporary listener....

“We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire”. President Kalam’s inspiring autobiography has touched the hearts of people all over the world....

In My Gita, acclaimed mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik demystifies The Bhagavad Gita for the contemporary reader....

Brilliant and engagingly written, Why Nations Fail answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries.....

Internationally renowned psychiatrist, Viktor E. Frankl, endured years of unspeakable horror in Nazi death camps....

The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world’s most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company....

By applying a more selective criteria for what is essential, the pursuit of less allows us to regain control of our own choices....

The author Sri "M" is an extraordinary individual. At the young age of 19 and a half, he travelled to snow-clad Himalayas from Kerala, and there he met and lived for several years with a "real-time" yogi, Babaji....

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu....

Did ancient India witness the Great Flood? Why did the Buddha give his first sermon at Sarnath? How did the Europeans map India? Combining scholarship with sparkling wit, Sanjeev Sanyal sets out to explore how India's history was shaped by its geography....

In this explosive book, best-selling author Shashi Tharoor reveals with acuity, impeccable research, and trademark wit, just how disastrous British rule was for India....

Gli Stati Uniti a un passo dal colpo di Stato: Stati Uniti, assalto al Congresso: uno scempio della libertà, di Maurizio Molinari; Rimozione o impeachment, l'America al bivio: "Via Trump", di Federico Rampini; Washington, assalto al Congresso istigato da Trump. Negli Usa è quasi colpo di Stato, di Federico Rampini; Gli anticorpi dell'America, di Paolo Galimberti; Assalto al Congresso, la sovversione nazional-populista, di Ezio Mauro; Nella mente di Donald Trump, il narcisista impunito che si crede onnipotente, di Gabriele Romagnoli.

Attorney Seth Bader and his wife, Vicki, moved to New Hampshire in 1992. Three tumultuous years later, their marriage ended and left Vicki a broken woman, driven to the edge as Seth seduced their teenage son, Joey, into a violent plot to kill her in cold blood. What followed was one of the most bizarre and harrowing crime stories in New Hampshire history. 

"Es gibt keine Zwangsläufigkeit in der Politik. Energisches Handeln kann zu einem ehrgeizig gesteckten Ziel führen". Es war keine intakte, heile, sichere Welt, in die die Corona-Pandemie einbrach. Schon zuvor war die Normalität in der Krise. In seinem klugen und nachdenklichen neuen Buch erkundet Robert Habeck die Gründe für den Verlust an Selbstverständlichem und entwirft eine Politik, die den Problemen unserer Zeit angemessen ist. Nichts scheint mehr selbstverständlich und sicher zu sein.

De Griekse historicus Herodotus (circa 480-430 v.Chr.) heeft veel eretitels gekregen. In de oudheid stond hij al bekend als ‘vader der geschiedenis’ en tegenwoordig noemt men hem eerder ‘vader der journalistiek’ en ‘eerste wereldreiziger’. Zijn indrukwekkende boek Historiën is grensverleggend en letterlijk grensoverschrijdend geweest. In deze hoorcolleges bespreekt classicus en Byzantinoloog Hein van Dolen de methode van Herodotus, zijn bronnen en zijn eigen onderzoekingen, waarbij Herodotus de gewoonten en eigenaardigheden van vreemde volkeren beschreef.

Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) war ein französischer Universalgelehrter, der sowohl in den Bereichen der Mathematik als auch der Philosophie während seines kurzen Lebens eine Schaffensfreude an den Tag legte, die kaum glaublich scheint. In seinen "Gedanken" (hier eine Auswahl) bietet er Einblicke in seine Gedankenwelt bezüglich Religion, Philosophie und anderen Themen.

In Loving Country, coauthors Bruce Pascoe and Vicky Shukurolgou show travellers how to see the country as herself, to know her whole and old story and to find the way to fall in love with her, our home. Listeners are encouraged to discover sacred Australia by reconsidering the accepted history and hearing diverse stories of her Indigenous people. The intention of this audiobook is to foster communication and understanding between all peoples and country, to encourage environmental and social change.