Showing results for "Portraits" in Politics & Government

By the time of his death on July 23, 1885, Ulysses S. Grant was an icon in the historical memory of the United States. Just a few decades later, however, constant criticism of his military and political leadership had tarnished his reputation. Today’s historians have a far more balanced assessment of Grant as a Union Army general and an American president—and that appraisal is at the heart of Understanding Ulysses S. Grant: Portrait of a Warrior.

Artistes, sportifs, hommes et femmes politiques, auteurs, actrices,... "Le portrait", vous dévoile les vies et carrières des figures les plus influentes de notre époque. Parmi les personnalités abordées récemment, retrouvez : Roland Dumas : Ancien ministre des Affaires étrangères sous François Mitterrand, Roland Dumas a marqué la politique française par son influence et ses nombreuses contributions internationales. Décédé récemment à l'âge de 101 ans, son portrait revient sur une carrière riche et tumultueuse. Dorothée : Icône de la télévision française, Dorothée a ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An “absorbing” (Los Angeles Times) biography of one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs “[A] compelling portrait not...

Portraits remarquables, le podcast qui raconte un portrait, une vie. À chaque épisode, une trajectoire singulière racontée sans détour, dans un format narratif et incarné.

Written by a prize-winning historian and biographer of such giants as Winston S. Churchill and Douglas MacArthur, this intimately detailed account provides a rare personal glimpse into the emotions behind the Kennedy administration - from the elation of victory to the frustrating challenges facing a young president at a pivotal turning point in US history. Originally published in 1962 - before the assassination of JFK - Portrait of a President is William Manchester’s first biography of the 35th president of the United States.

Tous les week-ends, Anne Lamotte dresse le portrait d'une personnalité qui fait l'actualité. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.

Our writers profile individuals, some well-known, some overlooked, and explore how they shaped the world as we know it. Read by Sebastian Brown.

Portraits of Liberty investigates the lives and philosophies of thinkers throughout history who argued in favor of a freer world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get the inside story on America’s most powerful political dynasty. President George W. Bush leads our nation in a time of unprecedented peril. But how well do we really know him or his remarkable family, whose history often mirrors the history of America? Now, in the first full-scale biography...

Für ihr Buch "ALTERSLOS - GRENZENLOS. Portraits und Gespräche über das Leben" hat sich Simone Rethel-Heesters mit Kamera und Mikrofon auf den Weg gemacht und mit Menschen gesprochen, die unabhängig von ihrem biologischen Alter ihr Leben weiterhin beruflich aktiv und sinnhaft gestalten: Handwerker, Künstler, Forscher oder Politiker, bekannte und unbekannte Persönlichkeiten. Diese Zeitzeugen berichten über Vergangenes und über die Zukunft.

Radical liberals want to make America a better place, but their utopian social engineering leads, ironically, to greater human suffering. From Karl Marx to Barack Obama, Horowitz shows how the idealistic impulse to make the world a better place gives birth to the twin cultural pathologies of cynicism and nihilism and is the chief source of human suffering. A former liberal himself, Horowitz recounts his own brushes with radicalism and offers unparalleled insight into the disjointed ideology of liberal elites through case studies of well-known radial leftists, including Christopher Hitchens, feminist Bettina Aptheker, leftist academic Cornel West, and others.

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A speech on the radio. A high school literature class. A promise made to a mother. Activism begins in small ways and in unexpected places. In this inspiring book, over forty activists from Billie Jean King to Bernie Sanders and Angela Davis to Edward Snowden recount the experiences that sparked...

Get the inside story on America’s most powerful political dynasty. President George W. Bush leads our nation in a time of unprecedented peril. But how well do we really know him or his remarkable family, whose history often mirrors the history of America? Now, in the first full-scale biography...

This is a story of the most well documented, most commented on love affair of our times. Yet the personalities behind the facade remain elusive and the nature of their relationship is an enigma. This is the first major biography of Charles and Camilla, two people who have battled against the curious lot that fate has thrown their way. Gyles Brandreth returns to the same ground as his last book, the bestselling "Philip and Elizabeth"; "Portrait of a Marriage".

November 11, 2018, marks the centenary of the armistice signed between the Allies and Germany ending World War I. While the events of the war and its legacy are much discussed, this is the first book to focus solely on the day itself, examining how the people of Britain, and the wider world, reacted to the news of peace.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portrait of the enormous friendship between World War II allies [Franklin] Roosevelt and...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this “beautifully written and superbly researched dual biography” (Los Angeles Times Book Review), Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham “paints a powerful portrait of the enormous friendship between World War II allies [Franklin] Roosevelt and...

Robert H. Jackson was one of the giants of the Roosevelt era: an Attorney General, a still revered Supreme Court Justice and, not least important, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's close friends and advisers. His intimate memoir of FDR, written in the early 1950s before Jackson's untimely death, has remained unpublished for fifty years. Here is that newly discovered memoir.

"In Online Magazine, ISIS Paints a Portrait of Brussels Attackers" is from the April 13, 2016 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Rukmini Callimachi and narrated by Caroline Miller.