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One ordinary spring morning in Reykjavik, Iceland, Thordis Elva kisses her son and partner good-bye before boarding a plane to do a remarkable thing: fly 7,000 miles to South Africa to confront the man who raped her when she was just 16. Meanwhile, in Sydney, Australia, Tom Stranger nervously embarks on an equally life-changing journey to meet Thordis, wondering whether he is worthy of this milestone.

Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to assume his legacy, politics, status...and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence and embraced instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader.

महाराष्ट्र राज्याचे पहिले मुख्यमंत्री श्री. यशवंतराव चव्हाण यांच्या निवडक भाषणांचा हा पहिला अधिकृत संग्रह आहे. या संग्रहांत महाराष्ट्र राज्य निर्मितीनंतरच्या काळांतील त्यांच्या भाषणांचा मुख्यतः समावेश केलेला असला तरी द्विभाषिक मुंबई राज्याचे ते मुख्यमंत्री असतांना त्यांनी केलेल्या कांहीं भाषणांचाहि त्यांत अन्तर्भाव करण्यांत आला आहे. मुख्यमंत्रिपदाची जबाबदारी स्वीकारल्यानंतर पांच वर्षांच्या काळांत अनेक महत्त्वाच्या प्रश्नांसंबंधीं त्यांनी जे विचार प्रदर्शित केले ते वाचकांना एकत्रित वाचावयास मिळावेत या दृष्टीनेंच या संग्रहांतील भाषणांची निवड करण्यांत आली आहे.

As one of the world's leading experts on disaster, Lucy Easthope has been at the centre of the most seismic events of the last few decades - advising on everything from the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami to the 7/7 bombings, the Salisbury poisonings, the Grenfell fire and the COVID-19 pandemic. She has travelled across the world in this unusual role, seeing the very worst that people have to face and finding that even the most extreme of situations, we find the very best of humanity. In her moving memoir, she reveals what happens in the aftermath.

THE BRAND NEW REVELATORY ROYAL MEMOIR FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR PAUL BURRELL. 'A moving and at times jaw-dropping account - not just of his two decades when he had a ringside seat at the heart of the Royal Family, but also of the years since,' Richard Kay, DAILY...

Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years At the heart of the book is its...

Until his assassination by US drone strike in January 2020, commander Qassem Soleimani was one of the most powerful men in Iran and the military spearhead for Iranian foreign policy, enacting the wishes of the country's Supreme Leader in the region. A widely popular but also feared maverick operator, he helped to establish the Islamic Republic as a major force in the Middle East, with interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. This was a long way from where he began as a youth, living on the margins in a country ruled by a monarch supported by the United States.

When a powerful mystic steps on the hand of a radical young hippie doctor from Detroit, it changes lives and the world. Sometimes Brilliant is the adventures of a philosopher, mystic, hippie, doctor, groundbreaking tech innovator, and key player in the eradication of one of the worst pandemics...

Malala Hoon Main tells the story of Malala Yousafzai, a student in Pakistan. She is a well-known activist, and her fight for women’s right to education, particularly in Swat Valley, has granted her global recognition. The Taliban, who were in power here, forbid girls from attending school. On October 9, 2012, she was shot in the head by a gunman but survived. This attempted assassination sparked an outpouring of national and international support for Yousafzai.

A revelatory journey inside the world of Fox News and Roger Ailes—the brash, sometimes combative network head who helped fuel the rise of Donald Trump NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NOW A SHOWTIME LIMITED SERIES NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR When Rupert Murdoch enlisted...

MT, as he is popularly known, is one of the most illustrious writers and film-makers from modern Kerala. His life’s work has won him the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award, the National Film Award and the Padma Bhushan, among others. MT grew up in the village of Kudallur in Kerala and...

సీనియర్ జర్నలిస్ట్ ఎం వీ ఆర్ శాస్త్రి ఎన్నో గొప్ప రచనలు చేశారు. ఆయన చేసిన అనేక రచనలు ముఖ్యంగా చారిత్రిక రాజకీయ అంశాల పైనే ఉన్నాయి. భారత దేశ స్వతంత్ర సమరయోధుడు సుభాష్ చంద్ర బోస్ జీవితం పైన కూడా ఆయన ఒక అద్భుత పుస్తకాన్ని రాశారు. భారత స్వాతంత్ర్య పోరాట ప్రధాన ఘట్టాలు, వాటిలో బోస్ పాత్ర, ప్రభావాలపై విఖ్యాత రచయిత ఎం.వి.ఆర్.శాస్త్రి విలక్షణ విశ్లేషణ చేసారు. అందులో భాగంగా నేతాజీ దేశంనుంచి తప్పించుకు పోయిన ఎడ్వెంచర్ ను చిత్రించిన తొలి అధ్యాయం 'ది గ్రేట్ ఎస్కేప్'. ఆయన ఎలా దేశం నుంచి తప్పించుకుపోయారనే అంశాన్ని కళ్ళకి కట్టినట్టు ఇంటరెస్టింగ్ గా పాఠకుల ముందుకు తీసుకొచ్చారు.

President Theodore Roosevelt forever transformed America, ushering the country into the arena of world supremacy. His brand of leadership was entirely American: confident, compassionate, energetic, diverse, visionary. But Roosevelt was not a born leader; his ascent to the apex of power was not a foregone conclusion.

Since September 11, 2001, the Western world has been preoccupied with Islam and its role in terrorism. Yet, public debate about the faith is polarized. One camp praises "the religion of peace", while the other claims all Muslims are terrorists. Canadian human rights activist Yasmine Mohammed believes both sides are dangerously wrong. In Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam, Yasmine speaks her truth as a woman born in the Western world yet raised in a fundamentalist Islamic home. Despite being a first-generation Canadian, she never felt at home in the West.

આ 'પ્રતિનાયક' પુસ્તક માં ઇતિહાસની એક જબરદસ્ત કરુણાતિકા છે કે ચુસ્ત રાષ્ટ્રવાદી તરીકે રાજકીય કારકેદીનો આરંભ કરનાર ઝીણા કારકેડીના છેલ્લા દશકામાં સાવ સામા છેડે જઈને હિંદુ-મુસ્લિમ વચ્ચે દ્વેષ, ધિક્કાર અને વૈમનસ્યની લાગણી ખુબ ઊંડે સુધી ઉતારી શકવાનું નિમિત બન્યા હતા. આ પુસ્તક માં હિન્દુસ્તાનના અને પાકિસ્તાન વિષે એતિહાસિક વાતો લખવામાં આવી છે.

Margaret Thatcher was a woman of tremendous paradoxes: a conviction politician who was also a pragmatist; someone who delighted in her tough reputation, yet could also be emotional, and even tearful, when confronted by personal or national tragedy. Her reputation as a cabinet leader was one of being quasi-dictatorial, yet she left her ministers to get on with their jobs - far more than any of her successors ever have. She was known as a classical laissez faire liberal, yet she started out as a social conservative, and wasn't averse to state intervention when she felt it was warranted.

A deeply reported biography of the scandal-plagued Israeli Prime Minister, showing that we cannot understand Israel -- its history, present, and future -- without first understanding the life and worldview of the man who leads it Benjamin Netanyahu is embroiled in numerous scandals, all of his...

Wanda Sykes, LeVar Burton, Leslie Odom, Jr., and Gabourey Sidibe head a cast of beloved actors performing 23 selections from the speeches, sermons, and essays of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—many never recorded during his lifetime. For the first time, teachers, students, and thoughtful listeners can hear dramatic interpretations of Dr. King’s words, chosen and introduced by Cornel West.

Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years At the heart of the book is its...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of Ghost Wars and The Achilles Trap "Riveting . . . The most psychologically detailed portrait of the brutal 9/11 mastermind yet." - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In The Bin Ladens, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Steve Coll continues...