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From the New York Times reporters who first uncovered S.S. officer Aribert Heim’s secret life in Egypt comes the never-before-told story of the most hunted Nazi war criminal in the world. Dr. Aribert Heim worked at the Mauthausen concentration camp for only a few months in 1941 but left a...

Lange Zeit galt es als ausgemacht, dass das deutsche Kaiserreich wegen seiner Großmachtträume die Hauptverantwortung am Ausbruch des Ersten Weltkriegs trug. In seinem bahnbrechenden neuen Werk kommt der renommierte Historiker und Bestsellerautor Christopher Clark (Preußen) zu einer anderen Einschätzung.

An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in history Born at a time when Christianity...

A lavishly illustrated ode to the joys of Tuscany’s people, food, landscapes, and art, from the bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun and See You in the Piazza “A love letter to Italy written in precise and passionate language of near-poetic density.”—Newsday In Tuscany...

Thunder at Twilight is a landmark historical vision, drawing on hitherto untapped sources to illuminate two crucial years in the life of the extraordinary city of Vienna—and in the life of the twentieth century. It was during the carnival of 1913 that a young Stalin arrived in Vienna on a...

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...

In February 1945, 350 American POWs captured earlier at the Battle of the Bulge or elsewhere in Europe were singled out by the Nazis because they were Jews or were thought to resemble Jews. They were transported in cattle cars to Berga, a concentration camp in eastern Germany, and put to work as...

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great...

The perfect St. Patrick's Day gift, and a book in the best tradition of popular history -- the untold story of Ireland's role in maintaining Western culture while the Dark Ages settled on Europe. Every year millions of Americans celebrate St. Patrick's Day, but they may not be aware of how great...

The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War: the battlefield odyssey of a maverick U.S. Army officer and his infantry unit as they fought for over five hundred days to liberate Europe - from the invasion of Italy to the gates of Dachau. From...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one...

“Michael Farquhar doesn’t write about history the way, say, Doris Kearns Goodwin does. He writes about history the way Doris Kearns Goodwin’s smart-ass, reprobate kid brother might. I, for one, prefer it.”—Gene Weingarten, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and Washington Post columnist ...

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...

A groundbreaking account of how Britain became the base of operations for the exiled leaders of Europe in their desperate struggle to reclaim their continent from Hitler, from the New York Times bestselling author of Citizens of London and Those Angry Days When the Nazi blitzkrieg rolled over...

Als Kreuzfahrer gegen den Faschismus, der Europa und die halbe Welt zu erdrosseln drohte, waren die besten von ihnen ausgezogen. Amerikas junge Männer, die Ideale der Demokratie und der Menschlichkeit im Herzen, so landen sie 1944 auf dem europäischen Kontinent. Bald aber stellt die Demontage jeglicher Ideale durch Karrieresucht, Schieberei und Intrigen die jungen Helden vor unausweichliche Entscheidungen. Aufrechte Kreuzfahrer gegen den Faschismus oder käufliche Weiberhelden?

Günter Guillaume war ganz nah dran an Willi Brandt. Als der DDR-Agent enttarnt wurde, trat der Kanzler zurück - es war die größte Spionageaffäre der deutschen Geschichte. Doch Guillaume war nur die Spitze des Eisbergs, es gab Tausende Stasi-Spitzel, die aus dem "Operationsgebiet" BRD berichteten. Über Jahre hinweg streuten sie aktiv Fehlinformationen, um die BRD-Regierungen und führende Persönlichkeiten zu diffamieren. Heribert Schwan hat über 80.000 Seiten Stasi-Akten gesichtet, um die Ausmaße der DDR-Spionage im Westen nachzuvollziehen.

Günter Guillaume war ganz nah dran an Willi Brandt. Als der DDR-Agent enttarnt wurde, trat der Kanzler zurück - es war die größte Spionageaffäre der deutschen Geschichte. Doch Guillaume war nur die Spitze des Eisbergs, es gab Tausende Stasi-Spitzel, die aus dem "Operationsgebiet" BRD berichteten. Über Jahre hinweg streuten sie aktiv Fehlinformationen, um die BRD-Regierungen und führende Persönlichkeiten zu diffamieren. Heribert Schwan hat über 80.000 Seiten Stasi-Akten gesichtet, um die Ausmaße der DDR-Spionage im Westen nachzuvollziehen.

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Biography) A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a dual biography of two of Hollywood’s most famous figures, whose golden lives were lived at the center of Hollywood’s golden age, written by their daughter, an acclaimed writer and producer...

Finalist George Washington Book Prize New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice Finally revealing the family’s indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met...

Acclaimed biographer Susan Ronald reveals the truth about Joseph P. Kennedy's shockingly controversial tenure as Ambassador to Great Britain on the eve of World War II. On February 18, 1938, Joseph P. Kennedy was sworn in as US Ambassador to the Court of St. James. To say his appointment to the...