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“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time Volume 3 of the Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece: Solzhenitsyn's moving account of resistance within the Soviet labor camps and his own release after eight years. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum. “The greatest and...

Laleh Khalili reflects on the hidden stories behind late capitalism, from seafarers abandoned on debt-ridden container ships to the nefarious reach of consultancy firms and the cronyism that drives record-breaking profits. Piercing, wry, and constantly revealing, Extractive Capitalism brings vividly to light the dark truths behind the world's most voracious industries.

Die lange erwarteten Erinnerungen von Angela Merkel. 16 Jahre trug Angela Merkel die Regierungsverantwortung für Deutschland, führte das Land durch zahlreiche Krisen und prägte mit ihrem Handeln und ihrer Haltung die deutsche und internationale Politik und Gesellschaft. Doch natürlich wurde Angela Merkel nicht als Kanzlerin geboren. In ihren gemeinsam mit ihrer langjährigen politischen Beraterin Beate Baumann verfassten Erinnerungen schaut sie zurück auf ihr Leben in zwei deutschen Staaten – 35 Jahre in der DDR, 35 Jahre im wiedervereinigten Deutschland.

El nacimiento de una nación y la caída de un imperio chocan en esta tensa historia política sobre la partición de 1947. Ideal para quienes buscan expandir su conocimiento histórico durante su trayecto diario, este relato sumerge al oyente en las fracturas del colonialismo. A través de un...

Justice Samuel A. Alito elaborates on his judicial philosophy and reflects on the roles of the law, the Constitution, and the courts in preserving America’s spirit of liberty. “So Ordered reveals Justice Samuel Alito as a jurist of rare balance: deeply principled yet resolutely practical.”...

Wer gehörte zum innersten Kreis um Hitler? Welche Funktion erfüllte dieser Hofstaat? Und wie beeinflusste er das Geschichtsbild nach 1945? Auf der Grundlage bisher unbekannter Quellen erforscht Heike Görtemaker Hitlers privates Umfeld und zeigt, wie sein Kreis ihn zu dem machte, der er war. Ihr Buch rückt bis in die nächste Nähe zu Hitler vor und ist zugleich eine brillante Dekonstruktion des Führermythos. Sein innerer Kreis, die Berghof-Gesellschaft, war sein privater Rückzugsraum.

A stunning, deeply felt exploration of the struggle between ownership and belonging in England, by the best-selling author of The Book of Trespass Early one September, Nick Hayes brought his houseboat up the Thames into rural Oxfordshire, mooring opposite a strange tree that towered over the...

Bloomsbury presents Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton, read by Kris Dyer A devastating critique of New Left thinking. In Fools, Frauds and Firebrands, Roger Scruton first surveys and then deconstructs the golden idols of left wing thought from the 1960s to...

A chilling and urgently needed exposé on the forces pushing American politics and religion toward a post-constitutional autocracy This program is read by the author. From Silicon Valley boardrooms to rural pulpits, from Catholic monasteries to Beltway think tanks and Project 2025, a convergence...

In an increasingly polarized age, culture wars are everywhere. They are often criticized as superficial or confected disagreements designed to distract us from more important issues. Is this true, or are they rather more fundamental than that? In this thoughtful and passionate intervention...

A razor-sharp analysis of the increasing – and terrifying – parallels between Trump’s America and Putin’s Russia, from the former BBC Moscow Correspondent and Sunday Times bestselling author Martin Sixsmith. Long Live the King. Since his re-election as US president, Donald Trump has made...

Blaues Land ist das Hörbuch für alle, die verstehen wollen, warum die AfD in immer mehr Regionen zur prägenden politischen Kraft wird und was das für Demokratie, Gesellschaft und das Zusammenleben bedeutet. Der Journalist Olaf Sundermeyer reist dorthin, wo die AfD längst den politischen Alltag bestimmt: in ostdeutsche Kleinstädte, ländliche Regionen und neue Hochburgen im Westen.

Ein juristischer Blick auf die Debatten unserer Zeit: Die renommierte Verfassungsrechtlerin Frauke Brosius-Gersdorf blickt auf ihre gescheiterte Richterwahl, analysiert die großen gesellschaftlichen Streitfragen der Gegenwart (Abtreibung, Impfpflicht, Meinungsfreiheit) durch die juristische Brille und plädiert für eine Rückkehr zur sachorientierten Debatte.

President Donald J. Trump’s second term in office will be the most consequential administration in history because of the people and the policies that are markedly different than his first term. While the Left and their conspirators in the media thought they had vanquished Trump after the 2020 election, the leader of the Make America Great Again movement didn’t disappear as they had hoped. During President Biden’s administration, Trump was assembling the people and building the policies that will forever change the direction of this country.

America is in an undeclared state of emergency. Not since the Cold War has the US faced such powerful enemies—and our military isn’t ready. Shyam Sankar, Chief Technology Officer of Palantir, issues an urgent call to action: Mobilize. The American industrial base once underwrote American victory. Builders and workers rallied to win World War II. For most of the twentieth century, great American companies from General Mills to Chrysler had defense businesses that sent mankind into space and won the Cold War. But the forges fell silent and the furnaces went dark. 

Witness the dramatic collapse of a superpower in this gripping Cold War history of systemic failure. Perfect for your commute, this intense narrative explores how a massive empire unraveled in mere years. Experience the turbulence of a stagnant regime pushed to the brink by radical reforms and...

Main Ambedkar Bol Raha Hoon by Ed. Dinkar Kumar presents the inspiring story of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, highlighting his perseverance, challenges, and achievements in the face of adversity. This Hindi edition offers insights into his journey, struggles against caste discrimination, and his legacy as the architect of the Indian Constitution.

In this sharp, eye-opening account, classics professor Michelle Berenfeld redirects our gaze. The Roman Empire isn’t the lesson—the Roman Republic is. Nearly five centuries of representative government, undone by forces that should sound familiar: wealth and power concentrated in the hands of elites, rampant political violence, endless expansionist wars, and a Senate that normalized emergency measures until it had nothing left to protect.

Uncover the dark political history of authoritarianism and how radical nationalist ideologies seized a shattered Europe. Perfect for an educational commute or deep-focus listening, this gripping historical analysis cuts through modern slogans to reveal the brutal machinery of absolute power...

Experience the epic Southeast Asian history of how a scattered archipelago forged a unified republic through revolution. Perfect for your morning commute or an evening of armchair travel, this dramatic narrative transports you across the Indian Ocean. You will sail alongside ancient merchants...