Politics & Activism

In September 2024, Canadian influencer Lauren Southern suddenly found herself in the eye of a media storm, accused of spreading Russian propaganda. The US government had just alleged that the founders of the startup she’d been making videos for - Tenet Media - were working with Russian state media, in a $10 million Kremlin-backed operation. What exactly did Russia want with a group of YouTubers? And did they succeed? Who knew what was allegedly going on within Tenet Media, and when? And what does all of this say about where everyone gets their information?

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Included in "The Nonfiction Books Everyone Will Be Reading This Summer" by The New York Times A novelist once wrote, “There are stories one must tell, and years when one must tell them.” Jill Biden’s time to discuss her four years in the White House is now...

Working her way up from gruelling bootcamp training to leading a drug interdiction operation seizing €700 million of cocaine from a yacht off the Kerry coast, she was a leader among men and rose to every challenge. Developing a love of the sea, Gleeson learned that to be at one with it required agility, and a willingness to change, to go with the wind – not against it. These lessons prepared her for operating without a life raft when her personal life threw her the greatest challenge of all.

Globally famous and yet universally misunderstood – these are the complex and utterly engrossing stories of Britain's royal women behind the public façade. Saints or sinners? Perfect princesses or difficult duchesses? Monarchy’s saviours or its destroyers? They rank among the world’s most...

An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history Offa ruled the Mercian heartland of the west midlands from 757 to 796. But while Alfred the Great and his dynasty are seen as agents of a new beginning that...

Inflation rages. Crime is rising. Abortion rights take center stage at the Supreme Court. China poses an existential threat. Black lives are under attack. The president battles the press as he seeks to subvert not just the political order but the rule of law itself. This is the Summer of '71—a...

Among the figures of early Roman history, few stand out quite like Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, a man who to his contemporaries stood as the very image of the Roman Vir Bous (the Good Man). His life, whether viewed through the lens of ancient writers or treated as something of a foundational myth, has shaped Western thought surrounding civic duty and the restraint of power for more than 2,000 years.

Enes Kanter Freedom ist der geborene Basketball-Star. Aber er opfert seine Karriere, als er merkt, dass seine Stimme die Kraft hat, Menschenrechtsverstöße in aller Welt zu beenden. In the Name of Freedom erzählt die Geschichte, wie aus Enes Kanter, einem türkischen Jungen mit einem Traum, Enes Freedom wurde, ein amerikanischer Staatsbürger, Friedensnobelpreis-Kandidat und vehementer Fürsprecher für Menschenrechte – und es berichtet von dem hohen persönlichen Preis, den er für seinen Aktivismus bezahlen musste.

Arsinoé, Jeanne, Marie-Caroline, Hélène, Irène… Ces prénoms ne nous évoquent presque rien. Pourtant, ce sont les sœurs de Cléopâtre, Catherine d'Aragon, Marie-Antoinette, Sissi et de la tsarine Alexandra. Qui sont ces femmes issues de la même éducation, la même enfance et du même contexte social que les princesses les plus fantasmées de la culture populaire ? Qu'est-ce qui a différé pour qu'elles soient ainsi « éclipsées » ?

When Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. broke from the Democratic Party and joined forces with Donald Trump, it shocked the political establishment and ignited a movement no one saw coming. Out of that moment came MAHA—Make America Healthy Again—a bipartisan revolution uniting farmers and homesteaders, conservatives and progressives, skeptics and visionaries around a shared mission: healthier food, stronger communities, and freedom from the grip of Big Pharma and Big Ag.

First published as opinion pieces, the essays in Divining Duterte provide contemporaneous commentaries on the context, course and consequences of the policies Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte pursued after his 2016 election.Duterte became the first president in seventy years to come from...

You don't need a degree, a million dollars, or permission to make a difference. You just need the courage to start. The problems are real. The urgency is real. And the voice telling you to wait your turn and let the adults handle it? That voice is wrong. In this audiobook, you'll hear the gripping true stories of young changemakers who refused to stay silent and reshaped history. These teens did not wait for permission. They grabbed the microphone—and the world listened.

2022年7月８日、選挙演説中に凶弾に倒れ、非業の死を遂げた安倍元首相の肉声。なぜ、憲政史上最長の政権は実現したのか。 第１次政権のあっけない崩壊の後に確信したこと、米中露との駆け引き、政権を倒しに来る霞が関、党内外の反対勢力との暗闘……。

Samra Kljajic erzählt die wahre Geschichte von Königinnen und Mätressen, von Kurtisanen und Konkubinen. Eine neue Perspektive auf die Femme fatale jenseits von Skandal und Verführung. Historische Perspektiven auf weibliche Macht: Selbstbestimmung und Einfluss in einer von Männern dominierten Welt.

After Trump: The Republican Party’s Next Chapter The Key to the Post-Trump World Lies in the Life, Thought, and Rise of Vice President JD Vance Who is JD Vance? And why does it matter? Before 2016, JD Vance was virtually unknown. A poor kid from a troubled family in Middletown, Ohio, he was...

Fritz Kleinmann fasst einen unglaublichen Beschluss. Da er seinen Vater nicht allein lassen will, folgt er ihm nach Auschwitz. Jeremy Dronfields Bestseller „Der Junge, der seinem Vater nach Auschwitz folgte" ist ein eindringliches Plädoyer gegen das Vergessen. Basierend auf den geheimen Tagebüchern des jüdischen KZ-Häftlings Gustav Kleinmann, erzählt der Autor in diesem historischen Sachbuch die Geschichte von Gustav und seinem Sohn Fritz, die den „Todesfabriken" der Nazis entkamen.

Lidia Rauch was born at the crossroads of South Africa's past and present – the granddaughter of one of apartheid's longest-serving ministers, raised in a world constructed for her comfort, yet called to reckon with its cost. Her story moves between privilege and pain: from a childhood marked by fracture, to a career within the machinery of government, to the long, uneasy road of reckoning with what it means to be white, Afrikaans, and free in a country still carrying the weight of its past.

I Remember You: The Making of an Activist is a coming out story. It is a story of coming out from abuse, secrets and shame. Elaine writes about her miraculous healing and a life devoted to recovery and activism. Elaine’s story is rich with hope, illustrating the power of God’s steadfast love and the strength that comes from trusting God. The Audio version of I Remember You: The Making of an Activist has been narrated by the author, Elaine Blanchard. Elaine has acted on stage and has been a minister for many years.

“Does Thomas Jefferson still matter?” ask two leading historians on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson has been reinvented more than perhaps any American president in history. In the nineteenth century, slavery’s defenders invoked Jefferson’s...

W 1982 roku trzynastoletni gdynianin Tomasz Łukaszuk, wraz z rodziną, dostaje tydzień, by spakować całe swoje życie do jednej walizki, opuścić Polskę i wyjechać do zupełnie sobie obcej Kanady. Trzydzieści lat później, już jako Thomas Lukaszuk, zostaje wicepremierem prowincji Alberta, pierwszym Polakiem w historii na takim stanowisku. Emigrant, aktywista, polityk, zakochany w obydwu swoich ojczyznach udowadnia jedno – wszystko jest możliwe.

La Légende n'est pas seulement le récit d'une détention. C'est l'histoire d'un homme que l'on a voulu effacer - et qui devient un symbole. Mon récit me permet de me réapproprier la légende, et rappelle ce qu'est une justice aux ordres, un pouvoir sans contrepoids, la peur quand elle s'installe dans la langue.

Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Bouvier Kennedy (July 28, 1929 to May 19, 1994), born in Southampton, NY, was the First Lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. She redefined the mostly ceremonial role into a platform for arts and culture, by hosting multiple high-profile events at the White House and leading its restoration into a historical site. Through her fashion and cultural literacy, she improved the global standing of the United States during the politically volatile Cold War.

John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 - May 2, 1972) was an American law enforcement administrator who, after being appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1924 as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), became the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935, where he remained until his death in May 1972—serving a total of 48 years leading both the BOI and the FBI under eight presidents.

Rüdiger von Fritsch hat sein Leben als Diplomat der Verständigung der Völker verschrieben, sein Vater das seinige »unserer herrlichen Bewegung«, dem Nationalsozialismus. Für Thomas von Fritsch waren »Deutschlands Feinde« schuld an dem unendlichen Verlust an Heimat, Haus und Menschen, der die Erzählungen der Erwachsenen während der Kindheit des Autors bestimmt. Der ehemalige Botschafter in Warschau und Moskau erzählt, wie ihm als Kind dämmerte, dass es in Wahrheit die Deutschen gewesen waren, die furchtbares Leid über den europäischen Kontinent und seine Menschen gebracht hatten.

Den saudiarabiske prinsesse Sultana Al-Sa'ud har adgang til overdådige mansioner, privatfly og dyrebare smykker, men hendes tilværelse er langt fra en dans på roser, for hun har hverken frihed eller selvbestemmelse. Prinsessen styres med hård hånd af de omkringværende mænd – faren, ægtemanden, sønnerne og de patriarkalske magthavere i Saudi-Arabien. Men forfatterveninden Jean Sasson får lov at komme ind bag den overfladiske luksus og sløret, der normalt skjuler prinsessen fra top til tå.