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the life of benvenuto cellini volume 1
- Author: Cellini Benvenuto
- Genre: Political
A book about outstanding Italian sculptor, jeweller, painter and musician of the Renaissance is remarkable for 40 first-hand illustrations, describing Cellini’s life.
chasing the flame sergio vieira de mello and the fight to save the world
- Author: samantha power
- Genre: Political
Sergio Vieira de Mello from Brazil was the embodiment of what the United Nations could and should be. Sergio was the UN Secretary General's "ultimate go-to guy", a nation builder in the world's hottest spots like East Timor, Cambodia, Kosovo. Everyone who met him - from George W. Bush to Slobodan Milosevic – were amazed by his intelligence, physical bearing, charisma and integrity. It was a total shock for the world public when he and 14 other UN staff were killed on August 19th 2003 by an al-Qeada suicide bomber at the ‘Canal Hotel’ in Baghdad, an event that has become known as the UN's "9/11". This biography is extremely thrilling and considered to be a masterpiece of journalistic writing. Excellent, well-written book that is a definite must read.
George Washington
- Author: Thayer William Roscoe
- Genre: Political
This is one of the best attempts to research the biography of the founder of the American nation and the first President of the United States. The author William Roscoe Thayer has research a number of Washington's personal letters and on their basis has created a portrait of this legendary person aiming at eliminating prejudices and misperceptions of his life and activity. The book is intended for everyone interested in the personality of George Washington as well as in the history of the United States.
The Emperor's Rout
A book tells about one on the most powerful person in the ancient history. The story is centered around the life of attendants of the Imperial Palace, their feelings and relations. The Throne, its power, people’s growing resentment against monarchy and a revolution as a result combine the plot of the novel. The reading will bring you to the atmosphere of the ancient Ethiopia, at the time of of Haile Selassie's reign, the ruler of an odd, almost fantastical empire.
Edward.W.Said_Culture.and.Imperialism
- Author: www.akademya.biz
- Genre: Political
Edward.W.Said_Culture.and.Imperialism
Famous Serial Killers
- Author: Borg Schroeder
- Genre: Military
Why do they rape, ravage, and kill? Come with us, and enter the dark domain of the fearsome predators known as serial killers. Together we'll explore the shocking crimes of Albert Fish , H.H. Holmes, Peter Kurten, and others so twisted and demented as to be beyond belief. This is the first installment in a three-part special series. COMING SOON: Part 2: An Epoch of Homicide! Bluebeard: Henri Landru The Demon Axeman of New Orleans Gunfight at the Outlaw Corral: Jesse James and Other Gunslingers Lustmord Barrow, Barker , Dillinger and Death: An Era of Outlaws Dr. Thomas Neil Cream Ed Gein The Gorilla Murderer Carl Panzram George Reginald Halliday Christie John George Haigh and others!
The Conan Stories - Robert E. Howard
- Author: Robert E. Howard
- Genre: Political
The Conan stories that are in the public domain.
Anarchism and Other Essays
- Author: Goldman Emma
- Genre: Political
A series of speeches of the radical writer Emma Goldman, one of the towering figures in global radicalism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Anarchism and Other Essays covers a wide variety of topics - patriotism, women’s suffrage, marriage, prisons - Goldman draws attention to "the mental and soul struggles of twenty-one years". The book is useful for those, who are eager to discover what this political philosophy stands for and what its issues have been for a long time. An important contribution to society, Emma Goldman's work is as relevant today as it was in the beginning of the 20th century.