Passionate Declarations - format ePub

D’Hiroshima à l’Irak, en passant par la guerre du Vietnam, les bombardements aériens sont au cœur de la stratégie militaire américaine. Des analystes ont réfuté l’utilité stratégique de cette pratique,...

THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the...

Quando il racconto della storia esce dalle stanze del potere e si sposta nelle strade, nelle case e nei luoghi di lavoro delle persone non illustri, per dare voce ai «vinti» e agli sfruttati, può davvero...

Collected here is a brief history of America told through stories applauding the enduring spirit of dissent.To celebrate the millionth copy sold of his book, A People's History of the United States, Howard...

“A shotgun blast of revisionism that aims to shatter all the comfortable myths of American political discourse.” — Los Angeles TimesFrom the bestselling author of A People's History of the United States...

The acclaimed historian and author of the classic A People’s History of the United States offers a deeply personal look at the events, issues, and people that matter to us allBased on Howard Zinn's interviews...

“Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history....[His] chapter on Vietnam—bringing to life once again the fire-free zones, secret bombings, massacres,...

As seen in the award-winning feature film, Lady Bird. A classic since its original landmark publication in 1980, Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States is the first scholarly work to tell...

Quando il racconto della storia esce dalle stanze del potere e si sposta nelle strade, nelle case e nei luoghi di lavoro delle persone non illustri, per dare voce ai «vinti» e agli sfruttati, può davvero...

Erstmals auf Deutsch: Essays und Erinnerungen des einflussreichsten Friedensaktivisten des 20. Jahrhunderts gegen den Bombenkrieg. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg nahm Howard Zinn am Luftangriff auf Royan teil,...

Since its landmark publication in 1980, the original history has sold more than 1.7 million copies. More than a successful book, it triggered a revolution in the way history is told, displacing the official...

Cette histoire des États-Unis présente le point de vue de ceux dont les manuels d’histoire parlent habituellement peu. L’auteur confronte avec minutie la version officielle et héroïque (de Christophe...

"Howard Zinn retrace l’histoire des États-Unis du point de vue des esclaves, travailleurs, immigrés, femmes, Indiens, de tous ceux que l’histoire officielle oublie souvent. Une relecture originale des...

"Howard Zinn retrace l’histoire des États-Unis du point de vue des esclaves, travailleurs, immigrés, femmes, Indiens, de tous ceux que l’histoire officielle oublie souvent. Une relecture originale des...

Au-delà de l’élection de Barack Obama se pose la question de la mentalité politique américaine. L’histoire des États-Unis, rappelle Howard Zinn, a forgé des dispositions politiques qui freinent le progrès...

Notre manière de penser est une question de vie ou de mort. Si ceux qui tiennent les rênes de la société se montrent capables de contrôler nos idées, ils sont assurés de rester au pouvoir. Nul besoin...

En 1956, Howard Zinn s’installe à Atlanta afin d’enseigner au département d’histoire du Spelman College, un établissement d’enseignement supérieur uniquement fréquenté par des femmes noires. Arrivant...

En 1956, Howard Zinn s’installe à Atlanta afin d’enseigner au département d’histoire du Spelman College, un établissement d’enseignement supérieur uniquement fréquenté par des femmes noires. Arrivant...

« Si on met de côté les épisodes de révolte et de résistance, ne reste plus qu’une d’histoire inoffensive. J’ai voulu introduire dans notre fresque l’histoire de celles et ceux qui n’ont pas accepté leur...

Au-delà de l’élection de Barack Obama se pose la question de la mentalité politique américaine. L’histoire des États-Unis, rappelle Howard Zinn, a forgé des dispositions politiques qui freinent le progrès...

D’Hiroshima à l’Irak, en passant par la guerre du Vietnam, les bombardements aériens sont au cœur de la stratégie militaire américaine. Des analystes ont réfuté l’utilité stratégique de cette pratique,...

Ce n’est pas seulement qu’un président soit un politicien. Le pire est qu’il soit entouré de politiciens. Et nous, nous sommes des citoyens. Nous ne devons donc pas voir le monde à travers leurs yeux,...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

In the vast expanse of the treacherous ocean, a legendary tale unfolds, gripping the hearts of readers for generations to come. Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of "Moby Dick," a literary masterpiece...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialization in The American Magazine (November 1910 – August 1911).  When Mary Lennox, the unloved,...

Isolated from society in a tenement basement in St. Petersburg, a malicious former civil servant vents his resentments. In the rambling notes that follow, we are exposed to the inner turmoil of the Underground...

By the time the novel appeared to tremendous popular and critical acclaim in 1871-2, George Eliot was recognized as England's finest living novelist. It was her ambition to create a world and portray...

The inspiration for the new Netflix series, Lupin, starring Omar Sy. Leblanc's creation, Gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, is everything you would expect from a French aristocrat—witty, charming, brilliant,...

The lives and losses of slaves in the American south are portrayed in Harriet Beecher Stowe's unflinching indictment of slavery. When a benevolent landowner decides to sell two slaves—Uncle Tom and Eliza—in...

Odysseus has been away from Ithaca, the Greek city-state under his rule, for ten years while fighting in the Trojan War. After the fall of Troy, Odysseus begins the long journey home to his wife and son;...

This book contains several HTML tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there’s tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there’s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together...

The instant number one Sunday Times bestseller and thrilling sequel to the global phenomenon, Fourth Wing! THE IRON FLAME PAPERBACK EDITION INCLUDES A BRAND NEW CHAPTER FROM XADEN'S POINT OF VIEW!'Yarros...

What The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy, Dune is to science fiction. Presenting one of the most influential works of all time, which has inspired countless other stories for more than half a century,...

Jonathan Harker, a young London solicitor travels to Transylvania to help a rich nobleman, Count Dracula, purchase an estate in England. Dracula is planning to immigrate to England, and wants Harker to...

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being...

"The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" will open a world of success, happiness, prosperity, and peace for you. It is one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time which can...

In exploring everyday life and its intersections with death, this enduring collection of stories offers a naturalistic depiction of the working class in early twentieth-century Dublin. Joyce masterfully...

This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! The Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream All's Well That...

Fame. Fashion. Friendship. Hollie can't catch a break. She's broke, she's back living with her family, and her career prospects are precisely zero. So when the chance arises for her and her best friend...

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov...

Wilde’s only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life and consequence....

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of...

The books that inspired the Netflix crime series. Here you will find the following original works: - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar - Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes - The Hollow Needle - 813 -...

The series that inspired the Netflix show. This collection contains 38 Arsène Lupin stories (the biggest and greatest Arsène Lupin collection in the eBook world), including: - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman...

Mrs. Dalloway chronicles a June day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway–a day that is taken up with running minor errands in preparation for a party and that is punctuated, toward the end, by the suicide...