Mostrando títulos en Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions

Derruba mal-entendidos arraigados, sem eliminar a pluralidade de interpretações possíveis a um dos capítulos fundamentais da história da humanidade. Neste livro, pensamento e ação não são vistos de forma estanque. O autor rejeita, por exemplo, a idéia de que o Iluminismo se limitou a uma elaboração teórica, ao passo que a Revolução teria sido apenas a sua consequência prática.

Audiolibro de Vive el Tiempo. Se conmemora una gesta trascendente en la historia del pueblo mexicano y la forma como ese movimiento cambió la vida del país e impactó la vida social, política y económica en el Estado de Michoacán. Es un texto que incluye diversos nombres que tienen resonancia en la historia de México, y que le dan una particularidad a la propia historia de Michoacán.

En febrero de 1913, durante la Decena Trágica, el encargado de negocios ad interim de Japón, Horiguchi Kumaichi, acogió, salvó y consoló—con graves riesgos para su vida y la de los suyos—a la esposa, padres y dos hermanas del presidente Francisco I. Madero.

Este audiolibro parte desde la historia de sus padres, la duda sobre la fecha de su nacimiento, su adolescencia, sus viajes, su lucha en Cuba, su trabajo diplomático y su aciago final en la sierra de Bolivia.

Yasith Chhun was just a 42-year-old accountant living a comfortable life in California. Then he tried to overthrow the Cambodian government from his humble office in Long Beach. Inspired by films like Braveheart, Chhun planned "Operation Volcano," a scheme replete with espionage, jungle guerrillas, and East German rocket launchers. Could Chhun's quixotic, incredibly risky and potentially bloody coup possibly succeed?

München, 1918: Nach der Absetzung des Königs liegen mit der neuen Räterepublik plötzlich Pazifismus, direkte Demokratie und sogar die Herrschaft der Fantasie im Bereich des Möglichen. An der Spitze der Bewegung stehen die Schriftsteller Ernst Toller, Gustav Landauer und Erich Mühsam, bei denen nach den Tagen der Euphorie jedoch schnell Ernüchterung folgt. In rasantem Tempo und aus der Perspektive von Beteiligten wie Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Adolf Hitler oder Oskar Maria Graf erzählt Volker Weidermann einen historischer Thriller über ein einzigartiges Ereignis der deutschen Geschichte.

On the 500th anniversary of Luther's rebellion, this spectacular global history traces the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world. Five hundred years ago, Protestant Christianity began with one stubborn monk. Today it includes a billion people across the globe. The upheaval Martin Luther triggered inspired one of the most creative and destructive movements in human history. Protestants is the story of the men and women who made and remade this quarrelsome faith.

Alexander Hamilton, born in the British West Indies, was an outsider from the very beginning. His illegitimate birth drove him to prove his worthiness to others throughout his life. His quest for honor was one of the defining characteristics that colored his decisions. Hamilton was a small man with a large ambition, and this would drive him to greatness and create some powerful enemies in his wake.

The history of four terrorist organizations in the Balkans and a general introduction to terrorism and freedom fighting. Also includes essays about religious co-existence in the Balkans and about pathological narcissism as a precursor to terrorism.

There is a very dark power that controls nearly everything, but you.

"Founding Minds: Unveiling the Legacy of the Magna Carta" is a comprehensive examination of the origins, creation, impact, and enduring legacy of the Magna Carta. In this book, we delve into the historical context that led to the formation of this groundbreaking document and explore the minds and creators behind its inception. We uncover the challenges and obstacles faced by those involved, as well as the opposition and resistance they encountered. From the negotiations to the signing and sealing, we analyze the key provisions and the beginning of the Magna Carta's influential legacy. This ...

Following the war in Ukraine, all eyes have turned to Taiwan as the next possible geopolitical tinderbox. Yet while it lies at the epicentre of China and the USA's tense relationship, its story and its people go overlooked and misunderstood. In Ghost Nation, leading journalist Chris Horton will uncover why this disputed country has become so critical to the world's future.

In this sequel to his bestselling Easter Rising 1916: The Trials, Seán Enright puts the great legal cases of the period into context with exacting clarity, including the Mac Curtain Inquest, the trials of MacSwiney, Markievicz, Maher and Foley, the Bloody Sunday courts martial and the trials under martial law. Following the executions of the 1916 leaders, a new government policy of conciliation was attempted but quickly faltered. Rebel prisoners were released, the Great War reached its climax, and Ireland was gripped by the conscription crisis and subsequent resentment over exclusion from ...

La Revolución haitiana fue una rebelión de esclavos que comenzó en 1791 en la colonia francesa de Saint-Domingue, conocida ahora como Haití. En esta pequeña isla los tiranos fueron los dueños de esclavos, gente que no solo privaba de libertad a sus esclavos, sino que también pensaba que estaba justificado quitarles la vida. La Revolución haitiana empezó a cambiar la imagen de los esclavos en el mundo. Aunque costó otros 100 años erradicar la esclavitud en occidente, era imposible ignorar el paralelismo entre lo que los americanos y los franceses hicieron a los esclavos.

El anarquismo fue una ideología que dio respuesta a la sociedad capitalista en el momento más álgido de su desarrollo en el siglo XIX, teniendo en su base una fuerte defensa de la libertad individual que llegaba hasta solicitar la desaparición del Estado. Las ideas libertarias, herederas de tradiciones de lucha antiautoritaria, representaron un nuevo modelo social, organizativo, económico y político que rivalizaba con otras corrientes del movimiento obrero y se convirtió una de las referencias político-sociales básicas hasta bien entrado el siglo XX.

In this audiobook we will shed more light on the Batavians, a people in history with much bravery, innovation, and determination to form a republic with freedom for its citizens, with opposing enemies they resisted. The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands was followed by the Batavian Republic. It started on January 19, 1795, and ended on June 5, 1806, with Louis I's succession to the Dutch throne. The political, financial, and social modifications that took place at the time of the Batavian Republic's short existence have left an enduring mark.

A reportage from the turbulent, chaotic birth of the free Angola; the author calls it his “first real book”. Ryszard Kapuściński arrives to a country divided by two armies. For some time he's the only foreign correspondent there. Among the unbelievable chaos, he meets more and more people whose fates become the illustration of the cruelty of war. This book is a unique combination of war reportage with literary artistry - so characteristic of Ryszard Kapuściński.

Florida's Old King's Road ran from Georgia south of Jacksonville (once called Cow Ford), to St. Augustine, thru what is now Flagler County Florida and ended in New Symrna on Florida's Atlantic Coast. It was built in the British Colonial period just prior to the American Revolution. Most of it has vanished underneath developments and new roads. This is the history of Old King's. It covers historian Bill Ryan's effort to record and find existing pieces of this historic road. Here are the events along Old Kings including the great slave rebellion of the Second Seminole War, the Minorcans, ...

Discover the untold story of a generation that dared to dream, fight, and transform the world. "Fragments of a Generation - The Answer is Blowing in the Wind" is a compelling memoir that weaves together the personal and political, the spiritual and revolutionary. Through the eyes of Gora Devi, a pioneer of the 1960s counterculture, you’ll journey across continents and movements, from the heart of the Hippie revolution to the soul of India’s spiritual awakening. The year 1968, often simply referred to as ’68, marks a profound upheaval that stirred the collective consciousness across ...

Grassroots Rising is a passionate call to action for the global body politic, providing practical solutions for how to survive - and thrive - in catastrophic times. Author Ronnie Cummins aims to educate and inspire citizens worldwide to organize and become active participants in preventing ecological collapse. This audiobook offers a blueprint for building and supercharging a grassroots regeneration movement based on consumer activism, farmer innovation, political change, and regenerative finance.