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Born in Blackness vitally reframes the story of medieval and emerging Africa, demonstrating how the economic ascendancy of Europe, the anchoring of democracy in the West, and the fulfillment of so-called Enlightenment ideals all grew out of Europe's dehumanizing engagement with the "dark" continent. In fact, French reveals, the first impetus for the Age of Discovery was not—as we are so often told, even today—Europe's yearning for ties with Asia, but rather its centuries-old desire to forge a trade in gold with legendarily rich Black societies in the heart of West Africa.

Sarah Wynn-Williams, ancienne diplomate devenue cadre dirigeante chez Facebook, révèle l'envers du décor de l'entreprise qui a bouleversé nos vies. De l'intérieur, elle décrit la toute-puissance capricieuse de Mark Zuckerberg, obsédé par la croissance à tout prix, et l'ambition calculatrice de Sheryl Sandberg, son bras droit. Entre compromissions politiques, tolérance des campagnes de désinformation et exploitation cynique des failles psychologiques des utilisateurs, Wynn-Williams raconte comment Meta a trop souvent fermé les yeux face aux dérives.

The principles of the French Revolution remain the only possible basis for a just society - even if, after more than 200 years, they are more contested than ever before. In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the listener in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society.

"At a time when many people feel discouraged and unheard, the life of Thomas Paine serves as an apt reminder of the power of ideas and the written word. David Benner has given us a tremendous gift with this absorbing book." -Thomas E. Woods, New York Times bestselling author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History, and Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century “Thomas Paine rocked the political and religious establishments of America, France, and Britain. David Benner's new biography makes the implausible story of the author of "Common Sense" come ...

Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.

This powerful, intensely dramatic book is the definitive account of the Haitian Revolution of 1794-1803. It is the story of the French colony of San Domingo, a place where the brutality of master toward slave was commonplace and ingeniously refined. And it is the story of a barely literate slave named Toussaint L'Ouverture, who led the black people of San Domingo in a successful struggle against successive invasions by overwhelming French, Spanish, and English forces and, in the process, helped form the first independent nation in the Caribbean.

An exciting, hugely revealing account of China’s burgeoning presence in Africa - a developing empire already shaping, and reshaping, the future of millions of people. A prizewinning foreign correspondent and former New York Times bureau chief in Shanghai and in West and Central Africa, Howard French is uniquely positioned to tell the story of China in Africa. Through meticulous on-the-ground reporting, French crafts a layered investigation of astonishing depth and breadth.

From the former New York Times Asia correspondent and author of China's Second Continent, an incisive investigation of China's ideological development as it becomes an ever more aggressive player in regional and global diplomacy. For many years after its reform and opening in 1978, China...

En un an, l'extrême droite a assis son influence : en France, la droite républicaine ne cache plus ses accointances dangereuses avec le RN, tandis que dans le monde, une internationale fasciste se met en place en toute transparence, par delà les frontières. Il était nécessaire de mettre à jour cet ouvrage devenu le symbole de la résistance au fascisme dans l'Hexagone.

The instant New York Times bestseller. A brilliant recasting of the turning points in world history, including the one we're living through, as a collision between old power hierarchies and new social networks. “Captivating and compelling.” —The New York Times "Niall Ferguson has again...

God’s people are hiding in plain sightTens of millions of Christians live in China today, leading double lives to hide from a government that relentlessly persecutes them. By day, Bob Fu was a teacher in a communist school; by night, he was a preacher in an underground house church network. This edge-of-your-seat book tells the true story of Fu’s conversion to Christianity, his arrest and imprisonment for starting an illegal house church, his harrowing escape, and his subsequent rise to prominence in the United States as an advocate for his oppressed brethren.

From America's beginning, Christians have often merged their religious faith with national identity. But what is Christian nationalism? Paul D. Miller, a Christian scholar, political theorist, veteran, and former White House staffer, provides a detailed portrait of—and case against—Christian nationalism. Miller shows what's at stake if we misunderstand the relationship between Christianity and the American nation. Christian nationalism is an illiberal political theory, at odds with the genius of the American experiment, and could prove devastating to both church and state.

Née à Montauban en 1748, Olympe de Gouges devient femme de lettres et s'engage politiquement luttant par ses écrits contre l'esclavagisme puis contre les inégalités en général. On lui doit cette déclaration des droit de la femme. "La femme a le droit de monter sur l'échafaud ; elle doit avoir également celui de monter à la Tribune." Ses combats la mèneront à la guillotine à 45 ans. Ce titre comprend "Forme du Contrat social de l'Homme et de la Femme" et une courte "Biographie d'Olympe de Gouges".

Get the first three Scorpion books now, as one new boxset, at a reduced price! In the Department 89 series, The Renegade Spy, the Scorpion is a merciless and psychopathic assassin, hired to assassinate the German chancellor. But years before, he used to be a Foreign Legionnaire, a man of honour and integrity. What happened? The Desert Scorpion Sergeant Jens Schacht is a soldier in the French Foreign Legion, a man with honour and integrity. So when he breaks up an attempted sexual assault on an Iraqi civilian, he can't look away. The perpetrators vow revenge, ordering an airstrike to silence...

On the Social Contract's appeal and influence has been wide-ranging and continuous. It has been called an encomium to democracy and, at the same time, a blueprint for totalitarianism. Individualists, collectivists, anarchists, and socialists have all taken courage from Rousseau's controversial masterpiece.

Le groupe Volkswagen est en plein baccarat. Son cours boursier s’est effondré des deux tiers depuis ses sommets de 2021 et la descente aux enfers continue. Pour la première fois de son Histoire qui commence en 1937, il doit fermer des usines en Allemagne et licencier du personnel. Ses autres usines, celles qui semblent épargnées par la fermeture, tournent à capacité partielle. Peu de gens le savent, mais pour que le groupe Volkswagen puisse vendre ses véhicules en Europe, il doit payer l’Etat chinois ! C’est le régulateur européen qui l’exige au nom du climat.

« J’ai décidé, avec ce livre-testament, de ne jamais brider ma plume. J’écris sans scrupule. Je livre, sans aucune précaution pour les âmes sensibles, le fond de ma pensée, avec l’obsession de relever le pays, de le redresser, de le sortir du cloaque. Je suis hanté par la disparition du peuple auquel j’appartiens. Je vois le gouffre s’ouvrir.

The sixth volume of Poincaré's memoirs as President of the French Republic, and the second to deal with the Great War, from the beginning of 1915 to midsummer. There is stalemate on the western front, the Russians are retreating on the eastern front and British and French governments are scanning the horizon to seek out new fronts to open, to try desperately to break the deadlock. Poincaré is as ever, treading a difficult and narrow path of constitutional responsibility, and at the same time having to deal with the ever more turbulent politics of war: both internally, with a cantankerous ...

From the internationally acclaimed Oxford authority on Communism, a definitive history that examines the origins of the ideology, its development in different nations, its collapse in many of those countries following perestroika, and its current incarnations around the globe. The Rise and Fall...

This comprehensive military biography of George Washington entertainingly examines Washington's capacity as a military leader. Acclaimed historian Edward G. Lengel, an associate editor of the University of Virginia's Papers of George Washington project, bases this engrossing work on the most extensive collection of Washington's personal correspondence.