White Empire

When six-year-old Reginald Lewis overheard his grandparents discussing employment discrimination against African Americans, he asked, “Why should white guys have all the fun?" This self-assured child would grow up to become the CEO of Beatrice International and one of the most successful entrepreneurs ever. At the time of his death in 1993, his personal fortune was estimated in excess of $400 million and his vast commercial empire spanned four continents.

Born John Anthony Gillis in 1975, White rose to fame as the virtuoso guitarist and vocalist for The White Stripes, a blues-rock revival duo known for the alleged 'sibling' relationship with drummer/ex-wife Meg White. Beyond The White Stripes, White collaborated with artists like Bob Dylan and Loretta Lynn, and formed new bands: The Raconteurs (2006) and The Dead Weather (2009). His diverse ventures include acting in Cold Mountain, a high-profile marriage and divorce from supermodel Karen Elson, and revitalising Detroit's art scene by founding Third Man Records.

In Unfinished Empire, he marshals his gifts to deliver a monumental one-volume history of Britain's imperium - a work that is sure to stand as the most authoritative, most compelling treatment of the subject for a generation.

You've heard his name. You know his conquests. But do you know his story? Before Genghis Khan became the most powerful conqueror the world had ever seen, he was a son. A husband. A friend. A father. The House of Genghis Khan takes you behind the legend — through the doors of the yurt, into the lives of the people who shaped the man history remembers. Meet his mother, who fought to keep her family alive after his father's murder. Meet his wife Börte, whose strength and loyalty held the Khan together in his darkest moments. Walk alongside his blood brothers and his most trusted general. ...

In 1922, Shanghai awoke to chilling news: a squadron had sailed into its harbor under the faded flag of a country that no longer existed, the Russian Empire. Thousands of refugees flooded into China and upended the old order. For decades, European and American colonists had lived in Shanghai like demigods—privileged, untouchable—simply because they were white. Then, almost overnight, a different kind of white foreigner appeared on the streets: penniless, paperless, and desperate. They would take any job and endure any humiliation just to survive.

The disclosure already happened. You just haven't read it yet. The public record shows that a man with no college degree gained legal control over a billion-dollar fortune. That the largest private residence in Manhattan was transferred to him for zero dollars. That a federal sex trafficking investigation was buried through a secret deal granting immunity to every unnamed co-conspirator. That a federal judge ruled the deal broke the law. That intelligence agencies responded to questions about this man using the legal standard reserved for classified operations. This is not conspiracy theory...

Hadrian and his Red Company have been serving the Empire in military engagements against the Cielcin, the vicious alien civilisation bent on humanity's destruction. And they've been successful: a cult-like fervour building around Hadrian following a particularly impressive victory. But popularity comes at a price: an assassination attempt, triggered by those within the Imperial government who are scared of his rise to prominence.

This book presents a comprehensive history of the existential war waged between the Anglo-Dutch imperial system and what became known as the American System of political economy ever since the creation of the predatory British and Dutch East India Companies. On that basis, the book presents a counterintuitive solution to the crisis confronting humanity today, arguing that only a combination of the Four Powers, the USA, Russia, China and India, has the power to finally dismantle the Anglo-Dutch imperial system as it emerged from the British and Dutch East India Companies. The book documents ...

Voice of the Chosen is the third book in the Spirit of Empire series. Readers are strongly encouraged to read the first two books before embarking on this third book. Struthers has suffered serious defeats at the hands of Terran forces, but he is fighting back. Next on his agenda: convene the Imperial Senate, name himself emperor, and officially declare Imperial Forces in rebellion. The Queen must present herself to the senate. If she can, Struthers’ rebellion will fail, but the meeting will be held on Triton, his headquarters world. It is up to First Knight Michael Carver to find a way ...

An acclaimed book and widely acknowledged classic, The Middle Ground steps outside the simple stories of Indian-white relations—stories of conquest and assimilation and stories of cultural persistence. It is, instead, about a search for accommodation and common meaning. It tells how Europeans and Indians met, regarding each other as alien, as other, as virtually nonhuman, and how between 1650 and 1815 they constructed a common mutually comprehensible world in the region around the Great Lakes that the French called pays d'en haut. 

Read a rollicking page-turning sci-fi action tale seven hundred years after Old Earth reaches for the stars. Violence still exists. An intriguing and unique story. The characters are well-drawn and the plot flows quickly. Sgt. Ma is an eight-foot genetically enhanced female soldier who dreams of moving from her Planet's Militia to the All World's United Armed Services. (UAS) She thinks she will look great in the uniforms. Her enlistment is initially refused as she is larger and stronger than her Earth Counterparts where she is described as "bigger than a Buick". With resentment guiding her,...

Looking for adventure, romance, a modern-day quest in the tradition of Star Wars? Look no further. Hop aboard for a journey that starts on Earth but spans the galaxy. Join our heroes and heroines through a five-audiobook series as they struggle to put down an invasion that threatens galactic peace. In the process, they might even save Earth.

In The Canal Builders, Julie Greene reveals that this emphasis obscures a far more remarkable element of the canal's construction - the tens of thousands of workingmen and - women who traveled from around the world to build it. Drawing on research from around the globe, Greene explores the human dimensions of the Panama Canal story, revealing how it transformed perceptions of American empire at the dawn of the 20th century.

"Kill them all." Three words. One order. A nation transformed. One hundred thousand Americans dying every year from fentanyl. Cartels more powerful than governments. A hemisphere drowning in violence. President Warren Collier promised to end it. Secretary of War Dominic Pike made it happen—with methods that would shock the world. Secret weapons that humiliate superpowers. Operations that redraw maps. And an order so brutal that when the world hears it, nothing will ever be the same. But someone recorded those three words. And the man who must decide whether to expose them is Pike's own ...

Celebrate the legacy of The Empire Strikes Back with this exciting reimagining of the timeless film featuring new perspectives from forty acclaimed authors. On May 21, 1980, Star Wars became a true saga with the release of The Empire Strikes Back. In honor of the fortieth anniversary...

Monique has a problem. Well, two problems: Tyson James and Gage Dillinger. The first is her drug dealing boyfriend whose trying to go legit. He’s the tall, dark glass of handsome who pulled her out of her shitty apartment in Bed-Stuy and into a Tribeca Penthouse. The second is a self-made billionaire with enough charm and polish to hide the violent struggles of his past. Usually they’d move in different circles. But with Gage considering making a key investment in Tyson’s entertainment business, Monique ends up at a dinner at the Dillinger Mansion in the Upper East Side. The ...

Brought to you by Penguin. Based on the No 1 hit podcast 'The Lazarus Heist' 'You'll never see North Korea the same way again' Oliver Bullough, Sunday Times bestselling author of Moneyland 'One of the most incredible cyber-espionage stories I've ever heard, told by one of the UK's best tech...

Vous connaissez son nom. Vous connaissez ses conquêtes. Mais connaissez-vous son histoire ? Avant de devenir le conquérant le plus puissant que le monde ait jamais connu, Gengis Khan était un fils. Un époux. Un ami. Un père. La Maison de Gengis Khan vous emmène au-delà de la légende — à travers les portes de la yourte, au cœur des vies de ceux qui ont forgé l'homme que l'histoire a retenu. Rencontrez sa mère, qui se battit pour maintenir sa famille en vie après l'assassinat de son père. Rencontrez sa femme Börte, dont la force et la fidélité soutinrent le Khan dans ses ...

Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. The Untold War of the Queen Tomyris Who Defied the Persian Empire. Before Cleopatra, before Alexander—there was Tomyris, the warrior queen who dared to defy the mightiest empire on Earth. She killed the man who thought he was a god. When Cyrus the Great—conqueror of Babylon, King of Kings, and builder of the Persian Empire—marched on her people, Tomyris had two choices: submit or fight. She chose war. What followed was one of the bloodiest, most shocking battles in history—a queen’s vengeance written in rivers of blood. This novel rips away the dusty ...

'A rich treasure-chest of a book' ANTHONY HOWARD, Sunday Telegraph 'A spectacular history of the sixties' NICK COHEN, Observer 'Sandbrook's book is a pleasure to read ... he is a master of the human touch' RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES, TLS 'Rivetingly readable' GODFREY SMITH, Sunday Times From the...