In het boek Navalny van Jan Matti Dollbaum, Morvan Lallouet en Ben Noble staat oppositieleider en activist Aleksej Navalny centraal: de sleutelfiguur die wereldwijde bekendheid verwierf als de eerste realistische opponent van Poetin sinds jaren. Nadat hij in 2020 werd vergiftigd en naar Duitsland werd geëvacueerd, keerde hij in 2021 terug naar Rusland. Voor het oog van de verzamelde wereldpers werd hij bij aankomst onmiddellijk gearresteerd. Voor zijn inspanningen tegen president Poetin wo...

In Deutschland wurde Alexej Nawalny erst dadurch bekannt, dass er nur knapp einen Giftanschlag überlebte, für den er den russischen Geheimdienst verantwortlich macht. Nach seiner Behandlung in Deutschland wurde er bei seiner Rückkehr umgehend festgenommen, veröffentlichte aber gleichzeitig ein Video über Putin, das millionenfach geklickt wurde, Hunderttausende gingen auf die Straße. Nawalny präsentiert sich als Retter Russlands, der Putin unerbittlich vom Thron jagen will. Dabei ist er nic...

A fascinating account of Russia's famous dissident and the politics he embodies. Who is Alexei Navalny? Poisoned in August 2020 and transported to Germany for treatment, the politician returned to Russia in January 2021 in the full glare of the world media. His immediate detention at passport control set the stage for an explosive showdown with Vladimir Putin. But Navalny means very different things to different people. To some, he is a democratic hero. To others, he is betraying the Mothe...

A fascinating account of Russia's famous dissident and the politics he embodies.Who is Alexei Navalny? Poisoned in August 2020 and transported to Germany for treatment, the politician returned to Russia in January 2021 in the full glare of the world media. His immediate detention at passport control set the stage for an explosive showdown with Vladimir Putin.But Navalny means very different things to different people. To some, he is a democratic hero. To ot...

Mérgezés, kirakatper, az emberi jogokra fittyet hányó börtönbüntetés: Alekszej Navalnij láthatóan feldühítette az Oroszországot több mint két évtizede vaskézzel uraló Vlagyimir Putyint, nemhiába emlegetik az orosz autokrata elsõ valódi kihívójaként. Honnan indult a jogászból korrupcióellenes aktivistává, majd a Putyin-rezsim ellenzékének elsõ számú vezetõjévé vált férfi pályafutása? Mit lehet tudni személyiségérõl és politikai nézeteirõl azon kívül, hogy Putyin kérlelhetetlen ellenfele? És...

Kuka on Aleksei Navalnyi?Tietokirja Navalnyi ja Venäjän oppositio kertoo itänaapurimme tunnetuimmasta mielipidevangista ja siitä, mitä hän merkitsee maansa tulevaisuudelle.Kuka Aleksei Navalnyi oikeastaan on? Tämä kysymys hämmentää monia edelleen, vaikka kyseessä on Venäjän tunnetuin oppositiopoliitikko ja uutislähetysten vakioaihe. Riippuen vastaajasta Navalnyi on joko demokratian sankari, isänmaan petturi tai vaarallinen nationalisti.Navalnyi ja Venäj...

The remarkable true story of a modern-day Robin Hood: a British college student who started robbing banks as the financial crisis unfolded.“Completely fascinating . . . [The Unusual Suspect] reads like a deep psychological thriller, but it’s real. Is truth stranger than fiction? You bet.”—Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling authorStephen Jackley was a young British college student when the global financial crisis bega...

An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million—and might not be the real thing.In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci’s small oil painting the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as savior of the world is “the rarest thing on the planet.” Its $450 million sale price also makes it the world’s most expensive painting....

In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across the centuries.In 2017, Leonardo da Vinci’s small oil painting, the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as saviour of the world is ‘the rarest th...

The increasing significance of managing or changing habits is evident across a range of pressing contemporary issues: climate change, waste management, travel practices, and crowd control. Assembling and Governing Habits engages with the diverse ways in which habits are governed through the knowledge practices and technologies that have been brought to bear on them.The volume addresses three main concerns. The first focuses on how the habit discourses proposed by a range o...

While conducting exploration in the frozen Arctic, Texan Lew McCardle, a geologist working for the Houghton Oil company, discovers something remarkable: a body encased in the ice. More remarkable still, the skills of Russian researcher Semyon Petrovitch bring the man miraculously back to life. This strange visitor from the distant past has an amazing story to tell. Translated from his native Latin by Nordic nun Olava, Lucius Aurelius Eugenianus reveals that in the era of Domitian he was a ...

A chilling psychological thriller about family – the ties that bind us, and the lies that destroy us. Perfect for fans of The Girl on the Train and I Let You Go.You find your neighbour dead in his bath.Your son is with you. He sees everything.You discover your wife has been in the man’s house.It seems she knew him.Now the police need to speak to you.One night turns Alex Mercer’s life upside down. He loves his family and he wants to protect them...