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The Age of the Strongman
5 out of 5 stars based on 4 reviews
2022
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**Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Foreign Affairs, The Times (UK) and Sunday TimesFrom Putin, Trump, and Bolsonaro to Erdoğan, Orbán, and Xi, an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the world.**The first truly global treatment of the new nationalism, underpinned by an exceptional level of access to its key actors, from the award-winning journalist and author of Easternization....
The Age of the Strongman
5 out of 5 stars based on 4 reviews
2022
EN
**Named a Best Book of the Year by The Economist, Foreign Affairs, The Times (UK) and Sunday TimesFrom Putin, Trump, and Bolsonaro to Erdoğan, Orbán, and Xi, an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the world.**The first truly global treatment of the new nationalism, underpinned by an exceptional level of access to its key actors, from the award-winning journalist and author of Easternization....
Summary of Gideon Rachman's The Age of the Strongman
2022
EN
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Putin was the archetype and model for the current generation of strongman leaders. He took over in 1999, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, and promised to protect freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and ownership rights. #2 Putin’s rise to power in Russia was rapid, just ten years before he became head of state. He had been a lowly figure in the intelligence services, working as an offic...
Summary of Gideon Rachman's The Age of the Strongman
2022
EN
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Putin was the archetype and model for the current generation of strongman leaders. He took over in 1999, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, and promised to protect freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and ownership rights. #2 Putin’s rise to power in Russia was rapid, just ten years before he became head of state. He had been a lowly figure in the intelligence services, working as an offic...
The Age of the Strongman (Audiobook)
- Narrated by
- John Hopkins,Gideon Rachman
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
Unabridged
9 hours 39 min
2022
EN
The author of Easternization, an award-winning journalist, offers an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the globe, charting the most urgent political story of our era.We are in a new era: authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh and Washington. These leaders are national...
The Age of the Strongman (Audiobook)
- Narrated by
- John Hopkins,Gideon Rachman
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
Unabridged
9 hours 39 min
2022
EN
The author of Easternization, an award-winning journalist, offers an intimate look at the rise of strongman leaders around the globe, charting the most urgent political story of our era.We are in a new era: authoritarian leaders have become a central feature of global politics. Since 2000, self-styled strongmen have risen to power in capitals as diverse as Moscow, Beijing, Delhi, Brasilia, Budapest, Ankara, Riyadh and Washington. These leaders are national...
Summary of Gideon Rachman's The Age of the Strongman (Audiobook)
- Narrated by
- Digital Voice Madison G
Abridged
47 min
2022
EN
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Listen to the Summary of Gideon Rachman's The Age of the Strongman in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The presidential palace of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president, is a vast edifice containing over a thousand rooms. It was built on a hilltop on protected forest land, and Erdoğan moved into it in 2014, confirming his growing megalomania...
Summary of Gideon Rachman's The Age of the Strongman (Audiobook)
- Narrated by
- Digital Voice Madison G
Abridged
47 min
2022
EN
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Listen to the Summary of Gideon Rachman's The Age of the Strongman in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The presidential palace of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president, is a vast edifice containing over a thousand rooms. It was built on a hilltop on protected forest land, and Erdoğan moved into it in 2014, confirming his growing megalomania...
Summary of Gideon Rachman's The Age of the Strongman (Audiobook)
- Narrated by
- AI Michelle
Unabridged
47 min
2022
EN
Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI Voice. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Putin was the archetype and model for the current generation of strongman leaders. He took over in 1999, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, and promised to protect freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and ownership rights. #2 Putin’s rise to power in Russia was rapid, just ten years before he became head of state. He had been a l...
$4.99 USD
Summary of Gideon Rachman's The Age of the Strongman (Audiobook)
- Narrated by
- AI Michelle
Unabridged
47 min
2022
EN
Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI Voice. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Putin was the archetype and model for the current generation of strongman leaders. He took over in 1999, at the dawn of the twenty-first century, and promised to protect freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and ownership rights. #2 Putin’s rise to power in Russia was rapid, just ten years before he became head of state. He had been a l...
$4.99 USD
The Age of the Seventh Sun Trilogy
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2023
EN
Rich in imagination and romance, and based on the legends and history of the Aztec and Maya people, the Age of the Seventh Sun trilogy brings to vivid life a world on the edge of apocalyptic disaster.The Seventh SunThough his royal blood controls the power of the sun, young Prince Ahkin is now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And the sun is fading. Mayana, whose blood controls the power of water, is one of six noble daughters presented to him as a possib...
The Age of the Seventh Sun Trilogy
5 out of 5 stars based on 1 reviews
2023
EN
Rich in imagination and romance, and based on the legends and history of the Aztec and Maya people, the Age of the Seventh Sun trilogy brings to vivid life a world on the edge of apocalyptic disaster.The Seventh SunThough his royal blood controls the power of the sun, young Prince Ahkin is now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And the sun is fading. Mayana, whose blood controls the power of water, is one of six noble daughters presented to him as a possib...
The Obsidian Butterfly
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 13 reviews
2022
EN
The Seventh Sun faces destruction as Mayana and Ahkin race to save their world in the finale to this “compulsively readable” series (Rachel A. Marks, author of Fire and Bone).To the Chicome people, an eclipse is a time of terror. When darkness falls, the barrier separating the heavens and the earth becomes unstable. Then come the ravening Tzitzimime—the star demons who thirst for human blood. Mayana and Ahkin know the full extent of the coming danger, but they must gather support o...
The Obsidian Butterfly
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 13 reviews
2022
EN
The Seventh Sun faces destruction as Mayana and Ahkin race to save their world in the finale to this “compulsively readable” series (Rachel A. Marks, author of Fire and Bone).To the Chicome people, an eclipse is a time of terror. When darkness falls, the barrier separating the heavens and the earth becomes unstable. Then come the ravening Tzitzimime—the star demons who thirst for human blood. Mayana and Ahkin know the full extent of the coming danger, but they must gather support o...
Easternization
5 out of 5 stars based on 2 reviews
2017
EN
****NAMED NPR "BEST BOOKS OF 2017""**From the winner of the 2016 Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize for Commentator of the Year, a provocative analysis of how a new era of global instability has begun, as the flow of wealth and power turns from West to East.**Easternization is the defining trend of our age — the growing wealth of Asian nations is transforming the international balance of power. This shift to the East is shaping the lives of people all over t...
$11.99 USD
Easternization
5 out of 5 stars based on 2 reviews
2017
EN
****NAMED NPR "BEST BOOKS OF 2017""**From the winner of the 2016 Orwell Prize and the European Press Prize for Commentator of the Year, a provocative analysis of how a new era of global instability has begun, as the flow of wealth and power turns from West to East.**Easternization is the defining trend of our age — the growing wealth of Asian nations is transforming the international balance of power. This shift to the East is shaping the lives of people all over t...
$11.99 USD
Zero-Sum Future
2011
EN
With a new foreword on the revolutions in the Arab world and the euro crisis, one of the world’s most influential commentators on international affairs offers a stark warning about a gathering global political crisis.From one of the world’s most influential commentators on international affairs, chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times, comes a stark warning about a gathering global political crisis.Successive presidents have welcome...
$15.99 USD
Zero-Sum Future
2011
EN
With a new foreword on the revolutions in the Arab world and the euro crisis, one of the world’s most influential commentators on international affairs offers a stark warning about a gathering global political crisis.From one of the world’s most influential commentators on international affairs, chief foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Times, comes a stark warning about a gathering global political crisis.Successive presidents have welcome...
$15.99 USD
Florence in the Forgotten Centuries, 1527–1800
2013
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The city of Florence has long been admired as the home of the brilliant artistic and literary achievement of the early Renaissance. But most histories of Florence go no further than the first decades of the sixteenth century. They thus give the impression that Florentine culture suddenly died with the generation of Leonardo, Machiavelli, and Andrea del Sarto.Eric Cochrane shows that the Florentines maintained their creativity long after they had lost their position as the cultural ...
$12.99 USD
or Free with Kobo PlusFlorence in the Forgotten Centuries, 1527–1800
2013
EN
The city of Florence has long been admired as the home of the brilliant artistic and literary achievement of the early Renaissance. But most histories of Florence go no further than the first decades of the sixteenth century. They thus give the impression that Florentine culture suddenly died with the generation of Leonardo, Machiavelli, and Andrea del Sarto.Eric Cochrane shows that the Florentines maintained their creativity long after they had lost their position as the cultural ...
$12.99 USD
or Free with Kobo Plus
The Seventh Sun
4 out of 5 stars based on 40 reviews
2020
EN
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Thrust into leadership upon the death of his emperor father, young Prince Ahkin feels completely unready for his new position. Though his royal blood controls the power of the sun, he’s now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And despite all Ahkin’s efforts, the sun is fading—and the end of the world may be at hand.For Mayana, the only daughter of the Chicome family whose blood controls the power of water, the old emperor’s death may mean that she is next. Prince A...
The Seventh Sun
4 out of 5 stars based on 40 reviews
2020
EN
Accessible
Thrust into leadership upon the death of his emperor father, young Prince Ahkin feels completely unready for his new position. Though his royal blood controls the power of the sun, he’s now responsible for the lives of all the Chicome people. And despite all Ahkin’s efforts, the sun is fading—and the end of the world may be at hand.For Mayana, the only daughter of the Chicome family whose blood controls the power of water, the old emperor’s death may mean that she is next. Prince A...
THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes)
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 4 reviews
2016
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This carefully crafted ebook: "THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a book of history which traces the trajectory of Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium. The work covers the history of the Roman Empire, Europe, and the Catho...
$1.99 USD
or Free with Kobo PlusTHE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes)
4.5 out of 5 stars based on 4 reviews
2016
EN
This carefully crafted ebook: "THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (All 6 Volumes)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a book of history which traces the trajectory of Western civilization (as well as the Islamic and Mongolian conquests) from the height of the Roman Empire to the fall of Byzantium. The work covers the history of the Roman Empire, Europe, and the Catho...
$1.99 USD
or Free with Kobo Plus