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Thomas Harding und Britta Teckentrup erzählen Geschichte neu - aus der Perspektive eines Hauses. In der nordöstlichen Ecke der USA, nahe der Stadt Auburn, steht ein rotes Backsteinhaus. Es wurde vor 130 Jahren erbaut und diente als Farmhaus, Altenheim, Museum und als Zufluchtsort für versklavte Frauen, Männer und Kinder. Es war Schauplatz einer außergewöhnlichen Geschichte: des Amerikanischen Revolutionskriegs, der Underground Railroad, des A...

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Thomas Harding kannte seinen Großonkel Hanns Alexander als einen freundlichen Mann mit viel Familiensinn, der ein bürgerliches Leben als Bankangestellter in London geführt hatte, sich für die Synagoge engagierte und gerne Witze machte. Seine jüdische Familie stammte aus Berlin und war in den 1930er-Jahren in letzter Minute nach England ins Exil entkommen. Das wussten alle. Ansonsten wurde über den Krieg nicht gesprochen. Erst nach dem Tod von ...

Als der Journalist Thomas Harding entdeckt, dass seine Vorfahren vom Sklavenhandel profitiert haben, beschließt er, ein Buch über die britische Sklavereivergangenheit zu schreiben. Der Sklavenaufstand von 1823 enthüllt die Sklavengesellschaft bis ins kleinste Detail. In diesem eindringlichen Buch kommt Harding zu dem Schluss, dass viele der Beschwerden von Black Lives Matter ihre Wurzeln in Kolonialismus und Sklaverei haben. Seiner Meinung nac...

The Oxford Companion to Wine is an essential reference for both the novice and professional wine lover, written by a vast team of experts. Covering the entire world of wine, it avoids jargon to deliver clear, concise entries on the winemaking process, and practical advice on everything from opening a bottle to finding sustainably produced wines.

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Die bewegte Geschichte des Hauses, in dem Anne Frank und ihre Familie sich versteckten. Mitten in Amsterdam, direkt an der Prinsengracht 261, steht ein hohes, schmales Haus. Es wurde vor 400 Jahren gebaut und diente als Wohnung, Lager, Stall und Geheimversteck. Es war Schauplatz einer bemerkenswerten Geschichte, die das rasante Wachstum Amsterdams im »Goldenen Zeitalter« Hollands und die deutsche Besetzung der Niederlande während des Zweiten W...

The captivating story of the famed publisher George Weidenfeld, from his struggles as an Austrian-Jewish refugee in London to his rise as a world-renowned literary figure. After arriving in London just before World War Two as a penniless Austrian-Jewish refugee, George Weidenfeld went on to transform not only the world of publishing but the culture of ideas. The books that he published include momentous titles such as Lolita, Double Helix, The...

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The story of the slave uprising that took place in the British colony of Demerara - now Guyana - in the Caribbean in 1823, and its momentous consequences

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Can a series of notebooks smuggled from the year 2050 change the past to save the future?

The incredible story of how a house was witness to German history" Telegraph"A touching picturebook which shows children that large events can have repercussions even in small and unheralded places" Wall Street JournalA beautiful picture-book adaptation of Thomas Harding's Costa-shortlisted biography for adults, exquisitely illustrated by Britta Teckentrup.On the outskirts of Berlin, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the cou...

This is the story of the uprising by enslaved people that took place in the British colony of Demerara (now Guyana) in the Caribbean in 1823. Starting on a small sugar plantation called 'Success', it narrates how the impact of the rebellion spread, ultimately becoming a key trigger in the abolition of slavery across the empire. Prize-winning author Thomas Harding interrogates and challenges established perspectives about British slavery and co...

The story of the slave uprising that took place in the British colony of Demerara - now Guyana - in the Caribbean in 1823, and its momentous consequences

The first biography of the towering figure and maverick publisher who transformed not only publishing but the culture of ideas

History comes home in a deeply moving, exquisitely illustrated tale of a small house, taken by the Nazis, that harbors a succession of families—and becomes a quiet witness to a tumultuous century.The days went around like a wheel.The sun rose, warming the walls of the house.On the outskirts of Berlin, Germany, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a hundred years, this little house played host to a kind Jewish doct...

A beautiful picture-book adaptation of Thomas Harding's Costa-shortlisted biography for adults, exquisitely illustrated by Britta Teckentrup.On the outskirts of Berlin, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a century, this little house played host to a loving Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, wartime refugees and a Stasi informant, in that time, a world war came and went, and the Berlin Wall was built a ston...