Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Real Americans Khong Rachel, das für 26.4 € verkauft wird und in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin hergestellt.
Real Americans: A novel.
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Erhalte Tipps, Meinungen und Funktionen zu Penguin Rethinking Sex Christine Emba, das für 33.2 € erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt ist in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften gelistet, wird von Penguin hergestellt und von Galaxus.de verkauft.
Part searing examination, part call to arms-a bold case against modern sexual ethics, from young Washington Post columnist Christine Emba. For years now, modern-day sexual ethics has held that 'anything goes' when it comes to sex-as long as everyone says yes, and does so enthusiastically. So why, even when consent has been ascertained, are so many of our sexual experiences filled with frustration, and disappointment, even shame? The truth is that the rules that make up today's consent-only sexual code may actually be the cause of our sexual malaise-not the solution. In Rethinking Sex, reporter Christine Emba shows how consent is a good ethical floor but a terrible ceiling. She spells out the cultural, historical, and psychological forces that have warped our idea of sex, what is permitted, and what is considered 'safe.' In visiting critical points in recent years-from #MeToo and the Aziz Ansari scandal, to the phenomenal response to 'Cat Person'-she reveals how a consent-only view of sex has hijacked our ability to form authentic and long-lasting connections, exposing us further to chronic isolation and resentment. Reaching back to the wisdom of thinkers like Thomas Aquinas and Andrea Dworkin, and drawing from sociological studies, interviews with college students, and poignant examples from her own life, Emba calls for a more humane philosophy, one that starts with consent but accounts for the very real emotional, mental, social, and political implications of sex-even, she argues, if it means saying no to certain sexual practices or challenging societal expectations altogether. More than a bold reassessment of modern norms, Rethinking Sex invites us to imagine what it means to will the good of others, and in turn, attain greater affirmation, fulfillment, and satisfaction for ourselves.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Books Doctor Who Time, zum Preis von 22.6 € : es gehört zur Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin Books hergestellt.
ISBN Doctor Who: Time Lord Fairy Tales. Unterstützte Sprachen: Englisch, Geschrieben von: Justin Richards, Anzahl der Seiten: 272 Seiten. Breite: 162 mm, Tiefe: 32 mm, Höhe: 240 mm.
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Finde Tipps, Bewertungen und Funktionen zu Penguin The Things That We, das für 25.2 € verkauft wird und in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt gehört zu Penguin und wird von Galaxus.de verkauft.
*** WINNER OF THE 2021 #MERKY BOOKS NEW WRITERS' PRIZE*** Nik has lots of questions about his late father but knows better than to ask his mother, Avani. It's their unspoken rule. When his grandfather dies, Nik has the opportunity to learn about the man he never met. Armed with a key and new knowledge about his parents' past, Nik sets out to unlock the secrets that his mother has been holding onto his whole life. As the carefully crafted portrait Avani has painted for her son begins to crack, and painful truths emerge, can the two of them find their way back to each other? The Things That We Lost is a beautifully tender exploration of family, loss and the lengths to which we go to protect the ones we love. It is the first work of fiction by Jyoti Patel, winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers' Prize, and one of the most exciting new novelists to watch.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Books King and Emperor, das für 25.4 € verkauft wird und in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin Books hergestellt.
A DAILY TELEGRAPH AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'A remarkable book: the dramatic story of a truly extraordinary man ... brilliant' Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves A major new biography of one of the most extraordinary of all rulers, and the father of present-day Europe Charles, King of the Franks, is one of the most remarkable figures ever to rule a European super-state. That is why he is so often called 'Charles the Great': by the French 'Charlemagne', and by the Germans 'Karl der Grosse'. His strength of character was felt to be remarkable from early in his long reign. Warfare and accident, vermin and weather have destroyed much of the evidence for his rule in the twelve centuries since his death, but a remarkable amount still survives. Janet L. Nelson's wonderful new book brings together everything we know about Charlemagne and sifts through the evidence to come as close as we can to understanding the man and his motives. Nelson has an extraordinary knowledge of the sources and much of the book is a sort of detective story, prying into and interpreting fascinating material and often obdurate scraps, from prayerbooks to skeletons, gossip to artwork. Above all, Charles' legacy lies in his deeds and their continuing resonance, as he shaped duchies and counties, rebuilt and founded towns and monasteries, and consciously set himself up not just as King of the Franks, but as the new 'Emperor governing the Roman Empire'. His successors - in some ways to the present day - have struggled to interpret, misinterpret, copy or subvert Charlemagne's legacy. Nelson gets us as close as we can ever hope to come to the real figure, as understood in his own time.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Books Usa Imagine If, zum Preis von 23.9 € : es gehört zur Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin Books Usa hergestellt.
B>A call to action that pulls together all of Sir Ken Robinson’s key messages and philosophies, and that challenges and empowers readers to re-imagine our world, and our systems, for the better./b>br>br>Sir Ken Robinson changed the lives of millions of people. The embodiment of the prestigious TED conference, his TED Talks are watched an average of 17,000 times a day - a figure that Chris Anderson, Head of TED, says is the equivalent of selling out the Millennium Dome every night for fifteen consecutive years. A New York Times bestselling author, Sir Ken’s books have been translated into twenty four languages.br>;br>In his final years, Sir Ken was working on a book that would serve as his manifesto. This book was being written for both new and dedicated audiences alike as a coherent overview of the arguments that he dedicated his life to, and as a pivotal piece of literature for the education revolution he began. When Sir Ken received his cancer prognosis in August 2020 he asked his daughter and collaborator, Kate Robinson, to finish writing this manifesto and continue his work.br>;br>At its core, Sir Ken’s work is a love letter to human potential, it is a celebration of what we as a species are capable of doing, and of being, if we create the right conditions. It is a rallying cry to revolutionize our systems of education, and the ways in which we run our businesses and structure our social systems, so that they bring out the best in each and every person. Sir Ken often observed that what separates us from the rest of life on Earth is our power of imagination - the ability to bring to mind things that are not present to our senses. It is imagination that allows us to create the world in which we live, rather than just exist in it. It also gives us the power to recreate it.;.
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Finde Tipps, Bewertungen und Funktionen zu Penguin The Buddha and the, das für 25.1 € verkauft wird und in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt gehört zu Penguin und wird von Galaxus.de verkauft.
NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, AND #1 WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER •,; Forget hustling. This book will disrupt your deeply held beliefs about work, success, and, indeed, life. If you're the average person in the developed world, you spend 70 percent of your waking hours at work. And if you're the average person, you're miserable for most of those hours. This is simply not an acceptable state of affairs for your one shot at life. No matter your station, you possess incredible unique powers. It's a modern myth that hard work and hustle are the paths to success. Inside you is a soul. And once you unleash it fully into the domain of work, magic happens. Awakening the Buddha and the Badass inside you is a process that will disrupt the way you work altogether. You'll gain access to tools that bend the very rules of reality. •,; The Buddha is the archetype of the spiritual master. The person who can live in this world but also move with an ease, grace, and flow that comes from inner awareness and alignment. •,; The Badass is the archetype of the changemaker. This is the person who is out there creating change, building, coding, writing, inventing, leading. The badass represents the benevolent disruptor-the person challenging the norms so we can be better as a species. Once you integrate the skill sets of both archetypes, you will experience life at a different level from most people. You will operate from a space of bliss, ease, inspiration, and abundance. The Buddha and the Badass: The Secret Spiritual Art of Succeeding at Work will show you how. Author of the New York Times bestseller The Code of the Extraordinary Mind and founder of Mindvalley, Vishen Lakhiani has turned his own life and company into his research lab. He's codified everything he's learned into the how-to steps in this book. The Buddha and the Badass teaches you how to master your work and your life.
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Finde Tipps, Bewertungen und Funktionen zu Penguin Who Owns the Clouds, das für 27.6 € verkauft wird und in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt gehört zu Penguin und wird von Galaxus.de verkauft.
A powerful and visually arresting fictional memoir of trauma, memory and hope in the aftermath of war, for readers 12 and up. For fans of Maus. Even though Mila is no longer a child, she is overcome by memories —,; memories of a childhood halfway between reality and dreaming, and not knowing which is which. ,; In her dreams, Mila and her family leave their bombed village to stand in line for weeks on end, suitcases in hand, hoping to move on to better lives. But the memories of her uncle’,s; disappearance, and the approach of looming clouds, keep blurring the lines between past and present, real and unreal. How can Mila move forward? Perhaps if the clouds can remind her of where she’,s; from, they can also show her where to go . . . ,; Winner of a Governor General’,s; Award, Canada’,s; most prestigious literary prize, and the Bologna Ragazzi Award, this stunningly evocative book about experience, trauma and healing will stay with readers from beginning to end.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Books Usa Wintergirls Laurie, zum Preis von 19 € : es gehört zur Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin Books Usa hergestellt.
ISBN Wintergirls. Bucheinband-Typ: Taschenbuch, Geschrieben von: Laurie Halse Anderson, Anzahl der Seiten: 304 Seiten. Breite: 139,7 mm, Höhe: 209,5 mm.
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Erhalte Tipps, Meinungen und Funktionen zu Penguin The Museum of Desire, das für 20.95 € erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt ist in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften gelistet, wird von Penguin hergestellt und von Galaxus.de verkauft.
__________________________ ONE WILD PARTY. FOUR COUNTS OF MURDER. A mansion in Beverly Hills is leased out to host an event wild enough to herald the end of days. The next day there isn’t a living soul to be seen. But in the driveway sits a super-stretch limo, unlocked, with four bodies inside it. Nothing links the victims together. Each has been killed in a different way. Now it’s up to brilliant psychologist Alex Delware and LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis to begin their grisliest and most baffling case yet. As they struggle to make sense of the mass slaying, they will be forced to confront a level of evil that nothing can prepare them for.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Part of a Story, zum Preis von 25.2 € : es gehört zur Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin hergestellt.
Award-winning spoken word artist George the Poet brings together an incredible roster of Black British poets in this important and exciting new anthology, exploring people, moments and events from Black British history.Featuring works by established poets and new wordsmiths alike, Part of a Story That Started Before Me is the perfect read for fans of Kayo Chingonyi's More Fiya and David Olusoga's Black and British.Featuring: Abi Simms, Adesayo Talabi, AFLO. the poet, Benjamin Zephaniah, Bridget Minamore, Cara Thompson, Casey Bailey, Derek Walcott, Dorothea Smartt, Eno Mfon, Evan the poet, Fred D'Aguiar, George The Poet, Henry Stone, Inua Ellams, Irenosen Okojie, Isaiah Hull, Jeffrey Boakye, Jenny Mitchell, Jeremiah Brown, John Agard, Joseph Coelho, Jude Yawson, Kelechi Okafor, Malika Booker, Miles Chambers, Priss Nash, Olivette Otele & Stretch the Top Boy, Rakaya Fetuga, Raymond Antrobus, Reece Williams, The Repeat Beat Poet, Samuel King, Sophia Thakur, Thembe Mvula, Theresa Lola, Tré Ventour, Vanessa Kisuule, and more.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Inflamed Raj Patel Rupa, das für 20 € verkauft wird und in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin hergestellt.
'A work of exhilarating scope and relevance ... What a rare and powerful experience to feel a book in your very body' Naomi Klein 'Health is not something we can attain as individuals, for ourselves, hermetically sealed off from the world around us. An injury to one is an injury to all.' Our bodies, societies and planet are inflamed. In this boldly original book, renowned political economist Raj Patel teams up with physician Rupa Marya to illuminate the hidden relationships between human health and the profound injustices of our political and economic systems. In doing so, they offer a radical new cure: the deep medicine of decolonization. Journeying through the human body - our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, and nervous systems - Marya and Patel show how inflammation is connected not just to the food that we eat, the air that we breathe and access to healthcare, but is also linked to the traumatic events we experience and the very model of health that doctors practice: one which takes things apart, rather than seeking to bring ideas and lived experiences together. Combining the latest scholarship on globalization and biology with the stories of patients in marginalized communities and the wisdom of Indigenous groups, Inflamed points the way toward a medicine that heals what has been divided and has the potential to transform not only our bodies but the world.
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Erhalte Tipps, Meinungen und Funktionen zu Penguin A Visible Man Edward, das für 25.1 € erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt ist in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften gelistet, wird von Penguin hergestellt und von Galaxus.de verkauft.
From one of our culture's most important changemakers, a memoir of breaking barriers. When Edward Enninful became the first Black editor-in-chief of British Vogue, few in the world of fashion wanted to confront how it failed to represent the world we live in. But Edward, a champion of inclusion throughout his life, rapidly changed that. Now, whether it's putting first responders, octogenarians or civil rights activists on the cover of Vogue, or championing designers and photographers of colour, Edward Enninful has cemented his status as one of his world's most important changemakers. A Visible Man traces an astonishing journey into one of the world's most exclusive industries. Edward candidly shares how as a Black, gay, working-class refugee, he found in fashion not only a home, but the freedom to share with people the world as he saw it. Written with style, grace, and heart, A Visible Man shines a spotlight on the career of one of the greatest creative minds of our times. It is the story of a visionary who changed not only an industry, but how we understand beauty.
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Finde Tipps, Bewertungen und Funktionen zu Penguin Bad Sex Nona Willis, das für 34.5 € verkauft wird und in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt gehört zu Penguin und wird von Galaxus.de verkauft.
From Teen Vogue sex and love columnist Nona Willis Aronowitz, a blend of memoir, social history, and cultural criticism that explores the new 'problem that has no name' when it comes to female desire, seeking answers from the author's life and family history as well as from revolutionaries of the past. The daughter of Ellen Willis (of Second Wave Feminist fame), Nona grew up not only believing the feminist revolution was thriving, but that she was a result: She was sexually liberated, wrote her college thesis on 1970s porn, and had genuinely good sex from the time she was a teen. But then at twenty-four, she entered into an ironic and unplanned marriage that become a surprisingly seductive trap into conventional life. But eight years later that partnership was starting to show signs of wear and eventually culminated in divorce. It was in that moment of personal sea change and political tumult that Nona turned to her late mother's writing (and other revolutionaries of the past) for guidance, all while navigating the modern dating world. In a time when sex has never been more accepted and feminism has never been more mainstream, what does it mean to be sexually liberated? For readers of Rebecca Traister and Rebecca Solnit, Bad Sex is a brave, bold, and vulnerable exploration of the enduring barriers of sexual freedom, which lays bare the triumphs and flaws of contemporary feminism and also helps shine a light on universal questions of desire.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Books Usa The Twilight, zum Preis von 27.6 € : es gehört zur Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin Books Usa hergestellt.
B>b>b>One of the great filmmakers, Werner Herzog, in his first novel, tells the incredible true story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who continued to defend a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War Two/b>/b>/b>br>br>In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts asked him, whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former solider famous for having quixotically defended an island in the Philippines for decades after World War II, unaware the fighting was over. At their meeting, Herzog and Onoda spoke for hours, and together began to unravel the story of Onoda's long war.br>;br>At the end of 1944, on Lubang Island in the Philippines, with Japanese troops about to withdraw, Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda was given orders by his superior officer: Hold the island until the Imperial army’s return. Defend the territory with guerilla tactics at all costs. There is only one rule: you are forbidden to die by your own hand. In the event of capture, give the enemy all the misleading information you can. Onoda dutifully retreated into the jungle, and so began his long campaign. Soon weeks turned into months, months into years, and years into decades. And all the while Onoda continued to follow his orders, surviving by any means necessary, at first with other soldiers, and then, finally, all alone in the jungle, like a phantom, becoming one with the natural world. Until eventually time itself seemed to melt away.br>;br>In The Twilight World, Herzog immortalizes and imagines Onoda’s years of absurd yet epic struggle in an inimitable, hypnotic style--part documentary, part poem, and part dream--that will be instantly recognizable to fans of his films. The result is a novel completely unto itself, a sort of modern-day Robinson Crusoe tale: a glowing, dancing meditation on the purpose and meaning we give our lives.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Books Usa Deluxe Dana, zum Preis von 27.6 € : es gehört zur Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin Books Usa hergestellt.
From the author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes - Once luxury was available only to the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty. It offered a history of tradition, superior quality, and a pampered buying experience. Today, however, luxury is simply a product packaged and sold by multibillion-dollar global corporations focused on growth, visibility, brand awareness, advertising, and, above all, profits. Award-winning journalist Dana Thomas digs deep into the dark side of the luxury industry to uncover all the secrets that Prada, Gucci, and Burberry don?t want us to know. Deluxe is an uncompromising look behind the glossy façade that will enthrall anyone interested in fashion, finance, or culture.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Be More Human Tony, zum Preis von 25.2 € : es gehört zur Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin hergestellt.
The bright lights, late nights and constant hustle of our modern world have detached us from the way we, as humans, were supposed to live, connect and thrive. br>br>Be More Human will explore the importance of reconnecting with our natural state and help us learn how to meet our true needs and live more naturally. Tony Riddle (@ thenaturallifestylist) will explore how the majority of us do not sit, breathe, eat, sleep or move as nature intended and so we're actively going against our biology. br>br>Committed to helping us reconnect with how we were built to live, his expertise will make this a transformative, empowering and practical guide to getting back in tune with a happier, healthier self.>.
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Finde Tipps, Bewertungen und Funktionen zu Penguin Difficult Women Helen Lewis, das für 23.25 € verkauft wird und in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt gehört zu Penguin und wird von Galaxus.de verkauft.
Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do. Helen Lewis argues that feminism’s success is down to complicated, contradictory, imperfect women, who fought each other as well as fighting for equal rights. Too many of these pioneers have been whitewashed or forgotten in our modern search for feel-good, inspirational heroines. It’s time to reclaim the history of feminism as a history of difficult women. In this book, you’ll meet the working-class suffragettes who advocated bombings and arson, the princess who discovered why so many women were having bad sex, the pioneer of the refuge movement who became a men’s rights activist, the ‘striker in a sari’ who terrified Margaret Thatcher, the wronged Victorian wife who definitely wasn’t sleeping with the prime minister, and the lesbian politician who outraged the country. Taking the story up to the present with the twenty-first-century campaign for abortion services, Helen Lewis reveals the unvarnished – and unfinished – history of women’s rights. Drawing on archival research and interviews, Difficult Women is a funny, fearless and sometimes shocking narrative history, which shows why the feminist movement has succeeded – and what it should do next. The battle is difficult, and we must be difficult too.
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Finde Tipps, Bewertungen und Funktionen zu Penguin An Ember in the, das für 30 € verkauft wird und in der Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften erhältlich ist; dieses Produkt gehört zu Penguin und wird von Galaxus.de verkauft.
"Laia is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire's greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution"--.
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Entdecke Informationen, Ratschläge und Preise für Penguin Books Churchill Andrew Roberts, zum Preis von 27.8 € : es gehört zur Kategorie Bücher & Zeitschriften; dieses Produkt wird von Galaxus.de verkauft und von Penguin Books hergestellt.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERbr>A SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, ECONOMIST, DAILY TELEGRAPH, EVENING STANDARD, OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARbr>br>'Undoubtedly the best single-volume life of Churchill ever written' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Timesbr>br>A magnificently fresh and unexpected biography of Churchill, by one of Britain's most acclaimed historiansbr>br>Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death at the age of 90 in 1965, many thought him to be the greatest man in the world.br>br>There have been over a thousand previous biographies of Churchill. Andrew Roberts now draws on over forty new sources, including the private diaries of King George VI, used in no previous Churchill biography to depict him more intimately and persuasively than any of its predecessors. The book in no way conceals Churchill's faults and it allows the reader to appreciate his virtues and character in full: his titanic capacity for work (and drink), his ability see the big picture, his willingness to take risks and insistence on being where the action was, his good humour even in the most desperate circumstances, the breadth and strength of his friendships and his extraordinary propensity to burst into tears at unexpected moments. Above all, it shows us the wellsprings of his personality - his lifelong desire to please his father (even long after his father's death) but aristocratic disdain for the opinions of almost everyone else, his love of the British Empire, his sense of history and its connection to the present.br>br>During the Second World War, Churchill summoned a particular scientist to see him several times for technical advice. 'It was the same whenever we met', wrote the young man, 'I had a feeling of being recharged by a source of living power.' Harry Hopkins, President Roosevelt's emissary, wrote 'Wherever he was, there was a battlefront.' Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Churchill's essential partner in strategy and most severe critic in private, wrote in his diary, 'I thank God I was given such an opportunity of working alongside such a man, and of having my eyes opened to the fact that occasionally such supermen exist on this earth.'>.
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