In the years between 1714 and 1724, Jonathan Swift published little. This hiatus in his work is often dismissed as a consequence of personal disillusionment, and studies of Swift commonly move from 1714 to 1724 with barely a mention of his activities in that decade. This examination demonstrates a consistency of purpose on Swift's part, and uses his continuous dedication to the preservation and promotion of the privileges of the Church of Ireland to examine that fissure within contemporary Irish society. The unpublished, overlooked, and otherwise neglected writings of Swift, studied in the light of contemporary political and economic events in England and Ireland, reveal a politically astute observer and wise, if wary, commentator on events.

Biografie van de Nederlandse filmregisseur (1938).

Biografie van de Nederlandse zakenvrouw en politica (1942), tijdens haar carrière onder meer minister van Verkeer en Waterstaat (1982-1989) en Eurocommissaris Mededinging (2004-2009).

Portrays the life and career of the successful playwright who was never able to shake the public's idea that he only wrote for children

Persoonlijk getint relaas van met name de Amerikaanse tournees van de Britse popzanger (1940-1980).

Memoires en brieven van Jo Liese, (1913-1999), die als vrouw van een zendeling in 1934 met haar man meeging naar Nederlands-Indië.

In 1923, a thirty-four year old Adolf Hitler was in prison after taking part in an unsuccessful putsch to overthrow the German government. Within a decade, he was the most powerful man in Europe. As Germany's leader, Hitler delivered full employment and what appeared to be a booming economy to the nation -- while Britain was suffering punishing levels of unemployment with no real welfare benefits. His popularity seemed to know no bounds; the slow deprivation of civil freedoms and rights to Jews did not initially displease all Germans, and the full extent of Nazi anti-Semitic extermination plans were incredible to many even within their own movement -- let alone to the outside world -- when they began to be put into operation during the early 1940s. Internationally, too, Hitler's triumphs were extraordinary, and soon the Rhineland, Sudetenland and Austria fell to the German army, who suffered barely a casualty. By 1940, there was no doubt that Hitler was Europe's master. But there was another story -- and in this utterly compelling short biography, acclaimed writer A.N. Wilson positions Hitler as a man who not only embodied the excesses of the Third Reich but one who also represented the mediocrity of what optimists called 'the Century of the Common Man'. For all the limitations of his personal accomplishments -- as the child of a poverty stricken family, with no great educational, military or moral qualifications for leadership -- Hitler was able, by remarkable energy, superbly choreographed rallies and electrifying rhetoric, to become a second Napoleon. In a field populated with lengthy tomes, Wilson's brief, insightful portrait offers a compelling introduction to a man who continues to fascinate and appal.

De Amerikaanse documentairemaker en publicist reconstrueert op zeer persoonlijke wijze het leven van zijn broer (1963-1988) die omkwam bij de vliegtuigexplosie boven Lockerbie.

A revealing look at the iconic scientist overturns a series of myths about Einstein while using previously unpublished interviews and photographs to illuminate a side to the "genius" seldom seen.