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Biografier giver dig adgang til ægte livsfortællinger og skæbner, der har sat deres præg på verden. Her finder du bøger om både nulevende og historiske personer - fra de magtfulde til de misforståede, fra kendte navne til hverdagens helte. Vores udvalg rummer inspirerende historier om mod, passion og vilje, hvor virkelighedens stemmer får plads. Uanset om du søger en biografi med indhold til samlingen, en rørende gave eller blot ønsker at læse om mennesker, der har ændret verden, er der masser at vælge imellem. Find din næste biografi hos WilliamDam.dk og oplev fortællinger, der berører og sætter sig fast.
This volume assembles nine studies of the life and work of Thomas Harriot (1560-1621), an astronomer and mathematician whose activities embraced not only science but also philosophical debate. These are based on lectures that have been given annually at Oriel College, Oxford.
Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko. a figure wtm appeared to the outside worid as a commonplace Russian bureaucrat cut from the mold of a Gogol short story, was elevated in 1984 to the post of general secretary of the Communist party of the Soviet Union
Farzana is an evocative and moving depiction of one of the most remarkable, and least-known, historical lives of the 19th century.
This social, artistic, and cultural history examines three generations of the Lushington family and their relationships with prominent British figures and family members’ roles in larger trends such as abolitionism, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, and positivist philosophy.
The festival was so beloved by English people that Christmas traditions survived remarkably unchanged in this age of tumultuous religious upheaval. Beautifully illustrated with... Læs mere
The little-known story of the creator of the modern state of Qatar.
The biography of one of the world's most influential African-American writers
* Thought-provoking reassessment of the most famous German Second World War general * Reconsiders every phase of Rommel's career, from junior officer to field marshal * Fresh... Læs mere
Becoming Hitler strips away the layers of self-serving myth in Hitler's own account to reveal for the first time the true story of how Adolf Hitler became a Nazi, tracing his rise from awkward, unemployed loner to evil political genius.
A fascinating study of the symbolism of Joan of Arc in her own time and ever since in literature, politics, on the stage, and on screen.
The wry and amusing second volume of the journals of royal biographer and Sunday Telegraph journalist Kenneth Rose, one of the most astute observers of the Establishment in 20th-century Britain.