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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - On 7 October2023, Hamas killed over a thousand Israelis, sparking a devastating new phasein the long-running conflict in Israel and Palestine. In the days and weeksthat followed, a wave of anti-Jewish hatred swept across the world. Synagogueswere burned, Jews attacked and protests raged, with calls for Israel to beerased from the map. Despite our abhorrence of racism, this most ancient ofprejudices continues to seduce even the most educated, empathetic andwell-meaning members of society. This, Dave Rich argues, is the particularquality of antisemitism: it hides in plain sight. Our task is to understandwhere it came from in order that it might be rooted out. This book isa tour de force of the history and present reality of antisemitism; fromShakespeare to South Park, Israel to Covid-19, Rich shows us where eachof the enduring stereotypes about Jews came from, what they look like in modernsociety and how they can be challenged. Fully updated to address the events of7 October and all that followed, this book shines a light on thealmost-unnoticed prejudices that perpetuate anti-Jewish hatred, explaining howantisemitism continues to thrive in the interactions, assumptions and views ofdecent people around the world - and how we can change this for the better.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the general election of 1997, the Conservative Party was heading for electoral oblivion, the Prime Minister was competent but unable to connect with voters, the Labour leader was dragging his party back to the centre ground and MPs on all sides were embroiled in scandal. Sound familiar One of the many Conservative MPs who at that time found themselves staring down the barrel of almost-certain defeat, Gyles Brandreth understands what it's like to be part of a government in its death throes. His account of his time in Parliament from 1992 to 1997 also controversially revealed the secret world of the Whips' Office and its struggles to control a party riven by infighting. Now, as history looks set to repeat itself, comes the definitive edition of this widely acclaimed classic. With candid descriptions of the key figures of the era, from the leading players to the ministers who fell from grace - and a bright young hopeful by the name of David Cameron - Breaking the Code paints an extraordinary portrait of Whitehall and Westminster in our time - warts and all.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - FindingMargaret is themoving story of journalist and broadcaster Andrew Pierce's search for his birthmother. As he was approaching fifty, Pierce decided that it was finally time totrack down his biological mother. He knew that he had lived in a Roman Catholicorphanage in Cheltenham for more than two years and was adopted at the age ofthree by a family who loved and nurtured him. As his career in journalism flourishedand despite feeling like he was betraying the adoptive parents who loved him somuch, Pierce began to tentatively search for his birth mother, only to findthat she had done everything she could to ensure he would never find her. When hefinally managed to meet her, the mystery only deepened, leading him to Irelandin search of the man who may or may not have been his father. During hissearch, Pierce also realises the extent of the mistreatment he suffered at the orphanageand attempts to forge a relationship with the woman who gave him away. Thiscandid book is a heartwarming page turner that takes the reader on anextraordinary journey. Full of amusing and arresting anecdotes, at its heartlies the inspirational story of one man's extensive search for his birth motherand what happened when he finally found her.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An extremely timely reevaluation of the 'lost' Labour Prime Minister. The man who set the course for the last Labour government, and in whom many see the future of the next.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Thewelcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of Britain's fondnostalgia for the Second World War. But there was a darker side to this story, both before and during the conflict. Then, as now, there was great suspicion, resentment and fear - much of it kindled by Britain's infamous tabloid press.Then, as now, government dealt with a reluctance to accommodate refugees byhiding behind bureaucratic hurdles. In the 1930s, Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts were a significant presence in British politics andsupport for Hitler went right to the top. In 1940, shortly before the Blitz, the recently abdicated Edward VIII even told a Spanish journalist that Britainought to be bombed to bring it to its senses and stop it opposing the Nazis. Many of the10,000 Kindertransport children have warm memories of the kindnessthey were shown, but around half a million anti-fascist and Jewish refugeeswere refused entry and most of them died as a result. Once here, German Jews, especially, found their troubles far from over - 30,000 were rounded up andplaced in internment camps. One passenger ship, the Dunera, waspacked with an unhappy combination of German Jews and pro-Nazi sympathisers anddespatched to Australia. Making use ofin-depth research and first-hand interviews, Paul Dowswell casts a fresh eye onthe wartime era to paint a picture of what life was really like in Britain forrefugees from fascism.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -On 7 October2023, Hamas killed over a thousand Israelis, sparking a devastating new phasein the long-running conflict in Israel and Palestine. In the days and weeksthat followed, a wave of anti-Jewish hatred swept across the world. Synagogueswere burned, Jews attacked and protests raged, with calls for Israel to beerased from the map. Despite our abhorrence of racism, this most ancient ofprejudices continues to seduce even the most educated, empathetic andwell-meaning members of society. This, Dave Rich argues, is the particularquality of antisemitism: it hides in plain sight. Our task is to understandwhere it came from in order that it might be rooted out. This book isa tour de force of the history and present reality of antisemitism; fromShakespeare to South Park, Israel to Covid-19, Rich shows us where eachof the enduring stereotypes about Jews came from, what they look like in modernsociety and how they can be challenged. Fully updated to address the events of7 October and all that followed, this book shines a light on thealmost-unnoticed prejudices that perpetuate anti-Jewish hatred, explaining howantisemitism continues to thrive in the interactions, assumptions and views ofdecent people around the world - and how we can change this for the better. 400 pp. Englisch.…