History / Politics

While Pharaoh Amenhotep III, more builder than warrior, ordered the construction of temples, monuments, pylons and gigantic statues, Queen Tiyi had her luxurious palace of Malgatta built.
There, she receives ambassadors from the foreign countries with which she trades, and they honor her with numerous favors. Aware that the Egyptian gods are shifting, Tiyi neglects to consolidate their power.

Over 120 maps and infographics to explore the world's religions, trace their history, and understand their geopolitical influence today. How did the world's major religions originate? The expansion of religions today: the world is more religious in 2015 than it was in 1970. Are religions the root cause of conflicts or simply instruments of power? The rise of militant Christianity, political Islam, and jihadism.

Who are these young Canadians who become jihadists? Where do they come from and what motivates them? October 2014 marked a turning point when two Canadian converts claiming allegiance to radical Islam succeeded in striking right here at home. Experienced journalists, the authors conducted their investigation on the ground, both in Canada and the Middle East, and even to the very doorstep of the Islamic State. They thus reveal several new elements in some of the most sensitive cases.

"While the role of religions in politics is well known, that of occultism, their sworn enemy, has scarcely been studied or revealed until now. Yet, many episodes in history have been marked by it..." This statement from the back cover aptly presents this intelligent and sober research, which even covers current events with Moon and Opus Dei.

Denunciation in France during the Second World War is a fascinating and painful subject. No sooner does the historian mention it than comments abound on the nefarious role of concierges, the darkness of the human soul, the treachery of the second sex, or the French tendency, who are supposedly champions in this area.
It is true that the French have never denounced as much as during the dark years. But more than the massive nature of the phenomenon

When the famous aviator Charles Lindbergh defeated President Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election, fear gripped American Jews. Not only had Lindbergh, in his radio address to the nation, accused Jews of pushing America into an unnecessary war with Nazi Germany, but upon becoming the thirty-third president of the United States, he promptly signed a non-aggression pact with Hitler. Then terror entered Jewish homes.

I believed in it. I believed in François Hollande, in his ability to unite people. I believed in all of us. I was wrong.
I tried to help the President of the Republic keep his promises, to encourage him to change people's lives, to push him to implement a truly left-wing policy. And I failed. So I left. Here I recount my journey behind the scenes of power. With sincerity, acknowledging my mistakes, and also recalling how some great battles were won.

Infiltration of agents into the heart of enemy organizations, clandestine sabotage, targeted assassinations, commando raids... these are just some of the missions carried out by the Israeli secret services, considered the best in the world. But

"The classic handbook of the public relations industry," according to Noam Chomsky. A veritable practical guide written in 1928 by Sigmund Freud's American nephew, this book cynically and bluntly lays out the fundamental principles of manipulation.

Immersing myself in drug stories is the only perspective that has allowed me to truly understand things. Observing human weaknesses, the physiology of power, the fragility of relationships, the inconsistency of bonds, the colossal force of money and ferocity. The absolute impotence of all the teachings that emphasized beauty and justice, the very ones I had absorbed. I realized that cocaine was the axis around which everything revolved. The wound had only one name: Cocaine. The world map was indeed drawn by oil, the black oil we're used to talking about, but also by white oil, as the Nigerian godfathers call it. The world map is drawn by fuel, the fuel of morals and bodies. "Oil is the fuel for engines, coke for bodies." After Gomorrah, Roberto Saviano continues his investigative and reflective work on organized crime. But this time, he steps outside the Italian context to think on a global scale. Where does crime get its strength? How did the global economy overcome the 2008 financial crisis? The answer is simple: thanks to cocaine money, white oil. To understand this, Extra Pure invites us on a journey from Mexico to Russia, from Colombia to Nigeria, passing through the United States, Spain, France, and, of course, Italy and the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta. Throughout this exploration, the author recounts, with unparalleled epic power, what criminal clans are all over the world. And he goes even further, because he ruthlessly dismantles the entire workings of the economy. Extra Pure is neither an investigation nor an essay, neither a novel nor a An autobiographical account, but all of that at once and much more. For Roberto Saviano, it is also an opportunity to open up, to confide, to speak with gravity and sincerity about danger and solitude, the desire to lead a life like others and the determination to continue his fight.