Struan Stevenson tackles the Scotland's energy myth and the truth about wind turbines - the visual monstosities that produce a trickle of electricity at vast cost to the consumer and through noise, the flicker-effect and vibration, they abuse the health and welfare of people and animals which have to live near them.
An entertaining seat at the table of ten power meals that shaped history—including the menus and recreated recipes! Some of the most consequential decisions in history were decided at the dinner table, accompanied—and perhaps influenced—by copious amounts of food and drink. This fascinating book explores ten of those pivotal meals, presenting the contexts, key participants, table talk, and outcomes of each. It offers unique insight into the minds and appetites of some of history’s most famous and notorious characters, including Bonnie Prince Charlie, George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Richard Nixon. Feasting on leg of lamb, Bonnie Prince Charlie doomed the Jacobite Army at Culloden. A uniquely American menu served with French wine lubricated the conversation between rivals Jefferson and Hamilton that led to the founding of the US financial system and the location of the nation’s capital in Washington. After schweinwürst and sauerkraut with Adolf Hitler at his Berghof residence, Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg agreed to the complete integration of Austria into the Third Reich. Celebrity chef Tony Singh has researched the menus and recipes for all ten dinners down to the last detail and recreates them here. The book contains fifty-five recipes from soup to desert and lists the spirits as well.
The struggle of the Iranian people against a medieval religious dictatorship is deeply rooted in a 120-year history of seeking democratic governance. This ongoing fight reflects the broader context of their political landscape, shaped by past battles against despotic Shahs and current clerical rule. The narrative emphasizes the importance of understanding this historical perspective, highlighting the resilience and aspirations of a society striving for democracy and an open society, often taken for granted in more established democracies.
Struan Stevenson exposes the brutality of the clerical regime in Iran and their execution of over 130,000 PMOI supporters, interspersing his own story with short interviews with PMOI political prisoners who were tortured and held in inhumane conditions.
„Aufopferung: Leben mit den iranischen Volksmodjahedin“ - dieses Buch ist ein Bericht von jenen Jahren, von dem außergewöhnlichen Kampf und der vorbehaltslosen Hingabe der Mitglieder dieser Bewegung.