Robert A. Caro Knihy

The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro is 'simply one of the best non-fiction books in English of the last forty years' (Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times): a riveting and timeless account of power, politics and the city of New York by 'the greatest political biographer of our times' (Sunday Times); chosen by Time magazine as one of the 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time and by the Modern Library as one of the 100 Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century; Winner of the Pulitzer Prize; a Sunday Times Bestseller; 'An outright masterpiece' (Evening Standard) The Power Broker tells the story of Robert Moses, the single most powerful man in New York for almost half a century and the greatest builder America (and probably the world) has ever known. Without ever once being elected to office, he created for himself a position of supreme and untouchable authority, allowing him to utterly reshape the city of New York, turning it into the city we know today, while at the same time blighting the lives of millions and remaining accountable to no one. First published in the USA in 1974, this monumental classic was a Sunday Times bestseller when published in the UK in 2015 and is now widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest books of its kind.

In 'Working', Robert A. Caro offers a captivating account of his life as a writer, describing the sometimes staggering lengths to which he and his wife Ina have gone in order to produce his books and offering priceless insights into the art and craft of non-fiction writing

Traces young Lyndon Johnson's rise from Texas poverty to political power, illuminating his political relationships

Describes the future president's career in the U.S. Senate, from breaking the southern control of Capitol Hill to passing the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction.

The second volume of Robert A. Caro's biography of Lyndon Johnson, which chronicles his service in World War II and examines the controversy surrounding his win in the 1948 Texas Democratic senatorial primary by eighty-seven votes

Als John F. Kennedy tödlich getroffen wird, liegt Lyndon B. Johnson auf dem Boden seines Cabriolets. Ein Leibwächter hat sich über den Vizepräsidenten geworfen. Johnson sieht nichts, hört nur panische Stimmen. Erst im Krankenhaus nimmt der Mann, der später die Rassentrennung abschaffen und sein Land in das Desaster von Vietnam führen sollte, das Heft des Handelns in die Hand. Robert A. Caro hat die Ereignisse, die die Welt erschütterten, anhand unzähliger Augenzeugenberichte rekonstruiert. Aus der Perspektive von JFKs Nachfolger erzählt er die Stunden bis zu Johnsons Vereidigung an Bord der Air Force One – so dramatisch und detailreich, wie wir es noch nie gelesen haben.