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They broke down the doors of Wall Street's old boys' club, finding their first foothold in small brokerage houses before making their way into investment banks and exchange floors.With a thick skin and a dash of humour, as needed, they pushed back against…

AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR'Captivating ... a brilliant many-layered social history of women's ambition and a rapidly changing New York' Observer'A fascinating look at a piece of forgotten female history' Sunday Times'A treat, elegantly spinning…

The 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia brought an end to the Prague Spring and its promise of "socialism with a human face." Before the invasion, Czech reformers had made unexpected use of television to advance political and social change. In its…

Jak se stalo, že se z nadšených stoupenců reforem Pražského jara 1968 a „socialismu s lidskou tváří“ stali poslušní stoupenci normalizace, která nastoupila po srpnové invazi pěti armád? Kdo byli hlavní nositelé normalizace a jak přiměli rozjitřenou společnost,…