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When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る

How does he assess the information that is brought to him? How does his personal or political philosophy, or a moral sense, sustain him? How does he draw inspiration from those around him? How does ……続きを見る

It explores Europe and its people before, during and after WWII, and contains the life and family stories of ordinary and well-known characters, as well as those of the two big players in this war, ……続きを見る

Texas Roots/California Dreams includes three chapters that involve Willie Brown's background and his earliest environment and influences. Born in Mineola, Texas, a place he remembered as "a small, v……続きを見る

This excellent biography by Walter Allen charts the war-hero turned president Ulysses S. Grant's life. From his youngest years through to his term as one of the most fondly remembered presidents of ……続きを見る

Nelson Mandela won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, yet he once advocated the violent overthrow of South Africa's government and helped create a guerrilla army to fight apartheid. A child of privilege……続きを見る

The book presents excerpts from Nehrus major works such as An Autobiography, The Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History as well as from his important speeches and statements. The purpose is t……続きを見る

A revelatory account of Tony Blair’s tumultuous leadership, The Blair Years gathers extracts from the diaries of the man who knew him best: Alastair CampbellーBlair’s spokesman from 1994 to 2003, hi……続きを見る

Once voted the greatest Canadian of all time, Tommy Douglas was a prairie politician who believed in democratic socialism, the crucial role of civil rights, and the great potential of cooperation fo……続きを見る

The ambitious self-made man who reached the pinnacle of American politicsーonly to be felled by an assassin's bullet and to die at the hands of his doctors James A. Garfield was one of the Republica……続きを見る

A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian recounts the tale of the unwanted president who ran afoul of Congress over Reconstruction and was nearly removed from office Andrew Johnson never expected to be pr……続きを見る

Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundam……続きを見る

He is one of the most controversial and important world leaders currently in power. In this international bestseller, at last available in English, Hugo Chávez is captured in a critically acclaimed ……続きを見る

* Illustrated * Author Biography * Interactive Table of Contents * Free Audiobook Download The Lives of the Twelve Caesar [ Illustrated ] [ Free Audiobooks Download ] The Lives of the Twelve Caesar ……続きを見る

Universally acclaimed as one of the great political lives, Alistair Horne offers a vivid portrait of one of the twentieth-century’s most complex political figures: the crofter’s grandson and the duk……続きを見る

Ronald Reagan was one of the most powerful and popular American presidents. The key to understanding his political success and the remarkable likability and effortless charisma that made it possible……続きを見る

Call Me Tom is the first book-length biography of one of Missouri’s most successful senators. A moderate liberal in a conservative state, Thomas F. Eagleton was known for his political independence,……続きを見る

There has never been a book about Stephen Harper, yet on June 28 he came close to being our prime minister. If Paul Martin miscalculates, Stephen Harper could be our next prime minister in months, n……続きを見る

The family of the House of Borgia are remembered for their corrupt rule during the period when one of them, Rodrigo Borgia, was Pope. This text was taken from a series of essays on famous criminals ……続きを見る

"... el periodismo me llevó a conocer en persona a Perón y también por oficio fue que a su muerte, 1974, siendo corresponsal en Madrid, me inquietase conocer qué datos, qué secretos rodearon el últi……続きを見る

Award-winning author Alexander Stille has been called "one of the best English-language writers on Italy" by the New York Times Book Review, and in The Sack of Rome he sets out to answer the questio……続きを見る

As founder of the Peace Corps, Head Start, the Special Olympics (with wife Eunice Kennedy Shriver), and other organizations, Sargent Shriver was a key social and political figure whose influence con……続きを見る

As William Nester asserts in The Age of Jackson, it takes quite a leader to personify an age. A political titan for thirty-three years (1815-1848), Andrew Jackson possessed character, beliefs, and a……続きを見る

He was Nixon’s hatchet man. A jailed felon. And now, one of the most significant Christian leaders of our time. Here is his life story. Charles Colson has become one of the most revered leaders of o……続きを見る

Elibron Classics Edition. 2 Volumes Sold Separately. Replica of 1872 edition by A. Asher & Co., Berlin. 4 editions published between 1876 and 2005 in English and Swedish and held by 46 libraries wor……続きを見る

Ella había tenido una infancia dura y carente de afecto. El provenía de una familia de rígidos principios religiosos pero con apetencias políticas. Un dia se cruzaron y comenzó otra historia, donde ……続きを見る

From a distinguished historian of the American South comes this thoroughly human portrait of the complex man at the center of our nation's most epic struggle. Jefferson Davis initially did not wish ……続きを見る

Rancorous and highly public disagreements between Isaiah Berlin and Isaac Deutscher escalated to the point of cruel betrayal in the mid-1960s, yet surprisingly the details of the episode have escape……続きを見る

If you have never read a book about Theodore Roosevelt, read this one first. If you have read other books about him, read this one to discover more about his philosophy and spirituality based on his……続きを見る

The German-language translation of the autobiography of Frank Oberle, born Franz, in Mörsch, Germany. At age nine he relocated with his parents to Poland where, having been placed within a Nazi yout……続きを見る