wired - Political 7

This is the remarkable true story of a young man faced with the challenges of making a photographic career for himself. With spirited determination, Willman set out to discover both himself and othe……続きを見る

Studs Terkel was an American icon who had no use for America’s cult of celebrity. He was a leftist who valued human beings over political dogma. In scores of books and thousands of radio and televis……続きを見る

“Leaps straight onto the roster of essential reading for anyone even vaguely interested in Grant and the Civil War.” ーRon Chernow, author of Grant “Provides leadership lessons that can be obtained ……続きを見る

Tiers of Slavery in Qatar is a political human social scientific biographic novel addressing much of what is hidden in Qatar and the Gulf states. A heroic tale on survival and the power of strength,……続きを見る

Jean Chrétien's critics have said he was a man with no vision and a short attention span – a small-town hick who stumbled his way to become Canada's 20th prime minister. Whatever credit the Chréti……続きを見る

**Named a 2018 Notable Work of Nonfiction by The Washington Post NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** • Winner, The 2018 Southern Book Prize NAMED A BEST/MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2018 BY: Chicago Tribu……続きを見る

Andrew Jackson is the first volume in The Riverside Biographical Series. Jackson was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Bef……続きを見る

Unter den Neuerscheinungen zu 1968 wird diese Bilanz eines gesellschaftlichen Aufbruchs gleichzeitig eine der persönlichsten und eine der kritischsten sein. Persönlich, weil nicht nur die Sicht der ……続きを見る

RECLAIMED is the memoir of Antonia Williams-Gary, an affluent, well-educated African-American woman who struggled in silence from decades of emotional abuse, while maintaining a high profile, public……続きを見る

**A New York Times Editors’ Choice "A welcome addition to the vast literature produced by jailed writers across the centuries . . . [a] thrilling testament to the human spirit." ーAriel Dorfman, The……続きを見る

The Obama White House staff invites us behind-the-scenes of history for a deeply personal and moving look at the presidency and how the president’s staff can change the nation “West Wingers is excep……続きを見る

This collection of humorous anecdotes and inspirational quotes brings to life the Great Emancipator and 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. Containing brief biographical sketches o……続きを見る

Written for the Houghton Mifflin Riverside Biographical Series by William Garrott Brown, Andrew Jackson is an admiring retelling of the life of the 7th President of the United States. Covering the d……続きを見る

Edith May Witt served her country by joining the Red Cross in World War II as a staff assistant (or “club woman”) in Oran, Algeria, and worked throughout the Mediterranean theater, including several……続きを見る

A vivid portrait of a Scottish religious leader and the South Carolina colony he helped shape When Alexander Garden, a Scottish minister of the Church of England, arrived in South Carolina in 1720, ……続きを見る

Nelson Mandela not only lived an exceptional life. He left behind him an extraordinary legacy. Though his life is no more, Mandela's legacy is here with us. The effects of how he lived his life, the……続きを見る

The Abraham Lincoln Statue at Chicago is accepted as the typical Westerner of the forum, the rostrum, and the tribune, as he stood to be inaugurated under the war-cloud in 1861. But there is another……続きを見る

ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION (1963): What is it that sets apart one man from all others and destines him to be the leader of a great nation? Are there any qualities that mark off a youth in his college days……続きを見る

William Herndon was Abraham Lincoln's former law partner, and his eponymous Herndon's Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life is considered the finest and most thoroughly researched biography of Lin……続きを見る

Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln are the recollections of F.B. Carpenter, a painter. He published these memoirs in 1866. 続きを見る

The oldest of three brothers who were raised by a single mother, Mike Broomhead got his first job by the time he was twelve. On his own by sixteen, he eventually earned his GED and, with dreams of b……続きを見る

Jamie Koch, lifelong Santa Fean, known by many as a major powerbroker in the state of New Mexico according to the New Mexico Business Weekly, has been an often behind-the-scenes voice for fiscal res……続きを見る

Woodrow Wilson was a leading force in the Progressive Movement, and during his first term he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal, He led the Unite……続きを見る

William "Sonny" Lord is a proud Black man of the Afrikan Diaspora. Born into the ghettos of Harlem, William, through self-determination and an unwillingness to be denied, fought his way through the ……続きを見る

David Bromwich’s portrait of statesman Edmund Burke (1730–1797) is the first biography to attend to the complexity of Burke’s thought as it emerges in both the major writings and private corresponde……続きを見る

In 1996 the U.S. House of Representatives and President Bill Clinton passed a law today known as 'HIPAA.' Sandy's Gift is an intimate and shocking true story that tells of the plight in which this l……続きを見る

From a two-time Pulitzer-winning historian comes an “insightful, compelling portrait” (New York Times Book Review) of Wendell Willkie, the businessman-turned-presidential candidate. Hailed as “the d……続きを見る

PREMIER DISCOURS CONTRE CATILINA PRONONCÉ AU SÉNAT. ANALYSE. – Après avoir échoué dans sa demande du consulat, Catilina. appuyé sur tout ce que Rome renfermait d’hommes corrompus, avait résolu le me……続きを見る

Skyros Publishing is dedicated to reproducing the finest books ever written and letting readers of all ages experience a classic for the first time or revisit a past favorite. Theodore Roosevelt was……続きを見る

Zwei Menschen machen sich im hohen Alter die Mühe, wichtige Stationen ihres ereignisreichen Lebens aufzuschreiben. Es entsteht eine ungewöhnliche Doppel-Autobiografie, die 75 Jahre deutsche Geschich……続きを見る