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A New York Times–bestselling historian looks back on the Camelot of the early 1960s, and "make[s] the Kennedy days look glamorous again" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review). In his renowned biographie……続きを見る

Woodrow Wilson's 'The Life of George Washington' is a masterful work that delves into the detailed and compelling narrative of the life of one of America's most iconic figures. Written in a captivat……続きを見る

'The Life & Work of George Washington' is an exceptional anthology that delves into the multifaceted aspects of one of America's foundational figures, exploring not only the historical impact but al……続きを見る

Winston Churchill, Britain’s great statesman, and Clementine, his beautiful, stalwart wife, went together through many crises to command center stage in their country’s finest hour during World War ……続きを見る

La historia conmovedora de un joven y su escape angustiante de una cruenta guerra civil en Yemen gracias a un plan urdido en las redes sociales por un pequeño grupo interconfesional de activistas de……続きを見る

Le prévôt de Paris, qui était également appelé garde de la prévôté, établi au xiie siècle et disparu en 1792, est un officier royal cumulant de nombreuses fonctions pouvant se résumer dans l’office ……続きを見る

WHEN a little over two years ago I approached Maulana Azad with the request that he should write his autobiography, I never for a moment thought that it would be my melancholy duty to write a prefac……続きを見る

INSPIRATION FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE OFFICIAL SECRETS FEATURING A NEW INTRODUCTION In January 2003, 28-year-old GCHQ translator Katharine Gun received an email from the US National Security Agen……続きを見る

This book gives us the vivid insight into the incredible life and achievements of President McKinley, not to focus solely on his tragic death. The author nevertheless describes in graphic words the ……続きを見る

In his life, Raymond Williams played many parts: child of the Black Mountains, inspirational adult lecturer, Cambridge professor, folk hero and guru of the left. After his death, he has remained a s……続きを見る

Letha Dawson Scanzoni changed the landscape of American evangelicalism through her groundbreaking work on the gospel-based intersection of gender and LGBTQ justice. She coauthored two of the first b……続きを見る

The Sykes-Picot Agreement was one of the defining moments in the history of the modern Middle East. Yet its co-creator, Sir Mark Sykes, had far more involvement in British Middle East strategy durin……続きを見る

**Best Book of the Year – Bloomberg News A resilient Turkish writer’s inspiring account of his imprisonment that provides crucial insight into political censorship amidst the global rise of authorit……続きを見る

This book summary and analysis was created for individuals who want to extract the essential contents and are too busy to go through the full version. This book is not intended to replace the origin……続きを見る

This 233-page book is an insightful potrait of the extraordinary deed of a women largely viewed as one of the greatest heroines of our time, and a visionary of freedom, democracy and human rights. I……続きを見る

A smart and revealing political memoir from a rising star of the Democratic Party. "In life and in politics, the most important work is often that which happens outside the wire." Going "outside the……続きを見る

An unknown story of an unlikely hero--the US consul who best analyzed the threat posed by Nazi Germany and predicted the horrors to come In 1929, Raymond Geist went to Berlin as a consul and handled……続きを見る

The son of a fighter pilot, raised in an air force barracks, Ahmed Aboul Gheit was privy to the confidential meetings, undisclosed memoranda, and battle secrets of Egyptian diplomacy for many decade……続きを見る

Freedom without Justice is the compelling story of Chol Soo Lee’s wrongful imprisonment and his years of survival in prison, while political activists fought to win his freedom. His saga took place ……続きを見る

By the time he died under mysterious circumstances in Paris in 1979 at the age of sixty, David Karr had reinvented himself numerous times. His remarkable American journey encompassed many different ……続きを見る

**"A great read."ーWhoopi Goldberg, The View How the clash between the civil rights firebrand and the father of modern conservatism continues to illuminate America's racial divide** On February 18, ……続きを見る

'Two years ago I turned 50, weighed 22 stone and was heavily medicated for type 2 diabetes. I thought it would be all downhill from there. By radically changing my nutrition, cutting out sugar, and ……続きを見る

In this first biography in English for fifty years, Derek McKay avoids the limitation of seeing Frederick William primarily as precursor of the 'Enlightened' Frederick the Great. Instead, he roots h……続きを見る

Barack Obama's "improbable quest" has become a fact of American life and a benchmark in American history. Striving now toward "a more perfect union," Obama and the nation confront obstacles unforese……続きを見る

Cyropaedia is a biography of Cyrus the Great, the founder of Achaemenid Empire and the first Persian Empire. It is "a political romance, describing the education of the ideal ruler, trained to rule ……続きを見る

In 1970, Kenneth Gibson was elected as Newark, New Jersey’s first African-American mayor, a position he held for an impressive sixteen years. Yet even as Gibson served as a trailblazer for black pol……続きを見る

Willi Münzenberg was a towering figure in the anti-fascist movement during the first half of the twentieth century. He was acquainted with many of the leading left wing activists and thinkers of his……続きを見る

The ultimate guide to every Prime Minister there's ever been: 55 profiles by 55 different politicians, journalists and academics compiled by leading political commentator Iain Dale Winner of the 202……続きを見る

Der SPIEGEL-Bestseller über die unglaubliche Geschichte von Gustav und Fritz Kleinmann während der Shoah Fritz Kleinmann fasst einen unglaublichen Beschluss. Da er seinen Vater nicht allein lassen w……続きを見る

The last face FDR saw before he died was that of Lucy Mercer Rutherford, his mistress of thirty-one years. Although Eleanor, his children, and the press knew about Lucy, the American public would no……続きを見る