CK - Political 21

Where else but in America could a Jewish kid from Kansas, son of self-made, entrepreneurial parents and a grandson of Russian and Eastern European immigrants, end up as a congressman, secretary of a……続きを見る

Councilman Chuck (as he likes to be referred to) was the youngest (at 28) of the five black candidates in Richmond, Virginia who were elected to the first black majority City Council in 1977. In the……続きを見る

What does redemption look like? In My Life with Karma, author Travis Sackett chronicles his life experiences from childhood to police recruit to addict and finally to his eventual recovery. Once lab……続きを見る

One of the New Yorker's Best Books of 2022 **Bill McKibbenーaward-winning author, activist, educatorーis fiercely curious. “I’m curious about what went so suddenly sour with American patriotism, Ame……続きを見る

Harold Wilson is the only post-war leader of any party to serve as Britain's Prime Minister on two separate occasions. In total he won four General Elections, spending nearly eight years in Downing ……続きを見る

'An inspirational manifesto for change' Caroline Lucas, former leader of The Green Party 'A remarkable and important book' Steve Backshall, Naturalist, Broadcaster, and Author 'Astute, erudite and c……続きを見る

**On the heels of his historic election to the United States Senate, Raphael G. Warnock shares his remarkable spiritual and personal journey. “Sparkling… a narrative of an extraordinary life, from i……続きを見る

Washington: A Heroic Drama of the Revolution, in five acts, by Ingersoll Lockwood, presents key moments of the American Revolution from the vantage point of General Washington and those close to him……続きを見る

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass - Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist ……続きを見る

Christianity Today 2020 Book Award of Merit in History/Biography For more than five decades Billy Graham (1918-2018) ranked as one of the most influential voices in the Christian world. Nearly 215 m……続きを見る

In September 2015, Joe Hockey's promising political career was brought to a dramatic end when Malcolm Turnbull successfully challenged Prime Minister Tony Abbott for the Liberal leadership. After fe……続きを見る

Vie de Frédéric Douglass, esclave américain, est une autobiographie de l'homme politique et écrivain américain Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895). Ce livre numérique présente l'édition intégrale et co……続きを見る

Il paraît qu’il est timide ! N’en croyez rien. Sa course d’obstacles suggère le contraire. Que de mouvements ! Une parfaite éducation catholique prédispose Hervé Hasquin à devenir laïque et franc-ma……続きを見る

Ruim een jaar na de door Pim Fortuyn ontketende kiezersopstand van 15 mei 2002 lijkt de politiek grotendeels teruggekropen in zijn Haagse schulp. Was het fortuynisme dan niet meer dan een boze droom……続きを見る

In Team Trump and the Evangelical White House, the author paints perhaps a different picture of Donald J. Trump than you will find in the mainstream media. Trump-Thumping books are a dime a dozen th……続きを見る

Between 1993 and 2001, Mayor Richard J. Richard, a maverick multi-millionaire who championed pragmatism over divisive politics, pulled Los Angeles from the brink of collapse and turned around one of……続きを見る

Based primarily on the works of Bakunin himself, and particularly on the French edition of his writings by James Guillaume, his ‘intimate friend and collaborator. Covering considerably more ground t……続きを見る

Life of slave forms a very captivating study of human emotions of rejection, repression, sadness and surrender to destiny. It brings to light how barbaric humans as a species can be and have been. T……続きを見る

"My name is Amanda Blackwood and I'm a survivor of human trafficking." Even now the words sound like fiction, especially as the horrors fade from recent memory. It's been 20 years since I escaped th……続きを見る

Elternlos, Kinderheim, Sonderschule... Nicht gerade die perfekten Startbedingungen für ein erfolgreiches Leben - und doch der Grundstein für eine steile Karriere: vom Lackierer zum stellvertretenden……続きを見る

Not sure who you should vote for? Decision 2016 is a down and dirty look at Donald Trump, and the 2016 election. If you're on the fence about who to vote for. Or if you're wondering what all the fus……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness An extraordinary secret meeting between four brilliant political activists: Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy, NSA whistle-blower Edwa……続きを見る

In 1875, General Garibaldi, the legendary military hero of Italian unification, left his island retreat in the Mediterranean for Rome. His battle cry no longer required, he was pursuing a mission th……続きを見る

Dieses Buch über Altkanzler Helmut Schmidt zeichnet dessen Lebensstationen und besondere Momente nach. Vom aufstrebenden Politiker aus Hamburg über den Krisenmanager bei Flut und Terror zum Elder St……続きを見る

A tireless and discerning advocate for contemporary practitioners of creative nonfiction, Ned Stuckey-French was at the center of every national discussion about the genre. He greatly contributed to……続きを見る

During the spring of my fourteenth year, I ran away from home. On a cold night in early February, I disappeared into a Kansas snowstorm. My family lived outside Kansas City. For much of our time tog……続きを見る

Preface Probably in the life of every one there comes a time when he is inclined to go over again the events, great and small, which have made up the incidents of his work and pleasure, and I am tem……続きを見る

In 'Memoirs of Mrs Caroline Chisholm' by Eneas Mackenzie, the reader is taken on a journey through the life and achievements of the remarkable Caroline Chisholm, a pioneering social reformer and adv……続きを見る

In March 1947 Lord Louis Mountbatten became the last Viceroy of India, with the mandate to hand over ''the jewel in the crown'' of the British Empire within one year. Mountbatten worked with Nehru, ……続きを見る

Published to critical acclaim in 1959 and long out of print, Crusader Without Violence was the first biography of the dynamic leader who emerged from the 1955–56 Montgomery Bus Boycott as the spokes……続きを見る