Biography & Autobiography - Political

Supermodel and super-writer Lin Xun exposes "2 girls 1 cup" Her phrase is shorthand for "Stalin and Hitler," and especially when those two hooked-up together. It is also shorthand for "Stalin and Mao" and their coupling too. There was a sick union shared by...

The staggering story of the most important Chinese political dissident of the Mao era, a devout Christian who was imprisoned, tortured, and executed by the regime Blood Letters tells the astonishing tale of Lin Zhao, a poet and journalist arrested by the authorities in...

An eminent molecular physicist and path-breaking crystallographer, an eloquent and prescient writer on the social implications of science, an early foe of pseudo-scientific racism and an indefatigable campaigner for peace and civil rights: as a scientist and a Communist intellectual, J.D. Bernal was caught...

An intellectual memoir by the author of the acclaimed Imagined Communities Born in China, Benedict Anderson spent his childhood in California and Ireland, was educated in England and finally found a home at Cornell University, where he immersed himself in the growing field of...

On June 23, 2016, a dramatic referendum vote prompted Britain's decision to leave the European Union. Prime Minister David Cameron's sudden resignation unleashed a remarkable leadership contest, in which, one by one, rival candidates dropped out, leaving Theresa May the winner. A vicar's daughter...

The political autobiography of the insurgent presidential candidate Bernie Sanders's campaign for the presidency of the United States has galvanized people all over the country, putting economic, racial, and social justice into the spotlight, and raising hopes that Americans can take their country back...

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin visited London on six occasions at the beginning of the twentieth century and it was in this city, where Marx wrote Das Kapital, that the roots of Lenin's political thought took shape. This book, from a former curator of the Russian...

"Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system," Suetonius."Upon the whole, he added nothing to his own happiness by all the dangers, the fatigues, and the perpetual anxiety which he had...

C.G. Tracey became a farmer at sixteen at the beginning of the Second World War. Entrepreneuer, businessman, plant-breeder, racehorse owner and breeder, sanctions-buster, chairman and director of many companies, husband, father and gentleman, C.G. was active and involved through the many unsettled years of...

A lifetime of engagement with religion, philosophy, and activism in a series of fascinating reflections. Brilliant, fractious, mordantly funny, playwright/novelist/essayist Rick Salutin has been Canadian journalism's agent provocateur for over three decades. Whether needling governments and politicians, holding public policy to account, or decrying...

Albert Rene is a towering figure of modern Seychelle, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, east of mainland Southeast Africa and northeast of the island of Madagascar. He arouses intense emotions in both admirers and opponents. This first full-length biography analyzes Rene's early years,...

Creating a Homeland is the true story of two families from Eastern Europe whose dedication, sacrifice, and pioneering spirit helped bring about the modern State of Israel as a homeland for Jews anywhere: Sam, the young man with two engineering degrees who speaks seven...

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "I cherish as strong a love for the land of my nativity as any man living. I am proud of her civil, political and religious institutions - of her high...

THIS volume discloses the mental operations of perhaps the most thoroughly practical politician of the day-George Washington Plunkitt, Tammany leader of the Fifteenth Assembly District, Sachem of the Tammany Society and Chairman of the Elections Committee of Tammany Hall, who has held the offices...

Explore the Captivating Life of James Madison James Madison earned the title "Father of the Constitution." How did this man who was diminutive of stature with a weak constitution produce such an energetic document? Through more than 200 years, it stands like a silent...

*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "The independence of Texas is recognized Don't you see it in the papers?" - Stephen F. Austin's last words Texas has a unique history among the 50 states that comprise...

This autobiography follows West Virginia Senator Robert C. Byrd's experiences from his boyhood in the early 1920s to his election in 2000, which won him an unprecedented eighth term in the Senate.Author: Robert C. ByrdISBN-10: 1940425549ISBN-13: 9781940425542Publisher: West Virginia University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2015Pages: 848Format:...

The biography of the Late Senator Max E. Benitz, Sr., has been twenty years in the making. Daughter Eileen Benitz Wagner with Dr. Michele Gerber has chronicled his life. From his pioneering of raw sagebrush land near Prosser, Washington, to his life and career...

Americans love to trash their politicians as corrupt and self-interested, but they don't agree on a solution. How can America attract good leaders to the thousands of elective offices in the land? In Politicians: The Worst Kind of People to Run the Government, Except...

This book describes the trials of probationary firefighter Richard A. Meo from his training at the New York City Fire Department Firefighting School at Randall's Island, through his assignments as a Firefighter, Lieutenant, and Captain. Over one hundred fires and emergencies are chronicled from...

Salar al-Dowleh, the madcap prince and serial rebel, was a reflection of the unsettled political times during the early 1900s when Iranian society was trying to find its way toward a more democratic society. This is also clear from Salar al-Dowleh's "career." He was...

"Peter was a friend, colleague and politically courageous champion of the downtrodden and mistreated of the entire Western Hemisphere."--Ralph NaderThis is the autobiography of a remarkable life. As The New York Times wrote, "A first generation Venezuelan-American . . . Mr. Camejo [spoke] out...

Visionary empire-builder, ultimate Kipling hero, the carrier -- for England -- of "the white man's burden," Rhodes in his time was revered in England. Who else had a huge country named after him? His life-long dream was the world federation of states, cessation of...

Gandhi's long-time friend and collaborator edited and annotated Gandhi's autobiography and many of his writings.Author: C. F. AndrewsISBN-10: 1931541159ISBN-13: 9781931541152Publisher: Simon PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1930Pages: 376Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 8.92h x 6.10w x 0.93d

An impartial analysis of the much criticized presidency of war-hero U. S. Grant, a remarkable biography by historian Hesseltine of the University of Wisconsin.Author: William B. HesseltineISBN-10: 1931313857ISBN-13: 9781931313858Publisher: Simon PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2001Pages: 480Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.85lbsSize: 8.96h x 6.14w x 1.33d

Author: Albert ApponyiISBN-10: 1931313423ISBN-13: 9781931313421Publisher: Simon PublicationsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1935Pages: 344Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.77d

Che Guevara still inspires resistance against capitalism throughout the globe. His image has become an iconic international symbol of the struggle against economic exploitation. Guevara was a physician, a key revolutionary figure within Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement, and an international guerilla leader...

Inside the Presidency: the Trials and Tribulations of a Zambian Spin Doctor is a captivating chronicle of the goings on at the centre of state power as told by an insider. It captures the intrigues at the presidency, specifically associated with the author's time...

GEORGE WASHINGTONThis book covers the topic of George Washington, and serves as a biography of his incredible life and accomplishments. Inside, you will discover how America's first President came to be, and just how much of an impact he had on the development of...

'Portrait of a Leader' is a unique biography of Sir Oswald Mosley: the Leader of the British Union of Fascists. Unlike subsequent biographies published years after the events, this book was written in 1937 at the height of Mosley's struggle to redistribute the wealth...

'My Answer' was Oswald Mosley's first book after his long wartime imprisonment by the British Government without charge, without trial and without right to judicial appeal, for the crime of being opposed to the Second World War which was to cost 60 million lives...

Sir Oswald Mosley came upon the political scene like a meteor. A hero of World War One, he was the youngest MP elected to the British Parliament at age 22. When the Labour Government refused to tackle the problem of unemployment he resigned from...

"Mosley - The Facts" offers an eclectic overview of Oswald Mosley's contribution to political thought as expressed through his speeches and writings both before and after the Second World War. It also includes appraisals of his ideas and career by political contemporaries such as...

Adolf Eichmann was head of Gestapo Division IV-B4, the Third Reich's notorious Security Service, and he was responsible for implementing the "Final Solution" of the European Jews in the Greater German Reich. Though arrested at the end of the war by the U.S. army,...

Myanmar is once again at a critical crossroad with a general election and important decisions to be made. These memoirs look back to events leading up to 1960 and put on record some of the critical developments and situations of national importance that the...

In 1963, Martin Luther King led 250,000 followers to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington and began to tell the assembled mass of all races and creeds of his vision for the future, 'I have a dream....'. The following year the Civil Rights Act became...

North Korea remains one of the last bastions of old-style communism: a military dictatorship, ruled with an iron grip for the last sixty years by the Kim dynasty. Every aspect of society is rigidly controlled; a country of paranoia, propaganda, and juche.Irish Engineer, Dualta...

"No one will ever study or write about the time of Truman again without a bow of gratitude to Merle Miller. Never has a president of the United States, or any head of state for that matter, been so totally revealed, so completely documented."...

Awarded author and survivor of the Sierra Leonean and Liberian civil wars, Joseph Kaifala recounts his journey to America with literary finesse and sincere recollection.Author: Joseph KaifalaISBN-10: 1681626845ISBN-13: 9781681626840Publisher: TurnerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/06/2018Pages: 240Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.69d

This book traces the development of the author from early childhood through a long chain of experiences ranging from a semi-handicapped child to a combat hero with triple bronze stars. It traces his, the author's, development from a hired sawmill hand to a functioning...

Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of an election and who is responsible for overseeing how they are conducted? Most people have not because they show up to their polling place, stand in line for a few minutes, sign in...

They said Trump's ground campaign didn't exist. I knew differently because I ran it from New Hampshire to California. The future of our country was at stake, and I quarterbacked the best door knocking teams across the country. We dominated over Hillary Clinton's ground...

This is the story of a nineteenth-century hero: Carl Schurz led German revolutionary refugee immigrants, 48ers, to make major contributions to American society. His career as a reformer, orator, foreign ambassador, Civil War general, United States senator, Secretary of the Interior and newspaper editorial...

The Life of Daniel Webster is a biography of the congressman who also served as Secretary of State under three presidents.Author: Edward EverettISBN-10: 1535220627ISBN-13: 9781535220620Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/13/2016Pages: 142Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.30d

The story and issues of an ordinary citizen running a write in campaign to become the first Libertarian in Congress. Proceeds from this purchase support the Jim Bouchard for Congress Campaign Committee. Following the 2016 election, a portion of proceeds will benefit the Libertarian...

World War II is raging and Roland Gottlieb is separated from his family by his position as a German diplomat in Bulgaria. When Bulgaria declares war on Germany the actions of his superiors leave him and his colleagues in the hands of the Russians....

""A Christian who truly walks the radical way of the cross. Phil Berrigan overturns the tables of injustice and summons us to love our enemies and worship the God of peace. Like Thoreau, Ghandi, King, and Dorothy Day, Phil Berrigan exemplifies courage. He is...

This is a biography of little-known Missouri senator James A. Reed, who was in the running for the Democratic Partys presidential nomination in 1928 and 1932. While in the United States Senate, Reed was the leading opponent to president Woodrow Wilsons effort to have...

In the 1960s, a young American president helped initiate the civil rights movement, captured the imagination of a nation with the establishment of the Peace Corps, launched the space age, nurtured the birth of the computer/digital age, and began the escalation of a war...

At forty-three years old, during the height of the Cold War, author Richard H. Shriver was offered an appointment in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as director of telecommunications and command-and-control systems. He had a long-standing desire to see from the inside...