Biography & Autobiography - Political

Steven Wondu left school at a young age and strayed into the Anyanya Army for a short stint before he was released to wander in the bushes of Eastern follows Wondu's trails from the bushes of South Sudan and attempts to synthesize the historical...

From Havana to DC: the Rise of Cuban Americans in Florida Politics is a story told through the eyes of someone who was a witness to history. Carlos Orta worked with most of the Cuban Americans who were the first, the trailblazers, the pioneers,...

Argo meets Spotlight, as journalist Craig Unger, New York Times bestselling author of American Kompromat and House of Bush, House of Saud, reveals his thirty-year investigation into the secret collusion between Ronald Reagan's 1980 presidential campaign and Iran, raising urgent questions about what happens...

In the whirlwind of accusations and recriminations that emerged in the wake of 9/11 and the Iraq war, one man's vital testimony has been conspicuously absent. Candid and gripping, At the Center of the Storm recounts George Tenet's time at the Central Intelligence Agency,...

Diplomatic Journey Across Africa & Italy: Unveiling Public Diplomacy, Mandela's Era, and Leadership in Global Democracy Advocacy. A Riveting Memoir. In the compelling memoir, Episodes from a Foreign Service Career, Robert LaGamma invites readers into his extraordinary life as a U.S. diplomat. Spanning over...

Shirley Chisholm's dynamism, intellect, and devotion led her to become the first Black congresswoman and the first Black woman to run for the presidential nomination. In this carefully woven story, James Haskins tells Shirley Chisholm's story from childhood to her phenomenally positive impact for...

The first definitive biography of Mitch McConnell, revealing an intimate look at the personal and political life of one of the most powerful senators in American history. In the long history of American government, few senators have wielded as much power as Kentucky's Mitch...

"Operation Ark was always about people and animals. Pen Farthing's actions were nothing short of heroic." -- Ricky Gervais67 People. 171 Animals. Getting out was only half the battle.August 2021. The Taliban invaded Kabul.The British Government was "Missing in Action".The evacuation was disastrous, shambolic...

Shattering the mold of the traditional political memoir, Unleashed is a candid, unrestrained, and revealing book by Boris Johnson, the Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. In Unleashed, Johnson takes readers through all the big decisions during his time in power and why...

Author: Bill ClintonISBN-13: 9798217067787Publisher: Random House Large Print PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/2024Pages: 742Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.81lbsLarge Print

The first oral biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. is an extraordinarily intimate, comprehensive look at the real man behind the myth. Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, his closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers, and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the...

An in-depth biography of the socialite, political hostess, crusading feminist and United States envoy to Luxembourg, Perle Mesta, from New York Times bestselling author Meryl Gordon. Perle Mesta was a force to be reckoned with. In her heyday - the 1940's, 50's and 60's...

When this book was written, it was the story of one death among many in the war in Eastern Ukraine. After February 24, 2022, it took on a new dimension - now it is not so much a personal story, but the story of...

Philadelphia native Wendell W. Young III was one of the most important American labor leaders in the last half of the twentieth century. An Acme Markets clerk in the 1950s and '60s, he was elected top officer of the Retail Clerks Union when he...

Witness the harrowing true story of an idealistic American Volunteer who ventured into the heart of Eastern Europe with the honorable intention of serving in the United States Peace Corps. What awaited him in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia was a nightmare difficult...

The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker--how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance. When, at age forty-six, Nancy Pelosi,...

Witness the harrowing true story of an idealistic American Volunteer who ventured into the heart of Eastern Europe with the honorable intention of serving in the United States Peace Corps. What awaited him in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia was a nightmare difficult...

In today's sharply divided political culture, finding a deliberative leader with an enduring commitment to bipartisanship feels hopeless.Half a century ago, in one of the United States' most trying hours, a relatively unknown congressman from New Jersey rose to the occasion as chair of...

Scholar William Nester explores Franklin D. Roosevelt's character, personality, and presidential power.After their independence and civil wars, Americans never faced a greater threat than the sixteen years of global depression followed by global war from 1929 to 1945. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the president...

A riveting portrait of Queen Victoria and the ten prime ministers who headed British government during her sixty-three-year reign It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn't be more wrong. A passionate and opinionated leader, Victoria was born...

The last line of defense for our institutions, and our democracy Inspectors general may be the most important public servants you've never heard of. In Watchdogs, Glenn Fine--who served as the inspector general of the Department of Justice from 2000 to 2011 and the...

For readers of Notorious RBG and The World According to Star Wars, a fun and inspiring biography filled with lessons from the most powerful woman in the world, based on New York Times Berlin correspondent Melissa Eddy's more than a decade's worth of coverage...

The only biography of America's most controversial lawyer. Legal Gladiator is the story of perhaps the greatest lawyer in American history. It is the story of a poor, failing high schooler from Brooklyn who became the youngest professor in the history of Harvard Law...

Diplomatic Journey Across Africa & Italy: Unveiling Public Diplomacy, Mandela's Era, and Leadership in Global Democracy Advocacy. A Riveting Memoir. In the compelling memoir, Episodes from a Foreign Service Career, Robert LaGamma invites readers into his extraordinary life as a U.S. diplomat. Spanning over...

When Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel got the call she had been hired to work for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, she had no idea what was to come. In this frank and "moving" (The Washington Post) insider account, Zelenskyy's former press secretary tells the story of...

This extraordinary memoir details the monumental journey of one young Gambian woman from survivor of FGM and forced child marriage, to global activist and political leader who became UN Women's first Goodwill Ambassador for Africa, one of Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People, and...

The extraordinary story of a group of forgotten radicals who found themselves drawn to communist Moscow's hotbed of international revolutionary activity: the Hotel Lux. Hotel Lux follows Irish radical May O'Callaghan and her friends, three revolutionary families brought together by their vision for a...

With revealing, never-before-told stories, Fred C. Trump III, nephew of President Donald Trump, breaks his decades-long silence in this honest memoir and sheds a whole new light on the family name.For the record, Fred Trump never asked for any of this. The divisive politics....

Through this writing, I hope to encourage others, wherever they are, to tell their experiences of dealing with wrongdoers, shysters, and scammers. And if leaders or service providers in your city and county resolve issues with lip service, back-burner service, a lack of concern,...

A shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist, reflecting on his remarkable personal odyssey and his changing positions on identity, race, and belief. Economist Glenn C. Loury is one of the most prominent public intellectuals of our time: he's often radically opposed to the...

'A timely memoir from an Indian journalist under siege.' - N. Ram 'Prabir Purkayastha's memoir recalls the past, with thoughtful omments on the present, and hopefully he will be free to project his vision of the future.' - Romila Thapar September 25, 1975. The...

Desire to Serve is the autobiography of Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (1934-2023), a thirty-year member of the United States House of Representatives, in her words as told to Cheryl Brown Wattley. It chronicles Johnson growing up in segregated Waco, Texas; attending St. Mary's nursing...

This analysis takes a mutual and impartial standpoint to examine the behavior, approaches, and strategies of Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States. While opinions on his presidency are diverse and often polarized, this assessment aims to provide a comprehensive view...

Go Far, Give Back, Live Greek is the odyssey of one man's journey from his childhood village on a Greek island, struggling to survive wartime occupation, to becoming a highly successful businessman, political advisor, fundraiser, and recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor....

You probably know the story of the late Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to serve as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. You might not recognize the name of her husband, Charlie Soap, yet his role as a Native community organizer is no less...

Reflections on Wright is a collection of essays on Jim Wright from his early years through his retirement from the House of Representatives. Wright was one of the most influential members of Congress in the latter part of the twentieth century and had a...

Author: Stephen KinzerISBN-10: 8200133451ISBN-13: 9798200133451Publisher: Tantor AudioLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/21/2008Format: CD

KEITH SOBION was nothing short of an iconic Caribbean man who had a profound affection for the region. Keith was a member of the first class of graduates from the Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad in 1975. Prior to that date, all law graduates...

Throughout his adventurous life, Ralph Rumney was in constant flight from the wreckage of postwar Europe. Crossing paths with every avant-garde of the past fifty years, he was one of the founding members of the Situationist International. Rumney's traveling companions -- Guy Debord, Pegeen...

On the hundredth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth comes the twentieth-anniversary edition of Peggy Noonan's critically acclaimed bestseller What I Saw at the Revolution, for which she provides a new Preface that demonstrates this book's timeless relevance. As a special assistant to the president,...

Named Churchill's official biographer in 1968, renowned historian Sir Martin Gilbert has amassed exclusive archival and personal documentation to explore the statesman's famed affinity for and relationship with the United States. Churchill and America tells the intensely personal story of Winston Churchill's profound connection...

The compelling story of the rise, fall and death of the Wagner Group's Yevgeny Prigozhin, and what this tells us about the chaotic new direction of late Putinism, by the acclaimed author of A Short History of Russia. 'Absolutely gripping, deeply authoritative, hugely important...

The Reverend Dr. Philip Rahming O.B.E., JP, a graduate of Calabar Theological College, Kingstone Jamaica, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville Kentucky and United Theological Seminary, Dayton Ohio, began his schooling at Sandilands Primary School in Fox Hill New Providence, Bahamas, his home town. As...

This "informative...highly readable" (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling book from the author of the bestseller Accidental Presidents explores what happens after the most powerful job in the world: President of the United States. Former presidents have an unusual place in American...

Aneurin - Nye - Bevan was one of the pivotal Labour Party figures of the post-war era in Britain. As Minister for Health in Attlee's government, his role in the foundation of the National Health Service, the world's largest publically-funded health service, changed the...

The New York Times bestseller, now with a new epilogue "You might love Biden or you might hate Biden, but either way, if you want to understand him, you will want to buy this book." --Politico "A triumph of reporting." -- Geoff Bennett, PBS...

This book delves into the pressing issues facing our world today, from global warming and pollution to social media and democracy. With personal anecdotes and practical suggestions gleaned from his public service career, the author urges individuals, families, and elected officials to take a...

What If Trump Wins? What a Trump win will look like in the first 4 years of his second term: Hunter C. Johnson provides a cautionary tale based on extensive research and analysis to educate the public about the potential risks and dangers of...

In A View from the Horizon one of South Australia's most influential political reformers tells his life story with frank disclosure. Five years after he graduated as a lawyer, aged 28, Peter Duncan entered the South Australian Parliament as the member for Elizabeth. In...

Dive into the captivating journey of Jordan Peterson, the enigmatic psychologist whose profound insights and unyielding pursuit of truth have captivated millions worldwide. From the vast landscapes of Alberta to the lecture halls of academia, follow Peterson's evolution from a curious mind to a...